Players, Please Board the Train

Using spatial items recklessly would attract government attention, so entering and exiting the lower city district still had to be done through the passages around the block—certain places inside the lower city district were equipped with special items, but the outside wasn’t, and it was also impossible to cover so many areas.

When the number of people coming and going increased, those with higher evolution rates, who also communicated with the few lookouts under Brother Jing, became particularly conspicuous.

They gathered in batches over the first two days and left in batches over the last two days, though the number of people leaving later was greater than those who entered.

The more targets there were, the higher the chance of exposing the truth. Especially after Xu Huo randomly selected two of them to follow and discovered they each approached the docks through different channels, he knew what this group was planning.

Furthermore, while tailing them, he discovered that someone from the Municipal Hall was covertly watching the docks. Of course, it was just a very inconspicuous person appearing very inconspicuous near the docks, but that person was clearly acquainted with the targets he was following. This indicated that at least three factions were mixed up in this affair.

The lower city district, the Municipal Hall, and the Rongxin Group.

By now, he could basically be eighty percent certain this was a setup. Even a newly arrived player like him with no foundation could trace from following lower city district players to detecting the Municipal Hall’s involvement. The people from the Rongxin Group shouldn’t have failed to catch the scent. They had dealt with a few leakers in advance and were also making moves at the docks. The trap was laid out openly.

The lower city district bunch were most likely just cannon fodder. The only question was whether players like Madame Butterfly would get involved.

After spending a hefty sum to rent a long-range flight instrument, Xu Huo explained the situation to Madame Butterfly. She pondered before saying, ”Don’t you also know that the goods arriving at the docks recently aren’t weapons?”

It wasn’t clear what her information channels were, but Xu Huo’s guess was based on the Rongxin Group’s movements. The people who came to kill him were from the Municipal Hall, but the ones who came to tail him later were leakers from the Rongxin Group. Whether the Municipal Hall had a hand in this was still uncertain.”This kind of situation isn’t my place to intervene, but joining in the fun is still possible.”

Madame Butterfly gave him a deep look. ”I also want to know if your guess is right. The Municipal Hall robbing the Rongxin Group?”

”Not necessarily that the Municipal Hall wants to rob them,” Xu Huo turned back and said. ”Judging by your expression, these past few days probably aren’t the transaction dates.”

Madame Butterfly narrowed her eyes. ”You’re quite capable. Then guess when they’re trading.”

”You don’t even know, how could I possibly know?” Xu Huo said with a smile.

Madame Butterfly was instantly furious. She took the driver’s seat first, and as soon as he got in the car, before the door was even properly closed, the vehicle shot out like a beast unleashed from its cage.

District 011 had strict controls on flight instruments. All civilian flight devices had controlled distance limits set. Even if they wanted to observe remotely using the flight instrument, Xu Huo and his companion had to go out to sea or near the coast.

The location was chosen by Madame Butterfly. She drove the car straight into the sea, heading towards the sea station.

”We don’t know the exact time the lower city district will make their move. Won’t we just be drifting at sea for nothing if we go too early?” Xu Huo discussed with her in a good mood.

”Duke Tal was invited by the Rongxin Group tonight to receive a batch of donated supplies from other districts.” Madame Butterfly parked the car on the sea.

Government base vehicles were all amphibious, aerial, and terrestrial. The underside of the vehicle had suspension instruments. Once activated, the car could hover steadily on the water’s surface.

”If it’s really as you said, that the Rongxin Group specifically dug a pit waiting to bury people, this is the most opportune moment.” Madame Butterfly told him to deploy the flight instrument.

This location was a certain distance from both the station and the shipping lane. After the flight instrument left, she took out something like a rain cover and draped it over the car body. The car immediately became invisible from its spot.

”This thing only works on objects. Only from inside the car can’t we be seen from outside. Better not go out.”

Xu Huo nodded, controlling the flight instrument to fly to its farthest, highest position, then pressed the auto-flight button, letting it circle over the sea on its own.

Neither of them were talkative people. They waited in silence until deep into the night when ships finally sailed out from the harbor direction, heading towards the station.

The latest technologically improved ships combined aesthetics and practicality, running through the water like speedboats. The huge waves they churned up rushed all the way from the shipping lane to where their car was. The vehicle swayed and was pushed nearly a hundred meters away. The flight instrument also automatically retreated a hundred meters after detecting the signal.

”The scene on that ship later must be quite spectacular. Pity we can’t get the best seats.” Madame Butterfly said.

Xu Huo understood. By this time, everyone who should be on board already was.

The B-class cruise ship Hero, under the Rongxin Group, had now taken over the cargo. Twenty large crates were transferred to the rear hold. Duke Tal ordered someone to bring wine and raised his glass to the man opposite him wearing a trench coat and a cowboy hat. ”I didn’t expect only you to come to deliver the goods. I’ve taken over the cargo. Your task is complete. You can relax and enjoy yourself on the ship now.”

The cowboy-hat man downed the wine in his glass in one gulp and set the glass down. He didn’t speak. The hands and face that should have been visible were obscured by black, appearing very blurry.

Duke Tal didn’t mind. He nodded to an elderly man beside him.

The elderly man raised his hand. Several scantily clad women in the cabin came out and surrounded the cowboy-hat man.

The deck soon became lively, and the cruise ship turned around to return. The elderly man beside Duke Tal left for a few minutes and returned, lowering his voice to say, ”Apart from the crates inspected earlier, the other crates can’t be opened.”

”The complete key is with Meni. Just hand the things over to him. Don’t worry about the rest.” Duke Tal hugged a woman with a pretty face intimately, completely unconcerned with the elderly man’s words, waving him away.

The elderly man’s face darkened, then he returned to the cabin. Just as he took out his communicator, the cruise ship suddenly slammed on the brakes.

”What’s going on?” Duke Tal outside, protected by bodyguards, avoided the embarrassment of falling to the floor. Once steady, he immediately said, ”Check the ship immediately!”

Besides Rongxin Group players, there was also a Municipal Hall squad led by the elderly man on the cruise ship. They were all players, reacting swiftly to the sudden situation. A few vanished from the deck like ghosts, appearing in the bridge and the rear deck the next second to seize control of these two key areas as fast as possible.

”Why did you stop the ship?” a white-haired player questioned the captain.

”The controller malfunctioned. I’ll go outside to check the connectors.” The captain emerged from his personal operation pod and walked quickly towards the passageway. But as he passed the white-haired player, he intentionally or unintentionally brushed against the other’s clothes. Immediately, the white-haired player’s clothing seemed to come alive, violently twisting around him. The fabric edges automatically structured into threads, rapidly winding around and strangling his neck!

The white-haired player, wearing blue gloves, touched himself. His outer jacket, pants, and the separated threads were all frozen. He then waved his hand, freezing bullets flying from various directions. ”These aren’t staff members. Deal with them!”