Chapter 214: Tickets Are the Most Important Gate

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Chapter 214: Chapter 214: Tickets Are the Most Important GateKang Hong probably knew what they were planning, so he said, "I’ll go to other floors to look for wires." "Be careful, there might be mutated animals on the other floors," Xu Huo said. Kang Hong also called Chen Shu, and Xiao Ba and Zheng Liang followed to help as well. "What are you going to do?" Jiang Yihua came over and asked, eyeing them curiously. "We’re going to give that man-eating flower a big present," Xu Huo said. Jiang Yihua hesitated and then asked, "Are you planning to use electricity to kill that man-eating flower?" "That man-eating flower has a very high energy value, I don’t think electricity will kill it." "Whether we can kill it or not is secondary," Dai Wenqian interjected. "If the man-eating flower settles in this building, the mutated animals inside will eventually be eaten up. If we can block the elevator shaft even better, this instance is doomed sooner or later." Jiang Yihua suddenly understood, "If the rules of this instance cease to apply, it won’t be able to swallow people anymore!" "That would be doing a good deed for others as well." Gu Yu picked up a dismantled small fan, rubbed it against a whetstone, and its blades immediately became as sharp as knives. "Since that’s the case, let’s do a thorough job." She smiled at Xu Huo as she spoke, "I learned from you, no method is too trivial, and it might come unexpectedly in handy." Xu Huo gave up his spot for her. "I’ll help too," Jiang Yihua offered while disassembling other small fans. She smiled and said, "Since becoming a player, this is the first time I’ve felt such a sense of accomplishment." Gu Yu looked up at her, then turned back to the two men who had gone to the switchboard. Her gaze first rested on Xu Huo, then moved to Dai Wenqian, and she let out a soft sigh. "Sister Gu Yu, is there anything we can help with?" Zhang Biao and the bald player approached. Gu Yu stared coldly at them, "Get lost." "Sister Gu Yu, we’re on the same side. You’ll have to testify for Brother Qiao about Dai Wenqian killing Brother Tie," Zhang Biao said. "Although Brother Qiao won’t do much to him, who can feel safe around someone who can so casually kill one of his own? Anyway, next time, if I can find tickets for the same instance, I definitely won’t go with him." Gu Yu said mockingly, "Do you think Dai Wenqian is eager to bring along a burden like you?" "To get into the same instance again, you’d have to cooperate with the state, otherwise, where would you find two identical tickets? Complaining about others, and you still have the nerve to say that." Zhang Biao and the bald player, having made fools of themselves and alienated by the other non-players, exchanged glances and ran off to find Zheng Liang and Xiao Ba. Xu Huo connected some wires to the switchboard, and Kang Hong and the others also brought up the wires they’d stripped from other floors, finding some practical tools for repurposing along the way—even connecting several wires, deciding to dismantle the elevator as well before leaving the instance. "However, those two—Zhang Biao—went out," Kang Hong said. "I saw they found something." It was impossible to see outside the building from upstairs, and Xu Huo said with an ambiguous tone, "Quite bold of them." Next to him, Zheng Liang was also telling Gu Yu about this, but he knew what Zhang Biao had picked up. It seemed to be a leftover item from a previous player. Zhang Biao also called him to go outside where the man-eating plant’s vines seemed to have stopped moving. Hearing Xu Huo’s words, his eyelids twitched and mid-sentence, he changed his mind, "...Forget it, going out is still unsafe; it’s not worth risking our lives for a few items that may not even be useful." Kang Hong and Chen Shu were actually somewhat tempted, but before going out, they tacitly agreed to come back and ask for Xu Huo’s opinion. Hearing what he said, they didn’t say much more. Evening arrived quickly, and according to the correct floor, they should head to the fifth floor. Although they hadn’t seen mutant animals since the Man-Eating Flower invaded the building, to avoid unnecessary trouble, the group took the elevator shaft down to the fifth floor ahead of time. Searᴄh the NovelFire.net* website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. The elevator quickly descended from above and, after opening on the fifth floor, returned to the upper floors. Night wasn’t much different from day for Xu Huo, so while the others rested on the fifth floor, he went down to the fourth floor on his own. On the fourth floor, aside from a few mutant animals that had been crushed to death, there were dense vines of Man-Eating Flowers. His gaze lingered on the emaciated corpses of the animals for a few seconds before he turned and headed down to the third floor. The third floor seemed to be a leisure area with sofas and bookshelves, as well as some leftover old magazines. Xu Huo picked up a magazine to look at it and found that these magazines were not from the same place, and not even from the same Wormhole Point. His gaze paused slightly. The Xiaohua Honghong Building and Fenbei Town seemed to be fixed locations for random copies; they were positioned in a certain place, simply needing to lure players inside. This was different from the Skinning Artisan’s copy. The Skinning Artisan was the master of his copy, which could move between different zones, so it was normal for his copy to contain items from various places. On the other hand, there was Brick Tale Town, which had been completely assimilated into the game world, with external forces settled in, so items from other zones could be brought in. The background of the Xiaohua Honghong Building mentioned Professor Hao once tried to contact Stellar Pharmaceutical Research Group, and these entertainment magazines from different places might represent another existence—where the game world and the real world were fully integrated. Players from other zones arriving in Zone 014 all did so with tickets, so they might have two restrictions: one is the ticket, and the other is that the game world and the real world do not completely overlap. If Zone 014 were completely integrated into the game world, then Sea City might become a station city where players could freely enter and leave, like Brick Tale Town. In that case, there would inevitably be a disparity in strength between the old and new zones, and it would be quite easy for players from the old zones to do something. In a sense, tickets became the most crucial gate, without which one could not travel between different station cities. Thinking of this, Xu Huo inevitably remembered the "Temporary Pass" Skinning Artisan had mentioned; it seemed that with that item, travel between stations would be much easier. Perhaps the players who invaded Zone 014 from other zones relied on this so-called "Temporary Pass"? However, there are also people who can freely travel among the station cities without needing tickets. He casually flipped through the magazine and put it back, then stood and went to the second floor. Dai Wenqian had been to the second floor before; it was Professor Hao’s bedroom with traces of a fight and fresh bloodstains. Also, there was another emaciated mutant animal corpse. Picking up a fountain pen stuck in the vines in a corner, he turned and threw it towards the doorway, "Here is your thing." Dai Wenqian, standing in the darkness, caught his own tool and said in a deep voice, "What are you looking for?" "Something useful." Xu Huo, from a distance of five meters, could see the subtle expressions on Dai Wenqian’s face very clearly. Raising an eyebrow, he asked, "Thinking of fighting me?"

Chapter 214: Tickets Are the Most Important Gate

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