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Chapter 180 The Super Props Incident Comes to an End

Chapter 180: Chapter 180 The Super Props Incident Comes to an End

"No," the middle-aged man didn’t mind and retracted his hand gracefully, "I am a citizen of Country J, but my late parents were both from Country X. This trip back is like returning to my roots after the leaves have fallen."

Xu Huo invited them to get in the car.

Despite the long-awaited reunion, Lady Fang was not very enthusiastic towards him. After a brief inquiry about the situation, she said, "Your Uncle Tang and I have our own place to stay, so we won’t be crowding in with your father’s family."

"It’s safer to stay together with the current unrest everywhere," Xu Huo said. "There’s also an empty villa in the neighborhood; you can live there if you prefer."

The car had already started heading in the direction of the Xu Family home when Lady Fang showed anger, "Do my words hold no weight anymore?"

"As soon as the public order is better, you can go wherever you like," Xu Huo said, closing his eyes, putting an end to the conversation.

After settling the two of them, Xu Huo left the villa with a parting remark, "Call me if you need anything," and then he didn’t return to his father’s side but instead called Chief Wu, asking him to send epidemic prevention staff to seal the villa, before going to another property owned by the Xu Family.

But twenty minutes later, Chief Wu called back, "After a thorough inspection, Lady Fang and Tang Guangbo show no signs of infection. Just to be sure, I have also checked Tang Guangbo’s relatives, friends, and neighbors, and no one has been to Country Y recently."

"Tang Guangbo’s breathing and heart rate are a bit abnormal," Xu Huo said.

"He has a heart condition," Chief Wu replied. "It’s been confirmed; he’s been on medication."

Xu Huo paused and then said, "Still, please find an appropriate opportunity to take my mother out for isolation."

"Since you insist, I’ll make it happen," Chief Wu said. "You suspect Tang Guangbo might be infected; having been in contact with him, you should get checked too."

"No need for now, I’ll contact you if there’s an issue," Xu Huo ended the call and started browsing the internet for news about the epidemic in Country Y.

The outbreak in Country Y coincided exactly with the foreign players’ invasion of Zone 014, and in less than half a month, the number of infected had reached five hundred thousand. The mortality rate wasn’t high, but infected individuals had to be quarantined.

When Country X disclosed the information about the game and its players to the world, Country Y was fiercely suppressing any news about the game and players. The government officially debunked the details that Country X had revealed as fake news, labeled the foreign invasion of players as terrorist attacks by neighboring Country P, and publicly disclosed its military secrets in preparation for war.

Pockets of Country Y were already engulfed in warfare, and an overwhelming number of videos and messages almost brought the national network to a halt. People inside the country began fleeing north, and with the outbreak of infectious diseases, some had already crossed the border into Country P. At the same time, Country Y justified its use of military force against Country P under the pretext of protecting its citizens, and two major powers officially went to war.

Compared to the epidemic, more people died from the war.

However, except for Country B, no other place had news about an Alien Tide.

Assured of this, Xu Huo felt somewhat relieved.

The epidemic in Country Y came on suddenly, but to this point, there had been no news of patients becoming Aliens or regressing, so it likely didn’t carry the risk of turning into Aliens.

He had thought it unlikely for a Potion or contaminant to cause ordinary people to mutate through water, air, and other means. Now the events in Countries Y and B seemed to indirectly confirm his conjecture.

However, it’s probable that the epidemic was the work of a player, as most of the deceased were the elderly with weak resistance, indicating that the lethality of the epidemic wasn’t as strong as imagined. The current chaos in Country Y was partly the government’s responsibility.

He then accessed the Pioneer Forum to read the government’s detailed report on the foreign players’ invasion incident.

Besides the cause and progression of the event, a set of detailed videos and recordings captured the appearance and disappearance of some foreign players.

From the scant information, it can be inferred that it wasn’t easy for foreign players to enter Zone 014, and with the disappearance of Super Props, there seemed to be little likelihood of a mass arrival of advanced players in Zone 014.

However, the forum did not share the information Xu Huo had reported, and the players who visited the forum were mostly reveling in their post-disaster survival fortunes.

In addition, he scrutinized all the integrated player data.

He looked over the majority of the Guile Sound Knights members, the wheelchair player and the child with him, and compared the figure of the advanced players who besieged the Girl in the painting.

Xu Huo noted that the player called "Human Tongue," who was without eyebrows, had two companions. However, when they were at Fairy Tale City, only two of the three appeared.

He paused briefly.

Advanced players should have their own methods of communication. If the man carrying the leather suitcase was powerful enough, by now the third person might have received news of "Human Tongue" and his companion’s deaths.

Even if those two hadn’t died, they were very likely to change their targets.

This could almost confirm that the Super Props were stolen by a Super Player. If other advanced players were still interested in Super Props, they would eventually hear the news.

At this point, the incident involving the Super Props was almost over, and what lay ahead was a game of strategy between the players and the game itself.

"Ding ding ding." The Girl in the painting initiated a video call.

Xu Huo accepted, and immediately a large face appeared. The Girl in the painting leaned in for a closer look and then backed away, taking out a notebook to write.

"When did you come back?"

Xu Huo paused, "Didn’t you know? I thought the poster spying on me from the crevice last night was you."

The Girl in the painting covered her face with embarrassment, then wrote, "I like Sea City; the houses and land here are mine."

"Don’t worry, you’re already dead. It’ll be reclaimed eventually," Xu Huo said.

The Girl in the painting immediately drooped her eyebrows, "Can you talk to them about not taking away my land and houses?"

"I cannot," Xu Huo bluntly refused, and then asked, "Why don’t you leave Zone 014?"

The Girl in the painting touched the medal hanging on her chest, "I want to follow you."

Xu Huo didn’t respond. She then quickly wrote, "You’re not going to take the medal back, are you?"

"What I gave you is yours," Xu Huo shifted to another topic, "You mentioned before that you saw a doll in a castle. What kind of doll was it?"

Not being skilled at drawing, the Girl in the painting used some paper to fold into the likenesses of the dolls. There were large and small dolls, both human and animal.

"Like this one?" Xu Huo sketched out a smiling puppet.

The Girl in the painting immediately nodded, "Yes, that one was a lot of fun, I took one with me."

Xu Huo raised an eyebrow, "You stole a puppet?"

The Girl in the painting shamefacedly wrote down, "I didn’t steal it; I asked, and it didn’t object."

"But then I lost it."

Xu Huo had a good guess as to why that smiling puppet was known as "hard-fated." He showed a hint of a smile, "Did you ever meet the castle’s owner?"

The Girl in the painting shook her head at once, "The dolls there were so mean; I didn’t stay long."

"Do you still remember which station that castle was at?"

The Girl in the painting looked confused.

Having gained some insight into an advanced player’s information in advance, Xu Huo didn’t press for more and simply said, "If you want to follow me, come to Jing City. There’s a small favor I need your help with."