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Chapter 782: The Opponent’s Level of Danger

Chapter 782: Chapter 782: The Opponent’s Level of Danger

"Ladies and gentlemen," the player in the black overcoat holding the iron box scanned the crowd, "I mean no harm to anyone, I just hope everyone can help me with a favor."

"The owner of this hotel has stolen a very important prop from me, but the other party is also a very tricky character, so I have no choice but to borrow everyone’s life for a while."

As he spoke, the players originally present in the banquet hall and the security players who had arrived later were all drawing near him, surrounding him and a few of his companions. At the same time, a meteor-like light flashed outside the hotel building, heading straight for the banquet hall—a sight visible through the only remaining floor-to-ceiling window in the entire banquet hall.

But the intruding players who were surrounded showed no sense of urgency. The player in black lines and the metal player, along with two other players wearing masks, retreated to the side of the one in the black overcoat. Before the encircling players could act, before the light from outside could rush into the building, the iron box in the hands of the one in the black overcoat turned into a glass prism ten centimeters high. He grabbed both ends and pulled apart, and a semi-transparent barrier shot up from the prism, forming a huge column about three meters high and ten meters long!

When the column was pushed out, the air twisted and deformed slightly. As the players were either launching an attack or on guard, a black line suddenly emerged from the ground and pulled both Jiang Jiang and the player protecting her into the column space—this caused the players who were suspecting the column to be some kind of defensive prop to launch their attacks all at once, only to find they were a step too late. At the moment Jiang Jiang and her protector were dragged into the column space, the prism-like column space solidified completely, even isolating the effects of props!

"Boom!" Simultaneously, the light from outside smashed into the building with a tremendous impact, so powerful that even the metal plates sealing the windows shook and deformed. However, when the light hit the surface of the column, it burst and disappeared like sparks, as if it had no effect whatsoever.

Two seconds later, cracks appeared in the barrier, and then, like shattering glass, it instantly dissolved.

The players in black overcoats didn’t seem concerned. The player who was protecting Jiang Jiang was already dead; the metal player grabbed Jiang Jiang by the throat and pushed her forward, laughing and shouting to the players rushing from outside, "Your precious treasure of Zone 009 is in my hands. If you want her to die, go ahead and make a move!"

Many players had arrived outside the hotel, all piloting flying vehicles imported from other game sectors. They wore uniform outfits and half-masks on their faces, lacking any distinctive facial features. Still, these were bona fide players. Among them stood a man with a silver mask atop one of the vehicles, completely disregarding the threats from below. Instead, he said, "Release the hostage now, and you can leave Zone 009 safely. This is your last warning. If I don’t get a satisfactory response, the Mao City Xuantian Player Organization will pursue you relentlessly until you are out of Zone 009."

The player in the black overcoat kept his composure, but the metal player and several others seemed uneasy. Before he could respond, someone spoke up from inside the banquet hall, "President Chang, you can’t just ignore our safety!"

President Chang with the silver mask frowned and said, "I had already warned you not to congregate during these troubled times. Consider it your bad luck if you get into this kind of situation."

In other words, he wouldn’t intervene. Whether they would survive depended on luck.

The banquet hall suddenly became chaotic. Many people, devoid of dignity, sat up and started wailing and crying, while others knelt on the ground begging. Only a very few were angry and cursed at President Chang and the other players.

This kind of hostage crisis involving players wasn’t uncommon in Zone 009. There were countless cases over the past few years, but only a few could be considered even remotely resolved. Most hostage situations ended with a large number of casualties among the hostages, and the reason for this was that the real decisions were made by player organizations, not the government.

Ordinary people are vulnerable. They lack the necessary force, and they can’t morally bind the player organizations. When faced with such situations, they can only leave it to fate or see what conscience the player organization they encounter has.

Of course, player organizations wouldn’t sacrifice themselves to ensure the hostages’ safety, let alone comply with the kidnappers’ demands.

Having seen such incidents over and over, ordinary people had become resigned. In such situations, they could only consider themselves unlucky.

What good is money? What use is previous power? Without the ability to protect oneself, one is not much better than a stray dog on the street.

"Whoever can protect me, I’ll give them One Million White Bills!" a wealthy patron declared on the spot, "per head!"

Many were tempted.

The players in the banquet hall were roughly divided into three types: those responsible for protecting the hotel or privately hired like those guarding Jiang Jiang, those from Zone 009 who preferred not to snatch chestnuts from the fire but rather wanted to wait out the chaos in the safety of the hotel, and the third type were players like Xu Huo who had come from afar, simply looking for a place to rest.

Props and potions were not cheap, and most players faced economic difficulties. Hearing the offer of a million White Bills, it was natural that some would take action. Moreover, this wasn’t a particularly high-risk task. They didn’t need to get involved in the fight between the Xuantian Organization and the Black Wind Coats; they just had to find the right opportunity to take the employer away.

A number of people started to move.

The others weren’t foolish either, and they too shuffled towards the patron who had made the offer.

Unfortunately, the Black Wind Coats were determined not to let them leave. The metal sealing the windows began to spread and grow, extending towards the floor and ceiling. Moreover, the black lines moving stealthily along the floor started attacking players, and a couple of players who failed to react in time were dragged straight over to the Black Wind Coats and killed.

Xu Huo avoided the black lines at his feet and tried "Danger Prophecy" on several of the Black Wind Coats:

"Based on the known data of both parties, the degree of danger of the other party is about equal to a hyena facing an unevolved, gun-toting human."

"Based on the known data of both parties, the degree of danger of the other party is about equal to a hippopotamus facing an unevolved, gun-toting human."

"Based on the known data of both parties, the degree of danger of the other party is about equal to a brown bear facing an unevolved, gun-toting human."

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Among the five, the strongest was the one in the Black Wind Coat, followed by the metal player. The player skilled in long-range attacks with black lines and the other two mask wearers were of similar ability.

Although the prop’s evaluation suggested Xu Huo’s side seemed to have a great chance of winning, it was impossible for the other side to have all their props on them, so their actual strength was definitely backed by a safety margin.

However, as soon as the one with the silver mask made a move, the scene was bound to become even more chaotic.

Grabbing a chair from the nearby rest area, Xu Huo kicked it in the direction of the Black Wind Coats, and then he appeared in front of the metal player, forcefully bending the player’s arm outwards, while simultaneously intercepting the incoming kick with his foot.

With the trait "Truth Above All" evading the effects of props and skills, he seized Jiang Jiang, and amidst the shocked expressions of the Black Wind Coats and the others, he raised his hand, "Please Sit."