Chapter 2780

(Wait for modification) A non-game venue simulation instrument, after all, is merely a device that restricts individual player panels unilaterally and does not truly detach from the game.

The hidden reward "My Heart is Dark" can still be effective. To a certain extent, it acts as a game loophole for the recipient like the "Heart of the Child," which can still be used when tickets are ineffective.

"Help me, quick!" Lei Jie Lian immediately screamed upon realizing the situation.

"Please remain calm." The short-haired female player briefly comforted her and then turned to Xu Huo, "I can represent the District Government at this moment, so you don’t need to worry."

"No rush." Xu Huo smiled, showing no awareness of being surrounded, and instead looked down at Lei Jie Lian, "Could you tell me how you obtained this item?"

*

The little girl was quite irritated, but knowing she couldn’t delay any longer, she glanced at her left arm.

Her left arm had been restrained by Xu Huo, and at this moment, several black droplets were emerging from her intact skin, which gathered together momentarily and consciously flowed toward Xu Huo’s hand.

However, although the black droplets climbed onto his hand, they didn’t penetrate the skin, causing the little girl to realize something and suddenly laugh, "To think someone who dares to kill a Chief Governor’s daughter could be so timid!"

Xu Huo gazed down at her, his expression cold.

The little girl pouted, touched a position in the air with her other hand, and a prompt appeared before Xu Huo:

"Lei Jie Lian has gifted you a game item. Do you wish to receive it?"

Xu Huo clicked accept.

[Congratulations to Player Passerby A for acquiring the Dimensional Rift hidden reward "My Heart is Dark." This item is intangible and cannot be stored in the prop bar or luggage compartment. It is non-transferable except by the holder.]

[The depths of the human heart cannot be probed; wherever the darkness of the heart spreads, there darkness lies.]

The description of "My Heart is Dark" is quite simple, but with the little girl’s example, Xu Huo quickly grasped how to use it.

Firstly, that black force truly is a power that can envelope others and transfer them to places the holder wishes to go. Moreover, the greater the area and duration covered by this black force, the more significant the deviation in perception and basic judgment, to the extent that even space-time power can be partially consumed.

But this doesn’t mean space-time power can be entirely ineffective. Any power duel must consider quantity; for instance, typical spatial barriers cannot disrupt time force, yet Dimensional Space Power can, and so can this black force.

Next is the coverage area. It essentially uses the space where the holder is situated as the main body. However, being transferred by black force doesn’t involve traversing through special spatial channels like in Spatial Evolution; rather, it means entering another space or spatial niche. When the item is effective, the holder will be carried into a black space, which can be understood as adjacent to the current space. Once inside, the holder temporarily leaves the original space, though not completely leaving, because staying in the black space too long leads to automatic ejection.

Xu Huo speculated this restriction was designed to align with the instance, suggesting entering the black space doesn’t imply truly leaving the corresponding space, thus preventing exploitation to escape the instance by traversing across wormhole points.

Moreover, its function isn’t just enveloping others but also possesses very peculiar defensive abilities. Given its ability to consume time force, most characteristics might fail when encountering it, and even if effective, they can be easily interrupted.

Xu Huo tested its maximum coverage duration. Once darkness is generated, as long as it doesn’t consume others, it can persist indefinitely. However, if he follows into the black space, the darkness outside will dissipate, and he personally can only remain in the black space for a maximum of five seconds.

This applies to the holder; if it’s someone else.

He looked at the little girl.

The little girl was already squatting on the ground, having run several rounds in the black space with Xu Huo, looking more exhausted. Yet facing his dangerous gaze, she couldn’t help but say, "You wouldn’t think of tossing me into the black hole, would you?"

"What happens if you throw something in?" Xu Huo asked.

"It disappears forever," the little girl replied, "I advise against it."

"I’ve thrown quite a few people in before," she said, "Those who went in never showed up again, even if I immediately went back in myself and couldn’t find them. Besides, the more you throw in, the larger the darkness becomes, and the wider the coverage area, the more exhausted you’ll be."

"I wasn’t this weak when I first got this item."

"Have you researched this item?" Xu Huo asked, referring to the District Government and Chief Governor.

"That’s my secret; why should I tell others?" the little girl said, matter-of-factly, "The District Library has plenty of materials; anything you want to check is there."

"So you think the black space is akin to a black hole?" Xu Huo pressed, "Why?"

"They can both swallow anything that enters. Isn’t that similar?" the little girl retorted, "When someone enters, they just disappear, naturally ripped into microscopic unobservable pieces."

"You’re quite scared?" Xu Huo saw through her forced composure.

"You can’t throw me in," the little girl stressed, "I’ve already given you the item; your goal is achieved. Plus, you can contact my father for my ransom, which isn’t a loss at all."

Xu Huo laughed, "I’ll now answer your earlier question."

"Killing those people won’t resurrect them, and my coming to find you is not to enforce justice; it’s merely coincidence in itself."

"Just as you selected targets, we met randomly and coincidentally."

Just after he finished speaking, a powerful shockwave came from outside, breaking through the external Defensive Barrier and Spatial Body instantaneously, impacting Xu Huo’s Spiritual World and resulting in the disappearance of his forged manor.

The pitch-black mountain forest was illuminated brightly by the aircraft; the non-game venue simulation instrument had sealed the area, and players in pursuit had surrounded the entire hilltop. A short-haired woman leaped down from the air, maintaining a distance of over five hundred meters as she spoke with Xu Huo.

"Release Miss Lei Jie," her gaze swept over the bewildered Lei Jie Lian’s face, her brow moving slightly, "You have already taken Miss Lei Jie’s item. If you release her, I promise you’ll leave safely."

The game panel was blocked, but Xu Huo tried and found "My Heart is Dark" could still be used. In some sense, it was another Evolutionary Power, borrowed from the game, indicating that the so-called severance from the game wasn’t a complete disconnection in the true sense.