Chapter 2815: Heading to B11-003

Regarding the Holy Sword Society, Lan Fangzhi spoke about it without any psychological pressure, and he knows quite a bit of information that hasn’t been spread in the game.

The Old Holy Sword Society has actually been replaced by the New Holy Sword Society, and now when the game mentions the Holy Sword Society, it basically refers to the New Holy Sword Society—whether it’s the New or Old Holy Sword Society, it doesn’t really matter to the Game Government Base.

As for the New Holy Sword Society, Rank-A Wormhole Points have a mixed reputation, which contrasts greatly with the evaluation of later wormhole points districts like E27.

On one hand, the New Holy Sword Society welcomes all sorts of people from the lower levels, and on the other hand, their main activity area is actually in wormhole points above Rank-C. They have their own stronghold and occupy a district in a Rank-A Wormhole Point as their base.

“Occupied a district?” Xu Huo was slightly surprised.

“A49-023, the actual controller of this district is the New Holy Sword Society.” Lan Fangzhi saw his surprise and smiled, “The New Holy Sword Society has developed so rapidly, how could it be possible without sufficient financial and material support? In fact, there are quite a few players in Rank-A Wormhole Points who have joined the Holy Sword Society. These are all people seeking change.”

“They indeed have done some good things and have a lot of backbone. Personally, I still admire some of them.”

Xu Huo shook his head slightly, “I have a grudge with them.”

Lan Fangzhi nodded, showing understanding, as the Holy Sword Society has so many people, and a lot of them are Cannibal Players. While the upper limit might be finite, the lower limit is uncertain.

“Recently, they just attacked a district under a Rank-B Wormhole Point, intercepting several trucks of smuggled players. The matter is significant, but there’s not much buzz outside.”

Smuggled players… What a niche combination of words.

“It’s not an unthinkable matter.” Lan Fangzhi sighed, “Anything that exists can become a commodity.”

After pausing, he added, “The matter just happened, if you’re interested, you can go and check it out. The station probably won’t be repaired any time soon.”

Then he mentioned the recent attack in Zone 022, where Lan Fangzhi slightly revealed some real circumstances. Aside from players with hatred towards 022, some, like him, got involved by coincidence. Since he had many props, he assumed the overt role of ‘bait’… Of course, now it seems that 022 might have other schemes, but this involves Lan Fangzhi’s family, so there’s no need to leak it.

He felt no sympathy for the subsequent events Zone 022 would encounter; from the facts he knew, Zone 022 had so many enemies entirely because of its own doing.

Additionally, he revealed that this attack was somewhat hasty. The action was brought forward because someone detected Zone 022’s upcoming raid plan — indeed, although they have prospered, Zone 022 still hasn’t changed its bandit ways, ready to rob other weak districts.

“For so many districts to harbor resentment, Zone 022 must have some ability.” Lan Fangzhi didn’t plan to return to Zone 022, and he would follow up on developments through friends.

Xu Huo then mentioned the name “Book Worm.”

Lan Fangzhi frowned slightly upon hearing it, “This person hasn’t been very active these years, didn’t expect that privately they are still doing business with Zone 022… But it might not necessarily be the actual person, borrowing, impersonation are both possible. If you want to find this person, I advise you to be careful.”

“There are over ten phishing incidents I’ve heard of using the name ‘Book Worm’.”

“Many want to find them, the game government included.”

Xu Huo nodded and then asked about the missing experts researching the Perfect Potion in Zone 022.

Lan Fangzhi was somewhat surprised, “I haven’t heard of any targets from this attack involving Perfect Potion items or people.”

“Furthermore, Zone 022 couldn’t possibly research a real Perfect Potion.”

Xu Huo then asked about the situations in Rank-A Wormhole Points, and as night fell, Lan Fangzhi prepared to leave.

The two exchanged contact information, and Lan Fangzhi said, “If I can survive this return, I’ll definitely thank you for your help today.”

Xu Huo smiled and nodded. After he left, Xu Huo contacted Chai Sheng, Zhou Juanjuan, and others to understand the situation in Zone 022.

Zhou Juanjuan and Levi had just separated from him not long ago, unable to leave Zone 022 due to not passing the level, but they were lucky not to die in the massacre by the Blue Robe Man, and they managed to bring Lei Jie along.

After several rounds of questioning, they finally learned that the missing personnel indeed involved Perfect Potion research, but that was secondary. Their main project was the Evolution Potion, and Lei Jie’s interest was simple: she might need that Evolution Potion — immigrating with money was just an alternative plan for her; she wanted more to become a player.

With Lei Jie leading the way, the two took advantage of the chaos to return to the Capital City, barely completing their task and making a small fortune.

However, the situation in Zone 022 was indeed dire. Player wars broke out comprehensively, and hot weapons bloomed in multiple key cities. The attackers were conducting indiscriminate slaughter with a mutual destruction mindset, especially in cities storing large weapons, which could instantly engulf a city.

As for what Xu Huo wanted to know, Zhou Juanjuan unexpectedly captured a government confidential officer, obtaining some information from them, which was useless for her, so she simply gave it to him.

Xu Huo quickly skimmed through it, involving some confidential transactions, though not related to Zone 022 with the game government or Stellar Medical, but with other district governments or some active player organizations, involving contents including but not limited to smuggling, assassination, leaks. Zone 022 would even hire murderers to kill a boss’s family for a business deal… Sounds absurd, but of course, they ultimately got the deal at a very low price.

Although it didn’t contain the information he wanted, he could still discern some districts or forces colluding with Zone 022 from these clues. He made a copy of the material for Lan Fangzhi and then took the train to B11-003.

After boarding, he first checked the messages Beneath the Dimension, confirming no response from the Girl in the painting, and no new messages from the Suitcase Man. Only then did he close his personal panel and quietly sit down to play with the Long Blade “Green Moss.”

Black Blade was left at the Reminder of the instance, the Girl in the painting and Da Mao were nowhere to be seen… Even if the Suitcase Man suddenly appeared before him the next second, he wouldn’t be surprised. It seemed he couldn’t stay in one district for a long time during this period and could only choose frequent movement.

“This knife of yours is nice, may I have a look?” A young man with a Buzz Cut sat across from him, smiling boldly and speaking quite bluntly.

Xu Huo wiped the blade of “Green Moss,” glanced at the other party without speaking.

“Don’t be stingy, I’m also a long blade enthusiast. Besides, we’re all on the train, could I possibly take the knife and run?” Buzz Cut didn’t feel awkward at all.