Chapter 841: Time Still

Xu Huo didn't even see where the killer player was, he only saw the people in his field of vision exploding one after another like fireworks, even high-level players couldn't escape their doom!

"The super player from District 011 is here!" A high-level player recognized the opponent's killing move, "Their characteristic is related to time, we don't stand a chance, let's go!"

That's what he said, but in an instant, several strange rays appeared in the sky above the city—these rays should be very hard to see, at least the few high-level players in the distance didn't react at all, but Xu Huo could see them very clearly, like a strand of air folding in on itself, and one of them was heading straight for him.

But those rays seemed to be fixed in place, he urgently dodged to the side, then looked back at the spot where the ray had passed through, the ground didn't show any particular change.

Two of the several high-level players in the distance had left, the remaining few were all hit by the rays, nothing seemed different on the surface, but two of them actually suffered fractures just from walking!

Afterwards, the few people left District 011, and the base city quickly returned to normal from its frozen state, but the vast city could no longer see any players.

Xu Huo tracked the rays in the sky, discovering that they were moving toward other cities.

His gaze followed the rays for three seconds, then he withdrew his sight and planned to leave, but he'd only taken two steps before stopping.

Someone was on his left.

Xu Huo turned his head, seeing a blurry shadow standing on top of a high-rise building a hundred meters away, the other party seemed to be staring at him.

He stood still without moving, a few seconds later, the shadow on the building disappeared.

Xu Huo let out a breath of relief, then turned to look at Bai Kou who had appeared behind him, "Thanks."

Bai Kou glanced at him, "You're pretty impressive too, you can actually see time rays, do you have a Super Item?"

Xu Huo frowned, "Why do you say that?"

"It's not hard to avoid frozen time, you just need to wear one or two quality items with space-time attributes, but to see time rays, unless you have a Super Item on you. Super Items are the top combat power in the game, they're minimally affected by characteristics and items, especially space-time type ones." Bai Kou looked at him carefully, "It doesn't seem like you have one on you."

Xu Huo hadn't brought "Three Seconds of a Life" with him. There were too many high-level players in District 011, when encountering danger the first choice was the train ticket, and using a Super Item would likely bring even more trouble, besides, there was no need to waste a time rewind.

"Then maybe it's because you've come into contact with Laurence Li." Bai Kou added, "He has a Super Item with spatial attributes, if it's ever acted on you, there's a certain probability it would have an effect on your body, and some effects of space-time type items and characteristics won't take hold."

"But if you were stabbed by space-time elements and survived, there's a possibility of Super Evolution occurring."

She paused as she spoke, then said with deep meaning, "But mental Super Evolution isn't included in that."

Xu Huo's expression didn't change, he knew exactly why the time freeze hadn't taken effect just now, but he couldn't say it out loud.

Bai Kou stopped at that point and didn't say more, instead saying, "Today's event wasn't much fun, let's head back."

The old city district hadn't been affected, the two returned to the ancient castle smoothly.

Mr. Dong had been waiting at the door the whole time, his expression visibly relaxed when he saw Xu Huo, "The master has returned."

The Painting Woman and Xiao Yuan hadn't slept either, they hurried over to fuss over him with concern.

Xu Huo smiled, then said to Xiao Yuan, "You'll have to wait a while before you can go to school, these few days you can learn some characters with Mr. Dong."

Xiao Yuan obediently nodded.

Bai Kou gave Mr. Dong a hard time as usual before preparing to return to her room, Xu Huo called out to her, "Want to chat?"

The two went to the study on the third floor.

"Want to know information related to Super Items?" Bai Kou sat on the sofa, propping her chin on one hand, asking with a smile.

Xu Huo poured tea and placed it in front of her, then walked to sit across from her, "I'm more interested in Super Evolution."

"The information on Super Evolution you can also look up on the game platform." Bai Kou's interest dimmed, "Besides having talent, the rest is just taking risks."

"But since you haven't had Super Evolution in other aspects, you probably haven't been injured by space-time elements, I'd advise you not to try it either."

"You said space-time elements and ordinary items are completely two different levels of things, I understand that carrying a Super Item can circumvent certain characteristics, but why does this phenomenon also appear on a person's body?" Xu Huo asked.

"Very simple," Bai Kou took a sip of tea, "because your body has already been altered."

"Within a space-time, whether it's time or space, both are stable, they have their own order, people and ordinary items that enter also become part of that order, but if you've experienced time reversal or have traces left by spatial items on your body, you go from being an ordinary person to becoming a blemish in any space-time order."

"Other times there's no impact, but when space-time type items act on you, they might fail because of frequency mismatch."

"No side effects?" Xu Huo immediately said.

Bai Kou let out a light laugh, "Of course there are side effects, but even if you know, it's useless, you might not even live to see that day."

"If I die early, He Pu won't find a second heir." Xu Huo smiled slightly, "I'll try my best to stay alive."

Bai Kou set down her teacup, the smile gone from her face, "Wanting Super Evolution isn't that easy, but since you have time residue on you, you can try to change the state of objects. The change of state is the most direct manifestation of time on objects, but reaching that level is extremely difficult, I don't know much about this aspect, you can go ask your butler."

"From a certain perspective, he also has space-time type characteristics."

She finished speaking and prepared to leave, Xu Huo stood up as well, suddenly calling her name, "Coco."

Bai Kou stopped, frowning as she turned back.

"You use your real name as your player nickname?" Xu Huo said.

The other party looked at him coldly, "Probing my identity won't do you any good."

"Rest early." Xu Huo closed the door right in front of her.

Only after the sound of footsteps outside the door faded away did he return to the desk.

Originally he had planned to use the "Finalized Script" to replay the battle process after the event ended, but he hadn't expected a super player to show up and wipe everyone clean, and the other party had also noticed him because of the time rays, acting alone in the ruins would be too conspicuous, so he chose to return to the ancient castle first.

Taking out a blank piece of paper, Xu Huo began to use his characteristic "Finalized Script."

"...Xu Huo didn't notice that the Safe House in the darkness and the Nüwa Stone he wore produced an unusual resonance, this resonance seemed to be related to the reappearance of the Safe House."

"Although he was in darkness, Xu Huo's eyes still 'witnessed' the green gem being snatched away, as well as the process of Qing Cai chasing after it. He also 'witnessed' the Safe House item user not far away—a player wearing a golden sword emblem, who noticed him and Bai Kou, and made a motion resembling a bow of the head toward Bai Kou, as if in salute."