Chapter 687: Chapter 600: The Eleventh Player

Tang Xin noticed Ying Huo in the distance and frowned slightly.

She hesitated for a moment, looking at the black-haired girl whose appearance was so similar to Bai Youyou.

As Ying Huo was caught by those blue eyes staring at her, she couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of her eye. The look in the other person’s eyes was contemplating whether to kill her or not?

After a brief hesitation, Tang Xin didn’t act rashly but observed the surrounding soldiers.

"She’s a bionic. She just killed that Princess!"

Someone in the crowd spoke first, causing a sensation. Soldiers aimed their weapons at Tang Xin in the center, and armored vehicles and land tanks also turned their long barrels.

Tang Xin tightened her grip on the String Sword in her hand, the atmosphere quickly becoming tense and ready to explode. A command could cover her position with artillery fire.

"Stop."

Ying Huo’s voice rang out.

Tang Xin watched as the soldiers moved aside, and Ying Huo, in her military uniform and with her waist straight, walked out from the crowd and slowly approached her.

Just as Ying Huo was about to reach the five-meter range, Tang Xin’s hand moved slightly. Snow dust was kicked up by Ying Huo’s military boots, and a moon arc-shaped slash mark drilled into the ground. Ying Huo wisely did not continue to approach.

The nearby soldiers raised their weapons again, but Ying Huo gestured, and they lowered them once more.

"Don’t be so nervous. My soldiers are watching you. If something unfortunate happens, it won’t be good for either side." Ying Huo spoke leisurely.

Tang Xin glanced around. The previous gap had been blocked by two side-by-side tanks, and the previously patrolling armed helicopter outside the skyline had flown over, hovering above.

Facing this flood of reinforced steel, she could hardly confront directly. With part of the "Cangmo Ceremony Attire" activated, she could maintain the current girl figure with improved mobility, making retreat not difficult for her.

"What are you trying to do?"

"Don’t be so serious. Don’t forget you just messed up my business."

Ying Huo tossed aside the long chair in her hand.

"Who hired you for this, or what benefit did killing Princess offer you?"

Tang Xin did not speak.

"I’m curious, are you really just a bionic?"

As Ying Huo spoke, she suddenly stepped into the five-meter range around Tang Xin.

Tang Xin was slightly startled, raising her sword point only to meet those weary crimson eyes, with a hint of mockery within them.

Her raised hand paused in midair, unable to move further, and Ying Huo’s eyes seemed to turn into an invisible vortex, dragging her consciousness into it!

This is...

Mind Suggestion, clearly an ability of a Fifth Tier Mind Judge?

Tang Xin sensed something was amiss.

The opponent is a player!

Ying Huo’s powerful hand suddenly reached forward, gripping Tang Xin’s throat, forcing the girl to retreat until severely bumping into the steel armor.

"I’m asking you," Ying Huo said in her ear, "having ruined my business, how will you compensate me?"

"Are you really a bionic?"

"Why do you look familiar to me?"

Ying Huo sniffed lightly at Tang Xin’s neck.

"The scent on you feels familiar, an irritating smell."

"Disruption of order and rules deserves punishment; it’s only right, isn’t it?"

Whispers exploded in her consciousness, making it difficult for Tang Xin to focus and think. The iron grip on her neck continued to squeeze, almost sinking into her flesh.

"Stay away from me!"

Seizing a moment of opening, Tang Xin shouted low, completely releasing the "Cangmo Ceremony Attire". An invisible hand erupted from her Shadow, like a dog released from its cage, biting towards Ying Huo.

Ying Huo frowned slightly, taking a few steps back. The Western Sword gathered in her palm, wielded single-handedly from top to bottom splitting Silent Hand in half.

The chaos of shadows retreated into Tang Xin’s body, and she coughed a few times, lifting her sword point, aiming at Ying Huo who approached.

At the beginning of the game, it was indeed stated there were eleven players on the field. Everyone acknowledged the player was a Harmonizer-like existence, because there had been such examples in past copies, and even Bai Youyou had joined a game as a Harmonizer.

But the player named Ying Huo before her was the leader of Firefly, acting willfully, evidently not someone who maintains order.

Moreover, though the opponent was clearly a player, her panel was almost entirely filled with ’???’, a Boss-level creature.

"As expected, you’re an outsider invader." Ying Huo’s lips curled into an intriguing smile.

Just as Tang Xin was readying for a fierce battle, Ying Huo waved her hand, and the surrounding army instantly deconstructed into data.

"I remembered who you are, I’ve seen you on the curtain, the well-known superstar~"

Tang Xin was momentarily stunned as Ying Huo turned and cast her a meaningful glance.

"Hope one day you won’t, like today, kill your Princess with your own hand."

Long after Ying Huo left, her words still lingered in Tang Xin’s mind, unable to dissipate.

She shook her head, no longer pondering so much.

She trusts Xu Xiaoyou won’t betray her original intention.

In the snowy field, two silhouettes lay apart, snow covering their bodies. Until the last moment of life, Sancho failed to recognize the person before him, as Cervantes stared at the endless distance of their fingers, farther and farther out of reach.

In this cold world, a fanatic walked his destined path towards the end.

...

Elsewhere, Bai Youyou returned to the chaotic city district, where a burning Land Air Vehicle rampaged, colliding with other vehicles, causing explosions. Metal fragments flew like a storm while the mob, laughing viciously, wielded chains soaked in fuel upon modified bikes soaring overhead, fiercely striking at fleeing town residents.

Demon Slayer, Evil Slayer, and Chu E emerged from a prosthetic shop clutching the latest prosthetics, installing them regardless of compatibility.

Seeing them, Bai Youyou’s eye twitched.

Knowing that low compatibility can cause severe bodily rejection, potentially leading to cyber-neurosis, the three brothers’ compatibility was absurdly high. She saw them pull a machine-gun turret from an armored vehicle and directly connect it to their arms for use.

She even suspected that as long as there is a connector, they could operate even a smart toilet.

"Boss, what do you think? The latest model from Logic Studio: Heat-Melt Extinguisher." Evil Slayer excitedly raised his flaming arm.

"What’s that? Watch mine." Chu E’s hand continuously morphed into hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers, and other tools,

"Universal Helper, I’ve long wanted it, plus it transforms into a barbecue skewer, anytime you want sweet potatoes roasted, there you have it!"

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ol’ third, not bad!"

Chu E and Evil Slayer fist-bumped.

Demon Slayer slapped Chu E’s head, annoyed at his lack of ambition: "With so many impressive prosthetics inside, you chose this junk?"

Chu E helplessly covered his head:

"The nanomaterials inside repair prosthetic damage. I’m worried about you guys getting hurt. You know, both of you treating me so..."

Demon Slayer’s nose tinged with emotion, patting Chu E’s shoulder repeatedly, the three brothers hugging and crying.

"It’s all my fault for being unskilled, unable to let you grab anything you want without hesitation."

"It’s fine, big brother. Compared to spending money, handin’ by the way just feels easier."

"Boo hoo hoo hoo hooo."

Watching this touching scene, Bai Youyou held her forehead.

At that moment, roars from afar made the four faces turn serious.

"That persistent ghost is chasing again."