Players Please Get In the Car

Xu Huo looked at the deformed metal skeleton in front of him, then met the player's cautious and warning eyes, and stopped obediently, making a "please" gesture.

There were four players chasing the fighting puppet. Two of them had already walked to the front of the skeleton. For safety reasons, both of them wore protective clothing and activated defensive props. However, as soon as they touched the skeleton, the instrument device in the puppet's heart issued a sharp and rapid warning sound and then exploded!

The small device released extraordinary power and actually blew through the multiple layers of defense of the two players. A small amount of black liquid splashed out from the explosion and got on their bodies. The highly toxic liquid spread quickly and the two men screamed in pain. Even drinking antidote could not slow down the spread of the toxin. Within a few breaths, their bodies turned black and they collapsed to the ground.

The person was already dead. The remaining two players were standing far away, and their defensive suits blocked the toxic droplets in time, so no adverse consequences were caused. However, they were very scared. They were relieved after repeated checks. When they looked at their companions again, the two bodies had become unrecognizable due to the erosion of toxins.

"These toxins will spread." Gao Ming looked around and said, "We should be able to burn them with fire, but we have to cover them up to avoid contaminating the forest."

There are simple tools in the game specifically for dealing with this situation, but chemicals that are more complicated to handle usually require more manpower and better equipment. As for the toxin in the heart of this doll, it is probably made from local materials and is a mutated bacterial toxin that can be treated by burning.

Seeing that he was going to burn the skeleton and the contaminated ground together, the two players in the area came up to stop him, "We want to take the metal skeleton away."

Xu Huo stared at them and made a "please" gesture.

His easygoing manner made the two men hesitate. One of them paused and asked fiercely, "Did you know that there was something wrong with the doll?"

"How would I know?" Xu Huo sneered. "I just think you have a problem with your brain. The combat puppets are equipped with so many instruments. What's so strange about burying some other mines? Who is as brave as you?"

In fact, the two people who died were quite careful and had put up several layers of protection, but they forgot about the previous explosions. The energy bombs in the game can be made very compact, and the instrument at the heart position is not small, so it can certainly accommodate more energy.

"Stop talking nonsense with him and take him back. Maybe he knows something about these fighting dolls!" another person said to his companion.

"Think it over. If I follow you, this matter will definitely not end well." Xu Huo said calmly, "After all, as soon as I arrived near the canyon, this combat puppet came straight towards me. If I am not mistaken, you were fighting it. Aren't you putting on a show and using this puppet to kill players from other areas?"

He looked at the two of them, waiting for an answer.

The two players were unsure of their decision for a moment, not because they didn't want to, but because they were considering whether they could succeed.

"Let's burn the ground first." Gao Ming said, "If the wind blows, I don't know how far these toxins will float."

Xu Huo ignored the two men. He covered the ground with a space barrier and threw incendiary agents into it. The flames quickly engulfed the metal skeleton and the two corpses.

The multi-layer space defense barrier is released one layer at a time to ensure that the incendiary agent has the conditions for full combustion.

The two players did not leave, waiting to recycle their companions' corpses and metal skeletons.

"Are there many puppets like this?" Xu Huo asked the two. "Given the situation in Area 039, there shouldn't be such sophisticated combat puppets."

The two men did not refute this statement, but just said: "Two have appeared in Yongta Country."

While waiting, several more players from the area came. Although their faces were not very good, they did not attack Xu Huo, a passerby.

When it was almost burned out, Xu Huo closed the space barrier and went forward to check the metal skeleton that had been burned and changed color.

There are no special marks on the skeleton, nor any batch-production numbers.

"We have to take all these away." One of the players who came later came out to negotiate with him.

Xu Huo did not stop him. Since there was no marking, it was difficult to determine the origin of the fighting doll based solely on the metal material and production process.

"These dolls seem to have a marking function." The player turned back and reminded before leaving, "Occasionally they will chase after a certain player."

"Thank you." Xu Huo nodded.

After watching the group go away, he turned back and spoke to Gao Ming, "Doctor Gao, you are from Yu Country, can you tell me about the situation in Yu Country?"

Doctor Gao was an enthusiastic person and naturally would not refuse. Xu Huo also offered to help him pick mutant plants, so the three of them set off towards an area that Gao Ming rarely set foot on. On the way, he explained the situation of the Island Country in detail.

About twenty years ago, a group of players in this country successfully killed most of the powerful men under the former chief consul and took control of the entire country. That was also the most chaotic time for the country of Yu. Gao Ming had already moved to many places by then.

However, the emergence of the new regime did not bring stability to the country, because the island country is a country where faith is supreme, and every person in power must successfully inherit the national treasure to be legitimate - for a country that is falling apart, no faith is useful, but when someone wants to seize power, "legitimacy" is a good excuse.

The previous chief consul disappeared with the national treasure. The new chief consul is strong, but not that strong. So many people also want to be the chief consul, and the country falls into a new round of competition.

It was also at that time that Gao Ming became truly disappointed with the country. He overestimated human nature and underestimated power.

When he was planning to leave the island country with his wife, they encountered a large-scale player war. He was lucky and was not injured, but his wife was seriously injured. Although she was finally rescued, her health was not very good. After leaving the island country, the two wandered around and met some people along the way, including ordinary people and players.

Most of the people who were able to wander in the wild were ordinary people. The people of Yu Country spontaneously traveled together, intending to find a new habitat, but just as they walked out of the border, a war broke out between Yu Country and Yuejiao Principality. Almost all of the people who were traveling together were killed, and the few remaining people were tied up as hostages on the front line, and Gao Ming was among them.