Chapter 2738: Suitcase Man’s Joke

He swallowed the remaining words under Xu Huo’s cold gaze.

"I heard you’ve been making quite a few friends recently." He paused and said.

Dr. Deng never hides anything from Mr. Dong, after all, Mr. Dong is more familiar with Zone 011 than he is, so all his interactions here will be recorded by Mr. Dong and given to Xu Huo.

"You’ve become famous, so I have more friends." Dr. Deng said, "Don’t worry, I’m quite adept at judging people."

Xu Huo looked at him skeptically.

Dr. Deng said with a smile, "Being underestimated isn’t necessarily a bad thing most of the time."

"As long as you know what you’re doing." Xu Huo nodded, "If anything happens, just run quickly."

Although Hua Han has suppressed the Werna Family, it doesn’t mean these people will always keep their heads down.

Helta’s industry being handed over to him is one thing, but he didn’t choose to closely cooperate with Zone 01, which means not many will bet on him.

He hasn’t been in Zone 011 for a long time, and those left in Rose Castle have become targets for others.

Dr. Deng said he understood, yet comforted him, "A stable zone has its advantages, normally no one wishes to disrupt this stability, smart people want to live comfortable lives."

Another two days passed, and news about the Suitcase Man in Zone 039 was updated, after killing a batch of players drawn by the scent of the instance, the Suitcase Man finally left Zone 039, along with the disappearance of the instance entrance.

There’s one thing that’s uncertain, and that’s the rumor about the Instance Authorization Document, after all, the Circus City instance has never been opened, whether the Suitcase Man truly cannot control the instance, and whether the authorization document is really lost, remains unclear.

Xu Huo also contacted Yan Jiayu, who had no clues about Da Mao or news from the Girl in the painting.

Suspecting she might have left Circus City for the Eye of Platinum, he also asked Bai Kou to keep an eye out.

During this period, Xu Huo injected the P6S Potion found at the Fish Banquet, raising his Evolution Rate to 80%.

This time the injecting of Evolution Potion was smoother than before, with the body’s limit raised, physical, spiritual power, and the shackles of Space-Time Evolution loosened slightly, not simply expanding the range, but applying Evolutionary Power became easier than before. Normally, as distance increases, whether spiritual power or spatial power, neither can achieve absolute control and precision like at a close range, yet now this feeling of weakening due to distance is greatly reduced, as if he truly could grip the space thousands of meters away, experiencing its delicacy.

As the Evolution Rate increases, ordinary players after taking an Evolution Potion will see a slow increase in evolution rate, with potion digestion not as good as before, the Perfect Potion raising 10% each time creates too much difference, to avoid attracting attention, even inside the castle, Xu Huo wears clothing that can conceal his physical state.

He’s spent enough time in Zone 011 waiting for news of the Girl in the painting, and soon he needs to head to the next instance, while preparing, he cleared items stolen by the prop "Invisible Hand."

Stolen prop items can only be used after the original owner dies or abandons them, each stolen prop’s level is not fixed, completely random, so he clears them periodically, using what he can, discarding what he can’t in the corner. However, today as he cleared the props, he suddenly felt the Instance Authorization Document sealed by the prop seemed different.

Mr. Xi’s fake Instance Authorization Document originally had no content filled in, to avoid quick exposure, he added a layer of transparent sealing barrier outside, the item originally in the Girl in the painting’s backpack, stolen in Circus City by the "Invisible Hand" – these details in Home Field View are described with the prop automatically activated momentarily.

This is not unusual, since stolen prop items are random, and the theft time is also random.

Yet at this moment, he felt this sealed Instance Authorization Document seemed different.

Within the enclosed space of Rose Castle, he removed the outer barrier, slowly unfolding the scroll, and in the originally vacant position was written "Joyful Circus City" in large letters — this was a genuine Instance Authorization Document!

He instantly understood the key to this, the authorization document must have been obtained by the Girl in the painting before he left Circus City, and later stolen by the "Invisible Hand"...

In this moment, many thoughts flashed through Xu Huo’s mind but quickly calmed, checking whether the authorization document had any tracking, finding no trace, he swiftly stored the document in the luggage bay, then went directly to find Hua Han Werna.

Without much ado, he inquired if there are devices or props capable of directly tracking items across Wormhole Points.

"Tracking items, unless the item has a positioning device itself." Hua Han saw his serious expression, paused and asked, "Did you take something from the Suitcase Man? A figurine?"

"Instance Authorization Document." Xu Huo replied.

Hua Han first raised an eyebrow, then laughed heartily, "You actually took the Suitcase Man’s Instance Authorization Document! This is the funniest joke I’ve heard in the last ten years! A Super Dungeon’s authorization document, stolen by a Rank-B player, if I were him, I’d be too embarrassed to come looking!"

Strictly speaking, it wasn’t Xu Huo who stole it, he just picked the fruit.

Hua Han truly found it amusing, laughed for quite a while before saying, "Instance Authorization Document is different from ordinary items, it is a whole that cannot be broken, impossible to implant a tracking device. However, other props and instruments tracking cannot be ruled out."

"Keep it in the luggage bay, don’t take it out again."

"I opened it in Rose Castle." This is the real reason Xu Huo came to find him, if tracking truly exists, Suitcase Man might come to Zone 011 anytime.

"You worry about causing me trouble." Hua Han waved slightly, "Suitcase Man isn’t as strong as you think, even if he knows the Instance Authorization Document is in Zone 011, he wouldn’t dare act rashly. Without the Super Dungeon, it’s like losing a hand, recently he’s been targeted, he won’t let people know the authorization document is in Zone 011."

"I know some places he’s frequently active, can ask someone to give him some trouble."

"Go to the instance zone, when it’s time to deal with Suitcase Man, then bring out the authorization document."

He looked serious, not worried about being troubled by a Super Player, his eyes like a deep well fell on the young man before him, saying, "Don’t be afraid."

Xu Huo relaxed quite a bit, "I might not return for a while."

Hua Han nodded, a palm lifted and an oval crystal appeared, "This is a special item I got when I was young, it ensures you will survive for three minutes."

Xu Huo reached out to take it, hearing him say, "But it can only be used once. I hope you don’t have to use it."