Chapter 273 175 Paulson Street (17)
A storage room on the garden side in front of the main building of the manor.
"laugh..."
Han Zu, who turned into a blood mist, entered the storage room through the gap outside the storage room. Sure enough, Cao Yuan's body was still lying on the ground inside the storage room and had not disappeared.
Generally speaking, regardless of whether the player's body is truly dead or not, as long as the Infinite City system determines that he has lost his life characteristics in the copy, he will be teleported out of the copy except for some related specific skills. At present, Cao Yuan does not have this problem, so something must have gone wrong with him, and based on the information he received before, it is very likely related to those cheaters.
Squatting down and approaching Cao Yuan's body, Han Zu began to carefully examine the wounds on Cao Yuan's body. There were three wounds in total, two of which were in front of his body, one at the throat, and one at the chest. They looked like animal claw marks, or they could be slash marks of similar characteristics. However, they were not the cause of Cao Yuan's death. The real reason was a tiny wound on Cao Yuan's back.
This micro-wound was narrow and deep, and it was difficult to conduct a detailed inspection without destroying Cao Yuan's body. So Han Zu had a sudden idea and turned one of his fingers into blood mist. Then he contracted his strength and carefully guided the blood mist part into the micro-wound on Cao Yuan's body, using the detection ability under the blood mist to conduct an in-depth inspection.
Through the information transmitted to his brain, Han Zu discovered that there were some problems with the fatal wound on Cao Yuan's body. At first, Han Zu thought that the wound might have been caused by a special dagger or a rapier, but after inspection, he found that the wound had an arc from the middle position. If it was caused by a weapon, then the outermost area of the wound should have caused a larger wound due to the change in the attack angle, but at present, it seems that this is not the case.
Although the wound was very small, an overall examination showed that the size of the wound became narrower as it went deeper into the body, but at the same time it had an arc, which reminded Han Zu of the poisonous hook of an insect. He released the force appropriately, and sure enough, a certain amount of slowly weakening toxin was detected in the deepest part of the wound on Han Zu's bloody body.
What's even more strange is that this toxin can produce a faint resonance with the energy in his body, as if they were different forms of the same thing. Han Zu made a bold decision. He decided to absorb these toxins.
However, just after these toxins were completely absorbed by Han Zu, Han Zu immediately discovered something unusual. After entering Han Zu's body, these toxins were immediately converted into energy. It was not that Han Zu actively controlled the conversion, but it seemed that these toxins originally belonged to him, or to be more precise, these toxins should be secondary products of the power in his body.
This is not normal, because if it can be confirmed that Cao Yuan did meet the cheaters, then it proves that these cheaters have the same power as himself, or at least a secondary product. Then the guys who first spread these cheating methods must have more things with this power. If you think about it more seriously, they may have the same power as himself, or even surpass his own.
Unconsciously, another matter became related to him. Originally, Han Zu agreed to help Infinite Company clean up these cheaters simply because, ordinary players were no different from rookies to him, and he could not experience the fun of the game. These cheaters were different. They should be able to hold on for a while longer, and he had not received any news that could enhance his strength recently. So in essence, the reason why Han Zu did this job was actually just because he was bored.
But now it is different. The experience just now is enough to show that the guys behind these cheaters, who researched or developed these cheating methods, may have the things or information that he is looking for, so finding them becomes a must. Han Zu can help Unlimited Company and even become a part of it, but all the prerequisites must be based on the fact that Han Zu has the ability to escape at any time, and the recent smooth sailing has made Han Zu a little slack.
After slapping himself twice, Han Zu finally took the current situation seriously. Now, Han Zu was no longer bored. As for his idea of competing with the top players in Infinite City in the finals of the guild tournament, that matter was put aside. The most important thing at the moment was to find the cheaters and the source of the cheating methods. In order to ensure that no matter what happened in the future, it would not affect him, Han Zu had to find them first and ensure the uniqueness of his power.
Han Zu is a very selfish person, and he has never hidden this from anyone. But precisely because he tells everyone about this, others think that this is not the case. And now, this situation has given Han Zu some convenience.
Now, the focus of the matter has completely changed. As for the sudden appearance of the voice pretending to be the system, other players, the work of the Infinite Company, etc., they are no longer the most important. Finding the source of cheating has become the top priority. In the information obtained before, Han Zu noticed that 90% of the cheating in the Infinite City is basically aimed at the guild competition. So Han Zu judged that as long as the cheaters can get what they want, but at the same time they will be discovered by the Infinite Company, then in order to get more, the cheaters will continue to send out "elites" to achieve their goals. It is even possible that those who have developed these cheating methods will come out in person. Even if they don't do that, the last person to come must be close to them. Following them, it is easy to find the real mastermind. Because judging from the existing information, these cheaters are obsessed with the guild competition.
How to achieve this has become the most important issue that Han Zu needs to think about at the moment.
In order to make this happen, Han Zu needs to ensure that three conditions occur.
First, these cheaters need to get what they want, because only in this way will they increase their manpower and send "elites". As long as they get what they want, no matter how many people they lose during this period, they will not give up the action, because those who survived prove that their method is feasible.
Second, they cannot get enough information at one time. This information must be useful but weak. Similarly, this is the only way to ensure the consistency of their actions. If there is no gain, these cheaters are likely to give up cheating and hide themselves. In this way, there will be no way to follow the clues and catch the mastermind behind these guys.
Third, we must not let these cheaters realize that they are being deceived by bait. We must make them believe that the unlimited company is doing its best to hunt them down. It would be best if we could also show that the unlimited company hates them to the core. Only in this way can we make the trick more effective and increase its authenticity.
Then how to proceed to the next step became the first thing Han Zu had to think about. At present, there were indeed cheaters in the current event copy. Due to the unique characteristics of this copy, which was used for fishing enforcement, Han Zu had to find a way to take advantage of this as much as possible and make more attempts on the cheaters in the copy, so as to adjust his countermeasures.
The more sophisticated the plan, the easier it is to make mistakes. And the countermeasures that come out of constant revisions are much more important than making any sophisticated plans in advance. Thinking of this, Han Zu made a preliminary plan, which is to prolong the time of this copy as much as possible and destroy the conditions for everyone to pass the level as much as possible. As long as no one can leave, he will have enough time to trial and error.
And it is not difficult to do this. First of all, his current task is to ensure that no one can move forward and cannot progress anything. The easiest way to achieve this is to let all the players move first, and then create opportunities for these people to be left alone. In this way, in order to ensure that his goal is successfully completed, those cheaters will definitely take action against the lone players. At this time, it is his turn to take action. He just needs to beat them all up so that they will not die and cannot pass on information to the outside. After all, Han Zu feels that with the importance of the current copy, the strength of those cheaters is not enough to beat him, even with the cheating methods they have.
Let everyone move. Someone has already done this for him. After confirming the existence of cheaters, Han Zu roughly guessed why they did this. Most likely, there was a disagreement in the cheater's team, and someone wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife. This means that they knew that Unlimited Company had sent out some insurances like himself to target them. So Han Zu believed that someone in Unlimited Company must be cooperating with them. It seemed that someone didn't try their best in the last large-scale screening.
Thinking of this, Han Zu immediately passed the information to the people outside. He didn't write much, just saying that Cao Yuan was killed by a cheater and his current situation. Not long after, the information was sent out, and sure enough, it was exactly what Han Zu guessed.
"everything is normal."
The message he sent out turned into this, and the taskbar that shouldn't have appeared reappeared and became highlighted. Han Zu concluded that the person behind this thing disguised as the system must be related to the cheater, but they couldn't influence him either, so they could only use this low-level method to interfere with him and prevent him from getting any help.
Han Zu suddenly laughed, which made his face without facial features become distorted. Little did he know that this situation was too beneficial to him. Without others observing him, he could do whatever he wanted. You, this fake system, don't you want me to complete the task? Well, I will make these tasks completely unfinished.
Looking at the system that was highlighted and began to flash on the fake system, Han Zu stood up, walked to the side, and used flames to give himself an internal sauna again. Sure enough, both the real and fake systems were down for a certain period of time.
Magnus, Ha Jin, and Jerome were important figures in the dungeon, but the Gloria who suddenly appeared was not one of them. And he learned from Jerome that he didn't know any Gloria, so this person or whoever he was could not affect the progress of the dungeon. So Han Zu felt that it was necessary to look for this Gloria.
But before that, he needs to do something to ensure that no clever people will find the opportunity to "break through" during his investigations. If he lets Infinite Company take over, he will have no chance to experiment with his ideas.
He looked back and saw Cao Yuan's body on the ground. After the toxins in the body were absorbed by himself, a familiar energy flow appeared on his body. This was a signal that he was about to be teleported away after being eliminated.
Han Zu thought for a moment, bent down, grabbed Cao Yuan's leg, and then swung it violently.
"boom!"
Cao Yuan's body was thrown out with great force. After breaking through the wall of the storage room and flying high into the sky, the teleportation light finally took effect, and Cao Yuan officially left the copy.
"what happened!"
The loud noise coming from the storage room and the beam of light in the sky that everyone could clearly see attracted the attention of many people in and around the manor. A large number of servants began to gather in the direction of the storage room. Han Zu observed that among them were the four players, Ha Jin, and Jerome.
Han Zu exploded instantly, turned into blood mist, and drilled into the bushes of the garden close to the ground, hiding his body and began to closely observe the movements of the crowd. As long as someone had an abnormal expression or strange movements, Han Zu would be able to discover the news in the first time.
A few seconds ago, on the first floor of the manor, in the banquet hall.
Because of the weather, even though it was just past two in the afternoon, the brightness outside was almost the same as at dusk. The interior of the manor gradually became dim, and the maids began to light candles and oil lamps. The subtle atmosphere in the manor gave people an eerie sense of security.
Magnus, the owner of the manor, summoned four players, Ha Jin, and Jerome, who came to his study to look for something for some unknown reason, to inquire about the progress of the investigation. As everyone was there and it was getting late, they decided to take this opportunity to start dinner early and chat while eating. Just as everyone gathered in the banquet hall and had not started talking, a loud noise attracted everyone's attention. Magnus walked to the bed and looked in the direction where the sound came from. It was the garden not far away.
The other four players immediately left the banquet hall as a group, preparing to head to the direction where the sound came from. After all, the distance was not far. However, just as they walked out of the main door of the manor and came to the stairs, they saw a human figure flying high into the sky, and then being teleported away by the light.
"That's Cao Yuan's body."
"I saw it clearly, it's true."
"Corpses won't move. Besides, Infinite City hasn't unlocked the player's ability to fly yet."
"Don't you think that from the angle, he looked like he was thrown up there?"
The four players looked at each other, not knowing what was going on, but now, dinner time might have to be postponed.