Players, Please Board the Train

Chapter 496: Drawing Aggro

【Limited Edition Human Skin Doll, brimming with the aura of a living person. It can mimic the appearance of anyone, as long as that person has seen you. The moment they look away, you can use it to replace yourself, and absolutely no one will see through its disguise. Please note, its usage duration is only thirty minutes.】

This was the description of the Mimicry Doll. Xu Huo had never used this item before, because by the time it came into his hands, it only had one use left.

This Special Item could divert an enemy's attention for up to half an hour. Using it in previous situations would have been a waste, but now was the perfect time. Not only could it deplete the black wristband player's items, but it could also test out his characteristics and methods—as long as the Mimicry Doll could hold out for a sufficient amount of time.

Xu Huo had noticed earlier while fighting the red wristband player in the room that these seaweeds had minimal aggression towards objects moving at slower speeds. Therefore, as he threw the Mimicry Doll, he put on his Protective Suit, activated the "Oxygen Supply," and then targeted a cluster of seaweed extending from a room not far away, actively grabbing onto it.

Stimulated, the seaweed wrapped around him, flung him against the ship's outer wall, and then violently dragged him into the room, smashing him hard towards a corner!

He had almost been injured by that external pounding blow if he hadn't adjusted his position in time. Now inside the room, he certainly wouldn't let the seaweed smash him into the wall. Using piano wire to cushion the impact, he relied on his characteristic "Frequent Movement" to rapidly shift positions within the room, avoiding stepping on more seaweed, and then hung himself from the ceiling.

The Sound-Muffling Figurine had a six-hour cooldown and couldn't be used yet. So, after using the Mimicry Doll to lure away the black wristband player, following him was also very risky.

Fortunately, this ship was not short on Decorations and some high-tech gadgets. So, Xu Huo attached the miniature surveillance devices he carried on him to the Mimicry Doll. Now he could see the environment around the Mimicry Doll through the receiver.

The black wristband player hadn't caught up yet.

Besides the black wristband player, there were plenty of dangerous individuals on the ship. After confirming that both the black wristband player and that Little Girl had moved far away, Xu Huo found a display room to place the "101 Emergency Shelter." The room was mostly filled with exhibits, some of which were oddly shaped things. Although the shelter took up some space, it wouldn't look out of place here.Just as he stepped inside the door and was about to send a message to Bai Kou, an explosion sounded from upstairs. He immediately released a miniature surveillance device out the window, which happened to capture the erupting flames spraying from the ninth floor.

The explosion pierced through the left and right sides of the ninth floor. After engulfing nearly a quarter of the floor area, the frenzied flames suddenly seemed to have a Pause Button pressed, freezing abruptly in mid-air. The next second, they retraced their erupting path backwards. The air baked by the high temperature, the shattered and sprayed glass, and the expanded, deformed metal walls all returned to their original state, as if the explosion had never happened.

Time reversal. Xu Huo had experienced this strange phenomenon briefly three times before. But because the duration was so short, not only people but even clocks could easily overlook it. Not to mention, the scope of his time reversal might far exceed a single dungeon. So, apart from coming back to life, he didn't have much feeling about time reversal.

If Rongxin Group's arms shipment was really going to be handed over here, then the players who remained on the ninth and tenth floors, not participating in the ship-wide slaughter, were the true core figures. After all, neither the Captain Matt nor Black Epaulets' Ran Ying had shown their faces yet.

Xu Huo wasn't clear on exactly what rank of player Bai Kou was. However, the fact that no irreversible, catastrophic scenes had erupted upstairs yet indicated the true conflict hadn't fully broken out.

Turning off his communicator, he left the door slightly ajar and released several more miniature surveillance devices to search for player locations from inside and outside the ship.

The number of black wristband players participating in the hunt wasn't as high as imagined. Quite a few were relaxing in game rooms. Those fighting outside were mostly red wristband players. A significant number of white wristband players and ordinary evolved persons were hiding.

Seeing their lazy demeanor, Xu Huo frowned slightly. They weren't in a hurry to kill everyone on the ship, so this journey might last a long time yet.

Having some time was certainly good for him; it meant he had ample time to think of countermeasures. But the ship showed no intention of turning back, continuing to sail farther out to sea, meaning they were getting farther and farther from District 011. And in this sea area, train tickets could not be used.

Unable to use a train ticket to escape the vessel, the most likely outcome was being killed by the red and black wristband players. Relying on items to survive until the end was almost impossible. This ship itself was an item. Since there were such voyages every year, it meant there were no survivors in previous years.

"...Raindrop Pierces Stone!" A faint sound came from the surveillance feed. Xu Huo immediately looked down and saw that the black wristband noble had already caught up to the Mimicry Doll. The distance between them was less than five meters. Just as that Female Player had said, the black wristband player pointed a finger downward, and a sudden torrential rain formed a roughly one-meter-wide circular rain band around him. Anyone within this rain band was a target of the attack.

Due to the item's special characteristics, the Mimicry Doll, although hit in the foot, had the wound instantly heal. It jumped out of the rain band and ran, not forgetting to turn back and flip off the black wristband player with its middle finger.

Of course, this might also be related to the effect of the item that diverted attention. Maximizing the hatred value was better for covering the item holder's escape.

The black wristband player's face, glimpsed briefly in the camera frame, already showed anger. He swept his hand, sending seaweeds on the ground shooting like chaotic arrows towards the Mimicry Doll, while his other hand tossed out something like a balloon.

Limited by the camera angle, Xu Huo couldn't see clearly what that balloon was like. However, soon after, there was a slight cracking sound near the camera, so he judged the balloon wasn't slow. Instantly, the camera's field of view began to shake and float upwards.

Sensing its struggle but failure to escape, Xu Huo quickly directed the miniature surveillance devices near them to move closer. At that moment, the black wristband player walked into the camera frame, sneering coldly, "How dare someone like you defy me!"