Chapter 2371: Chapter 2371: Push Him to the Front When There’s Danger

To be honest, so many players can’t really handle that fish. It’s just that the fish looks so hard to deal with, as if once you touch it, you can’t shake it off, and it even grows bigger while chasing players!

It was only after it grew larger that Xu Huo and the others discovered that this fish could easily pass through the defensive barriers, as if it were nothing more than air, and only actual objects could block it.

"Could it be a spatial artifact?" Shi Shuai followed closely behind Xu Huo and the others, and since he had no other path to take, he suggested, "Why don’t one of you sacrifice yourself and try putting it in the inventory? Maybe it’s an unowned prop!"

"Do you think we’re all idiots?" the girl immediately replied, but she was much calmer compared to when they were being chased by the silk thread. She even took out a packet of fish food and threw it, saying, "Good fish, eat this, don’t eat people."

That prop fish actually ate it. Its mouth couldn’t close like a normal fish, but it would chase after food. Once the food fell into its mouth, it seemed to enter another space and instantly disappeared.

"Is this a pocket door?" Xu Huo said.

Their pace slowed a bit because the prop fish went to eat the fish food, and Shi Shuai also slowed down.

He snatched the fish food from the girl, dumped it all out in one go, and then watched as the fish went to swallow each piece, no longer chasing after him!

"Haha!" Shi Shuai laughed, "Looks like this fish isn’t very smart, just too focused on eating."

The crisis was averted, and he had the leisure to walk back and observe the appearance of the prop fish up close.

The fish had grown to a meter long, and its enlarged sharp teeth looked even more ferocious.

But it was fake.

"It’s okay now." Shi Shuai shoved the cloth bag into his pocket and was about to say something when a suction force suddenly pulled him up from behind!

"Oh crap!" Shi Shuai was swallowed into the fish’s mouth, and the moment he went in, the fish expanded three to four times, instantly blocking the corridor.

"Run!" the girl shouted, but she was dragged by Shi Shuai’s prop. Just as she was being pulled up, she managed to grab the girl’s hand, who followed without resistance.

Having spatial power blocked is such a hassle. Xu Huo used a prop to hold onto the girl, but unfortunately, he only managed to last less than a second before he too fell into the black vortex inside the fish’s mouth. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sound of crashing continued as Xu Huo, along with the girl and the girl in the painting, rolled out of the black tunnel. They initially thought they had entered another hidden space, only to find they had returned to the corridor of the Fish Banquet Building!

"The fish’s stomach is the exit!" The girl exclaimed in surprise as she got up, pressing hard on Shi Shuai, who served as a cushion and was the first to come out.

Shi Shuai leaned against the wall and groaned, "Do you even have any humanity? Without me, would you even be able to get out?"

No one paid attention to him because the night of revelry wasn’t over yet. They were now on the twelfth floor, and the hallway was marked with blood everywhere, with carpets soaked in it. It wasn’t just players; quite a few servers and security personnel in the Fish Banquet Building had also died.

A few players, maddened by bloodlust, were chasing two other players from the other end of the hallway.

Coincidentally, one of them was the round-faced player who sold information to Xu Huo earlier.

Xu Huo and the girl in the painting had changed their appearances, so the player didn’t recognize them, but that didn’t stop him from asking for help.

Xu Huo intervened to block the pursuit and even took down two more players who refused to relent, making the group finally retreat.

"Brother, thank you so much!" The round-faced player panted heavily, "I’ve been running for an hour, can you believe it? Haven’t even had a sip of water!"

"Aren’t you well-informed? Couldn’t you find a place to hide?" Xu Huo asked.

The round-faced player scratched his head, "I don’t know if those spaces are safe. Rather than facing unknown danger, I’d prefer to do parkour outside."

"Didn’t you buy information from me?" he generously offered, "You helped me, so I’ll give you three tips free of charge."

"Keep them for yourself." Xu Huo smiled faintly, stepping over the corpses as he headed toward the stairs.

The round-faced player immediately followed without hesitation, while Shi Shuai and the girl hesitated for a moment before tagging along.

"Bro, you’re heading upstairs? You’d better not; it’s more dangerous up there," the round-faced player said with a bitter face, "There are several groups hunting floor by floor — you’re bound to run into them."

Xu Huo ignored him, continuing to climb the stairs.

Before the round-faced player could persuade him further, the girl in the painting cut him off, "Don’t come if you don’t want to."

The round-faced player did consider it, but seeing Shi Shuai and the girl move ahead, he gritted his teeth and still chased after them.

"Why are you following us?" the girl in the painting glared at Shi Shuai.

"Sister, don’t be so stingy. We can look out for each other if we stick together. Just like earlier, if it weren’t for my amazing luck, would you have gotten out so quickly? Otherwise, you could still be stuck in the loom with the others!"

Shi Shuai bragged about his luck.

The girl was initially angry with him for dragging her along but felt it was reasonable after hearing him, so she suggested, "If there’s danger, push him to the front."

The girl in the painting agreed, and together they grabbed him, making him pave the way for Xu Huo.

Watching Xu Huo wander aimlessly around the building, only taking action if attacked, Shi Shuai couldn’t help but ask, "Are you looking for Easter eggs?"

Of course, Xu Huo wasn’t looking for Easter eggs. He just wanted to see the players on the higher floors. A player with no name or face was too difficult to find, but the night of revelry had brought all the players out of their rooms, which was also an opportunity.

The groups that banded together to kill and rob could be ruled out, as could the weak ones, and the cannibal players were not to be considered, so he needed to head to the higher floors where there was less oversight.

As they reached the twenty-fifth floor, they finally ran into the killing team the round-faced player had mentioned.

This group consisted of eight people, including the scruffy player they had seen at the restaurant during the day. Though he wasn’t a cannibal player, he insisted on tasting human blood when he killed, and his actions were crude. As a result, when he encountered Xu Huo and his group, unlike his companions, he was almost entirely covered in dried blood.

There were lots of lunatics, and even those who weren’t could go insane after playing the game for too long. Xu Huo and his group needed to be wary of his strength.

"Well, well! More people delivering themselves to us," said a buzz-cut man as he pushed his companions aside to take the lead. His gaze swept over them, then pointed at the girl and the girl in the painting, "I happen to have a few mermaid masks; the women stay alive, kill the rest."

The words were vague, but Xu Huo was intrigued, so he immediately expanded his spiritual world. These people were within the range of his materialized item; under mental interference combined with prop attacks, the players couldn’t support each other, and the one who had spoken was quickly moved right in front of him.