Chapter 58 - Call

“Mr.

Xu, is that you?” Peng Fengnian’s excited voice quickly came over the paper cell phone, “I’m about to leave Zone 014, and if I can’t get in touch before I go, I don’t know when will be the next time.”

“014?” This number had appeared on Xu Huo’s return ticket.

“Yeah, I’m a player from E27 Wormhole Point, Zone 009,” Peng Fengnian explained, “Once you level up to a Level D Player, every ticket will have a station address, and this time the Skinning Artisan’s copy is in Zone 014.

“Paper cell phones can only connect within the same zone.

Mr.

Xu, you’re not a native player of E27?”

“I am,” Xu Huo then asked, “Apart from E27 Wormhole Point, are there other Wormhole Points?”

The voice of Peng Fengnian on the other end paused for two seconds before answering, “There should be, my brother encountered players from D13 Wormhole Point in a Rank-C Copy, but that’s very rare.”

“Basically, players from a certain Wormhole Point keep rotating in copies from their Wormhole Point.

I’ve done several copies myself and have never met players from other Wormhole Points.”

“Have you heard of Temporary Passes?” Xu Huo asked.

This was a term mentioned by the Skinning Artisan.

The original words were, “If there were a Temporary Pass, it wouldn’t be such a hassle to move around.”

These words implied that the Skinning Artisan’s random copy moved from place to place and that you couldn’t freely travel between stations.

A Temporary Pass, on the other hand, seemed to represent the authority to move around freely.

Since Peng Fengnian’s elder brother was able to meet other Wormhole Point’s players in a Rank-C Copy, it showed that the connectivity between two Wormhole Points was not a privilege exclusive to high-level players.

Peng Fengnian’s voice was not as excited as before.

He said, “Temporary Pass?

I’ve never heard of it.”

“Copies have been appearing in Zone 009 for over five years, and currently, there are fewer than ten Rank-B players.

It might be some special item.”

“What does it mean to be a Super Player at a permanent station?” Xu Huo continued to ask.

“Some copy bosses were originally players; there are copies like the Skinning Artisan’s that move around, and there are also those who open fixed copies at a stationary point.

Players like these are not something that random copy bosses can compare with.”

“The Paper Servant Master who makes paper cell phones is a Super Player from E27 Wormhole Point, very famous in the game world.

Some copies have prizes made by him.”

“There are many zones in E27 Wormhole Point, equivalent to many isolated worlds.

In some zones, including Zone 009, games, and players are public in their world, including some basic information.

Although there isn’t a communication platform between players, after you start a non-closed copy, you can walk around in the station’s world.

If you go to some places where the game appeared earlier, a lot of information can be found online.”

“Mr.

Xu, you’re not a Rank-C player, are you?”

The information Peng Fengnian talked about was almost common knowledge after entering a non-closed copy.

If Xu Huo didn’t know this, it would prove that he had never touched a non-closed copy.

In other words, he was a newbie player.

“I’m a Level E Player,” Xu Huo said calmly, “The Evolvers have only started appearing in my world for about a month.

According to your description, Zone 014 must be a newly developed game zone from Dimensional Rift.”

“Before this, I had only experienced one copy.

The Skinning Artisan’s copy is my first time doing a random copy.”

Peng Fengnian raised his voice in disbelief, “Then how did you cause a Level D Copy to collapse?”

“I guess it was something like the core of the copy, just stumbled upon it,” Xu Huo was somewhat disappointed by his ignorance.

But the collapse of the copy involved a lot of luck; it is an unknown whether every copy has a core, and even if such an item exists, the difficulty of finding it is one thing, and certainly, it won’t be easy to destroy.

Too little information and too many variables.

“You’re really impressive.

With your mentality and approach, I thought you were at least above my level.” Peng Fengnian didn’t expect such a result either, but Xu Huo’s quality was very good, he might level up to D quickly.

“You said your world has had copies for five years.

Other than the first batch of Evolvers, are there other ways to become Evolvers?” Xu Huo wondered.

“Actually, since the game world connected to reality, people have continuously turned into Evolvers, just not as many as initially.

If someone wants to forcibly enter the game, they can go through the transformation by injecting the blood of an Evolver who hasn’t taken an Evolution Potion,” Peng Fengnian paused before asking, “You know about the genetic defect of Evolvers, right?”

“Without the Evolution Potion for more than a month, their bodies will rot, and they will weaken until death,” Xu Huo replied.

“That’s right, that defect is irreversible.

Even Cannibal Evolvers are the same; they must take it regularly.

That’s why in the game world, Evolution Potions are so expensive,” Peng Fengnian affirmed.

Xu Huo leaned his wrist against his forehead, “Is there no other way to improve?”

“I don’t know about that,” Peng Fengnian hesitated, “As the evolution value increases, the level of the Potion also goes up.

P0 targets below 10%, P1 is from 10% to 30%, P2 is from 30% to 50%, and above that, there are P3P4 Evolution Potions.

As long as you take them, you can keep evolving.

And the higher the evolution rate, the stronger you become, which usually goes hand in hand with the player level.

Since there are P3P4 Potions, it means the high-level players also need Evolution Potions.”

“But even if there’s a dependency on the Potion, as the level increases, it should not be difficult to obtain Evolution Potions by then,” he added.

Xu Huo didn’t comment; the feeling of having his livelihood controlled by others was very uncomfortable for him.

“Mr.

Xu, what did you mean by the last thing you said to the Skinning Artisan?” Peng Fengnian couldn’t help but ask, “Do you know about the Skinning Artisan’s grudge with the Feld Family?”

“It was just a ruse.” Xu Huo returned the favor, “I learned beforehand from the radio that E27’s top administrator had been replaced with someone named Kairo Feld.

Pretending to be his close relative was a status that even if the Skinning Artisan showed up, he couldn’t disprove without actual evidence.

The Skinning Artisan’s nature is very particular; he might not even know if any of the pigs he killed were important figures.”

“”I didn’t know the copy would collapse, and with the situation at hand, the best outcome would have been a few players escaping.

It was impossible to save the rest of the ordinary people, so I told a lie to deceive the Skinning Artisan.

I made him believe that he had offended someone from the Feld Family or a related power.

It would be very difficult to verify this matter, and if the Skinning Artisan believed it, his most likely response would be to leave E27 or, at the very least, to leave the location of the copy.”

“That way, there was a good chance that the copy would not continue devouring people in the area where I lived.”

“But that would be a different story if he saw through it.”

Peng Fengnian let out a short breath.

Saw through it?

Now even the copy has collapsed; the Skinning Artisan probably thought someone was targeting him, so wouldn’t he be thoroughly deceived?

For an ordinary player, leveling up in the game is incredibly tough, let alone a newbie like Xu Huo who, in the absence of information, could still dig pits for the boss in the game and even benefit the real world.

Indeed, not all players are the same!