After he finished speaking, he turned and went downstairs. The others thought he had remembered a clue and followed without a word. But once Xu Huo reached the first floor, he went straight into the room where he was resting and closed the door behind him.
Chi Minghong and the others exchanged glances. They waited for a full minute, and just as they were wondering whether to leave, Xu Huo opened the door and came out again. He looked at everyone and asked, "Shouldn't we be looking for the notes?"
"Let's start with the serial numbers."
The others had no objections, so the first Player from this district to arrive went upstairs with Xu Huo.
"What was here before Snow White Villa was built?" Xu Huo asked first.
The Player from this district paused, then said, "A protected area."
"Snow City was overdeveloped. The environmental protection department and the city developers fought in court for nearly ten years before they managed to preserve this forest. In the end, it was designated a 'private residential area.'"
"Large-scale development isn't allowed here. Only residents who already lived here had the right to build."
"But you couldn't just build whatever you wanted. You had to apply to the relevant departments. What qualified for approval was open to interpretation, though. Residents only had one chance to apply for a rebuild. Once the first application was approved, no matter how many times they renovated the house later, they couldn't exceed the original size."
"Of course, even the first application wasn't a matter of asking for whatever you wanted. In theory, the residents in this area could divide up all the land except for the important protected forest. But once your application was approved, you had to finish construction within the specified time."
"Snow White Villa