"City Sandbox" was an A-grade item he had obtained in a trade with the government of Base 37. Half a meter long and wide, it looked more like a chessboard. On it were six small models representing people and buildings. Once one's mental power evolved to a certain degree, they could move the models, and in turn move the corresponding buildings and players. But Xu Huo's evolution was nowhere near advanced enough to control an entire city with the sandbox, so he hadn't used it since obtaining it.
The reason he took it out now was that his mental power and the Magician's mental power overlapped across the area. Combined with Cube Space, the area around the Medical Research Institute had become extremely chaotic. Perhaps City Sandbox could help. Even if he couldn't move the buildings, maybe he could move people—himself.
Under the influence of Angel's Teeth, the spatial pyramid seemed unable to complete its final step. It failed to seal at the top. The Magician looked surprised. He opened and closed his hands, and the pyramid rapidly collapsed and rebuilt itself, successfully spitting out Angel's Teeth.
At that moment, Xu Huo successfully shifted one of the person models on the sandbox. He'd only moved it one square, but he'd done it. He had moved himself out of the pyramid's encirclement!
However, the move had drained a great deal of his energy. After escaping the pyramid, he immediately put the item away and increased the distance between himself and the Magician.
After both attempts to trap Xu Huo failed, the Magician withdrew the pyramid. Perhaps using it had also burdened him mentally; in any case, he didn't use it again after that.
The sudden collapse of the Medical Research Institute building had already drawn the attention of the Special Defense