The intermittent cries for help and the people, as well as the bloodstains that never dried, might not have been real.
He just didn't know why the distance carved out by these two barriers was being used to divide things up.
After waiting in place for a while, Xu Huo continued to the left. But after walking less than two thousand meters, he came across another barrier just like the first.
A strange feeling suddenly rose in him. He quickened his pace, only to encounter another barrier a little over a thousand meters later.
Could the entire city be divided by barriers like these?
But there was nothing unusual about the next two stretches of road.
After standing still for a few seconds, he didn't hurry ahead. Instead, he extended his search to both sides. Only after finding an item lying on the ground did he pass through the relatively nearby barrier at that spot. Sure enough, there were sounds on the other side this time.
A clatter of things falling came from a shop by the street, and then a feeble man emerged. This time Xu Huo saw him clearly: he was a Player.
The Player leaned on the door as he came out of the shop. He didn't look toward Xu Huo, but struggled toward the Aquarium. He was probably already exhausted; with every step, his toes dragged heavily along the ground. He looked ready to collapse at any moment, and didn't even seem to care that one of the items he was wearing had fallen off.
Xu Huo watched him shuffle away, then stepped back through the barrier. The instant he crossed it, the man who had been struggling ahead disappeared.
There was only an invisible barrier between them. Step forward, and the man stood right in