Mr. Yuan and the others left the room. After the unpleasant negotiations, all the earlier goodwill between the two sides had vanished. Once the Polar Safe Zone players were gone, Xu Huo had his people shut the doors, close the windows, and seal off the entire floor.
"Do you think they'll resort to force?" Gao Dawei watched from the window for a while, then turned back nervously.
"They might have before they knew we'd spread the news. Now, there's no chance," Chang Shoujie said with certainty.
"They still need to save their strength to deal with players from the other Safe Zones," Fu Yi said. "The Safe Zones aren't exactly united. Plenty of people want to strengthen their own forces by recruiting players."
After the major changes in District 010, the players couldn't possibly be so naive as to sacrifice themselves without limits. Protecting themselves came first.
"Your District 010 isn't all that united, either." Juan Er spun an artifact in his hand. "I thought you were the only ones left. With something that could determine the future of the whole sub-district at stake, I figured you'd at least come to an understanding. I didn't expect Old Xu to give the game away with one sentence."
"Didn't they already send people to look into it?" Chang Shoujie said. "Without the Sand Sea Safe Zone getting involved, everything can still be discussed."
Whether District 010's various sub-districts chose to cooperate or go their separate ways made little difference to them. His target was the players from CK12.
"It looks a little dangerous out there. Maybe we should put the child in the hotel," Darkness Under the Lamp said to Xu Huo. "No one can just come and go as they please inside a location artifact."
Besides the CK12 Safe Zone players,