Chapter 2232: A Grand Gift and a Farewell
To avoid accidentally entering a Dungeon like last time, Xu Huo bought a Ticket with clear activation conditions. After getting off, he avoided the activation site and headed straight for the Chongming Bird Administrative Region.
Even though quite some time had passed, the region still had more than twice its previous armed presence. Players conducting random ID checks could be seen all over the streets, and armed robots were everywhere. Unless it was a special occasion, people weren't allowed to gather in groups.
Noticing that some parts of the city still hadn't been repaired, Xu Huo casually struck up a conversation with someone in a nearby shop and asked what had happened.
The locals were happy to recount how they had resisted the enemy. They warmly invited him to sit down and even offered him some recorded footage to back up their claims of the local Players' courage and resourcefulness.
"Did that Wanted Criminal die?" Xu Huo pressed.
"She'll die sooner or later," the shop owner said with certainty. "Those Wanted Criminals haven't entered a Dungeon in ages. Once they're back in the game, the accumulated number of Dungeons will be enough to kill them seven or eight times over. For all we know, she's already dead in some high-risk Dungeon, and no one knows it yet."
The Goddess had damaged that Super Artifact, and Xu Huo still didn't know whether Dou Shengnan was dead.
"What a shame."
"Isn't it just?" the shop owner replied smoothly. "Someone as wicked and vile as her—it's a shame we didn't get to see her come to a bad end..."
After chatting for a little longer, Xu Huo bought some seasonal fruit and headed to Chongming Bird Pharmaceutical.
Dr. Dian was at work as usual. When