Drawing Lots for the Mermaid
It seemed an emergency chip had been installed inside his body. Chips like these could be placed in the brain or heart. Aside from tracking, they were mainly used to control people. For example, Xu Huo could use his mental powers to interfere with someone. Unlike ordinary items, mental interference might make them reveal information about the Fish Banquet, so its owner had prepared countermeasures in advance.
The man was dead. Xu Huo took the lusterless jellyfish Mask off his head and put it on his own. It didn't glow faintly like it had before, so it had probably stopped working.
He crushed the Mask and found several miniature devices inside, which were probably used to verify someone's identity.
Then he took out his invitation and exchanged it with the painted woman's. The Mask on his head changed back into a clownfish, while hers turned into a piranha.
The invitations represented their identities. The only way to obtain someone else's identity was to get their invitation.
Xu Huo exchanged the invitations back, and the Mask on the painted woman's head turned back into a Mermaid. "Someone will be coming soon. Let's leave first."
The death of an ordinary Server might not trigger an immediate response, but this man had come out specifically to receive guests. Someone would likely notice that he was missing.
Sure enough, just after the two of them left the corridor, several people wearing shark Masks hurried over from behind.
Xu Huo didn't pay them any more attention. He and the painted woman joined the other guests instead.
Going by the name, someone might have assumed this was a huge banquet hall. But judging by the layout where they'd entered, this place was more like a luxurious hotel. Numbered rooms lined both