Nothing happened all day. The long-haired Player and the others who had left didn't come back, and there didn't seem to be any alarms from the enforcement team near the city. That meant they'd managed to leave without trouble.
As for Wen Xin, after Xu Huo and the painted woman had "suddenly disappeared," the Players who had been following them wandered around nearby for a while before heading out of the city.
Watching the chains created by Ability grow farther and farther away, Xu Huo paid them no mind. They wouldn't find anyone, so they'd naturally think of "Darkness Under the Lamp" and turn back.
Ling Ling and the others had set out that morning. Wen Xin sent word that they'd been attacked several times along the way, and their assailants had hit harder than before. Two Players in the group had been seriously injured, so after passing only two stops, they had halted in Rice Town.
While Wen Xin and the others held their position, they spotted another group of Players tailing them. He had hired a Player squad at a high price through the Jixin Terminal to test the newcomers' mettle. They were different from the ones who had attacked them before.
Judging by their Items, Ability descriptions, and fighting styles, they weren't the same group that had intercepted Xu Huo and the others, either.
Xu Huo didn't know whether the Players tracking Old Mrs. Gui knew he and Wen Xin's group had crossed paths. But since the previous group had rushed out of the city to chase him, these people were probably not part of the bet.
That was good, at least. It meant the Trackers really had entered the city instead of just waiting outside it.
That night, Bubble Bean, who had stuffed himself all day,