Aside from his deductions, Xu Huo's words were laced with contempt for District 001 and disdain for the military district's players. He spoke as if this district were a den of iniquity, a place ruled by the vile, where good people like the Wan family had no fate but death.
The result was that the military district's people were thoroughly enraged.
They weren't emotionless, so hearing about Madam Shera and the Wan family's case inevitably stirred their emotions. The person standing beside the instrument showed an even more obvious reaction. This meant the military district's people weren't entirely in the dark, even if they hadn't been involved.
But when Xu Huo insulted District 001, their reactions were much more straightforward. Even the man who had seemed mute spoke up:
"When I catch you, let's see if you're still so defiant!"
With the instruments' lockdown and interference in place, neither side could use props or instruments, so the military district's people had brought weapons in advance. Xu Huo hadn't had time to take out any props, but he still had some of the detonators he'd bought earlier. Once his probing was over, he glanced at the direction the tracking ability's chain was moving, then threw down several detonators to force the people around him back. He darted to the edge of the lockdown barrier, stabbed a slit in it with his dagger, and charged straight through.
The military district's people had prepared in advance, so there was no way they would have set up only this one barrier. Xu Huo hadn't expected to escape in one go, either. He was simply changing locations to shake off the two buzz-cut men and some of the military personnel.
The range of the instrument simulating a non-game site wasn't large. Once he was beyond