The higher a player's Evolution rate, the more perceptive they tended to be. Even without a second Evolution, they could still sense the power of time and space, though they couldn't judge it accurately.
This was an ability brought by Evolution.
Likewise, a second Evolution also heightened a player's senses. This was especially true of Mental Evolution. Even though the woman named Hong Shi wore an item, Xu Huo could still sense the strength of her mental power, which didn't match her slight, somewhat listless appearance.
She was a powerful person.
"Hello." After briefly greeting the players present, Hong Shi handed out the plan. Xu Huo and the others were to infiltrate Punishment City from different directions. Their main objective was to destroy the devices installed there, especially those that restricted Space Artifacts. Only after that would they hold off Punishment City's personnel, giving Hong Shi's side enough time to get things done.
"How many people did you bring?" asked Lei Xiaohe, the player who had earlier urged Xu Huo to join the operation.
"You don't need to know that," Hong Shi said. "You have only these two main tasks. We'll take care of everything else."
"Then who are you trying to rescue?" another player asked.
"You don't need to know that either," Hong Shi replied, repeating herself.
"You won't tell us anything. Who knows whether this is a trap?" someone else said. "You people from District 022 like making fun of Outer District Players."
Hong Shi placed a box on the table. When she opened it, more than twenty items were stacked inside. "You can each take one as an advance payment. They aren't particularly good items, but they're more than enough to make the trip worthwhile."
"Now that you've taken an item in advance, its value is enough