In fact, of the three pelts Xu Huo had told Peng Fengnian and the others about, only one had a hidden layer. He'd concealed the other two merely to keep something in reserve, in case the ticket-holding players turned on them after clearing the game.
But Zou Weichang had gotten that pelt and still hadn't cleared the game, which meant he'd been wrong. Human skin wasn't the key to clearing it.
Of course, it was possible that he'd found the wrong pelt. But there wasn't enough time to identify the valuable item and complete the first task, so he could only risk trying the second.
He cut all the stitches across Red Hair's abdomen. Although the pigskin underneath was completely filled with mucus and had fused with the skin in some places, the incomplete stitching had indeed slowed the fusion. Nearly twelve hours had passed, yet the pigskin could still be removed.
Sima Xiao Er struggled to peel it off. More than a dozen wounds of various sizes covered his body, and the pain made him grimace. He quickly drank a bottle of Self-Healing Agent. Only when the ruptured wounds began to heal slowly did his expression relax.
"I saw the game task. What do you want me to do?"
Xu Huo briefly explained the skin stripper's situation. Sima Xiao Er listened, growing angrier by the moment. "Those people are absolute scum, starting a fight among themselves at a time like this. I'll go back and check their water meters!"
"Try that once you've managed to find them." Xu Huo made no comment, then asked, "Do you have any useful items?"
Sima Xiao Er immediately grew wary. "What are you planning?"
Xu Huo didn't bother arguing. He went straight to the point. "Tomorrow, during the day, I'll lure the skin