"Showing up uninvited-isn't that a little presumptuous?" one of the long-haired players said in a hostile tone.
"My mistake." Xu Huo smiled. "My greeting shouldn't have been so simple."
As he spoke, he turned the bone ring on his finger. Powerful gravity enveloped the City in the Dome, making the three people present pale with alarm. Without hesitation, they fled toward the glass pipes. The people fighting over the fruit trees did the same, but they soon realized that the gravity imbalance in the City in the Dome was not that severe. They could hold out with defense artifacts or devices.
When the three who had come down from upstairs looked back at Xu Huo, still standing where he had been, their expressions turned solemn, and they immediately led their people back.
Players could stay in the City in the Dome for no more than thirty days. Although it was possible that a few players could make exchanges in time to extend their stay, most were on the verge of being expelled. Even in this environment, small groups had quickly formed among the players. Those fighting hardest over the fruit trees belonged to these groups, while the smaller number of players who were clearly weaker or injured were excluded.
The latter avoided getting involved in the groups' struggles as much as possible, lest they become thorns in someone's side and be eliminated first.
Seeing that another fight seemed imminent, the perceptive players had already hidden far away, while the other allied players all drew closer without consulting one another-not necessarily to intervene, but they would be more than happy to divide up the spoils.
Sweeping his gaze over them, Xu Huo raised his hand slightly. The spatial barriers around the few players in the crowd attempting to ambush him vanished