It seemed that identifying the enemy was the key to clearing the level.
Once they identified the enemy, they could even work backward through the earlier missions. Find the enemy, join the enemy's faction, contaminate their water supply, kill their members, occupy their position... The way to clear the level was simple and straightforward.
"We should get out of here first," Zhuo Wangsun said. "It's a pain having them hound us nonstop."
Xu Huo could tell that Kang Yongjie and his companion were keeping some distance from them, but they hadn't gone far. It looked like the two had no intention of finding their own way and were waiting to see how things turned out here.
"They seem to be carrying quite a bit of food and water," Xu Huo said after a pause.
Zhuo Wangsun glanced at him in surprise. "I don't think there's any need to fight them head-on. There are forks everywhere in the stone forest. We can just lose them."
Even if they could track the group, if Xu Huo and the others picked up the pace, Kang Yongjie and his companion might not be able to make their way through the stone forest.
But Xu Huo had already made up his mind. He pointed ahead to indicate that he was going to scout the route, then hurried off.
Once he had put some distance between himself and the others, Xu Huo used the special item Universal Lubricant he had gotten from Jiang Feng to strip away any possible item effects on himself. Then he set a trap using Counting Grid, the item that traveled with him.
Kang Yongjie noticed almost as soon as Xu Huo had dispelled the effect of his item. But the mark on Zhuo Wangsun remained. He had enough sense to realize