The First Murder Scene
At any rate, he couldn't stay here any longer.
After getting out of the car, Xu Huo opened the back door and released the fungi filling the vehicle. He tied the Desert Windmill with Kite String and tossed it onto the ground, letting the sandstorm carry the floating spores in every direction. While it did, he went over to the research institute and swept up the fungal specimens and the encyclopedia of fungi.
Afterward, he put away his items, then used Straight Line Distance to accelerate between two points and quickly leave the scene.
He hadn't sensed the person in the clock tower, but not long after he left, Yuan Cun and several Players came after him.
Xu Huo put on the Protective Suit, covering his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. As he dived down, he swept a hand across the ground, broke through the surface, and leaped into the underground nest.
"Trying that trick again!" Yuan Cun, wary of the mycelium writhing underground, didn't follow him down. Instead, he said to the Players who had arrived behind him, "I've got his location. After him!"
Xu Huo ran underground while they chased him from the surface, following the same direction. Yuan Cun was slightly faster and even overtook Xu Huo, using an item to smash through the city streets.
Xu Huo had been prepared for this. When he went underground, he'd deliberately headed deeper, far enough down that Yuan Cun would have trouble breaking through from the surface. Sure enough, when the nest ahead was destroyed and collapsed, Xu Huo sped up and charged through before rocks and soil could completely bury the underground passage, making it safely past the damaged section.
Little Pink Hat was still on the other side of the protective wall. He