Arc 102The Sealed Portal Space

Xu Huo navigated District 001’s sealed portal space, exposed the Holy Sword Society’s deception, and helped open a path toward the district’s exit. After the outside forces withdrew, he returned to the train with new items and unresolved questions about the blue-eyed man and the water Rubik’s Cube.

  • Xu Huo fought his way through District 001, negotiated with Big Head, and obtained the Inversion Ring while Valen’s threat to the Wan family pushed him to find an exit quickly.
  • Xu Huo joined District 001’s Players in investigating the sealed portal space and learned that Chaos Space and the Holy Sword Society’s devices blocked their escape.
  • Xu Huo confronted the Holy Sword Society, killed its masked envoy with Time Power, and entered Chaos Space before escaping its dangerous forces through a Mental Portal.
  • Xu Huo exposed the Lord Envoy’s claims about the exit, returned with evidence, and set out with Chang Yu’s group toward the original passage.
  • The blue-eyed man entered District 001 and identified Xu Huo through the Silver Robe’s death, while Spatial disturbances destroyed passages and killed Players.
  • District 001’s occupying forces withdrew after a settlement, and officials linked the retreat to the Silver Robe’s death and Xu Huo’s actions.
  • Xu Huo left the Super Dungeon, received new A-class items, and learned that District 001’s immediate crisis had eased while its officials and families remained affected.
  • Back on the train, Xu Huo reviewed evidence suggesting Kailuoer Field’s involvement and focused on solving the water Rubik’s Cube as the painted woman demanded food and attention.
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Ch. 2533You're Quite Interesting

Xu Huo battled the force protecting the landmark tower, then joined Bubble Bean in setting the city ablaze. When District 001 Players threatened Bubble Bean to make Xu Huo comply, he refused and prepared to face them.

  • Xu Huo attacked the ground around the tower, but a colossal metal spike drove his Space Orb through buildings and nearly shattered its barrier.
  • Xu Huo escaped the spike and unleashed spatial bodies that blasted apart several buildings and opened a huge crater.
  • Xu Huo tried to seize the middle-aged man, but Qiu Xiangming used his Ability to swap him with the painted woman, trapping all four in a pillar of papers.
  • Xu Huo and Bubble Bean spread balloons and fire through the city, drawing in several District 001 Players as the flames and explosions spread.
  • Several Players captured Bubble Bean and threatened to kill him unless Xu Huo behaved, but Xu Huo refused to surrender.
  • A Player pinned Bubble Bean to the ground and silenced him, and Xu Huo smiled and called the situation interesting.

Ch. 2534Does Eating Bird Droppings Make You Grow That Tall?

Xu Huo confronted Qiu Xiangming’s group and the big-headed doll, using his control over time and the threat of other Super Players to force them to negotiate. The big-headed doll agreed to let Xu Huo take the Inversion Ring and demanded that District 001’s players help him leave, while Xu Huo insisted that the Wan family members be kept alive.

  • Xu Huo warned Qiu Xiangming that fighting him and the Holy Sword Society could cost District 001 dearly, but Qiu Xiangming activated a restrictive artifact around part of the city.
  • Xu Huo collapsed the building where Qiu Xiangming stood, but a big-headed doll appeared and rescued Qiu Xiangming and the middle-aged man.
  • The painted woman and the big-headed doll traded insults as metal fragments and paper enclosed the fighting area.
  • Xu Huo told the big-headed doll that other Super Players could find the Super Dungeon, prompting the doll to offer him the Inversion Ring and a way out.
  • Xu Huo demanded payment and asked the big-headed doll to contact Valen so the Wan family members would be alive when he left.
  • The big-headed doll ordered District 001’s players to get Xu Huo out and repair his house, threatening to kill the next person who returned without fixing it.

Ch. 2535Super Artifact: The Inversion Ring

Xu Huo traded special metals with Big Head for two Artifacts, then retrieved the Super Artifact hidden in the last teaching space. He obtained the Inversion Ring, which could transport its holder or a target to a nearby sub-district space but could not bypass uncleared Dungeon restrictions.

  • Big Head threatened Qiu Xiangming and the District 001 Players, then gave Xu Huo the Halo of Righteousness and Metal Putty in exchange for special metals.
  • Big Head demanded that the District 001 Players rebuild his home as a Metal City, and the painted woman exposed their attempt to avoid agreeing.
  • Big Head attacked Qiu Xiangming and the others with a metal storm, while Xu Huo left to retrieve the Artifact.
  • Xu Huo replicated the spatial body in the last teaching space, opened a black passage, and took the Inversion Ring.

Ch. 2536Don't Sculpt Anyone

Xu Huo prepared to lead the injured District 001 Players toward the Dungeon exit, where they expected a dangerous standoff with outside forces. As the group set out, Bubble Bean questioned whether Xu Huo truly knew a Super Player.

  • Xu Huo hid the Inversion Ring and thanked the Big Head doll, which refused to leave but agreed to visit a place where Xu Huo built a house.
  • Xu Huo left toys as thanks, gave the painted woman metal modeling clay, and discussed with Qiu Xiangming whether to use the Inversion Ring or head for the Dungeon entrance.
  • Xu Huo reasoned that the entrance was likely in a separate space and warned that powerful Players might be waiting there, then disguised himself as someone from District 001.
  • Bubble Bean learned that the item that brought him into the Dungeon could not take him back out, so he disguised himself and chose to go with the others.
  • The painted woman sculpted a miniature resembling Xu Huo, and he flattened it before Bubble Bean asked whether he really knew a Super Player.

Ch. 2537The Sealing of the Portal Space

Xu Huo learned that District 001’s players were trapped in the Relic Area after the Holy Sword Society sealed its portal space, and that he had three days to find an exit before Valen’s deadline. Qiu Xiangming explained how the seal crippled both sides and how attempts to approach the device ended in mysterious teleportations.

  • Bubble Bean tried to persuade Xu Huo to seek help from Super Players, but Xu Huo refused to rely on them.
  • Qiu Xiangming told Xu Huo that Valen would proceed with his plan unless Xu Huo found an exit within three days and rescued the Wan family members.
  • Xu Huo asked how the Outer District forces had trapped District 001’s players, and Qiu Xiangming explained that the Holy Sword Society had used a device to seal the portal space.
  • The seal disabled Personal Panels, items, and powerful spatial devices, weakening both District 001’s players and the Outer District forces.
  • Qiu Xiangming said players who tried to approach the sealing device were mysteriously teleported away and lost their memories.
  • Qiu Xiangming explained that the device had briefly been unsealed three times, but the third opening lasted only a flash, preventing anyone from escaping with a Ticket or the Little Inversion Ring.

Ch. 2538The Situation in the Gateway Space

Xu Huo questioned Qiu Xiangming about the gateway space’s instruments, Time Power, and the hidden inheritance, then learned how District 001’s Players planned to break the seal. The chapter left the source and nature of the sealing instruments uncertain, with the District Government suspecting advanced devices from A-class wormhole points.

  • Xu Huo pressed Qiu Xiangming about the irregular instrument deactivations and the Time Power near locations guarded by Outer District forces.
  • Xu Huo accused Qiu Xiangming’s group of hiding information about the Super Dungeon inheritance, and Qiu Xiangming admitted they feared Xu Huo might side with the Holy Sword Society.
  • Xu Huo proposed focusing on the instruments, and Qiu Xiangming showed him a map marking six guarded locations with Time Power fluctuations.
  • Xu Huo learned that District 001’s Players had tried to seize instrument sites but found no instrument at the location they captured.
  • Xu Huo asked how multiple Super Instruments could seal the entire gateway space, and the District Government said similar city-sealing devices were believed to come from A-class wormhole points.

Ch. 2539Fear of the Worst

Xu Huo and Qiu Xiangming traveled through several spaces to reach a District 001 outpost inside the sealed portal space, where they met Meng He and learned how its Players gathered intelligence. As the group arrived and began searching for the captain, figures from another district attacked.

  • Xu Huo inspected the information about devices that could suppress Space Artifacts, received a marking seal, and stamped his sleeve and Bubble Bean’s shoulder.
  • Qiu Xiangming used the Little Inversion Ring to teleport the group through several regions before they reached a primeval forest.
  • Qiu Xiangming and his companions verified their identities with Meng He and his Players, who watched them closely after learning they came from outside District 001.
  • Meng He led the group through the forest to an outpost, where District 001 Players shared intelligence and sent word to locate their captain.
  • As Qiu Xiangming warned everyone to stay alert, several figures rushed out, including two who were not Players from District 001.

Ch. 2540The Tenth General Offensive

Xu Huo joined District 001 forces preparing to assault an Outer District stronghold and learned that the Tenth General Offensive would escort him inside. As the force approached the stronghold, he discovered that the Time Power’s reach was expanding and that parts of its perimeter could be entered.

  • Meng He’s group helped two District 001 Players kill two exceptionally fast Outer District Players, and Qiu Xiangming returned to the temporary war zone with new information.
  • Qiu Xiangming told the captain that neither the Inversion Ring nor the Little Inversion Ring could work inside a sealed space, so lifting the lockdown remained their only option.
  • The captain told Xu Huo that the First Squad had ordered the Tenth General Offensive and that twenty Players would escort him to the enemy stronghold.
  • A messenger from the First Squad confirmed that ten captains and ten Super Evolvers would protect Xu Huo during the assault.
  • As the main force neared the stronghold, Xu Huo saw extensive battle damage and learned that the Time Power’s area was expanding and did not block every part of the perimeter.

Ch. 2541We've Been Waiting for You

Xu Huo joined District 001’s assault on the stronghold, where he learned that the defenders had mapped routes through the dangerous Time and Space Powers. The group encountered a hidden Holy Sword Society player, who used Space Power to trap them behind a barrier.

  • Xu Huo met Chang Yu and was told that the stronghold’s changing conditions had left District 001 with little information.
  • Chang Yu stopped Bubble Bean from joining Xu Huo, while the painted woman prepared by copying seals into her notebook.
  • Xu Huo and twenty District 001 players entered the mountains after the assault began and followed routes marked by fallen players.
  • The squad leader discovered an invisible enemy hiding between pockets of Time Power and explained that District 001 used a device to detect the Time Power’s location.
  • The hidden Holy Sword Society player triggered chaotic Space Power, then formed a spatial barrier that trapped himself and the District 001 group.

Ch. 2542This Is the Last Chance

Xu Huo confronted a Holy Sword Society member while negotiating with the District 001 Players inside a sealed pocket dimension. After the Society member revealed there was only one exit, Xu Huo warned the District 001 group that this was their last chance to cooperate.

  • Xu Huo restrained an invisible Holy Sword Society member, took his equipment, and questioned him about the Society.
  • Xu Huo stopped a District 001 mental-type Super Evolver from attacking the captive and ordered the other Players not to interfere.
  • The captive said the pocket dimension’s entrances and exits were sealed and that they had to wait for an envoy from the main Society to reopen the way.
  • Xu Huo intercepted attacks from District 001 Players and used mental power and spatial bodies to immobilize them.
  • Xu Huo warned a Player not to leave the negotiations, then faced the District 001 group and declared this their last chance.

Ch. 2543Show Some Sincerity

Xu Huo heard conflicting accounts from the skinny monkey and the District 001 players about a Super Player training ground and negotiated to visit it. He left with the skinny monkey leading and the District 001 group following, while pretending to consider joining the Holy Sword Society.

  • The skinny monkey claimed the District 001 players were using Xu Huo to clear a path to a Super Dungeon, while a team leader admitted that training grounds existed but said their location and entrances were uncertain.
  • Xu Huo proposed that the District 001 players lead him to the training ground, while he could also wait for the Holy Sword Society's envoy and discuss joining later.
  • The skinny monkey demanded that Xu Huo kill some people to prove his sincerity, but Xu Huo threatened him and insisted he lead the way without tricks.
  • Xu Huo said the District 001 players would accompany them for protection, and the skinny monkey agreed, boasting that Gold Apprentices from the Holy Sword Society were strong.
  • As they walked, the skinny monkey promoted the Society's ranks and benefits, while Xu Huo asked about Evolution Potions and Super Evolution and the District 001 players grew reassured.

Ch. 2544Hidden Within Chaos Space

Xu Huo brought District 001’s players to the Holy Sword Society’s valley, where he learned that the supposed sites on their map were training grounds left by a Super Player. He deduced that the Portal Space was hidden within Chaos Space and that District 001 sought the Super Artifact to restore a passage through it.

  • Xu Huo questioned whether Skinny Monkey had taken a wrong turn, then followed him into the valley where the Holy Sword Society gathered.
  • Skinny Monkey left Xu Huo, the painted woman, and the District 001 players under guard while he arranged for them to meet the envoy.
  • Xu Huo examined the spatial barrier around the Super Player’s training ground and learned that players entering its surrounding areas could be teleported or killed.
  • Xu Huo challenged the District 001 team leaders about their map, their search for an exit, and whether they had found the Super Artifact.
  • Xu Huo concluded that the Portal Space lay within Chaos Space and that District 001 wanted the artifact to counter interference and restore its safe passage.

Ch. 2545Civilized Person

Xu Huo learned that the Holy Sword Society had closed District 001’s former route out and questioned its members about their plans. When the masked envoy arrived and attacked the remaining District 001 Players with deadly Space Rays, Xu Huo intervened and drew the envoy’s attention to himself and the painted woman.

  • Xu Huo concluded that the portal space was cut off by Chaos Space and asked the District 001 Players about their former exit route.
  • A Holy Sword Society member offered Xu Huo a place in the organization and warned him to choose sides before the envoy arrived.
  • Xu Huo questioned the Holy Sword Society’s hostility toward District 001, but its member refused to explain.
  • Two Gold Apprentices arrived with a masked envoy, who demanded to know why District 001 Players were still alive there.
  • The masked envoy fired lethal Space Rays at the District 001 Players, and Xu Huo stood up to block them.
  • The masked envoy noticed Xu Huo and the painted woman and called them good fish.

Ch. 2546Treating Everyone as Equals

Xu Huo killed the Masked Man and slaughtered most of the Holy Sword Society members in the Chaos Space. After the District 001 Players cleaned up the evidence, they met Xu Huo’s cold gaze.

  • The Masked Man called Xu Huo and the Holy Sword Society members ants, then killed several Society members to demonstrate his power.
  • Xu Huo asked how many intruders had come and used Time Power to age the Masked Man to death.
  • Xu Huo swept through the Holy Sword Society ranks, freezing and killing Players with Time Power as survivors fled toward the training grounds.
  • Xu Huo refused to spare a Society member who offered to lead him to the emissary and continued killing until he stopped to conserve his power.
  • Xu Huo ordered the District 001 Players to dispose of the bodies and evidence, then stared coldly at them when they finished.

Ch. 2547Something Was Wrong

Xu Huo entered the Chaos Space after sparing the District 001 Players and ordering them to conceal his identity. He found the space far more unstable than expected and escaped just as it crushed the passage behind him, leaving the Holy Sword Society’s people trapped inside.

  • Xu Huo spared the District 001 Players, told them to hide his identity, and headed for the Chaos Space.
  • The District 001 Players agreed to keep his secret and set out together under the older Player’s supervision.
  • Xu Huo sent the painted woman to stay with District 001, then killed Holy Sword Society Players on his way through the woods.
  • Xu Huo attacked the Holy Sword Society’s guards at the Chaos Space entrance, killing more than twenty A-class Players before the emissary sealed the entrance.
  • Xu Huo reopened a passage and entered the Chaos Space, where he found the forces of space and time increasingly dangerous.
  • Xu Huo used a Mental Portal to escape, and the forces of space and time crushed the passage behind him, leaving the Holy Sword Society’s people trapped inside.

Ch. 2548Mr. Xu

Xu Huo uncovered the Holy Sword Society’s deception at the Chaos Space passage and learned that District 001’s true exit had not been sealed. He returned to Chang Yu and joined District 001’s elite players at another training ground, where Yao Yuan welcomed him.

  • Xu Huo killed the Holy Sword Society players guarding the Chaos Space passage and exposed the Lord Envoy’s disguise.
  • The Lord Envoy revealed that the Portal Space’s exit was inside the Chaos Space, but Xu Huo killed him without entering the dangerous passage.
  • Xu Huo concluded that the Holy Sword Society had blocked the real exit and used other outposts to divert District 001’s players.
  • Xu Huo returned with captured equipment and information, and Chang Yu said the group would set out for the original exit.
  • Xu Huo traveled with Chang Yu’s group to another training ground and met the First Squad’s military representative, Yao Yuan.

Ch. 2549Occupation Modes and Holding a Sub-district Hostage

District 001's leaders prepared for a covert takeover by a powerful enemy, evacuating children and key resources while waiting for the First Squad to return and possibly produce a new Super Player. With eight hours left before the election results, Valen sent his colleague to escort the Wan family’s hero away and planned to follow.

  • District 001's leaders concluded that an outside power had abducted officials and their families to covertly turn the district into a supply zone.
  • Valen and the council prepared a secret evacuation and placed the military, law enforcement, and high-level players on standby.
  • The District Government sent screened children and other valuable people away while preserving resources for District 001's future.
  • The council waited for the First Squad's signal, hoping a new Super Player would save the district and preparing to withdraw if the takeover succeeded.
  • Valen told his colleague to go to the Wan family and send the hero away before he followed.

Ch. 2550Meeting Across Time

A blue-eyed man entered District 001 and used Time Power to witness Xu Huo killing the Silver Robe, then destroyed the Chaos Space entrance. Elsewhere, Xu Huo and the First Squad retreated from a Spatial Storm, leaving the passage’s fate uncertain as District 001’s forces suffered heavy losses.

  • A blue-eyed man entered District 001 through the passage Xu Huo had visited and killed the Players who attacked him.
  • The blue-eyed man used his Gemstone Ring to replay the Silver Robe’s death and identify Xu Huo across time.
  • The blue-eyed man left, and a Spatial disturbance destroyed the entrance to Chaos Space and isolated the outpost.
  • Xu Huo and the First Squad encountered a Spatial Storm while exploring another passage and retreated to safety.
  • A second Spatial Storm struck as Xu Huo and the First Squad emerged, killing dozens of Players guarding the mountain forest.

Ch. 2551The Second Morning Star

District 001 ended its crisis by accepting the occupying forces’ demand for twenty years of tax revenue, while officials suspected Xu Huo’s actions in the portal space had helped force their retreat. On a departing ship, Carroll Field hinted that Xu Huo might become the next Morning Star, while Xu Huo struggled in mud at a Station.

  • District 001 lifted its alert, celebrated the council election, and learned that the occupying forces had withdrawn in exchange for forty percent of annual tax revenue for twenty years.
  • Yao Yuan and the others reported that Xu Huo was a three-directional Super Evolver and that a Silver Robe had died in the portal space, leading officials to suspect those events had influenced the retreat.
  • A Silver Robe thanked Carroll Field for helping negotiate the withdrawal and discussed retrieving the Super Dungeon left in District 001.
  • Carroll Field said his family feared the return of a Morning Star and suggested that someone else might deserve the title.
  • Xu Huo struggled to pull his legs out of the mud at a Station.

Ch. 2552Better Late Than Never

Xu Huo emerged from District 001 into a Station buried in sticky mud, where he met a player selling Potions and learned about a female player’s revenge on a mediator who had pressured her to return to her abusive ex-husband. The chapter ended with Xu Huo asking the meddlesome player what profession he had chosen.

  • Xu Huo became trapped in the Station’s mud after the Water Rubik’s Cube Barrier returned, then pulled himself free with a Manifestation.
  • A player who had been dangling from the ceiling offered Potions to the trapped players, but they dragged him into the mud when he dodged their attacks.
  • Xu Huo pulled the Potion seller out, questioned him, and let him go after the man denied making the mud and blamed the two fighters.
  • A train arrived, and most of the players left the Station while Xu Huo, the Potion seller, and a female player remained.
  • The female player described how she had forced the mediator who pressured her to reconcile with her abusive ex-husband to marry him, then asked Xu Huo what profession the man had chosen.

Ch. 2553String of Destiny

Xu Huo reunited with Sister Zhong and Shi Potian aboard the train, then checked the rewards for clearing the dungeon with an SS rating. He received three A-class items and remained unsure whether the blue-eyed people who had let him escape were allies.

  • Xu Huo, Sister Zhong, and Shi Potian met again on the train, where Sister Zhong questioned them about their families and relationships.
  • Shi Potian told the carriage how his fiancée had left him for another man, and Sister Zhong comforted him.
  • Xu Huo let the painted woman out in the restroom and checked his dungeon settlement after forfeiting the team reward to leave the Super Dungeon site quickly.
  • Xu Huo considered whether the blue-eyed people had deliberately let him escape and decided to set the matter aside for now.
  • Xu Huo received three A-class items: Integrate with Space, Dreamy Dentures, and String of Destiny.

Ch. 2554This Place is Silent

Xu Huo reviewed his rewards from the B-class instance, including upgraded items and Abilities, then checked on District 001 after its immediate danger had passed. The chapter left the reasons behind the threat’s sudden disappearance and the Sub-district Government’s mass departures unclear.

  • Xu Huo assessed his three A-class items and upgraded Life Core to strengthen its ability to reveal things within his Evolution powers’ reach.
  • Xu Huo reviewed his new special items, including This Place is Silent, and noted that it could counter Abilities requiring speech.
  • Xu Huo examined his upgraded Abilities, game gifts, and Super Artifact Inversion Ring.
  • Xu Huo checked on District 001 and learned that its Players believed the immediate threat had lifted, while many Sub-district Government personnel had disappeared or been arrested.

Ch. 2555Angel's Index Finger

Xu Huo received gifts from District 001 and Bubble Bean, including Angel's Index Finger and an A-class theft item, and discovered that his upgraded Life Core had become Life Origin. The chapter ended when Shi Potian used Conflict Mediation to stop a player who was trying to kill him aboard the train.

  • Xu Huo read Yao Yuan's messages and accepted District 001's gifts, including the incomplete Super Artifact Angel's Index Finger.
  • Bubble Bean apologized to Xu Huo and gave him the A-class theft item Invisible Hand as his share of the team rewards.
  • Xu Huo found a map marked with a time two months in the future among the Holy Sword Society's belongings and inspected his upgraded Life Origin.
  • Sister Zhong and Shi Potian fled into Xu Huo's carriage as a player pursued them and held a knife to Shi Potian's throat.
  • Shi Potian activated Conflict Mediation, froze the players, and warned his pursuer that attacking could leave them trapped in the carriage.

Ch. 2556Which Good Person Would Kneel to Apologize

Shi Potian and Xu Huo dealt with confrontations aboard the Transfer Carriage, and Xu Huo made a playboy kneel and apologize with his Ability. After retreating to his room, Xu Huo used Home Field Advantage Perspective to read notes suggesting the United Capital spaces had unusual properties and that chaotic spacetime might have recorded the crime scene.

  • Xu Huo forced Shi Potian to stand, ending the suppression of the other Players, and Shi Potian's attacker was thrown into another carriage when his blade broke against a defensive barrier.
  • A playboy flirted with the painted woman and traded insults with a female Player until the painted woman's Communicator announced another Dungeon clear failure.
  • The painted woman tried to make Xu Huo clear the game for her, then attacked the playboy with paper toys when he reached for her Communicator.
  • Xu Huo told the playboy to apologize, and the man's knees bent as he knelt and struck his forehead against the floor before leaving the carriage.
  • Xu Huo entered his room, set up protections, and used Home Field Advantage Perspective to read notes about the United Capital and the possibility that chaotic spacetime had recorded the crime scene.

Ch. 2557The Coward's Pathetic Instrument

After leaving District 001, Xu Huo worried that Kailuoer Field might investigate his three-way Evolution and considered the unresolved problem with his water Rubik's Cube. He boarded the train, where the painted woman followed him to the dining car and tried to order food beyond the menu.

  • Xu Huo identified Kailuoer Field as the likely person behind the destruction of the passage and District 001's peaceful resolution, and hoped to avoid meeting him again.
  • Xu Huo decided he needed to solve the water Rubik's Cube problem and read District 001's Super Evolution training notes before resting.
  • At the train door, Xu Huo found the painted woman blocking it with a sofa and moved her aside after she asked whether she could take a baby out of the womb to look at it.
  • The painted woman followed Xu Huo to the dining car, complained that he had not comforted her, and asked how much money they had made.
  • The painted woman ordered every limited-availability dish and asked the Conductor for food not on the menu, but he refused and clarified that the train did not provide food-processing services.
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