In the car, Han Xiao was repairing the mecha with a cigarette in his mouth, and casually opened the player forum. The Germinal player he had just killed had posted a thread.
"Mission objective detected. Han Xiao's coordinates are..."
"Germinal has issued a new tracking mission. We need two more players to form a team. Location: Ossenburg. Departure in twenty minutes."
Seeing this, Han Xiao chuckled.
Even Germinal players participated in the tracking, because the mission only required finding his trail, so it wouldn't lower their favorability, allowing them to accept the mission with peace of mind.
As the saying goes, "Spare the rod and spoil the child," and "Love to the extreme is to kick." Although Han Xiao hasn't given any benefits to the Germinal players so far, with players from the other three continents as examples, the Germinal players still love him...
Since Han Xiao's identity was revealed, players have been very enthusiastic about him and actively participated in missions related to Han Xiao... However, they have no other choice. The current strategic focus of Germinal is entirely on him, and almost all missions revolve around Pursuit Han Xiao.
Logically speaking, players who can revive should cause considerable trouble as enemies, but Han Xiao was actually glad that the players participated in the pursuit.
Besides tracking him, Germinal also estimated his location based on the tire tracks and set up an encirclement in advance. However, Han Xiao always managed to break through a weak point in the defense before the encirclement was fully formed, and this was no coincidence.
The posts shared by Germinal players on the forum were his source of information!
Players wouldn't know that an "NPC" could access their forum, Germinal Organization wouldn't know about the existence of the player forum, so Han Xiao was in this middle ground.
He pieced together the movements of the Germinal ' troops from the messages on the forum, thus deciphering Germinal deployment. The Germinal had no idea where the intelligence had been leaked from!
Germinal had no idea that this was the second time that she had been tricked by her own "Inhuman," and that the leader was now completely convinced that Han Xiao possessed the ability of "precognition"...
Han Xiao wasn't worried about the Germinal players not posting. Recently, he had become extremely popular, practically dominating the entire Planet Aquamarine forum, and players were showing him great enthusiasm.
He revealed his true self, and compared to his original middle-aged, laid-back uncle face, it was like the dividing line between heaven and hell. Han Xiao garnered his first wave of female fans. Under the hot post revealing his identity, there were a bunch of shocked replies like "Holy crap, who are you, handsome guy?" and "No comparison, no harm!" as well as a bunch of female players' kisses and hearts.
A figure resembling a behind-the-scenes big boss turns out to be a fresh-faced young man. This contrast is particularly likely to win the hearts of female players. Han Xiao is finally enjoying the treatment of having female fans. You have to understand, back when he was Black Phantom, all his fans were a bunch of burly, game-obsessed guys...
However, the level of enthusiasm from the players still exceeded his expectations. After the initial shock, the direction of the players' discussions gradually became strange.
His situation while on the run was Germinal in screenshots by a player and shared on the forum. Players were instantly blown away when they saw him with a group of three people: a mature woman and a little girl.
Why flee with two women? Need I say more? It must be love!
So some players with wildly imaginative minds came up with a love story:
"I was once a test subject, enduring inhuman suffering. In that abyss-like darkness, she was the only ray of light. Every time I saw her tall figure and indifferent face, the torment inflicted upon me seemed to lessen. Although I was just a lowly test subject, she never offered a smile, yet her angry rebukes and cold stares made me feel the warmth of spring. Could this be... the feeling of love? So I secretly vowed that if one day I could Escape with Your Life and become a great person, I would stand before her with dignity and tell her in the most affectionate tone, 'I love you...'"
When Han Xiao saw this post, he sprayed the energy drink he was drinking all over Hila.
Who the hell wrote this?! What kind of perverted masochist are you?! What kind of drama queen sprang from a rock?!
Don't let me see you outside! I'll kill you back to level zero!
This is just one version; there are also fantasies of Han Xiao falling in love at first sight with a red-haired mature woman, so the mature woman abandons her faith and elopes with him, also taking a little girl with her!
For example, Han Xiao and the red-haired mature woman were actually lovers long ago, and the little girl was actually their illegitimate child!
For example, the mature woman and the loli were originally Han Xiao's women, but they were taken by the evil Germinal Leader. In order to reclaim his women, Han Xiao embarked on a long road of Revenge. Therefore, the truth of the war is actually a love story...
In short, the people's imagination is boundless!
"Oh ho ho ho, I never expected you to be this kind of Black Phantom ~"
"So we're kindred spirits, kindred spirits!"
"Oh--Loli is the best!"
"Pah! Mature women are the true embodiment of beauty!"
While players were letting their imaginations run wild, Han Xiao, feeling incredibly frustrated, discovered that they had given him two new nicknames:
Elopement with a girl, Black Phantom!
A chivalrous and gentle woman, a Korean technician!
Han Xiao had mixed feelings.
Although it wasn't his intention, his popularity increased as a result, because if a "character" has a meme, it's the easiest thing for players to spread.
"Although my image has gone astray, at least I've achieved my goal of becoming more and more famous..."
Han Xiao could only remain optimistic. Most of these jokes were just that, and they also proved that his fame had grown, which was why people would deliberately make fun of him.
His legendary exploits and true identity have increased his popularity among players, but his Legend Points on the character panel has yet to appear, so we'll probably have to wait a while.
Suddenly, Han Xiao saw a new post.
"Gentlemen, I've received a new mission. This time it's a large-scale encirclement and suppression operation. Looking for a team! Looking for someone to carry me!"
A Germinal player posted a screenshot of a large outpost on Han Xiao's escape route. The screenshot showed a massive force waiting to be deployed, far exceeding any search party, resembling a huge encirclement.
As Han Xiao looked at the post, his expression gradually became serious.
"This is bad."
"The encirclement of the New Stone Wasteland is now complete. According to calculations, Han Xiao is currently located in the southern part of the New Stone Wasteland and is expected to encounter the encirclement in sixteen hours."
The leader asked in a deep voice, "How many people exactly?"
"Reporting to the leader, we have a total of eighty executive officers, six hundred super soldiers, several thousand armed forces, over three hundred tanks and armored vehicles, and thirty armed helicopters. I apologize, leader, this is all the forces we can mobilize in the short term. The pressure from the Six Nations on the main battlefield has tied up too many of our forces!"
Thump!
The leader slammed his fist on the table and roared, "If it weren't for the Six Nations getting involved, the encirclement would have been complete long ago. Zero must have made a secret deal with them. I locked onto him four times, and all four long-range missiles were intercepted and detonated by the Six Nations at high altitude!"
Hmph, now that the encirclement is complete, the Six Nations will have to march their armies into my heartland to stop them! Tighten the encirclement and force Han Xiao out. Their only way to escape is to break out. Even if he has precognitive abilities, he'll have to fight my troops head-on this time!
The leader spared no expense in besieging Han Xiao, using sheer numbers to overwhelm him. He attempted to encircle him several times, but Han Xiao always managed to escape. This time, the encirclement in the New Stone Wasteland was a trap he had set up long ago, based on his prediction of Han Xiao's escape route. Finally, he successfully surrounded Han Xiao, leaving him no chance to escape!
The leader felt that even if Han Xiao could foresee all of this, he wouldn't be able to stop the encirclement from forming, so he ordered the pursuers to force Han Xiao to change his route and enter the trap.
The encirclement of New Stone Wasteland was the leader's fatal blow.
"Zero is very strong. Only veteran executives can restrain him. How many people went?" the leader asked.
"Five, these are their files." The assistant handed over the intelligence.
The leader glanced at them and nodded. The veteran executives were high-end combatants in the organization, and even he couldn't defeat them easily. They were all strong at the same level, and only someone of that caliber could defeat Han Xiao.
Even the leader himself would find it difficult to handle five of them attacking together.
This time, the leader felt confident in eliminating Han Xiao, and his eyes immediately flashed with a fierce light.