Chapter 29: Slaying (Continued)

The vision of people from large families was naturally higher than Sylvia’s. Sylvia said such a key could be exchanged for 10,000 Gene Points, but in the eyes of these two, the set key was far more than this price.

At the stage of the Awakened, Gene Points were no longer a problem. They were more interested in the sets provided by the World Tree. As long as the set key could be handed over to these Awakened, let alone 10,000 points, even 50,000 points could be exchanged.

Because of this, the two were so wary of each other, preferring to let Xiao Fen escape rather than keeping an eye on the key first.

The scene was stalemate for a while. Finally, the Trialist who had talked to Xiao Fen before and was also the one Li Ruran had beaten to his knees on the river embankment said in a low voice: “We’ll just hand it to the Master when the time comes. We can both get benefits. Let’s not play little tricks here. We’re not afraid of anyone swallowing it alone. Moreover, even if we had the ability to sell the set key secretly, do you think the Master wouldn’t convict us of betrayal? At that time, neither of us can bear the responsibility.”

The other nodded and said: “Alright, that’s it. I’ll keep the key. We’ll hand it over together after we get out. Let’s go catch that guy named Palin first.”

After making the decision, the two didn’t waste any words. They each took out knives from their sleeves and strode in the direction Xiao Fen had left.

In just a few minutes, the two had chased to the bottom of the building where Xiao Fen had first come into contact with Lux’s notebook.

The street here suddenly widened, having a bit of the flavor of a small square. After arriving here, the two looked at each other, and one of them frowned and said: “Something’s wrong. We’d better be careful.”

The other also nodded. They each stared in different directions and slowly walked toward the place where the scent of the mark they had left on Xiao Fen was most intense.

Just then, they suddenly heard someone on the building next to them greeting them.

“Hey.”

Xiao Fen said. He stood at the small window on the third floor, looking at the two people on the street, with a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth.

The two looked up at Xiao Fen together. Before they could make a sound, Xiao Fen had already put his finger in front of his mouth and made a “shh” sound, saying: “It’s late at night. You two better not disturb others.”

At this time, what Xiao Fen spoke was standard Chinese.

The expressions of the two changed drastically, realizing that something was wrong. They were just about to rush over with force, but it was already too late.

In the sky, densely packed ropes had gathered at some unknown time. The moment Xiao Fen finished speaking, these ropes fell like a rainstorm.

These ropes struck fast and densely, covering a very wide range. The two didn’t even have a chance to escape, and were instantly pinned to the ground by the group of ropes.

One of them just wanted to shout, but another rope fell from the sky, directly piercing through his head. The two struggled for a while under the ropes, then gradually lost movement.

Xiao Fen stared at the miserable scene downstairs, the corner of his eye twitching slightly. At this moment, what he thought of was not how he killed people, but he thought of Sylvia.

If Sylvia hadn’t rushed up to find Xiao Fen for injury medicine, and the two had left the tavern in time, Xiao Fen’s identity would have long been seen through by those people of the Li Family, and he would have been murdered as a guest.

So it could be said that Xiao Fen saved Sylvia, but it could also be said that Sylvia saved Xiao Fen.

After seeing the corpse of that Trialist at the battlefield, Xiao Fen had some realization. As personnel accepting the mission, the Web would not attack him and Sylvia.

However, for other Trialists, the Web might have a certain tolerance period. Once the time passed, it would immediately launch an attack as usual.

This point matched the historical records. Those Webs launched attacks on all intruders, regardless of friend or foe.

In other words, the intelligence level of the Web was not high, it could only follow simple logic, and was not much different from the intelligence level of a Stitched Monster.

Because of this, Xiao Fen believed even more that if he approached the core direction of the Web, those Webs that had not yet fully closed up, upon realizing danger, would attack those humans who rashly approached as before, except for him, who was related to the Lux series mission.

While outsmarting the two from the Li Family, Xiao Fen had already determined the location by listening to the changes in the sounds of the ropes above his head, and finally arrived here following that sound.

On the street in front of this small building, that was where the sounds were most dense.

Next, just as before, the moment the two walked into the street, all the ropes became extremely quiet, which made the two not realize at all that something unusual was happening above their heads. Next, their doomsday had arrived.

Having solved the two major problems in front of him, Xiao Fen did not relax just like that.

The other party could still find him in such an environment, so they must have placed something like a signal on him.

Regardless of what these signals were, the fact that they could be placed on him meant that these two would leave information to their companions.

It wouldn’t be long before the last two members of the Li Family team who discovered the anomaly would arrive here.

According to Sylvia, a Trialist named Sayena had the ability to influence the thinking of other Trialists.

Moreover, according to Sylvia’s later analysis, Sayena might also possess some equipment that could improve his own abilities, allowing him to influence the thinking of an entire team.

Facing such an enemy, Xiao Fen didn’t think he could solve the opponent like this.

He made a small calculation in his mind. For the remaining two opponents to discover the anomaly and come here, it might take no more than 25 minutes. This meant that within these 25 minutes, he had to do something, at least to get himself out of danger.

The best approach was to find the control center of the Web as soon as possible and reopen the Web in this block according to what the mission said. Using the Web’s defense, he could block all humans entering this block, whether they were Trialists or not. Only in this way could he block the opponents to the greatest extent.

Moreover, Xiao Fen estimated that the Radiance of Lux mission would also end at the control center. Completing Radiance of Lux would also allow Xiao Fen to get greater rewards, and these rewards would be enough to give Xiao Fen more chances to fight against the opponents.

In fact, every mission in the Trial World had hints, including the question Xiao Fen had considered before about where exactly the control center was.

Obviously, as long as he followed the direction in which these Webs were contracting until the center, that was mostly where the control center was located.