Chapter 2587: Ignoring the Spatial Barrier
If a person wearing a headgear is killed, the headgear will fall onto the person who committed the murder. The headgear is difficult to avoid, but that’s for ordinary people. For players, with some effort, it can still be dodged. What’s obvious in front of them is not scary; it’s those that appear suddenly that are frightening.
However, the person with the headgear should be the companion of the few people who chased after them. They only knocked the person out and took them away, without directly killing them.
"Could it be that anyone wearing the headgear cannot remain rational?" Liu Jie frowned and said, "But this is a player."
It’s normal for ordinary people to be influenced by the instance to the point of killing. How come even players can’t avoid it now?
"Is this really a Space Dungeon or a Spiritual Instance?"
None of the people present are dungeon players, so who knows what’s going on in the instance. For now, they can only wait for official news, and also hope that other players have noticed something on the Collection of Information Terminal.
A group of people sat in the living room waiting. After the fire was extinguished over there, the neighbors living in the villa came to Mr. Wang’s place to stay. Unexpectedly, the family left behind an old man and a child. Although there were five players protecting them, all five were Rank-C players, and earlier, two of them took their companion, who had the headgear on, to a nearby Law Enforcement Team patrol point.
The pair, old and young, huddled together, looking very terrified.
"Here, we can look after each other, so don’t be afraid," Mr. Wang gave a toy to the child and had a robot bring up some hot tea and snacks.
Mr. Wang is good at lightening the mood. Even in this situation, he managed to do so. However, in the middle of talking, he suddenly fell silent, pointing in amazement to the window’s direction!
The players inside the villa simultaneously looked over, just barely catching a glimpse of a ghost face disappearing into the shadows. The next second, the ghost face appeared inside the villa, flying out from behind the sofa, heading straight for the nearest Jing Shi!
"Watch out!" Xiao Wu and Liu Jie had been distracted by the earlier commotion, unconsciously moving a few meters away. Looking back, they realized it was too late. Even though they used instruments and props immediately, the headgear seemed to predict their actions, dodging their attacks twice in a row and then heading straight for Jing Shi’s face!
"Bang!" The ghost face mask hit two centimeters away from Jing Shi, blocked by a barrier formed by spiritual power, not just stopping the headgear but covering Jing Shi’s entire head. This made the headgear’s attempt to attack from different directions fruitless again.
Failing with one target, the ghost face headgear quickly changed direction, bypassing the eager Girl in the painting in front, making a turn and heading straight for Xu Huo!
The small defensive barriers set up inside and outside the villa were already in place. Although not the best instruments, they could block something. However, when the ghost face headgear appeared just now, the defensive barrier was not triggered. Of course, it wasn’t ineffective either, as if the ghost face headgear that appeared outside the window just materialized inside the villa, bypassing the outer barrier entirely.
Even though the small defensive barrier in the villa is a Spatial Instrument, its effectiveness implies that the headgear might be able to traverse between different spaces. The spatial barrier might not stop it; therefore, when Xu Huo saved Jing Shi, he used psychic power.
Of course, it could also be because the villa’s space defense barrier isn’t strong enough. So when the headgear came his way, Xu Huo first placed the "Spatial Sphere" outside and then donned a Mechanical Suit Set.
Regardless, the headgear needs to make direct contact with a person’s skin. Without the effect of the spatial barrier, surely even metal defenses can’t be useless.
Sure enough, as it was about to collide with the spatial barrier, the ghost face headgear suddenly flickered and disappeared, instantly reappearing inside the defense barrier of the "Spatial Sphere"!
The internal space of the "Spatial Sphere" isn’t large, so when the headgear "passed through" the barrier, it was almost face to face with Xu Huo!
Without letting it really cover his head, Xu Huo pressed down with his right hand, causing the ghost face headgear to hit the ground with a thud under the influence of gravity, then further down along with the cracked and dented floorboards, turning into a flat ghost face.
Players from Mr. Wang’s side came over to help, using a transparent glass box prop to enclose the headgear. However, as soon as the flattened ghost face mask was put inside, it suddenly came to life, shook twice, and disappeared from the box.
The players were on high alert, fearing it might appear from somewhere unexpected again. But after waiting for a while without another attack, everyone relaxed slightly.
"What the hell is this thing if even spatial artifacts can’t contain it!" Liu Jie nervously stood next to Jing Shi, "If we can’t capture it, does this mean we have to watch out for its ambush every moment in the instance?"
"Not necessarily," Xu Huo said, "throwing it into the luggage compartment the moment you capture it might work."
Everyone was silent for a moment. He is bold because he is skilled, daring to test if an advanced space defense artifact can really block the headgear. The others wouldn’t even let the headgear get close, let alone try to grab it and put it in the luggage compartment. That’s easier said than done.
This attack, though enlightening them a bit about the characteristics of the headgear, wasn’t good news at all.
"I don’t understand," the short-haired female player next to Mr. Wang said, "why did the headgear bypass her?"
She was referring to the Girl in the painting.
Everyone witnessed the earlier scene. Logically, the headgear should choose targets randomly. The Girl in the painting was right in front, but the headgear actively bypassed her to go for Xu Huo at the back. This is clearly abnormal. So far, there’s been no news suggesting the headgear selectively chooses targets.
The other players were also curious but refrained from asking since Xu Huo and the Girl in the painting were both Outer Zone players. Now that someone spoke up, they all turned their attention to Xu Huo and the Girl in the painting.
Xu Huo didn’t speak, while the Girl in the painting clicked away and then played a voice: "Of course, it’s because it’s afraid of me! It doesn’t dare to mess with me!"
The Girl in the painting was still wearing a prop defense suit, appearing to be a Rank-B player. Frankly, from her demeanor alone, she didn’t seem as strong as the players next to Jing Shi, let alone Xu Huo. If the headgear were indeed this "intelligent," it shouldn’t have bypassed her to choose Xu Huo.
The Girl in the painting wanted to add something, but Xu Huo placed a hand on her shoulder to stop her, "Don’t talk nonsense."
He then looked at the others, "No need to dwell on this matter; my sister carries a special item that can avoid some attacks."
"The ghost face headgear can ignore spatial barriers and move freely. Aren’t you going to inform the Law Enforcement Team about this?"
Now that the spatial artifacts and instruments in the city interfere with each other, this might affect players’ judgments about the characteristics of the headgear.