Chapter 2556
The man remained silent, but his silence did not earn him any disregard; the female player stared at him intently, ready to make a move at any moment.
Xu Huo felt that the direction of his trait evolution might be a bit off, as he rarely encountered such hateful players in the game.
Fortunately, the next train arrived.
All three thought they wouldn’t see the other two again, yet they met again in the same train compartment.
The three stood face to face in the middle of the compartment, the atmosphere slightly awkward.
"Sis, let’s agree on this, we didn’t know each other before." The lizard man quickly stepped aside and gave the woman a seat, "Please Sit."
There were quite a few players in the compartment; the woman seemed to have shaken off her resentment, and spoke kindly, "I’m not unreasonable, I’m easy to talk to when I’m not angry. My last name is Zhong, you can call me Sister Zhong. You look about the same age as my brother, what’s your name?"
The lizard man reflexively sat across from her and started chatting, "Oh, you have a brother? I also have a sister. My name’s Shi Potian; it was given by my sister who hoped I’d be successful. My parents died early, and my sister raised me alone, so no wonder I feel close to you! Is your brother still around? What does he do for work?"
"He died years ago." Sister Zhong said with a smile, "He was in cahoots with that bastard, took money to inform him, and even egged him on to beat me to death for a fortune. So, on a sunny, breezy day, I cut out his tongue and broke his limbs, letting my parents take care of him."
"I intended to visit him once a month, but he died of illness within half a year."
"What a pity."
The conversation couldn’t continue, Shi Potian grinned awkwardly, "That is... that is..."
"How’s your sister doing?"
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Another player threw a Prop upwards, attempting to bring a person down, but the other clung internally like a lizard. The players acted cautiously, using props without significant destructive power, yet as their numbers increased, this person found it increasingly challenging, running while saying, "I’m only selling some Potion, you don’t need to kill me over this! Do you want it or not? Are you planning to board like this and lose face?"
The crowd grew more infuriated upon hearing this, not only using props but also traits. Then, combined efforts led the person hanging from the ceiling to fall, stopped by traits, headfirst into the mud; if not for the Defense Prop, even their feet might have been sliced off.
Xu Huo wasn’t deeply trapped, managing to pull himself out; he stood on a Materialized Item, crouched, and looked at the person below, asking, "Want me to give you a hand?"
The two feet flailed vigorously, clearly refusing.
However, Xu Huo still helped, using a Materialized Item to grab the person’s feet and pull them out, like a tug-of-war.
The player had already spilled potion to dissolve the surrounding mud, and as claimed, the effect was indeed excellent—his surroundings lost stickiness, only smearing his face with filth.
The person was pulled out, but the Materialized Item wrapped around him, especially dangerous parts like the neck.
Being hung upside down, the man raised his hand to show he wouldn’t resist, "Friend, it was just a misunderstanding, let me down. If you’re interested, I can give you all these Potions!"
"I’m not interested in Potions." Xu Huo looked at him, "It’s just that I’m not in a good mood."
"I understand!" The man quickly said, "Everyone has moments of a bad mood. If I offered two Advanced Items, would it cheer you up?"
Xu Huo chuckled, lowering the man, "With such cowardice, you still dare to extort publicly?"
The man threw a Prop onto the mud, stood on it, wiping dirt off his face, "It’s not extortion; I just want everyone to spend a bit for my services. Besides, this mud wasn’t created by me."
"If not you, then who!" Another player stepped forward, a dagger against the man’s neck, speaking sinisterly, "If you point out a second person, I’ll let you go."
"It’s really not me!" The man shouted passionately, "If it were me, would I still dare to do business with you? You should question those two who were fighting earlier..."
Halfway through his words, he took advantage of the distraction to dodge the Prop, springing onto the ceiling, "Every grievance has its source, blaming the wrong person doesn’t matter, but wouldn’t unresolved anger be even more maddening?"
The logic was valid, yet he was so irritating, one desperately wanted to beat him on the spot!
Luckily, a train arrived, players boarded successively, allowing the man to escape disaster.
Now, only three players remained in the station, one on the ceiling, two against the wall.
Seeing their gaze, the man on the ceiling offered a flattering smile, "Meeting is fate, with such fate, why waste it?"
"What did you do before?" Xu Huo asked, wondering why a seemingly ordinary person evoked such anger?
"Well, a community worker..." The man spoke, slightly nervously.
"Community worker, I bet you’re a mediator, your demeanor gave it away." The remaining player, a female, said coldly, "My ex-husband drank, gambled, smoked, abused, I was hospitalized countless times for three years, then got divorced, losing custody of my child. Five years post-divorce, as I intend to remarry, he became paralyzed due to a car accident, hoped I’d care for him, even involved the TV station with a gold-medal mediator to persuade me to sacrifice for the child."
"Calling day and night, visiting, bringing gifts, smiling like someone from her family was paralyzed. Even my boyfriend got driven away. I became solitary again, yet she dared to bring that bastard and kowtow at my door."
"Sis, I don’t usually engage in such unethical acts." The man quickly asserted.
The woman seemed oblivious, speaking as if unheard, "Then I became a player, my first task was forcing the mediator to divorce and marry my ex-husband, curing his legs, since she claimed the bastard acted poorly due to drunkenness, but was essentially good, so I gave him to her."
"Every time I enter an instance and return, I beat that bastard up, once I leave, he beats her."
"I vent my anger without committing murder, the bastard vents his resentment without threatening society, the mediator hopes every abusive husband has a devoted wife, we’re all satisfied citizens."
"Heh heh heh heh..."
After speaking, the woman laughed.
"Actually, the mediator might not genuinely wish for your reunion, merely fulfilling directives..." The man fell silent upon meeting her cold gaze, swallowing his remaining words, amending, "Without integrity, how can one conduct themselves, I’d surely quit!"
"What’s your chosen occupation?" Xu Huo inquired pointedly.