CHAPTER 1388: CHAPTER 1389 THIS TIME WE MADE A BIG PROFIT

It felt like the hand was directly touching his back, but in reality, it wasn’t, and there was also a spatial barrier around Xu Huo, making it impossible for someone to reach his back without alerting him. This seemingly gentle push was likely the result of the force being weakened.

So, the moment he stepped into the room, he located the person who made the move by the fluctuation in the airwaves and casually sent him a teleportation door. As a result, just as he stepped in, the person who pushed him also followed through.

From a distance of two or three meters, Xu Huo looked at the gentleman player, "Friend, isn’t this a bit unkind?"

There was no camaraderie between two strangers. This person deliberately expressed in the dining room that he wouldn’t target him, and then he specifically pointed out Chef Feng’s residence, clearly not with good intentions, but Xu Huo didn’t expect the other party to push him inside.

The moment Xu Huo entered, he realized that this room was actually a location with mental interference. Like when the door opened, being inside made people involuntarily fall into a state of well-being, not wanting to do anything but lie down comfortably.

Of course, as long as he could wake up from this mental state once, it wouldn’t be easy for Xu Huo to fall again. However, the gentleman player hesitated momentarily but quickly calmed down, maintaining his previous hypocritical smile, "You wanted to enter this room, didn’t you? Seeing you hesitating at the door, I thought I should give you a push. I didn’t expect you to be a multi-directional Super Evolver, not a room could trap you."

Xu Huo raised an eyebrow, "Do you think I’m the only one who would be trapped?"

As he spoke, he moved through this room that seemed to be veiled with ten layers of filters and reached the window, sharply drawing the curtains.

As the sunlight outside was blocked, the entire room’s warm ambiance vanished, replaced by a bloody, putrid scent. What was previously clean and tidy now became covered in dried mucus or some kind of unidentifiable decaying matter, and the whole view darkened. The doors on both sides disappeared, turning into two passages, one emitting a bloody smell and the other a scent of food.

This room was close to the back kitchen.

The gentleman player immediately stretched out his hand, but before he could touch the curtains, the whole wall moved backward, instantly pulling out of reach of the prop.

Just then, realizing his Psychic Power Interference Device hadn’t played a major role in this instance, the gentleman player looked back to find Xu Huo, only to discover he had already disappeared from the room!

"Tap, tap, tap..." The sound of high heels came from one of the passages. The gentleman player, expressionless, threw a coat over himself and then vanished into the air.

Approaching was a pair of large high heels, just a pair of high heels. It wasn’t because the shoes were a prop that could move freely, but because the person wearing them also used an Invisibility Prop. The person passed through the messy room and paused suddenly by where the gentleman player was hiding—though invisible, the gentleman player’s movement was suddenly shot away from his original spot, stepping on a chair towards the adjacent passage.

The large high heels originally headed for the back kitchen changed direction.

Xu Huo, who had been the first to come out of the room, no longer paid attention after the gentleman player escaped. While one could play the game of using others to deal the killing blow, this person didn’t even want to enter the chef’s room, indicating there wasn’t much connection with the restaurant staff, whether or not there was any with the restaurant owner remains to be seen.

Taking out the communicator, Li Kun and Dai Song each sent a message. Dai Song had returned to a room on the first floor, while Li Kun informed him that he had found an employee’s room.

Xu Huo quickly asked for the location and chased over. Li Kun, who had placed a prop outside the door, quietly opened the door upon knowing he arrived, excitedly saying, "Come in, you won’t believe the fortune we found this time!"

This seemed to be the Raincoat Cleaner’s room, with shoes and small items neatly arranged at the entrance. Several different-colored raincoats were hung neatly by the wall, still exuding fragrance.

The Raincoat Cleaner likely had a collector’s affliction, as many things in her room, like raincoats, cups, and shoes, were in piles, with at least three of the same items even when identical. The walls and ceiling were covered with various lighting props, and several cabinets were filled with all sorts of toys, playing cards, and badges.

"Those are worthless. Look at this." Li Kun pointed to a large device in the corner of the room, far exceeding the height of an average person, "This is a water maker used internally by the Hengxing Group. It can produce water directly from air and uses a new mineral energy source. No matter where you are, even in high-risk zones where even the air is polluted, it can be used, producing absolutely clean water!"

"One of these machines could cost tens of millions and might not even be obtainable."

"Do you want to take the machine?" Xu Huo glanced at him, "Can it fit in the luggage cabin?"

The game seemed to deliberately choke the players. The platform couldn’t transmit food and water, and similar water makers that could filter natural impurities were not only hard to acquire but also rather large. Even if players managed to get one, having enough space to store the machine wouldn’t be as beneficial as directly carrying an equivalent amount of water. Even in water-scarce environments, players wouldn’t stay too long.

Of course, without something good, a substitute would also do. Some technology companies and gaming sectors had attempted autonomous development, but after a report from Stellar Medical Group stating that "water filtered from ordinary automatic water makers may increase Evolution risk," not many dared to take the risk, considering it’s not like there was no potable water available.

As for whether drinking water filtered by the water maker really increases Evolution risk, it would take years or even decades, along with hundreds or thousands or more test subjects, to confidently assert or deny it.

But this machine was used internally by the Hengxing Group, making it quite popular. Even outdated or discarded models were hard to come by, hence the technology monopoly.

"It definitely won’t fit," Li Kun said, rubbing his hands eagerly, "but we can dismantle the machine to sell. If operated properly, it might fetch over a billion!"

The device might not be worth that much, but plenty of people would be willing to pay for it, far better than selling props.

"The more secretive something is, the more curious people are," Li Kun said, "If water filtered by ordinary air water makers isn’t beneficial for Evolvers, it means that the Hengxing Group’s water maker can remove harmful factors for Evolvers. There’s no zone that wouldn’t want this technology."

If everything undergoing Evolution, including water sources and food, were affected by Evolution, excluding the adverse factors might alleviate or delay aftereffects. From this perspective, even ten times the cost would be worth it.