Delta: Who are you saying has suffered a loss of strength?

Chapter 255 Coffee Shop Exchange

"What about the other two? How are they doing?" Xiaobai continued to ask.

"They both have fevers, but their condition is slightly better, though still not optimistic." Li Hao sighed. "It's Tide Prison again. What's wrong with this place...?"

Xiao Bai also fell silent. The Tide Prison was far too risky. Getting lost was one thing, but even if you died inside during opening hours, you might still die back in the real world. Who would take that risk?

Seeing Xiaobai's solemn expression, Li Hao leaned forward and whispered to Xiaobai, "After that person died of a high fever, Longteng and Fengming, at the request of the Dragon Kingdom government, sent their top medical experts and experts in dangerous areas to examine the brains of the two people."

"The examination results showed that both of them exhibited signs of brain overwork..."

"Overworked?!" Xiaobai asked, puzzled. "So, what does that mean?"

Li Hao shook his head again, "This is also one of the suspicious points, I don't know what it proves..."

Then Li Hao teased Xiao Bai, "But be careful, especially since you've been so busy lately. Don't suddenly die!"

"..." Xiaobai was speechless, then realized something was wrong, "Wait a minute, you're just an ordinary player in the club, how do you know so much inside information?"

"Heh, you're pretty slow on the uptake!" Li Hao laughed. "What else could it be? The big boss above specifically instructed me to share this information with 'necessary' people."

"My dad?" Xiaobai exclaimed softly.

"Of course, who else could it be?" Li Hao smiled.

"Who asked him to meddle!" Xiao Bai muttered under his breath, puffing out his cheeks in a hint of resentment.

"Hey, Sister Xiaobai, that's a bit heartless of you to say. What kind of father doesn't love his daughter?"

"Alright, alright, I know, you're so annoying!" Xiaobai waved his hand impatiently to interrupt.

Helpless, Li Hao shut his mouth and said no more.

"How's he doing lately? What's he been up to?" Xiaobai asked again after a while.

"You mean your dad? He's been pretty busy lately. Apparently, something's happened at the UN again, and he's always running off to meetings."

Li Hao covered his mouth with his hand and whispered, "My own guess is that it might be related to the engineering project that the Qi family was involved in..."

"Engineering? What would my dad do then?" Xiaobai asked, puzzled.

"How would I know? I'm just guessing. I heard Qi Shao say that before this project started, his father mostly dealt with people from the United Nations, and leaders from top clubs often came to visit him."

"He said his father hasn't been home for a long time now, and they only talk on the phone once in a long while. On the phone, his father always says that they are working on a great project and that Qi Shao should wait a little longer."

"Once he finishes this project, has earned enough money, and has gained a reputation, he will go back to Young Master Qi."

Li Hao didn't continue. "We've gotten a bit off-topic. Anyway, your dad is definitely doing something great and hopes to get your support."

Xiao Bai stared at the plate, poking at the last small piece of cake with his spoon, without saying a word.

But Li Hao knew she had taken his words to heart. He thought to himself, "Uncle, there's nothing more I can do. This is all I can do to persuade you. If I say anything more, I'll get scolded too."

After talking for a while, he was a little thirsty. The tea was at the perfect temperature, so he picked up the teacup and took a big gulp of black tea.

"How's it going with your Tiger Girl? Still haven't won her over?" Xiaobai suddenly asked out of the blue.

Li Hao nearly spat out his tea. "Wh...what, what Tiger Girl? When did I say I was going to pursue her?"

"Didn't you used to ask those girls out every other day?" Xiao Bai grinned mischievously. "What's wrong? Got a chicken out now?"

Li Hao coughed repeatedly, his face turning red, whether from choking or something else, it was unclear.

"We were just exchanging information! There's no need for all this fuss!"

Xiao Bai's eyes were curved, and he grinned, giving off an "I understand you" look that made Li Hao feel very uncomfortable.

It took Li Hao a while to recover. He took a deep breath and said seriously, "It seems that Fengming Club really doesn't plan to take over the business of Tide Prison anymore. Tiger Sister hasn't been here recently. I heard that she was transferred to the Aerospace Base. Cai Chengfu said that he saw her at the Aerospace Base not long ago."

"You say you don't care about others, but you know perfectly well enough to know!" Xiaobai laughed. "But it seems there aren't any teleportation portals inside the space base in China, right? Do we have to go to the US?"

Li Hao nodded. "The portal is in the United States. As you know, the top clubs in the United States, the Bald Eagle Association, have been banned. Now only some small clubs remain, so you rarely see their people in China."

"But at the space base, almost all the players are American, and they are very hostile towards us."

Xiao Bai stopped smiling and nodded, saying, "But at least it's not as dangerous as the Tide Suggestion and Dam Zero..."

"That's what I'm afraid of..." Li Hao sighed.

"What do you mean?" Xiaobai sensed a hidden meaning in Li Hao's words.

"Currently, expert opinions are basically divided into two camps. One camp believes that the changes in dangerous areas are temporary, just like the Tidal Prison, which was extremely difficult to deal with when it first appeared, and the map boss would respawn every time."

"Later, the Tide Prison gradually stabilized, and even the evacuation rate of casual players increased significantly, indicating that the difficulty of these maps is dynamic, so there is no need to worry too much."

"One side believes that all maps within the danger zone will gradually develop like the Tidal Prison, becoming increasingly dangerous and even difficult for current players to contend with."

"Therefore, the latter proposed a plan called the Joint Training Program, which aims to bring together players from all countries for special training to form a professional team to combat dangerous areas."

"Then ordinary players won't make any money at all?" Xiaobai interjected, because people still regard dangerous areas as a high-risk, high-reward "game".

If a truly national-level solution emerges, then ordinary people will have absolutely no chance of participating.

"You're right, that's the second biggest obstacle to pushing this plan forward."

"This is only the second largest?" Xiaobai asked, somewhat surprised. "What's the largest?"

"First, the United Nations hopes that all countries will contribute all their high technology so that all countries can share it and create a super force."

"Do you remember John's team? The three of them had exoskeleton drive systems, which were countermeasure equipment created by a high-tech company."

"Also, the main battle tank model I brought out of prison was developed into a folding riot shield. The Dragon Club is also a kind of..."

"Think about it, if every player carried one of these items, wouldn't our chances of winning be much higher?"

Listening to Li Hao's eloquent introduction piqued Xiao Bai's interest. According to Li Hao, wasn't the EMP grenade she made also a kind of countermeasure equipment?

Perhaps this really is the key to completely conquering dangerous areas!