Although Zachary didn’t understand the adversary’s intentions for the time being, now that he knew there was something wrong with the fruits on the ground, the next step to resolve the issue was quite simple.

With a flash of the Flying Swords behind Dong Tianyu, the fruits on the ground were instantly torn apart, their juices flowing everywhere.

Since he discovered the anomaly with those fruits, Dong Tianyu’s Divine Sense had been closely monitoring the fruits on the ground.

As the fruits were destroyed by the Flying Swords, Divine Sense detected many minuscule white dots within them.

Dong Tianyu wasn’t too surprised by the wriggling white dots, as anyone with a basic knowledge of fruits like bayberries before the disaster would have seen these Bugs Clan creatures in videos.

Commonly known as fruit fly larvae, no matter where the bayberries are purchased, or how high their quality is, soaking them in salt water for about twenty minutes will almost always reveal the larvae.

Speaking pragmatically, there aren’t actually that many native fruit species in China, with the majority being brought back by our grand ancestors from their campaigns abroad.

One must trust in the judgment of our grand ancestors. If they did not bring certain fruits back, or if they did but they didn’t become as common as apples and watermelons,

it implies that there must be some issues with these fruits. One shouldn’t deny the intentions of our grand ancestors based on personal beliefs, given that promoting anything required them to vouch for it with the lives of their nine generations.

The apples and watermelons, which seem ordinary and don’t reflect one’s status, are considered luxuries in foreign lands.

The reason why fruits are so affordable in China is indebted to the hard work of our kin in Guangxi.

Although fruit fly larvae are quite common, since they are neither poisonous nor contain other harmful substances,

most people adopt an out-of-sight, out-of-mind attitude. If they can’t see them, they might as well not exist, and they’ll eat the fruit without concern for cleanliness as long as it does not cause illness.

But fruit fly larvae only infest fruits with softer peels. Who has ever found larvae inside a watermelon or an apple?

Therefore, without the need for careful scrutiny, one could tell there was a definite problem.

So Dong Tianyu did not interfere further, as he still had many self-made firebottles left. He decisively pulled them out of the Storage Space, lit them, and hurled them towards the area with the smashed fruits.

Upon shattering, the firebottles instantly engulfed the area with the fruits in flames.

With the flames continuously scorching, the water content in the fruits on the ground was quickly evaporated. The fruit fly larvae, which were moving about in the juice, failed to endure for long and were soon reduced to ashes by the flames.

Just as Dong Tianyu was on guard for any follow-up actions, a prompt of a successful capture suddenly sounded by his ear, now there were six remaining hidden adversaries. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

After hearing this prompt, Dong Tianyu also became aware of another rule in the Mysterious Realm, which was that even if he did not physically touch the opponent, their death would still count as a successful capture.

Although he had captured this hider, Dong Tianyu was still somewhat puzzled by some matters.

Initially, based on his conjecture, physical contact with the adversary should count as a successful capture.

But suppose the hider who had transformed into fruit fly larvae within the fruit was eaten by Dong Tianyu, entering his body would inevitably result in contact with Dong Tianyu’s body.

Moreover, theoretically they would have been imprisoned by Dong Tianyu, so according to the capture rule he originally conceived, they should be deemed successfully captured by him.

Dong Tianyu believed that the adversaries must be more familiar with the capture rules than himself. Therefore, the adversary must have been certain there was no issue with their plan.

Furthermore, considering the adversary’s choice to transform into fruit fly larvae and hide inside the fruit, on one hand, they might have thought it unlikely for Dong Tianyu to inspect so thoroughly and difficult for him to discover them.

On the other hand, they might also have intended to enter Dong Tianyu’s body. Let’s not forget that one of the criteria for the hiders’ victory, besides remaining uncaptured for ten Two-Hours, was to kill Dong Tianyu.

At this point, Dong Tianyu couldn’t help but recall the most famous person known for employing this tactic.

If a captor does not possess a huge Storage Space like Dong Tianyu, and doesn’t, like Dong Tianyu, collect every single item he sees into the Storage Space without exception,

or if the captor, after scrutinizing a table of delicacies, concludes that the food is ordinary and indulges in it, only to unfortunately select the very fruit the hider was in and eats it,

it might appear that Dong Tianyu’s capture was simple and smooth, but either of the two scenarios, if occurring, would probably make it difficult for the captor to achieve ultimate victory.

After dealing with another hider, Dong Tianyu began to clear all the items in the hall.

Just as Dong Tianyu was emptying the hall and preparing to leave, a heavy sound of footsteps suddenly emanated from another corridor leading to the hall.

’So there are hiders bold enough to attack me proactively, what an interesting turn of events.’

When an enormous armored figure emerged from the corridor, so tall that even when stooping its back grazed the top of the passage, Dong Tianyu was completely taken aback.