Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 1030 Danger and Opportunity

Chapter 1030: Chapter 1030 Danger and Opportunity

The name sounds cute, but it’s actually an extraordinary item. Normally, defense props take damage in place of the player, and if the damage exceeds the prop’s maximum threshold, the prop will be destroyed. However, this prop is different; instead of taking damage, it allows the player to dodge fatal attacks in advance.

This reminded Xu Huo of the two times he had used "Death of the Holder." The first time, the man in glasses dodged with a strange bending motion, which at the time Xu Huo thought was an instinctive reaction of a high Evolution Rate player. Now, linking it to this prop, it wasn’t instinct that allowed him to dodge successfully back then but this prop.

Whether the second dodge was due to the prop couldn’t be confirmed, but "Kitty Grants You Three Lives" could let a player save themselves three times within a day, limited to instances where the prop deemed there was a high risk of death. However, when "Death of the Holder" went through his chest, this prop didn’t seem to take effect... Was it too late to act, or was it that a heart penetration wasn’t enough to kill the man in glasses?

Xu Huo turned and walked toward the adjacent corpse, squatted down to examine the front and back wounds, and then dissected the heart area. Although not so apparent after death, there were some short flesh tendrils growing from the edges of the wound created by the Metal Bead.

Was this self-repair?

Players have strong regenerative abilities, but not to the extent that new muscle tissue grows in the blink of an eye. This level of recovery capability should only belong to Super Evolvers!

Super Evolution can generally be seen as divided into two categories: self-control and control over external objects. Self-control typically involves bodily enhancement, obtaining strength or speed that exceeds human limits—common applications. More impressively, it can involve changes to the body’s structure, such as altering appearance, height, etc.

The man in glasses’ self-repair should fall into this category.

Able to repair rapidly in a very short time, so the injury wasn’t fatal, hence the failure to dodge... To some degree, this prop also sort of has a deceptive attribute.

Of course, not dying doesn’t mean there were no injuries. It seems the last bomb wasn’t meant to take Xu Huo down with him but to destroy the instance and escape.

But in the end, it was unsuccessful.

The man in glasses was killed by a shadow stab, and he also had other defense props. In other words, within the two seconds Xu Huo turned to leave, the shadow managed to kill the man in glasses at least three times—this is based on the premise that he dodged two attacks using the prop. Another possibility is that "Kitty Grants You Three Lives" didn’t have time to take effect, and the other defense props were breached in one fell swoop.

With Xu Huo’s current strength, he couldn’t directly destroy a prop, yet the Shadow Personality managed to do it and successfully killed a Rank-B player.

According to normal progression, neither he nor the man in glasses should have been able to kill the other.

"It’s both a problem and an opportunity."

In addition to these, there were various Potions, a luggage compartment containing numerous valuable ores, and a wallet with a substantial balance.

Having made a windfall, Xu Huo packed up what he needed and closed the Spiritual World to return to the villa.

Chi Minghong and the others had already left the villa, ready to hide in the woods. Seeing him come out the door, they felt incredulous.

Given the situation just now, he seemed to be in a state of Passive Defense. Even if not, to kill a Rank-B player with such a small commotion?

"My goodness, Old Xu, you’re quite impressive!" Chi Minghong raised his thumb. "A Rank-B player, killed just like that!"

Xu Huo, his new injuries compounded with old ones, wasn’t as relaxed as he appeared to be. He felt a tickle in his throat, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and indeed, there was blood.

This scene was witnessed by Chi Minghong and the other Players, but none of them revealed any different thoughts.

The player with the lip ring was injured by "Horizontal Tailoring," half his foot wounded, and treated with an emergency medical prop. Still, he needed prompt medical attention, so he urged, "Can we continue with the instance now?"

Xu Huo amicably mentioned that the man in glasses didn’t have any paper slips, then stayed in the living room to rest, leaving Chi Minghong to replace him and go upstairs with different players.

Another two slips were quickly found. Although the figures on the slips were still incomplete, they were more euphemistic than the previously discovered dismembered forms, leading the group to speculate whether the slips represented a healing process, perhaps the last slip indicating a healthy person’s image.

But this speculation was soon overturned as the newly found slips once again depicted bloody images.

Having gone around in circles, some players still believed it was related to the blood circles inside the villa, especially when the paper slip numbers could only go down a few without appearing. Several proposed going upstairs to search for clues, implying that simply clearing the level wouldn’t suffice; they needed to find a way to achieve a high-rating clearance.

Of course, those yet to obtain a slip opposed, "It’s only fair to ensure an equal exchange with one slip per person. We didn’t sabotage your search earlier. It’s not very decent to pull this just when it’s our turn."

The player with patches on his skin patted his leg, "In my condition, could I possibly outcompete you? If I walked in, I’d have to leave sitting. Without even a good prop, wouldn’t my trip here be in vain?"

The others had no obligation to cooperate; if it weren’t for the slips, this person would be long dead. No one paid him any heed.

"My idea is, let’s all get our paper slips before discussing anything else," Chi Minghong said.

"Your slip is already in hand; of course, you’d say that," the player with the lip ring said displeasedly.

He and some players from his district still faced the risk of not being able to clear the level.

Chi Minghong spread his hands, "Wasn’t this the plan we all agreed on before? Backtracking now can easily lead to conflicts."

The player with the lip ring, along with Liang Zong and a few others, looked simultaneously at Xu Huo. They had just been wary of this man who might be a Rank-B player, and now...

"No need to argue," Xu Huo said, flipping through the book corresponding to number "3" without looking up. "Perhaps it’s impossible for everyone’s numbers to appear anyways, maybe more than one person won’t clear the instance."

The faces of the few whose numbers hadn’t appeared yet changed slightly. In the face of disagreement, Zhou Yuanzhu was the first to head upstairs, "Sorry, everyone, I need to find a paper slip."

With the first violation of the rules came the second, and the players quickly divided into two camps. Except for Teacher Fan, who was tied and had no room to express his position, of the remaining seven, four wanted to go upstairs, both those who hadn’t and had obtained slips.

"Fighting won’t benefit anyone," the player with the lip ring warned. "Let’s all go up together then—how many slips you can get, and how many you can snatch, will be up to you!"

Those such as Liang Zong and Ding Xiang hadn’t gone upstairs before and clearly were at a disadvantage. Ding Xiang turned to Xu Huo, hoping he would speak a word of justice. "Mr. Xu..."