Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 1072: Invisible Danger

Chapter 1072: Chapter 1072: Invisible Danger

Xu Huo initially thought it was some kind of good idea.

However, being able to take everyone away at once and keeping the team from dispersing can be considered relatively good.

In about ten seconds, he and You Xuewen killed a few emerging aliens before they escorted the team out of the cave area and walked nearly a kilometer before they finally returned to the surface.

Unexpectedly, six people died just now... In fact, in terms of danger level, it was nothing compared to being surrounded by a group of different species; it was only because they were unprepared for the underground, that they were caught off guard.

"I really don’t know how these aliens have evolved," Zhou Yuanzhu said: "The soil layer of this land should not be very thick, and it is mixed with a lot of rubble. They could still make it like a sieve."

"It was my oversight," Guan Shu said.

He was indeed careless. With the evolutionary ability of a Rank-B player, his hearing should be much better than that of a Rank-C player, even underground, he should be able to sense some movements. There’s only one explanation for this situation, and that’s that his ears were injured.

Xu Huo subtly looked at the person sitting opposite him, who had lost an arm and was wearing protective clothing, although one could still spot some blood seeping from underneath, and his complexion did not look good either.

The ears might have been damaged due to the explosion when falling into this space; as for other internal injuries, it depended on how much he had suffered in District 002.

Noticing his gaze, Guan Shu looked up, smiled, and nodded.

Xu Huo did not respond.

You Xuewen and Lin Qiao were more perceptive, having noticed the special currents flowing between the two. They nonchalantly moved to Guan Shu’s sides, their gazes casually watching Xu Huo’s every move.

Moments later, Xu Huo finally smiled and said, "Let’s eat something to replenish our strength, as I fear we won’t have much time to rest before the next wave of aliens arrives."

"That would be terrible," Chi Minghong said: "I just lost all my tools."

Not just her, the tools lent by Guan Shu and others were not collected back either. The daily operational tools weren’t expensive, but this was a bit troublesome.

So far, they haven’t found a suitable place to rest, fearing that their presence would attract the aliens’ attention if they remained unshielded. Speaking of having a good sleep or rest, even sitting down to eat required urgency.

One or two, two or three days might be manageable, but any longer would be unbearable for people.

"Don’t you guys have any other prop items?" Chi Minghong said: "I do have one, but the space is too small to fit so many people."

Xu Huo also had a prop item for a place, but he thought it was safer outside.

In an extremely dangerous environment, blocking the view is not a smart choice.

"Let’s see if the mechanical being brings back good news," he said.

He couldn’t see the location of the mechanical being; the owner issues a command with a set time and fixed target, and the mechanical being returns whether it completes the task or not within the designated time.

It was now deep night, similar to the twilight when they arrived last night; although not bright enough, it was just sufficient to spot a few things.

After resting for a short while, suddenly, someone pointed to the distance and said, "Look, what is that!"

Xu Huo quickly turned his head and looked in the direction pointed by the person.

"Did you see that?" After confirming he didn’t spot anything, Xu Huo turned back and asked Guan Shu and the others.

Chi Minghong and Ruan Qiyuan shook their heads. Lastly, Guan Shu also didn’t find anything, but out of caution, he still asked the person for details.

The young lady awkwardly said, "Just a piece of white thing, it disappeared in a flash."

"Do you have a problem with your eyes?" Ruan Qiyuan quickly asked.

With anger, the young lady responded: "I’m not sick!"

"He’s asking if you have any vision problems," Zhou Yuanzhu explained: "People in District 002 generally have poor eyesight; could it be an illusion?"

"My vision is very good," the lady said: "Especially at night. I really saw a white object like a big mushroom."

Xu Huo and Guan Shu exchanged glances, both confirming that there were no objects within their sensory range, yet according to the young woman’s description, that thing should be less than two hundred meters away from them.

To say that something undetectable by eyes and ears, Xu Huo’s spatial evolutionary ability should be more than sufficient. He could even perceive the amplitude of raindrops falling on leaves two hundred meters away; if there was something there, he should have known immediately.

"Try using a prop," he took out the shelter and then used another prop "Mini Radar".

This was a Rank-C item but could form a spatial barrier within fifty meters outside the building, serving both sensory and defensive purposes—even if something was imperceptible, it could still defend against it.

Fifty meters wasn’t a large range, enough for seven players to fully defend, but after waiting for quite a while, there was no other movement except for insects occasionally flying through the bushes...

Insects?

Xu Huo frowned, just hearing the woman who had seen something flash scratching herself.

The woman scratching her ankle, seeing that several players turned to look at her, couldn’t help saying, "There are too many bugs here..."

Zhou Yuanzhu walked over and lifted her trouser leg; there was a mung bean-sized bleeding orifice on her ankle leaking black blood, the surrounding skin reddened and swollen, and the scratched places had several crisscrossing bloody marks, half of her leg had discolored.

Under the woman’s shocked gaze, Zhou Yuanzhu found an insect corpse, the size of a small finger, already flattened, in the nearby grass.

"It’s poisonous."

With just these two words, the young woman suddenly had difficulty breathing and fell to the ground, her body convulsing, blood flowing out of her ears and nose.

Zhou Yuanzhu immediately fed her a bottle of antitoxin, but it didn’t work. A few seconds later, the woman took her last breath.

This shocked everyone, including Guan Shu and others; in terms of resistance to poison, players and ordinary people were not much different.

"This thing wouldn’t bite through protective clothing, right?" After getting closer and examining it, Chi Minghong said, "Its mouthparts are not very long, and it dies with a slap, just don’t get bitten."

She took out a metal shovel and handed it to Ruan Qiyuan, "Let’s shovel this patch of grass and see if scattering some insect repellent around works."

The woman’s body was moved aside, and a small area was cleared with several people’s help; twenty or so people squeezed inside. For safety, Zhou Yuanzhu also used a barrier prop, although only half a meter high, it was enough to protect their feet.

Xu Huo didn’t turn off the "Mini Radar". He carefully observed the small insects that fluttered onto the barrier; they were different from the insect that killed the woman. Could these insects also have come from underground?

"Old Xu! Twelve o’clock direction!" Chi Minghong suddenly said.

Xu Huo immediately turned his head, just in time to see a huge, mushroom-like white orb disappear from the grass a hundred meters away!