Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 1087: No One Behind

Chapter 1087: Chapter 1087: No One Behind

"Jiang Wenzhang is very adept at psychological inducement and is extremely loyal to Mr. Kang. There were two attempts to topple Mr. Kang, but both were preemptively detected and foiled by him. He possesses a very powerful hypnosis prop, capable of hypnotizing people for a short duration. During this period, he can almost make others do whatever he wants."

"Gong Jiaji isn’t quite brainy, but he is a Super Evolver."

"You wouldn’t expect this, but even among Cannibal Players, there are Super Evolvers. His legs are very formidable. No Player in Xiaohe City can match his speed, except for Mr. Kang."

"These two are always with Mr. Kang, coming and going. They should know the affairs of Xiaohe City the best. If there’s anything else you want to know, go find them!"

Xu Huo had taken note of these two individuals before. Jiang Wenzhang wore an old white shirt and framed glasses, appearing honest and weak. He didn’t interact with others in the restaurant, and other Players seemed to be intentionally ostracizing him.

Gong Jiaji was much more likable. The short-haired female Player who previously accompanied Miss Ma to fetch people for the bathhouse is likely his intimate friend; other Players call her ’sister-in-law’.

After making a simple record, he looked at Miss Ma, "The world you’ve constructed is richer and more detailed than before. This isn’t a good thing."

He stood up to leave, but Miss Ma collapsed somewhat desperately, "Ask whatever you want to know, I will tell you everything as long as I know, just let me out!"

Ignoring the person trying to negotiate, Xu Huo went to Qian Zi and Cao Zheng’s room. Different from Miss Ma’s painful struggle, these two had fallen into self-doubt.

Regarding them, Xu Huo made a slight alteration to the plan. These two were more "loyal" to Mr. Kang than Miss Ma, so it was impossible to amplify their dissatisfaction toward Mr. Kang. On the basis of confirming Director Kang’s identity, he created an enemy for these two—several patients trying to escape by killing the Director.

And the earliest controlled Zeng Shangping had gone downstairs and hadn’t returned.

Xu Huo went to a spatial room on the second floor, then unleashed his Psychic Power.

There was no sign of Zeng Shangping on the first floor, but he spotted two emaciated men trying to climb to the second.

Ignoring those two, he headed to the underground level one.

This place was originally a commercial building; the two levels below were parking garages. Due to being underground, the structure was relatively better preserved compared to the buildings above. It was clear that numerous vehicles had been parked here once, but now only some useless parts were tossed in the corners.

There wasn’t much on underground level one, but reaching underground level two wasn’t so easy. The floor of level one—that is, the ceiling of level two—was sealed with special metal and even had layers added for reinforcement. Besides, the Gong Jiaji mentioned by Miss Ma was guarding the passage between the two floors. The scout Zeng Shangping was already dead, with traces of blood on the ground and a button as a prearranged signal from Xu Huo.

In the event of unexpected danger, if Zeng Shangping had the capacity, he would throw a black button; if he encountered his own people, he would drop a white button. Xu Huo’s instruction to Zeng Shangping was to sabotage the filtration system.

Xu Huo didn’t personally go to the underground parking lot; instead, he let Vertical Pupil go down the corridor to take a look at the level two.

The underground pipes of level two had been moved above ground, and a two-meter-high, two-meter-wide metal box was connected to the pipes running water, which seemed to be the filtration system.

The filtration system appeared very old and showed signs of multiple disassemblies. Besides that, there were also dents on its body. On one side of the machine was written "Hengxing Machinery Recycling" as well as a recycling date.

A filtration system that was reclaimed twenty years ago.

And it was bigger than Xu Huo had imagined.

Previously, he speculated that the sudden cravings might be related to the Black Rain. More unfortunately, perhaps even the air could affect people, but so far, neither he nor Tan Qi had been affected, indicating it’s more likely the Black Rain. Of course, besides the rain, the high-risk area’s groundwater, rivers, and even things grown from the soil might be contaminated as well.

However, the fact that Xiaohe City’s Players place such importance on this filtration system proves the water indeed has problems.

Dimensional Rift game holds a monopoly position in filtration technology. Filtration systems developed by various factions or game districts just can’t compare. For example, substances in this high-risk instance that cause hunger, as well as micro-toxins contained in the air of some districts, unofficial filtration systems often don’t do much good. These machines are usually sold to major game districts, given their exorbitant price.

Of course, Players can also buy them, but these devices are very large, one of them occupying an entire luggage cabin, and are cumbersome and difficult to move. If it’s just for the safety of food and drink, it’s better to use a Prop and bring some dry food.

This old filtration system looked very old, thus Xu Huo searched for water filters on the bounty platform and found that twenty years later, the technology of the filters hadn’t advanced. The machines are still huge, and the water filtration capacity per unit time remains the same.

"It seems intentional."

Xu Huo paused for a moment then closed his personal panel, retracted Vertical Pupil, and went to the women’s room in District 002 on the second floor, where he hung the two men who had just climbed up, outside the window, and also hung the corpses on the window.

The noise woke up a middle-aged woman napping in the room, and as Xu Huo turned around, she thanked him with both relief and fear.

"Did anyone go out tonight?" Xu Huo asked.

"No one from our room, but next door did." The woman said, "I heard someone go to the restroom."

Xu Huo nodded, opened the door, and left the room. Just as he closed the door, he looked up to face the person across the hall.

The second-floor corridor was circular, and the rooms were converted from shops. However, the railings at the door were not sealed, unlike the floors above where one was converted to two, so both sides had unobstructed views.

The woman across the way was wearing only a tank top, with a wound on her abdomen exposed. She was smoking a cigarette, her eyes fixed on Xu Huo as if gauging something.

But after a few seconds, as if she hadn’t seen him at all, she went up the staircase, back to a room on the floor above.

Xu Huo, listening to her footsteps recede, was about to check the room next door. However, just as he turned around, he suddenly felt a force descend upon him from the space behind!

He reflexively dashed ten or more meters away, then after crouching and landing, whirled back around. "Unassailable Territory" hadn’t yet expired from its first activation; the spot where he had just been standing was now empty.

The corridor was silent as death.

After verifying from space, the Spiritual World, and with a Prop that indeed no one was around, Xu Huo slowly stood up, used "Towards the Destination" to confirm Spatial Artifacts were still restricted, then furrowed his brows deeply.