Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 1115 - 1114: Direct Confrontation

Chapter 1115: Chapter 1114: Direct Confrontation

The Space Portals in the Spiritual World are not merely about opening a door to separate a distance, but truly create spatial partitions, so typically when one goes through a door, the place they come out at is definitely not behind the door they saw initially, but at another location.

The extent of spatial separation that the "door" can cause depends on the spirit strength of the creator of the Spiritual World. Xu Huo can currently only use the "door" to stretch or shrink the gap between spaces, such as traveling between floors or through walls—it’s merely shuttling. His Spiritual World’s spatial effect hasn’t reached the level of Bai Kou or the strength of actual space, hence the practical effectiveness also depends on whether the opponent is easily disturbed—clearly, Mr. Kang is not one to be readily influenced by mental interference.

Moreover, he has a certain ability to break through such interferences, which is how he managed to put his hand through several doors... Xu Huo drew out the Eye of the Deceased to strike, yet suddenly a white glove appeared on Mr. Kang’s hand, gripping the blade firmly while simultaneously leaning forward vigorously, crushing all the open doors in his path, and in one breath, he surged in front of Xu Huo, his other hand sweeping towards Xu Huo’s head!

The Rank-A Prop "Backstab" came into effect; an invisible, intangible entity akin to a mass of air ambushed from behind, forcing Mr. Kang to withdraw his hand midway and swat behind his own back.

The sound of a heavy blow could be heard, but he wasn’t injured. Not only that, but he used a prop to immobilize Xu Huo.

Xu Huo himself and the Defensive Barrier of his Unassailable Territory were being squeezed by an unseen force, and he could feel the barrier slightly warping under the pressure, supposing this must be the same tactic that had failed to kill Miss Ma due to the Rank-A Defense Item’s protection.

During this time, Xu Huo had already retracted the Eye of the Deceased and switched to the prop Everything Wants to Slice, fitting it around Mr. Kang’s hand. However, this extremely sharp Secant Line only managed to slice through his glove and then slipped off as if smeared with lubricant!

Presumably aware that this Secant Line was extraordinary, Mr. Kang this time did not directly touch the prop with his hands, but rather kicked towards Xu Huo’s chest and abdomen, while simultaneously releasing a "Wall of Repentance".

Xu Huo was backed against a wall’s pressure, therefore the force from the kick he took head-on solidly reflected onto the Defensive Barrier; the entire barrier space hummed loudly for a moment!

But the Unassailable Territory’s barrier did not break.

Mr. Kang, who was in close proximity, had a change in his gaze and spread his fingers to thrust towards the Defensive Barrier, but before he could touch it, a Spatial Gate appeared under Xu Huo’s feet!

Xu Huo, along with his props, fell through, and in the blink of an eye, the gate on the ground also vanished.

Gazing at the rapidly shrinking hall, Mr. Kang gave a cold snort, stretched out his hand, and plunged it into the walls that continued to close in on each other from above and below. The state of the walls didn’t change and swallowed him whole as they closed in.

The increasingly constricting space of the hall finally sealed shut completely.

The black night of the high-risk instance hadn’t fallen yet, but the entire commercial building had already plunged into boundless darkness.

Xu Huo’s Spiritual World wasn’t sufficient to cover the whole commercial building, but covering essential locations was not an issue, the players exiting the hall ended up in the upstairs restaurant and dormitory, while others were sent to the place where Mr. Kang resided.

Guan Shu and the others were moved to the underground parking lot by him.

Taking advantage of the time Mr. Kang was searching for him, Xu Huo distractedly met with Guan Shu and the rest, and incidentally handed the Communicator from Xiaohe City to them to get in touch with Zhou Yuanzhu.

"Lin Qiao and I have come to lend you a hand," Guan Shu quickly said: "You alone are no match for Mr. Kang."

Xu Huo would certainly not refuse, quickly saying: "You have two minutes to contact Zhou Yuanzhu, after she explains the situation of Xiaohe City to you, I will send you out. Besides Mr. Kang, there are two other Rank-B players in Xiaohe City."

"I don’t know how long the Mental Interference can hold, but you must be careful. That Mr. Kang is either a Super Evolver with spatial abilities or he possesses a high-grade Spatial Artifact, extremely powerful."

The moment before they descended, he even believed that the other party could directly break through the barrier of the Unassailable Territory.

Guan Shu asked Lin Qiao to contact Zhou Yuanzhu, urging: "Mr. Kang might also be an expert in poisoning. Last night, a corpse was thrown out of the building, Lin Qiao went to look and brought back some samples, your Potion was ineffective."

Xu Huo’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as he nodded: "I understand."

He returned to the first floor.

The troublesome part wasn’t just the three Rank-B players; the thirtieth Player was also tough to deal with, and the best way to deplete them was to have them kill each other within the Spiritual World. But controlling so many people at once was beyond him, so he could only break through in batches.

The first night, he only influenced Qian Zi and a few others, but half of these had already died, making it unlikely for them to turn on each other in a short time. Therefore, he locked the seven players with obvious conflicts in Mr. Kang’s room.

Directly interfering with someone’s mind is not easy, but deceiving their eyes is simple. He casually picked a book from Mr. Kang’s shelf, fabricated its content to be survival records and comparisons of the aging process, and clearly marked the time discrepancy inside and outside Xiaohe City, defining the missing players as "excessively aged" and "unsuitable for survival within the Space Portal Prop".

A few simple charts could maximize their imagination. They might not have much interest in the missing players, but they would certainly care about their own lifespans. Initially, hiding in such a place was meant for a comfortable life; who would want their time to live cut in half and then in half again?

If that’s the case, why would they take the risk to stay?

"I just knew I was aging unusually fast after coming here!" Qian Zi slammed the notebook on the table, "It turns out we’re all just guinea pigs for someone else!"

"That’s not right," the short-haired female Player, Gong Jiaji’s partner, said: "If that’s the case, then the duration of pregnancy for women should also be shorter, but our births have all been nearly full-term!"

"Are you stupid?" Qian Zi said: "Since it’s a Prop, of course, it can be used and retracted. To avoid revealing flaws, he can’t retract it completely. If it’s activated for a few days out of a month, could you tell clearly?"

"Besides, most of us got pregnant in the earlier years."

Her face was sullen, while the woman in the vest standing next to her touched the scar on her abdomen and said faintly: "Do you think what Ma Chunchun said was true? Did Mr. Kang harm the children for food or to keep us from discovering the secret of Xiaohe City’s time?"

The others were silent for a moment before the short-haired female Player spoke again: "No matter what we guess, there’s no problem. We might as well go and ask Mr. Kang directly."

"Ask Mr. Kang?" The woman in the vest stared at her, "Gong Jiaji is Mr. Kang’s confidant. Are you saying that you know nothing at all?"