Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 1127: Return to Zone 014

Chapter 1127: Chapter 1127: Return to Zone 014

Xu Huo had stayed within Guan Shu’s property’s props for seven days, and during these seven days his condition hadn’t deteriorated too severely, but his physical and mental states were clearly not as good as before, with him vomiting more black fungal strands each time than the last.

"When is the next time you’re entering an instance?" Chi Minghong discussed with Guan Shu and the others, "Otherwise, might as well stay in a high-risk instance for a while longer. I see he won’t be able to rid the toxin from his body anytime soon, and going out now would only be more dangerous."

To give them credit, Guan Shu and the others indeed did their best. After Xu Huo mentioned that a certain type of fungi could alleviate the toxicity in his body, they went out of their way to find quite a few and also bought a good amount of antitoxins from the game to help, but none had any obvious effect.

Therefore, they were uncertain whether Xu Huo’s condition, if left to continue, would be a slow wait for death or self-healing. If it could heal by itself, of course maintaining the current state was the best case. But if not, it would be better to go out and find other antidote methods earlier.

"Go to some of the more developed gaming zones, maybe you can buy the appropriate antitoxins," suggested Guan Shu to Xu Huo. "Such zones are relatively safe, it’s only that getting there by vehicle carries risks."

"I don’t look as bad as I seem," said Xu Huo, although some signs were visible on his skin, most of his weakness was due to the injuries he sustained during this period not recovering, coupled with the recent poisoning, the healing slowed down even more after consumption. And after using the Nüwa Stone and nutrient fungi, his body had very slight improvements, just not visibly so.

What he needed now was time.

He had previously chosen two safe zones in Country Y and then took refuge in the game, passing through Sifang Palace, The Solar Museum City, and the community’s integration with Zone 009 and the Advanced Player attack incident in Zone 011, then he was ambushed by a Member of the Holy Sword Society and entered Sea World to complete the Player Level upgrade; thereafter, he went straight to the first Rank-C Copy at W37 Base Station, and after clearing it, he followed Doctor Zhang’s lead to Daylight District 002, then inadvertently entered a high-risk instance... The process seemed long, but actually, it was less than three months.

After running around outside for so long, it was a good time to rest for a while and sort through the materials he had recently acquired.

"Really don’t need our help?" Chi Minghong, in his usual carefree manner, said, "If you’re in trouble, just say it, don’t be embarrassed."

Xu Huo moved his arms a bit, "I’ve been out for too long, planning to go home and have a look."

Seeing him confident, the others did not advise further. Chi Minghong and Zhou Yuanzhu pulled him to exchange Beneath the Dimension account information and agreed to contact again when they were free, then left one after another.

"Guess we’ll meet again sooner or later," grinned Guan Shu.

Xu Huo gave a slight nod and took out a Return Ticket.

With a blur in his vision, he appeared in a specially constructed metallic room. Seeing him appear, two workers who had entered through the just-opened Sealing Door dropped what they were carrying and immediately went to press the alarm.

Xu Huo stopped the two, swept his gaze over the people coming and going outside, vomited a mouthful of black blood, and then said, "Excuse me, I need to borrow a room."

As soon as he finished speaking, he tossed the two out and closed the door as well.

This was a specially constructed fully enclosed chamber, with a multi-layered reinforced door. Once the door is closed, no sound can be heard from the inside or outside, only a monitor hanging in a corner allows those outside to see inside.

Xu Huo only had time to glance around the room before uncontrollably vomiting a large amount of black liquid mixed with fungal strands. He stepped to the central chair of the room and sat down, casually waving to the camera of the monitor.

As soon as the two workers stepped outside, they set off the alarm. The efficiency of the Special Defense Department was exceptional nowadays, especially in the newly established safe zones. When an alarm goes off, its location is transmitted to every player’s device, and each fifty square meters of a safe area must have two responsible players, so as soon as an alarm sounds, at least eight players will arrive within five seconds.

At the same time, the control room will activate alert mode, swiftly opening safety doors to ensure that both the incident and the people involved are contained within the smallest range possible...

On a street not more than a kilometer away from the safe zone, a black van marked with the Special Defense Department emblem was waiting for the traffic lights. Inside the vehicle, Chief Wu was discussing with Director Chang, Jiang Qiao, and a few others.

"Although the new safe zone established in Ting City isn’t large, it’s more comprehensive than the other more than ten zones built earlier this month, taking even logistics into account," praised Jiang Qiao. "Upon learning about it, Minister Fan made a special request for me and Director Chang to come and learn from the experience."

Chief Wu modestly replied, "The concept of this safe zone was proposed by Nie Xuan, but he couldn’t spare the time to oversee it due to entering an instance, so it fell to me to arrange everything."

"Chief Nie is truly talented, rising to Rank-C so quickly, and his ranking isn’t low either. If he wasn’t responsible for Ting City, I’d really want to bring him over," said Director Chang with a smile.

Chief Wu glanced at Dai Wenqian, who was sitting behind him, "Xiao Dai is excellent, with him you don’t need others. I heard he just led a team to take down a new cult organization?"

"Just a minor disturbance," Director Chang dismissed, waving a hand. "With players and ordinary citizens undergoing comprehensive inspections weekly, personnel movements are clear at a glance, catching a few malicious players is not a challenging task."

"On the other hand, the progress of building safe zones has not been so smooth. Though every city is constructing safe zones, those that can truly withstand players’ attacks are few and far between."

"And the order from above is to take into account all medium and small cities. Minister Fan has been in a rush recently, and the safe zone model of Ting City just solved an urgent need."

"What does it matter if the place isn’t big enough, just build a few more of them."

Chief Wu nodded and sighed with relief, "After the attack from Country Y, we’ve been busy for two or three months, and finally things are on the right track."

"Indeed," said Jiang Qiao. "After the Black Rain incident, our Special Defense Department cleaned up quite a mess for a while. At that time, I didn’t even dare to sleep, fearing that a similar emergency would arise somewhere else."

"Now that the safe zones are gradually established, and every ordinary citizen has a copy of the emergency manual, if there are emergencies, it won’t be like last time where people didn’t even know where to hide."

Director Chang also said, "Having the safe zones ready also relieved the players’ concerns."

It was a fact. To keep players focused on leveling up, the first thing for sure is to ensure the safety of their families. Where the home is, there lie the roots.

"We’re here," Dai Wenqian suddenly spoke up, "Something seems off."

Turning around the corner of the street, Chief Wu also saw the main gate of the safe zone and noticed the warning light on the gate had changed to yellow. He said, "A level-two event, should still be within a controllable range, hence no immediate external notification."

As soon as he finished, his phone rang; Sima Xiao’er’s voice came through, ecstatic yet tinged with fear, "Chief, you won’t believe who ran into our safe zone!"