Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 1166

Chapter 1166: Chapter 1166

(To be revised later) The player immediately felt a prop effect applied to his body. With a press on his sleeve, the clothes he wore stood and folded like scales. After a momentary change in the color of his outfit, they returned to normal, and fatigue vanished from his face!

Yan Jiayu and the Stone Lion closed in, while Da Mao, who had been slacking off, received a solid smack on the rear, instantly unleashing all its fury on the pursuing player. Snarling and tearing, this player was forced into retreat step by step.

"The vase’s function!" The pursuing player threw a mat onto the ground. During the chaos, Da Mao slipped and stepped onto it, pinning one of its claws to the ground.

But it didn’t matter much. The Stone Lion, adhering to its destructive tendencies, dug a hole through the ground. Even if it couldn’t get off the mat, it could still run while carrying part of the floor.

Da Mao was challenging to deal with, and Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu were also relentless. Yan Jiayu fought in close combat, while Xu Huo assisted with props before suddenly darting into battle himself. After three minutes of combat, both sides had suffered injuries.

Looking upward, Xu Huo went up the stairs. Upon reaching the third floor, he sensed someone rapidly falling down through the center of the building. In a flash, he entered an office floor and positioned Shelter 101 directly below!

The player fleeing above had been moving between floors using props. Unexpectedly, he stepped onto Shelter 101—he couldn’t breach this metal prop from the game. Upon seeing Xu Huo nearby, he raised a crossbow arrow and aimed at him!

The crossbow didn’t shoot physical arrows but rather semi-transparent ice. After embedding into the wall, the ice quickly melted!

"You’re not the one I’m looking for," Xu Huo clarified his stance. However, the momentary delay allowed the pursuing player to come down from above. Barely exposing their feet, they were struck by a strange force and slammed upward, carving a deep groove into the ceiling and stopping near the wall.

The next second, two players and one Stone Lion landed on the same floor as Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu.

"Da Mao, attack!" Yan Jiayu signaled the Stone Lion to pounce while pulling out a muscular baby doll sticker. Sticking it on her face, her speed instantly skyrocketed, moving as fast as an uncatchable missile, crashing towards the figure near the wall!

The player clearly didn’t take Yan Jiayu’s reckless combat approach seriously. With a pat on his shoulder, a blue arc of light instantly unfolded before him. Protected by the arc, he ignored Yan Jiayu entirely, focusing instead on the Stone Lion that casually circled and jogged toward him.

Just as he prepared to deal with the Stone Lion, Yan Jiayu—this living bomb—slammed directly into him. It was uncertain whether she had other invisible defense props, but when she hit the light arc, she smashed the player through the wall while cracks erupted across the arc!

"What?!" The opponent couldn’t hide their shock. The resulting impact pushed him against the building’s outermost wall, where a barrier bounced him back onto the surface.

Being at the center of the collision didn’t leave Yan Jiayu as battered as him. She landed steadily in the middle of the room and rushed forward, swinging the Demon-Subduing Pestle in a frenzy!

"Bam bam bam" resounded, as the shield prop cracked under her blows. The player hurriedly evaded, using his characteristics to briefly restrict Yan Jiayu’s speed before heading towards Xu Huo!

His real target was the government player who hadn’t escaped yet. However, just as he started moving halfway, a cold gleam swept across from the side!

The pursuing player quickly dodged to the side, and in response, dozens of Cowhair Needles shot out from his sleeve.

With the Air Barrier temporarily unavailable, Xu Huo decisively deployed Shelter 101. As the prop entered and exited play, he simultaneously activated "Extreme Fatigue" and "Progress Bar Disappearance."

The player suddenly felt the effects of the props applied to him. Pressing his sleeve again, his scaled suit reactivated; his outfit briefly changed color before returning to normal. His fatigue had completely vanished from his face!

Yan Jiayu and the Stone Lion closed in again. Da Mao, having slacked off previously, received another smack on the rear, venting its rage entirely on the pursuing player. The relentless assault drove the enemy further into retreat.

"The vase’s effect!" The pursuing player threw another mat onto the ground, causing Da Mao—amid its frenzied movements—to slip and step onto it. This pinned one of its claws to the ground.

But it made little difference. The Stone Lion effortlessly tore up the terrain, freeing Da Mao from the mat by carrying the floorboard beneath it.

Even Da Mao proved tricky to contend with, while Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu weren’t about to grant any reprieve. Yan Jiayu engaged the enemy in direct combat, while Xu Huo supported her with props. In sudden bursts, he joined the battle himself. After three minutes, both sides bore visible injuries.

*

"It’s possible a new dungeon venue is forming," Xu Huo’s expression sharpened.

"Perhaps, but not guaranteed," Nie Xuan remarked, skillfully pulling out a cigarette pack from his pocket, but upon seeing the toy on the coffee table, he tucked it back away. "It could simply be a neighboring chaotic space or a natural phenomenon arising from the world’s evolution. There are many possible causes, but the Special Defense Department has already decided to send personnel to the island because of this possibility."

"The Special Defense Department wants the instance," Xu Huo responded without surprise. "Why tell me specifically?"

"I want you to go," Nie Xuan said. "I have more important matters that leave me unavailable, but if it is an instance, I don’t want the Special Defense Department to seize control."

Xu Huo raised his brows slightly but listened as Nie Xuan continued, "The current Special Defense Department isn’t suitable for handling an instance."

"You’ve noticed, haven’t you? In such a short time, the player count within the Special Defense Department has soared. They use guides created by veterans to clear instances and level-up faster, acquiring more game privileges. The number of advanced players is considerable, with their progress far outstripping any player organization."

"That’s not entirely a good thing."

"Having no common external enemy is a dangerous situation. Other countries are faring even worse than us; they’re drowning and gasping for air. If player organizations and independent players fail to consolidate their influence, the Special Defense Department itself will eventually fracture. When that happens, it won’t merely be internal competition—true power struggles will be exponentially bloodier."

"Therefore, the Special Defense Department must secure its leadership position but also leave room for player organizations to survive," Xu Huo noted.

"If they control the instance, they’ll likely tear each other apart," Nie Xuan sneered. "It’s not that I look down on them."

"There are those with a broader perspective," Xu Huo said lightly.

"Broader perspective doesn’t mean availability," Nie Xuan replied, clutching his cup. "Right now, they’re all busy researching immortality."

"With lifespans of hundreds of years, who wouldn’t be tempted?" Xu Huo countered. "Everyone has moments of impulsive ambition, but reason eventually reasserts itself."

"There may not truly be so much time for that," Nie Xuan emphasized again, not just for himself but also reflecting what he’d witnessed since leaving Zone 014. "When the super props invasion incident concluded with such minimal losses, it was nothing short of a fluke."