Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 1182: Doctor Zhang’s Teaching

Chapter 1182: Chapter 1182: Doctor Zhang’s Teaching

The staff gradually left the room. Nie Xuan was the last to leave. Before stepping out, he patted Xu Huo on the shoulder and asked, "If something unexpected happens midway, how do you plan to handle the aftermath?"

Xu Huo raised an eyebrow. "At least bring a group of people with me. Going alone might be a bit lonely."

Nie Xuan let out a mocking laugh. "I doubt you’ll get that chance."

Xu Huo laughed along, reclining lazily in the chair. "Then I’ll trouble you to keep an eye on Tang Guangbo for me."

"No problem." Nie Xuan’s smile faded as he said seriously, "In fact, I kind of hope he tries to pull something midway."

"You’re really blunt about it," Xu Huo said. "Even if I laid this trap, he may not fall for it."

"We’ll see how the luck turns out." Nie Xuan shrugged. "Things haven’t happened yet—who can say if it’ll be good or bad?"

With that, he left the treatment room.

Shortly after, Tang Guangbo entered. The fogged glass of the treatment room turned transparent.

Tang Guangbo was dressed in a white lab coat. In a somewhat humorous tone, he said, "Although I don’t usually wear this for treatment sessions, today is special. I felt it would be more formal."

Xu Huo, still reclining in the chair with his hands folded over his chest, took on a host-like demeanor: "Professor Tang, please sit."

The doctor’s seat was two meters away. After sitting down, Tang Guangbo casually placed his tools on the small table beside him and said, "I knew this day would come when you left last time. Your psychological issues are more severe than you might imagine."

"Aren’t I here for treatment now?" Xu Huo said indifferently. "Last time, it was a Doctor Zhang treating me. I wonder if your skills are better than his."

Tang Guangbo’s hand paused for a moment. He turned to look at Xu Huo, then smiled faintly after a brief pause. "Only a comparison will tell."

"You’re a Psychic Evolver, so regular hypnosis techniques won’t work." He pushed a nearby piece of equipment toward Xu Huo. "Let’s try this."

With that, he plugged the device into the chair. Once the equipment started, the chair began to vibrate faintly, inducing a brief but not entirely uncomfortable sense of dizziness in Xu Huo, who closed his eyes.

"Don’t resist this feeling," Tang Guangbo instructed from the side. "Otherwise, we might not get to the main topic today. Now imagine there’s a clock in front of you. If you feel you’ve successfully entered the state, turn it clockwise. If not, turn it counterclockwise."

With his eyes closed, Xu Huo focused on this sensation, allowing his thoughts to sink into darkness as if being washed over by a flowing current.

As his perception of time blurred, the sound of dripping water began to echo in his ears—tick-tock, tick-tock. Turning around, he instinctively tried to find the source of the sound but suddenly realized he was standing in a pitch-black space. The dripping sound came from beneath his feet. As he walked, ripples formed on the water surface below him, creating subtle sounds.

This was likely a symbolic element of the hypnotic process.

Xu Huo raised his hand and turned the clock clockwise, then continued forward.

With no specific goal in mind, he walked purely by instinct. As the intensity of the dripping sound increased, a thick mist appeared in front of him, blocking his path. However, his intuition told him he could move through it.

So he stepped forward without hesitation.

Emerging into the darkness, he encountered a new problem: the water sounds disappeared. The space fell into complete silence. Without the sounds or ripples, he had no way to judge distance. That faint sense of dizziness now became a barrier to perceiving his surroundings. Before long, he was lost.

"Tick!" The sound of a second hand moving echoed from somewhere. Xu Huo latched onto this clue and followed it, wandering in the darkness for quite a while before finally pinpointing its origin. As he approached, he found a bridge underfoot—but the middle section was broken. The other half was misaligned by at least twenty meters.

There was no way he could jump that distance.

Sensing that there was nothing between the broken spans of the bridge, Xu Huo stepped back and decided to look for another way around.

"Tick! Tick! Tick!" The ticking sound of the second hand grew rapid, as if urging him to cross the bridge.

Xu Huo paused and spoke into the empty darkness, "Do you have a way to mend the bridge?"

The ticking sound faded.

Xu Huo continued in his chosen direction. Soon, another broken bridge appeared in his vision. Once again, he climbed onto it and tested it, but his instincts told him it was impossible to cross unless the bridge was reconnected.

So he descended once more and decided to turn back this time.

Before long, he returned to the spot where the dripping water had been earlier. Yet this time, when he stepped onto it, instead of floating on the water’s surface, he sank beneath it.

This was an illusion within the Spiritual World—he wouldn’t truly drown. Hence, he allowed his "body" to sink deeper into the water. Gradually, as he fell into the depths of the darkness, the water vibrated slightly, and suddenly, light returned to his vision.

"Take your medicine and have a nice nap, okay?" A strange woman squatted in front of him, holding a pillbox. She said gently, "Doctor Zhang prescribed this new medication for you. I’ve heard it’s imported and the latest, best kind. Since you’re the most well-behaved, it’s for you. Xiao Liang doesn’t even get any."

Xu Huo’s hands were those of a child. He tapped the table and said, "Just leave it here. I’ll take it later in front of Xiao Liang."

The strange woman smiled, set the pills down, and patted his head before leaving.

After she left, Xu Huo jumped off the bed, flushed the pills down the toilet, and lay back on the bed for a nap. When the nap ended, he put on his shoes and stepped out of the ward.

At the same time, Xiao Liang and a few other children, including Chang Bei, also stepped out. While Xiao Liang clearly disliked him, Chang Bei subtly greeted him.

Walking through this short section of the corridor, Xu Huo realized he was being ostracized by the other children.

When they reached the doorway, Doctor Zhang happened to open the door and waved them inside gently. Once the door was closed behind them, he said, "Today, I’ll choose one child to take a special test."

Xiao Liang immediately raised his hand. "Doctor, pick me!"

Doctor Zhang ignored his enthusiastic volunteering, smiling as he asked the children, "Did everyone take their medicine at noon today?"

The children all nodded in unison, including Xu Huo.

But Doctor Zhang pointed at Xu Huo and asked, "Why did you flush your pills down the toilet?"

Even though he’d been exposed, Xu Huo wasn’t fazed. Sitting at the small table, he said, "I’m not sick. I don’t need medicine."

"That wasn’t medicine to treat illness." Doctor Zhang raised his hand, lightly tapping the table with his index finger. The pens on the table all floated into the air. He looked at Xu Huo and said, "That was a drug that could allow you to surpass humanity."

"Why surpass humanity?" Xu Huo tilted his head up and asked, "If I surpass humanity, would I still be human?"

Doctor Zhang smiled. With a flick of his finger in the air, the pens snapped in two midair. "Surpassing humanity doesn’t mean breaking away from humanity. If you want to transcend humanity, you’ve still got a long way to go."