Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 1278 - 1279: The Danger Behind Prosperity

Chapter 1278: Chapter 1279: The Danger Behind Prosperity

Relying on his body’s super evolution, the strong man didn’t think about amputating the poisoned part after realizing he was poisoned. Instead, he forcibly squeezed the toxin from the wound. However, this was Yuguo’s severed hand’s super bacteria, and later Xu Huo mixed in several toxins that could coexist with it, creating the current Rank-A contaminant with high reproductive capacity and difficult to resolve. Therefore, when he first chose to keep his foot, he was already half-dead.

The toxin rapidly eroded his body, manifesting on the skin as bluish-black swollen veins, quickly covering his legs and arms and extending towards his neck and face.

He wanted to take the antitoxin, but Xu Huo didn’t give him the chance. During the fight, the secant line set in the underground tunnel tightened in an instant, breaking through three defensive barriers and firmly trapping the strong man—he also had a layer of defense props, equally advanced, and the secant line couldn’t successfully break through.

But this was enough. Xu Huo reached out to open the door, moved in front of the strong player, separated them with a spatial barrier, then combined psyche force materialization and spatial ray blade with "Death of the Holder," double super evolution power and prop triple overlay, ensuring a one-hit kill!

The strong man seemed unable to escape, yet the next second, the triple fatal move crossed paths in the air—he vanished from the spot!

The tightened secant line fell through, spatial ray blades crossing to stab together, and the psyche force materialization passed through the space quickly turning into a puddle of black liquid. It seemed to be like a shadow falling into the ground’s silhouette, Xu Huo raised his hand to catch the passing prop metal bead, released the spiritual world, opened the door, and left the underground tunnel without hesitation.

The strong player entered the station, might soon return to Fresh Flower City, or contact the district government directly via communication prop, so Xu Huo didn’t linger in the underground tunnel and returned to the surface.

However, the surface was not that calm either; the conflict near Eternal Star Hotel seemed to have spread throughout the city, some players already scattered in various parts of the city or fleeing from Eternal Star Hotel began looting rampantly. Explosions and flames sprouted like mushrooms after rain, appearing one after another, with ordinary citizens’ cries and wails occasionally mixed with certain players’ arrogant laughter. The players under Fresh Flower City Government promptly responded, swiftly approaching various accident sites.

Only a trigger is needed for a super city to fall into chaos in a very short time.

Xu Huo bypassed the already damaged city center and arrived outside the direct-controlled district.

The direct-controlled district typically doesn’t allow ordinary citizens to enter and contains many players. Any minor incidents quickly disappeared, emergency measures were comprehensive, and the entire area was swiftly sealed off, prohibiting entry and exit.

Xu Huo crouched atop a distant building, watching a row of large-scale instruments rising from the ground, mentally reviewing their effects.

Outside is the detection instrument, capable of covering fifty meters in length, protecting against players wearing invisibility props or using other means to bypass surveillance and approach.

The second row is the space-time prop restriction equipment. The inhabitants of the direct-controlled district are evidently not short on money, equipped with interference devices targeting Rank-A and below space-time props; within this area, most space-time props will lose effect or have diminished effects.

The innermost row is the defensive barrier, large-scale defense machinery simultaneously releasing dozens of rhombus-shaped machines. These machines are evenly arranged at intervals in the air, three-meter small barriers released automatically piecing together, forming a semi-circular defensive barrier directly covering the entire direct-controlled district.

Additionally, both inside and outside are guarded by players; players not in the supply zone are ignored even if discovered, similarly displaying no response to ordinary citizens in dire straits just meters away, let alone rescue.

Such tight defenses make approaching challenging, and breaching even more so.

Outer district players could previously enter the direct-controlled district, but now it seems it’ll be sealed off for a short time, entering is impossible.

Xu Huo didn’t proceed further, sitting down to rest, and opened the collection of information terminal to check the latest news.

There’s never a shortage of people eager for excitement, Fresh Flower City is no exception; ultimately, only a few are in danger while more people hide in safety transmitting event information from varied perspectives.

Someone used a flying device to photograph the situation at Eternal Star Hotel; the building, though bombed and burned, still retained its outer walls fairly well, players instead left some marks on it, the building hadn’t been demolished yet. Records showed a fleeting glimpse of the sword-wielding player’s figure.

Fresh Flower City’s collection of information terminal hasn’t been blocked, District 001’s information is interactive, amidst the plethora of emerging messages Xu Huo saw reports of Card City being attacked.

It’s a report, not unofficial rumors like in Fresh Flower City, indicating the Card City attack has concluded.

Xu Huo watched several holographic projections; the target was the Card City government, the building area reduced to rubble, yet government-owned buildings nearby weren’t affected by the widespread chaos like Fresh Flower City. Consequently, ordinary people were barely impacted, and outer district players didn’t join the fray.

Reports stated several outer district players directly stormed the government building, stealing of a batch of advanced instruments recently ordered by the government, including two spatial transmission devices capable of directly crossing districts and three experimental materials. Instrument losses were merely monetary, but the experimental materials were specifically addressed in the government report, stating they’re extremely dangerous species, not only fierce and bloodthirsty but also carry contamination. Citizens are reminded to constantly watch their surroundings. If similar plants or animals or seemingly dangerous items are found, they’re urged to report to the government, as these could be derivatives of the experimental materials.

The advantage of advanced technology is that nowhere is safe from detection, no matter how swift the movements, there’s always an angle capturing people. Xu Huo easily recognized Xue Lang among those in protective suits; it’s his cutting of the government building, if not stopped by a companion, he would’ve extended further.

"...The coexistence of technological development and player evolution brings prosperity accompanied by great danger; technology, wealth, players, evolution—all can become targets for outside looters..."

For District 001 such attacks occur frequently, differing only in scale; attacks like the swift and purposeful Card City one essentially end in half an hour, and within another half hour government players complete aftermath and summary, unconcerning residents.

Fresh Flower City’s, however, take longer, yet with many players controlling the situation, it’ll likely end soon.

Everyone becomes accustomed to it; dying is considered bad luck.