Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 1328 - 1329: Bottom Line

Chapter 1328: Chapter 1329: Bottom Line

Qiu Ming turned his head to stare at Xu Huo, "You want to let him go? Aren’t you afraid he’ll tell other players about us?"

"In a typical zone, even if locals and outsider players have animosity, it rarely reaches this level. Haven’t you noticed? Whether it’s the players we’ve met before or this child, they must have a compelling reason to kill outsider players."

Xu Huo didn’t fully elaborate, but in reality, hatred is a behavior that’s very costly. Even if Zone 023 shifts the blame of what happened to their hometown onto all outsider players, it’s still unlikely they’d target every outsider player arriving at Zone 023 with such resolve.

Firstly, it’s not feasible in terms of cost. There are so many players from outer zones; can they really kill them all?

Secondly, this apparent act of venting anger isn’t enough to unite all survivors with the same goal. Even if people from Zone 023 have different beliefs than outsider players and face life and death without hesitation, there must be something greater than life that supports them.

Even if it’s just a child.

From this angle, the answer is actually just those few.

"Reasons to kill outsider players?" Qiu Ming was puzzled, "We haven’t killed anyone..."

"Which is why we should clarify," Cao Qinglin interjected, "If there’s a misunderstanding, we should clear it up, so we don’t have to harm a child. Can you live with that in your heart?"

Qiu Ming was unable to respond and had to let it go. He tossed the boy on the ground and noticed the boy was still carrying the jerky Qiu Ming had given him. Annoyed, he reached for it, but just then a shout echoed from afar, "Stop!"

Before the three could look back, a blue light shot toward them from the distance!

Not knowing the effect of the blue light, the three first activated their Defensive Barrier. Xu Huo took the opportunity to pick up the boy, and at the same time, the blue light approaching them dissipated on its own about ten meters away.

Yellow sand accompanied the wind as two players with external injuries appeared at the spot where the blue light halted, staring at the child in Xu Huo’s arms, confirming he was still alive before saying, "Give the child back."

"Why should I?" Xu Huo pressed down on the boy’s rising head with his other hand, "He wanted to lead us into the underground river, you know what’s down there. Such young age to play at mutual destruction, you folks are really something, even brainwashing a child."

"No, he..." Before the two could speak, the boy started to argue, but Xu Huo sealed his mouth ahead of time.

"We weren’t aware of this matter." The female player with a head injury exhaled calmly, "We just returned from the game; he might be afraid you’ll harm him... Since it’s a misunderstanding, can you let him go? We can apologize on his behalf, and besides, you should hurry and enter the instance, wasting time here is meaningless."

"I’ve never heard of killing someone over a misunderstanding." Xu Huo said coolly.

The other man was impatient, "Then what do you want? We’re all players, why make things difficult for an underage child? If you want to vent anger, I’m game!"

"Been waiting for you to say that," Qiu Ming cracked his fingers with a popping sound, "Kid causes trouble, adults get beaten, that’s the truth!"

With that, he was the first to charge at the two.

Two against one was clearly at a disadvantage, and seeing that Xu Huo didn’t object, Cao Qinglin quickly followed to help.

The man and woman weren’t particularly strong, and since they were injured too, it didn’t take long for the man to be caught by Qiu Ming. While being subdued, he told the woman to run first, saying, "Tell Mr. Chi to avenge me!"

As he spoke, his hand clenched and then relaxed, but his palm didn’t open, and the item in his hand didn’t fall.

Noticing his struggling movements, Qiu Ming discovered the item in his hand and scowled, "All of you from Zone 023 are from suicide squads?"

The Spatial Barrier wrapped around the man’s hand didn’t open until Xu Huo went over and took the item from his hand, "It should be an explosive-type prop."

Xu Huo didn’t chase the escaping woman, but squatted down to look at the man trampled by Qiu Ming. The man also had a two-finger-wide burn scar on his face, "Killing every passing player, can you really kill them all?"

The man’s bones were tough, "One kill is one less. If we don’t kill you now, sooner or later you’ll come to kill us!"

Xu Huo was curious about the reason, so he quickly followed up with a question, but the man didn’t answer, showing an identical fearless expression as the boy.

"Boom!" A firework burst into the sky not far away, the man rejoiced, "You won’t escape!"

Xu Huo placed the boy to the side and stood up to look at the spot where the firework rose. In a moment, the man wearing a headscarf appeared in his view again, along with the masked man, the female player Jian Yue who fought Cao Qinglin, the woman who had just fled, and four others.

"Let him go." he said, lifting the Spatial Barrier trapping the boy.

Qiu Ming released his hold as he was told, and the man immediately rushed with the boy towards the headscarf man, eagerly saying, "Mr. Chi, these people..."

The headscarf man, Mr. Chi, raised his hand to interrupt him, sternly looking at the boy, "Did you receive the message I sent back earlier?"

The boy lowered his head, "I received it, but I thought I could lead them to the underground river, let them die in a random instance."

Mr. Chi lifted his hand and slapped him, causing the other two who were unaware of the situation to be momentarily stunned. The man quickly asked, "Mr. Chi, what mistake did Xiao Lai make?"

Mr. Chi kept a composed face, "I sent a message back several hours ago, telling you not to interfere with passing players."

Only then did the man realize, immediately wanting to defend the boy, but Mr. Chi didn’t give him a chance to speak, "People from Zone 023 must keep promises; this is the baseline!"

The man couldn’t say anything more, and the boy Xiao Lai’s eyes were filled with tears, "I understand I was wrong! But they’re so powerful, even Mr. Chi can’t kill them. Once they reach the safe zone, someone will surely come to hunt us down!"

"Once a person loses their baseline, they will inevitably continue to break through their limits, and eventually abandon their homeland and fellow countrymen. You should go back and reflect."

Mr. Chi indifferently concluded the conversation and then walked toward Xu Huo, "This was my oversight, but Xiao Lai isn’t on the Contract, so he can’t bear the consequences of breaching it. Where are you headed? I can have someone guide you there, it would be safer, as an apology."

Xu Huo smiled, "I thought your bet was only for those who signed the Contract, didn’t expect it to include other companions."

Mr. Chi’s expression slightly shifted at these words, "We don’t wish to be hostile to every player coming to Zone 023, yet we have no choice."

His words subtly expressed his difficulties and served as a concession.

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