Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 1335 - 1336

Chapter 1335: Chapter 1336

It’s normal for different people to have discrepancies in their accounts, but this makes the likes of Mr. Chi seem very foolish. Isn’t such an obvious lie easy to see through? Couldn’t they just find someone to ask in the Twin Cities and be done with it?

But then, what’s the point of going to such lengths to lie to them?

Neither sympathy nor assistance can be gained.

However, whether it’s the people from the Twin Cities or Dai Song and others, none of them have the physical characteristics of Mr. Chi’s group.

They had also seen the bounty for people from Zone 023 in the Twin Cities, so Cao Qinglin didn’t inquire further and followed up, saying, "So that’s how it is. I saw in the instance background that the Twin Cities were massacred; I thought people from Zone 023 migrated from other districts."

"That’s impossible." Dai Song seemed to have noticed something, as he said this lightly.

The change in attitude was evident, but the Twin Cities’ people’s indifferent attitude towards the bounty makes it clear that not only Mr. Chi’s people are hostile towards the current district government, but ordinary citizens under the district government also resent those with numbers.

The conflict between the two sides can be put aside for now.

Xu Huo inquired about the district government of Zone 023.

"The district government is far from the Twin Cities," Dai Song said. "It takes several days of driving beyond the High Temperature Zone, which occupies two-thirds of the usable land area of today’s Zone 023."

He wasn’t very inclined to act as a guide to introduce them to the situation in Zone 023, and only gave perfunctory responses when pressed. From this information, it can be summarized that Zone 023 is a place with a harsh environment, serious technological regression, and extreme disparities in wealth. The climate at the district government’s location is relatively decent, but they only manage that part. Apart from a few places with energy, most cities in the High Temperature Zone are virtually ignored.

In situations like the Twin Cities, even with multiple pleas from local forces, the district government feigns ignorance.

This isn’t surprising; if a force like the Han Family from District 001 were rooted in Zone 023—even if not from District 001, any district capable of encroaching on other game districts wouldn’t differ much—it wouldn’t be hard to solve the bizarre illness in the Twin Cities. Since there are quite a number of places like the Twin Cities, it implies that the established district government never intended to develop the entire district—rooting temporarily, exploiting resources, and possibly abandoning the area later.

However, Dr. Duor was willing to talk.

"The Twin Cities laboratory had sent people to seek help from the district government several times, but the ultimate result was either no response or refusal. The district government claimed they had no effective treatments for diseases that emerged within the High Temperature Zone..."

"I have been to cities directly governed by the district government and spent some time in their laboratories, gaining a lot. Later, I understood that the district government established by Outer District People would never prioritize ordinary people’s lives, so I left."

"If that’s the case, the district government probably won’t share everything with the people of Zone 023 either." Qiu Ming said. "Knowledge is a valuable commodity."

Dr. Duor nodded in silence and said after a pause, "Perhaps if we could learn a little more, the Twin Cities might find relief sooner."

"No, I have a question," Qiu Ming hesitated before speaking. "Why don’t you go to other districts to learn? Surely there are districts willing to accept scholars like you."

The car fell silent for a moment, and Dr. Duor hesitated before saying, "Other districts’ environments differ from that of Zone 023, and non-targeted research doesn’t help much with Zone 023’s situation."

Xu Huo glanced at Dai Song beside him. The difficulty wasn’t in the embarrassment of trying hard and failing but rather in the overall situation of Zone 023. There are too few players in the Twin Cities; most of the players encountered after entering the city are from Outer Districts. If this isn’t an isolated case, it proves that the High Temperature Zone’s other cities without district government support likely aren’t much better. Lacking Advanced Players, who would ensure the safety of those sent out? And how would they safely return from what channel?

This situation in Zone 023 evidently can’t attract scholars from Outer Districts to settle here.

This isn’t a topic meant for amusement. As the scenery ahead suddenly shifted from dark green to a pale green, Qiu Ming said, "Are we entering Heaven’s Ladder? Why didn’t we encounter any Aliens on this road?"

"A Sonic Repeller is installed near the entrance to Heaven’s Ladder, causing large Aliens to be unnerved and avoid it." Dai Song’s expression grew serious. "But once inside, it will become alien paradise. I’ll cover the car for now."

When leaving the city, he used a Muffler Artefact on the car, and now he was using an environmental simulation device to quickly match the car’s body to the surrounding landscape, avoiding attention from some Aliens; however, the movement generated by the car crushing plants on the ground was unavoidable.

Watching the vines at the back, which reacted like living creatures, being crushed yet cleverly retreating and dodging, Xu Huo said, "Mutant Plants react quickly; they probably don’t rely on sight or hearing to determine the prey’s location."

Dai Song kept his eyes forward, with a stern gaze, "Then speed up! The first to arrive must be Low Level Mutant Plants. High-Level Mutant Plants are usually in nutrient-rich places. They don’t like soil that’s been paved into roads and need time to arrive. As long as we’re fast enough, we can avoid them!"

As he spoke, the surrounding lush greenery began to writhe, and the plants had mutated to be extraordinarily tall with many vines attached, forming almost a tunnel over the road. They were now passing through this "tunnel," and as more hanging plants appeared, the "tunnel" was also becoming narrower!

"Can we damn well avoid it? If I go any slower, we’ll be buried!" Qiu Ming stepped hard on the accelerator, but the ground was covered with vines and weeds. Even with specially modified tires, they couldn’t turn fast—unless the car could fly!

In the next moment, the car really flew.

Dai Song used a Levitation Prop, quickly saying, "It can only support for one minute!"

The car didn’t entirely leave the ground, but it barely hovered enough to keep the tires from sinking too deep. With an accelerator attached to the car’s tail, it was just a matter of steering.

"Can the Overmountain Vine move this quickly?" Cao Qinglin said, "The data says it should be very sluggish!"

"Compared to Aliens that can run and jump, with speed comparable to Players, it’s slow enough." Xu Huo opened a gap in the car window, casually tossing a few bottles of flammable material outside, then set them on fire.

The fire didn’t spread much; it was extinguished by the plants roaring in.

Of course, it wasn’t expected to catch fire but rather to divert attention.

"Where Mutant Plants are active, Mutant Animals should be fewer, and it’s relatively safe now."