Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 169: A Simple Way to Clear the Level

Chapter 169: Chapter 169: A Simple Way to Clear the Level

Sun Jirou looked at Xu Huo in shock, but Xu Huo didn’t respond to her and instead said, "The fried sunflower seeds smell pretty good."

"I’ve got more at my place, you can take some when you leave." Granny Bai sat down by the dining table and with a raise of her hand beckoned the others over, "Come join us."

Sun Jirou and Tang Yuan, among others, uncontrollably walked towards the dining table and obediently sat down to pick up their soup spoons.

"What are you going to do?" Sun Jirou dared not touch the soup and said with an intimidating façade, "We’re just here to complete the quest!"

Granny Bai squinted her eyes as she drank her soup without saying a word, while Xu Huo said, "Our task has already been completed."

"What?!" The people around the table exclaimed in unison.

Tao Chengxin’s doubtful gaze wandered over his and the old lady’s faces, "Am I still asleep or sleepwalking, what did I miss, when was the task completed without my knowledge?"

"When I came with the cat corpse, the three tasks were already completed," Xu Huo explained slowly, "The storyteller, the storytelling woman, finding the Tooth for the storytelling woman."

"You’re not saying that the cat is the Tooth?" Sun Jirou swallowed the second half of her sentence; wasn’t the Tooth supposed to be the prop "Angel’s Tooth"?

"Of course, the cat is not the Tooth." Xu Huo said, "I am talking about this quest; for the person and the woman telling the correct story, we only had to complete the first two tasks for this quest to be considered passed."

"As for whether there is a prop called ’Angel’s Tooth,’ I have no idea, but this quest is not as difficult as we thought."

"Granny Bai intended to send us to our deaths both on the tour bus and when she led us to those places, but when she sent us to find the Access Card today, she was actually letting us go."

"If we were just players in the quest, the chances of finding the Access Card would be almost zero, and we would naturally pass the quest when the time limit expired."

"How can you be sure she didn’t want to prevent us from passing?" Sun Jirou said, "This method of passing is just your guess!"

"Because I picked up an Access Card in Bear’s Paw Restaurant." Xu Huo nodded his chin towards Tang Yuan, "The one you hid in the sofa."

Tang Yuan’s face changed dramatically, only to hear him continue, "The owner of Bear’s Paw Restaurant had been killed by Granny Bai, and the Access Card was in the secret room, easily found."

"So Granny Bai didn’t actually need the Access Card, she just made up an excuse for us to wander around Fairy Tale City."

"I don’t understand." Compared to the others, Tao Chengxin’s reaction to his "betrayal" wasn’t strong; she frowned deeply and gave the elder seated at the head of the table a glance, "Why did she lead us to those shops at first, and then decide to let us go later on?"

"Maybe she just didn’t like the look of us at the beginning," Xu Huo put down his soup spoon, "Who knows if there was someone from government office mixed in with the quest players."

"Having the people from the government office kill each other, that’s the goal."

He smiled and asked Granny Bai, "Isn’t that right?"

Granny Bai finished her last sip of soup and wiped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief before saying, "Young people’s minds are always so active."

"That’s not right." Wang Qiao, attracted by the uncovering of secrets, objected subconsciously, "If there were players from the government office among us, they should recognize the players in the stores, how could they possibly kill each other?"

"Orienting the players over there, wouldn’t it, instead, get the real quest players killed?"

"Those players in the shops probably don’t interact much; even when the body of the Bear’s Paw Restaurant’s owner was decomposing, no one went to collect the corpse or take over the restaurant and the props." Xu Huo tilted his head looking at Granny Bai, "They don’t seem to dare to move around Fairy Tale City at will."

Granny Bai nodded, "There is only one master of Fairy Tale City, and that is me. I can kill anyone in the city."

"But there must be some risk involved in killing someone in a shop," Xu Huo said. "Otherwise, you wouldn’t have only killed the owner of Bear’s Paw Restaurant after learning the positions of the government office gamers."

Granny Bai sighed, "I am old."

It was obviously a perfunctory excuse, and Xu Huo tugged at the corner of his mouth, not pursuing the matter further.

"So among us, is there really someone from the government office?" Tao Chengxin was utterly confused.

"The high-level players from the government office have been killing off the original players in Fairy Tale City according to a list. It’s unlikely they used low-level players to enter the copy," Xu Huo said.

"Then why did you say there might be someone from the government office mixed in with the players?" Tao Chengxin glared in confusion.

"I was just speaking off the cuff. I don’t rule out the possibility that there might be spies from the government office," Xu Huo turned his head to look at Tang Yuan, who was still relatively calm, "By the way, I’ve already switched the Access Card obtained from the Delicious Sausage Shop. The card has now left Fairy Tale City with the tour group."

"What did you say!" Tang Yuan tried to stand up instinctively, but his body couldn’t move.

Xu Huo raised his hand to signal him to stay calm, "If the government office players find out they have been played, they will most likely contact other players. Naturally, they’ll find out that the owner of Bear’s Paw Restaurant is dead, and they will follow the Access Card here, just a bit later."

"Why would you do this?!" Sun Jirou exclaimed furiously: "This old woman has tricked us into going to our deaths time and again, what gain do you have by helping her?"

"I trust the government office even less than her," Xu Huo smiled slightly, "Have you seen the players from the Building Blocks MoMo Shop? Do they look like normal players to you?"

"What about the sausages hanging in the Delicious Sausage Shop, what meat do you think they’re made of?"

"So what!" Sun Jirou gritted her teeth and said, "She is responsible for Shen Tai’s death!"

Xu Huo made an inviting gesture with his hand, "Here’s the person in question, take your revenge as you please."

Sun Jirou glared at him fiercely, and after several deep breaths, she said, "Whether it’s her or the government office, neither are good people. Do you think that by doing this she will let you clear the game?"

"I’ve already told you, we’ve cleared the game," Xu Huo turned to look at Granny Bai, "because this copy was not meant for players from the external area."

"What kind of riddle are you playing at? Can you explain clearly for once?" Wang Qiao said impatiently.

With a casual flick, Granny Bai extended Wang Qiao’s mouth into a pouting kissing shape, silencing him.

Seeing she remained silent, Xu Huo shared his own speculations.

"This copy was activated by you, wasn’t it? The purpose of starting it was to protect the remaining residents of Fairy Tale City. The reason why government office players are hesitant to enter Fairy Tale City is that you are the master of the Fairy Tale City’s checkpoint copy."

"I suppose a player who can establish a copy at a checkpoint should have some permissions over that copy. It’s a survival mechanism especially set up for the players of Fairy Tale City. It not only alleviates the mandatory requirement to enter a copy each natural month but also allows players to gain some rewards from the copy."

"However, what you didn’t expect was that for the past twenty years, no new players have been born in Fairy Tale City."

"But you must know that the use of Evolver’s Blood from those who haven’t taken the Potion can induce the birth of new Evolvers, don’t you?"