Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 220: Accelerating the Gamification of Zone 014

Chapter 220: Chapter 220: Accelerating the Gamification of Zone 014

The officials were quick, they had already figured out the situation with the instance.

"You’re talking about Zhang Biao and his companion, right?" Xu Huo poured some water into a flower pot, "They didn’t complete the game task."

"The task required staying in Xiaohua Honghong Building for ninety hours, not just surviving ninety hours in the instance, but they left the building halfway through."

Chief Wu was speechless, and it was a few seconds before he said, "Isn’t that obvious? They lost their lives over such a thing!"

Without clearing the instance, the best outcome was to be stuck in the instance, but if there was any mandatory punishment in the instance, it was really unfair for Zhang Biao and his companion to die.

"In the game, you really can’t afford to be careless at all," Chief Wu lamented.

Xu Huo put down the watering can and suddenly asked, "Has Dai Wenqian joined you all? Is he currently with Tang Guangbo?"

After receiving two affirmative answers, he hung up the phone.

Dai Wenqian was a clever egoist, such people were not easily persuaded or hypnotized, and the tricks Tang Guangbo used on them might not work.

However, such people could be great collaborators, as enough benefits could make them take action.

Organizations like the Free Players Organization, where Gu Yu was, had just narrowly escaped this disaster, but after experiencing two or three instances, they would understand that if they wanted to group up, it was best to stand with the nation. Relying solely on a Level D player wouldn’t be enough to shoulder the responsibility, especially since the Level D player Gu Yu mentioned might not be genuine.

Tongtong knocked on the door, and after the Girl in the painting opened it, stood outside without coming in. "Brother, Auntie told me to call you downstairs."

Xu Huo gave him a lollipop from the Girl in the painting, and the child ran off happily.

Xu Huo went downstairs with the Girl in the painting.

Everyone from the Xu Family was there, Yu Qingqing’s mother was wiping her tears, and immediately stood up upon seeing him, "Xu Huo, Qingqing listens to you the most. Please talk to her, tell her not to become a player. Why would a girl like her do such dangerous things?"

"How many days has she been missing?" Xu Huo asked.

"Three days," she said. "She ran out not long after you left. I thought she was just out playing with friends, but I couldn’t reach her by phone. She only just sent me a message, saying that she had gone to sign up for the Evolver test."

"Xu Huo, she’s my only daughter. I don’t want to outlive her. Please, convince her."

"She’s an adult; she knows what she’s doing," Xu Huo said calmly.

"She doesn’t know!" Ms. Yang became agitated. "She’s always been an attention seeker since she was little, whatever she sets her mind to, she does. She’s too courageous and doesn’t take herself seriously. Once she becomes a player, there’s no turning back. When she sees the dangers outside, it’ll be too late to regret."

"You may not have blood ties with her, but she still calls you cousin. Think on her behalf, please."

"She refused to study and followed you to Ting City to become an actress. Now that you’ve become a player, she follows suit. She learned it all from you!"

Hearing her speak increasingly out of line, Ms. Yu hastily held her back and glanced at Xu Huo’s expression, before saying, "Didn’t Qingqing tell you? No one can persuade her."

"She’s not in her right mind!" Ms. Yang covered her face. "Had I known, I should’ve sent her to the psychiatric hospital for treatment until she was cured. She wouldn’t be so erratic now..."

Xu Huo gave her a cold glance, turned, and went back upstairs. After closing the door to his room, he made a call to Yu Qingqing.

Yu Qingqing didn’t pick up, but she sent a message to inform him that she was now an Evolver.

"I won’t eat people, too disgusting, how could I even swallow that?"

Looking at the text message, Xu Huo pressed his brow before suddenly looking up at the Girl in the painting, who was eating snacks, "Do you know where Yu Qingqing is?"

The Girl in the painting nodded.

"Hang her up and give her a beating, but be careful not to expose yourself."

Her eyes shone bright as she took advantage of the night and slipped out the window.

Having not had proper rest for days, Xu Huo put all matters aside for the moment and lay down for a good night’s sleep.

After waking up the next day, he started to browse the information on the Pioneer Player forum.

The inner workings of the Dimensional Rift game and its players had been made public, and compared to other countries that refused to acknowledge the facts, plus the official players’ performance in the last incident, the response was fairly positive, leading to a growing number of people participating in the Evolver tests.

After being attacked by Aliens, Country B also made the existence of players public and increased the number of players.

Notably, three safe zones had been established in succession, with small nations that are neither populous nor strong banding together for warmth, starting to resist Country Y, which was trying to ignite wars everywhere.

Country Y, hit by a contagious disease and waging war with its neighbor, saw its population greatly reduced in an extremely short time. After the south of the country was ravaged by war, it was attacked by a swarm of suddenly appearing Aliens. Therefore, a temporary safe zone headquarters was established in the north, where they sought help from major countries and tested the limits of the surrounding small nations – an act so foolish that it elicited curses from onlookers.

However, at this time, no one could afford to attend to others. After the Sea City incident, Country X had to reinforce its border defenses, not only against Aliens but also against people from other countries.

In short, the world was in chaos, but the domestic situation was still relatively good.

However, from the increasing number of discussion posts on the Pioneer forum, it’s evident that Zone 014 was accelerating the gamefication process. In just three months, the direction had shifted towards making the game accessible to all citizens.

"This is also a good thing."

After resting for two days, and with half a month left before the next dungeon’s time limit, Xu Huo planned to return to Ting City.

Before leaving, Gu Yu met with him and told him that two-thirds of the Free Players who had joined them had, under Dai Wenqian’s instigation, joined the official Player Organization, leaving only a few of the original group behind.

Brother Qiao wanted to invite Xu Huo to join, but Zheng Liang disagreed, so the matter had to be dropped.

"Are you going back to Ting City?" Gu Yu was puzzled – if he stayed in Jing City, he surely had a promising future. Why choose to go it alone?

"I’m used to it there," Xu Huo replied offhandedly.

Gu Yu knew he was being dismissed and joked, "Then make sure you mix well in Ting City. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll have to come seek asylum with you."

Xu Huo made no commitment, instead saying, "Just stay alive."

Gu Yu forced a grim smile.

After briefing his family and notifying Chief Wu, Xu Huo took a plane back to Ting City.

The Girl in the painting returned with him and, upon getting off the plane, poured all her tears and snot into a flowerpot, accusing him in big red letters, "My house is gone!"

Xu Huo raised an eyebrow – after all, the national hero "Girl in the painting" had been sacrificed. It wasn’t just about avoiding some minor disputes; more importantly, the country also realized that laws could play an unexpected role in the game, preventing players from unexpectedly exploiting loopholes. It was normal for the land and houses to be reclaimed.

The Girl in the painting followed him like a soulless husk, occasionally wiping her tears and stealing glances at him.