Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 222 Hundred People Art Gallery

Chapter 222: Chapter 222 Hundred People Art Gallery

The Ting City Research Institute sent people to capture the three Cannibal Players lurking outside the residential complex, and only after ensuring no one was tailing them did Xu Huo and his companions start to move out.

With less than half a month left before entering the next instance, Xu Huo had to make some preparations in advance.

So far, the instances they had encountered almost always prohibited bringing personal weapons, but some everyday items were not a problem.

The disposable gloves he had purchased before were nearly used up, so Xu Huo bought some more, along with a few other reserve items, and tried to put them into the Stingy Suitcase.

Before, aside from potions, this suitcase had successfully held Evolver’s blood and earphones among other things and had been brought into the instance without issue.

But upon opening the suitcase again, it spat out the newly purchased reserve items along with it, leaving only the original few injectors, unable to hold anything else.

"This item is really capricious," Yuan Yao said while eating watermelon, "Brother Xu, can it take other items?"

Xu Huo nodded toward the Adult Fairy Tale Book beside him with his chin, "It can’t."

"This book is an item?" Yuan Yao’s eyes lit up, and he hurriedly wiped his hands before picking it up, "And here I thought it was an erotic book..."

He didn’t finish his sentence when the book he flipped open began to bleed. Crying out "ow," he threw the book away and shrank into the corner of the sofa, staring at the book that started to tell a story in a sinister tone, suddenly covering his ears and shouting, "Brother Xu, save me!"

Xu Huo went to close the book, and seeing Yuan Yao in a state that seemed to be a response to a Psychic Attack, he raised an eyebrow and asked, "Scared?"

Yuan Yao’s hands were trembling, "It’s way more realistic than a 4D horror movie, didn’t you see it? Something crawled out of the book!"

Xu Huo was slightly surprised and then flipped open a page, but the fairy tale book did not tell a story. Instead, a line of black text appeared, "Temporarily closed for business."

Seeing that Xu Huo had no reaction, Yuan Yao leaned over to look and then angrily said, "This book is too shameless, bullying the weak and fearing the strong!"

Xu Huo then called over the Girl in the Painting and had her flip through the book.

The Girl in the Painting randomly flipped through a few pages, and the fairy tale book was as docile as a blank piece of paper, neither playing tricks nor passively resisting.

Yuan Yao’s gaze moved between the Girl in the Painting and Xu Huo’s faces a couple of times before he sat back down on the sofa, dejected, "I’m the only weakling here."

"This is a psychic attack type of item; it won’t work on those with stronger nerves," Xu Huo said.

Yuan Yao shook his head, "I’m beyond help in this lifetime."

Xu Huo put away the Adult Fairy Tale Book and the suitcase, and just as he picked up his phone, he received a message from Liu Jia: Professor Han had passed away.

He paused for a moment before immediately inquiring about the funeral arrangements for Professor Han.

Liu Jia replied quickly, saying that Professor Han had passed away in the hospital. She had been present, and his family had already taken the body away. Due to the special cause of death, the body had been cremated under the accompaniment of official personnel, and the burial was to take place in the next two days.

Xu Huo caressed his phone, recalling that Professor Han had been injured on the preliminary examination train and had been receiving official treatment since disembarking. With the two instances that had transpired in the interim and considering the state described by Liu Jia, there was no way he could have survived two instances only to die back in the hospital.

It was possible that this man was not dead.

Declining the invitation to the funeral, he searched online for information about injuries caused by Aliens.

There was almost none within the country, but the neighboring Country B had several, some of which had leaked onto the internet. Aside from those who died of weakness, the rest had mutated; there were no survivors.

"Perhaps there are variables in becoming Alien as well."

Xu Huo himself was also one of the variables.

If Professor Han hadn’t died, it would mean that the state had made a breakthrough in the antitoxin, which could be considered good news.

Now that the nation was calling on all citizens to become players and, with the experience of players who had survived the train earlier, the survival rate for the initial train examination should improve.

"Brother Xu, do you plan to enter the instance in the next couple of days?" Yuan Yao asked him, "Isn’t there still about ten days left?"

"Sooner or later, I have to go, these few days don’t make much of a difference." Xu Huo glanced at the Girl in the painting.

The Girl in the painting walked over to him, holding up her phone, "I want to play too."

Xu Huo nodded in agreement, if he could achieve a Rank-B Evaluation in this Level E Instance, he would be able to advance to a Level D Player when he emerged, so it was even better if the Girl in the painting was willing to go.

After resting for two more days, he used the tickets to enter the station, this time encountering no one who tried to snatch his tickets, but he did meet a player who was also heading to the Hundred People Art Gallery.

"This is really too much of a coincidence." The man with a simple and honest face said joyfully, "Meeting at the station must be fate, my name is Fan Shiji."

"Xu San." Xu Huo shook his hand and offered him a cigarette, "How many instances have you done?"

Fan Shiji leaned in to light the cigarette with an embarrassed face, "This is my seventh one. I can’t help it, my evaluations are always too low, I can never level up."

"How many for you?"

"I’ve done five myself." Xu Huo sighed, "Who knows how long it will take before I can level up."

Fan Shiji patted his shoulder, "It looks like we’re brothers in hardship, we must look out for each other in the instance."

"No problem." Xu Huo readily agreed.

The train soon arrived, and the two men got on well, chatting until the train arrived three hours later.

[Player Passerby A has entered the territory of the Hundred People Art Gallery, automatically participating in the Level E Instance "Thirty Days".]

[Background Introduction: The Hundred People Art Gallery is a long-established collection gallery, which is different from other art galleries in that it provides accommodation and food, allowing every visitor to leave satisfied. Therefore, the gallery attracts large numbers of visitors every month, and the gallery can accommodate no more than twelve people at any one time, resulting in many guests who have applied multiple times without the opportunity to visit.]

[However, as time went on, rumors of staff embezzlement spread from the outside world, as guests discovered fakes within the art gallery. Nevertheless, the director of the gallery repeatedly assured that before the end of every month, he personally inspected every painting to confirm they were all authentic before closing the gallery.]

[But as this continued, the director was also very troubled, so he invited twelve art professionals to appraise the authenticity of the paintings for a period of seven days.]

[Something to pay particular attention to: The gallery will turn off its lights after nine o’clock at night, and to protect the paintings, please do not wander around after the lights are out.]

[Instance Task One: Identify a counterfeit painting]

[Instance Task Two: ***]

[Instance Task Three: ***]

[Instance Duration: Seven days.]

After the countdown ended, Xu Huo and Fan Shiji stood at the entrance of a resplendent palace, the first thing they saw was a column with a diameter of three meters, at least fifty meters tall, covered in gold powder, and at a glance to the side, at least a dozen similar enormous columns were lined up behind this massive pillar, together supporting an oval dome.

"This art gallery is excessively large." Fan Shiji’s mouth opened and closed several times before he managed to utter this statement.