Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 283: Sent Back to the Ticketing Area

Chapter 283: Chapter 283: Sent Back to the Ticketing Area

The child above seemed to be startled and then fell from the crumbling stone wall.

Yan Jiayu hurriedly reached out to catch her, and the child started crying fearfully in her arms, a foul smell seeping through her pants.

"Is this the child who was pulled into the instance?" Yan Jiayu touched the child’s head, "Don’t cry, big sister will give you some candy."

Xu Huo turned to Peng Ru, "Aren’t you a kindergarten teacher?"

Peng Ru walked over to Yan Jiayu and reached out her hand, "Let me hold her."

Just as Yan Jiayu was about to speak, the little girl actively threw herself at Peng Ru.

Touching the unevenly colored pants of the little girl, Peng Ru’s expression changed for a moment, but she quickly concealed it, patting the girl’s face, "The child must have been scared."

Yan Jiayu offered some candy to the child and asked her, "Did you see any other kids?"

The little girl, with candy in her mouth and tears in her eyes, clung tightly to her doll but refused to speak.

"What could such a little child know," Tang Xiao said, "She must be frozen with fear; since there’s only one, let’s just take her with us."

The others naturally had no objections and were about to continue forward when Peng Ru suddenly threw her head back, frowning at the child in her arms, "Little friend, could you please not pull Auntie’s hair?"

The little girl’s tears surged again as she shrank back in fear.

Seeing this, Yan Jiayu said, "She might have grabbed it by accident. Give her to me, I’ve taken care of children before."

Peng Ru of course wanted to hand her over, but the little girl seemed to have clung onto her, and when she saw Yan Jiayu reaching out, she buried her face in Peng Ru’s shoulder.

Yan Jiayu scratched her head, "She doesn’t like me."

"There’s nothing over there, I think we should go back," Peng Ru said, looking a bit upset.

"Now that we’re here, we need to have a look," Xu Huo reached out and took the child from her arms, stuffing a handful of candy into the child’s hand, "Don’t cry, or I’ll put you back, and you can forget about the candy."

The child indeed stopped crying.

The four of them crossed the broken bridge and entered the castle building behind it. Only after entering did they discover that the building was split in two by a crack in the middle, with lake water flowing beneath their feet.

"There’s nothing here," Tang Xiao said, somewhat disappointed.

Xu Huo walked to the edge of the crack, holding the child by the armpits and hanging her over the gap, looking into her eyes and asking, "Little friend, would you give your hat to Uncle?"

"What are you doing?" Tang Xiao was shocked at his actions and was about to walk over when he saw the little girl not crying or fussing, chewing on candy while saying, "I have lots of hats, which one does Uncle want?"

The three present were suddenly taken aback upon hearing her speak, and couldn’t help but search her, finding two little hat hair clips in her hair, a hair tie with a small hat on it as well, a child’s straw hat hanging at the back of her neck, the doll in her arms also wearing a hat, and even the buttons were little pink hats.

Yan Jiayu and the others simultaneously moved closer, surrounding Xu Huo and the child.

"The one we need to clear the instance," Xu Huo lowered the child a bit further down.

The child didn’t stop talking, but the pity and fear in her eyes were gone. She raised her hand and pointed behind her, "The big sister who brought me in said all the little hats are over there..."

Xu Huo and the other three instinctively looked up, but the rocks underfoot suddenly crumbled, and darkness surged from behind, causing the stone bridge to break along with it!

The four reflexively jumped over the crack, yet more darkness loomed ahead, accompanied by countless puppets brandishing swords and charging at them with menacing faces!

With no way to retreat, the group jumped over the fissure and needed a place to land, so they had no choice but to fight off the puppets, but to their surprise, the puppets were as fragile as paper mache; a kick or punch would tear them apart, and this time, no little hats burst out. Tang Xiao, who lashed out first, simply vanished!

As the darkness enveloped the castle, Yan Jiayu and Peng Ru disappeared one after another. Xu Huo had thrown the child out at the first opportunity, using the piano wire to leap over the encircling puppets. However, upon landing, a doll crashed at his feet; he instinctively lifted his foot, but in the next second, his vision blurred, and he was transported from the darkness to a wide-open clearing.

[Player Passerby A has violated the rules, will return to the ticketing area to repurchase tickets, and accept punishment. Note: This punishment is only valid within this instance.]

"Seek, oh seek a friend, find a good friend, poke the eyes, slice the tongue, only quiet ones are good friends..."

"Seek, oh seek a friend, find a good friend, stuff the ears, plug the nose, only the undisturbed are good friends..."

"Seek, oh seek a friend, find a good friend, cut the hands, cut the feet, only the ones who don’t run are good friends..."

The nursery rhyme music he had heard before entering the amusement park was severely off-key. Xu Huo opened his eyes to see a nose almost poking his face and quickly backed away.

Before him stood a massive clown head placed on the ground. Its eyeballs blinked, and its mouth opened and closed singing the nursery rhyme while emanating a creepy laughter. It turned its head and glared at Xu Huo with one eye, "Hehe, you broke the rules, rule-breakers have to return to the ticketing area to repurchase tickets and accept punishment!"

Xu Huo frowned; how could he have broken the rules? He hadn’t stepped on the doll.

The clown head didn’t care much for his confusion and moved back slightly, "Poke the eyes, slice the tongue, don’t scream!"

"Stuff the ears, plug the nose, don’t make trouble!"

"Cut the hands, cut the feet, don’t run away!"

After speaking, three bubbles of different colors emerged from its mouth.

Xu Huo turned and ran, but one of the bubbles suddenly blocked his path and expanded rapidly before bursting. He instinctively raised his hand to shield his face, but the next second, he felt something burrowing into his ears and nose. Trying to remove it, the thing felt solidified, stuck entirely in his nostrils and ear canals.

He had lost his hearing.

Of course, his nostrils were also blocked, preventing him from breathing.

The clown head jumped into the air, turned into confetti, and once again, the amusement park’s entrance appeared before his eyes.

Yan Jiayu and Tang Xiao were standing in front.

"Xu Huo!" Seeing him, Yan Jiayu hurriedly waved to greet him.

Xu Huo could understand her lip-reading but couldn’t hear a sound. He took out his phone to communicate with them, "I can’t hear, did Peng Ru not make it out?"

"She’s gone back to the instance first." Yan Jiayu typed a line and explained, "She lost her hearing too. We all broke the rules. You and she lost your hearing, while Tang Xiao and I can’t exert strength in one hand and one foot."

Xu Huo checked their conditions; Yan Jiayu couldn’t exert strength in her left hand and right leg, while Tang Xiao was the opposite. However, Tang Xiao was in a worse state since he was right-handed.

"I made two crutches." Yan Jiayu pointed to half of the Large Scissors she had taken apart, "I didn’t expect it to come into use so quickly."

Tang Xiao, also propped up by half of the Large Scissors, was far less optimistic, his face grim as he said, "Losing combat ability before entering the instance is tantamount to a death sentence."