Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 298: The Weak Spot of the Spiritual World

Chapter 298: Chapter 298: The Weak Spot of the Spiritual World

Unlike the darkness before, the interior of this round tower was splendid and bright; one couldn’t see the end of the tower which didn’t rest against the rotating stairs but was instead nested around them like concentric circles, unconnected to each other.

Xu Huo glanced back at the rotating staircase, and the body of the stairs swiftly retracted several meters. A large round table appeared on the moving floor, unaccompanied by chairs, yet three objects were placed on the table.

A playing card facing down, a bloody knife, and a black circular disk.

A chair materialized beside the table, he walked over and sat down, and when he placed his hands on the table, a two-finger thick White Shelled Book appeared in the middle.

At that moment, he and the other three items formed a square shape, but after waiting for a good while, a second chair did not appear next to the table.

Xu Huo stood up and stepped back onto the rotating staircase.

The round table vanished, and the round tower, along with the rotating staircase, plunged back into darkness. He retraced his steps for over ten more hours before reaching the exit.

The office and Tang Guangbo, which had disappeared upon entering, were back to normal. Xu Huo closed the small door and turned around to bid Tang Guangbo farewell.

Tang Guangbo adjusted his glasses with a smile and said, "You’re welcome to talk to me anytime you feel like it."

Xu Huo nodded, and just as he stepped out, Sima Xiao’er stopped him, pulling him into a patient’s room, "Were you in the doctor’s office during the mealtime just now? Is he brainwashing you? Don’t fall for it."

As he spoke, fear appeared in his eyes, "I just saw two other players on the third floor. They came in here with me and now they’re starting to act crazy. One moment they claim they’re players, and the next they are begging the nurses to call their families, saying they don’t want to be hospitalized... Have they gone mad?"

"Don’t be so afraid," Xu Huo said. "Just keep your current state of mind and focus on finding the copy; you’ll be fine."

"Are there really copies here?" Sima Xiao’er clenched his fists. "The nurse just told me that my family is coming to see me this afternoon and they want me to meet them..."

"You don’t even believe in yourself?" Xu Huo smiled. "Don’t overthink it."

Sima Xiao’er was somewhat convinced. He then said, "You haven’t eaten yet, right? I was going to get you an apple during mealtime. The nurse said they’ve saved some food for you."

Xu Huo nodded and went to find Yu Qingqing.

Zhou Ning had specially left food for him in a thermal container, on Yu Qingqing’s suggestion. She gave it to him along with his medicine, and said, "Haven’t you been taking your medicine properly these past few days? I’m going to make sure you finish it today."

Xu Huo didn’t say much, and in her presence, put the medicine in his mouth, drank water to swallow it, then opened his mouth to let her check.

Yu Qingqing finally smiled with satisfaction when she confirmed that there was no medicine hidden under his tongue and left.

Xu Huo dumped both the medicine and the food into the toilet.

After the nap time in the afternoon, he went for a walk, deliberately sitting down outside the visitors’ room window.

"...Stay in the hospital for your treatment, don’t cause any trouble for the hospital. You’re an adult now, none of us are obligated to take care of you. We’re just sparing a thought for your deceased parents by pooling money for your treatment. You’d show gratitude by taking the treatment seriously and be a decent person once you’re out," said a rough female voice in the visitors’ room, speaking non-stop. "Look at these bills, all debts you promised to repay willingly. Not burdening us for a lifetime would be good enough!"

"That’s enough, that’s enough," the accompanying doctor quickly interrupted the woman, "Mr. Sima’s condition has actually improved. He is now on the third floor and his mental state is quite stable. With this momentum, he will be able to be discharged and start afresh soon."

The woman sighed, "Xiao’er, it’s not that Auntie wants to lecture you, but you’re grown up now. Don’t immerse yourself in the gaming world. I’m really afraid that one day you might mistake someone for a character in a game and kill them..."

Xu Huo, lounging in a casual pose, stood up at the words, suddenly pushed open the window, and with a nod towards Sima Xiao’er, asked, "Coming to play ball or not?"

Bowed and scolded as if he was a grandson, he twisted his head and flashed an ugly smile, "I’ll just talk to my aunt, you go find someone else."

"Aren’t you an orphan? Where do relatives come from?" Xu Huo retorted.

Sima Xiao’er gradually came to his senses, suddenly stood up, and jumped out of the window as if fleeing for his life, "Damn it! I knew something was off!"

Sima Xiao’er ran off, and after the futile shouting, the people in the visitor’s room left in a huff.

Xu Huo observed the doctors in the visitor’s room and waved his hand through the air, but they were still there.

"It seems that disturbing someone else’s ’Spiritual World’ is not that easy..."

After a pause, he turned to look for Sima Xiao’er.

Sima Xiao’er had already run to the activity area and was waving non-stop at him.

Xu Huo walked over, and this fool had no sense that anything was wrong, but instead excitedly emphasized, "I just knew they must be liars, don’t get me wrong, I was just trying to go along with them to see what tricks they wanted to play, I never truly believed it!"

"As long as you’re happy," Xu Huo felt that it was not bad for him to be this way.

Sima Xiao’er rubbed his hands eagerly, "I think I understand why the others got so rattled, damn this hospital puts on a full act, those who escaped yesterday definitely didn’t see their own family members, how could the dead possibly come back to life, it must be a trick the hospital uses to completely muddle people!"

"So, are you still looking for the instance entrance?" Xu Huo asked.

"Of course I’m looking," declared Sima Xiao’er, "The hospital is so large, we’ll find it sooner or later, there’s no danger before the instance starts anyway."

Xu Huo reminded him, "You have to find it before the end of the month at least, some players haven’t completed this month’s instance yet, being stuck here will get them transferred to a high-difficulty random instance later on."

Sima Xiao’er nodded continuously, "I’ll go tell them right away!"

With that said, he ran off in a flurry.

Xu Huo watched his figure disappear at the entrance of the building before withdrawing his gaze, and then looked up at the building’s rooftop where the ’The Seventeenth Hospital’ was written in huge steel letters. His eyes narrowed slightly, and after a moment, the letters began to blur and become transparent until they were completely invisible.

The building remained unchanged.

He raised an eyebrow and then returned to the building. On his way back, he continuously saw doctors escorting different people inside. Some patients started to cry upon seeing their visitors, without even speaking, while others begged their family members to let them leave the hospital, promising they wouldn’t relapse.

"Xu Huo!" Yu Qingqing approached with a smile beaming on her face, "Your parents and your brother are going to visit you tonight."

Xu Huo abruptly stopped in his tracks and looked at her with a cold expression.

Yu Qingqing was startled for a moment and immediately hid her hands behind her back, calling for other nurses.

Several male nurses on the same floor noticed her gesture and simultaneously moved closer to her.

Xu Huo relaxed his expression, "Why is it at night for me when everyone else is during the day?"

"Oh, is that what’s troubling you?" Yu Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief, "Your brother just got back from abroad, seems pretty busy, and could only find time tonight."