Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 314 Harvesting Players

Chapter 314: Chapter 314 Harvesting Players

The smoke had not yet cleared, but the figures illuminated by the bright light had disappeared. Chief Wu’s complexion changed drastically, and he called out to Sima Xiao’er and the others, "Quick, we’ve been tricked, back to the hospital, Xu Huo is still there!"

These people had come for Xu Huo and showed no mercy in their attack, having no concern for Xu Huo’s safety. If they truly could level the hospital, they would have done so directly without needlessly threatening the Special Defense Department, giving a three-minute deadline was merely a ploy to lure Xu Huo out!

The bait set by the Special Defense Department had failed, and the triangular mask player had left on his own, the only possibility being that they had truly found Xu Huo!

This was something Chief Wu and the others could not confirm, it was possible that Xu Huo and his people had returned to the hospital while they were retreating!

However, when the Special Defense Department re-entered the hospital, they discovered that the player wearing the triangular mask had withdrawn from the hospital, and there were still no signs of Professor Lan and the others at the warehouse.

"What’s going on?"

"What’s going on?!" At the same time, the player wearing the triangular mask was also asking this question.

After luring the Special Defense Department out of the hospital, some of them had used props to scan the hospital building and found no signs of life, which meant if Xu Huo had neither escaped in an ambulance nor continued to hide at the hospital, then he should have been gone long ago. But what they hadn’t expected was that when they were about to withdraw from the hospital, they accidentally found Xu Huo appearing less than five hundred meters from the hospital!

Without hesitation, they followed him, Xu Huo seemed to be injured, moving slowly, which only further excited them. Several players spread out to encircle him and trapped him in a mall.

It certainly looked like a mall before they entered. But once inside, it turned into a den of snakes, countless snakes crawling and coiling from floor to ceiling, furiously biting at their limbs and causing screams to rise instantly.

Someone threw a hand grenade onto the snake wall, but instead of creating an opening, it awoke an enormous python!

The Giant Python flicked its forked tongue and raised its head, swallowing the players one by one into its belly!

Seeing companions being devoured one after another, the remaining few started to lose their composure. They used all the props they could, but facing the overwhelming number of snakes, a few gadgets were not enough to change the situation so, with no escape left, two players vanished on the spot.

"Escaped into the instance, huh," Xu Huo was standing on the side, his gaze moving from the Giant Python’s head to the rear, under his influence, the giant snake illusion created by Zhou Ning’s trait not only became more realistic but also grew in size. However, an illusion can’t kill, and the players swallowed by the Python merely lost consciousness for a short while before they fell to the ground, where Shen Xin and the other two were ready to finish them off.

For the triangular mask player, this battle went exceedingly well, ending in just over ten minutes, Hu Wenhao said to Zhou Ning with a pleasant surprise, "Sister Ning, your trait has improved dramatically!"

"It must be the influence of the Game Space," Zhou Ning was also surprised, "I didn’t expect my trait to be twice as effective here."

"If only we could take this space with us," Hu Wenhao said gleefully, "then wouldn’t clearing instances be a piece of cake?"

Xu Huo did not speak. This space was indeed abnormal, but not specifically for Zhou Ning; it was for him.

Previously, inside Mist Area Hospital, he was able to manipulate the doorways and lead the players out because everyone’s consciousness was trapped, his evolved Spiritual World was strong enough to affect other players, which is why he was successful, but this was limited to the Spiritual World. Now, however, he had made an impact outside the hospital in the real world.

This sudden onset of Dark Space seemed tailor-made for him, serving as a good medium for him to successfully externalize his Psychic Power.

He did not dwell on the reasons for now, he was taking the opportunity to explore how to control this power, working with Zhou Ning was a successful attempt, the effect was good but not as great as he had imagined.

Xu Huo stood at the entrance of the mall, looking up at the twelfth floor of the building a kilometer away: at least his Psychic Power’s range of influence was not broad enough.

The man in the cap on the twelfth floor paused involuntarily when his eyes met Xu Huo’s through the binoculars, then he said incredulously, "How could he possibly have spotted me!"

"Who are you?" a voice called out from behind. The man in the hood and his companions quickly turned around, only to see Xu Huo standing a few meters away, looking at them with a calm expression.

"How could..." The man in the hood immediately propped up his binoculars to look back, but still saw a Xu Huo standing at the entrance of the shopping center, maintaining a posture of looking toward him.

After blinking hard, the Xu Huo in the field of vision finally disappeared.

He turned around, removed his mask, revealing an androgynous face, and said, "We mean no harm."

Xu Huo merely glanced at him before his gaze fell on another person, "Huang Junjie?"

The man with a scarred face pulled off his hat and mask, smiling, "Xu Huo, long time no see. Let me introduce you, this is our Player Association’s Vice President Tan Yang, and the others are our companions."

"Civilian players have established a common association?" Xu Huo raised an eyebrow.

"Not really," Huang Junjie said. "Nowadays, apart from the Special Defense Department, other player organizations are all scattered, ranging from small ones with ten or twenty members to large ones with several dozens or hundreds... Let’s sit down and talk."

Xu Huo and Tan Yang sat down facing each other. Huang Junjie sat to the side, while the other players either sat or stood behind Tan Yang.

"You don’t mind if I notify the other companions to come back, do you?" Tan Yang asked.

Xu Huo nodded, and a player behind him walked away with a cell phone.

"You might not be very familiar with the current situation of domestic players," Huang Junjie said after the person left. "In just a few months, the number of players has skyrocketed. Most of them have joined the Special Defense Department, but there’s also a significant number of players who don’t want to rely on government support, so they’ve formed teams spontaneously."

"Having many teams has its advantages and disadvantages. You’ve just met with the Iron Triangle, and those people have backers, hunting players and stirring up trouble everywhere, and their team keeps growing stronger. This kind of infighting is of no benefit to the newly established players with a weak foundation..."

"You want to integrate the new players into an authoritative association and have come to invite me to join your association," Xu Huo unveiled his intentions.

Since his evolution, Xu Huo had spent most of his time in instances, and even when he was out, he mostly trained and occasionally checked online news. Player organizations were springing up endlessly, with the wealthy and powerful rushing to recruit more people, which had led to some undesirable consequences. Of course, there were also some unknown forces among them.

However, the situation in Ting City was still decent; there were no player organizations fighting in the streets. He had read these messages and then dismissed them, never expecting that his presence this time would attract so many players and nearly trigger a power struggle.

Huang Junjie could not discern his attitude and thus turned to Tan Yang.

Tan Yang took over, "We’re here to ask you to be the President of the Player Association."

"Mr. Xu, you are very capable and are also willing to stand up for players. If you become the president, you will certainly bring more players into the Player Association. Once the association is established, it will be good for both players and ordinary people."

"Many players do not want to listen to the Special Defense Department, but the Special Defense Department has its own rules. We, as players, also need to establish order, to protect ourselves as well as our families."

He spoke passionately, but Xu Huo’s gaze was on the few players standing behind him.

They were positioned at various distances, protecting the surroundings of Tan Yang nicely, while also maintaining a posture that seemed ready for confrontation and negotiation.

"I think you don’t need me as your president," Xu Huo stated as he took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it.