Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 357: The Person Hidden in the Wall

Chapter 357: Chapter 357: The Person Hidden in the Wall

"Where is everyone?" Liu Zhengping was the first to lose patience and made a sound, stepping out from behind the tree. Just then, nearby You Qiwen suddenly yelled, "Watch out!" before tossing a light point the size of a broad bean into the sky. Seven or eight meters up, the broad bean burst into brilliant light, instantly illuminating the forest — a giant spider was hanging amidst the interlacing branches, probing towards the ground with knife-like legs!

"What the hell is this thing!" Liu Zhengping’s feet sprang up, shooting him back ten meters.

To the side, Wei Landeng raised a toy rocket launcher and pulled the trigger, spraying the spider with a fluid that dripped thick strands over its body and legs: "Is it Mr. Dong?"

"It’s him! It’s a prop!" You Qiwen held a sword hilt, and as he swung down an electric sword blade automatically formed in front of him. When the electricity hit the spider, Flay charged in front of the spider and with both hands mimicked pressing something down on a table, bellowing, "Face-to-face negotiation!"

The struggling spider was bound by a special force, its legs forced down uncontrollably, entangled by electricity, and convulsing as it fell to the ground.

"Draw Ground as Prison!" Chen Tu slapped the ground as Chen Nan leapt up behind him, kneeling with both knees toward the spider, a golden arc shockwave hitting the spider squarely in the lower back, smashing it heavily into the mud.

Meanwhile, Xu Huo was swinging a chainsaw at the spider, but to his surprise, upon contact with the body, the chainsaw turned into rubber with no cutting power!

The "Targeted Chainsaw" was only effective against humans!

Xu Huo’s eyes shifted subtly as he quickly disengaged from the fight. The Chen Brothers, completing their combined attack, also withdrew before their ability failed. Wei Landeng and Liu Zhengping timely provided support, one barraging with corrosive bullets, the other controlling the forest plants to tie down the spider’s legs.

The group of players coordinated well enough, but Xu Huo knew it was useless. The spider’s attribute wasn’t human; it was likely a prop with intelligence. Special props couldn’t be destroyed that easily, and from the beginning of the encounter, the spider hadn’t made a move!

Sure enough, the next second it moved, breaking free from Flay’s "face-to-face negotiation" and darting toward the Labyrinth Garden!

"Don’t let it escape!" Flay immediately gave chase and shouted ahead, "Close quarters!"

The "fleeing" spider seemed to hit a conveyor belt, visibly getting pulled backward, but it quickly used its legs to leap into the Labyrinth Garden.

The players stopped outside the hedge walls, and Liu Zhengping asked, "Shall we go in?"

"Yes! Everyone be careful, and don’t get separated!" You Qiwen was the first to climb into the Garden Maze.

Wei Landeng and Flay followed suit.

The Chen Brothers, on the other hand, looked at Xu Huo. The two brothers had been quiet along the way but had their doubts.

The players had assumed the missing persons were dead, but no one had seen the crime scene. Both Li Chao and the Ma Family Couple’s disappearances were explained by Hu Shan and Mr. Dong, and within this game, it was reasonable to suspect their deaths were at their hands.

Previously, they wondered why Xu Huo, not Mr. Dong, was announced as the killer, yet Mr. Dong offered the explanation that the two had left. Now seeing the spider, they felt something was amiss. Perhaps they had misunderstood; Xu Huo had said the Ma couple was dead, but he might not be the killer — possibly, he’d witnessed Mr. Dong killing them.

At this moment, Xu Huo took out a Silent Figurine, saying to them, "Cover for me, I need to go back to the main building."

Though the Chen Brothers looked puzzled, they didn’t ask further questions. After all, time was limited, and they nodded before heading into the maze.

Xu Huo circled back to the main building from the side.

Only after suspecting that Mr. Dong might be a prop did he realize what had felt off before.

Mr. Dong had a very good relationship with He Pu from five years ago, but now this He Pu was obviously not the same person. Although Mr. Dong could cause some trouble, he did not react in a way that would be normal under the circumstances, such as with hatred or reckless destruction. Instead, he continued to act the role of a butler.

This was likely because the prop itself did not possess complete cognitive and emotional capabilities; it appeared more "rational".

As such, his relationship with He Pu was not that complicated. Mr. Dong was clearly dissatisfied with the current He Pu, and that’s probably why he killed the "extra guests" he had invited. He might not have acted against He Pu simply because he couldn’t. His actions as a butler were not driven by a sense of "enduring humiliation", but perhaps by instinct.

Just like the Girl in the Painting, she looked like a person and imitated human behaviors and emotions, yet she herself had no intuitive concept of "emotions".

In that case, shifting to He Pu’s perspective, if Mr. Dong was his prop, controlling a prop should be easy; why then let Mr. Dong kill his guests? It was because he was not the original He Pu, and even in his own replica setting, he couldn’t handle Mr. Dong.

That’s why He Pu’s purpose in inviting non-task players was quite clear; it was to ask for external assistance.

Furthermore, the unsigned invitations had been in circulation for a long time, and the death rate in Rose Castle’s replica was high. Slaughtering task players for fun and targeting Mr. Dong were not conflicting actions. Task players were limited by their level, but non-task players were not.

The second task of the replica was to solve the truth. The reason for the guests’ disappearance was certainly related to several key figures in the castle, but the truth was something deeper. Up to now, the things deduced from the information Xu Huo had were probably the closest to the truth.

Although he had more or less figured out the truth, He Pu certainly would not let the players pass easily, and although Mr. Dong had no malice towards the players, that did not mean he would pity them. It would be hard to pry the "disappearance of the guests" from his mouth.

However, he was in luck, having found someone hidden in the castle.

The deaths of three players were set in stone, but the disappearance of the other two was not necessarily so.

If any of those two were not dead, then the energy Xu Huo sensed inside the wall of He Pu’s room during dinner could very well be a player.

He didn’t need to go to the third floor or the rooms of Hu Shan or Mr. Dong. If the one hiding in the wall was indeed a player, they would not dare to go there while any of those three were in the room.

Using the Silent Figurine to hide his own sound, Xu Huo did not expend much effort to find him in You Qiwen’s room.

The fellow had discovered him, perhaps thinking he had not exposed himself, and instead of leaving, hid inside the wall.

Xu Huo didn’t look his way but, as he opened the Adult Fairy Tale Book, his Flying Sword pierced the wall!

A trail of blood followed the blade; he strode over, pulled out the sword, and a humanoid figure was dragged out from the wall. The brick and stone patterns covering it receded like leeches—a person kneeling on the ground, holding the Sword.

[Congratulations to Player Passerby A for finding the "missing guest". Would you like to submit the truth behind the guest’s disappearance?]