Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 445: Death from Carelessness

Chapter 445: Chapter 445: Death from Carelessness

Kong Hui and Wu Xiaonan, along with Miao Yu, were still locked in battle, but Xu Huo didn’t step forward to help. He made a beeline for the elevator, because the direction in which Dr. Deng and Tong Jian had left was mostly submerged by the marsh, and the best escape route was through the elevator to the upper floors.

The marsh swept through the laboratory like a flood. Xu Huo, carrying Chu Yuan, leapt into the air and, passing the highest part of the marshland, saw Gan Qing and Lou Fu bending over it.

The marsh was Lou Fu’s trait; he could stand on it as if on solid ground without any issues, but Gan Qing seemed to be unaffected by the marsh as well, able to stand firm no matter how tumultuous its churning.

Upon seeing Xu Huo and his companion, Gan Qing’s face lit up with joy, "Did you guys kill Kong Cheng? Hurry over and help!"

"I can’t help you!" Xu Huo called back without turning his head, and as he was about to leave, he seemed to throw a few porcelain dolls in Lou Fu’s direction out of goodwill.

Lou Fu appeared to loathe this deeply, batting several dolls into the marsh. The last one flying towards him, he reached out and caught.

He caught it quickly, but unfortunately, under the distracting green light, he couldn’t see clearly whether the last one was a porcelain doll or a wooden doll.

"True Wooden Man," which causes one to stiffen for three seconds upon contact, whether stuck on or grasped actively – the effect of the item is the same. Therefore, at the very moment Lou Fu caught the wooden doll, Xu Huo, who was originally walking away, had already turned around and swung his sword.

Lou Fu’s head flew off, and his body, together with the wooden doll, dropped into the marsh.

Gan Qing, with a complex expression, walked over, fished out the wooden doll, and threw it back to him.

"Brother Xu is amazing!" Chu Yuan said with admiration. "I was wondering why you kept throwing those useless porcelain dolls, turns out it was a distraction trick."

It was actually just a small trick to confuse the enemy. If Lou Fu had been a bit more attentive and not taken for granted that it was just another stink attack, perhaps he wouldn’t have died in such a suffocating manner.

Xu Huo was just improvising, and whether it would be effective or not was entirely up to luck.

"Got lucky this time," he said.

The marsh was flowing in all directions, and the three of them didn’t delay any further, but instead took the elevator back to the ground level.

Dr. Deng had been taken away by Tong Jian. Previously, it had been Chu Yuan and Wan Yunrong who were chasing him. Chu Yuan had lost track and returned to Xu Huo’s side, leaving only Wan Yunrong following them.

"She wouldn’t take him on alone, right?" Chu Yuan said.

If she actually encountered him, it would not be a simple matter to escape as she wished. There is a gap between Level D Players and Rank-C Players, and Tong Jian might well be a Rank-C Player; Wan Yunrong might find herself in a tough spot against him.

And indeed, when the three of them got upstairs, they found Wan Yunrong had already fallen to the ground, her eyes wide open and bloodshot in fury, having passed away. A clear plastic bag covered her head – it was clearly this item that had claimed her life.

Tong Jian was surprised when he saw Xu Huo and the others, probably not expecting Xu Huo to walk out alive from Kong Cheng’s clutches. Just as he was about to speak, he noticed Dr. Deng, a few meters away from him, was suddenly being strangled by something and dragged towards Xu Huo!

"Dr. Deng!" Tong Jian exerted force on his feet, dashing forward to save him, but by then Xu Huo and his companions weren’t about to give him the chance. Chu Yuan threw a hedgehog toy at him and uttered, "Break off relations."

Tong Jian found himself teleported ten meters away, but at the same time, the hem of his jelly-like coat began to grow out and deftly spiraled towards Dr. Deng!

Gan Qing leaped out from the side, raising a megaphone to his lips with a hard blow, and like a piece of cloth, the jelly-like coat was blown back onto Tong Jian, enveloping him instead.

In that moment, Xu Huo had already taken Dr. Deng into his hands.

The dagger pressed against his throat, Xu Huo didn’t look at Tong Jian, but instead turned toward the elevator and slowly backed away.

The elevator that had brought them up was operating, and a few seconds later, the elevator doors opened, and Kong Cheng and the hostage-taking Kong Hui, who was holding Miao Yu, walked out.

"Seems like most of my people are dead," Kong Cheng said, his face dark as he looked at Xu Huo and the others.

Gan Qing and Chu Yuan moved closer to Xu Huo, forming a triangular standoff with the Kong siblings and Tong Jian.

Xu Huo drew the dagger in slightly, "Now I have Dr. Deng in my hands, if you want him alive, you’d better not act rashly."

Kong Hui tightened her grip on Miao Yu’s neck, "You also have a companion here, dead or alive?

After all, they had fought side by side, and without Miao Yu’s help, they might not have been so successful, Gan Qing and Chu Yuan immediately found themselves swinging between conscience and morality.

However, Xu Huo’s gaze didn’t even flicker as he said, "Whatever you want, I’m not familiar with her."

As he spoke, he quietly drew an "S" on Dr. Deng’s back.

"Met by chance, just happened to cooperate in a level for mutual benefit, it’s not a life-or-death relationship, you can’t threaten me with her."

"Dr. Deng is different, you brought a non-player like him, there must be something that only he can do, if he dies, you’re the ones in trouble."

This hit right at the concerns of the Kong siblings, Kong Hui looked at her brother, "Anyway, this guy is not much use, might as well kill him along with the others."

Upon hearing that they didn’t plan to deal with him, Dr. Deng hurriedly said, "I know where the potion is hidden!"

Kong Cheng’s face changed, and he looked sharply at him, "True or false?"

Dr. Deng glanced down at the dagger that he actually couldn’t see, swallowed, and said, "I can’t leave here, what good does lying do me?"

"So you came here for the potion," Xu Huo interrupted at the right moment, "Seems the potion is very important to you, why not consider, whether you want Dr. Deng’s life or ours."

Kong Cheng’s expression changed several times, "I can let you go."

Xu Huo laughed when he heard this, his face full of mockery, "Is that necessary? If you want me to release the man, you’ll need to behave."

"Brother, I think this Deng is only deceiving us to save his own life," Kong Hui said darkly, looking at Xu Huo, "Besides, the potion won’t run away, coming back next time would do."

"Come back next time?" Xu Huo raised an eyebrow, "When you entered, there were eight players, but only five came looking for us, what about the other three?"

The player with the vacuum cleaner, the female player whose arm was chopped off, and the player who was found dead of suffocation, another one of their collaborators, Zhu Rumin, and the supposed to be heavily protected Dr. Deng was brought by Kong Cheng, indicating the others were more likely dead than alive.

"They must be dead," he continued, "Now you also know, aside from the Tickets player, there are other people in the Deep Blue Laboratory, can you guarantee next time will be smoother than this time?"

Kong Hui’s eyes were crazed, but Kong Cheng seemed to have his own considerations, he said, "What do you want?"

"Simple, just make sure I stay alive until the level ends," Xu Huo said, "You can’t leave the laboratory, nor can you use the tickets to exit the level, otherwise we’ll go down together!"