Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 453 Rank-A Evaluation

Chapter 453: Chapter 453 Rank-A Evaluation

Not far from the island, on the ocean surface, Gan Qing stood straight up on the water, dragging a person with each hand, losing patience he said, "Have you two rested enough?"

Chu Yuan, who was grasping his left hand, remained soaked in the water and said confidently, "How can I swim when I’m injured!"

On the other side, Dr. Deng also apologized, "I’m really sorry, the kayak broke when we were coming up, and I can’t swim, thanks for the trouble."

Gan Qing wasn’t lightly injured either. He struggled to hold onto the two men and couldn’t help but say, "We’ve already left the laboratory, and even left the island, doesn’t that mean the instance has ended?"

If the instance had ended, he could leave this place, which was certainly better than dragging two people along.

"What if the Kong Siblings come up, or the people sent by the Beren Clan..."

"What are you worried about," Chu Yuan interrupted him, "If the instance is already over, we can leave at any time. Even if the Beren Clan sends hundreds of people, it’s useless... Can you hold on a bit tighter? I’m nearly falling off."

Gan Qing lifted his foot and kicked him, unbalancing them all and causing the three people to sway on the water.

Chu Yuan and Dr. Deng each swallowed a couple of mouthfuls of water, and after Gan Qing steadied himself, Dr. Deng then said, "I think the Beren Clan definitely didn’t expect players to come out early. We should be safe for the short term, and it might be better to recover a bit, since going to the station when injured is also dangerous."

"He’s got a point, you’re able to walk on water, aren’t you? Hurry up and bring us to shore," Chu Yuan said.

"My ability is just to stand on the surface of liquids, I can’t move freely," Gan Qing said expressionlessly, "Otherwise, I would swim over and leave you two behind."

"I can’t swim!" Dr. Deng was anxious and changed the subject, "Hasn’t anyone else come up?"

"I hope no one else comes up. If it’s someone surnamed Kong that comes up..." Before Chu Yuan could finish, someone suddenly surfaced about ten meters away. The three of them were startled, then they saw Miao Yu pushing up from underneath the water, holding onto a floating corpse, "Kong Cheng is already dead."

"Wait, weren’t you one of Kong Cheng’s people?" Gan Qing shouted.

Miao Yu took off her protective face shield and rolled her eyes, "Can you be a bit smarter?"

Gan Qing of course knew he had been fooled by Qiu Xiangdong, after using the Consolidation Bag three times in a row his strength had no chance of recovering, which is why he was standing here instead of swimming to shore.

"I don’t understand, does that mean half the players with Return Tickets this time were sent by the Beren Clan?"

"Wu Xiaonan and Qiu Xiangdong switched sides at the last moment," Miao Yu said, "Last night, Wu Xiaonan and I were dealing with Kong Hui. Kong Hui persuaded Wu Xiaonan and they teamed up against me. I barely managed to stab Wu Xiaonan with a Sword before I was captured."

"No wonder," Chu Yuan said, "I knew Wu Xiaonan looked petty when he entered the instance, how could he be so generous to spend energy searching for Potions while injured. Even if he found the Potions, he certainly couldn’t have outdone the few of us."

Miao Yu looked around, "It seems everyone else is dead, I’ll take you to shore."

As she said this, she released a kayak, first getting Dr. Deng onto it, and then Gan Qing and Chu Yuan clumsily climbed in.

"New-style kayaks are automatic but can only carry two people. I bought the old-style, which is more trouble because it’s manual."

"Lucky you had a kayak, otherwise I really would have had no energy to swim to shore," Chu Yuan poured a Potion on his bloody leg, alleviating the pain and then leaned against the side of the kayak, and let out a long breath, "Xu Zhi is a lunatic to light a fire in that kind of situation, truly unafraid of death!"

"What does it matter if he’s unafraid of death, he’s still dead," Gan Qing said flatly, "Pity we all failed to clear the instance this time."

Dr. Deng felt the tickets in his pocket and was quite troubled as he spoke in Xu Huo’s defense, "If it weren’t for his intervention, we might never have escaped from the clutches of the Kong Siblings."

It was the truth, and neither Gan Qing nor Chu Yuan said anything more.

Miao Yu glanced at the exhausted group and asked Dr. Deng, "Did you find the Potion?"

Dr. Deng was no longer concerned about the Potion, only worried about how he could leave.

"Even if the Potion was in the laboratory, it’s likely useless now after the explosion. It just makes it easier for the Beren Clan to search."

"If the Beren Clan could’ve found it, they wouldn’t have waited for the instance to open," Miao Yu said. "The laboratory is different during instance time and non-instance time, and there’s also the elusive Ghost Shadow. Maybe the Potion is hidden by it."

"If the Ghost Shadow is merely a prop, then we’re truly out of options. If there were other players hiding in the laboratory, they’re probably done for now," Chu Yuan said, pouring a Self-Healing Potion into his mouth and swallowing two mouthfuls before continuing, "Anyway, it doesn’t concern me anymore. I definitely won’t go down to search again."

Miao Yu fell silent for a moment, then was about to say something when the game notification sounded.

[Congratulations, Passerby A, for clearing "When Darkness Falls, Do Not Open the Door." Based on your performance in this instance, your mission completion rating is Rank-A. You will receive a new trait and three items, two Tickets, and one hundred thousand White Notes.]

Xu Huo, who was rapidly ascending through the water, raised an eyebrow after receiving the game notification.

The laboratory had been blown open, and players could freely enter and exit the instance area, which meant the instance had ended prematurely. He’d thought for sure that he would fail the clearance, but in an unexpected turn, he completed the mission.

Thinking of the "Ghost" he had caught, he smiled slightly, then burst through the surface of the water, removed the mask-like item, and climbed aboard the kayak.

"Xu Zhi!" Chu Yuan waved at him from a distance, shouting with evident joy, "You’re alive too!"

Xu Huo glanced at Kong Cheng’s corpse, steered the kayak closer, and said to the others, "Your injuries are not light."

Among them, Dr. Deng seemed to be the least injured.

At this moment, neither Gan Qing nor Chu Yuan complained about him anymore and explained what happened with Miao Yu.

Xu Huo didn’t show any surprise. The behavior of Qiu Xiangdong and Wu Xiaonan was off. In a situation where formidable enemies were watching them like tigers, even a short-term engagement shouldn’t cause so much exhaustion. The two were overly enthusiastic.

Therefore, when cooperating with the Consolidation Bag, he had separated himself using a string and hadn’t touched the rivets on it.

Later, when Qiu Xiangdong continued to question Dr. Deng about the whereabouts of the Potion, the immediate arrival of the Kong Siblings indicated they didn’t care about Dr. Deng’s life or death and were ready to kill.

As for whether Miao Yu was caught off guard by the treachery of Wu Xiaonan and Qiu Xiangdong, as she claimed, remains to be seen.

But now that the instance had ended, it wasn’t important anymore.

"This is the first time I’ve encountered an instance ending prematurely due to destruction of the venue," said Miao Yu. "We’ve all failed to clear, and without Return Tickets, we can’t get any rewards."

The three of them were quite dejected, seriously injured, with their items consumed. They got nothing out of it and still had to face the upcoming risks.

"Since instance time hasn’t ended yet, how about we hide on the island for a couple of days?" Chu Yuan suggested.