Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 525: A Head is Made for Thinking

Chapter 525: Chapter 525: A Head is Made for Thinking

Yi Mao and the others looked at the words on the ground in surprise, finding it hard to believe. It took a few seconds before Yue Weiping finally said, "I’ve heard that Aliens are good at imitating humans, but I didn’t expect they could also write..."

Xu Huo turned around, "You have a brain to think with, he’s not an Alien, he’s a living person."

"My name is Jin Dong, I’m a warrior from the 803rd cleaning batch." The person continued to write on the ground.

"Impossible!" Yue Weiping couldn’t care less about Xu Huo’s sarcasm, exclaiming in disbelief, "The 803rd batch was wiped out a year ago, nobody survived, and yet you are clearly an Alien!"

"I am human." The crouching "Alien" wrote more as he moved backwards, not only listing his family address and nearby landmarks but even naming members of his squad.

Yi Mao, somewhat familiar with the cleanup operation data, held his head and said, "I know these people’s names; they are all on the commendation list, I’ve even delivered consolation money on behalf of my family..."

The revelation hit them hard, and Wan Xiao hurriedly said, "No, no, if people from Clown City look like Aliens through the glasses, could it be a problem with the equipment?"

"This is obviously not an equipment issue." Xu Huo added, offering a plausible explanation, "Maybe it’s because he was judged an Alien after he became infected."

Upon hearing this, the others’ shaky convictions stabilized slightly, and Yi Mao slapped his forehead, "Right, that must be it, the equipment can’t be wrong!"

Having said that, he still kept his distance and asked Jin Dong, "You can’t speak anymore?"

Bringing up this matter, Jin Dong’s emotions fluctuated, "The water in the cleaning area and anything edible is poisoned; my squadmates and I all lost our voice escaping back."

Yi Mao sighed, expressing his sadness over the premature deaths of several warriors, and comfortingly said, "You’re lucky, not completely devolved into an Alien yet, coming back with us to Clown City there might still be treatment."

"Going back is impossible!" Jin Dong wrote frantically on the ground, "Once you leave Clown City, there’s no going back!"

"What does that mean?" Liang Song asked after seeing it.

"Those who leave the city are all castaways..." Jin Dong wrote hurriedly, but there wasn’t much space left, so Xu Huo lent him his communicator. A holographic projection appeared in the air, where he quickly wrote, "Clown City will never let infected people back in, the remaining two members of my team and I fled to the Gobi Zone only to be shot at before we even reached the protective wall, and it wasn’t by strangers, it was Clown City’s Wall Guard Players!"

"After the other two were killed, I fled to the marsh area, and later it became clear, you wouldn’t wonder why they don’t let higher-level players do the cleanup tasks? With their powerful items, it’d be so easy to kill Aliens!"

"The only reason is that they dare not come, because this is a contaminated zone. Anyone who comes in will sooner or later be infected with germs and slowly devolve into an Alien. People with backgrounds and power, as well as higher-level players, are important resources for Clown City; they would never come to the clean-up area, so only we lower-class people are sacrificed!"

"There were warriors who returned alive and received awards before, but who has seen them after?"

Yi Mao spoke with difficulty, "They moved up a level, and there are warriors who joined the cleaning tasks for a second time."

"Did they really join the cleaning tasks for a second time?" Jin Dong questioned back, "Do you know them? Are you entirely certain?"

Yi Mao had no answer because the death rate for the cleaning tasks was too high, and the participants were selected from the whole city based on the right qualities, except for those who volunteered, so not knowing them was not strange.

"You can’t blame the Wall Guard Players just because you have devolved into an Alien." Yue Weiping said at that moment, "I’ve indeed seen warriors who returned from the cleanup area, and others are still living well now."

Speaking of which, he said to Liang Song, "We can put the task aside for now and send the person back first, we can’t just watch someone die."

Of course, that was one reason; the others present were well aware of another reason—that they were shaken by Jin Dong’s words, and they had to verify before they could continue with the cleanup tasks.

Liang Song hesitated and didn’t give in, but at that moment, Xu Huo threw the pouch from his waist, "Going back now is asking for death."

"We were attacked in the Gobi Zone before, and it was the main culprit."

"An Invisible Gun-equipped Aircraft."

"There’s a serial number on it, you can check to see if it’s a weapon produced by Clown City."

Yi Mao flipped out the numbered metal plate and his shoulders slumped, "Why would this happen?"

"This can’t be!" Yue Weiping said, "Even if what Jin Dong said is true, we just left the city, why would they want to kill us?"

"I don’t know," said Xu Huo, "Maybe the people in charge of the cleaning tasks have other ideas." He looked at Jin Dong, "The germs on your body I’ve seen related documentation before, they’re just a common hallucinogenic germs, not lethal."

Jin Dong paused for a moment before quickly understanding, "I haven’t devolved into an Alien!"

"That’s not necessarily the case," Xu Huo said, "it could just be that you are temporarily retaining your humanity."

"I still can’t believe it!" Yue Weiping raised his voice, "If the warriors coming out will eventually turn into Aliens, what’s the point of Clown City doing this? Aliens can never be completely eradicated!"

"The attack on us must have been from Clown City’s firearms, no doubt." Liang Song said at this point, "I had detected the aircraft’s noise in the Gobi Zone, if not for the sudden sandstorm, we could have shot it down at that moment."

He glanced at Xu Huo, "You’re not a Level E Player, are you?"

"Level D." Xu Huo paused then added, "Since the aircraft can leave the city to kill its own people, there shouldn’t be a high-frequency sound alarming the Aliens, or maybe the people on the wall don’t care about the cleaning team’s life and death. Either way, turning back is definitely not an option."

Yi Mao swallowed hard, "Maybe we won’t get infected if we don’t eat or drink anything from the cleaning area..."

Before he could finish, everyone realized another thing: why there were so few Level D Players participating in the cleaning tasks, since Level D Players have cargo holds to store food and water. There were quite a few Level D volunteers, but even fewer who actually joined the tasks.

"If not consuming food and water from the cleaning area means not getting infected, could this be cutting off our means to live?" Yi Mao said, "Could the cleaning tasks actually be cultivating Aliens?"

The group underwent a series of emotional changes, and finally, Yue Weiping pointed at Jin Dong, grinding his teeth, "So what do we do now!"

"I’ve seen people who made it back alive, now we only have to strive to complete the task and ensure we’re not infected to possibly return."

Yi Mao and Wan Xiao looked down without speaking, Liang Song also furrowed his brows, and Yue Weiping glanced at them before saying, "We have no choice but to turn a blind eye to this; we can only talk about anything else if we make it back alive!"