Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 543 A Real-life Game

Chapter 543: Chapter 543 A Real-life Game

"Most people here are neither hurt nor infected, but through the optics of others, they’ve become aliens. Assuming someone’s holographic glasses malfunctioned, or someone got infected without any outward signs, we’d never see this standoff between the two sides."

"One side red, the other blue; whether infected or not, they view each other as aliens. It’s like a game that must have two opposing sides."

Zhuo Wangsun had a sudden realization, "So, the objectives and flags mentioned in the mission actually refer to the Blue Faction’s camp?"

Xu Huo nodded, seemingly unconcerned about the impact his words had on Master Tu, Sister Shan, and the others, "The specified location must be the Blue Faction’s headquarters, or at least on the opposite side of the canyon."

Judging by the situation set by both sides, the real headquarters is actually Clown City. However, considering this is a Level E Instance, the difficulty should not be that high.

"Impossible... This can’t be..." Master Tu was severely shaken, managing to ask, "If the area outside Clown City hasn’t been completely occupied by aliens, why would the government hide this from everyone? They could just mobilize both sides to clear the sweep zone..."

Zhuo Wangsun felt pity for him, but that was as far as his sentiment went. He smashed his holographic glasses and said to Xu Huo, "Shall we cross the canyon now?"

Xu Huo set player Wen Ping free and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Sister Shan stopped him, pressing for answers: "What do you mean by two Clown Cities, the red and blue sides? You can’t leave without explaining clearly!"

"You still want to stop people?" Zhuo Wangsun was on guard, "We’ve exposed the Clown City government’s conspiracy, you should be thanking us!"

Xu Huo wasn’t angry; he patted Zhuo Wangsun on the shoulder, signaling him to back off, and said, "Let me ask you a few questions."

"First, if the goal is to sweep the aliens and reclaim our homeland, why not use high-casualty weapons? I’ve already tested it; neither high-frequency sound nor massive sonic shockwaves attract an alien tide."

"Second, if the sweep zone is so dangerous, why are there so few players, and why are most of the warriors poorly trained and equipped?"

"Third, the food and water in the sweep zone are contaminated; normal people will lose their sanity if they consume it. Clown City must know this, so why don’t they inform everyone of the fact, nor prepare adequate backup resources?"

"Just these points alone prove that the mission to sweep the aliens is a farce. No government would act this way when dealing with territorial resources."

"As for the alien transformation you’ve seen, it’s true some may have indeed degenerated into aliens, but I can definitively say, if it’s just the effect of the sweep zone’s food and water causing loss of reason, they won’t become aliens, and an antitoxin can prove it. Conversely, if the growth in the sweep zone could cause alien transformation, then the soil and groundwater must have been severely polluted, and Clown City would either have to completely relocate or adopt strict protective measures."

"You ask those people." Xu Huo pointed to Master Tu, "Some have been living in the High Temperature Zone for years, using the city’s abandoned filtration system to repair and filter their drinking water and so far, not a single one of them shows signs of infection. And that’s within the sweep zone."

This revelation shattered the deeply ingrained notions of everyone present, with many letting their guns droop, especially Sister Shan and her group. They, unlike Master Tu and his cohort who had been through that one experiment, were suddenly hit with this "terrible news" amidst their enthusiasm for hunting "aliens," probably too stunned to process, caught between disbelief and an ultimate contradiction.

The only ones happy were the two injured individuals, crying tears of joy, "I won’t turn into an alien! I’m not going to become an alien!"

"So, it means those people didn’t actually have to die..." Sister Shan murmured to herself.

Wen Ping looked conflicted and saddened at her, "Sister Shan, Sister Hu’s incident wasn’t your fault..."

In order to eradicate aliens, some may have killed their own comrades or family members by their own hands; Master Tu’s group even resorted to cannibalism. If the government could manipulate countless lives with a huge lie, nothing that happened in Clown City was surprising.

Xu Huo’s intention in revealing so much was to spread the news.

"Wait, wait a moment!" Sister Shan called out to him again, but this time her tone was much gentler, still skeptical though, "Whether there’s another Clown City, and whether what you’ve said is true, we can’t finalize it now. Come back with us to testify!"

"Holographic glasses are actually not made very finely," Xu Huo did not respond directly, instead saying, "I can create a fake wound, and the glasses will classify me as an alien, but if I wear protective gear, it’ll return to normal."

"Red glasses see blue glasses and view each other as aliens, but if you take off the glasses, it also looks normal."

"This real-life game is poorly detailed, even full of loopholes; do you think no one has ever spotted the issues here?"

Having said his piece, he did not linger any longer and left the woods with Zhuo Wangsun.

"It’s pitiful, these people born in Clown City," Zhuo Wangsun remarked. "Perhaps some had discovered the infection was not fatal or realized there might be a second Clown City, but it’s likely such individuals were secretly executed."

"In the arena, these people were filled with fervor, constantly talking about reclaiming their homeland, never imagining their lives were worthless."

"There are even more pitiful ones," Xu Huo paused on a cliff overlooking the canyon and pointed to a spot at the bottom where many people were exchanging fire, some with red glasses, some with blue.

Before uncovering the truth, this might not seem strange, but looking at it now, it’s utterly absurd.

"Are they that foolish? Do aliens fight in armed groups?" Zhuo Wangsun couldn’t believe it.

"You forgot that the vegetation-covered areas can muddle one’s mind?" Xu Huo said.

"But that still doesn’t make sense..." Zhuo Wangsun was still full of doubt, "Do they trust what the Clown City government says that much? Just take off the glasses and look!"

"Those who took off the glasses are probably dead," Xu Huo surmised. "After all, most who enter here are ordinary people."

"No wonder Clown City doesn’t allow high-level players to come in. Aside from not wanting people to pierce through the reality of the sweep zone, they also want to completely control the situation. That way, even if someone discovers something amiss, they can handle it," Zhuo Wangsun paused, "So, our being attacked in the Gobi Zone was because the number of players increased, aiming to separate us?"

"Most likely that’s the intent." Xu Huo gazed toward the dense forest on the other side of the canyon, "Let’s get a map first."