Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 546: The Aliens Come Again

Chapter 546: Chapter 546: The Aliens Come Again

"Xin Hui," the voice speaking was unexpectedly female, and even Xu Huo’s gaze carried a touch of surprise.

Xin Hui seemed accustomed to such looks, "I’ve been like this since I was young, like a man. Thank you just now, if it wasn’t for you all, I might not have survived."

Not just resembling, in terms of physique, appearance, and behavior, she looked thoroughly male, with a prominent Adam’s apple and broad joints, lacking any feminine features except for her voice.

"You also saved me once," Zhuo Wangsun said gentlemanly, and then asked her when she entered the cleanup zone.

"Three days ago," Xin Hui replied, glancing at him and Xu Huo before asking, "How about you?"

"About the same," Zhuo Wangsun sighed, "Are you a player from Clown City?"

Xin Hui shook her head, "I came from another game district."

"So you don’t know the inside story of Clown City," Zhuo Wangsun turned back to Xu Huo with a questioning look and, upon seeing him nod, continued, "Actually, we’ve all been deceived."

He then revealed the truth about Clown City and the cleanup zone. The more Xin Hui heard, the more shocked she became, "How did you find out? Are you players from Clown City?"

"Of course not," Zhuo Wangsun said, "It’s just that this game has too many loopholes, which my friend figured out."

Xin Hui couldn’t hide her shock and admiration as she glanced at Xu Huo, "You’re amazing, daring to make a judgment based on so little information."

"Don’t you believe us?" Zhuo Wangsun gestured for her to take out the flag, "You also crossed the gorge, so you should only have one task left. Just plant the flag in the ground, and you can clear the level right now."

Xin Hui hesitated before asking them, "Why haven’t you left after clearing the level?"

"I want to see what Clown City on the other side looks like," Xu Huo answered this time, "It sounds like a fairy tale. Seeing it with my own eyes will make everything clear. I’m also curious what kind of government would treat human lives as a joke."

Xin Hui put the flag back into her bag, "I want to see it too."

The Alien tide hadn’t completely passed, and listening to the rumbling sounds, after a while, Xin Hui asked Xu Huo again, "If the truth about the cleanup zone is like this, what do you think the people of Clown City are trying to do?"

Xu Huo turned to look at her, and even though the cave was backlit, he could clearly see her expression.

After a brief pause, he said, "It might be a rivalry between the divided Clown Cities."

This was just his guess, based on the overly poor equipment and the excessively high rewards. The goal of the high rewards was to kill more people, while Clown City was also using policies to lure in a population.

"Could they be conducting some kind of human experiment?" Xin Hui speculated, "There are sources of infection all over the cleanup zone."

"That’s also a possibility," Xu Huo didn’t make any definitive statements.

Afterward, the three didn’t continue with this topic and simply shared some information relevant to themselves.

Xin Hui’s profession was a Surveyor, with not many tools, but all were long-range, such as shoes that could be shot out and a watch that could freely time any explosive device.

She was very candid. Zhuo Wangsun also briefly mentioned his profession, Perfumer, with most of his tools used to identify scents and the composition of substances. Practical combat items had all been bought with money and were completely unrelated to his profession.

In this atmosphere, Xu Huo also shared about himself, "Architect, with tools primarily consisting of lines."

"The alien species this time are different from the ones we’ve encountered before," Zhuo Wangsun said. "This proves that there really are aliens in the cleanup zone."

But it also indirectly suggested another problem, which was that it is indeed very difficult for infected warriors to completely degenerate into aliens. Perhaps, in most cases, the warriors who come here end up killing their own comrades, including those who might still have been saved.

Fortunately, the three present were not from Clown City, so aside from sympathy, they did not harbor overwhelming hatred or regret for such tragedies.

Only after the alien tide had departed did Xu Huo and his companions emerge from the cave. The river trench outside was trampled beyond recognition, with fungal hyphae dragging mushrooms floating on the surface, which at first glance, looked like a spread of jellyfish.

Zhuo Wangsun quickly stopped Xu Huo and another, "Be careful, this stuff is highly poisonous!"

"It’s not poisonous." Xin Hui glanced at it and said, "This kind of fungi should be quite common in Clown City. I’ve seen people use it as dry food in the arena before, claiming it’s rich in nutrients. It’s probably not the type of fungi you think it is."

In the distance, fish could be seen nibbling on the hyphae without being poisoned.

Xin Hui picked up a few on the spot, wrung out the water, and put them into her mouth.

"You shouldn’t eat things from the cleanup zone..." Zhuo Wangsun hurriedly tried to stop her.

However, Xin Hui replied, "I’ve already eaten quite a bit before, these one or two bites won’t make a difference."

"You’re sure eating these things won’t cause problems? No hallucinations or symptoms of irritability?" Zhuo Wangsun asked curiously.

Xin Hui swallowed the food in her mouth, "No."

"Strange," Zhuo Wangsun said, picking up the device to test the river water’s composition, "This water is actually clean! Logically, the water source running from south to north should have been contaminated by players a long time ago!"

"The river might have purified itself," Xu Huo said, glancing at the fungi in the water. "Let’s get going."

Perhaps out of instinct, Zhuo Wangsun still filled a canteen with water to take with him.

"You better change into a new set of protective gear," Xu Huo said to Xin Hui. "And cover up those glasses."

Different glasses could be directly identified by the aliens as being from their species. He and Zhuo Wangsun were not frequently attacked by the Blue Faction because they were not directly recognized by the holographic glasses as aliens. As for the backpacks and shoes, those were minor details, anything could be picked up in a fight, and neither side would use them to determine friend from foe.

Xin Hui refused, saying she did not have a second set of protective gear ready, nor did she intend to hide her holographic glasses. On the contrary, she was actively seeking targets and was extremely combative.

"You should know it’s very difficult to get back to Clown City," Zhuo Wangsun, who was still somewhat kind, tried to persuade her. "No matter how many aliens you kill, you might not be able to cash in on them."

"I need money," Xin Hui said. "Even if what you say is true, if no one leaves the cleanup zone in the end, people from Clown City will definitely have doubts. Being careful will be enough."

After a pause, she added, "It’s my personal decision."

There is no need to force agreement when views diverge. The three parted ways on the spot. Just as they were about to head in different directions, two aliens with bodies larger than average humans and blood-red eyes suddenly pounced from the side, attacking them!

Zhuo Wangsun fired his gun immediately, and Xu Huo swung his sword in support. However, the aliens were cunning. They dodged the Sword Qi and, disregarding the bullets, charged directly at them!

"Their skin is too tough!" Zhuo Wangsun shouted as he retreated. Not just him, Xin Hui was also pushed back by another alien.

The three gathered together. Xin Hui threw a sticky bomb at one of the aliens. She waited for the bomb to stick to the alien’s skin before detonating it. Due to the alien’s thick armor-like skin, the small bomb didn’t kill it, only wounding one of its arms.