Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 565: A Woman Like An Epiphyllum

Chapter 565: Chapter 565: A Woman Like An Epiphyllum

"Bring her to me!" the head of the political department refused to let her die like this, gritting his teeth as he ordered the medical team that hurriedly arrived, "Even if you have to slice her into pieces, make her into a treatment potion!"

Slice her into pieces?

None of the medical team dared to approach, as the fluid leaking from under Xin Lang was staining the soil a different color!

"Head of the political department, her entire body has been infected and is gradually becoming fungal. Even if we take her to the laboratory, I’m afraid there won’t be anything left in the end..." One of the doctors couldn’t finish his sentence before being shot dead by the head of the political department.

The others didn’t dare to make a sound and could only pick up their equipment and walk towards Xin Lang.

However, just then, a sandstorm suddenly rose out of nowhere behind the military, covering the vast area in the blink of an eye. In just over ten seconds, the sandstorm abruptly disappeared. The head of the political department’s side suffered no attack, but Xin Lang under the protective wall had vanished without a trace.

"Find her for me now!" the head of the political department roared, but then someone pointed at the protective wall and said, "How come there’s a piece missing there?"

Indeed, a piece was missing. Close to the ground, the protective wall had a gap several dozen meters long and narrow, as if it had been sliced in the middle, barely wide enough for a hand to pass through, too much trouble even for a dog to squeeze into. But after the gap appeared, the entire protective wall started to shake as if it were a person moving its muscles, and sounds of "crackling" were continuously coming from inside.

Before the military had time to withdraw, the constantly exploding protective wall broke in the middle, the spreading crack instantly covering the wall surface, then began to collapse on a large scale!

"Run for your lives!" a cry of despair rang out from the crowd, but the protective wall of Clown City was built so tall and thick that when this massive volume was robbed of its bones, it fell like a mountain collapsing, a torrent of dirt and stone!

There was a distance between the protective wall and the residential houses, with government offices and venues such as stadiums in between. There wasn’t much activity late at night, only the military, which had been sent to search for Xin Lang and maintain the wall, was densely spread out on a long line of defense.

The collapsing protective wall rushed to both sides like a flood, burying most people in an instant. As the surrounding area wasn’t reinforced, when the heavy mass came crashing down, the ground also cracked all the way like a lit fuse, swallowing both people and stones!

The tremendous roar woke the entire city, and many looked out from high places, only to see the wall that had stood on the western side of Chaoyang Clown City for nearly twenty years had turned into a heap of chaotic rocks, and their wails momentarily drowned out the city’s alarm bells.

At this time, Xu Huo was already speeding along the main city road with Xin Lang in his car.

The fate of a spore... of course, is to spread and continue to grow.

Xu Huo had understood the meaning of this additional task when Xin Lang began spitting out white silk – "spore" didn’t refer to the seed of a certain fungus, but to Xin Lang, the humanoid disseminator. Her destiny was to spread the fungus using herself, and of course, that was her own subjective choice, but since it had to be done, it’s best for the spore to spread as far and wide as possible.

Leaning in the back seat, Xin Lang, looking at the person covered in "white hair" in front, asked, "Why do you want to save me? Aren’t you afraid of being infected by me?"

It was time for Xu Huo to stop hiding, and he briefly explained the bonus mission.

After a moment of silence, Xin Lang said, "Having me with you makes us a bigger target, and there are players chasing you. Kill me, and scatter my remains across different corners of the city; you can accomplish the mission the same way."

"No need," Xu Huo said, turning the steering wheel. "The protective wall can buy us some time, enough for both of us to reach our goals, and for you to stay alive."

Xin Lang smiled silently, then said, "Look at your hand."

White particles floated inside the car. Xu Huo would, of course, not open his protective suit, but then he heard the person behind him say, "The King Fungus transferred to you when you carried me out of the department store earlier."

"Squeal—!" The tires screeched sharply against the ground as Xu Huo slammed on the brakes and turned his head back with an icy expression, "What did you say?"

"I’m not lying to you." Xin Lang was indifferent to his attitude, "The King Fungus can dissolve deadly toxins and pathogens. Although it parasitizes the human body, it doesn’t grow endlessly. Most of the time, it is dormant."

"If it’s really that effective, then why are you suffering from backlash now?" Xu Huo asked coldly.

"It has nothing to do with that, I just want to die," Xin Lang said wearily, pausing for a moment before continuing, "Do you know why the fungi in Clown City could undergo Super Evolution?"

She pulled out a very small black stone from her shoe heel and, pinching it between her fingers, held it before Xu Huo’s eyes, "I guess it’s because of this Nüwa Stone."

"I was infected as a child because I accidentally encountered the King Fungus growing near this stone, which allowed me to survive."

"The King Fungus had a very fine rhizome attached to it. Its growth rate and strength are far superior to other fungi, almost covering most of the underground nests."

"You’ve seen what the King Fungus can do. It can detoxify the host and even leave the body to detoxify others, without any side effects on the individual."

"But its lifespan is not unlimited, it will die a natural death in the human body. However, if one wears this stone, it can divide multiple times and grow infinitely."

After she had finished speaking, she tossed the stone forward, "Here, it’s yours."

Xu Huo caught it and turned the stone in his hand, his expression darkening slightly, the stone closely resembling the one V Fan Xiao had left him.

"Did you come up with the name ’Nüwa Stone’?" he asked.

"Yeah." Xin Lang exhaled softly, "With it, one can have endless hope. But Clown City doesn’t need it anymore."

"Why?"

"The reason why there aren’t many players born in Clown City might also be because of it." Xin Lang’s face started to grow thin hairs, "What’s different about Clown City compared to other game zones? Probably the fungi grow too well."

"Maybe without the Nüwa Stone and the King Fungus, more players would emerge."

"Getting infected by the fungi in the underground nests isn’t a big deal; maybe they won’t have to wait for the fungi to self-purify, and someone will find a way to save themselves from the game."

"Then, no one will be able to cover up the sins of Clown City, and every ignorant person will pay the price for once feasting on their kin, and future generations born in Clown City will remember this lesson, making Clown City better and better..."

She was dissolving like water, with a large amount of plankton adhering and trickling from the corner of her mouth, gradually obscuring her eyes and nose from view.

Xu Huo took out a small flag and placed it by her side.

[Congratulations to player Passerby A for successfully clearing the "Contest of Evil." You have completed three side quests and one additional quest, achieving an S-rank Super Evaluation. You will receive one new main attribute, three extended attributes, one Rank-C Item, two Level D Items, and five Level E Props, an increase in wealth of 20,000 White Notes, and thirty potions. There is also a special reward for triggering and completing the additional quest.]