Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 568: Disaster Comes Out of Nowhere

Chapter 568: Chapter 568: Disaster Comes Out of Nowhere

Yuan Cun was dead, and the man on the Bell Tower hadn’t shown himself yet. Unclear of his motive for killing, Xu Huo could only run forward at top speed. Suddenly, he felt something off behind him. He turned his head and saw that a small building opposite the Bell Tower was gradually turning into paper—it looked more like the exterior walls of the building had become paper, but then the entire building folded like paper, collapsing into a board as tall as the building itself and falling to the ground.

Following that were the second and third buildings. Connected houses snapped together from one end to the other, instantly turning into a stack of paper houses. The inner furnishings and a few scattered people hidden within all fell out.

Then, Xu Huo saw several paper birds fly out from the Bell Tower, heading straight for those buildings that had turned into paper boards.

Clearly, the paper birds’ goal was not the inconsequential people who had fallen out of the paper houses. In front of the paper houses, several people suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Using props to stay airborne, it was evident they had also just teleported there. They quickly dodged upon seeing the paper birds flying toward them and launched an attack at the Bell Tower!

A giant water bubble descended from the sky, enveloping the entire Bell Tower, and upon landing, it kept expanding, gradually enclosing the surrounding blocks within it. The paper birds, slowed by the water, struggled to catch up to these newly arrived players. At that moment, one of them drew a line through the water with one hand; the water in the bubble automatically formed a blade and cut the Bell Tower in half!

The tower collapsed in the water, and the man with mutton chop beards stood suspended in it, releasing a palm-sized paper fish. In the form of paper in the water, the fish swiftly expanded to a length of twenty meters and swung its tail, stirring up a surge within the water bubble.

The bulging water bubble resembled an extremely elastic jelly, with currents swirling inside and its surface undulating. Moreover, it continued to grow in size.

The collapse of the protective wall had happened just half an hour earlier. The residents of Clown City hadn’t yet calmed down from the unbelievable shock or the panic of an imminent Alien invasion, when they saw such large waves appearing in the center of the city. Although the waves hadn’t broken, if they did, at least a few streets of residential buildings would be swept away.

So, as the water bubble grew, the residents of Clown City started leaving their homes and fleeing toward the pillar bridges.

The city was thrown into chaos. The government personnel previously in charge of rescue and suppressing the explosion criminals clearly were insufficient, and more than half of the army brought by the mayor were buried under the protective wall. The reinforcements didn’t know whether to maintain order first, rush to the protective wall for emergency reinforcements, or gather players to figure out a way to remove that water bubble.

The players harbored by the mayor’s office weren’t foolish either. Seeing that the situation was out of control and with clearly high-level players clashing inside the water bubble, they dared not approach, let alone intervene.

Thus, many players chose to leave Clown City.

Xu Huo looked at the giant water bubble from a distance. Unless the players could retract it completely, its rupture would undoubtedly cause a major flood.

It was a shame that Xin Lang and others had exhausted their efforts for the future of Clown City, not expecting that such an unexpected catastrophe would strike. Perhaps before those infected had time to slowly repent and come to their senses, the fighting between the high-level players would destroy the city.

With things having reached this point, Xu Huo had no room to intervene. He picked a safe spot to descend into the nest, using the "Life Core" to melt the underground workings near the protective wall, then took advantage of the chaos to climb over the protective wall.

The protective wall had now become a low hill of gentle slope. The commotion had long attracted the attention of the Aliens in the cleaning zone. Indeed, some Aliens were heading towards Chaoyang Clown City. However, the protections in the cleaning zone were well implemented, with underground audio devices buried specifically to control the Aliens. After the incident, the devices automatically activated, driving away any Aliens that approached with high-frequency sound.

As Xu Huo passed through the cleaning zone, he encountered two groups of Aliens fleeing in all directions. He avoided the Different Species Groups by moving through the air and made it to the Mist Forest Area successfully.

Only after he descended did he discover that the female player, Ergou, and Siming were still trapped in the underground nest. Zhuo Wangsun hadn’t left either, although the three of them weren’t together.

"Is anyone there? Help me..." the female player called out weakly, her face covered with purplish-blue veins, deeply poisoned.

When Xu Huo descended, he saw her just in time. Her face showed surprise and delight as she mustered her strength to try to stand up, tearing away the fungal strands that grew over her clothes. However, the next second, she sat back down, once again swallowed by the embrace of the mycelium.

Xu Huo didn’t go over to her but instead leaped down from the side.

"Old Wu...!" A weak shout came from above, and Xu Huo kept leaping down until he finally reached the deepest part of the nest.

Unlike the surface above, which was covered in a variety of colored fungi, only a very fine white mycelium grew on the rocks and soil below. It was different from the mass mycelium at the entrance, resembling more of a spiderweb pattern.

He placed the Nüwa Stone on it, and the mycelium began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After some thought, he made a small cut in the palm of his hand, approached the toxic fungi he had brought down, and soon, white mycelium threads extended from the wound. Like tentacles, they stretched and probed toward the toxic fungi. Moments later, the toxic fungi in the test tube withered away.

When the mycelium retracted, Xu Huo took out the Appraisal Fork and used it on the wound. A projection appeared in mid-air:

"A healthy male with even body fat and no toxins, lengthy history of medication use, non-poisonous food consumption..."

Indeed, even after digesting the toxic fungi, the King Fungus retained no toxins.

Based on what was currently understood, the King Fungus could coexist within the human body, automatically detoxifying without any cost to the host. Most of the time it remained dormant, dying off on its own after a period, without worrying about side effects or the problem of being indelible. It truly qualified as a perfect detox agent.

Could it really be that no one knew of this?

After some deliberation, Xu Huo added some mycelium into the Antitoxin. On his way back to the surface, he used collection tools to sample various fungi for the cargo hold and consulted the Fungi Compendium to identify some with research value. Only then did he casually take Zhuo Wangsun, who had been wandering in the nest, and bring him out.

"Why didn’t you leave after clearing the level?" he asked Zhuo Wangsun.

Zhuo Wangsun gave a wry smile and rolled up his sleeve, "I want to leave too, but I’ve been infected with the fungus. We don’t have this kind of stuff in our gaming zone, and once I leave, it’ll be hard to find a cure."

"Do you have the Antitoxin? I thought about how everything has its counterparts, maybe there’s a counteracting fungus nearby."

Xu Huo silently looked at the multi-colored fungi that covered his arm.

Zhuo Wangsun was extremely embarrassed, "I’ve tried several kinds without any results, so I could only collect some samples to take back."

The typical situation of having too many lice to be worried about itching.

Xu Huo didn’t say much more and took him to get Siming and the female gamer out.