Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 625: Discussion on Mental-Type Instances

Chapter 625: Chapter 625: Discussion on Mental-Type Instances

Zheng Liang paused for a moment, then stormed out, slamming the door behind him.

Xu Huo took the cellphone from the table, browsing through the fantasies about Xu Zhi generated from Zheng Liang’s memories. Then, with a loosening grip, the phone turned into smoke and disappeared.

At that moment, he sensed someone entering the building in area two, so he stood up, opened a door inside the room, and directly emerged in the corridor outside the bacterium sample repository.

Two players stealthily avoided the Security Guard and made their way to this level. They had just passed a pathology room and opened a locked "No Entry" door to get past the first checkpoint.

Xu Huo noticed they used a tool to unlock the door. With a thought, he added an experimental sample room in the corridors on both sides behind the door and placed two Aliens, conjured from the players’ imaginations, inside.

"Bang! Bang!"

Just as they walked past, the creatures banged against the door. One of the female players jumped in fright and instinctively drew the short knife from her waist, assuming a defensive stance.

The other, a male player, glanced at the dented door and said calmly, "Don’t worry, they can’t get out. Remember what I told you?"

The female player nodded, "As long as we make rational use of the copy, even a fictitious reality can become advantageous to us."

"That’s right." The male continued as they walked on, "Not just saying it out loud, but also constantly reminding yourself. Even if there are Aliens inside, they absolutely cannot break through the laboratory’s doors, otherwise this hospital couldn’t possibly operate." "That is how you turn a disadvantage into an advantage."

"A lot of things in this hospital are actually fake. Just look at the difference between day and night to understand," the male player said, "It’s so fierce at night, how can there not be a trace seen during the day? This is actually one of the characteristics of a psychic copy. Things imagined by players can become real, but only to a limited extent, and players lose their abilities, so the damage they can do to the structure is minor. Although the contrast between day and night can drive one mad, from another angle, it precisely shows that this isn’t reality."

"Brother, I’m worried that if it takes too long, I still won’t be able to withstand the power of the copy." The female player spoke, "The tools I’ve taken out can still be used, but my personal panel can’t be opened anymore."

"I’ve looked at the hospital’s blueprint. The sample repository is right ahead. Just grab any sample," the male player reassured her.

But the female player still had doubts, "How do we know which samples are real and which are fake?"

Clearly lacking a specific criterion to judge, the male could only suggest, "Then just take them all, we’re bound to encounter a real one."

Xu Huo stepped out from the adjacent corridor, and the siblings immediately sprang back three meters, warily watching him, "Who are you!"

Xu Huo examined them, "You’re players as well?"

After exchanging a glance, the brother replied, "Who else would come here but players?"

Xu Huo nodded slightly, "You seem to be in good shape, fully conscious."

"You’re here for a sample too, aren’t you?" the brother said, "Let’s mind our own business. You get yours, we get ours."

Xu Huo agreed but then said, "However, there’s only one sample repository on this floor. You wouldn’t be so domineering as to tell me to find another place, right? I almost ended up in a lab when I first came up. It’s dangerous everywhere here, and I don’t want to change spots."

His words weren’t forceful, but his attitude was firm. Either way, he wasn’t giving up his spot.

At that time, the sister added, "The repository must be big enough. Let’s just each take what we need without getting in each other’s way."

Xu Huo glanced out the window, "It’s getting dark again. I don’t want to stay here for a long time. How about we make this quick?"

The siblings looked outside in surprise, thinking it wasn’t even noon yet!

But in reality, the sun was indeed already setting.

"Anything can happen in the copy, so let’s hurry," the sister said.

Thus, they no longer delayed and headed straight for the sample repository.

However, the repository was sealed behind a reinforced door with a new-style electronic lock which made the male player’s tools utterly useless.

"Let me try." Xu Huo pulled out the Crimson Sword and quickly cut a square hole in the door.

Seeing him conjure a tool out of thin air stunned the siblings, with the sister blurting out, "How are you completely unaffected by the copy?"

Stowing his sword, Xu Huo entered first, saying, "I’ve been to a psychic copy before and learned a trick or two."

Their gazes at him immediately changed, with the sister signaling the brother, who, while rummaging for samples, tried to cozy up to Xu Huo, "I’ve been in one before, too. Psychic copies aren’t too hard, but not too simple either. It all depends on whether one can remain mentally stable. I consider myself quite calm, but my personal panel still got shut down under the copy’s effects. Brother, how did you do it?"

Xu Huo looked back at him with a half-smile, prompting the brother to quickly add, "We’re all players here; I get it, I get it. I won’t ask for your experience for nothing. I’ll pay for it, how about a hundred thousand White Notes?"

"How’ll you pay if you can’t even open your personal panel?" Xu Huo, having given the cabinets a cursory look and finding them empty, said with disappointment, "They’re all empty, looks like we need to move to the next floor."

"If the copy mentions samples, there must be some," the male player patted Xu Huo’s shoulder and handed him a business card, "I’m not an unreliable person. I work here; you can come to look for me anytime."

"Divine Wind Express?" Xu Huo raised an eyebrow, "Exclusively serving players?"

"We handle the transportation of tools, potions, and special items," said the male player. "Divine Wind is my ID in the game; my name is Ah-Yi, and this is my sister Ah-Ying. We co-own the company, and of course, our main clients are players."

Ah-Yi smiled and said, "Sooner or later, Zone 014 will fully integrate with the game, and players will become the norm like couriers today. High-value items can also be delivered. This business will eventually take off."

"That’s very visionary of you," Xu Huo complimented. Although it sounded like a pipe dream for now, as players developed, surely legal and reasonable channels of transport would appear—whether above ground or below.

Above ground would require the support of the Special Defense Department, while below ground, the team responsible for deliveries must have high confidentiality and capability. He was aware of the "couriers" specifically in Zone 011, though they weren’t organizational but rather dedicated—decided by the player’s professional traits.

Quite a few players engaged in this type of work.

"So you don’t have to worry about me not paying," Ah-Yi said heartily, offering one of his belted tools to Xu Huo, "If you’re not reassured, you can take this as collateral."

"I’ll take you up on that friendship," Xu Huo accepted the card but pushed the tool back, "Actually, the principle isn’t hard. For a copy to affect a person, it must go through a certain medium. If you can use a tool to the greatest extent to block this medium, you can minimize the impact."

"That’s my method. You aren’t like other players lost in illusions, are you using a tool, too?"