Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 667: It’s Better to Deal with Our Own People than Outsiders

Chapter 667: Chapter 667: It’s Better to Deal with Our Own People than Outsiders

"There’s nothing yet, but I’ve prepared a document about the random instance that appeared near headquarters, which includes a mental-type instance everyone could look at."

Nie Xuan displayed the document on the large screen. "The Seventeenth Hospital, a Level D random instance. This is also the first Level D mental-type instance to occur within our national borders. This instance lasted for about four hours, and yet it had the most player deaths of all the random instances that time, with nearly eighty people dead—cannibal players and ordinary players combined."

The screen switched to photos of the scene after the instance had disappeared, when bodies suddenly poured out en masse. Dozens of corpses were laid out together, each with a distinct and horrific death expression.

"The first to emerge from the instance were a brother and sister surnamed Ah. According to them, The Seventeenth Hospital was a complex instance involving hallucinations and a virus, and it was very difficult. Many players lost their minds due to interference from the instance."

"There are two points here. First, Xu Huo also entered that instance. Second, he experienced a mental evolution in Hua City beforehand."

"Are you suggesting that Xu Huo, with his advantages, used the instance to kill a large number of players?" Director Chang found the idea somewhat unbelievable. "But it’s a random instance. Even if he’s strong, he couldn’t just kill that many players in one go!"

"It’s not necessarily that he did it personally, but he could have interfered with others."

"Could it be that female player helping him secretly?"

"Li Chun wasn’t near headquarters when the instance started. And the name of this instance is quite interesting—The Seventeenth Hospital," Nie Xuan said. "The hospital where Xu Huo was treated for mental illness as a child was also called The Seventeenth Hospital."

The conference room fell silent, only for Nie Xuan to continue speaking, "Whether the two are directly related remains undetermined for now. However, judging by the exterior appearance and the characteristics at the time of activation, the instance is very similar to the overlapping space that moved from Ting City to materialized form. That overlapping space was also a psychiatric hospital, but at that time, no one triggered an instance. This time, the random instance that appeared became The Seventeenth Hospital."

"Based on my deductions, the overlapping space in Hua City was an unformed instance space. It only developed into today’s The Seventeenth Hospital instance because of the interference from the players who entered. According to Sima Xiao’er, everyone saw different hospital names initially, but in the end, it changed to The Seventeenth Hospital. I can only boldly speculate that it has something to do with Xu Huo."

Chief Wu couldn’t help but swallow hard. "Are you saying that a Level D player can own an instance?"

The fact that a random instance boss could be a player was no secret, but how one came to control an instance was still a blind spot for Zone 014. Instances were born by chance, and they could not exactly count on stumbling upon one.

But the "The Seventeenth Hospital" instance might have been born in Hua City, and its "efficiency" in Jing City had been so high that it was hard not to consider that possibility.

The expressions of everyone present were mixed, but the general sentiment was one of worry rather than joy. Owning a random instance would be an overwhelming force to lower-level players, utterly negating the absolute advantage of tickets.

"That’s not necessarily the case," Nie Xuan said again. "Perhaps he just obtained a ticket to the instance."

Similar to the instance entrance Country Y had acquired, Xu Huo might have obtained an instance activating item in the overlapping space. With his own evolution in the mental domain, the instance couldn’t be more suited for him, and using the instance to kill players wouldn’t be difficult.

The mood of the crowd rollercoastered, and Director Lü said, "Even just an instance entrance is enough to be daunting. Chief Nie makes a good point; he didn’t move the instance to Country Y, which indeed shows he was holding back."

"No matter what, we need to step up in our research on instances," Director Chang stated. "Otherwise, the Special Defense Department will indeed fall behind a player."

It’s difficult to trust the fickle human heart. Strength is everything.

This time there were no objections; Minister Fan assigned Nie Xuan to handle the interference task, with the requirement that Xu Huo’s name shouldn’t appear in relation to this attack. As for how others chose to conduct their speculation, that didn’t matter.

After the meeting, Director Lü held Nie Xuan back and asked directly, "Do you think Xu Huo is the owner of The Seventeenth Hospital?"

"I’ve already stated my position during the meeting," Nie Xuan replied with a slight smile. "It’s very hard for a player to own a random instance. I’m more inclined to believe that this instance is controlled by a special item, and the instance boss isn’t a living person."

Director Lü gazed at him intently for a while. "Are you telling the truth?"

"I only speak when I’m certain," Nie Xuan replied. "But sooner or later, a player will gain ownership of an instance. Rather than it belonging to someone from another country, it’s better if it’s one of our own."

"That makes sense," Director Lü stroked his chin. "After you’re done with headquarters, you need to work harder. We can’t afford to let the Special Defense Department fall behind."

"I’ll delegate my work to colleagues tonight, and enter the instance first thing tomorrow morning," Nie Xuan shifted the documents to his other hand.

"Leave the trivial matters to us. It would be a waste for your talents to be spent on such things," Director Lü took on his remaining tasks.

Nie Xuan smoothly accepted and left with the documents.

Back in his office, he sat at his desk, pulled out the last handwritten page from the file folder, and after a few seconds, he lit it with a lighter.

*

"What are you staring at, never seen a naked man before?" On a bus headed to the county town, a burly man who had just boarded used his scantily clad shirt to cover his bare legs and yelled at the passengers who turned their heads in unison for a glance.

"Seen naked butts, sure, but a naked butt parading around, now that’s a first," a young woman with a head full of braids quipped from the corner of the last row, arms crossed.

"It’s you!" The burly man rushed towards her, legs clenched together. "Damn woman, how dare you play me like that!"

The young woman touched her sleeve cuff, leisurely warning, "Don’t be rash now. Rush and the devil won’t even leave you that last scrap of modesty."

The burly man indeed paused, not because he was afraid but because the woman’s item was bloody strange.

"Find a seat and sit down. Why stand?" the driver called out.

The burly man looked around. There were only three empty seats left on the bus. Apart from seemingly NPC passengers, the rest were occupied by players who clearly looked tough.

He sniffed sharply and turned to the player sitting in front of him, "Get up!"

The player covered with a hat didn’t respond but the scent of blood emanated continuously from him, indicating that he was seriously wounded in the previous fight on the train.

The burly man preferred not to provoke other players and instead coerced this one, who looked softer, to give up the seat.

After a few seconds of no movement, the burly man reached to grab his shoulder, but another young player nearby quickly spoke up to intervene, "Fighting can affect... the impression of us... to others..."

But before he could finish his sentence, the burly man had already checked himself, as if someone had hit the pause button on him.