Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 697 A Gift That Fits

Chapter 697: Chapter 697 A Gift That Fits

Xu Huo didn’t smile.

After a brief silence, Yi Pei asked again, "Are those people from Sifang Palace City still alive?"

"About half," Xu Huo said. The copy boss wouldn’t be crazy enough to kill everyone, otherwise, where would they find so much nourishment.

But if it really wanted to do so, no one could stop it.

"I thought only one child was left," Yi Pei murmured. "But even if there’s just one child left, that’s fine."

For a moment, the eyes of the three of them landed on the unconscious child.

As they stepped on the stone path in the center of the pool, they unexpectedly encountered other players.

"You’re still alive!" Wei Xian clamored as he climbed out of the water, soaking wet, and excitedly approached them.

"Bang!" A droplet shot from the Water Cutter Gun shattered the stone before his feet; Xu Huo raised his chin to signal him to stand still, "Have you been hiding underwater all this time?"

"Didn’t I say my profession was Fishing Expert? I hid in the water as soon as I crossed the stone bridge," Wei Xian said. "I’m not good at fighting, but I can still manage to hide. How is it inside Sifang Palace City? What about the others?"

"No immediate danger," Xu Huo put away his tools. "The only players alive should be us."

"Shall we go to the county city now?" Wei Xian looked back at the seriously injured Yi Pei and offered, "Let me carry him. You’re not lightly wounded either..."

This time Xu Huo didn’t stop him, just watched him.

Wei Xian had already walked up to the two of them, extended his hand, then retracted it, "Never mind, I’m all wet."

After speaking, he automatically fell back.

Xu Huo withdrew his gaze as they silently walked along the stone path towards the opposite shore.

Wei Xian followed behind the three, his gaze constantly moving over them, but until they reached the shore, he just followed quietly.

Xu Huo didn’t rush back to the county city. After putting down Yi Pei, he patted Wei Xian on the shoulder, speaking with a pleasant face, "I’d like to ask you for a favor."

The previously tense atmosphere cleared, and Wei Xian promptly said, "Mutual benefit, it’s only right."

"There should be a sluice gate under the pool. I need you to look for it." Xu Huo handed over a one-time tool given to him by Fu Danhong.

"Destroy the pool?" Wei Xian was perplexed, "Isn’t it no longer dangerous?"

Xu Huo didn’t explain, and Bian Jin next to him said, "Just a precaution, in case there’s a problem later on. We three are seriously injured, so we can only ask you to go."

After hesitating for a moment, Wei Xian still took it. He dived into the water gracefully, and when he popped his head out, he inadvertently met Xu Huo’s eyes. The man standing on the shore was looking at him expressionlessly.

Fear flashed in his eyes, and with a wave of his hand, he plunged back into the water.

Once he was far enough away, Xu Huo sat down under the tree to rest, and Yi Pei said, "This guy doesn’t mean well."

"He doesn’t dare," Xu Huo cleaned his wounds. "If he did, he would have made a move just now."

He deliberately exposed his back to him and he still didn’t strike; the opponent was quite cautious.

"Regardless, we should still be careful," Bian Jin added. "What I dread is him exploiting the situation."

"It wouldn’t hurt to have him help for now," Xu Huo shifted his attention from the topic and examined the wound on his arm.

After discovering the tiny insects in the wound, he specifically wrapped the wound with a potion to soak it, which had a pretty good effect. Although his water bag got punctured back in Sifang Palace, the wound had noticeably improved.

After scraping off the remaining bit of rotten flesh and applying some medicine, he rewrapped the wound with a fresh dose of the potion.

"What kind of wound is this?" Yi Pei had noticed it two days earlier, "Didn’t a Self-Healing Potion work?"

"It’s a kind of very small insect, invisible to the naked eye, but you can draw them out with water," Xu Huo explained succinctly.

"They must be Corpsebone Worms," Bian Jin suddenly said. "I’ve seen them in other zones before. Some people specifically breed them to eat corpses. They are small, but their vitality and reproductive capacity are strong. Usually, pouring a bottle on a pile of corpses is enough for them to clean up the flesh and bones in a very short time."

"These insects are not poisonous, and a fire afterward takes care of everything."

"Corpsebone Worms... they eat everything?" Xu Huo thought about the water bag he had spilled in Sifang Palace.

He took out bottles from the luggage compartment. The pieces of wood and food he had thrown in earlier to test the insects were all reduced to a bit of foam, but the stones were still intact.

"That’s a shame."

The bombardment and the fire probably killed off every insect in the Sifang Palace, but it was actually a very good idea.

"Why use insects to eat the corpses?" Yi Pei’s focus was different, "There are many ways to dispose of corpses, but wouldn’t these insects overrun if released?"

Bian Jin was silent for a few seconds before replying, "The favorite food of Corpsebone Worms is human and animal carcasses. They can eat other things too, but their survival period is greatly reduced, and they’ll die out before becoming a disaster."

"Such methods are used by some backward small districts where the costs are relatively low."

Yi Pei, having understood, couldn’t help but sigh, "I’ve heard other players say that some districts have been weak since their creation. After being plundered by others, they might turn into ’junkyards,’ with adults and children living amidst rubbish, and with very short lifespans."

"There are countless such things in the game," Bian Jin nodded.

Humans are more insignificant than they believe they are.

Listening to their conversation, Xu Huo looked across the shore. There were many people like Xiao Yun and the residents of Sifang Palace City in the game; they were eliminated from this evolution game before they even got their tickets.

But not everything under the fierce fire turns to ashes.

After dividing the liquid from the bottle among three bottles and adding food to each, he asked Bian Jin, "How much can they multiply in two days?"

"At least five times the number," Bian Jin said, somewhat puzzled, "What do you want these insects for?"

"I’m preparing a special gift for the dungeon boss," Xu Huo put away the bottles and stood up. Wei Xian had already swum to the shore. Before he could climb out, a muffled sound came from underwater, followed by a flash of dark light. A great splash rose in the pool, which then turned into a whirlpool—the water level of the pool began to drop!

"There’s a drainage gate below," Wei Xian said, "The sound of water we heard earlier must be coming from there. The stone bridge will only become visible once the water is let out. I just went down, and the gate has closed again."

This wasn’t hard to understand. The pool was originally designed to separate the two areas of Sifang Palace City, and with the gate closed, by daybreak, the water would nearly submerge the stone path again.

"With this, the true Sifang Palace City can’t stay hidden," Yi Pei said. "Once we burn down the county town, who knows if this dungeon can continue to exist."

"Survival dungeons can exist with or without the participation of ordinary people," Xu Huo said, his eyes deep.

As long as Sifang Palace remains, there won’t be a big problem. It’ll just mean that the dungeon boss won’t be able to feed on people as easily. However, players seeking high scores will still enter voluntarily.

Besides, Sifang Palace City isn’t completely isolated from the outside. There’s no guarantee that once a batch leaves, another won’t arrive.