Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 698: Xu Huo Was Here

Chapter 698: Chapter 698: Xu Huo Was Here

"We still need two days to clear the game," Wei Xian said, knowing little about the situation at Sifang Palace. The blasting of the water gate didn’t reassure him; on the contrary, he feared provoking the wrath of the game boss and inviting retribution.

"If it wants to kill, it doesn’t matter whether the water gate is blown up or not," Xu Huo replied with a slight smile, then told him, "We still have to stay in the game for two more days. Bian Jin and Yi Pei are seriously injured; let’s send them back to rest first. We have other things to do."

Wei Xian opened his mouth to say something, but instead of speaking, he picked up Yi Pei on his back.

When they returned to the county town at daybreak, they found a courtyard to stay in. After making repairs, Xu Huo and Wei Xian went to a resident’s home to collect some flammable materials to place in the half-remaining inn.

Burning down the inn wasn’t difficult, but as soon as they left, the game boss could rebuild it at any time; it was not very effective.

"What’s the use of this?" Wei Xian asked as he carved some childish graffiti on the stone sculptures they had turned over in the woods following Xu Huo’s lead, "As soon as we leave, the game boss can make the locals destroy all these things."

Xu Huo, who was doing the same, replied, "At least it will cause some trouble, how can you say it’s useless?"

Wei Xian was at a loss for words, muttered, "Just causing trouble, what’s the use," and continued to bury his head in his work.

This didn’t take up much of their time, and as they finished, people gradually began to return from the pond. These people still had numb expressions, moving like puppets across the stone bridge and through the woods before returning to their homes to start washing up.

"Do they really feel nothing at all?" Wei Xian couldn’t help asking.

Probably only children could remain completely oblivious after the fact, and the reason Xiao Yun degenerated into an alien so quickly might also be related to her consumption of player’s flesh and blood.

By noon, the town’s residents were slowly coming to their senses. They seemed to have grown accustomed to the situation in the town, only showing panic when they discovered the changes to the pond, but even that was limited; they had neither the ability nor the courage to investigate or resist.

By the afternoon, men and women, young and old in the town had begun to repair the destroyed houses, and some people contacted the bus driver who brought visitors to bring over materials.

As for the still-living Xu Huo and his companions, no one paid them any mind, except for a few children; the others kept their distance.

Xiao Yun and her siblings hadn’t come back, and the grandparents and their grandchild hadn’t survived. With more than half the town’s population gone, it felt somewhat desolate.

In such an atmosphere, Yi Pei and the others were reluctant to interact with the locals, only Xu Huo boarded the bus, accompanying the driver on a trip.

He couldn’t leave the game area before clearing the game. The farthest he could go was the place where they had gotten on the bus.

After making sure that the driver came every day, he booked a travel package with an out-of-town travel agency through the driver, arranging to pick up people in two days.

With time to spare, he spent it playing with the remaining children in the town.

Yi Pei and the others found this unbelievable, especially Wei Xian, who became restless after learning that the game boss might be doing business with a Super Player. Wei Xian couldn’t understand Xu Huo’s behavior at all.

"How can he remain so calm?" Wei Xian was even resentful; if Xu Huo hadn’t caused such a big incident, maybe the game boss would have settled for giving the stored bodies to the Suitcase Man. If the Suitcase Man came for nothing, wouldn’t he take his anger out on them?

"There’s nothing we can do now that it’s come to this," Bian Jin said as he lay low, "Maybe the Suitcase Man, in a fit of rage, will flatten this game area too, using the game boss as a cushion. That wouldn’t be a loss."

Yi Pei also started to laugh.

Compared to the two who were seriously injured, Wei Xian naturally felt unwilling. He had hidden underwater and had not been affected by the disaster; without it, he would have definitely been able to survive until the end of the instance!

Xu Huo was teaching two children to throw darts, and added a comment to the side, "If Sifang Palace hadn’t been blown up, could you have held your breath under water for three days? Or do you think the Black Armored People can’t go into the water?"

Wei Xian had nothing to say in response, and he didn’t dare to have a direct confrontation with him, so he left with a swing of his hand.

"Uncle, I want to play!" The children, with their large capacity for forgetfulness, quickly put the upheaval in the county town behind them and scrambled to gather around him.

Xu Huo smiled and let them take over his place and the darts. He leaned against a tree and began to play with the Paper Plane that the Paper Servant Master had given him.

Two days went by just like that, and by the afternoon of the third day, everyone received the notification that they had passed without incident. The tour bus Xu Huo had booked entered the county town, gathering up everyone who was willing and unwilling to leave, and set another fire in the town.

After passing the instance, Wei Xian left. Yi Pei and Bian Jin had not left yet, planning to leave with the tour bus. With the instance location unlocked, they could now come and go as they pleased, and could leave whenever they decided.

The convoy set off from the county town, and Xu Huo turned back for another visit to Sifang Palace. With no obstruction from the Black Armored People, he walked straight into the palace, left behind the Corpsebone Worm he had raised, and cheekily wrote on a column "Guess who was here."

Probably truly incensed by this in-your-face act, the ceiling of the second floor suddenly buckled, as if a twisted alien creature viciously smashed down towards him!

Xu Huo was caught off guard and was sent flying. His body crashed through a mountain of charred corpses and hit the wall opposite, but he patted off his clothes, stood up, looked up at the third floor, and smiled, "Goodbye."

"Boom boom boom!" The floor of the third floor completely collapsed, together with the mountain of corpses and the second floor, burying everything. Amidst the rolling dust, a white paper plane was deeply buried in the rubble.

"...Train number E2497 will arrive in three minutes; please prepare to board."

No sooner had Xu Huo arrived at the station than the announcement sounded. After scanning the situation inside the station, he walked to a corner and, like an ordinary traveler, took out his phone to browse through it.

This was a normal action for an ordinary person, but in the train station of the Dimensional Train, it stood out. Most players used props, so when he took out his phone, several players nearby also moved away.

There were no bodies in the station, and everyone boarded the train peacefully.

Upon entering the carriage, Xu Huo felt that there were many players heading to Zone 011 this time. After a brief pause, he called over the attendant and dipped into his wallet to get a seat towards the front.

"Sir, this is today’s specialty menu."

To the tune of elegant music and the aroma of delicious food, Xu Huo sat by the window, eating while enjoying the view outside, allowing his tense spirit to relax a little.

It was lucky not to encounter the Suitcase Man before the instance ended, although even now he wasn’t sure if the Suitcase Man would really appear. He had still used "Truth Above All" to go to Sifang Palace to leave the Paper Plane behind.

Of course, according to his fondest wishes, there might be an unexpected encounter between the two Super Players, but he was also aware that this probability was very small. More likely, the Paper Plane would end up in the hands of the instance boss.

However, in his view, this slight chance was very much worth a shot.