Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 700 E27-001-01

Chapter 700: Chapter 700 E27-001-01

Xu Huo nodded, took the towel handed to him and wiped his hands, asking, "Anything I need to take care of during the time I was away?"

"Your Baron title has been recognized by the government, and the corresponding badge and identity documents have already been delivered. Additionally, the widow of Duke Tal has sent two invitations, one requesting your presence at Duke Tal’s funeral, and the other is for a charity banquet. The Duchess plans to auction the Duke’s belongings to raise funds for charity."

Duke Tal was also on that ship, and Xu Huo wasn’t surprised he didn’t survive. He told Mr. Dong, "Call the Duchess for me, I’ll visit in a couple of days."

His Baron title was processed so quickly undoubtedly with the Duchess’s help.

Mr. Dong agreed, then mentioned there were other noble invitations for leisure visits or banquets, but this time not because of Madame Butterfly, but because of his own status.

The Black Epaulette had investigated Xu Huo after the shipwreck incident. Since he hadn’t died on the ship, he must have entered the instance afterwards. The Duchess’s maternal family could intermarry with the Duke’s Family because they had several capable players— even now, with advanced weaponry in Zone 011, a player with not-so-high potential but capability was very much worth the nobles’ time to curry favor.

Moreover, considering the infighting on the ship, there was factional struggle among the nobles, and the rise of the Black Epaulette was actually the result of their conflict. At this time, the role of players became crucially important.

"Did Bai Kou come back?" Xu Huo asked further.

"No," Mr. Dong’s expression and tone remained unchanged.

The things Mr. Dong talked about were matters Xu Huo, as the owner of Rose Castle, inevitably had to deal with. When Xu Huo reached the study, he found the actual invitations were far more numerous than Mr. Dong had mentioned, including one from Ran Ying.

To get by in Zone 011, the ship’s affairs had to be kept secret.

Xu Huo had no great feelings about Ran Ying bringing him onto the ship; she was a capable woman, just with different views.

He moved her invitation to one side and asked Mr. Dong to brew a pot of tea. Only after he left did Xu Huo summon the Girl in the painting.

The Girl in the painting had been eagerly waiting, and as soon as she transformed into human form, she tried to rush outside. Xu Huo stopped her and asked her to change into a more inconspicuous appearance.

"You can stay here, but you must follow the rules we agreed upon."

The Girl in the painting nodded and typed on her phone, "I promise not to change into other people’s appearances at will, and I’ll behave and not run around or kill people randomly."

The words were bluntly chilling, but Xu Huo nodded in satisfaction and said, "Go find Mr. Dong, and let him prepare a room for you. If you need anything, you can tell him."

He paused and then added, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do. The clothes and jewelry in Zone 011 are quite nice; you pick them out yourself."

The Girl in the painting, being experienced, snuggled up to him, "Let’s go together."

"Not this time, I have money now," Xu Huo said generously, "You can buy whatever you like."

The Girl in the painting ran out smiling joyfully, and a little while later, Mr. Dong came in to tell him that he would arrange for two maids to accompany the Girl in the painting, "She also needs an identity certificate."

That wasn’t difficult; Xu Huo left all the arrangements for necessary devices like the communications instrument to Mr. Dong, and the Girl in the painting got a new name: Xu Chun.

After sorting things out for the Girl in the painting, Xu Huo continued to check the messages on his communicator.

Some were sent from the game base, task notifications from Shi Youzhi.

Xu Huo was now an external member of the base, enjoying certain game privilege policies while also fulfilling duties. However, the Orbital Supply Department didn’t enforce strict requirements; instance players were free to take on instances and report back after completion, with corresponding rewards for completed tasks.

Hence the task notifications had a two-day validity period. If players missed this window, they wouldn’t be arranged into the tasks, and he’d missed out on two tasks so far.

That wasn’t important; Xu Huo didn’t enter the game base to escape instances through the grey player identity, but rather for the base benefits. Good props can’t be bought with money alone—whether it was the game district’s auction places or the game base itself, there were certain restrictions on players buying props, and money couldn’t monopolize high-level prop acquisition. Moreover, some high-level props couldn’t be bought with money but only through barter.

The final grading of the "Shared Vision" instance was A; this time he didn’t acquire any new traits, but among the props he’d obtained, a noteworthy item was a Rank-C item, "Standardized Weightlessness". It had effects similar to "Floating Balloon", allowing people or objects to become weightless and float, but its range was wider, affecting all people and objects within a five-meter radius of the prop holder, with a time limit of ten seconds.

Although both were Rank-C items, "Standardized Weightlessness" was clearly much more useful.

However, since he already had several Rank-B items, Rank-C items were less significant to him.

What he currently lacked were props suitable for combat. The Crimson Sword was handy, but it’s too easy for its flaws to be identified and guarded against.

Apart from combat items, Evolution Potions were also urgent necessities for him. Compared to other players of his level, a 30% evolution rate was relatively low.

Putting the things from his desk aside, Xu Huo stood up and went to the third floor study.

Using the "Diamond Key" to unlock the "lock", he entered the secret space of the castle, and picked up V Fan Xiao’s photo album again, flipping to the page where the stone was placed.

This irregular black stone looked more like a metal in color. He had searched the internet for related information before but found no matching ores, so he had no idea what it was for and simply left it there.

However, after the Nüwa Stone incident in Clown City, he had a new definition for this stone.

A stone V Fan Xiao took special care to collect obviously wasn’t ordinary ore. Following the Nüwa Stone, it might also be a special ore capable of affecting biological traits.

Wearing the Nüwa Stone allowed the King Fungus in his body to proliferate endlessly for permanent detoxification. He wondered what effect this stone might have.

Of course, Xu Huo didn’t expect it to have the same effect as the Nüwa Stone, but an ore was definitely a very important resource in the game. Advanced energy weapons and even high-level props might be based on such ores as raw materials.

However, V Fan Xiao had always been an enemy of the Game Government; what he left behind must be of vital importance.

He took out the Diamond Key and caressed the numbers at the bottom, E27-001-01—a not insubstantial address that corresponded to the 01 area of District 001 under E27 Wormhole Point. A game district would be divided into smaller regions, but relative to a specific location, the range was vast.

The address was vague, but the Diamond Key appeared to be specially made, whether it would be easy to find was uncertain.

Xu Huo took out the news of Fan Xiao’s arson in District 001 from the album and left the secret space.