Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 747

Chapter 747: Chapter 747

"Mirror Hotel?"

"It took me several days inside to figure it out," said Peng Fengnian, "You see, the doors here and the general layout of the rooms are all reversed from a real hotel, as if looking at a hotel in a mirror."

"That’s not accurate," Xiao Ling said, "The outside walls and the doors are inverted."

"Generally, it’s like that," Peng Fengnian glanced at her, "During the day we see the outside scenery reversed too, overall it’s correct."

"Besides, sometimes we can hear footsteps inside the rooms and outside."

Speaking of footsteps, the three of them were already familiar. Xu Huo immediately asked, "Do you follow the footsteps?"

"Just as expected from you," nodded Peng Fengnian, "We thought we might be able to make contact with the outside by following the sounds of footsteps, but we were unsuccessful..."

"Not only unsuccessful, but it also dragged others down," Xiao Ling interrupted him. "Each of us was pulled in here after hearing footsteps!"

Worried Xu Huo might misunderstand, Peng Fengnian hurriedly said, "These two things aren’t related; if we knew how to pull people into the Mirror Hotel, why wouldn’t we just leave directly?"

"Besides, starting from last night, I haven’t left my room. There’s not even an indirect relation, let alone a direct one."

"And I was the first person to come in here, so whose footsteps did I hear? Before me, there were simply no players!"

Xiao Ling and Yu Guangnan were not convinced, and Peng Fengnian, a bit angry, said, "If I really knew how to get out, I would have left long ago. Why would I stay here?"

"Maybe it only allows entry without exit," Xiao Ling said sharply, "I’ve seen too many people trying to drag others down with them, even when they’re seconds from dying!"

Peng Fengnian wasn’t in a good state and didn’t continue to argue. Instead, he turned to Xu Huo, "I have no need to lie to you. I still want you to take me and my companions out."

"I can’t guarantee we can get out." Xu Huo said indifferently, "Last time was just luck."

Peng Fengnian seemed to have made up his mind, "It can’t get worse than it is now. We’ve been here for five days, almost out of food and physical enhancement potions. We won’t last much longer. Either we’ll starve or die fighting amongst ourselves."

"Don’t rush to refuse. We’ve been here longer, we know more. Can you search this huge hotel all by yourself?"

Of course, what he said was true. Even if Xu Huo wanted to go out and look around, he’d have to be aware of the lurking monster. Having someone to lure it away would be better.

However, the current priority wasn’t finding a way out but three prerequisites.

First, the problem of food consumption.

Level D players should be able to store quite a bit of food and water, not to the point of running out in five days.

Second, the number of those monsters.

Seeing just one doesn’t mean there is only one.

Third, whether hiding in a room is 100% effective at avoiding monster attacks.

Peng Fengnian immediately answered. Regarding food, in the Mirror Hotel, people became especially hungry. Even without a tug-of-war with monsters or wandering around the hotel, energy consumption was fast. There was a need for a lot of energy replenishment, and the hunger worsened over time. No matter what or how much they ate, it wasn’t effective.

So far, they had only seen one monster. Previously, in an attempt to investigate a way out, they tried luring the monster to explore, and in the process, they lost several companions. If there were more monsters, they surely would have been attracted by the commotion.

As for hiding in the room, they had tested it with their lives. The monster would attack rooms with open doors unabashedly, but as long as the door was closed, it lost all interest. Unless the noise inside was too loud, it wouldn’t linger too long outside the door even if it heard sounds.

Xu Huo nodded after listening, making a simple summary.

Firstly, Peng Fengnian’s group didn’t rob Xiao Ling and the others because they hoped they could find an exit. Also, after five days, their resources had diminished greatly, and fighting would likely put them at a disadvantage, not to mention if they attracted the monster, they would have nowhere to run.

Furthermore, they probably realized that normal food might no longer satisfy their appetite, and soon they might fall into the madness of hunger like before the initial review. At that time, it was uncertain what they’d want to eat.

Secondly, the monster not attacking closed doors might not be due to special constraints; it could simply be because it was full. In five days, along with the three players who came with Xu Huo, at least seven or eight people died inside the Mirror Hotel, and considering half a body was still left, it showed it really wasn’t hungry.

Although Xu Huo now had a basic understanding, he still trusted his own judgment more. He started to ask about the details.

For example, how far the footsteps were followed before entering the Mirror Hotel, at what time they appeared, after entering, in which places outside’s footsteps were heard, the duration of these occurrences, the times when the monster appeared, its state at those times, which floors it frequently lurked on, whether it had a fixed nest and excretion spots, if it would ever leave the hotel, and what it looked like during the day, and so on.

Perhaps Peng Fengnian had been down too long; the ropes outside the window started to shake. He went over and waved, and another player came down.

This person was quite young and, compared to Peng Fengnian’s disheveled appearance, kept himself very tidy. Although he didn’t look great, he was quite wary of Xu Huo and the others.

"This is a friend I met in the instance, very capable." To avoid Xu Huo using a fake name, Peng Fengnian didn’t say his name.

"Yu Huo." Xu Huo took the initiative to greet the young man.

But the other party wasn’t appreciative and went straight to Peng Fengnian, "Teacher Pan has something to tell you."

Peng Fengnian’s face darkened, "Teacher Pan’s method didn’t work. We haven’t made any progress these five days!"

In front of outsiders, the young man didn’t elaborate further, only repeating, "Teacher Pan is calling you up."

Peng Fengnian silent for two seconds before turning back to Xu Huo, "I need to go up for a bit."

"Suit yourself," Xu Huo was indifferent. It wasn’t possible for Peng Fengnian’s group to be here just for a collective clearance. It’s not unreasonable to be wary of other players.

After the two left, Xiao Ling said, "They’re beating around the bush; they’ve not held in anything good... Probably in a few days, they’ll start eating people."

Yu Guangnan seemed very alarmed, "Will the voracious appetite reappear?"

"Hard to say," Xiao Ling’s expression grew serious, "There might be something here that causes players to mutate. Not only Evolvers have a voracious appetite, so do Aliens."

Soon they might face not just monsters, but also players regressing into Aliens!

"Are you sure about cooperating with them?" Xiao Ling looked up and asked Xu Huo.

"The details they have can help us save time," Xu Huo emphasized the word "time". Then he added, "Degenerated or not, it’s no matter. Once they lose reason, compared to us, they’ll be more dangerous."