Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 798: Capital Safe Zone

Chapter 798: Chapter 798: Capital Safe Zone

If they really wanted to follow, Xu Huo couldn’t turn them away since the road allows no alternative.

However, Chi Nan and the others were true to action. Even after he made it clear he wouldn’t travel with them, they still parked their car nearby, taking turns to keep watch at night, casually strolling past Xu Huo’s car now and then to make their presence felt.

Xu Huo ignored them. After washing up and having breakfast the next day, he set off again.

As the car merged back onto the main road, he looked at the vehicle following behind and placed the Awakening Doll on the back seat.

It wasn’t until a while later that Little Pink Hat climbed up to the front seat, tugging at the doll’s head and asking, "You’re not looking for my help again, are you?"

Xu Huo handed her a pack of candy he bought in Zone 009, his demeanor relaxed, "I’ve come into a bit of a windfall recently."

Little Pink Hat, while popping candy into her mouth and crunching away, stared at him waiting for him to continue.

"I originally agreed to buy you two sets of Level D dresses, but with things being hectic, I only managed to buy one set. The other set was also supposed to be Level D, but I’ve come into some money, and Level D doesn’t quite cut it anymore."

After swallowing her candy, Little Pink Hat sweetly said, "You have that much money? Then buy me a Rank-C outfit, and I won’t hold it against you for not keeping your promise for so long!"

Xu Huo turned his head and smiled at her, "Do you really think I’m that generous?"

Little Pink Hat immediately pursed her lips and bounced twice on her seat, grumbling, "You adults always bully kids!"

Xu Huo handed her the dress, "I haven’t lied to you."

Little Pink Hat, having received her gift, was delighted and temporarily forgave him. She happily twirled the hem of her dress after a one-click change, "I haven’t had a new dress in so long!"

"You own an instance; you can’t be that poor," Xu Huo remarked.

"It’s not that I’m poor, it’s the players entering the instance who are poor!" Pink Hat pressed the doll’s head back on, "And they’re stingy, too. Some wouldn’t even buy a lollipop!"

Of course, she preferred candy to a new dress.

"Our trade has been pleasant, right?" Xu Huo said. "Most importantly, I’ve got money."

Little Pink Hat’s eyes sparkled, "I’ve heard that Zone 003 has a limited edition candy..."

"No problem," Xu Huo agreed readily, "but you’ll have to do me another favor."

Little Pink Hat wore an "I knew it" expression, "Sleazy adult."

"Just a tiny favor, help me pull someone into your instance," Xu Huo said. "Zone 009 allows for random instances. Just bring them in, and you don’t have to help with anything else."

Little Pink Hat swung her legs, "Is it some powerful player? Really strong players might dismantle the instance or kill the instance holder."

"She shouldn’t be that strong," Xu Huo replied. "Besides, if someone follows her in, even if she could do it, she wouldn’t dare."

"Maybe she’s carrying the identity of a Grey Player."

Little Pink Hat waggled her finger, "That’s not the price of a lollipop."

"Change the other dress to a Rank-C item, and I’ll give you twelve kinds of limited edition lollipops, ensuring you get to taste a new candy every month. How does that sound?" Xu Huo made his offer.

"Deal!" Pink Hat slapped his arm in agreement, smiling, "Zone 009 has seen a lot of players arrive; there’s bound to be some wealthy adults."

With the deal settled, Xu Huo put the Awakening Doll away, stopped the car, and opened the door to look ahead.

Traffic was jammed up ahead again.

Chi Nan walked up behind him, "It looks like a roadblock for collecting fees ahead. Given the current situation, several large player organizations outside the Capital Safe Zone have set up checkpoints and are charging fees. You have to pay for passage five or six times, which is why I said Zone 009 is done for."

This wasn’t hard to understand. Player organizations were not initially formed to benefit the entire nation. The more player organizations there were, the better the living conditions for the players became, and correspondingly, the worse for ordinary people, eventually leading to two extremes.

The signs were already showing in Zone 009.

"Whether ordinary people can live well depends entirely on the conscience of the player organizations," Lao Zhou seemed quite moved as he looked ahead at the people complaining or cursing, "Who knows what Zone 009 will turn into in the end."

"Brother, what do you think?" Chi Nan asked Xu Huo.

Xu Huo glanced at her, "You must have drawn the short straw when you went out yesterday."

"Adding flowers to brocade is needless when unmarred elegance is desired, but encountering a boat in absolute straits, small as it may be, is still a lifeline."

"You refused to follow me and walk away, have you ever thought that this misfortune might catch up with us halfway?"

The last sentence was a clear warning. Chi Nan’s expression changed, and after saying "Sorry to disturb you," she retreated back into the car.

The line started moving again, and Xu Huo finally entered the Capital Safe Zone after paying a checkpoint fee of six thousand.

The perimeter of the Capital Safe Zone was equipped with high steel platforms, on which were placed space-time suppression equipment imported from other zones. Although not as advanced as those in Zone 011, their presence alone was sufficiently daunting.

Xu Huo secretly tested the "Concentrated Air" and found it was clearly interfered with within the safe zone.

The safe zone was overcrowded, with people setting up tents on the fringes; however, as the number of tents increased, patrolling players would drive them away to ensure they remained in the outer city area.

Yet many residents were optimistic about the situation, believing that the players from the outer zones would eventually leave and that the players of Zone 009 would take initiative, and they could return to their hometowns.

A month’s time limit, this game rule, was something ordinary people could be grateful for.

All the hotels and hostels inside the city were full, and even resting in a car required a substantial parking fee.

Xu Huo abandoned his car and headed for the exhibition hall.

Cloaked in an invisibility cloak, he climbed up to the office building opposite the building housing the exhibition hall. Life in the Capital was less disturbed, and at that time, some staff were still working overtime, occasionally letting out sighs like, "Even if tomorrow were the end of the world, corporate drones would still work overtime."

Besides them, there were also a few players disguised as ordinary people, also keeping watch over the exhibition hall.

Xu Huo waited in the stairwell until Jiang Jiang’s car appeared in front of the building in the afternoon.

Following her arrival, the players inside began to converse, passing information to confirm there were no suspicious individuals nearby.

However, as Jiang Jiang got out of the car, she turned her head and looked towards the building across the street.

"What is she looking at?" one player asked.

"Maybe she’s checking for bodyguards," another player suggested. "She’s not a player, how could she possibly spot us? Should we say hello?"

"We’re only responsible for the outer security. Don’t you know how high the mortality rate is for players around her? Don’t stir up trouble and cause an oversight," was the reply.

With just a few words, the watching players fell silent again.

Xu Huo left the building, tucked away his items in the busy restroom, and walked out of the building, blending in with the crowd as someone going to see the exhibition, and entered the exhibition hall.