Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 90 Don’t Trust Strangers Easily

Chapter 90: Chapter 90 Don’t Trust Strangers Easily

"Whether they were already in the town or came later as players, since we can’t find anyone, let’s put that aside for now." He interrupted everyone, "Focus on getting the black metal out first."

"Cutting metal, do any of you have the right tool for the job?"

"I do have a Short Sword," Shen Yi said, "but it definitely can’t cut through the type of metal used on the town’s outer walls."

"Look on the bright side, maybe the black metal can be cut through," Gu Yu said with folded arms. "The main problem is the noise, dismantling a house won’t be that easy."

"Answer the puzzles," Xu Huo said. "Not all puzzles are dangerous, some should be like the ones in the clockwork shop, with a guaranteed safe answer time."

"Compared to taking direct action, the risk of drawing out an Alien would be reduced by at least a third."

"If we choose the wrong puzzle, wouldn’t that just draw out the Alien? A place can only hold two people at most, how can two people deal with an Alien?" Shen Yi expressed his concern. "Moreover, since Aliens can’t see objects and easily make noise, won’t they attract more Aliens when they wander outside?"

"There have been players attacked by Aliens before. Have you ever seen Aliens wandering around the town?" Xu Huo asked.

"No, I haven’t," Wu Qiuyi recalled carefully. "Aliens come and go like ghosts, I’ve never encountered them face to face."

"After the Alien appeared yesterday, there seemed to be a timing signal after a while," Lin Pei recalled carefully, then looked at Xu Huo. "It was that sound that led the Alien away."

"I remember, there was an electronic sound shortly after the Alien appeared last time," Ke Liang, who was driving in front of them, said.

"This means, after a certain period of time, Aliens will be lured back into their cages," Gu Yu clapped her hands lightly. "This is great, if we can just make it through this period, we can avoid the danger of attracting other Aliens and won’t have to fight the Alien head-on!"

"So the next step is to find the puzzles," Wu Qiuyi turned toward Xu Huo. "Do you have any clues?"

"Best to search places like toy stores, clothing stores, stationery stores," Xu Huo said. "As for why, Master Niese’s original intention of creating puzzles was to entertain children, such places frequented by kids are safer than personal residences and business spaces."

"How do you know that?" Gu Yu looked skeptical—not about its truth, but its accuracy.

"There are some children’s books in the mayor’s office, you’ve seen them," Lin Pei explained. "That might belong to Master Niese’s children."

"No wonder, I always felt this Fenbei Town is like a Fairy Tale Town," Shen Xin realized suddenly.

Wu Qiuyi still seemed doubtful, but Xu Huo cut her off, "There are many uncertainties. We won’t know until we try."

Wu Qiuyi was about to speak but ultimately swallowed her words.

The bus can’t take a return route, so to save time, they decided to first determine the location of the Aliens along the way.

"I’ll get off first this time," Wu Qiuyi said.

"I’ll go with you," Lin Pei volunteered. "The best strategy would be to have someone nearby to assist, someone who can draw away the Alien if things go wrong."

"You guys get off first, I’ll follow," Ke Liang said.

"Who’s going to drive next?"

"Let me do it, let me do it," Nian Hong’an hurriedly said. "I’m very good at driving, there won’t be any problems!"

"I can drive too," Wang Chaoqing quickly volunteered.

The others couldn’t possibly trust the two of them to drive, so the Shen Yi siblings immediately offered to stay on the bus.

Gu Yu pulled out a handgun, "If anything happens, I’ll kill them immediately."

"I’d like to rest a bit," Xu Huo said.

That’s how they decided. Wu Qiuyi and Lin Pei got off first, followed by Ke Liang.

"I’ll stay on the roof," Shen Yi said. "If an Alien comes, I’ll give the alarm immediately."

"Brother, be careful," Shen Xin instructed as he stood near the door, ready to respond at any moment.

Now only the people Xu Huo had met before remained on the bus. He took the passenger seat and asked everyone about their return times and locations in detail.

"Nothing special, the same as we planned," Nian Hong’an replied.

"You suspect that the person who attacked you is one of us," Gu Yu stated bluntly. "If you have any thoughts, just bring them up, we can confront each other directly."

The few people on the bus turned their gazes toward Xu Huo.

"It was definitely not us," Shen Xin said. "We have no reason to attack you. We don’t know each other; what good does killing you do us?"

"Besides, you seem smart. We were hoping you could help."

"Have any of you gotten off the bus during these three days you’ve been in town?" Xu Huo asked.

"Of course we have, to find food," Gu Yu raised an eyebrow. "But if you’re asking whether or not we’re familiar with the town layout, I can tell you, I’m not."

"Although I’ve been to the mayor’s office, I didn’t pay attention to the scale model at all, and I don’t know where Master Niese lives."

"I can vouch for that," Shen Xin said. "My brother, Gu Yu, and I only went to the back kitchens of some stores. Since the residences are a bit away from the main street, we were afraid of encountering Aliens and never went into the houses."

"Brother, do you suspect there is an Inside Ghost on the bus?" Wang Chaoqing asked cryptically.

"Inside Ghost?" Xu Huo shook his head, "The players can hardly be considered allies, so how can there be an Inside Ghost."

*

In a residence some distance from the main street, Wu Qiuyi and Lin Pei waited quietly for Ke Liang to get into position. Suddenly Lin Pei spoke in a low voice, "Qiu Yi, do you believe what Xu Huo said?"

Wu Qiuyi looked at him in surprise, "What do you mean?"

Lin Pei said with a stern face, "He claimed someone attacked him, but actually, he was implying that the other players in the car are responsible."

Wu Qiuyi’s face darkened, "Could there really be other people hiding?"

"That’s very unlikely," Lin Pei shook his head. "We’ve been in the town for quite a few days, and apart from Aliens, we haven’t encountered any other mishaps. He arrives and gets attacked right away, do you think that’s possible?"

"Do the others have any reason to do so? What’s the use of killing each other off? We’ve been at peace up until now," Lin Pei continued. "Besides, don’t you think he knows too much about the town?"

"The key to the puzzles, the hideout cages for Aliens, the black metal at Master Niese’s residence... We’ve been to Master Niese’s place too."

"Just that alone can’t prove he’s deliberately instigating conflict, there’s no benefit for him either," Wu Qiuyi frowned, pondering for a few seconds. "We just assumed the puzzles were unsafe and were afraid to touch anything in town. I can tell he’s very meticulous, and he didn’t hide the clues from us after he found them."

"However, you also have a point. After entering the instance, I learned one thing: not to trust strangers easily. Later when we meet up with Ke Liang, we’ll communicate about this, and be cautious when we go to Master Niese’s residence tomorrow to see if what he said is true."

Lin Pei nodded and didn’t say anything more.

At that moment, Ke Liang signaled to them from a distance. Wu Qiuyi grabbed a stone they had prepared in advance and threw it at a toy at the corner of the street!