Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 92 Gu Yu’s Invitation

Chapter 92: Chapter 92 Gu Yu’s Invitation

"Although the evolution rate isn’t directly linked to Player Level, the higher the evolution rate, the stronger the player gets. It’s only a matter of time before their level rises."

"If the rate of evolution is fast enough, the country might even give out potions for free."

"Are you serious?" Shen Yi and his sister’s eyes lit up.

Gu Yu glanced at them, "Don’t believe me? Just ask the players in Jing City, but this standard must be officially judged."

The siblings looked at each other, their expressions excited. They had been lucky enough to exchange for potions earlier, so their evolution rate had increased rapidly. If what Gu Yu had said was true, they could head to Jing City.

Wang Chaoqing looked at them enviously, "I’m only at 6%."

As Wu Qiuyi and the others’ evolution levels were high, Lin Pei specifically asked Xu Huo, who was silent.

"Just reached 10%." Xu Huo had only taken the potion once, so his evolution rate had stayed the same.

"Your evolution rate must be quite high," he asked Lin Pei.

"I’m slightly higher than Gu Yu," Lin Pei said, pausing before adding, "Above 10%, you need to use the P1 Potion. I don’t have any P1 left, but I do have two bottles of P0 Potion."

"Brother Lin, since you don’t need them anyway, why not sell them to me?" Wang Chaoqing hastily said, "If my evolution rate goes up, I can help you guys out."

Shen Yi pushed him back, "You haven’t settled your account yet, and you still want to take advantage of us!"

Confronted with their cold stares, Wang Chaoqing sheepishly said, "After all, we’ve shared hardships together..."

Soon, the car approached Master Niese’s residence, and Xu Huo stood up first to get off, followed by Gu Yu.

Some places with puzzles nearby would have notes posted, making them fairly easy to locate. However, these puzzles only called out the time irregularly, so they had to wait for the puzzle to pose the question before it was any use.

The one thing Fenbei Town didn’t lack was clocks; every hour on the hour, there would be time-checking sounds near Master Niese’s home. Sometimes it was one clock, sometimes two or three together.

This was somewhat different from what Wu Qiuyi had described.

Wu Qiuyi had said that the town’s clocks only chimed every few hours.

"Why are the time-checking sounds so frequent here?" Gu Yu also found it strange. "I didn’t hear this many before."

"Maybe the closer to Master Niese’s residence, the safer it is," Xu Huo said.

If Master Niese’s granddaughter was scheduled to walk around regularly, it would make sense for the puzzles to be denser in this area.

For five or six hours straight, they heard more than ten clocks signal the time, and sometimes they had to split up to search.

Gu Yu saw that each time he only took out his pocket watch and clock to compare the time, she took the initiative to find paper and pen to note the position, time, and questions of these places.

"Can you remember all these messy questions? It might be easier to write them down."

Xu Huo responded but didn’t follow her advice; after hearing each puzzle, he would browse around the store.

With the time announcements spaced too far apart, an idle Gu Yu followed him around the shops, flipping through items. Suddenly, she fixed her gaze on his profile and said, "You’re waiting for what?"

Xu Huo turned his head, "What do you mean?"

"I told you not to move." Gu Yu moved a couple of steps to the side and propped up her chin, thinking for a while, "Your profile looks very familiar. I’m sure I’ve seen it somewhere before."

"It must be a TV drama." Xu Huo continued to fiddle with the items in the drawer, his head down, "I’m an actor too, but just an extra."

"You? An extra?" Gu Yu looked at him incredulously, "With your looks and your demeanor, if you’re not getting lead roles, you should at least land a supporting one."

Xu Huo gave her a steady glance.

Gu Yu cleared her throat, "Don’t get me wrong, I think those directors are blind for having you as an extra. How about this, why don’t you come with me to Jing City? I can get you a job. You need money to buy Potion."

"I’m not short on Potion." Xu Huo raised a glass tube, shaking the light blue liquid inside.

"What’s there to look at here, it’s just a toy." Gu Yu fiddled with the small seashells and little fish taped next to her, leaning on the counter and staring at him, "I’m serious."

"So am I." Xu Huo didn’t pay her any more attention, focusing on his own tasks.

After talking to him for a while and getting no response, Gu Yu bit her lip and turned to leave.

When Xu Huo left the store, he found that she had disappeared without a trace.

He looked around the entrance of the store and then headed straight towards a nearby place that announced the time.

Gu Yu also entered the store not much later and, after noting down the puzzle, said, "There’s still plenty of time. Let’s go to Master Niese’s place and take a look. I have a Special item, and if it can melt metal, we will be more certain to seal the ground cage."

Only then did Xu Huo seriously look at her, "Okay."

Gu Yu rolled her eyes.

The two entered Master Niese’s room, and Gu Yu looked appreciatively at the clocks, "All of these are the works of master-level individuals, things our world certainly does not have. If we could take them out, they would definitely sell for a lot of money."

While speaking, she noticed a hole in the ground, wrinkled her brow, and moved closer. Then she squatted down and sniffed around the ground.

"What are you doing?" Xu Huo stood on the stairs and looked down at her.

"Smelling for a familiar scent," Gu Yu shrugged her nose, "Too bad my olfactory evolution isn’t very pronounced; otherwise, I could find that person right away."

"But I know a player who, with one item, can distinguish scents from three days ago and also memorize smells for a long time without forgetting them, even more sensitive than a dog’s nose."

Xu Huo was expressionless, "Do you want to keep talking nonsense, or shall we check out the black metal?"

Gu Yu’s smile faded, and she looked at him earnestly, "Fighting solo doesn’t work in the game. Smart players form groups. Look at Wu Qiuyi and those three, they seem friendly enough, but in reality, they’ve clearly drawn a line between us. Strength, characteristics, items, they’re not willing to share any. Can you trust companions like that?"

Let alone strangers that one had never met, even people one knew weren’t to be trusted once inside the instance.

Xu Huo didn’t counter her words but instead said, "Players don’t need to trust each other. As long as our goals align, we have no conflicts until we leave Fenbei Town."

"Oh?" Gu Yu scoffed, "Then who ambushed you?"

"You probably have an idea already."

"I have a proposal. How about we join forces? That way, whoever wants to act against you or me won’t have the chance."

She paused for a moment, then brought up another matter, "There’s a Players Mutual Aid Association in Jing City, and I’m a core member. I think highly of you. As long as you agree to team up with me, you can join after we get out."

"Players are most in need of Tickets, and the Mutual Aid Association specifically searches for Tickets for its members. The members are all brothers and sisters, who won’t and aren’t allowed to betray each other. Everyone can join the instance together, and the odds of surviving are surely higher than you struggling alone in the game."