Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 944: The Live Sample Dies

Chapter 944: Chapter 944: The Live Sample Dies

Xu Huo and the living specimen had been separated for less than two hours. When he entered the rest room just now, he discovered that the Alien locked in the cage was already dead. Although dead, one could still hear "heartbeat" and "breathing"; using a Prop to fake the state of being "alive" wasn’t difficult, so it could deceive Shangguan Xi and the others who had been inseparably close by.

Besides the five people including Shangguan Xi who could come into close contact with the living specimen, there were also personnel from this training base, as well as Gao Xiaoyan and a few others who had approached after they had separated.

The fact that the living specimen had been sent here, only to be killed at the last moment, superficially seemed to be hindering their progress through the game. In reality, regardless of who made the move, preventing their game progression couldn’t be the true intention; hence, the issue naturally returned to the living specimen itself.

Based on his previous speculation, the likelihood of the specimen carrying a contagious virus was higher than antibodies, and the purpose of sending the specimen to Base W37 City was not to research a vaccine, but to poison W11 City.

There was a premise here, and that was whether W11 and W37 Base had a collaborative relationship.

If the two cities were collaborating, then this Alien could very well be a research sample, and the context of its transportation genuine—in that case, the specimen being alive held the most value, and having already arrived right at their doorstep, the higher-ups of W37 shouldn’t be indifferent.

Gao Xiaoyan held a not insignificant position at the training base, and she could directly contact the mayor. She shouldn’t have been kept in the dark, and her attitude towards the specimen suggested it wasn’t as important as the game’s background described.

Considering that most Base Cities probably didn’t have plans to change the current state of affairs at their base stations, it was somewhat justifiable to not place much emphasis on the living specimen if such work had to be done out of some form of balance. However, discreetly making a move to kill the specimen within the training base was extremely unreasonable.

That’s right, among the possible suspects, Xu Huo was more inclined to suspect that it was Gao Xiaoyan’s side that had killed the living specimen.

Of course, Teacher Ai was also a major suspect, but he didn’t have the ability to deceive Shangguan Xi and the others.

And if it were due to suspicion of W11’s intentions, Gao Xiaoyan should have acted upon encountering the Alien, yet she did not do so at the time.

Therefore, regardless of the purpose of transporting the specimen, the response from the receiving side, Base W37 City, was somewhat strange.

Then what use was a dead living specimen?

"Mr. Xu, you can get ready to set off." Gao Xiaoyan returned.

Xu Huo deliberately glanced at the metal cage before nodding.

He didn’t trust anyone with the living specimen, so Shangguan Xi and Zhu Feiyun were responsible for moving it in and out, while the base personnel prepared a wheelchair for Teacher Ai. The group walked out of the training base building and prepared to board the vehicle.

"This car looks stylish!" Shangguan Xi whistled at the dark gray, oversized SUV in front.

The employee responsible for Ren Man came specially to send off Xu Huo and immediately introduced, "This is the laboratory’s latest achievement, with core technology introduced from other game divisions, customized by combining the unique environment of W37 Base Station. Using this car, it won’t take half a day to reach the Base City."

"And the car is also equipped with a new detection system, capable of discovering Alien traces even through a mountain, avoiding risks in advance."

While he spoke, the ponytailed man had already started the car. The driver’s seat was connected to the backseat, and Shangguan Xi, full of enthusiasm, leaned in to ask, "What does this display show?"

"Life forms inside the car," replied the Lightning-patterned man. "It can detect every breathing entity on board; Props won’t make any exception..."

"That’s not right..." Shangguan Xi interrupted, "There should be twelve people on the car, so why does it only show eleven points?"

No sooner had he spoken than Zhu Feiyun’s face changed, he immediately moved to the metal cage, "The anesthetic should be wearing off, the Alien isn’t making any movement at all!"

Now, everyone inside the car changed their expressions. Pan Qiao said, "But we could still hear breathing sounds..."

Gao Xiaoyan immediately came over to examine, and pasted a Prop labeled "real" on the metal cage. Something fell inside the cage, and the Alien’s breathing and heartbeat that the players had heard instantly vanished.

"Open the lid and there’s a prize." Kuang Wenjun patted the metal cage, and the top of the cage split automatically and flipped to the side, revealing indeed that the Alien locked inside had ceased breathing and had been dead for a while.

The car went silent for a moment before Shangguan Xi finally said, "How could this happen? We’ve been closely guarding the specimen all the way, who could have done this!"

The Players who had cleared the game definitely couldn’t have killed the specimen, leaving two targets: Teacher Ai and Gao Xiaoyan’s side. Everyone was clear on Teacher Ai’s condition, so he turned his suspicion to Gao Xiaoyan, "Was it you guys who did this!"

The ponytailed man and the Lightning-patterned man immediately shielded Gao Xiaoyan, and players outside who had come to send them off plus nearby players responsible for security also surrounded the car. The defensive weapons in front of the base building also aimed at the car!

"We had an agreement beforehand, you were to bring the Alien into Base W37 City, and once inside the city, however the Alien was handled was not our concern. Regardless of your motives, our people would take over the Alien upon arrival to the city; there’s no need to kill it at this point," Gao Xiaoyan’s expression held no significant fluctuation as she explained to Xu Huo, "However, since the incident took place here, Base W37 City also bears some responsibility. Since what’s done is done, instead of delving into the cause and responsibility, we might as well discuss methods of compensation and recovery."

She made sense. Since there was no way Xu Huo’s side would have killed the specimen, it must have been someone from this training base. As people from Base W37 City, first they had to determine if there was a ’rat’ in their house; giving Xu Huo and the others an explanation was secondary, so the simplest way was direct compensation.

"Compensation and recovery?" Before Xu Huo could speak, Shangguan Xi angrily said, "How will you compensate? With Props and White Notes? What about the game evaluation ranking?"

"Brother Xu and I are both well-known on the leaderboard, do you know how many ranks we’ll drop if we can’t clear an instance? How will you compensate for that loss?"

Gao Xiaoyan frowned slightly, "Are there any other Aliens? I will personally bring one back."

"There were a total of three Alien specimens," Xu Huo said. "These were supposedly vaccine research specimens sent to your Base W37 City, specifically to deal with the virus that has not yet disappeared from the base station; do you have no clue at all?"

"Why would W11 City send something so valuable?" The Lightning-patterned man immediately said, "Vaccine, specimen, it’s all fake, more like spreading a virus!"

Yet Gao Xiaoyan seemed to think of something else, and turned to ask the ponytailed man, "Where would the Aliens first be sent upon entering the Base City?"

"Dead ones go to the incinerator plant, and live ones are taken to the lab for sampling."