Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 973 Encrypted Information

Chapter 973: Chapter 973 Encrypted Information

The area around Bird Tower was under the effect of Zhu Feiyun’s Prop. As a result, the body bag did not fall to the ground when thrown, but flew upwards toward the sky.

But the speed wasn’t fast.

Players who arrived near Bird Tower were the same. Without special attention from Zhu Feiyun, the confusion of gravity wasn’t intense enough to completely invert: meaning, if he didn’t target them, players entering the area were unlikely to tumble head-over-heels into the air like Xu Huo did outside the W19 Experimental Building. Even in weightlessness, gravity in the sky wasn’t that strong.

So, when the body bag soared up, the five nearby Players naturally followed the pull of gravity and rose into the air to chase after it.

Although the players outside didn’t believe that Xu Huo would throw out Gao Zhen’s body so quickly, they still sweated nervously until the body bag opened to reveal an Alien corpse.

Shangguan Xi took out a megaphone Prop and tossed it to Xu Huo, who caught it and called out to the outside, "I’ve already warned you not to approach Bird Tower. You’re persisting in wrongdoing. Do you not want the body of your Mayor anymore?"

The government hall side had prepared equipment and was about to open a dialogue, only to hear the person inside the Bird Tower continue, "Even if you don’t care about Mayor Gao’s body, don’t you want to know how to save the current situation in Base W37 City? Look at the numbers on the big screen!"

"He’s stalling for time!" a staffer from the government hall exclaimed. "Does he have another motive or is he unable to leave?"

If the Law Enforcement Team had captured them, these people must have not planned to leave from the start. Of course, the first suspicion was that they were players sent from other Base Cities. But the change in Xu Huo’s attitude before and after could not help but make people doubt whether they really, as it appeared, had the initiative.

"They spread a virus and killed the Mayor. What else do they want to do?" grumbled the man with lightning tattoos. "Even if there’s an Antitoxin, would they hand it over?"

"Xiao Yan, they’re all dungeon players," the man with a ponytail reminded Gao Xiaoyan.

Gao Xiaoyan’s expression grew serious. Of course, she had also considered the possibility that Xu Huo and his team couldn’t leave, but on her way to the government hall, she had tested the others. The others were not significant, but Xu Huo did not seem like someone who couldn’t clear the instance. Even if he couldn’t, he wouldn’t have been trapped so easily.

He had taken Luo Changren with him; there must be some unknown purpose.

And without certainty of taking him down in one fell swoop, she dared not push him into a corner. He must have guessed the ins and outs concerning the original sample. If it turned into a scene in front of so many people, it would be troublesome for the government hall.

At this moment, Gao Xiaoyan somewhat regretted not having followed Gao Zhen’s instructions to kill Xu Huo and his team immediately after her death.

The Interference Device..." a member of the Law Enforcement Team came running over with an ugly look, whispering, "It broke suddenly before even getting within a hundred meters of Bird Tower. It may take another half an hour to reassemble!"

"No need!" Gao Xiaoyan told Lou Jia, "Bring me a Rank A Prop."

Lou Jia nodded, "I’ll go with you."

"Take Ren Man with you," Gao Xiaoyan said with frost in her voice. "I actually want to hear his methods."

"Miss Gao, you really shouldn’t risk yourself," a senior official from the government hall advised. "Let Lou Jia and his team retrieve Mayor Gao’s remains... "

Before the person could finish, Xu Huo’s voice rang out again. "Just a few more minutes, and it will be half an hour. Miss Gao, please bring the Prop inside personally."

Gao Xiaoyan pressed the button on the device and announced, "I’m bringing people with me."

"No problem," replied Xu Huo readily, not even making any demands regarding the accompanying personnel. "Come over after five minutes."

This response relieved the senior officials in the government hall. The presence of a Rank-A Player was enough to ensure Gao Xiaoyan’s safety. Of course, no negotiations would be better. Still, Xu Huo’s words were loaded with meaning. If they stubbornly prevented Gao Xiaoyan from proceeding, they could be suspected of betrayal against Base City. The surrounding people weren’t deaf; even if Xu Huo was lying, if the government hall made no effort, in the eyes of the infected, it would be equivalent to betrayal—the government hall betrayed the ordinary residents of W37, which is no different from the governments of other Base Cities!

Inside the tower.

"Why did you call them over?" Luo Changren had regained his freedom. "Do you really have the actual Antitoxin? Even if you do, Gao Xiaoyan might not tell you the password. The conspiracy originated from the base government itself, intending to flagrantly reduce the population. There’s no way they’ll abandon it halfway."

"With your IQ, how could you possibly understand Brother Xu’s thoughts?" retorted Shangguan Xi, then, representing those present, she asked, "Brother Xu, what’s really going on here? Does the truth behind the SE virus incident relate to us clearing the game?"

"The name of this instance is ’Encrypted Info.’ It’s highly likely that the living samples have another meaning. To attain a high rating, at least we need to clarify the relevant information. Now things are clear. The Alien who was used as a research sample for the Antitoxin vaccine was actually the original carrier of the SE virus. Sent to W37 with the purpose of reducing the population, the planner and instigator was the former Mayor Gao Zhen. This old lady here on the floor."

"No, I can’t understand," said Zhu Feiyun puzzledly. "We came from W19 together; how could you know so much more?"

Xu Huo briefly explained the strangeness he encountered with Gao Xiaoyan at the training base, as well as the Alien’s death, and the discrepancies between the crop planting area and the population inside Base City.

"Just based on these?" Zhu Feiyun was still somewhat lost. "But what does this have to do with what we’re doing now?"

"It’s very relevant because the side mission I triggered is ’Countdown Forty-Eight Hours,’" said Xu Huo, looking at Luo Changren, "and it was Mr. Luo who told me that the original virus would take forty-eight hours to spread throughout the city."

By now, Luo Changren had a thick skin, showing no shame or guilt that his deception had been exposed, "Gao Zhen had made preparations; it’s unlikely that so many people will die."

"A countdown of forty-eight hours, does it mean we have to stop the virus from spreading within those hours or save people?" Kuang Wenjun wondered, "If we want to save people, we don’t have a vaccine."

They had heard some of Xu Huo’s tricks on Luo Changren, and although they didn’t fully understand the twists, they were sure of one thing: apart from bringing back a Potion for treating aftereffects, Luo Changren had nothing else.

Shangguan Xi stepped forward and grabbed Luo Changren, "You’re not lying again, are you?"

Holding back her hand, Luo Changren looked at Xu Huo, "Whether I’m telling the truth or not, Xu Gou knows very well."

Xu Huo turned and gently tapped, "Since the SE virus did not come from Doctor Zhang’s hands, and since the virus has no hereditary effects after spreading, there should be no vaccine, and naturally, no Antitoxin."

The SE virus incident, in fact, was not complicated; it was only that Luo Changren had selectively omitted information during the two briefings.