Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 987 "Translucent" Aesthetics

Chapter 987: Chapter 987 "Translucent" Aesthetics

The cabin quickly became a battleground; by Rank-C, players had at least one or two impressive props that they could use. Although they didn’t damage the train itself, it was no problem for them to dismantle the cabin’s decor.

In just a few minutes, the compartment where Xu Huo was located was almost completely ruined. To make space for them, he had already moved to the transition compartment.

The Cannibal Player who was biting Ye Kaihua had started fighting with the stubbled man; both were Cannibal Players, favoring close combat. Through their evolution, they had fortified their teeth and limbs. Their fighting style was more akin to wild beasts—at least other players wouldn’t resort to using their mouths when lacking props.

On the other hand, the female player holding the Red Sword was fighting two-on-one against the Dong siblings without falling behind. She took the chance to kill the remaining player she had been pursuing. Normally, her goal being achieved, she should have left the compartment, but there was no letting up or giving in between the three of them, and it looked like they were intent on a fight to the death.

The action movie player and the figurine player, like Xu Huo, had moved to the transition compartment. However, luck wasn’t on their side as they ended up fighting with another player who had tumbled out from a front compartment.

And Liang Yi, heavily injured and missing a hand, had of course hidden away early.

In simple terms, most of those on the train who could still breathe were irritable and refused to give in, escalating far beyond the stage of "taking a second glance at me in a crowd" to "annoyed if someone walks by me alive."

"These people are all crazy..." Liang Yi muttered.

This chaotic state wasn’t limited to their compartment; wherever they could see in adjacent compartments, silhouettes darted about with frequent triggers of the sensor doors, accompanied by the continual opening and closing of doors, with sounds of fighting echoing intermittently.

Xu Huo sat down in the transition compartment, sporadically using a prop to block attacks that reached him, ordering himself a breakfast and a newsletter.

Given the situation on the train, instead of a robot, a steward delivered the meals.

No player dared to attack the stewards, at least not on this train. Therefore, as the steward pushing the food cart passed through the compartments, no reminder was needed; players automatically cleared the way—the stewards had the authority to eject players from the train, and no one wanted to be thrown onto the track.

"Would sir like to dine in the gourmet restaurant?" the steward asked with a smile: "Dining there doesn’t require an extra fee, just ordering a set amount of food."

"The travel destinations the train goes through are interesting; I want a relaxed journey," Xu Huo said. "Does the train have a private rest area?"

"Yes," the steward’s smile grew a bit more genuine, "Sir can rest, dine, and entertain in the VIP lounge. If you have any special requests, we can also prepare for them. The minimum consumption is three hundred thousand White Bills."

Three hundred thousand wasn’t just for the service, but also for safety.

Xu Huo wasn’t short of money, so he immediately booked a VIP lounge.

"Sir can have breakfast in the VIP lounge, or if you have any special requests, we can prepare them in advance," the steward said.

"Let’s go to the VIP lounge. No other requests, I just want to get a good sleep," Xu Huo glanced at the sunlight outside the window.

"No problem," the steward led the way, "The VIP lounge has a special light-blocking system allowing you to fall asleep normally. We also provide top-quality bedding that feels like being enveloped in clouds, with no pressure to fall asleep. Bedding is changed daily, and comes with an additional cost of ten thousand White Bills per day."

The hefty cost was rapidly reaching that of a meal at Yongxing Restaurant.

But traversing this Daylight Zone and reaching District 002 wasn’t a big deal for three or four days.

Seeing that he nodded without even blinking, the steward began to recommend other services worth experiencing.

Xu Huo had no other requests, he just wanted to try the specialty dishes from the E20 Wormhole Point.

This, of course, was no trouble.

The two walked and talked along the way, attracting many envious glances from other players. Someone said, "I might as well get a VIP lounge myself..."

Someone snickered nearby, "Do you think twenty or thirty thousand will let you come out of a VIP lounge once you’re in? Once you check in, you’ll spend at least five hundred thousand White Bills easily, just for a train ride?"

Five hundred thousand White Bills could almost buy an ordinary Rank-C item.

Most players weren’t very wealthy, unwilling to spend even if they could afford it. Buying props, upgrading items, potions, tickets—what doesn’t cost money? It costs to enter instances, and just the same when you leave.

When you think about it, spending money on the train is the least worth it.

Just think about it then let it go.

However, due to this distraction, some of the fights eerily quieted down.

"What’s the point of fighting? There’s no money to be earned, just wasting props!"

The train regained a brief peace.

The VIP room was indeed much better than the rest areas in the compartments—it was a relatively spacious single-bedroom suite with no walkway in the middle. The steward walked around the room, and each room had only one door for entry.

"Except when needed by guests, the steward won’t pass by the VIP room entrance," the steward had already started changing the bedding and arranged for a fresh preparation of breakfast.

Part of the sitting room was set up as a small library, the shelves stocked with books about the customs and cultures of various sections of the E20 Wormhole Point.

After breakfast, Xu Huo read in the room.

Since the books available on the train would definitely be relatively wholesome, those about District 002 were mostly beauty magazines. Opening any would reveal information about beauty contests in this district. Except for the Snow Palace beauty evaluation which happened once every three years, all sorts of contests for plants, animals, and various other things were happening yearly, even monthly.

The aesthetic standard of District 002 was very singular, focused on "clarity."

The closer something was to white or transparent, the more beautiful it was considered by the public, as Dong Yu mentioned about the most beautiful plant which was actually a transparent flower. Less impressively, but still notable were flowers with white roots and veins and transparent petals and pistils. The best quality was those with even the roots and veins transparent and clear as water.

Naturally, humans couldn’t be transparent, so the criterion turned to white.

White body hair, snow-white skin, and it was even better if the eye colors were white too.

Of course, such appearances weren’t considered beautiful in the eyes of others, so the contest results published in the magazines showed that those who received the most votes were of other eye colors, especially heterochromia—this was not merely the aesthetic of District 002 anymore.

Xu Huo flipped a page, the next showing the finalist photos from the latest contest. The first one was of a girl with white hair and purple pupils, dressed in a white gown with semi-transparent white tulle barely covering the top half of her face, her beautiful eyes semi-concealed, adding a mysterious allure.

Besides the purple-eyed girl, the subsequent photos featured beautiful, young men and women with clean eyes, like newly born lambs.