Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!
Chapter 993: Change Course

Chapter 993: Chapter 993: Change Course

"The news said it’s the real sun," Lu Qing said. "If it’s not real, why would so many people spend money?"

"It’s not," Chi Minghong retorted: "Has anyone of you ever seen the real sun?"

"You can see it on the Communicator." Lu Qing took out her Communicator, found a saved video about the sun, "Is this the sun?"

Chi Minghong glanced at it, quite speechlessly, "District 002 couldn’t possibly bring over a burning celestial body."

Like Xu Huo, she thought it was a scam.

However, the young girl insisted, "You won’t know if it’s real until you see it."

In fact, beyond this, she had no other choice.

The topic was not a pleasant one, and the three fell silent. But the long hours in the dark, without a glimmer of light, unavoidably felt oppressive, and Chi Minghong turned on the radio.

"...The next is the final voting segment that everyone is most concerned about. The top ten beauties of the Snow Palace are already preparing to enter the Snow Palace. Once the final rankings are out, these ten beauties will enter the Snow Palace in the order of the votes they received."

"And what appearance will the Snow Palace, which hasn’t been opened for almost three years, present to welcome its owner? It is reported that the company organizing this Snow Palace arrangement has specially purchased a batch of unique gemstones from the Outer District that can make the Snow Palace display a starlight effect without lighting. I believe all citizens are just as full of anticipation as I am..."

Chi Minghong changed the channel.

"An instance entrance suspected to have appeared near L1317 State Road, and the entrance is gradually expanding. As per the current pace of expansion, all citizens are requested to reroute to L1327 for their travels before 8 o’clock tomorrow morning, and reroute to L1337 after 8 o’clock."

"Any citizens who discover something out of the ordinary can call our station’s hotline to report it, we will continue to monitor changes in the random instance and protect the safety of citizens’ lives and property."

Xu Huo changed to another channel, then borrowed Lu Qing’s Communicator to check the traffic situation, and finally said to Chi Minghong: "We need to detour."

Chi Minghong nodded, and rerouted onto L1327 State Road when passing through a small town.

People lived according to the government-designated day and night schedule. Being in a remote location, they encountered no one on the front half of the main road, and only gradually did they meet oncoming vehicles on the second half.

At this moment, there were still two hours left until 8 a.m.

Continuously, vehicles were returning, and Xu Huo seized the chance to ask a passing car what had happened. The driver glanced at their vehicle which had the identification plate removed, hastily mentioned "instance entrance blocking the road," and sped away.

"What a wasted trip," Chi Minghong grumbled and turned the vehicle around. Since there were too many cargo boxes behind the vehicle, they occupied part of the road while turning, causing the oncoming cars to be stuck halfway. The driver of the car at the front, short-tempered, leaned out of the window, hit their own roof, and yelled, "Can you even drive? Move aside if you can’t, you’re blocking the entire road. Are you blind or deaf; don’t you know there’s a random instance expanding behind us?"

Chi Minghong, obviously not one with a good temper, tolerated a couple of insults. Seeing that the other party wouldn’t stop, but instead flashed their headlights and sounded their horn, she stopped turning her head and reversed sharply, diagonally ramming her car to create a passage, then flipped the bird at the stunned person in the other vehicle, "If you keep yapping, do you believe I can make you never talk again in this life?"

Women who dare to do long-distance trucking in District 002, and especially those from the Outer District, can only be Players. The other party, daring to be angry but not to speak, could only shrink back inside their car and take their bad luck.

However, there were also Players from District 002 on this route, and the apparent difference in appearance seemed to give the Players from this District a clearer distinction between insiders and outsiders, so when the person from the other car shrank back and didn’t dare to show their face, there was voice from behind, "Outsider, what are you showing off here for! Move or don’t!"

More and more cars piled up behind, and Chi Minghong flicked the electronic control switch, and the vehicle started moving again.

Because the storage battery vehicle was hauling cargo boxes, it wasn’t as nimble as other vehicles, so other cars kept passing by them. However, two cars first sped up and then slowed down, following them on both sides.

"Bro, looks like you’ve got quite a bit of stuff on this truck," another vehicle passing by said to Xu Huo, with the driver from the Outer District nodding at him, "Be careful others don’t get envious."

After saying this, the medium-sized storage battery vehicle sped away from them.

Robbery and murder were common occurrences in the gaming world, and being targeted was normal.

Neither Xu Huo nor Chi Minghong took it seriously. During a shift change, Chi Minghong went back to the cargo box and released the five people who were locked in cages.

Three girls and two boys, all under twenty years old, they had the typical appearance of District 002 inhabitants, snow-white skin, slender bodies, mostly white hair mixed with other colors. Each child was groomed and dressed scantily, with garish makeup.

Chi Minghong had them board the storage battery vehicle’s carriage and looked at the shivering few, saying, "Do you have a place to go?"

The kids instinctively tightened their bodies, looking at her with blank expressions.

Leaning back in her chair with her leg crossed, Chi Minghong said, "Don’t be so tense. Brother Xu and I are heading to Xiaoyang City. If you have a place to stay, we can take you along."

Moments later, the oldest-looking boy finally said, "We are all from Huayu City. We don’t have friends in Xiaoyang City."

"You look quite good. Will you be sold again in Xiaoyang City?" Chi Minghong scratched her head.

"Yes." It was Lu Qing who spoke, with an expressionless face, "For those without roots, outsiders are considered nothing in the eyes of big city folks. Even if they go out to work, as soon as someone figures out their background, it won’t be long before they all vanish together, then show up in various places of entertainment."

"If they’re lucky, they might get bought. If they’re unlucky, they might be tortured and maimed by customers, and when they lose their beauty, they could be disassembled and sold for parts—blood, organs, limbs, there are buyers for all. If..."

Lu Qing stopped here, not finishing the sentence, but instead said, "In any case, people without the ability to protect themselves can hardly survive in any city."

Men and women at the bottom are the same in this world. If they’re strong, they can be laborers or thugs for a few years.

The five kids clearly understood Lu Qing’s meaning, and they also knew the fate they would face next; but they didn’t beg Chi Minghong for help. Instead, they waited blankly, numbly for the final outcome—whether they would be taken to the next city or traded, they could only accept it.

"Sigh, how pitiful," Chi Minghong sighed, "I’ll do a good deed today."

As she spoke, she pulled out a stack of White Notes, gave a few to each person, and also handed them each a non-Player ticket, and with a smile said, "Go on."