Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!

(Wait a moment to edit) "I also have a special piece of news," Xu Huo said.

It was evident that Fei Jingyi and Fu Kua had their own findings too, although these discoveries might not have clear implications. They could only hope that linking them with other information would yield progress.

"Let me go first," Fei Jingyi said, "I learned some information about the former Chief Governor from a relative of a government official. That Chief Governor is suspected to be a player; someone once saw a number similar to a player’s on his back."

"A player?" He Liang was surprised. "As far as I know, the former Chief Governor was as useless as scrap. If he were a player, how could he not escape from Zone 039?"

"Maybe he was worried about dying in the instance and just wanted to find a place to survive," Xiao Mei said. "The instance requires finding the National Treasure, not necessarily the Chief Governor. Perhaps he has long gone to settle in another district."

"In any case, it’s a lead," Wu Zishuang said. "After all, players have more ways to handle things than ordinary people."

He said this while unfolding the newspaper, revealing the content on a middle page. "In this captured photo, there’s a hidden figure in the upper-right corner. Given the occasion when the photo was taken, no one should purposely use a building to conceal themselves. I infiltrated the government building to find security records of the player organization and government players of that time. It was clear that no one was assigned to that position."

"Couldn’t it have been a privately arranged player?" Xu Huo asked.

"That possibility can’t be ruled out, so I went to find the person who was near that location at the time. Coincidentally, they still had the video from that time. In one frame, there’s indeed a figure brushing past. Although that person doesn’t remember what the passerby looked like, after the incident, they also found it strange. They reported it to the government’s Enforcement Department because everyone else was walking inwards, but that person was heading out."

"I also looked for the investigation report. The government confirmed it wasn’t one of their own, but they didn’t completely rule out the possibility that another organization was trying to cause trouble. It was said that the player who was killed had found the National Treasure and was about to confront the current Chief Governor with it. After the person died, even if they had the real National Treasure, it should have ended up in the hands of the killer."

"That doesn’t mean it wasn’t done by someone from the government," He Liang said.

Wu Zishuang glanced at him, "If it was someone from the government, then nine times out of ten, the National Treasure would have ended up with the current Chief Governor."

But the instance hasn’t ended, so the National Treasure certainly hasn’t been brought into the government.

"Maybe it was done by someone opposing the Chief Governor?" Xiao Mei said. "Even if they got it, they might not hand it over to him, especially with the timing of the murder being so convenient. It makes people wonder if the Chief Governor was driven to desperation and killed someone publicly."

"I have no objections if you want to think that way," Wu Zishuang clearly didn’t want to argue with them.

"You may not know much about the current Chief Governor, Lian Qingkong. He is a very charismatic leader. His subordinates, even if not his close aides, are particularly loyal to him," Fei Jingyi said.

"I inquired with five government officials about the National Treasure. Ordinary people spoke up after taking medicine, but their knowledge was very limited. Two players committed suicide during periods when the medicine’s effects were unstable. Likewise, among the three ordinary people, two committed suicide afterward. The remaining person triggered an alarm after leaving and immediately sought the Chief Governor. As a result, I was on the run for half a month until another player organization opened a battle within Capital City, allowing me to catch my breath."

*

"It’s simple," the female player said. "Write out the background content of the instance by hand. It has to be word for word; an approximation won’t do."

Xu Huo had no objections, "You all have to prove yourselves as well."

"No problem," the female player said with a smile. "This is how we verify every new person."

Therefore, each person was surrounded by detectors and defensive barriers. To avoid anyone trying to probe into the instance background, in each comparison, they only wrote one sentence or half a sentence. Everyone had to match the same text before moving on to the next sentence.

"Why use such a cumbersome method?" the red-haired female player asked, somewhat bored. "I’ve already written it several times. Does this have to be done every time someone new comes along? It’s not foolproof, either. What if someone is so bored they go around gathering fragments from different places to piece together the whole thing?"

The instance has existed for so long that it’s hard to guarantee no one has done that.

The previous female player comforted, "Nothing can be foolproof, but this effectively eliminates some people with ulterior motives. Whether someone really has taken the trouble to blend in, we’ll have to be careful ourselves."

"The National Treasure instance has likely existed for at least twenty years. One wonders how many ticket players are still trapped in it," the man with glasses took off his glasses, wiped them, and put them back on. "It’s possible some of them are here. They’re probably the least eager for newcomers to clear it."

An instance without a time limit means once the National Treasure is found, masses of people will be forcibly transported into high-risk instances.

The amiable female player turned the ring on her thumb and smiled gently, "An instance that’s been uncleared for twenty years or so, perhaps they feel that those who come later also can’t clear it."

"That’s true," the red-haired female lazily said. "If it were me, in this blasted place, I wouldn’t care about later players after two or three years, let alone ten. Life is already so dull. Why bother keeping an eye on the incoming ticket players and exhausting myself? If someone clears it, it means I’m unlucky."

"Being a bit tired is nothing compared to fate," the tall smoker shook his nicotine-stained fingers and said to Xu Huo and his sister, "I’m He Liang. What’s your name?"

"Xu Zhi. This is my sister, Xiao Chun." Xu Huo looked at the others. "How should we address everyone else?"

"Nothing is too difficult in the world as long as you dare to give up," the red-haired female picked up after the tall He Liang, winking playfully at everyone. "I’m Xiao Mei."

The short one is called Fu Kua, the man with glasses is Wu Zishuang, and the amiable female player is Fei Jingyi.

"Now that we’ve confirmed identities and exchanged names, shouldn’t we share the information we each have?" Xiao Mei took the lead by presenting what she had gathered. "Although my data is quite scattered, there is an insider tip from a government official. If you have clues, we can exchange them!"

"Since we’re a team, do we really need to go to lengths to hide information from one another?" He Liang said disapprovingly. "If it’s genuinely useful information, you can find it yourself. Why team up, then?"

"I’m saying this to prevent freeloaders," Xiao Mei shrugged. "Do you really want to give away what you’ve worked hard to find for free?"

"It’s not really hardship," the man with glasses laid a stack of newspapers on his palm. "I actually have a special piece of gossip here."

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