Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!

Chapter 2383: I Didn’t Blow Up the Building

"But most people who come here are looking for thrills. They don’t like Players who don’t resist at all, so the vast majority of Players stay conscious, no matter how they’re treated."After she finished, the two of them fell silent. When they reached the twenty-third floor, they saw from a distance that the Girl in the painting was standing in front of an open room door. When she spotted Xu Huo, she hurriedly waved at him.

Before they could walk over, the Girl in the painting had already typed on the communicator: "Beast of burden?"

The female Player froze for a moment. "How did you recognize me?"

Xu Huo’s Player Level was high, so it wasn’t surprising that he had something extra about him and could recognize her, but the Girl in the painting didn’t look very smart. How could she recognize someone at a glance?

"None of your business." The Girl in the painting had no intention of answering. Instead she said, "You’re so poor, that card you gave me is useless."

The female Player knew she really did owe a big favor, so her attitude wasn’t as sharp as before. She spoke sincerely instead: "I really don’t have much money on me. If you trust me, you can give me an account. Once I have money, I’ll pay you back as soon as possible."

The Girl in the painting was still very unhappy, and Xu Huo cut them off. "Let’s talk inside."

Inside the room, Shi Shuai was playing cards with the little girl. His face was covered with stickers. Hua Sisi and the round-faced Player had been sitting on pins and needles, but when they saw Xu Huo return safely, they finally breathed a sigh of relief and came over smiling to greet him.

Just now Miss Zhai’s people had taken only Xu Huo away and left Hua Sisi and the round-faced Player where they were. With nowhere else to go, the two had simply come back to look for the Girl in the painting and the others. It just so happened that the Girl in the painting had checked the time and opened the door to wait for them, so the two returned to the room.

"You’re okay? That Miss Zhai looked pretty fierce when she came. Number 1 and Number 6 were both afraid of her. I thought you’d have a hard time getting away." The round-faced Player sized Xu Huo up, then gave him a thumbs-up. "You really made me see you in a new light!"

"And what’s going on with this one?" he said, looking at the female Player behind him.

Xu Huo looked at Hua Sisi. "She also came in wearing a Mermaid Mask. If you’re looking for someone, you can ask her."

Hope flared again in Hua Sisi’s eyes as she described her friend’s features to the female Player.

After listening, the female Player’s face looked a bit ugly. "I really did see her once. Besides the areas under her eyes and the tip of her nose, she also has a mole in the middle of the back of her neck, right? She was sent to some room above the 60th floor. I don’t know exactly which one."

The light gradually faded from Hua Sisi’s eyes, and she sat down, somewhat dazed.

"They say there are some fixed rooms in the Fish Banquet Building. For example, the room for the Mermaid Game appears on specific floors with specific numbers, but it picks its time, it’s not permanent."

"Fixed rooms seem to be different. They’re prepared for people with power and status. Rich people or organizations can pull strings to occupy a fixed room. Sometimes when we Players outside open a door, we’ll randomly connect to one of those rooms. That seems to be one of their entertainment projects too... But I heard some fixed rooms won’t drop below the 50th floor even if their position changes."

The round-faced Player gave a simple explanation. He didn’t spell everything out, but the meaning was clear enough. There were unspoken rules in the Fish Banquet Building. Those who occupied the rooms on the high floors and never came down were mostly powerful, influential, or extremely strong. For ordinary Players, opening a door and running into several allied Player groups was already ultra-hard mode, never mind those people who brought bodyguards with them.

People like that were already very hard to find. And even if you did find them, to be blunt, you’d just be walking to your death.

The female Player felt deeply for Hua Sisi’s companion, but she herself had only just escaped the same kind of predicament, so she really couldn’t say anything comforting right now.

"Look on the bright side." Shi Shuai peeled off the cartoon stickers that were almost covering his eyes and said, "Something big seems to have happened in the building just now. Maybe someone was bombing the upper floors. Your friend might have taken the chance to escape."

The female Player immediately nodded when she heard that. "That’s exactly why I escaped, and that’s how I ran into him."

Hua Sisi turned to Xu Huo. "What happened upstairs just now?"

"Looks like someone really did blow up the building," Xu Huo said calmly. "People from over a dozen floors were running all over the place. If I were one of those powerful types, I’d definitely value my life and leave early."

Hua Sisi let out a breath, sincerely hoping that was really the case.

"Bro," the round-faced Player’s eyeball lit up as he scooted in front of Xu Huo, "you weren’t the one who blew it up, were you? How’d you do it? Share some intel!"

The little girl forgot about her card game and leaned over too. "Bombs can’t even blow this building apart."

Xu Huo smiled. "I don’t know the specifics. It seemed like someone attacked the Fish Banquet Building. I was sent away before I even saw Miss Zhai’s face."

The two of them looked a bit disappointed. The round-faced Player scratched his head and said, "I’ve never heard of a Miss Zhai. I’ll ask around when I get the chance."

"No need to ask." Xu Huo said, "That Miss Zhai went out of her way to summon me but never showed up. She might have met with an accident."

"Yeah, yeah," the round-faced Player nodded repeatedly. "What if they suspect it was me?"

"You think too highly of yourself." The little girl shot him a sideways glance. "From your face and build to your eyes, not a single part of you looks like someone capable of blowing up the Fish Banquet Building."

The round-faced Player didn’t feel mocked at all. Instead he said happily, "Really? That’s great!"

The incident had taken place on the 49th floor. The floors and rooms had all been divided into separate spaces, so the sense of it between them wasn’t actually that strong. At least the rooms on the twenty-something floor didn’t feel anything at all. The only reason Shi Shuai and the others knew something had happened was because the Girl in the painting had heard about it from other Players when she opened the door to wait for them. And just because the "beast of burden" female Player’s escape area was affected, it didn’t necessarily mean the room she’d been in was actually on the thirtieth floor at the time. The operating patterns between rooms were probably known only to the owner of the Fish Banquet Building.

The Girl in the painting opened the door again to listen for any commotion. There was already hardly anyone outside discussing the matter. Both Players and staff had returned to normal.

"Why didn’t they blow up the whole Fish Banquet Building?" the "beast of burden" female Player said regretfully.

It was still fairly early, and no one felt like resting. Even though Hua Sisi couldn’t find her friend, she still wanted to wait here for news, in case her friend contacted her and she wasn’t around to help.

The "beast of burden" female Player, on the other hand, was planning to leave. She’d been kidnapped in here, so the sooner she got out, the safer she’d be. Before she left, she gave Xu Huo two fixed contact methods. "If you can make it back to the city, you can come find me for anything."

The round-faced Player had just gone through the Mermaid Game and gotten targeted by two different groups, so he didn’t dare go out for the time being.

The little girl had had a lot of fun with them, but she’d come here with another purpose. She said goodbye to them very kindly, and before leaving she gave Xu Huo and the Girl in the painting a few bombs each.

"Why aren’t you leaving?" The Girl in the painting looked at Shi Shuai lying on the sofa.