Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!-Chapter 2186: Survival Instance

The two players at the table next to them didn’t deny it, which meant they tacitly agreed with Xu Huo’s statement.

"Are you stranded here, or do you stay willingly?" Xu Huo asked again, but then added, "No matter the reason, it’s almost the same."

When the time of being stranded is prolonged, even players from the Outer Zone have to stand on the side of local players; otherwise, they will face high-risk instances far more dangerous than this region if they leave.

But judging from the expressions of these two people, they didn’t seem like they were forced.

Without continuing this topic, Xu Huo turned to say, "Tomorrow we’ll be going to the next satellite city. If you feel I’m not trustworthy, you can persuade A Hai to take action with you."

After dinner, he returned to the hotel to sleep.

Huang Mao and his group of four only came back in the latter half of the night. The player who entered the Divine Temple for the second time still hadn’t gained "acknowledgment," with no pattern appearing on his arm, so he planned to try the next city tomorrow.

They only got up for breakfast the next morning, during which a local person indeed came to speak with A Hai, but quickly left again.

"Why don’t you leave with them?" asked Huang Mao, seated at the same table. "Compared to players from the Outer Zone, your compatriots are more trustworthy, right?"

"It’s different," A Hai said in a low voice. "When you’re away from home, not everyone you meet is trustworthy either."

Although the town is somewhat closed off, the news has been broadcast, saying some players from the Outer Zone impersonate locals to deceive. Dual-gender people are common here but rare in other regions, so aside from any other motives, just the people alone have value to be kidnapped and sold.

If there were smooth transportation between cities, A Hai would prefer to travel alone.

"So does that mean you trust us?" Huang Mao patted his shoulder. "Friend, just because of this trust, I’ll definitely get you to the Holy Land. I’m going there anyway, and it’s more fun to have company!"

"But when we get to the next city, make sure to remember what you see in the Inquiry Hall and tell me about it. I want to use it as a reference."

"Alas, why do locals get flower patterns and we end up with eye patterns? Maybe I should try pretending to be a local next time?"

"You think no one has tried that?" said Ding Jiang, the player who failed twice, looking quite unhappy. "Even if you succeed, you’ll still come out with an eye pattern. The Goddess distinguishes clearly between locals and people from the Outer Zone."

"Surely the Goddess can’t be omniscient and omnipotent," Huang Mao remarked, "This is an instance, not a divine world."

"Otherwise, why would she be called the Goddess," another player, Fei Xun, chimed in, "I’ve been searching beneath the Dimension for days without finding any information about this instance."

"Logically, there would be someone who cleared the instance, as there’s only one instance here, but no one says exactly how they did it."

"It’s a survival instance. Coming out alive is good enough," Ding Jiang said, "Who cares about clearing it?"

"You know the true content of the instance?" Huang Mao was surprised. "Isn’t it that the true instance only triggers after entering the Holy Land Goddess Temple?"

"Used some tricks to get it from the local players," Ding Jiang paused, "But don’t expect too much; that’s all I know."

But this is actually enough, as everyone has been through the Inquiry Hall of the satellite city, and different people have different experiences of what’s inside. If it’s a survival instance, then it’s most likely spiritual interrogation in the Holy Land Goddess Temple, and surviving to clear it counts as victory.

"No specific requirements for clearing?" Huang Mao looked around, "There must be some players stranded here out of so many from the Outer Zone."

"You think those stranded players would want newcomers to clear?" Fei Xun raised an eyebrow. "They’d probably even mix in with us to drag us down."

This is true; they also can’t just pick a player to fight in public. If they’re expelled because of that, it’ll be even harder.

"We could spend some money to buy the information," Huang Mao tinkered with the city’s network for a while. "We just want to know the clearance requirements, not anything else. Someone should be willing to earn this money."

The other two did not stop him, but they knew very well that this is exactly as Xu Huo mentioned yesterday: whether entering or lingering in the instance, it’s a process of contradiction and compromise.

To start the clearance, you have to enter the Divine Temple, walk through the Inquiry Hall, and get the stamped pattern; it’s a compromise process. Players have to let go of their guards to clear it.

Stranded players are the same. The more times they enter the Divine Temple, the more they are affected. The fact that these people haven’t cleared it shows they know little about the instance. With continuous brainwashing, some might already be like believers here.

But there’s no harm in trying.

After lunch, they are set to go to the next satellite city. Xu Huo is still bringing A Hai, while Huang Mao, Ding Jiang, and Fei Xun each have teleportation tools, predicting different arrival points, so they agreed to meet at the Divine Temple.

After the three of them left, Xu Huo asked A Hai if he still wanted to play for another day.

"I’ve been to the places I wanted to," A Hai was satisfied, "But you didn’t receive acknowledgment from the Divine Envoy, so you might not get into the Holy Land Goddess Temple. Will that affect you a lot?"

"It doesn’t matter if I don’t get in; I’m not a clearance player," Xu Huo replied.

A Hai was taken aback momentarily, "Then why are you still with Huang Shuai and them?"

Huang Shuai was the real name Huang Mao announced.

"It’s not me who wants to be with them; they came to me," Xu Huo said. "On a wide open road, I can’t just stop them from following me."

A Hai was momentarily speechless, but after a while, he said, "Wouldn’t it be bad to trick them like this? If they get angry out of shame, you can’t win against three."

"Those who want to clear don’t have that much free time." Xu Huo took out a Teleportation Prop.

Soon, the two of them arrived at the next satellite city, handled the formalities at the government building by getting a stamp, then A Hai entered the Divine Temple again and brought out a second pattern. After that, there were no other plans but to have fun.

Huang Mao and the other two had no idea where they’d teleported to; they weren’t there when A Hai came out of the temple. Xu Huo had no intention of waiting for them, heading straight to the first tourist spot based on the travel guide.

One has to admit, the atmosphere in the city devoted to the Goddess Church is quite pleasant. Even though Xu Huo was a person from the Outer Zone, locals offered assistance all along the way. At the tourist spot, people even voluntarily let him go first because of his injury, not treating him differently due to his status as a player.

As for the two players from last night, they kept their word and found their way to the vicinity again—although they had changed their appearances and outfits, the number color and size on their heads hadn’t changed much, making them hard to miss.

While A Hai participated in the game event, Xu Huo bought two bottles of water and handed them to the two players. "Does every player from the Outer Zone need to be watched like this?"