Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!-Chapter 2151: Many People Float Up on the Lake

Dr. Dian hesitated after glancing at today’s work schedule and said, "Alright, just one day."

Xu Huo rose to take his leave.

Having completed the placement arrangements for the "Time Tower," he planned to return to the station city to look for the Girl in the painting.

Xu Huo wasn’t worried about the Girl in the painting being captured by the Tian Family. She had followed many players before without being captured in their Prop Inventory, indicating that she couldn’t be captured unless she willingly agreed. Ordinary container props couldn’t hold her either. Since she could previously evade the Tian Family and find the location of frozen corpses, she was likely hiding somewhere in the mansion district now, just temporarily unable to come out.

"Time Tower" must be taken to Chongming Bird Pharmaceuticals by her.

The station city was fairly calm last night. The people who endured the night were somewhat disappointed that the expected drama didn’t occur. However, more people believed that the Tian Family had already killed the player who came to seek justice in secret. Although he deliberately made a scene to draw attention, he still couldn’t escape the Tian Family’s assassination. Now, even the corpse was probably gone.

If a player did stir up trouble, there might have been an outlet for everyone’s anger. But the incident seemed to be passing quietly, which those who had past grievances with the Tian Family couldn’t accept. More and more people gathered at City Hall to report it, and the public was getting more and more agitated, even suspecting that the Municipal Government was covering for the Tian Family, hence the lack of progress in the investigation.

The investigation had not been without progress. In fact, the upper echelon of the Municipal Government was well aware of what the Tian Family was doing behind the scenes, or else how could the rotating use of the ship always fall to the Tian Family?

The matters in the Outer Zone could be sealed, but not those in this Zone. Ordinary people were prohibited from using weapons of mass destruction, but nobody could control the players. Whether they had a grudge against the Tian Family or simply used this opportunity to challenge them, they were all preparing for a fight. With a lawful cause, even if they really rushed into the Tian Family to kill, the Municipal Government would be powerless.

And most importantly, the Municipal Government did not want to bear the consequences of this incident.

The articles published by scholars, though extensively discussing the threats that overdeveloped machinery could pose to humanity, had the Tian Family’s actions as evidence of this process. Prior gene screenings were a battle between technology and humanity, and the unity in Zone 008 aimed to maximize the protection of ordinary people’s rights. Now that someone wanted to uproot it, everyone naturally felt at risk.

When people hadn’t seen darkness, they thought it was far away. But once they truly noticed it, they realized darkness and light coexist; it never left. So many reports signified countless unexplained disappearances; who was to say who the next missing person would be? Some players could become test subjects, let alone ordinary people?

The Tian Family persecuted ordinary people, who could only press the Municipal Government, which refused to take the blame and demanded a statement from the Tian Family instead.

In fact, the Tian Family already had a plan, which was to use a large amount of recorded data to pin the incident on several Outer Zone players or actual criminals within the Zone, thereby easing the conflict with the public while also playing the victim role—surely not all the disappearances in Zone 008 were related to the Tian Family?

This kind of news had already spread on the Collection of Information Terminal, until numerous corpses and living people suddenly emerged from the lake in the mansion district where the Tian Family was located.

From the first report, many areas of the Tian Family were monitored, even more so where the Tian Family resided. The mansion district of the station city was a prominent place. While the security barriers were active, the Tian Family, under the Municipal Government’s orders, couldn’t interfere or shield the outside view. Therefore, when bodies and people floated up from under the lake, the hovering surveillance drones and players around saw it all clearly.

The players posted outside to guard for the Tian Family were stunned, looking towards the direction of the villa.

The corpses, numbered on their feet, were seven or eight, but there were over twenty living people. As soon as these people surfaced, they cried for help, repeatedly shouting that they were kidnapped by the Tian Family.

Regarding the missing persons, neither the Municipal Government nor the Player Organization could actually act against the Tian Family; after all, with props, handling those corpses and people was simple, search as you might. But evidence surfacing so blatantly was rare, so when the Tian Family’s players tried to dispose of the bodies immediately, the nearby Law Enforcement Team intervened, using instruments to directly disrupt the outer barrier, and as soon as they entered, they began protecting the people on the lake.

The over twenty people, male and female, mostly had attractive appearances; some bore signs of abuse. The quick-witted, upon seeing the Law Enforcement Team, eagerly disclosed the truth, "The Tian Family kept us in the villa basement to entertain guests. Every two or three days, someone would leave, never to return. They must have died!"

"The Tian Family said we couldn’t escape even if we died, and that those who died would be sent to the lab to feed Aliens!"

"...Besides forced companionship, someone even took a liking to some part of our bodies..."

"All those bodies were hollowed out..."

With the Law Enforcement Team preventing interference, the Tian Family’s players were unable to make any moves. A few who attempted to use Psychic Power to interfere were also directly stunned by the fellow Psychic Evolver who was the Law Enforcement Team’s captain. Smiling at the Buzz Cut player at the forefront, the captain said, "With me here, don’t even think about pulling any tricks."

The Buzz Cut’s expression was cold, "Yang Chong, the Tian Family is also a member of Zone 008 and has made significant contributions; you shouldn’t treat us this way."

"You speak as if only the Tian Family contributed to Zone 008," the captain Yang Chong pointed backward with a hand, "Who here isn’t diligently working, paying taxes to sustain every blade of grass and tree in the district? The Tian Family, like everyone else."

The Buzz Cut remained unmoved, but the other Tian Family members clearly had different thoughts, someone said, "When the Outer Zone players attack, have your people behind you fend them off as well."

Yang Chong’s face darkened at this, "The players in Zone 008 already have sufficient privileges. If simply being stronger than ordinary people allows you to disregard their rights, then your Tian Family makes no difference to the Municipal Government and Zone 008."

He locked eyes with the opponent, "The only reason I’m still reasoning with you here is because of Zone 008’s laws and regulations; otherwise, when you tried to interfere with the Law Enforcement Team’s duties, you should have been executed on the spot!"

"Beep!" As he finished speaking, the twenty Law Enforcement Team players on the lake simultaneously activated their equipped Energy Guns, pointing their barrels towards the Buzz Cut player and the others ahead.

Unlike their captain, the well-trained Law Enforcement Team showed no obvious emotional fluctuations. They quietly observed the players ahead, ready for orders at any moment.

Yang Chong chuckled coldly, waved a hand, and turned away: "Take them all away!"