Kaidan Game Train: A Chapter 1731: Deathly Romance

Chapter 1731: Chapter 1731: Deathly Romance

In the instance "The Abode of the Deceased," Zhao Yiming and the others, as well as Zhu Zhongliang’s group, had similar thoughts. After searching through the cetery, company staff, and the families of the deceased, they turned their attention to religious activities, leaning towards the idea that the Hales company had created a special cetery for those who died.

Now that it’s been confird that the Hales company indeed falsified the death toll in the accident, the implication is even clearer: those taken by their families are definitely not within the "deceased" range. It must be those naless dead who were gathered by the Hales company for rituals.

If the Hales company had caused the mining accident for certain reasons, then it aligns even more. "The Abode of the Deceased" is likely referring to those who died in this non-accidental incident.

"The scope has narrowed quite a bit," Jiao Hongyuan said happily.

"Go find these two people, and make sure to get the truth from them," Zhu Zhongliang imdiately contacted Shen Fei and Ke Youming, asking them to co back.

Xu Huo then turned to the terminal to check the religion believed by the Hales leadership.

This religion is called "Seventeen Facets." The rationale behind the na hasn’t been disclosed. Its main business is weddings and funerals. Believers often prefer to use "Seventeen Facets" locations for such events, and many Hales group executives are also mbers of this religion—they are the backbone force, with the ritual venues mostly funded by Hales.

Seeing that they weren’t planning to leave yet, Jiao Hongyuan glanced at the unblocked projection screen, "What does Seventeen Facets an? What kind of religion is given such a perfunctory na?"

ng Xiaoman rolled her eyes, "This religion is promoted by the Hales group, maybe even founded by them. Don’t you know Seventeen Facets? The Hales group once found a naturally ford seventeen-faceted gemstone under a mine, absolutely perfect—I guess that’s where the na cos from."

"This... can’t be," Jiao Hongyuan hesitated, "that seems quite careless."

ng Xiaoman imdiately dug out the exhibition data of that gemstone, "See for yourself."

"No matter how you look at this gemstone, it doesn’t seem naturally ford," Zhu Zhongliang said after a glance, "probably artificially cut, wasn’t there a trend in Zone 019 for seventeen-faceted gemstones, and this one is just larger."

"This gemstone is different," ng Xiaoman rotated the holographic image, "looking frontally, this gemstone appears red, right? Actually, from the back, it’s not like that—there are a few facets in the middle, and other seventeen-faceted stones are man-made. This one is natural, with so internal facets, not cracks."

"So speculate that it might be two different gems accidentally fused together by magma, forming such a rare stone. The inside has visible facets, but the outside is intact, one-of-a-kind, hence its value."

Xu Huo also saw the gemstone; it emitted a burgundy glow from the front, with shades of amber overlapping on the sides and back. As ng Xiaoman said, he could see several intact facets inside, like a masterpiece of nature.

He paused, asked ng Xiaoman, "Are there other strange stones like this?"

Not understanding why he called these exquisite gems strange, ng Xiaoman replied, "I heard they once dug up a rib-shaped gemstone over twenty years ago, nad Second Rib. There are also others with special patterns, supposedly ford due to so special evolution elents being involved, and these are now collected, not for sale."

"A rib-like gem... isn’t that just a colored stone with a purer streak mixed in? Do they need to co up with a story to match it? What’s so special about a second rib?" Zhao Yiming sneered.

"How can you be so unromantic?" ng Xiaoman glared at him, "The second rib is near the heart, protecting it. If a man bought

that stone, wouldn’t that an he’s trying to protect ?"

Zhao Yiming was at a loss for words, and after a two-second pause, he said, "I’ll get you a set of protective gear after we clear this instance—that’s more useful than a second rib."

"You’re so unromantic," ng Xiaoman gave him a loving glare.

The second rib... truly a romance of death.

Xu Huo clapped, pulling the topic back, "There are two people, let’s split up."

Unknowingly, the group had made him their leader. Even Zhu Zhongliang, who initially planned to wait for Shen Fei and Ke Youming, hesitated but agreed to join Xu Huo’s team.

Since Xu Huo smoothly got two nas out of Pu Hui, Zhao Yiming and the others believed following him would be beneficial.

"The ’deceased’ in the instance is most likely referring to those who died in the man-made accident. With the target clear, we don’t have to rush; let’s take it slow," Zhao Yiming said with a smile to Xu Huo, "Brother Xu, I and Xiaoman will absolutely not cause you trouble."

Xu Huo originally planned to take them along, so he asked Zhu Zhongliang to stay and wait for Shen Fei and Ke Youming. The three of them went to find another person in the know.

Zhu Zhongliang was more thoughtful than Zhao Yiming and his friends but nodded and agreed under Xu Huo’s gaze.

Pu Hui ntioned two people, both living in Ship Bay City, just in different directions. Since Ship Bay City is quite large, Xu Huo and his party used a prop to move around. Before midnight, they found one of the persons in charge.

This person was chosen by Xu Huo.

"Extracting information from them won’t be easy, especially since he was involved in unethical activities. He’s not going to spill easily," Zhao Yiming remarked.

Coercion isn’t effective in Zone 019. So people implant chips in their bodies for real-ti health monitoring. These chips can report to family mbers at any ti, and without personal authorization, any chip malfunction or sudden signal loss will trigger an alarm—even abnormal heart rate fluctuations are reported. Unless you take them away with no intention of returning them, you have to be very careful.

Moreover, even if the worst action is taken, the final answer may not be safe. For players from outside Zone 019, it is full of traps, and unnecessary trouble may arise. So when you can’t ensure a clear pass, it is better to take a conservative approach.

Xu Huo had already sent the Vertical Pupil around the residential area, and they weren’t lucky. The room of this retired Hales executive and his Collection of Information Terminal were equipped with psychic power sensing instrunts. If he tried to interfere, the instrunt would imdiately alert and notify his family.

"Tomorrow then," Xu Huo decided after a glance, "he’s attending a religious event tomorrow. We’ll intercept him in the flying car."