Kaidan Game Train: A Chapter 1762: 1762: As Humble As Dust

Chapter 1762: Chapter 1762: As Humble As Dust

The short man didn’t let him in directly. Instead, he closed the door first, asked the person deep inside the room, then reopened the door and warned, “Don’t ss around. There are ard robots everywhere in the room.”

Inside was a small living room, about the size of a typical one-bedroom in Zone 014, yet four ard robots stood within this narrow space. Judging by their appearance, they had been modified, with one robot’s chest and abdon parts exposed directly, the wiring and chips inside seemingly patched up, indicating it wasn’t their first modification.

Though these robots looked old-fashioned, they were heavily ard.

The short man pointed to the sofa in the living room, “If you have sothing to discuss, talk to the teacher via video.”

Xu Huo sat down, and a communicator in the corner automatically approached. Once the cara lit up, a business card appeared on the screen.

“State your business first, then we can negotiate the price,” the person on the other end said.

Xu Huo didn’t mind if he could see the person or not. He spoke to the communicator, “I learned about you from an old gentleman, and tomorrow morning I need to conduct a very important conversation. During this ti, I don’t want anyone to locate or interrupt

through the Collection of Information Terminal.”

“It’s very risky. The district governnt might trace you, and I can’t guarantee your safety afterward.”

“Why would the district governnt investigate you?” asked the short man, who was occasionally wiping the robot beside him with a cloth, his eyes frequently darting towards Xu Huo.

“Because tomorrow morning, I intend to reveal the truth about how the district governnt and the mining corporation colluded to create a mining disaster for human bone gems one hundred and thirty years ago,” Xu Huo stated calmly.

The room fell silent for a mont, then a voice ca from the communicator, “Do you have evidence?”

“No substantial evidence,” Xu Huo said, “so I hope through tomorrow’s conversation, the district governnt will co forward to confirm my words.”

What he was saying was a bolt from the blue to anyone in Zone 019; the short man’s eyes widened, his mouth repeatedly opening and closing, unable to utter anything despite several attempts.

After a while, the person on the other end asked, “Did you find Xiashi Duolaiti’s body?”

Xu Huo covered Xiashi Duolaiti’s head with his fingers to show the photo.

The communicator shut down from the other end, and half a minute later, the bedroom door opened. An old woman in a thick fur hat maneuvered a wheelchair into the room. She appeared frail and aged, but her eyes were as sharp as daggers on her deeply wrinkled face:

“If you can unveil the truth about the district governnt’s atrocities against ordinary people, I’ll help you unconditionally.”

The living room remained silent for several seconds before Xu Huo spoke, “Do you also have relatives who perished in the mining disaster?”

“Tian Tian in the ditch,” the elderly woman replied solemnly, “Better than family.”

Xu Huo nodded. Before coming, he had specifically confird with Mr. Yue about this, gaining so understanding of this elder’s past. The victims of the mining accident weren’t completely marginalized people; so had ford social relationships, particularly the group of disabled individuals who banded together for support.

Who the elder referred to as “family” was unclear, but after a certain mining disaster, she had repeatedly gone to the district governnt to ask for compensation. Due to procedural issues, her quest for money was incredibly difficult. Mr. Yue probably gathered evidence at the ti to support his theories about the mining disaster, so he tracked so related personnel. The current famous “Tian Tian in the ditch” among the “Storm Factor” group in Zone 019 was one of them.

The “Storm Factor” is equivalent to the hackers referred to in Zone 014. Due to technological advancent, the operation of the Collection of Information Terminal is vastly different from backward districts, so hackers’ activities often trigger uncontrollable chain reactions, known as “Storms.” The hackers who cause these chain reactions call themselves “Storm Factors,” a na widely recognized.

Seeing her and the short man both looking unhealthy, and considering their fa and decent inco, yet living in such a simple place, Xu Huo added, “If you’re found out or anything unexpected occurs, you may not be able to stay in Zone 019, and other zones may not have dical facilities matching here.”

The old woman removed her hat, revealing that the seemingly ridiculously thick fur hat was actually only a thin layer, ant to cover her disproportionately large head.

Head abnormal evolution; this situation, except for this one, Xu Huo had only seen in one other person. However, compared to ng Cun, who had to constantly drain fluid from his brain, the elder seed in much better condition.

Touching her smooth scalp, she said, “How long do you think soone like

wants to live?”

“Both Tian Tian’s father and I are orphans of the Player death match. I’m crippled, he’s deaf. We were both over ten years old when our parents died. The governnt didn’t care for us. Being too young, it was difficult for us to find jobs. After barely growing up against all odds, I took an illegal Evolution Potion, which caused my head to grow rapidly. Lacking money for treatnt, Tian Tian’s father and I turned to begging, stealing, and becoming test subjects for underground labs, barely surviving.”

“Not long after, the underground lab was destroyed, and we, as victims, received a large sum of money, enough to live on for a while. We planned to marry.”

“That’s when we found Tian Tian. He was abandoned due to a congenital condition. We couldn’t bear to see him die in an orphanage, so we took him in.”

“To earn more money, when the mining company recruited with high wages, Tian Tian’s father went. My condition could afford to wait, but if Tian Tian didn’t have cranial surgery by the age of ten, he would suffer from the disease for life. Though we knew there was no pie in the sky, he still went, and I let him go.”

“He just died like that!” The old woman clutched the hat tightly, gritting her teeth, “We couldn’t even find his body!”

Her emotions were so tumultuous that the short man, Tian Tian, poured her a glass of water, but she refused to drink it, continuing, “How ridiculous! When I went to find his body, I coincidentally saw the rescue team accidentally unearthing gemstone ford like human bones from underground…”

“That’s when I understood everything; there’s no charity, only money for buying lives!”

“But I needed that money,” the elder said sorrowfully, “Without compensation, I couldn’t survive, Tian Tian couldn’t survive. Tian Tian’s father died for us; I couldn’t let his death be in vain. They refused to recognize our kinship due to lack of proper procedures, so I went to Tian Tian Le for compensation, to the governnt for compensation, until they got annoyed, until they had no choice but to deal with . Finally, I got the money, enough to cover Tian Tian’s surgery fees.”

“At that mont, I thought heaven gave

a glimr of hope, but I didn’t walk two streets before robbers took my money. They completely broke both my legs, saying they’d make sure I’d never appear at the district governnt’s door again!”