I, a Mental Patient, Was Chosen to Participate in AnalogHorror-Chapter 501 - 467: The Train Searching for the End Point

Oh?

We have this kind of situation?

"Sure, I didn’t expect Director Wang, that brat, and the old geezers in the military compound to actually be somewhat useful in a pinch."

Jiang Xiao stroked his chin as he gave his sly commentary.

Sun Wei found it utterly ludicrous.

What’s with the act, you childish boy, pretending to be all profound?

"Is there any way we can put on a little performance?"

Jiang Xiao furrowed his brow, feeling like his own image was being overplayed—some people were already confusing the big Wang and the little Wang.

Himself, "fighting desperately" inside Kaidan, and someone out here was targeting Sun Wei and the others?

A shameless person like him certainly had no precedent for tolerating mistreatment...

"What? Perform what?" Sun Wei asked, puzzled.

"I’m thinking of losing on purpose to let Kaidan invade for a bit. By then, you could have already moved Director Wang and the elderly from the military compound to Qingshan. The usual invasion should be manageable by you and Bai Yi, right?"

Huh?

As soon as he said this, Bai Yi and Mu Xitang got instantly excited, thumping their chests to show they were totally up to the task!

"Uh, that doesn’t sound right," Sun Wei shattered Jiang Xiao’s fond illusion: "The premise of a Kaidan invasion is that you have to lose, and if you lose..."

Not to say that you’d definitely die, but being trapped inside Kaidan with no way out was a certainty.

The four of them briefly discussed and then abandoned the idea.

They had no intention of harming anyone, and, honestly, even if everyone in Dragon Country died, they wouldn’t care—Jiang Xiao only knew a few people after all.

Besides Qingshan Mental Hospital, he just had some acquaintances in the military compound and with Director Wang.

"Say it or not, Director Wang really is a good guy. The first piece of haunted artifact he got from the cherry blossom side, he gave it to me, despite the opposition. Otherwise..."

Otherwise, given Bai Yi’s then scrappy state, she probably wouldn’t have lasted that night.

The family of four had a simple New Year’s Eve dinner, and after finishing, they sat in front of the TV with sunflower seeds, peanuts, and soft drinks, waiting for Bai Yi and Mu Xitang’s New Year’s greeting video.

...

At eight o’clock sharp.

With a burst of cheerful celebratory music, the words "Spring Festival Gala" appeared on the screen first.

Then, an abrupt transition followed.

The scene moved to a small courtyard, where a festively dressed Bai Yi and Mu Xitang smiled widely, clasping their hands together in a blessing video wishing the nation luck for the Dragon Year.

What is this?

It’s not that Bai Yi and Mu Xitang performed poorly.

It’s mainly that the dissonance was too severe.

Not to mention that the courtyard in the video was "modest" to an excessive degree, mainly in the background of the two, blue and white stripes occasionally walked back and forth.

"Cough, well, because we couldn’t remember all those lines, it was filmed and edited separately..."

This also led to many mental patients appearing in the video.

But that was unavoidable.

Not to mention that the people filming the video were merely amateurs, and everyone’s attention was on the two youngsters anyway, until subsequent shooting was finished, people realized there had been intruders.

But it was too late by then, they had to hurriedly submit it.

Furthermore, given the influence from the military compound’s side, let alone inserting a slightly dissonant video segment, even if they had added some mosaic, no one would dare comment.

But the main goal was achieved anyway.

Now the live comments were bursting with joy.

[Got it, with this video segment, watching this year’s spring gala wasn’t a waste.]

[Hahahaha! I can’t even, wait, did you guys not notice those mental patients in the background?]

[Gotta hand it to them... it looks like it was filmed at a mental hospital, right?]

[I’m dying of laughter, the first thing I see on TV in the new year is a mental patient, hahahaha.]

[Say it or not, isn’t this more interesting than the First Meeting Photography Studio?]

[Uh, regarding the First Meeting Photography Studio, all I can say is that it’s crap.]

[Buddy, you still showed restraint basing your rating directly on history is obviously more fitting.]

Okay, okay, okay...

The Spring Festival Gala is undoubtedly the biggest stage for whitewashing, plus Xiaobai and Mu Xitang were rumored in the first place.

This move would probably restore their status as the beloved of the Blue Star group by tomorrow.

The following days proved this to be true.

When the family went out, they no longer felt ostracized by the public, and some people even approached them proactively for photos.

...

The fifth day of the new year.

At three-thirty in the afternoon, Jiang Xiao finally heard the sound he had been eagerly awaiting.

[Analog Horror game is about to descend, selecting the Chosen Ones]

"Finally! Here it comes!"

Jiang Xiao was spirited, having also prepared his items.

He decided to use the Peach Wood Sword and the Time-Stopping Bell as trade items for the bizarre tools.

After much deliberation, he still planned to keep the Clown Mask.

Firstly, in terms of offense, the electromagnetic force he controlled and the evil-dispelling effect carried by the Peach Wood Sword clearly overlapped significantly.

Then there was the Time-Stopping Bell.

Depending on the spiritual power of friends and foes, it could pause the actions of the enemies, but there was a chance of backlash.

Most importantly, it required the opponent to be off guard to succeed.

Cough, the major reason was Sun Wei...

She greatly disliked Jiang Xiao having this bell, feeling its effect was quite unseemly, even somewhat perverted.

Moreover, the effectiveness of the Clown Mask also related to spiritual power, and its effects were more refined without any backlash, providing an escape by creating illusions if overpowered.

...

The start of this Kaidan had been a long time coming for other countries.

Because when Jiang Xiao had supported Du Lala, all the other countries had comfortably been spectators.

Now that it restarted all of a sudden, many were still unaccustomed.

Looking at the items in Jiang Xiao’s hands,

Kaidan didn’t say much, just silently increased the difficulty.

[Ding, game starts, enter the world of Kaidan, find the terminal train]

[This Kaidan is a nine-star adventure level, limited reminders from the outside world]

Seeing the difficulty on the screen, everyone who had been immersed in the festive atmosphere sobered up immediately.

Many people even started cursing.

"Darn! Isn’t the year over yet, and they’ve jacked up the difficulty to max?"

"Damn, and here I thought Kaidan would reward us with a fun New Year—turns out they dropped a big one on us!"

"It doesn’t matter, I blindly trust Jiang Xiao anyway."

"I don’t mind either, I don’t know about others, but I know Jiang Xiao definitely won’t lose."

Seeing the attitude of the people from Dragon Country, the rest of the countries almost clenched their teeth in frustration.

...

’Wuu wuu wuu...’

’Clang... clang... clang... clang clang clang clang’

Accompanied by the whistle of an old train, Jiang Xiao’s vision gradually became clear.

This is...

A train?

Isn’t this like those old-style green-skinned trains from the early days of the reform and opening up?

Jiang Xiao’s position was by a window.

In front of him was a wooden, slightly damaged table.

Beside him and opposite him, there were five other people.

Li Chenggong and Niu Geng from "Journey of Frustration" sat on this kind of train.

The two of them and Snow Mastiff Hero sat on one side, and three college girls sat across.

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