Kaidan Game Train: Abide Rule or Die!-Chapter 2192: Internal Issues of the Divine Temple

Xu Huo did not rest for a long time. Instead, he sat by the window, watching the ever-changing lights outside through the gap in the curtains. The light and shadow divided his face and made the part of his body hidden in the dark seemed to blend into the darkness, like a beast lurking in the corner.

He was thinking about what the Divine Envoy had said.

From beginning to end, the other party only said one useful piece of information, which was that a Saintess had been killed. But who was the person, and where was the Saintess from—people generally would assume it was the Saintess from here, especially since the Divine Temple here was closed. This is just a possibility, and it is based on the premise that a Saintess must have been killed.

Indeed, Xu Huo did not quite believe the only information given by the Divine Envoy.

The way local Believers think may be different from other zones, but human instincts are to seek benefits and avoid harm. Normally, after a Saintess is killed, the Divine Temple shouldn’t announce it before identifying the murderer, unless forced.

The publicity environment in this zone actually makes it difficult for secrets to leak out. Even if they do, it won’t spread widely to the extent of having to close the Divine Temple or require the Divine Envoy to clarify. What’s more, the matter of a Saintess being killed—the Divine Temple is the source of the information—seems like a message deliberately made public.

Without specific names and identities, no one outside the Divine Temple personnel has seen the murderer. In such an eerie environment as the Divine Temple, it’s very difficult for Outer Zone players to sneak in. Even if they managed to get in, being able to kill a Saintess and escape in the presence of the power of the Goddess, the Divine Envoy, and players would certainly cause significant commotion. But there’s no news outside, which explains a lot.

There is an issue with the Divine Temple’s internal personnel.

Whether a Saintess was killed is hard to say. The Divine Temple publicly claims to be pursuing the murderer, ostensibly pointing to Outer Zone players, but it’s unclear what they are actually looking for.

The interesting part of this matter is not the process, but the fact that it happened.

According to the Goddess’s control over the zone, accidents shouldn’t occur where Her statue stands. If it does, there might be two reasons: one is the Goddess tacitly approves; the other is Her control isn’t as strong as the Outer Zone players imagine. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Regardless of the reason, it indicates that this zone isn’t as peaceful as it seems on the surface. At least the Believers who hold the Goddess Church as a faith aren’t of one mind.

With a slight tilt of the head, Xu Huo’s eye appeared in the light gap, and the interior and exterior of this hotel suddenly fell into a small range of Static Time.

The three players wearing Space-Time Class Props weren’t completely frozen by the Static Time, so Xu Huo chose the only one among them who could still move and killed him. As others moved into the corridor, he took the opportunity to bring the other two over.

One of them woke up during the position change, and upon seeing that one of the people he came with was already dead while the other was pinned in place without moving, his face changed drastically, and he turned around to flee.

"Don’t rush," Xu Huo called out to him. "If you don’t want to be frozen again, don’t hurry to leave."

Although that player didn’t leave, he jumped to the end of the corridor, confirmed the location of the doors and windows, and then said: "What do you want to know?"

"Did any players go to the Divine Temple?" Xu Huo asked.

"Not that I know of," the other replied. "You’ve definitely seen the power of the Divine Temple pattern."

Xu Huo nodded slightly. "If that’s the case, then there’s likely been a problem within the Divine Temple, and the Divine Envoy is using the Saintess’s death to divert attention."

This player wasn’t foolish and immediately responded, "They can resolve matters within their church internally, so whose attention are they trying to divert?"

"What do you think?" Xu Huo countered. If internal matters are not resolved internally, it means it cannot be resolved internally. "Is there really a Saintess who has been killed?"

"Didn’t any of you notice anything the night before last near the Divine Temple?"

"If we truly noticed something, why are we at a loss?" the other retorted unceremoniously. "Besides, since it’s an internal matter of the Divine Temple, what does it have to do with our clearing the instance?"

Xu Huo couldn’t be bothered to argue further. "You’ll know if it has anything to do with other players by asking them. Take your two companions and leave. Don’t come back. Next time I won’t be so accommodating."

After saying that, he returned to the guest room, while the player hesitated for a moment, didn’t come back to retrieve the body, nor called for anyone else, and went out the window directly.

Too cowardly.

Moments later, another player awoke from Static Time, saw the corpse at his feet, and fled without a word, not caring about his companion.

Xu Huo had to call the hotel staff to tidy up.

Huang Mao hadn’t slept yet. Noticing the commotion outside, he couldn’t help but sit up and say, "Did you do this on purpose? Trying to direct the instance-clearing players’ attention toward the Divine Temple?"

"Isn’t that good?" Xu Huo said calmly. "The interior of the Divine Temple isn’t unified, and the Goddess isn’t as strong as imagined. Isn’t it an opportunity for instance-clearing players? Whether it’s finding a way to clear or destroying the instance, at least it rules out staying put."

Huang Mao looked puzzled. "You don’t need to clear the instance, so why bother with the Divine Temple? If things explode, won’t it backfire?"

Xu Huo didn’t bother to explain further. Without being stamped by the Satellite City’s Divine Temple, he might not even enter the Holy Land Goddess Temple. As he couldn’t get in, the more people that went in for him, the better.

"Let’s discuss it in the morning."

Clearly, the player Xu Huo let go had already successfully spread the news, and players who initially thought it was an internal affair of the Goddess Church were intrigued. After all, the more information they have, the better their chances of clearing the instance. Who knows, maybe the Divine Temple and the Goddess both have weaknesses?

The more people, the stronger the power, and the faster the communication of information. The players exchanged information and finally found some useful clues: on the night the local player team entered the city, another car from a different Satellite City also entered.

Traffic between Satellite Cities is much better than in the small town where A Hai is located, but still not high, so a car entering the city at night stood out a bit. Furthermore, a team of players followed behind, looking like they were chasing someone.

The odds of being a player who came by car were very low, so what the Divine Temple players were actually looking for was an ordinary person—this assumption is more convincing than the previous theory of an Outer Zone player killing someone because outsiders find it hard to enter the Divine Temple, and it’s easy for players to kill and hide the corpses, leaving such a significant flaw only if an ordinary person acted.

So what the Divine Temple truly seeks is actually a local Believer.

The composition of Divine Temple personnel is very simple. Besides the Divine Envoy and players, the rest are Saintesses and Believers responsible for daily affairs.

Among them, Believers are the most numerous. They not only maintain daily order, tend to the buildings, clean, but also handle cooking, daily supplies procurement, etc. With so many people, large turnover, and similar clothing preferences, it’s not hard to understand if one or two run away.