I went berserk in the game of gods.

Chapter 58 You don’t want to either…

Song He's severed hand made Cao Yu and the other two forget about logic and immediately go on high alert.

When were you injured...?

Song Qiao immediately activated her spiritual vision—after the evolution of the immortal path reached 11%, her inner vision evolved into spiritual vision, allowing her to see many things that ordinary people cannot see.

For example, some spiritual entities not only lack physical form, but also do not produce any optical physical phenomena, making them completely invisible to ordinary people.

And those with spiritual vision can see these monsters.

Song Qiao activated her spiritual vision and looked around... but saw nothing.

Two clear tears suddenly streamed down her cheeks, and her nose began to twitch... She actually cried!?
"What's going on...?" Cao Yu asked Song Qiao, "Why are you crying?"

"I don't know either... I just suddenly feel so sad... I really want to cry... What's going on...!?"

Song Qiao spoke in a tearful voice, her words filled with surprise and uncertainty.

It sounds very strange.

It's like they've gone mad.

"Uh..." Zhou Fan suddenly clutched his stomach and knelt on the ground.

"..." Cao Yu: "Does your stomach hurt?"

"I...I suddenly feel so much pain...it feels like life has no meaning...Why do I have this thought...!?"

As Zhou Fan replied, a look of pain and despair appeared in his eyes.

He felt a sharp pain in his stomach—not from a stomach ailment, but rather from emotional stomach cramps triggered by intense emotional distress.

At this moment, it's as if he's been pursuing his goddess for ten years, and she finally accepted his confession and they entered into marriage. But after the wedding, he discovered that the goddess already had a lover, and marrying him was just her lover's job. The two of them went from having an affair behind his back to having an affair in public... Multiplying this emotion by ten times is the pain he's experiencing right now.

And the pain is only intensifying.

One of the three men was holding his wrist and frowning, another was covering his nose and crying, and the third was clutching his stomach and wailing. Seeing this, Cao Yu felt a surge of anger and rage, and a violent killing intent arose within him... Cao Yu forcibly suppressed his killing intent.

He's in trouble too!

An inexplicable surge of anger and murderous intent welled up within me... and it grew stronger with time... What's going on?

Being attacked?

Cao Yu immediately activated the "Immortal Slaying Curse" to cover his entire body, attempting to dismantle this invisible attack.

It had no effect.

He immediately discerned the true nature of this invisible attack—the rules of the instance!
His "Immortal Slaying Spell" possesses near-invincible physical defense; its essence is offense over defense, capable of breaking through anything, and belongs to the category of rule-based and conceptual skills.

The earlier the superpower number appears, the more conceptual it becomes.

However, the "Immortal Slaying Curse" is the only thing it cannot prevent from being affected by the same rules.

After all, his evolution level is too low at this stage.

The power of rules is beyond the reach of low-level players.

Just like the previous dungeon "Shared Grave," when the dungeon was running, all players felt hungry and were plagued by a negative buff that caused them to lose stamina... This is the power of the dungeon rules, not a simple physical, energy, or mental attack, and it cannot be defended against at all. The only solution is to find a way within the rules.

'A severed hand, sorrow, pain, anger... Happy Town, the ever-smiling townspeople, the players who stayed to live there, the peaceful citizens of the Federation... a town where you can forget your troubles...'

Cao Yu's brain worked at high speed, connecting all the clues and quickly arriving at a speculative conclusion—this town was very likely to devour anything that hindered the townspeople from achieving happiness.

For example, negative emotions.

For example, painful injuries.

Happiness can be found by simply following the town's rules.

As for those who break the rules... judging from the current situation of the four of them, the "negative" things that have been swallowed up by the town will most likely gradually transfer to those who break the rules.

This guess is more in line with the current situation.

To break the deadlock, you have to follow the rules.

But following the rules... Cao Yu thought of the smiling townspeople; following the rules was even more dangerous!
It is highly likely that it will be "assimilated" and become part of the copy.

but……

'Rules-related influences are beyond the control of low-level players; they can only be resolved within the rules. Therefore, there shouldn't be a situation where simply following the rules leads to complete assimilation and certain death; it definitely leaves room for players to resist.'

Since there are multiple rules, violating different rules must correspond to different dangers.

'The known dangers so far include spirit monsters and negative transference... We haven't encountered spirit monsters yet, presumably because we haven't violated the corresponding rules. We haven't encountered them before mealtime, or they haven't come by 10 PM... The rule we've violated so far is that we must pray at least three times during the day.'

'Then, conversely, does following different rules also correspond to different degrees of assimilation?' Cao Yu quickly pushed the logic forward.

As long as it's not a complete assimilation all at once, there's a chance to turn things around.

Of course, this is just a guess, and even if he is very confident, he still needs to verify it first.

Cao Yu suppressed his increasingly violent killing intent and quickly said to Zhou Fan and the other two:

"This instance is likely to devour all the townspeople's negativity, including negative emotions, pain, and so on. Then, this negativity will gradually transfer to those who don't follow the rules. If this continues, we might be swallowed up by negativity, either through physical death or mental breakdown."

The solution is to complete at least three prayers, but the cost is being affected by the assimilating power of the instance.

I'm not sure how much will be assimilated; I can only say it won't cause immediate problems. I need someone to help me verify this guess. The reward is... helping you get at least a 'B-' dungeon rating and receiving one item.

Hearing this,

Zhou Fan, suppressing the growing pain and despair in his heart, said:

"I……"

"I come!"

Song He spoke.

At this moment, in addition to the fracture in his right wrist, he also had more than a dozen gruesome self-inflicted wounds on his left arm, from which blood was gushing out.

If this continues, who knows if I'll suddenly get a severed waist injury?
Or a broken neck injury?
He dares not gamble!
Fortunately, he only suffered external injuries and was not troubled by negative emotions, so he spoke and acted first than Zhou Fan.

Zhou Fan: "?"

Dude, are you even going to steal this chance to be a simp?
Song He naturally ignored Zhou Fan's emotions.

He raised his injured hands, palms facing upwards, as if lifting air, and slowly raised them above his head while muttering:
"May I be happy for the rest of my life."

He did it three times in a row, murmuring it three times.

The moment the prayer ended, his severed hand and self-inflicted injuries vanished as if absorbed by some force.

His player panel popped up at that moment, and the Evolution game's notification sound rang out:

You have triggered a side quest.

Side Quest 1: Recover Your Lost Belongings

Side Quest 2: Recover the Lost Items of the Surviving Dungeon Residents

Song He has returned to normal.

He immediately informed Cao Yu of the intelligence.

Zhou Fan, who was in despair, and Song Qiao, who was in grief, also heard it. They suppressed their emotions and looked to Cao Yu for his opinion.

Something disappeared after I prayed... What did it disappear to? Should I do something about it?

"Bear with it for now," Cao Yu instructed the two before asking Song He, "Since you've lost something... have you noticed any changes in yourself?"

“No.” Song He shook his head, his eyes suspicious. “I don’t feel like I’ve lost anything. Everything is normal.”

"What about your memories?" Cao Yu continued to ask.

"Uh... I can recall everything from childhood to adulthood without missing anything," Song He replied truthfully.

Cao Yu looked back and forth between Song He and Song Qiao, then gave the order:

“You two are siblings and know each other well. Carefully search through your own embarrassing negative memories. Remember, they are embarrassing memories. Then say them out one by one and compare them with each other.”

This town will devour "unhappiness" and create "happiness".

If you don't know what you've lost, looking for it in "unhappiness" is undoubtedly a good direction for investigation.

"..." Song Qiao: "Do...should I say it too?"

Cao Yu replied, "Miss Song, you don't want to fail to get a high evaluation or find a good backer, do you?"

Song Qiao: "I don't want to..."

"Then tell me," Cao Yu said ruthlessly.

So the two siblings started revealing their most memorable embarrassing moments from the past.

Fortunately, Zhou Fan and Cao Yu, who were standing nearby, were in a state of shock and rage, respectively. They were not in a normal emotional state, so the bystanders didn't feel embarrassed for them.

Perhaps it was because the player had strong mental strength and a clear memory, plus the siblings were very familiar with each other, that after Song Qiao revealed her embarrassing past, she quickly realized that Song He had omitted something quite profound.

(End of this chapter)