Why is my journey to the world of anime a strange tale of rules?

The dormitory door opened quietly, seemingly out of nowhere.

Through the gap in the blanket, Maki saw a tall shadow standing at the doorway, in the dimly lit corridor, slowly stepping out and into the pitch-black dormitory.

Chapter Sixty-Six: The Chase and Illusions Beneath the Crimson Light and Shadow

What it is?

Shijou Maki's eyes widened.

The rules list doesn't mention this kind of existence at all, so why am I encountering such a thing, and... is it targeting me?

I sensed that I was being targeted by something incredibly terrifying, an overwhelming malice, a suffocating feeling that no human could possibly have, all rushing towards me.

tread--

The thing's steps moved forward.

In the blink of an eye, he was already standing right in front of me.

A crimson light burst forth in the next moment.

Corpses with their joints hollowed out and replaced with wooden structures appeared out of thin air and grabbed the thing.

The next moment, Shijo Maki suddenly leaped out of bed. Even though she hadn't taken off her clothes while sleeping, she landed instantly on the table in the middle of the dormitory. Then, she jumped a second time and landed straight at the doorway before that thing's hand could reach out and grab her.

The lights outside had turned blood red.

At this moment, Maki could see that the shape of the corridor had become strangely distorted, turning from a straight corridor into an extremely chaotic shape.

What the hell does this happen?

"clothing!"

At that moment, Chika Fujiwara's voice rang out from the other bed.

Maki turned her head and saw an adventure suit being thrown at her. Underneath her own white lab coat, an adventure suit that wasn't fully on was also visible. When she decided to move over, Chika had been careful not to completely remove her adventurer's clothing. Now, this action came in handy, giving her a way to quickly escape this area.

The thing that had been held by the blood puppet was slowly breaking free of its restraints. By the red light shining down from the corridor, Maki and Chika could make out the shape and outline of the thing, which was clearly no different from Professor Follen's.

How could it be him?

Both Maki and Takahashi considered many possibilities regarding this professor who was shrouded in mystery. They wondered if this man was not entirely bizarre, but rather a special being who retained a certain degree of self-awareness.

But this thing exudes a chilling aura, showing absolutely no human side. It is a completely bizarre being, targeting Maki and preparing to attack her.

Did she break any rules?

Blowing up the monitoring room may indeed be a bad thing to do, but unfortunately, it's not a rule in the researchers' code of conduct.

Aunt Kaguya didn't see any suspicious people before entering the power area, but she was immediately discovered after entering. Considering the monitoring room had been destroyed, if these strange entities couldn't connect to the monitoring system with a single click, perhaps... there was another monitoring route, such as checking the surveillance footage through someone's office computer, which led to the discovery of Aunt Kaguya?

In an instant, Zhenfei had figured out many things.

"call……"

And then, in the next moment, with a deep breath, the girl made her choice.

whoosh-

A strong wind blew by.

Instead of retreating, Princess Zhenfei, wielding a scalpel, stepped forward and cleaved the strange hand that was reaching out to her with a single stroke.

The pale hand fell to the ground, seemingly still wriggling.

No blood was flowing from the wound.

Just like a monster in its fully formed form, this thing continued to break free of the blood puppet's restraints, attempting to attack the True Consort.

The next moment, Maki swung her sword repeatedly, cutting off the creature's hands, feet, and head, and splitting its torso into four pieces. Then, she and Chika turned and fled the dormitory, running into the corridor.

"I'll go to the power sector, you go to Fuleng's office."

During the run, Maki handed a scalpel to Chika and said earnestly to her.

"Should we stay here?"

Chika hesitated for a moment. She felt that changing her clothes now to temporarily escape the scene and then returning after a while would be the safest option.

"hurry up."

Maki didn't have time to explain her thoughts; she simply said this to Chika and then sped up her run.

The sound of something wriggling and crawling came from behind. The blood puppet couldn't hold it for long, as it began to gradually regain its human form and started chasing after the two girls in the direction they had fled.

The corridor under the dim red light was much longer than it should have been, so long that even after running for two or three minutes, Maki and Chika still couldn't get out.

A suppressed scream rose from under the floorboards, accompanied by the sound of some kind of machinery operating, a bizarre and terrifying sound as if some kind of instrument was slowly crushing a person.

A chilling aura rapidly approached from behind.

Along with the sound came a sharp, piercing noise and a blurry, hallucinatory image.

what is that……

It seemed as if I could see the pitch-black base corridor after the power outage.

A blood-red dress.

The dress, which should have been white, is now stained blood red.

Standing among the corpses was a strange creature dressed in a blood-red dress, seemingly watching something.

Its gaze... fell upon Foln, who lay paralyzed on the ground, retreating in fear...

Did it turn Volon into this?

Why didn't it kill Folneng immediately? What exactly did it want to do?

Give it back to me...

It seemed as if I could hear the suppressed, sobbing voice of a woman, and her trembling words.

Consort Zhen's eyes widened.

The hallucination ended in an instant, and she and Chika had already run out of the dormitory corridor and headed towards the stairs.

That thing was still getting closer.

Judging from the ever-shrinking distance between them, the two girls would probably be caught up with before they even reached the office.

That's how it should be.

But before that, in this corridor, a strange person who was forcibly dressed in a white coat, who originally seemed to be wearing tourist clothes, suddenly fell into the corridor.

The red light turned white in an instant.

The eerie creature lying on the ground let out a muffled groan, then vanished into thin air, leaving only a white lab coat behind.

Maki and Chika stopped when they heard the footsteps chasing them and turned around. What they saw was Professor Folneng standing in the corridor, staring at them expressionlessly.

[The experiment is about to begin; time to head to the research area]

After leaving behind these words, Foleng walked past Maki and Chika with a blank expression, and went down the stairs as if nothing had happened.

Thank you for earlier.

As she caught her breath and calmed herself, Maki spoke to Takahashi through their mental link.

You're welcome. How's the situation now?

Gao Hai's voice immediately responded.

{The lights are back to normal, and that weird thing you threw over is gone. By the way, are you alright? You were in close contact with that thing.}

Princess Zhenfei answered, then asked with some concern.

{Completely fine, in fact, quite good}

As Gao Hai spoke, he lowered his head and carefully crept past the ticket counter in the hall. Outside the counter, more than a dozen eerie figures dressed as tourists were searching for Gao Hai with blank expressions. They were looking for the guy who had rushed towards them a few minutes earlier, used blood-stained scissors to cut off the limbs of a "tourist," then forcibly dressed that tourist in a researcher's outfit before running away.

Wearing the silver ring, Gao Hai forcefully ignored the killing rules of these strange creatures and confronted a large group of "tourists" head-on. Even though he was in the Land of Regrets rather than a cave environment, Gao Hai was still pierced with countless holes all over his body, and even had a hole punched through his head. However, these fatal injuries did not affect his movements at all under the power of Andres' ring. In fact, even after one of Gao Hai's hands was torn off, his other hand could still float in mid-air on the side of his shoulder, as if connected by something invisible, and could still exert force normally.

Of course, considering that the ring could only guarantee Gao Hai's survival during its activation, if it was used for too long and approached the point of being out of control, Gao Hai would still die. Therefore, Gao Hai also wore the rescue team's badge, using its power to a limited extent and without fully releasing the rescue team form to heal his injuries. In this way, by using the two items of his obsession together, he gradually healed his fatal wounds.

While the ring's power is formidable when used alone, it also has significant limitations. However, when used in conjunction with restorative artifacts, its combined power becomes extraordinary, which is perhaps a thought worth exploring.

After confirming that the bones and flesh between his severed arm and body had reattached and the large hole in his head had almost healed, Gao Hai took off the ring and threw it back into the watch's storage space. Then, he found a door and inserted the blood key.

The way he rescued Maki and Chika was simple. Through mental communication, Gao Hai had already learned from Maki about the notice Kaguya had seen in the power zone. Considering the rules described in the notice and the message he found in the power distribution room, Gao Hai easily deduced that [the research base would not be invaded by external supernatural forces when it was powered on, therefore, any external supernatural intrusion would activate the research base's power]. Therefore, he directly found a supernatural being, forcibly dressed it in a researcher's uniform, and teleported it to Maki's location. Then, unsurprisingly, due to the rule conflict, the research base instantly returned to normal, and the supernatural being was forcibly repelled by some force existing within the research base.

That base is really impressive. Did this method of isolating strange forces appear before or after the base was destroyed?

With that thought in mind, Gao Hai used the blood key to open the door and then returned to the electrical substation where Wilbo had last hidden.

And immediately they saw Lixer standing in front of the power switch, reaching out to pull it down.

The other party didn't seem to notice Gao Hai's entry; they simply reached out, grabbed the switch, and were about to pull it down.

Snapped!

Before the other party could do that, Gao Hai reached out and grabbed Lixer's arm tightly, preventing him from pulling the switch down even a fraction of an inch.

"Don't touch it."

At this moment, Gao Hai's voice was filled with icy emotion.

Chapter 67: Everything was just right.

"Oh, Mr. Gao? You're alright? That's so good."

Lixer, who hadn't expected Gao Hai to suddenly appear, was stunned for a moment, then turned around abruptly. After seeing that it was Gao Hai, he breathed a sigh of relief, smiled at him, and said...

Why are you touching this?

Gao Hai didn't stand on ceremony with the other party, but simply looked at them and asked.

"If we just pull this switch, we'll have a chance to escape this place, right? If that's the case, of course we should give it a try. Mr. Gao, there are still many players trapped here and unable to leave. We should try our best to help them."

Lixer seemed unable to understand Gao Hai's reasons for stopping him, and explained earnestly to him in a somewhat anxious manner.

"If you want to leave here, you don't need to turn on this switch. Don't touch it. If you do, many players will have a chance to live, but another group of players will die at your hands."

He grabbed Lixer's fingers and pried them apart one by one.