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

What benefit did speeding up the clock bring to that guy that made him risk turning the apartment's time into night?

Was it because there was something that could only be explored at night, or because some kind of profit motive made him decide to take the risk, or for some other reason?

Whatever the reason, he is now beyond dead, and it's unknown whether he regrets his actions.

Moreover, judging from his current performance, this guy possesses at least one supernatural tool for hypnotizing or manipulating others—perhaps something like the "obsession object" Green mentioned. Besides that, he has a gun, is quite accurate, and is also very skilled and resilient. While the fake Kaguya is currently the weakest of the ghost figures Gao Hai has encountered, arguably the only one capable of fighting back and escaping, judging from how Maki and Lao Guo fought her in close combat, she at least possesses the qualities of Captain America—the kind with invincible health. And the fact that Lao Guo could withstand beatings for several minutes without dying shows he's quite capable.

This guy even had high explosives in his equipment. If he had used those on the second floor earlier, well... it seems like it would have been useless except for wiping out all the players? After all, the supernatural doesn't seem to be afraid of this level of physical attack.

I wonder what would happen if a player brought a nuclear bomb into the Rules of the Uncanny and detonated it.

After only a short while without encountering danger, Gao Hai's mind couldn't help but be filled with all sorts of thoughts again.

Ahead, the tangled roads and various pieces of furniture stretched out, with beds lying on the ceiling, cabinets leaning against the walls, half-finished staircases extending upwards, and all sorts of doors that were haphazardly opened or closed, along with piles and scattered garbage bags and pebbles.

bang——

During the walk, Gao Hai kicked a garbage bag, which made a crisp sound.

He looked down at the scattered garbage bag and the empty beer cans that had fallen out of it.

It's the kind of cheapest, lowest-quality beer sold at street stalls. The packaging may look similar to regular beer, but anyone who's ever tasted it can immediately tell by the smell. It's actually garbage produced by unlicensed small factories. Only the poorest people would consider using this kind of stuff to numb themselves.

"what happened?"

Zhenfei, who was on his back, noticed Gao Hai's slow pace.

"These garbage bags are filled with what look like empty beer bottles."

As Gao Hai answered, he continued to walk through the chaotic houses.

"Have you thought of anything?"

Princess Zhenfei frowned and thought for a moment, but couldn't come up with anything useful. For a princess living in a luxurious castle, the idea of ​​cheap beer from the lower rungs of society was still too far removed from her life; she couldn't make any meaningful connections based on such a thing.

"There are all sorts of guesses. The alcohol is the cheapest kind, and there's so much of it. Maybe it was for a group of people to drink at a party? Or maybe it was for one person to drink? In any case, these piles of empty bottles keep appearing repeatedly. I think it might be a true reflection of a family that used to live in the Shirakawa Apartment, leaving their mark in this way. Hmm... but this is just a guess, so don't worry about it too much."

Gao Hai frowned and thought for a while before giving some general ideas.

"Is that so? Auntie and I probably wouldn't think of something like that. The difference in environment and perspective makes a big difference. But you seem to know so much about these things. Have you ever drunk alcohol? Are you the kind of writer who starts creating after taking a few big gulps of alcohol?"

Still unable to quite imagine, Maki shook her head as she spoke, then noticed something else.

"...No, I can't write anything after drinking. But how should I put it, whether it's a family gathering, a classmate reunion, or a friend's gathering, all kinds of gatherings are always related to alcohol. I think my sense of taste and smell are quite sensitive, so I can smell it. But personally, I actually hate drinking because it disrupts my normal thinking."

As Gao Hai was speaking, he suddenly stopped and looked in a certain direction.

"Is that so? I've never drunk alcohol before, but the adults in my family have made wine tasting a mandatory course for me, and they plan to teach me that after I come of age. Hmm? What's wrong? Why did you suddenly stop?"

After subconsciously replying a few times, Zhenfei noticed Gao Hai's actions and asked him a question while following his gaze.

That was a window.

A seemingly inconspicuous window nestled within a twisted and chaotic building.

However, unlike the window they encountered on the second floor before, and unlike the window in the room where the two were trapped, this window was not nailed up, but remained in its normal state.

Even at this moment, the window remained open, offering a direct view of the silent starry sky and a hazy crescent moon outside.

"Outside the window...that's..."

wrong.

There was no moon, no stars.

In the instant she realized it, Maki abruptly closed her eyes, while Takahashi quickly turned around and ran in the opposite direction from the window.

Outside the window...

Those outside the windows...

The image seemed to tear at the girl's heart, as if she could never forget it once she saw it.

float……

No, that's not right, it should be falling...

Falling upwards...like a star...

"Stop thinking about that thing, we didn't see any windows."

Gao Hai suddenly spoke at this moment, instantly bringing Zhenfei back to her senses.

"Why do you always wake up so quickly in situations like this...? Tsk, this thing is practically like hypnosis..."

Shaking her head, Zhenfei stopped dwelling on her strange thoughts and was puzzled by Gao Hai's unusual behavior in this regard.

"Maybe this is my natural talent, I just didn't realize it before. Tsk, something's catching up."

Gao Hai, who was joking, suddenly noticed the unusual sound beside him.

Zhenfei noticed the thing before Gao Hai, and quickly pulled Gao Hai's arm to indicate the direction to dodge. Then Gao Hai suddenly dodged to the side and rushed out. The next moment, a wall next to the two of them exploded, and a chilling figure rushed out from behind the wall, raised his head, and locked onto Zhenfei, who was being carried on Gao Hai's back.

"Holy crap, Refrigerator Guy?!"

Meanwhile, Gao Hai, who was also observing this side, had already recognized the male corpse in the refrigerator that hadn't moved at all when he was on the second floor.

Chapter Twenty-One: Bad kids need to be punished!

Refrigerator Guy.

Although he seems like a very ordinary guy based on his nickname, well, he does seem quite ordinary in appearance, isn't he just a frozen corpse?

But at this moment, this guy suddenly appeared in this chaotic world, and even appeared to intercept the two of them in the same way as a tyrant, breaking through walls and crashing down. This is not a small problem that can be easily fooled.

Click——click——

The shattered ice fragments fell to the ground.

The stiff, all-white figure slowly raised its hand, as if trying to grab Gao Hai.

At the same time, without even a second's hesitation, Gao Hai turned and ran almost immediately, disappearing from the spot in a flash.

Carrying someone on your back and running through chaotic and complex terrain for a long time is no easy task. However, in order to avoid physical problems caused by sitting for long periods of time while writing, Gao Hai spent a lot of time working out before his transmigration. Therefore, his physical fitness is much stronger than that of ordinary people, and he can continue to persevere.

I can't hear footsteps behind me.

The stiff, frozen corpse didn't seem to be chasing after us.

Gao Hai dared not stop to observe the other party's situation.

In the dimly lit corridor, the lights flickered and went out, like the blinking of a person's eyes.

I can't hear any other sounds.

It seemed as if the only sound in the world was the sound of my own footsteps.

"Huh...huh..."

Take a deep breath.

Exhale.

His footsteps landed on the corridor littered with garbage bags and rubble, and then he leaped up again.

Gao Hai adjusted his breathing and running rhythm, running forward as fast as possible.

Where exactly is the wall clock?

Logically speaking, once I get close enough, I might be able to feel the gaze of the head clock.

But I don't feel that way right now, which means there aren't any head clocks nearby. No, maybe I'm not close enough. After all, this place is quite big, and the places where the clocks might be are probably far apart. I need to get closer to those places first.

Then we walked through a winding corridor and ran through a maze of passages that defied description.

Gao Hai suddenly stopped walking.

"Four?"

The girl on his back had quieted down at some point.

The touch is getting cold.

When Gao Hai realized it, he discovered that the Zhenfei he was carrying on his back had a thin layer of frost on her body.

He crouched down and hugged the girl on his back.

Gao Hai lowered his head and met the other person's weak eyes. At this moment, large and small ice shards began to appear on her body, just like the corpse in the refrigerator, freezing little by little.

"It's so...cold..."

The girl's voice had become hoarse and lost its original strength.

"...Can a corpse that leaves a room inflict its own death on others? Or is it because you woke up in that room, and you are the owner of that house, that you suffer the same death as him? If so, what about the two corpses in 205? The female corpse died of suffocation, while the male corpse seems to have died from supernatural forces. No... to be honest, I can't really be sure whether the one who came out of 205 was the male corpse or the female corpse."

Amidst the babbling, Gao Hai gently placed the girl, whose body was gradually stiffening, on the ground and grasped her already stiff and cold hand.

"Walk……"

The girl, who could barely speak, moved her lips slightly.

"Um, I'm sorry, I have to go now."

He didn't look at the girl's tears frozen in her eyes, nor did he look at the proud young woman's fear and pain at the last moment.

Gao Hai exhaled softly, stood up, bypassed the completely frozen girl, and continued running forward.

He knew that his fate would not be good.

Having struggled in this eerie apartment until now, and having fought with all my might to reach this point.

This story of a time traveler, an adventurer in a ridiculously bad game with outlandish rules, is probably nearing its end.

That's really lame.

As a transmigrator who dreams of becoming the male protagonist of a harem of seductive women, he ends up watching a beautiful girl die right in front of him.

Even so, it's still hard to accept one's fate without even trying.

Even if it's destined to be futile...

Gao Hai changed his course of action.

He circled around and started running back, heading towards the spot where he had seen the blood-red door of room 304 earlier.

Even if it's destined to be meaningless, at least before he dies, he wants to see what exactly is that thing in the deepest part of this godforsaken place, in that room 304 that he can never go to.