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

But then he realized that the current situation was probably not what he had expected.

A strong sense of malice emanated from the female student.

Those bloodshot eyes were filled with resentment.

At the same time, Gao Hai also remembered that this female student was the one who had spoken rudely to him and regarded him as a kidnapper.

Because he harbored strong malice towards me in life, will the monster he became after death have a completely different attitude towards me?

whoosh-

With a sharp whooshing sound, Gao Hai suddenly turned his head, but a long, bloody gash was still cut across his face.

The blood spurting from the severed head was as sharp as a sword and moved with incredible speed, drilling a hole directly in the wall behind Gao Hai.

After the first attack landed, the human body immediately opened its mouth again, ready to launch a second attack on Gao Hai.

Bang!

The next second, Gao Hai's fist sent the head flying, slamming it against the classroom ceiling before it fell back to the ground. The head, which had previously revealed the girl's face, was now completely caved in, like a deflated balloon, its bones and flesh shattered into pieces.

The eerie body with the sheep's head sewn on swayed slightly, and the lifeless sheep's head moved towards Gao Hai.

Then Gao Hai grabbed the sheep's head and slammed it forcefully onto the desk of a dead student on the side, completely smashing the sheep's head into the desk. He then threw the thing, along with the desk, out of the classroom, smashing through the window and rolling down the corridor.

A crimson light flickered faintly deep within Gao Hai's pupils.

From beginning to end, he never stopped reading. He held the book in one hand while using the other to knock someone's head off and beat up the so-called "sheep mother." He then continued reading in the classroom aisle.

Jianzi, who was standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded. She even stopped reading for a second. Only after Gao Hai turned around and pointed to the textbook in her hand did she realize what was happening and quickly continued reading.

After doing all this, Gao Hai stood still for a while, and only breathed a slight sigh of relief after confirming that he had not been attacked.

Did the fact that they weren't attacked mean they made the right bet?

He was reading while he was working, maintaining his "morning reading" routine.

Meanwhile, his body remained in the classroom, without leaving the classroom or entering the restricted corridor.

Therefore, under the rules of the Alice Game, beating up the teacher and throwing them out of the classroom is perfectly legitimate and will not be punished by the rules.

However... this feeling is really quite unpleasant.

Gao Hai took a step forward, and spiderweb-like cracks spread around his feet.

He could feel an extremely powerful force binding his body, trying to press him back into his seat.

Even though he couldn't see where this power came from, he felt an overwhelming and irresistible force. What this invisible force wanted to do was to force Gao Hai back to his seat and restore him to the same state as everyone else.

Am I in the same situation as everyone else?

In that fleeting moment of confusion, Gao Hai seemed to hear and see something.

That's right.

That's as it should be.

Everyone is like that, isn't that right?

To be popular, you need to act like everyone else and be a good fit for the group.

You can't do things differently from others; that's something only bad kids do. You have to be a good kid.

Therefore, under the spotlight, in everyone's sight, and under everyone's gaze, one cannot do anything different from everyone else.

Click!

Gao Hai's feet had sunk slightly into the floor.

At that moment, he could clearly feel at least two tons of force being transmitted from all directions of his body, forcing him back to his seat.

So that's how it is. No wonder that even though the rules didn't explicitly state "sit in your seat to read," everyone present, whether human or ghost, had to sit properly. I hadn't even thought anything was wrong before, and I was looking for my seat with everyone else, not feeling that being led by this idea was a problem.

The unspoken rule of a classroom with the lights on, or a classroom during the day, is that those in this space must behave in accordance with their status, actions considered normal by most. Therefore, standing up and assaulting the teacher during morning reading time makes one a rule-breaker, someone who violates this understanding.

If it were an ordinary person, like the students around her, they wouldn't be able to do what she did. Firstly, their mental strength wasn't strong enough; after their minds were manipulated by this hidden rule, they would find it difficult to react and would be unable to act contrary to it. Secondly, although it's unclear why this hidden rule doesn't manifest as an instantaneous death penalty upon violation, continuously resisting this bizarre rule is something no ordinary person could do.

Click——click——

Gao Hai's footsteps left shallow pits on the tiled floor.

He picked up the candle from his table, then walked over to a female student who had died and whose body had been completely broken, and placed the red candle in his hand directly onto the candle on her table.

The girl's candle went out quickly.

At that moment, the two candles quickly merged into one, as if they had been a single, complete candle from the very beginning.

The girl who had already died did not react at all; she just sat there blankly.

With the blessing of Hedar, Gao Hai continued to move forward, resisting the strange forces coming from all directions. He walked past the tables of several dead female students, melting all their candles together with his own until the candles became too long to carry. Then he took Miko's candle and melted a few dead people's candles together with hers to ensure that her candle would not go out too quickly.

Several students who realized what Gao Hai was doing looked at him with fear and pleading eyes, worried that he would do the same thing to their candles, yet hoping that he could help them get candles to fuse together, giving them more time to survive.

But Gao Hai ignored them. He simply walked through the hole in the wall into another classroom, reached out and extinguished the candle of one of the strange students, and then took the candle away.

To be honest, it was quite risky, but after breaking down the wall and activating the ghostly things in the room in order to escape, Gao Hai had no other choice. Even if he didn't take the candles, based on how fast they burned, once the room returned to darkness, all the eerie things in the classroom would be activated and rush out to cause trouble.

So, it's better to just wreck the stuff first.

And these extinguished candles, well, as expected... can be stored in the watch's storage space.

After initial testing, Gao Hai confirmed that the candle itself possessed certain characteristics of a tinderbox, seemingly similar to ashes, purple talismans, and black blood bullets. This strange red candle was likely a bizarre object that could be mass-produced.

The Black Blood Bullet originated from research by the upper echelons of the Amélie Kingdom. So, what is the origin of the Red Candle, which seems capable of suppressing the transformation of corpses and reinforcing the concept of the "living"? Could it be a similar situation, where people did something before they developed a cognitive shield against the supernatural?

Gao Hai didn't know the answer to the question.

However, this did not stop him from speeding up. He extinguished all 25 strange candles in the entire classroom and took them away. Before leaving, he also damaged both doors of the classroom. Finally, he dragged the podium and air conditioner to the hole he had smashed and plugged it up.

The whole process took Gao Hai two minutes.

Back in his seat, Gao Hai, who hadn't stopped reading the entire time, released the blessing's power. As the redness in his eyes faded, Gao Hai frowned, feeling a strong wave of dizziness and fatigue wash over him, and his breathing became much heavier.

Although this blessing is powerful, it also puts a considerable burden on the body. After using it just now, I probably won't be able to use this blessing easily for the next few hours.

Thinking this, Gao Hai turned to look at the window he had smashed and saw the sheep-headed monster standing silently in the corridor, staring at him without moving.

Did they not come in again?

Gao Hai silently pondered the possible reasons why the other party was standing still, and then he saw the sheep-headed monster stand in place for a while before suddenly turning around and leaving.

At the same moment that thing disappeared down the corridor, Gao Hai heard the "ring ring" of a loudspeaker.

The classroom lights went out in an instant, leaving only the candlelight to illuminate the dark classroom.

Behind the hole in the wall, the sound of tables and chairs being pushed came from behind, followed by a series of approaching footsteps.

The students who had their candles taken by Gao Hai collapsed onto the table, their bodies twitching slightly. Some of the students whose heads were still intact stared wide-eyed. Although they were dead, the living students could feel themselves being glared at viciously.

"Don't just stand there, hurry up and leave, and remember to keep quiet."

Gao Hai reached out and pulled Jianzi up. The latter nodded hurriedly and followed Gao Hai as they ran quickly toward the window that Gao Hai had smashed.

The group of weirdos who blocked the door before are no longer in the hallway.

Without hesitation, Gao Hai was the first to climb over the window and land steadily on the ground without stepping on any broken glass. He then turned around, picked up Jianzi, carried her a few steps away, and put her down. He then used his foot to scrape the broken glass against the wall to prevent the students who escaped through the window from stepping on it and making noise that might attract unwanted attention. He then carried Jianzi toward the side of the corridor.

The corridor was long, dark, and deep.

The corridor was lined with classrooms on both sides. Just from the area within sight, Gao Hai confirmed the existence of at least six classrooms, including the one he and Jianzi had come from.

The windows of these classrooms facing the corridor were all covered with curtains, making it impossible to see what was inside.

Gao Hai glanced at the class number on the door of the classroom he and Jianzi had run out of, then turned to look ahead, leading Jianzi forward quickly, trying to make as little noise as possible as they moved.

Is it Class 015 of the second year of junior high school?

He silently recited the class he had just seen in his mind.

Is there any hidden meaning behind the class number?

Unfortunately, I don't know how to confirm this information right now; I need to find a map of this floor first.

Gao Hai also remembered the information he had seen on player forums, which was revealed by some players.

The spatial structure of the buildings here is chaotic, making it impossible to create a map for future visitors. However, maps found inside the buildings are guaranteed to be accurate. The maps showing the rooms and floors themselves, no matter how absurd they may seem, are absolutely correct and without error.

So the first step is to find the floor plan.

According to the information provided by those players, the map is in a very conspicuous place and can be found very quickly... Ah, found it!

Gao Hai looked ahead and saw the hall at the end of the corridor, and the floor map in the display board in the middle of the hall, which was separated by glass.

There was also a mannequin standing in front of a glass panel, which looked very plasticky.

What is this?

Chapter Six: Moving Human Models and Distorted Floor Maps

That thing appears to be a human mannequin.

After observing it carefully from a distance, Gao Hai roughly determined the nature of the thing.

The plastic-looking body appears to be a male nude on one side, but there are no gender-specific features on the lower body. The other half of the body is a cartoon-structured image of bones, internal organs, and muscles, with the internal organs in the chest and abdomen appearing to be detachable.

It looks like it would be used in biology class; it's the kind of human body model that's easy to use for intuitive teaching. It's quite normal to have something like this in a more formal junior or senior high school.

However, the fact that this thing is here is definitely not a good thing.

Gao Hai guessed that the stiff, motionless human model was probably the "Statue Uncle" from the "Alice Game," the one that "warmly hugs anyone it sees." Furthermore, according to the rule sheet, this "Statue Uncle" seemed to have some connection to the "Biology Classroom" location and the "Turtle Teacher," and they might be able to utilize each other.

Footsteps echoed from the corridor behind the dark hall, the one from which he and Miko had come out.

Gao Hai tilted his head slightly and saw the flickering candlelight and a young girl in a sailor uniform with a terrified expression.

Was she one of the girls who were still alive before, and then she caught up with us again?

"Excuse me, sir, may I come with you? Yotsuya-kun, please, may I come with you?"

The young girl's tearful, trembling pleading was quite a sight to behold, but unfortunately, given the current situation, Gao Hai really didn't want her to come with him. After all, he was barely able to protect himself; just testing the rules and investigating the school was already a huge headache, let alone having several burdens to carry around.

Jianzi suddenly reached out and grabbed Gao Hai's sleeve tightly.

Sensing something was wrong, Gao Hai quickly turned around and saw Jianzi looking in the direction of the mannequin with a terrified expression. He looked over as well, but found that the mannequin was still standing there motionless, without any unusual movement.

What did you just see?