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

We walked through a long, narrow, and strangely winding corridor.

Soon, Gao Hai saw the light at the end of the corridor, coming from an open elevator.

The elevator was covered in dried bloodstains, and you could see marks left by fingernails scratching the walls. Just standing outside the elevator, you could smell a strong stench.

Next to the elevator is a storage room with mops and brooms and an activity room. There's nothing special in them.

Continuing on, the group soon passed another toilet. Nearby, many students lay decapitated in the corridor, while inside the toilet, sounds of swallowing and vomiting echoed, accompanied by the rushing sound of water, making one wonder what might be happening inside.

Seeing that she had only glanced at the toilet when she saw many dirty, chained heads peeking out of the darkness and looking at her, she froze, quickly turning her head away and pretending she hadn't seen anything. Ichino Rikka and Kinoshita Yuka didn't even turn their heads, cautiously following Takami past. Kobayashi Chiharu was slightly curious, but since Takami, who was at the front, showed no intention of stopping, she didn't dare leave the group and could only continue forward with the others.

Next, the five of them arrived at the location of Class 23 and Class 24 of the third year of junior high school.

In one side of a spacious hall, in a classroom covered in dark red, the fragmented remains of two bodies were densely packed together.

Gao Hai did not find any fragments larger than the size of an index finger.

The thick layer of minced meat spread on the ground had piled up to a height of more than ten centimeters, almost completely covering the two classrooms.

"Woo..."

Seeing that her son was about to faint again.

She saw what had happened between the two classes.

These are two classes that were specially selected.

Class 1 of the third year of junior high school was specially selected as a "toy box" for the most distinguished and outstanding students who have spent three years in the school.

All the "bad students" in the school could gather in these two classes at any time under the orders of the excellent students; these were the classes closest to Class 1 of the third year of junior high. Whenever any excellent student became interested, he could come to this class and do whatever he wanted.

This place may be the closest to hell, or perhaps it could be called one of the most terrifying areas in hell.

In front of these two classrooms, there was only a huge red candle. Gao Hai could sense that there was only one strange entity in Classes 23 and 24. Because so many people had died here, the excessive resentment had merged together. Therefore, the only strange entity here was a monster formed by the fusion of countless corpses in the classroom.

It's best not to touch this candle.

Gao Hai had a feeling that if this thing were alerted, things would become extremely troublesome.

"Keep going, we'll be at our destination soon."

In the end, Gao Hai chose to leave quietly and continue moving forward.

The last section of the corridor ahead is a continuous, winding area that is practically impossible to exist in the real world.

The further they went, the more bloodstains appeared on the walls and floor.

Various weapons were scattered on the ground: bloodstained blades, sharp awls, machetes, pistols, and even chainsaws—standard props from American horror movies.

These things are all stained with blood.

Gao Hai could hear the agonizing screams of the victims before they died from these weapons.

Miko can directly see the final moments of the victims who died under these things.

Her steps became increasingly unsteady.

Amidst countless cries of agony, the girl was almost unable to walk normally. She could only grab Gao Hai's arm and press herself almost entirely against him to move forward, essentially being dragged along by him.

"It's alright, don't be afraid, they're just illusions."

Knowing that the girl beside him was in a bad mental state, Gao Hai comforted her in a low voice while slowing his pace and continuing to move forward step by step.

There was a slight dampness on my sleeve.

Despite not crying out loud, tears still streamed down Miko's face as she was tormented by the excessively brutal and bloody scenes.

Gao Hai remained silent and continued forward, showing no intention of stopping to allow the other party to adjust their state.

Unfortunately, he doesn't have time to make adjustments for Jianzi right now.

[Alice] was finally restrained, but the goat's head hood continued to erode his mind. He had to seize this opportunity, at least to reach the area indicated by the watch and obtain the item that could help him pass the level.

"Woo...Woo..."

Seeing her son sobbing softly.

The further we go, the more insane and distorted scenes we see.

Those so-called "outstanding students" who could no longer be called human—the things these "outstanding students" who once existed in this school did—were presented to the girl scene by scene. Even though she was extremely unwilling, even with her eyes closed, these images continued to flash before her eyes, giving her no chance to escape.

don't want……

The girl cried out silently in her heart.

I don't want to... watch anymore...

These terrible things... these horrific things...

I don't want to see it... I really... don't want to see it anymore...

No matter how much she pleaded, nothing could be changed; she didn't even know who she could beg for mercy from.

"Sorry, please try to be patient and get used to it."

Gao Hai's voice suddenly rang out at that moment.

"Although others may not see it as clearly as you, they all went through this in the beginning. These torments and pains are unavoidable. As ordinary people who have been caught up in this, all we can do is force ourselves to adapt, survive, and become stronger. That's the only way."

It was not comforting; it was merely a bland statement of facts.

But at this moment, it seemed to calm Miko down a little.

Has she become somewhat dependent on Mr. Gao?

Seeing that Zi was slightly dazed at this moment.

Then, those images and sounds suddenly faded away.

She had already walked through that terrifying corridor.

The group of five was now standing at the door of Class 1, Grade 9.

Similar to Class 1 in the second year of junior high, the decorations here are very luxurious and full of aristocratic atmosphere, clearly making a special distinction.

Furthermore, just like Class 1 in the second year of junior high, this classroom only contained corpses, not anything strange.

Twenty-three students, their faces pale and bluish, lay quietly on the floor of the classroom, as if they were asleep.

squeak-

Gao Hai pushed open the classroom door and entered the dark classroom.

I didn't sense anything eerie.

On the contrary, he felt a strange sense of calm, as if his mood had calmed down, and even the corrosive effect of the hood had slowed down.

This place seems to retain some kind of trace, as if... as if the people in this classroom died peacefully, each calmly facing their end and accepting their fate, so that the power of resentment could not affect this place at all.

Gao Hai walked to the seat in the very middle of the classroom.

There was a flat sheet of notebook paper left here, with some neat handwriting on it, which seemed to be the students' last message.

Those who succumb to madness can never become true new humans.

We distinguished ourselves from animals and became the civilized human beings precisely because we rejected our animalistic instincts and embraced our humanity.

Returning to our cruel, bestial nature will never transform us into new humans, so we choose to refuse.

We will not become your sacrifices, we will not kill each other, and we will not harm other students.

"Kill us if you want. One day your lies will be exposed, and on that day, you will pay for your sins with your lives."

[The final words of all 23 students in Class 1, Grade 9, No. 1]

Below the message were the signatures of 23 students, and the last message appeared to be a reply from someone on the school's side. The reply was very simple, containing only the three words "failure".

Gao Hai and Jianzi can see what happened in the past. Initially, he was just a child who refused to go along with the corrupt practices and became an excellent student. In the end, he persisted in growing and attracting others to join him. He also used the school's reward system to design and continuously expand his team. As a result, Class 1 of that year had as many as 23 students, and there were almost no incidents of tormenting delinquent or bad students.

That was no easy feat, but these kids persevered to the end. Although it's possible the school deliberately condoned it for observation and research, these young people truly held on and were not assimilated by the madness that had accumulated there.

Therefore, these students were ultimately... locked in their classrooms and, after refusing the school's order to fight amongst themselves, were killed directly by poison gas.

Although the expressions on these corpses seem peaceful, the scene at the time was probably not like that.

"So, you just watch this child gather his helpers, watch him clumsily try to rebel against you, and then in the end try to destroy their beliefs, and when that fails, you simply kill them all and stand here watching it all happen?"

Put down that suicide note.

Gao Hai turned around and walked step by step to the wall on one side of the classroom.

He has found the [important location] marked on the watch.

And he had already realized what kind of place this was.

Extend your hand and clench your fist.

The next moment, Gao Hai punched the wall hard.

Click——click——

The wall was made of cement, but when a fist landed, it made the sound of shattering glass.

Cracks spread out in all directions.

Gao Hai simply took a deep breath, clenched his fist, and struck again.

boom--! ! !

The entire wall of the classroom exploded and shattered.

Cool-colored light shone from behind the broken glass.

Gao Hai saw people wearing sheep head masks, duck head masks, and turtle head masks standing behind the wall.

Some were dressed as teachers, others as researchers in white coats, all standing casually behind the wall, observing everything that was happening inside the classroom.

Just like back then, standing where the children can't see them, standing where the children can't reach them, just indifferently observing them, watching them walk down the path of madness, time and time again.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Plan to Create a God, the Connection Line, the Unexpected Attack

The figures under the lamplight stood silently in place.

An eerie, chilling aura emanated from all around.

Seeing this, Zi instinctively took a step back, trying to avoid the figures of these things.