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

"Sigh, how did things turn out like this? We finally managed to get together and figure out how to survive and escape..."

Sun Dajun sighed deeply, his expression quite complicated.

"There's nothing we can do about it. That Green is clearly a gangster or something like that. You can't reason with him about morality, ethics, or principles. He'll only learn who to listen to after he's truly hurt."

Knowing that Sun Dajun still couldn't understand, Gao Hai thought for a moment and then explained it to him. Although this obese man couldn't run or jump and ate a lot, his skills in repairing circuits and mechanical locks, as well as his ability to do some simple woodworking, were quite valuable. He couldn't let such a teammate keep thinking about things to himself; he had to explain the seriousness of the matter to him.

"I know that's how it is. Sigh, why do people make themselves unhappy when they're living a good life?"

Sun Dajun didn't say anything more, just shook his head and sighed as he left.

An hour later, the bloodstains in the living room had been mostly cleaned up, and the severed finger was returned to Green's room for safety reasons. As for the door lock, it would be reinstalled after the next exploration, to prevent him from doing anything foolish again and to make him realize that he would not survive if he acted recklessly again.

crunch--

The wooden board covering the hole was lifted again.

Gao Hai looked down and saw one pale figure after another raising their heads.

"They're still down there."

He turned to the Empress Zhen, who was guarding the kitchen, and said this.

"Haijun, if those things are still there, then it really is..."

Maki hesitated. Although they had already discussed all the details of the second exploration, she still couldn't bear to let Takahashi take any risks now that it was time to actually take action.

“I know, but this is the best option right now. And don’t forget, our Mr. Green still needs to redeem himself. I have to give him a chance, don’t I?”

As Gao Hai said this, he smiled and made a sarcastic remark to Green, who looked dejected and had a bandage on his left hand, standing not far from the kitchen doorway. Then he turned around and faced the hole in the floor in front of him.

The second exploration was indeed a reluctant choice for Gao Hai.

According to the original plan, it should have been either Maki or Kaguya who went down to explore this time.

However, due to Green's self-righteous actions, Maki was injured and temporarily unable to move. Kaguya could not trust this man, and in order to keep an eye on this 1.9-meter-tall man, she, the one with the highest combat power, had to be present. Sun Dajun was the logistics personnel who went downstairs to deliver snacks to the ghost stories. In the end, Gao Hai had to go downstairs again to take action.

"Don't worry, didn't we discuss the reasoning together before? Although it's dangerous downstairs, theoretically there shouldn't be any problems if we're just exploring. Alright, I'm off, let's not waste any time, right?"

Finally, he turned to smile at Maki again, and the next moment, Gao Hai pulled on the rope tied around his waist, then closed his eyes and jumped directly into the hole in the floor.

puff-

Amidst the clear sound of the water crashing into it, Gao Hai did not touch any foreign objects.

Those countless figures standing in the water seemed not to exist, but to be untouchable phantoms.

He didn't open his eyes, but instead leaned against the wall and slowly walked out of the kitchen.

squeak-

With a clear sound of the door opening, the kitchen door that he had closed earlier slowly opened.

Of course, it wasn't Gao Hai who opened it; he had just walked up to the door when it opened automatically.

No attacks occurred.

Until he entered the living room, walked to the open living room door, and then into the hallway, there was no attack. The surroundings were quiet, with only Gao Hai's breathing and the sound of flowing water.

Just like the scenario we initially predicted.

That's really quite heartwarming.

Gao Hai couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Chapter Thirty-Four: Don't be afraid, we're right beside you.

Based on the current clues and the changes in time within the Shirakawa Apartment, the three of them, including Kaguya Takami and Maki, have already pieced together some ideas.

The earliest possible period was before any unusual phenomena occurred at Shirakawa Apartment, or at least before any such phenomena became known to the outside world. At this time, Shirakawa Apartment was a normal place in the real world, connected to the outside world.

The most direct evidence of this is the newspaper report about the local government's evacuation of residents from Shirakawa Apartments during the floods. Furthermore, it can be confirmed that the transformation of Shirakawa Apartments from normal to abnormal occurred during this evacuation phase. More precisely, when rescue workers were evacuating the residents of apartment 304 and were about to take them out of the building, this old apartment underwent a terrifying transformation, becoming a bizarre place that continuously and inexplicably pulls people from all over the world into its interior.

304 is the root of all this.

Gao Hai couldn't make a definitive judgment about who lived in the room, but he figured it was likely a couple with at least one child, probably a very young girl. And she had likely suffered inhuman abuse, such as… being scalded with boiling water.

Children are taboo in Shirakawa Apartments, perhaps referring to the residents of room 304, specifically their children.

A significant number of the rescue team members who came to evacuate the residents of Shirakawa Apartment were unable to leave the building. They were trapped on the first floor and became part of the apartment complex. It now appears that these rescue team members have largely lost their humanity and sense of self, but still retain a certain degree of instinct and intelligence.

Therefore, when Gao Hai explored outwards from the kitchen, his actions were similar to those of the residents who had been evacuated. At this time, he would not be attacked, and even if any anomalies occurred, they would be mostly harmless. However, when he turned back and tried to return to the house, the anomalies that the rescue team members had transformed into began to appear. Whether it was the human wall blocking his way in the darkness or the final conversation, it was clear that these anomalies were intended to prevent Gao Hai from returning to the house and back to the second floor.

However, for the anomaly in Shirakawa Apartment to take effect, [interaction] is essential. So, apart from the last dialogue, which caught Gao Hai off guard due to the fact that he had never encountered a similar situation before, no matter how crowded the previous human wall was, it could not truly stop Gao Hai.

But considering that it was the first time the anomaly on the first floor was revealed, it wouldn't be so easy for him to go back down this time.

However, Gao Hai had already prepared himself for the possibility of never being able to return.

The anomalies on the first floor are crucial to the apartment's transformation from normal to abnormal, and are one of the origins of understanding the apartment's inner workings. To find the right way to escape the apartment, a thorough exploration of the first floor is essential. Whether it's 109 where Sanchez once lived, or the scene that might unfold in the corridor, Gao Hai is determined to get to the bottom of it.

If you can stay conscious and use the rope to remind yourself to rewind in time, then rewind. If the enemy is too strong and you can't rewind, then revert to a previous save.

He was prepared to risk his life on the adventure.

slam-la-

Amidst the sound of flowing water, Gao Hai had already walked through the corridor and arrived at the main entrance.

However, there were still some situations where the three people who conducted the analysis at the time all had similar views.

109,304. Exploring these two rooms will uncover the secret behind the transformation of the entire Shirakawa Apartment into a bizarre and deadly place.

However, if the goal is to find an escape route, perhaps... we shouldn't explore the road from 109 to 304. Perhaps even if we knew the truth, we still wouldn't be able to find a way to escape.

What they need to know, after all, is the way to leave Shirakawa Apartments alive.

This path may not be the right one.

Gao Hai continued to ponder as he slowly stepped into the corridor.

The messages left by those who came before hold the key to survival; reopened doors lead to hope; precious things hidden in the dust bring happiness; secrets lie in places one must never go...

He suddenly thought of those four sentences again, and of the four incomprehensible sentences he had heard from that unknown thing in his mind at the very beginning of this moment.

The messages from those who came before them... those rule sheets, supply boxes, and the like, really helped them a lot. The messages from the virtual characters after the clock was struck were also helpful; without that information, they would have had no way of knowing that room 206 was the correct way to get to the first floor, and would have wasted a lot of time and energy unnecessarily.

The reopened door... It's incomprehensible; they haven't found any clues related to it yet. The same goes for the precious item in the dust. Although there are various speculations about what the "precious item" is, no relevant clues have appeared so far, and Gao Hai doesn't dare to speculate wildly.

As for places he absolutely couldn't go... the only place he could think of was 304. This was a forbidden area in the Shirakawa Apartments. But based on the clues he had obtained before, Sanchez must have opened the door to 304 twice. Nothing happened the first time, but the second time led to the deterioration of the entire apartment.

Perhaps the 304 address itself is not the most serious taboo, and even entering a 304 address does not mean that the worst thing will happen.

Perhaps, inside 304, there's a place, a secret, that absolutely cannot be entered or revealed—that's the real key.

Tsk... There are still too few clues on the third floor. That place is now as messy as the scene in The Evil Within. It's too difficult to find valuable clues in each room. Is there any way to improve this situation?

Moreover, just as the rule table left by Xusheng has serious lag issues, are all the hints given to them by this unknown voice really correct?

You should know that the name of this game is "Sacrifice Game". Gao Hai doesn't think that a normal infinite flow dungeon game would be named like this.

slam-la-

Amidst the sound of flowing water, Gao Hai stepped into the stairwell and touched the wall directly opposite the door of 106.

He walked very steadily.

Even though he couldn't see, and even though the water under his feet was up to his calves, he still walked steadily.

Because someone was holding his shoulders and helping him walk.

Although Gao Hai couldn't see anything in the complete darkness, he could clearly sense that someone was supporting him and following him.

Not only were there people on the side, but there were also people in front and behind him. He was completely surrounded by a group of people.

These people silently followed beside him, moving forward with him through the darkness.

As long as they don't stop walking, they seem never to stop.

But when he starts taking different actions, such as trying to enter 109 instead of heading to the gate to evacuate Shirakawa Apartments, Takahashi suspects that the behavior patterns of these things might be different then.

So, let's take a small gamble.

Gao Hai pulled out the badge he had torn off earlier from his pocket.

Before setting off, he asked Sun Dajun to make something like a pin by threading thin nails through the badge. Now he put it on his clothes and wore the rescue team badge.

The footsteps around them suddenly disappeared.

The strength of the arm that had been supporting him as he moved forward had vanished without a trace.

Did the presence of the badge temporarily fool these people?

Gao Hai quickened his pace slightly, reached out and touched the wall beside him, his fingers sliding lightly, and then he quickly felt a noticeable change in tactile sensation.

Then, he continued to reach out and touch, and soon he found what he wanted to know.

The house number... that's right, it's number 109.

Reach out and grab the doorknob.

click -

I tried to twist it, but it wouldn't budge.

Gao Hai's expression turned awkward at that moment.

The door to room 109 is locked.

Although Gao Hai, as an online novelist, learned a bunch of strange things to gather material, he really didn't have the skill of lock picking. The only two people in the team who had these skills were Sun Dajun, whose physical strength and courage were both poor and could not possibly undertake the task of exploring the first floor. As for Green, needless to say, if he were thrown down, he would probably wet himself on the spot.

What to do now?

Gao Hai could feel his heartbeat gradually getting faster.

The damp air seemed to be getting colder, as if the figures watching him from all sides were slowly seeing through his clumsy disguise and were about to take action again.

call--

He could even feel the cold breath touching the back of his neck.

What should I do?

What should I do next?

Gao Hai took a deep breath.