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

"Well……"

I can't make a sound.

He had lost all strength to struggle.

The only thing that stood out was the intense pain, which was exceptionally vivid at that moment.

It hurts... it hurts so much...

The needle and thread pierced through again, and then emerged.

Gao Hai could only hear the agonizing cries of a woman struggling beside him, her increasingly muffled sounds as if something was gagging her mouth, and the equally intense, death-inducing pain that was becoming more and more pronounced within himself.

This can't go on... this can't go on...

Something has to be done...something absolutely has to be done...

We absolutely cannot... just... die here...

I forced out a little space to think from my completely muddled mind.

Gao Hai struggled, struggled with all his might, enduring the excruciating pain of the scalding water droplets on his body, enduring the intense pain as if his entire body was being stitched together, and little by little, he grabbed the rescue team badge he had in his pocket.

There was no time left to fiddle with the tiny studs on the badge.

Gritting his teeth, Gao Hai thrust the thin nail from the back of his badge into his shoulder, embedding the entire nail deep into his shoulder.

The indistinct sound in my ears seemed to change in an instant into the shouts of a group of young people running exercises. Then the two sounds intertwined, turning into a jarring noise, and then into an extremely sharp roar and vibration.

Gao Hai landed on the ground.

His vision became much clearer, and he could barely see that he seemed to be in an extremely distorted room.

The walls have a crooked structure, either concave or convex, or tilted and intersecting with the floor and ceiling.

The tables and chairs were upside down on the ceiling, while the plates were placed on the wall. The stove was almost broken in half, with one side leaning on the ground and the other side lying across the wall and connecting directly to the window. The rest of the place was the same; there wasn't a single normal piece of furniture or decoration.

buzz-

Gao Hai saw the kettle boiling water, constantly emitting steam.

One kettle after another was placed in various places in the room, so many that something seemed amiss.

There were so many kettles that the whole room was filled with smoke and steam.

"Hoo... Uh..."

Gao Hai was unable to stand up from the ground.

His clothes and pants were completely soaked, as if they had been drenched in boiling water.

A clear pain shot through his entire body. Gao Hai could feel that the skin on many parts of his body was already attached to his clothes, and it would tear off his body with the slightest movement. As a result, his clothes were stained with a dark red color in no time.

“Hu… Woo…”

Gao Hai was unable to speak.

His mouth was sewn shut with dense stitches, and blood kept flowing from the wound. Every breath brought even more intense pain.

It's okay, there's more good news.

Gao Hai said to himself in his heart.

One was his own severed right hand, which had been scalded raw by boiling water and was now barely bleeding.

There was also a woman lying on the ground struggling not far from him.

That was Maeda Miwa, or rather, a veteran player who infiltrated this game under the false identity of "Maeda Miwa," a scoundrel who tried to use him and Kaguya, these newcomers to the game, to put in the effort and then reap the benefits.

Her appearance was far more miserable than Gao Hai's.

The dense stitches not only sewn her mouth shut, but also extended along her body, leaving traces of stitches all over her body. Moreover, her burns were far more severe than Gao Hai's, with large chunks of skin and flesh peeling off, making her look almost like a boiled monkey.

If her mouth hadn't been sewn shut, honestly, even though he was in excruciating pain, Gao Hai would still have mocked this woman.

But before he could do that, the woman suddenly turned her head and looked at Gao Hai.

【It's all your fault!】

Although the other person didn't speak, Gao Hai could already imagine what she wanted to say.

He really wanted to curse back, but Gao Hai's mouth was sewn shut, so after thinking for a moment, he reluctantly raised his hand and gave the woman the middle finger.

Seeing the other party's furious expression pleased Gao Hai.

But then, in the next instant, the woman got up from the ground and, on all fours, rushed toward Gao Hai at an extremely fast speed.

Holy crap, with burns like that, how can he still have the energy to move?!

Gao Hai desperately wanted to dodge, but he was also severely burned. Even if he gritted his teeth, he could only barely turn over and had no way to escape the woman's actions.

Bang!

In a fit of rage, the woman tackled Gao Hai to the ground and then raised the small knife in her hand.

This knife may look unremarkable, but it is so sharp that it seems impossible to find something like it in the real world. With a light slash, it can cut through bone and sever Gao Hai's right hand.

Seeing the woman stab him with the knife, Gao Hai, whose heart was pounding, desperately dodged. He then saw the knife pierce the ground beside him, the blade cutting into the concrete as easily as it cut into a pile of sand.

This thing is definitely not a normal knife, is it? Could it be some kind of obsessive object?!

In her horror, the woman had already drawn her knife and was about to stab Gao Hai again.

We can't hide anymore; we can't keep hiding like this.

Clench your fists.

Before the woman could stab him again, Gao Hai threw a left-handed punch that landed squarely on her face.

Boom!

Caught off guard by the punch, the woman tilted her head back, blood gushing from her mouth as her lips were torn apart on the spot.

Gao Hai, whose body inexplicably regained some strength and whose clothes began to gradually transform into the rescue team uniform, suddenly stood up and then pressed the woman to the ground.

Judging from the fight between this woman and Kaguya Shinomiya, although she is a veteran player, her physical abilities are not actually that strong; she is just much faster than the average person. The fact that Kaguya's emergency counterattack was able to kick this woman to the ground speaks volumes.

Considering that Lao Guo never travels with these newcomers, perhaps this woman is not good at direct confrontation, so she pretends to be useless and hides in the team to reap the benefits.

If that's the case, then the most effective strategy Gao Hai can think of right now is to pin this guy to the ground and beat him up.

"Uh-huh--"

The woman, her eyes bloodshot, struggled to get up and fight back. She was very strong, stronger than most adult men, but Gao Hai was surging with power, easily pinning her down and rendering her immobile.

His fist clenched again.

The woman brandished the knife and stabbed it towards Gao Hai's face.

Boom!

However, Gao Hai, with his longer reach, landed his fist first, striking the woman's left eye directly, turning her entire eye socket bloodshot.

The woman's struggle weakened slightly, but she still stubbornly continued to swing the knife.

Then Gao Hai's third, fourth, and fifth punches began to fall one after another. Each punch was delivered with all his might, showing no mercy as he struck the woman's face, practically tearing it open.

At first, the woman was trying her best to fight back.

The knife cut open Gao Hai's cheek, one of his ears and his arm, leaving several wounds on his body.

In response, Gao Hai's punches became increasingly ferocious, each aimed at the woman's head, each punch producing a dull thud.

Soon, the woman's gaze became dazed, her hand holding the knife fell limp, and she lay motionless on the ground with a vacant look in her eyes.

Panting, Gao Hai snatched the sharp knife from her hand with his left hand. As soon as he held it, he suddenly shuddered and realized that his clothes had somehow turned into a life jacket. He quickly took off the badge that was stuck to his body.

This looks like a scalpel.

Just holding it in your hand, you can almost see a doctor with a blood-covered face, lying on a hospital bed, cutting something with a knife.

You shouldn't hold this knife for too long; it will affect your mental state.

Realizing this, Gao Hai first used a knife to carefully cut open the stitches in his mouth. Fortunately, the knife was exceptionally sharp, and the stitches basically broke on their own as soon as the blade touched them, so Gao Hai didn't suffer any pain in the process.

As for the woman who had been beaten to the ground and was now motionless, Gao Hai was still a little afraid that she might turn into a monster and chase after him after she died. Therefore, he kindly did not kill her, but instead severed her leg bones, and then searched her body again, finding a dark red doll that looked like a rag doll. He wasn't sure if this was another object of her obsession, but Gao Hai put it in his pocket first, and then stood up somewhat unsteadily.

As for the woman who was lying on the ground pretending to be beaten to death, then started struggling again when her leg was cut, and then got punched by Gao Hai a few more times, all I can say is that the more spirited she was when she jumped out, the more like a dead dog she is now.

"Pah! You think you can reap the benefits without lifting a finger? Is it fun to pick the peaches? Hiss—Damn it, you want to pick my peaches? Do you even have the ability? Hiss—"

Finally, he spat at the woman, cursed her, and then, wincing in pain from the injury to his mouth, Gao Hai turned and left to carefully observe the place in front of him.

This appears to be the structure of a normal house that has been completely twisted.

I didn't see any obvious light source, but I could still see the shape of the room clearly. Was it because I was wearing a badge and my body underwent some kind of transformation?

Gao Hai noticed that the burns on his body had significantly lessened. The badge seemed to be more effective than he had imagined; wearing it could even heal his injuries. However, as the duration of wearing it increased, his self-awareness would inevitably be altered, so Gao Hai dared not wear it for long and could only act in his current state.

How can I leave here?

As Gao Hai pondered this question, he looked around, his gaze passing over one steaming kettle after another.

Then he saw what was behind the kettle.

A pale woman's face slowly rose from behind the kettle.

The woman carried a water jug ​​and a sewing kit in one hand. Her pale face, devoid of any color, stared at Gao Hai expressionlessly, her lips moving slowly.

[Disobedient bastard!]

Chapter 40: Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you~~~

My consciousness felt as if it had been torn in two.

Half of myself was trapped in that twisted and chaotic room. A pale figure reached out and grabbed me, pouring scalding hot water over me bit by bit.

Half of myself stood in the fragmented, chaotic corridor, in the distorted space on the third floor that I had passed through in the first reincarnation, wearing that dirty life jacket, limping through the ruins with no way out.

Pain is eroding my will.

The pain of feeling as if one's self was being torn apart made one's thoughts even more chaotic, as if one had fallen into madness.

"Hoo... Ah..."

Gao Hai knew the reason why this situation had occurred.