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

The flesh and blood that completely covered Gao Hai tore off his face.

The internal organs were pulled out of the body and then torn apart.

The writhing flesh propped up the rotting, melting skin, then drilled holes of all sizes.

This is eating.

The thing that had completely replaced the girl that Gao Hai was familiar with now displayed its most primal biological instincts at this moment: an act of eating without any concealment or hesitation.

I like you, Haijun.

Whether the sound this thing is making is truly the voice of a remnant will speaking, or simply the monster mechanically repeating something, is no longer a question that can be answered.

Please stay with me forever and ever.

Fingers were peeled off one by one, leaving only bare bones, which were then chewed up.

We need to be together every single day. No matter what we're doing, I want to see you by my side and hear your voice.

You're not allowed to stare at other girls anymore, and you're not allowed to go out and flirt with other women. You have to keep looking at me and stay by my side forever.

I will also try my best to be myself. I will strive to become stronger, so that I can solve any problem or trouble with you. No matter how difficult the task, we can overcome it together.

The girl's noisy, coquettish voice kept ringing out.

The sound of Gao Hai being slowly dissolved, his flesh and blood being peeled away bit by bit, being torn apart, being dissected, and being subjected to the true meaning of being subjected to a thousand cuts and slow slicing, continued to resound.

He was no longer able to think.

All remaining cognitive abilities were put into memory.

At this point, Gao Hai was almost like a puppet without a self, like a machine that only records all sounds and images, waits for the torture to end, waits for consciousness to return, and then summarizes and organizes these memories.

Only in this way could he persevere through this torment, which was beyond the limits of human endurance and which he could not escape by fainting and losing consciousness.

{Ugh...}

Seeing that the child's voice was becoming increasingly painful.

She is still persevering, and is still enduring Gao Hai's almost unconscious protection.

She saw countless fragmented memories in the pool of blood: the carefree days students spent at school, the painful memories of those who were bullied, the tragic experiences of experimental subjects, and the memories of soldiers and researchers.

These things were so badly broken that it was almost impossible to form a fragment longer than 3 seconds, and no useful clues could be found.

Therefore, Jianzi simply continued to delve deeper, using the perspective given to her by Gao Hai as a means to look further into the distance.

time is limited.

Gao Hai is about to be eaten up.

Even though the thing wasn't eating fast, its movements were as delicate as if a knife were cutting slices of meat, as thin as the sliced ​​beef in a hot pot restaurant, and it was almost finished.

[Gao Jun, Gao Jun, stay by my side.]

However, at this moment, another identical fleshy creature emerged from the blood and began to entangle with the individual who was feeding.

【Haijun, let's stay together forever】

[Gao Jun, shall we go on a date at the amusement park again next time?]

The girls' gentle voices and the sounds of writhing flesh gnawing at something continued to echo.

This bizarre and chilling scene was unfolding right before their eyes in the spreading blood, and all Jianzi, forced to listen to it, could do was grit his teeth, remain silent as much as possible, and focus on the task at hand.

No matter what happens, we will stay together.

Even if Gao Jun can't hear me right now, you must remember what I said.

However, as they talked, the girls' voices seemed to change slightly.

[Hai Jun is always so worrying, just like these things buried in the ground.]

[Eriko isn't here. Taka-kun, you're going the wrong way. The courtyard is just a dead end. But there are indeed some traces of Eriko left here.]

Their voices began to grow dull, like the listless voices of students reciting texts, or the effect of having repeated these words dozens or hundreds of times, turning them into some kind of muscle memory.

The key actually lies with Hai Jun himself, and I think the key lies in his identity. We buried ourselves in the earth, we felt the endless bloodshed, and there is that void that has not yet been completed. Part of its existence is related to this bloodshed.

We sensed the emptiness of that thing, that process, that experiment that endlessly cycled through Yelu Mountain Middle School, an experiment imbued with ambition and arrogance. It could never succeed; it kept cycling endlessly. That was the third core obsession; its traces exist in the soil, in the blood.

It remains incomplete because, as something that "does not exist," it cannot become something that "exists." Therefore, Haijun, I believe that to break free from this extremely peculiar obsession, perhaps what we need is to give it meaning. This thing, perhaps, yearns for, simply to obtain "meaning."

Because nothingness is ultimately nothingness; you cannot destroy something that doesn't exist. Therefore, it must be made tangible, its essence must be imbued, and its emptiness filled with content. This is a necessary step to satisfy Eriko Asamoto's obsession, but... don't easily release Eriko Asamoto's obsession; release it as late as possible. The root of her existence involves things far more complex than they appear. Once this core obsession is released, the chain reaction it triggers will be disastrous.

We found no information about Morihara Koji in the ceiling. As a "troublemaker," he shouldn't be connected to the core of this instance. This means resolving his obsession might not be that complicated, but it also means we must find him, make contact, and spend a lot of time understanding his regrets. And according to you, Haijun, his core obsession object is controlled by a group of fanatics; we must take it from them. Without this link, this instance still cannot be solved.

[The best first target should be the third core obsession of Yelu Mountain Middle School. My consciousness is almost gone, but I have a vague feeling that the survival of this core obsession is directly related to the survival of another core obsession in another place. If you, Gao Jun, can give this illusory existence reality, perhaps there is a way to liberate a key obsession, and it may even liberate more than one core obsession in a chain reaction.]

[The above information and conjectures were derived by myself, Maki Shijou, Kaguya Shinomiya, Nanami Aoyama, and Ren Nanakawa before we were completely dissolved by the blood pool. These are our last words.]

[We will keep repeating this phrase until our consciousness reaches its limit. According to Ms. Aoyama's prediction, even if we are completely transformed, we should still be repeating this phrase every 20 minutes for 10 hours. I hope you can meet us before we can repeat this phrase again.]

The monotonous voice came to an end at that moment.

Ah, Kaijun, let's be together forever.

[Gao Jun, let's continue our dates]

The voice that continued to speak was that of a little girl, just like before, acting coquettishly.

Gao Hai has practically nothing left.

Even so, his last remaining consciousness recorded all the sounds around him, including the sounds that had been repeated many times and were waiting for him to discover them.

{Ugh...I see...it...}

Miko's voice, nearing its limit, faded away with a final sigh, returning to silence.

Even with willpower that surpasses human limits, when the gap between them is too vast, they still ultimately face self-destruction and demise.

Gao Hai's head was finally crushed by the writhing flesh, turning into dust along with his still unyielding will.

A sweet death.

After yet another long period of torment, he was finally granted a blessing.

slam-la-

The surging pool of blood still hadn't calmed down.

For this distorted entity that lacks a self, such development is clearly only the beginning.

However, on the black watch that was bobbing up and down in the blood, the slender hands had begun to move slowly.

Click——

With a soft click, the pointer moved from position [2] to the area where [3] is located.

The surging blood tide trembled violently at that moment, as if trying to resist or struggle due to some external force. But as everything returned to darkness and began to recede, the trembling pool of blood was forced to calm down.

This scene was destined to be witnessed by no one.

Chapter 92: New Faces in Blood City and the Gradually Brightening Road Ahead

"Ah...haa...hoo..."

wake.

The confused consciousness could not be awakened for a long time.

The pain of my body gradually dissolving, the pain of my body being torn apart, still lingers clearly in my consciousness.

"Huh...huh..."

His breathing gradually became erratic.

Gradually, his hands and feet began to tremble, and his body convulsed as if in spasm.

It's as if all the muscles in a person's body are twitching, forcing oneself to move again through such a difficult struggle.

"Cough... Hah... Really... fucking..."

Little by little, he propped himself up from the ground.

Gao Hai, who was kneeling on the ground, trembled for a while before finally taking a deep breath and standing up.

He looked around.

It's still the same blood-red city as before.

It's that familiar, eerie background filter that evokes nostalgia and beauty.

This time, perhaps due to the severity of the trauma, coupled with the abnormal phenomenon of his body deforming and melting, it took Gao Hai more than ten minutes to finally regain control of his body and return to normal.

"This time it's... being corrupted and transformed into a slime, then being eaten alive by my girlfriend who also turned into a slime... When will I finally get a less gruesome way to die? This experience is just too much..."

With a sigh, Gao Hai, who had fully recovered, finally got up from the ground and stood in the empty central square of the blood-red city. He took a few steps, but immediately staggered and couldn't stand steadily for long, so he had to sit down again.

The transformation of all his senses had more trouble than expected. This death was different from the previous ones. Even when he was trapped in a cave for over a month, unable to move, Gao Hai's self-awareness remained intact and undistorted. But this time, as his body was transformed into a bloody, mangled mess, his perception of himself as a "human" was being eroded, forcibly implanted with the idea that "the current changes are normal."

If it weren't for his incredibly strong will, even if he had successfully resurrected in the Crimson City, he probably wouldn't have been able to resurrect in human form. The power of the [Divine Blood] directly altered Gao Hai's species; this kind of mental pollution and alienation couldn't be easily shaken off by simply going back in time. In fact, even now, after successfully restoring his human state, Gao Hai is still deeply troubled by it and has to spend a great deal of time correcting his mental distortions.

I can somewhat understand Xiao Ai's struggles now. At least she was transformed into a puppy, and at least her art style is normal. I, on the other hand, have directly transformed into a flesh and blood slime. If things go wrong, I might end up like the Mud Monster from Dark Souls, just crawling on the ground all day. Ugh, just thinking about that possibility makes me feel terrible.

Gao Hai's thoughts began to wander slightly.

Upon returning to this eerie, blood-red dead city—a place where, theoretically, there was no one else but himself—Gao Hai's spirits visibly relaxed considerably.

He yawned deeply, then simply lay down on the ground and closed his eyes for a nap.

There's no need to worry about any strange creatures sneaking in and attacking him, no need to worry about being locked into some death rule because he's been here too long, and no need to worry about the omnipresent yet invisible [divine blood] corrupting him.

Yes, only this place is a true safe house. Ha... a safe house you can only enter after you die. If I keep dying like this, I wonder what I'll become.

The second playthrough's exploration lasted almost a whole day. This time, the exploration was quite rich, including the exploration of the dormitory building and the attached teaching building, the in-depth exploration of multiple levels, the battles with the fanatical players in the forest area, and the successful exploration of Bydos for a period of time. Both Gao Hai himself and his teammates had basically done their best, giving their all in this crazy and bizarre world.

Without teammates to fight alongside you, you'd probably die very early on your second playthrough. This sacrificial game is really something; even with a group of comrades helping you, you can still die instantly due to all sorts of unexpected situations.

That said, how many times have I been killed by my own people?

Although it's not really the teammates' fault, this time I unlocked the super rare CG of being dismembered and eaten by my girlfriend. Generally speaking, only a really great scumbag is qualified to unlock this ultimate CG. It's just a pity that there isn't a kettle boiling in the background; that would definitely be more fitting.

Moreover, although I was nearly unconscious at the time, judging from her last sounds, it seemed like she was gone too. I really feel bad for her, having to experience such a painful death again. I hope she can adapt quickly; for those of us with the ability to "start over," this is something we must find a way to overcome.