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

Da da da!

Amidst a series of gunshots, the rescue team members, armed with submachine guns, released Gao Hai's hand and sped forward toward the location of the strange creature.

At the same time, Howard's obsession transformed into a firefighter who simply carried the immobile Gao Hai on his back and began to accelerate downhill, moving one after the other with the armed rescue team members in front.

Gao Hai's consciousness was focused to the extreme at this moment.

But when the strange creature with a flower of blood on its neck disappeared from his sight and then reappeared, he still couldn't see it clearly. It seemed to appear out of thin air, and there was no way to predict its speed or route.

But Gao Hai never thought of predicting the thing's movement.

click-

The rescue team members at the forefront had their hands and feet twisted, and their heads flew into the air, instantly dying once again.

Then, bright headlights came on, followed by a massive fire truck that crashed into the blood-flower monster that had just killed the rescue team. Gao Hai, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, was thrown out by the impact, while Howard stayed behind and rushed towards the direction where the blood-flower monster was.

He tumbled and crawled, stumbling and falling to the ground.

Gao Hai quickly got up, gritted his teeth, and forcibly activated the power of the berserk blessing at this moment, burning his own life force to accelerate his progress.

boom! ! !

The explosion echoed behind him, and Howard only had less than two seconds before being killed by that thing.

A chilling aura, seemingly penetrating to the very marrow, was closing in. This thing was different from before; it seemed quite fixated on Gao Hai, determined to capture him no matter what.

Third bomb, launch!

Crimson Realm, activated!

Before Morihara Koji's blessing could even explode, the intense chill forced Gao Hai to activate his Crimson Domain to defend against its attack.

He designated the three members of the "Fishing Gang" and himself as the targets to be immune to damage, and then detonated the aerial bomb without looking back, resulting in a point-blank explosion.

In the next moment of raging flames, Gao Hai was blown away, rolled on the ground, and got up again.

"What's going on?! Another explosion?!"

From the teacher's perspective, Gao Hai could see the same brilliant light, as well as the three slackers who were affected and couldn't understand why.

"It looks like things are going badly, let's hurry."

Cat Brother helped Xiao Guo, who had fallen to the ground, to his feet, signaled the Taoist priests behind him to keep up, and then continued running forward.

You can already see it.

That side road located in the mountains and forests.

Regardless of Gao Hai's location, or the location of the three people on Cat Brother's side.

One of these two roads meanders down the river and disappears into the forest, while the other stretches upwards, winding its way up, its final destination unknown.

Gao Hai didn't see the mountain god temple here, but in the eyes of the three members of the Fishing Gang, there was a fairly large temple, or perhaps a Taoist temple, standing at this three-way intersection. In short, it was obvious at a glance that this thing was built by the local villagers, so it was not very particular about its appearance, and it was difficult to tell what it was used for from the surface alone.

However, the building's main entrance was wide open at the moment, and one could easily see that the entrance hall was a sacrificial area where statues of gods were placed, and the altar was empty, so it was easy to notice what it was for.

When Xiao Guo saw the mountain god temple, he paused for a moment, then turned to look at Cat Brother and the Taoist priest, asking his teammates with his eyes whether they wanted to go in and take a look.

Cat Bro, however, walked past the temple without hesitation, not even glancing at the open gate.

"Never mind anything else. Our primary goal now is to reach the Bottomless Lake. Don't doubt the goal set by this friend."

As he spoke, Cat Brother glanced back at the direction of the [Teacher], who had remained hidden the entire time and whose gaze could only be vaguely sensed.

In fact, by this point, both Xiao Guo and the Taoist priest were already somewhat suspicious of Gao Hai's existence and purpose. After all, he had disrupted the villagers' festival activities right from the start, and then inexplicably led them to a completely unknown location deep in the dense forest, where an explosion had occurred. This was truly unsettling, making them wonder if their team was being used as pawns in some kind of test.

But Cat Brother's attitude was different. He seemed to know something that others didn't. Even though Gao Hai was indeed a bit impatient and showed some suspicious signs in his actions, he still chose to follow Gao Hai's orders and trust him.

"Brother Cat, we should do this..."

"I'm confident. I know who this person is. We just need to continue the operation."

"No matter how you look at it, continuing forward is a dead end; we're heading into a desperate situation..."

"Entering an unfamiliar Red Moon-level dungeon is already a desperate situation, and death never means the end. Taoist, try calculating further ahead and you'll see."

During their brief conversation, Cat Brother reassured his bewildered teammates, and the three of them continued their journey along the dirt path through the forest.

Meanwhile, Gao Hai, at full speed, had already moved quite a distance upwards. The surrounding woodland had gradually turned white, and the temperature had dropped below zero.

The current altitude of Gaohai has exceeded 4,000 meters.

The road leveled out at that moment, revealing a gentle slope.

The trees gradually thinned out, and the blood-red flowers and vines also became sparse. It seemed to be just like a real plant, unable to withstand high temperatures, nor could it grow in areas with high altitudes, thin oxygen, and cold conditions.

If you continue upwards, you'll enter a purely snow-capped mountain region. That's not where Gao Hai wants to go, at least not yet.

His next destination was somewhere in this flat area, a place he could already vaguely sense.

"call……"

White breaths appeared and disappeared with each breath.

With the power of the blessing almost giving way, Gao Hai stumbled forward, his body wrapped in blood-red flowers and vines, almost completely covered by the plants. With his last bit of strength, he took a step toward that place.

Ghost Cry Cave

To be honest, Gao Hai wasn't entirely sure that this was the [Ghost Cry Cave], but the problem was that he couldn't see any other cave entrances around. He even used his hearing blessing to scan the surroundings carefully, confirming that there were really no other ventilation openings and that there was only this one deep cave before he came over.

To be honest, I really didn't want to come here. This kind of dark cave, just looking at the entrance makes me feel uncomfortable all over.

However, according to Gao Hai's judgment, the time and distance required to reach the Bottomless Lake from the festival square should be less than that of the Ghost Cry Cave. Although the three players should be quite strong, they would still be in grave danger if targeted by the monster. Therefore, choosing the Bottomless Lake, which could be reached faster, was a better option. On the other hand, Gao Hai had to go to the Ghost Cry Cave area, regardless of his own wishes.

But I didn't hear anything crying.

Do you have to go inside a certain area of ​​the cave to hear it? Hopefully, I won't encounter a situation where I have to crawl around in a narrow space.

Thinking this, Gao Hai, through the perspective of the "teacher," confirmed that the three players of the "Fishing Gang" had arrived at a lake area in a woodland. It was a very quiet lake, located under a dense layer of aquatic plants, so tranquil that even when the players approached, they could not hear a single insect chirp or bird call.

Both sides arrived at their destinations smoothly, which relieved Gao Hai slightly. He looked back at the path he had come from, but didn't see the blood-stained figure, before turning his attention back to the cave ahead. Gritting his teeth, he continued walking.

Then he heard footsteps chasing after him from behind.

That thing moved too fast.

Even though he had already realized the other party's appearance and approach and had taken precautions, this time, Gao Hai only had time to try to call in the last fourth aerial bomb before the thing stuck to him from behind.

I felt the other person's touch.

There was a premonition that consciousness would be severed in an instant.

There was no time to designate a target; the fourth bomb must be detonated immediately. With my blood, it must explode right now!

boom! ! !

The crimson flames spread with Gao Hai's will, threatening to engulf and scatter in an instant.

But he saw nothing.

At that moment, Gao Hai only felt a hug.

A profound embrace so intense it overwhelmed all the senses, instantly surpassing all cognition and overwriting all existence.

is it.

It has found you.

It has finally found you.

After spending a long time in this foolish cage, it has finally embraced you once again.

Stay...awake...I must...

Do not resist.

Stop resisting it.

Accept her.

Just like before, just like everyone has done before, accept her.

I...no...no...

Don't lose your way... We absolutely cannot let things remain like this...

Have you forgotten?

Have you already forgotten that period of time?

We once embraced each other so tightly, we were once so intimately connected by blood and flesh.

As she fell from the starry sky.

When she came to you, who were still in ignorance.

do you remember?

She loves you so much.

She was with you when you were still a naughty child.

She walked with you along muddy paths, moved stones in the river to find crabs, and climbed trees to find bird nests.

I……

This is not...

wrong……

Don't reject her.

Don't be so cruel in rejecting her anymore.

She loves you so deeply, and she loves you all so deeply.

She is not that blood moon; she has no intention of taking anything away.

She's not a gambler, and she doesn't want to twist anything.

She is not one of those things that haven't arrived yet and are constantly spying on this place. She is not like those evil things; she simply loves you all.

She shouldn't be imprisoned.

She shouldn't have been banished.

She shouldn't have been taken away from you.