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

boom! ! !

The brilliant golden light shattered in an instant.

A nerdy guy living in a high-rise building yawned as he went up to his balcony to retrieve his underwear that was hanging out to dry. Just as he reached out and before he could even grab the underwear on the hanger, a sudden gust of wind swept through. The man only had time to close his eyes briefly before he saw his underwear fly into the air, soaring further and further away into the distance.

"What's going on?! Whoa!"

Instinctively, the man leaned out, trying his best to grab the flying underwear, but then he saw a dark shadow fly past, hitting his fluttering underwear and then flying into another tall building not far away. With a series of violent thuds and flying debris, it crashed through the entire building, and then continued flying through several buildings before finally landing in an empty stadium. The moment it crashed into the football field in the middle of the stadium, it collapsed the entire field, and even the surrounding road exploded on the spot, collapsing to a depth of at least ten meters.

"Oh no! Is the Earth going to be destroyed?!"

The man, feeling that something was wrong with his brain, shouted out instinctively.

"Not yet, at least not today."

Then, he saw a tall figure fly past the window. The figure smiled and casually answered him before flying towards the collapsed stadium with a sonic boom. Its flight path even showed obvious condensation clouds.

Interlude 4-29: Banishing this strange creature and Alice's little prank

Smoke and fire were spreading everywhere.

The already shattered building continues to collapse, emitting explosive rumbling sounds.

The "player" who was sprawled in the rubble was twitching and struggling, trying to heal his wounds and get back up.

Such disrespect...

The dark red bloodstains were slowly spreading.

Click——click——

The crisp sound continued inside the "player's" body. If you looked closely, you could even see its skin wriggling, as if something was moving inside. Of course, this bizarre appearance was just a facade; in reality, it was simply trying to heal itself, albeit a difficult process.

After all, even though it had been transformed from the inside out into something superior to humans, it still couldn't withstand the impact of Gao Hai's powerful punch, which sent it flying several kilometers and contained numerous mental spikes. Its bones and muscles were completely shattered, and its soul structure suffered severe disruption. Even after some of its wounds had healed, it was almost unable to move normally, and its body nearly dissolved during the repeated process of disintegration and healing, almost turning into something like a flesh slime on the spot.

Clearly, Gao Hai had used his experience of becoming a flesh-and-blood slime in [Infant Cry Village] as a starting point, deliberately using a combination of physical and mental attacks to disrupt the creature's physical balance. The "player," who had obviously never experienced such an attack before, struggled to adapt. Unable to heal its wounds properly, it thrashed about on the ground like a salted fish before barely managing to stand. Even then, its skin showed signs of slight dissolution, making its body resemble a bizarre rubber figure.

[A Red Moon-level player's physique... is still too weak...]

The thing was muttering something, its voice filled with disgust for the body.

"What? Didn't you say you saved her? Aren't you supposed to be the true god who saves the world? Why are you so disgusted with the person you 'saved'?"

With a calm voice, Gao Hai slowly descended from mid-air and landed in the completely destroyed stadium.

The sirens of fire trucks and police cars blared piercingly in the night sky. Gao Hai's earth-shattering punch had thoroughly alarmed the city, and many would likely have a sleepless night. He felt somewhat apologetic, but Gao Hai was certain there were no casualties, so he could maintain his composure. After all, the instant he punched that thing away, he had immediately used his mental energy to protect everyone along its path—a considerable drain on his energy.

Of course, despite his best efforts, a few people were still accidentally injured by the blast wave. Such incidents are unavoidable, as enemies thrown back are bound to travel faster than themselves. However, Gao Hai was able to forcibly heal them using his reality-altering abilities. Furthermore, because he forcibly restored these people to a "healthy" state, he also cured various ailments such as lumbar muscle strain, nearsightedness, and gastrointestinal discomfort. Therefore, the overall result was still zero casualties.

tread--

Gao Hai took a step forward.

The "player" who was originally lying in the pile of rubble stood up the next moment, and then a strong polluting force spread to the area around Gao Hai.

The skin and flesh were cut open.

Every blood vessel, every nerve, every tendon snapped under the force released in that instant.

This was undoubtedly the power of the supernatural rules, yet at this moment it was completely mastered by the thing possessing the player and used as a weapon that could be actively unleashed against Gao Hai.

*Pfft—Pfft pfft—*

In the blink of an eye, Gao Hai was almost cut into countless pieces of flesh, and was about to explode and turn into blood and foam on the ground.

But that didn't happen.

The power of the blessing operated silently, and the cut wound healed instantly. Gao Hai, unharmed, continued to walk forward, stood in front of the "player," and then threw another punch at it.

boom!

After a loud bang, rubble was blown up by the shockwave, and the thing was sent flying into the air, its destination unknown.

Then, Gao Hai reached out and pulled, his spiritual power shooting out and transforming into an invisible hand that grabbed the thing and forcibly pulled it back to Gao Hai. Then, Gao Hai expressionlessly threw another punch, knocking it away again, pulling it back, another punch, and another pull back.

boom! boom! boom! ! !

The continuous punches, accompanied by the intense release of mental energy, would briefly create a tornado around the victim with each strike, only to be shattered by Gao Hai's next punch.

The "player," who was forcibly held back by Gao Hai and unable to fly away, had by now turned into a pile of mangled flesh, completely unrecognizable as a human. However, under Gao Hai's power, this thing could not actually shatter; it was forcibly stuck together, writhing and struggling, and could only be dragged along, constantly enduring one heavy punch after another.

[Stop...stop now...this body can't hold on much longer...]

The voice of that thing rang in Gao Hai's head, and at the same time, some kind of force clearly began to try to influence Gao Hai and manipulate him.

"Otherwise, why would I hit you?"

But Gao Hai didn't seem affected at all. He just casually replied and then threw a punch.

Each of his strikes contained a sharp, cone-like spiritual force, aiming to deeply destroy the thing's soul. He could sense that this player was utterly beyond saving, having effectively become a puppet of the thing hidden within the dungeon. Therefore, he had to exhaust the thing's power as quickly as possible, completely destroying this anchor point. Otherwise, if this thing remained in the real world, it might cause devastating destruction to the real world before the dungeon world even opened next month.

For this reason, throughout the beating, Gao Hai constantly enveloped the creature with his mental energy, ensuring that it couldn't break through his mental energy network no matter what it tried to do. Perhaps Gao Hai wouldn't be able to defeat the creature directly, but with just this insignificant anchor point, he was certain his power was enough to completely suppress it, leaving it no chance of turning the tables.

I thought we could save the world together... How foolish and shameful... You are not worthy of being a god! Such incorrigible trash as you deserves only to be dung in my kingdom!

Twisted flesh pieced together a mouth, furiously hurling insults at Gao Hai.

"Stop just talking. If you're so capable, then actually do it. What's the point of just whining and disturbing the neighbors?"

Gao Hai casually replied, a black pistol appearing in his hand as he pulled the trigger and fired five shots in quick succession at the thing. This immediately caused the distortion of the object to worsen.

[The power of blessing... To possess this level of blessing power, you should be well aware of the distortion of this world... My path is the true path to save everyone... Why won't you acknowledge me... Are you also a fool clinging to outward appearances...?]

Golden light was released as the flesh trembled, quickly transforming into a dark red glow. Its voice grew increasingly furious, and Gao Hai could even detect a hint of disappointment in it.

"First, you pretended to be a KP to test me, then you made phone calls in the villa and acted like a ghost. When we met before, you made me kneel down and even used my power to cause trouble. Isn't this just a place to capture slaves? And this brainwashing and modification stuff, to be honest, is no different from the ugliness I've seen in the dungeons. Stop being so smug here, trash, go back to the garbage dump."

As Gao Hai finished speaking, a violent burst of blood-red light erupted from his body.

The severed limbs appeared and disappeared within the crimson domain. The power of the domain completely suppressed the crimson light emitted by the thing and further deprived it of its existence in the real world.

hum-

The abnormal fluctuations in space reached Gao Hai's senses in the next moment.

Driven to the brink, the twisted entity unleashed its spatial teleportation ability once more. In the blink of an eye, the two figures, originally amidst the shattered ruins, were transported to the rooftop of a school building. The next moment, a powerful force pierced through the domain and slammed into Gao Hai, sending him hurtling downwards. With a series of booming sounds, he crashed through several floors and into the basement, while the school building itself collapsed into ruins.

The thing that used this power had its body, which had shown signs of healing, suddenly begin to show signs of falling apart. Clearly, with the power that this thing can currently use, it would be quite troublesome to use such a method in the real world.

However, this is the only option for now. After all, the real Him is trapped in the instance world, and the power that this weak body can unleash is far too feeble to gain an advantage against that embryonic god. Now that they've managed to buy some time, they should hurry and get out of here.

"Now the students at this school can probably have a holiday tomorrow."

Gao Hai's voice reached the thing's ears the next moment.

Before he could even turn his twisted, shattered head around, Gao Hai's hand slapped him.

The next second, under the watchful eyes of the alarmed school security guard, he saw a humanoid object fall from mid-air to the ground, almost lifting the school playground into the air. Then, with a loud crash, it created a long trench, passing through the soccer field, the swimming pool, and the toilets next to the swimming pool. It slid for hundreds of meters before finally crashing into the school's outer wall, smashing dozens of meters of the wall to pieces.

Gao Hai's footsteps landed right in front of the thing struggling among the rubble and bricks.

From beginning to end, not a single drop of blood was shed. Even during the spatial transfer, Gao Hai's mental energy firmly enveloped it, giving it no chance to imitate Muzan's splitting and escape. Therefore, at this point, it understood that it could not possibly escape from this person.

Your strength... is so great... yet you are so stubborn... utterly disappointing...

This time, the thing didn't try to escape. It simply maintained its roughly human shape, sat up, and looked at Gao Hai.

"I can tell you're another self-righteous idiot. I'm not interested in your brainless nonsense. Get the hell out of here."

Gao Hai had no intention of indulging this thing. He immediately used his mental power to control it again and launched the power of reality distortion to completely destroy it.

With this kind of power... you think you can banish me...?

The twisted flesh was still struggling frantically, still trying to resist Gao Hai's power.

But at that moment, another footstep slowly approached from not far away, accompanied by an unprecedented power that spread into Gao Hai's domain.

[This...how is this possible...to have such...power...]

The flesh and blood began to dissolve.

Things that do not belong to the real world are gradually stripped away under this force of rejection.

Hayasaka Ai, with her long golden hair, walked to Takami's side. The Blood Blessing power she possessed, under the resonance of Takami's mental power, completely transformed into an absolute domain, a domain powerful enough to [reject the existence of the ghost story power] and banish it back to the dungeon world.

We will meet again... the embryo of the young god... that day is not far off...

As the final, distorted sound faded, the "player," who had completely transformed into some kind of fleshy monster, vanished into dust and ceased to exist.

"You must have had a lot of trouble getting here, Xiao Ai. It must have taken a lot of effort."

"It's good that I can help my master."

Takami reached out and patted Hayasaka's head, and the girl responded obediently like a loyal dog.

If possible, Gao Hai would like to talk to Hayasaka a little longer, but because there were other important matters to attend to, he quickly carried Hayasaka back to the abandoned building area... well, or rather, the abandoned ruins.

Kaguya was now standing in an open area, maintaining order with the other players, surrounding and closely guarding the survivors. This was because Gao Hai needed to prevent anything in the instance from being modified by other players, so no survivors could be allowed to escape.

The Throne of Mind was also brought out, but it was severely damaged and looked almost like a broken piece of junk.

As for the ruins behind the players, which were less than ten meters high, the police officers continued their patrols. After entering automatic mode, it consumed three suppression rounds, sending the three things that had escaped from the dungeon world back. With the physical strength of a Red Moon-level core obsession monster and unlimited ammo, it suppressed several players who had fallen into a state of chaos and the out-of-control obsessions on them, bringing them out of the ruins alive.

Of course, as a price to pay, the police successfully demolished the complex.

"Is it resolved? Even you needed so much time, and you even had to bring Hayasaka along..."

Kaguya, who had helped rescue several players who were still in relatively good condition, breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Takami and Hayasaka arrive, but then a worried expression appeared on her face.

"Mr. Gao, can you tell whether these players are safe or not?"

Xiao Heshu, on the other side, respectfully stepped forward. Gao Hai wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that Xiao Heshu seemed even more respectful than before. In fact, the way Xiao Heshu looked at him was like a fan looking at an idol, with a kind of fanaticism that made Gao Hai very uncomfortable.

"Identifying them is very simple."

Turning his head, Gao Hai looked at Tang Yuan and the others, who were clearly in a lot of pain. These players were all in very poor condition, some were drowsy, and some had already lost consciousness.

hum-

Even if they lost consciousness, Gao Hai had a way to determine whether they were normal or not. With the activation of Chiyo Hachiya's blessing power, it took less than a second for Gao Hai to implant a fragment of his spirit into the minds of all the surviving players.

Well, no problem.

During the process of banishing that thing, I became familiar with its power. If the mental fragments do not react, it proves that the other players have not been modified or brainwashed, and there is no trace of that thing's power on them.