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

One after another, deformed tentacles rushed forward as if embracing.

Boom!

Seventeen, holding his phone, climbed out of the car window and used the red-glowing phone to touch one of the monster's limbs, activating its power to protect the bus and briefly give it the ability to fight the monster. Then, with the monster's tentacles swarming around it, it crashed directly into the monster.

"withstand!"

Jianzi's voice rang out from the roof of the car. The girl, who had already grabbed, torn apart, and discarded the marked hand, stood up. In an instant, the power of her mind condensed, summoning the Judgment Fire of the Crimson City to fall on the flesh and blood monster. At the same time, a phantom image condensed in the direction from which the Abyss-level monster had arrived.

"Woo..."

Feeling a wave of dizziness, and almost completely drained of her mental energy by this continuous exertion, Miko knelt down, gritting her teeth to continue supporting the power of the blessing.

The bus roared and held firm against the monster's massive body, refusing to retreat no matter how much it howled and struggled under the scorching flames of judgment.

The phantom that had consumed most of Jianzi's power had solidified into a physical form, transforming into the appearance of a tall young man, his body radiating golden-red light.

I can buy myself 3 minutes.

The moment he appeared, he understood the current situation. But he didn't say much, nor did he even look back at Jianzi, who was about to give up. He walked directly towards the thing whose face had been modified into a mechanical one.

Happiness...for everyone...for all people...

A hoarse, shrill sound, like that of an old-fashioned television, came from a being that seemed to be acting on behalf of God.

thump—

Then, its head was grabbed, its entire body was lifted into the air, and then slammed hard to the ground. The shockwave instantly dispersed the surrounding crimson flames, forcibly creating a vacuum zone several kilometers in radius. Before the thing could react, a pistol was pressed against the mechanical structure of its face.

What about your happiness?

The next second, Gao Hai pulled the trigger, forcibly transmitting a suppression bullet through the blockade of several spaces, piercing the monster's head.

The terrifying explosion shattered the earth, creating a trench a hundred meters deep. But that was merely the spillover of the weak power that Gao Hai had projected through the shell created by Jianzi against this strange creature. The real damage had already been swallowed up by the writhing, struggling thing that couldn't shake off Gao Hai's fingers.

But after this attack, Yotsuya Miko's face turned deathly pale. She, who had been able to withstand the impact of countless monsters in the sea of ​​fire for a while, was now almost unable to hold on and could no longer maintain her body.

Don't push yourself too hard. New rescuers are on their way and will arrive in a few minutes. Conserve your energy.

Gao Hai's voice reached Miko's ears. The familiar voice made the girl feel somewhat at ease, but she did not ignore the noise in the voice, nor did she notice the increasingly obvious, godlike, indifferent will.

So, has the senior already entered the crucial transitional stage between "human" and "god"? I don't know what the "hospital" did, but this strange feeling... if the senior truly becomes a god now, he probably won't be himself anymore, right? But to save more people, he needs to reach the level of "god," and for that, he has to continuously strengthen himself. Is this really okay? Senior…

Don't worry, we've been through some seemingly hopeless and insurmountable dangers before. This is nothing to worry about at this point. Just wait for my good news.

However, seeing that Zi hesitated only slightly, Gao Hai immediately noticed her change in mood and gently comforted her.

The aura of the second Abyss-level monster was already approaching. Gao Hai, who was suppressing one of the monsters, raised his head, his body disappeared from the spot, and the next second he appeared in front of the monster that was trying to bypass him to attack Jian Zi. He used his other hand to firmly control it, picked up the two things and fell back to the ground, smashing a large crater in the ground.

The raging crimson flames have reignited, released from the two twisted monsters controlled by Gao Hai.

Gao Hai simply continued to control them expressionlessly, showing no sign of pain despite the burning flames. He even had the energy to sever the sensory connection between the body and Jianzi, preventing Jianzi from suffering the pain of the flames.

Rumble, rumble——

Amidst the roar of the eerie bus engine, the enormous fleshy monster lay on the ground, brutally crushed by the vehicle, its blood splattering and swirling in all directions.

On the verge of unconsciousness, Miko swayed precariously, lying on the roof of the car. She no longer had the strength to pay attention to her surroundings. But knowing full well that a third Abyss-level monster was chasing her, she couldn't relax at all and continued to struggle with all her might, trying to warn Takami, who had been summoned from there, to be careful.

However, it's a bit strange.

The third Abyss-level monster they were chasing did not appear.

Because her mental energy was nearly exhausted, Miko herself was unable to quickly realize this. But the fact was that the strange creature that should have seized the opportunity to attack did not appear at all, giving the Sunflower Squad, who were driving the bus, ample time to find the correct entrance.

"The car didn't go astray; it's heading in the right direction this time!"

Yu Qingshan shouted as he floored the accelerator, charging forward recklessly.

The sound of tearing wind and violent impact mingled in an instant. The glass sliding door of the clinic shattered under the impact of the bus. The front of the strange vehicle crashed directly into the clinic, overturning the counter and medicine cabinet on the spot, and all sorts of things flew everywhere in complete chaos.

"Let's go! Hurry up and get inside!"

The car door opens.

No longer caring about retrieving the precious vehicle-type artifact, the Ghost Bus, Yu Qingshan gritted his teeth and abandoned the car, knowing that there were more important things to do right now. He opened the car door and signaled his teammates to follow, while he took the lead and stepped into the completely unknown clinic with his climbing axe.

"Haha, this drive was really exciting today! By the way, what about Ms. Yotsuya? Is she still in the car—Holy crap?!"

As Kazama Ren followed, she rubbed her messy hair and turned to look at the roof of the car to check on Miko's condition. However, when she turned around, she saw the golden-clad Takami carrying Miko as they fell from the roof. She was speechless for a moment, her mouth agape.

[Don't waste time. Proceed deeper into the entrance as quickly as possible. I will try to temporarily block the entrance, preventing the monsters that have already emerged from entering. This way, you will only be facing the monsters inside the passage, which will reduce the pressure considerably. However, this only guarantees safety for the first half hour after the entrance is blocked. After all, the other side of the passage directly connects to the "hospital," and they will definitely send out high-level monsters after discovering the entrance is blocked. Therefore, you must completely close this passage before then.]

Gao Hai spoke calmly to the players present, his voice devoid of any emotional fluctuation, only exuding a vast and majestic aura like that of a god.

Before the players could react, he put Miko down, gently tapped her head, and remotely injected some spiritual power to replenish the exhausted girl's strength. At this moment, cracks of various sizes began to appear on his body. Clearly, the temporary body that Miko's power had created for him was nearing its limit, and he would soon disappear.

If I send reinforcements now… no, there's not enough time. I can't eliminate those two Abyss-level monsters outside with my avatar's power. To prevent them from catching up with Jianzi, I have to temporarily close the entrance. But that means the reinforcement who's holding off the third Abyss-level monster can't enter this entrance. What should I do? Hmm… hmm? I see. She actually managed to get to that place alive. Perhaps that's the strength of the weak. Ha, what a pleasant surprise! Now I know what to do. Excellent, this way there are no worries. I've seen the key to victory in this battle.

I'm counting on you all here; I hope everyone is still alive after all this is over.

Gao Hai, who left behind these last words, turned to ashes and vanished. Jian Zi, who had regained her senses, opened her eyes and, realizing something, turned back in astonishment. She saw the bus that had rushed into the clinic being pushed away by an invisible force. Then, the roller shutter door slammed down, directly isolating the clinic's space from the outside and forming a barrier. This prevented the two Abyss-level monsters that had broken free from their restraints from entering, and the burning blood fire and the countless monsters moving within could not break in.

Just how powerful have you become, senior?

Having clearly sensed Takahashi's current power, Miko was at a loss for words. She rubbed her still throbbing head, knowing that her spirit had been severely damaged by forcibly summoning Takahashi's projection, and that it would be impossible to summon him a second time in this cycle.

I used my only chance to summon my predecessor to successfully reach this passage. From now on, I can only succeed; failure is not an option. If I fail here and drag it into the next playthrough, the enemy's advantage in the residential area will further increase, making it even more difficult to reach the entrance.

"Let's go, we only have half an hour."

As she spoke, Jianzi strode forward quickly. She noticed that Yu Qingshan and Angel had already reached a more advanced area, seemingly having found the entrance to the lower area. The other Sunflower Squad players following behind her, however, reacted in various ways.

"That was Mr. Gao Hai just now. He's a hundred times more handsome than he was at the meeting. Wow, he actually has such terrifying power."

Kazama Ren shook her head as she spoke, a hint of regret in her expression for some reason.

"Alright, stop being so frivolous. Let's think about the tasks ahead. I don't think things will be easy down there."

Vice Captain Li Ling sighed. Although her words were relatively calm, her expression was full of pain as she glanced at the sealed-off gate behind her from time to time.

Although I understand the necessity of sealing off the space, are we really just going to throw our car out like that? When we come back in half an hour, it'll probably have automatically returned to the instance due to lack of operation, right? That's a very valuable asset to our team; are we just going to throw it away like that? Really, just like that?

"Stop looking, let's focus on surviving first."

Then Seventeen figured out what was going on and gave her a casual reminder from her teammate.

The group continued forward, exploring the clinic's interior, where spatial distortions were clearly visible, and they had no idea where it would lead.

Meanwhile, in another quiet place, in a mansion amidst the torrential rain, two other people were still waiting quietly.

"Awoo... Awoo..."

Sai Emi, a contemporary Japanese college student and one of only two non-Chinese members of the Sunflower Squad, is a sweet-toothed player who is holding a small bucket of obsessive items and constantly taking out sweets from it and feeding them to her mouth.

Beside her, in the first-floor corridor of the mansion, Miko's mother, Touko Yotsuya, sat silently on the floor. Although she said nothing, the worried expression on her face said it all.

"Aren't you going to eat anything?"

Sai Emi turned her head, chewing as she looked at the mother and asked.

"No need... thank you for your kindness."

Toruko Yotsuya forced a smile and shook her head to indicate that she didn't need it.

"Let's eat something. There's no use worrying. We can just stay here and wait patiently."

Sai Saki took out a dessert and stuffed it into her mouth, then calmly offered another word of advice.

"No, I'm sorry, I can't eat right now."

But Touko Yotsuya clearly didn't have the same appetite as this player; the thought of her daughter being in danger outside made her unable to calm down.

"So, as I said, worrying is useless. You might as well adjust your mindset. Anyway, you'll forget about her if she dies. That's the special nature of the player community. Oh, wait, it seems like the cognitive barrier for ordinary people has been lifted now, so you might not be able to forget her. That's really troublesome."

Sai Saki scratched her head. This sweet-toothed girl had obviously been out of normal social life for too long, so she didn't think about what she was saying at all.

However, before Touko Yotsuya could respond to these words, an unexpected voice interrupted their conversation.

Ding-dong-

The crisp sound of the doorbell rang out from the direction of the front door.

"Wow, something actually came to our door."

Just moments ago, Sai Emi had been looking relaxed. Realizing the situation was turning bad, she immediately stood up, put away the dessert bucket, wiped her mouth, and prepared to take action.

Then, sensing the presence outside the door, she froze again, her expression quickly turning to surprise and delight.

Take a step.

The player responsible for protecting Touko Yotsuya reached out and grabbed the doorknob, opening the mansion gate without hesitation.

Touko Yotsuya, who hadn't expected this, was also stunned for a moment. Confused, she looked towards the door and saw a petite young girl with long, bright red hair walking into the house.

"Savior Players Team, Kita, here to provide support! You must be Sai from the Sunflower Team, hello. Oh, and hello to Aunt Touko in the back, I'm here to help everyone!"

At this moment, Kita Ikuyo, looking radiant, smiled brightly at the two people inside the room and spoke.

Chapter 29: Kita Ikuyo's Entrance and the Recording of the "Happiness Clinic"

Kita Ikuyo, also known as Ms. Gui Qu Lai Xi, is a member of the Shimokitazawa End Band. She is one of the few Red Moon-level players in the Tokyo area, a resurrected individual, a former member of [Market], Takami's seventh girlfriend, and yet another harem plaything captured by the JK assassin Takami...

In terms of identity labels alone, Kita has quite a few these days; if he were to list them all, he could go on for a long time. Well, although most of these titles are ones he would never actually mention.

Her presence here was naturally at Gao Hai's request to provide support. However, the sealing space's effectiveness against high-level players was unexpectedly strong, forcing the girl to expend considerable effort and time to finally find a way in and successfully reach this residential area that had been completely distorted by the power of the [Hospital].

Unfortunately, they arrived a bit too late and encountered a powerful monster of the Abyss Realm. In order to subdue it, they had to fight it, which prevented them from meeting up with Yotsuya Miko in time. As a result, Yotsuya Miko has now been forced to enter the deeper areas and block the external entrance.

However, according to Gao Hai, the hospital apparently sent three Abyss-level monsters to hunt down Jianzi, so her stopping the monster actually relieved a lot of pressure on Jianzi. From this perspective, it's not so bad.

In this situation, even Kita couldn't open the blockade from the outside. Therefore, she had to find another way to reach the deeper space before she could reunite with Miko's group. To be honest, when Kita first heard Takami's explanation, she initially thought he was acting crazy or had some kind of mental breakdown. But now that she had actually entered the area and confirmed how terrible it was, the girl didn't say anything more and quickly followed Takami's plan to find the mansion where Yurikawa Hana had disappeared.

"In short, you two can continue to stay here. However, I need to make some adjustments to the transformed areas in this house, so it would be better if you didn't stay in the corridor. Instead, you should choose a closed room to hide in. I will actively lure the monster into this place later. Auntie's physical and mental strength is definitely not enough to face that kind of thing, so I will ask Miss Sai to protect her well after I start the operation."

Kita didn't elaborate on what he was about to do, only making a few emphases before heading to the link area where Yurikawa Hana had been captured by the monster and trapped in the deep space. Finding this area was quite simple; as soon as Kita got a little closer, he could clearly feel the intense spatial chaos around him. If he went any further, the link would probably collapse, severing Hana's path back to the real world.

"An ordinary person who has never experienced a dungeon before has ventured deep into the linked dungeon area of ​​the [Hospital], making his way unscathed into the deeper areas near the [Hospital], and even awakened his own extraordinary power talent—a power that almost no player has ever mastered, capable of actively attacking monsters. Even now, having penetrated to an area inhabited by Red Moon-level monsters, he remains undetected and can still stealthily move about in areas teeming with dangerous monsters. Honestly, I don't even know what to say..."

Kita murmured a sigh, his expression somewhat complicated.

Without Gao Hai's protection and guidance, Yurikawa Hana would never have survived. No, even with protection and guidance, her luck was truly exceptional. Why didn't I have such luck back then? I had to be a zombie in the dungeon for months before finally being rescued!

That said, although I haven't met her in person yet, based on Mr. Gao's description, this Xiaohua seems to have a figure that's no less impressive than Boqi-chan and Fujiwara-san's. Do boys really pay more attention to that kind of thing? Even Mr. Gao, who has already developed intimate relationships with many women, is no exception. Hmm, speaking of which, maybe he'll want to add this girl to his harem, and perhaps even Nijika and Ryo-senpai are within his conquest range…

No, no, I'm here to do serious business. Stop overthinking.