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

The girl, gradually becoming deformed and twisted, was being transformed into something else, and she was screaming in agony.

The unsuspecting girl signed a contract under the gentle persuasion and guidance of the company's senior management, stepping into darkness.

I saw it.

In the final moments before death, I saw human faces on those insects, distorted human faces.

Those self-proclaimed noble corporate executives want to try to create something, to shape something through the power of ritual. They seek test subjects in the name of greatness, only to end up with endless pain and despair.

It is a failure, a wriggling worm, constantly eating and vomiting, becoming pure resentment in endless torment.

Now, it's her turn to experience the despair it went through.

Boom——

The heavy iron door was finally smashed open, and the pale, mutilated monster rushed into the corridor, only to find scattered black insects and rotten flesh and bone fragments, torn to pieces less than a centimeter in size, lying peacefully on the ground.

Having lost its target, the strange creature stopped moving, and the security guards who had been chasing it also halted. Soon, the deformed pursuer became transparent and vanished from the spot. The security guards, meanwhile, turned and left, resuming their normal patrol.

bang-

The small toolbox located at the edge of the elevator lobby made a sound at that moment.

Bang-dang——! ! !

A tremendous force suddenly forced open the toolbox lid, and a severed hand flew out of the box. In the blink of an eye, it quickly grew back to the complete form of Yamada Ryo.

The doll, which was originally located amidst a pile of rotting flesh, had somehow appeared next to the toolbox.

Liang, now fully recovered, collapsed to the ground, her clothes restored to their original state. Aside from a slightly pale complexion, she was practically identical to usual. The mass of rotten flesh behind the iron bars had vanished, reduced to nothingness by the power left behind by Gao Hai.

"Oh...ah..."

Only then did I finally catch my breath from the cold, and my body almost went limp and I collapsed to the ground.

There is no time to cry.

Like a full-body spasm, Liang, who was actually in so much pain that she couldn't even stand, jerked to her feet, got up, fell down again, got up again, and fell hard again. Finally, she managed to regain control of her body, grabbed her toolbox and toy, and ran, sprinting to the door of the duty room. Completely oblivious to any unusual activity around her, and indeed lacking the energy, she opened the door, went inside, and then closed it again. Stumbling, she reached the distribution box, took out the switch with her still trembling fingers, and pressed it directly onto the switch on the box, ignoring the metal wires her fingers brushed against.

zizi——

An electric current swept through his fingers, burning a black mark on his cool nail.

The lights in the duty room suddenly turned on, then went out again in an instant, indicating that the power lines in the building had not yet been restored to normal.

Liang, who was burned by the electric current, was expressionless, as if he could not feel the pain at all. He just stared blankly at the distribution box in front of him, pressed the switch, switched the circuit and restarted the circuit.

Sizzling—sizzling—

The lights came on again.

Under the bright white light, everything seemed to have returned to normal.

Liang stood silently in place, motionless, simply standing there.

Then, her legs suddenly gave way, and she sat down on her bottom with a thud, her body tilting to one side. Slowly, slowly, she curled up, hugged her legs with her hands, buried her head in her knees, and lay on her side on the ground, her body trembling slightly.

You mustn't cry out loud.

Even after the lights are turned on, there are still strange creatures moving inside the building, making it an extremely dangerous place.

If you make too much noise, it will attract those things.

It's fine.

I'm fine.

I only used up one resurrection chance.

I have two more chances to revive, so I have three lives and I can start over.

Being able to accomplish so much and successfully restart the power supply is already quite an achievement.

Yes, I'm fine, I'm okay.

I have done it.

I have succeeded.

I just... just need a little rest right now...

Yes... I just...

I just……

The girl suppressed her sobs in her own arms, making sure no one else could hear them.

She knew she had no one to rely on, and she knew she could only face all dangers and hardships on her own. Therefore, she could not show this weakness and pain, nor did she have anyone to show this vulnerability to.

"Woo..."

I just really don't want to go through something like that.

His flesh was ripped off while he was still alive, his head was chopped off, and he was torn apart and eaten by insects before being spat out...

I never want to feel or experience that kind of pain or torment again...

"Huh...huh..."

Gradually, the girl suppressed her sobs.

She raised her slightly reddened eyes, her hands and feet trembling, and slowly got up, kneeling on the ground.

Then she clenched her fist and punched herself hard in the thigh, finally stopping the trembling in her legs.

Then, she reached out and held onto the cabinet on one side of the duty room, and slowly, little by little, stood up and stood in the room again.

The pain and despair in her memory still tormented her spirit.

The mental fragment that was originally able to protect her consciousness also shattered under the continuous pressure and erosion, and no longer exists.

"There are two more chances to revive."

Liang closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly spoke.

The power that Mr. Gao Hai gave him was enough to allow him to be resurrected twice.

These two revival coins for continuing the game must not be wasted; they should be saved as much as possible. Even if it is absolutely necessary, they should be used in the most valuable way.

Now that things have come to this, there is no way out but to keep going down this path to the very end. This is the only choice I have.

Next, I need to figure out how to get back to the monitoring room and check on the situation with the Minghui squad. Since we've experienced a power outage here, things probably aren't much better on their end. I must restore contact as soon as possible and confirm their safety.

"Ugh……"

The girl, who had quickly decided on her next move after some thought, couldn't help but sigh in the end.

I don't know how long it will take before we can resume communication.

Without Mr. Gao Hai's help, I don't think I would have been able to get to this point at all, and I wouldn't have had any hope of surviving until now.

It's unbelievable. According to Mr. Gao Hai, what I'm experiencing now is just a medium-difficulty [Dark Night Level] dungeon. Above that, there's the even more dangerous Red Moon Level dungeon, which is the level of dungeon that Mr. Gao Hai and his companions have experienced. And the place I'm in now, according to Mr. Gao Hai himself, is just a newbie village, even simpler than the newbie villages he's experienced before.

It's hard to imagine how Mr. Gao Hai managed to persevere back then.

How many hardships did he endure, how much pain did he suffer, and how many times did he suffer death by torture that would be unbearable for anyone?

And after experiencing so much suffering, Mr. Gao Hai was not distorted by these pains at all. He was still able to love life and love the people around him. Even if this love seemed a bit too universal, it was still too incredible to be honest.

Although Ryo knew from the beginning that she was attracted to Gao Hai, at this moment, after experiencing so much, or rather, the more she went through the trials in the dungeon and felt the torment brought by the power of the monsters and legends, the more complicated her feelings for Gao Hai became, and the more she felt a feeling that she didn't know how to describe.

It seems perfectly natural now that Kita and Pochi would be attracted to him and choose to become part of that man's harem.

If it were me, I'd probably try to develop a close relationship with him after the dungeon ended, right?

With a bit of aimless daydreaming, Liang slowly adjusted her mindset, making sure her mental state could recover to some extent so she wouldn't fall back into the pain she had just experienced.

According to the information inscribed on the service elevator, it seems there's no way to get to the top floor; you can only go down. There must be some kind of safety measure in place. Anyway, Ryo doesn't plan to go in again. After experiencing that hallucination of bathing in a sea of ​​maggots, Ryo now avoids elevator shafts with a wary eye.

I'll take the elevator next. Now that I have the magnetic card, I might be able to go in without a password. And even if this door doesn't accept the magnetic card, I remember the password I entered before, so there shouldn't be any problems.

With that in mind, Liang decided to take action. She took a flashlight and a thermos from the toolbox and then planned to leave the duty room.

It was at this moment that the girl, who had taken a step toward the door, inexplicably felt a chill and subconsciously took a step back, looking toward the door with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.

There is something outside this door.

Such a cold and chilling aura can definitely be attributed to a ghost, and a ghost of considerable strength at that.

But he hadn't even gone outside yet. Logically speaking, those strange creatures that were active during the light-on phase shouldn't have made any contact with him, and theoretically, he shouldn't have been discovered by them.

Could it be a monster that had previously locked onto me? But whether it's an insect or a pursuer, shouldn't the tracking markers have been removed after I died? And now that we've moved from the "lights off" phase to the "lights on" phase, there's no way anything could still be tracking me, right?

Confused, Liang frowned; she had already sensed the thing moving.

Then, she saw a piece of paper.

A thin piece of paper, dripping with blood, was slowly squeezed through the crack in the door.

No, that's not right.

Liang's eyes widened; she understood.

Hehe... Haha...

That's not paper.

I see you... I see you... Hehe...

That's a photo.

A moving photograph.

A photo that exudes an eerie atmosphere, locking onto itself.

Chapter 55: The Squad's Judgment and the Discovery of the Materials Warehouse

Something very bad seems to have happened.

Rumble—rumble—

The tremors are gradually subsiding.

But even though she couldn't see the specific situation outside right now, Yan Hui was certain that she wouldn't mistake that terrifying aura.

Without a doubt, it must be at least a Red Moon level item. How could something of that level appear in a Dark Night level dungeon?