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

Despite his pale face, Xiong Mi, who had lost an arm, did not lose any of his power or momentum; on the contrary, he became even more vigorous.

Although the hospital had discovered the problem and was furious and wanted to interfere, it was too late to change the monster's rules of action and could not remove the rock giant's target from "Bear Rice".

To achieve this, it is very simple for Red Moon level players: simply shift the presence between the two people, causing the information that can be recognized by the monster to be reversed.

To put it simply, Xiong Mi temporarily swapped her account name with Cat Brother's. Although this wouldn't change anything for her personally, in the eyes of [Ruyue Station], Xiong Mi is now indeed using Cat Brother's name.

boom! ! !

After a brief moment of confusion, the monster made the most instinctive move: it mobilized all its strength to relentlessly pursue and kill Cat Brother (Bear Rice) who was fleeing ahead.

Chapter 117 People who fearlessly move forward in the name of sacrifice.

Where exactly is that crucial spatial point located?

Amidst the howling and roaring sounds, Cat, clinging tightly to the giant, took a deep breath and began to climb and move on the monster's body.

In the ruins below, Xiongmi was still desperately trying to escape, while the enormous rock monster that [Kisaragi Station] had transformed into was also relentlessly pursuing him, making this already ravaged area even more fragmented.

Rumbling--

Violent tremors resounded one after another. The players below, as tiny as dust, struggled to withstand the onslaught of the colossal monster, and Cat Brother, clinging to its body, was suffering no less. Each attack or step forward from the monster sent him reeling from the intense jolting. And this wasn't just a few simple jolts; each tremor from the monster's body could easily shatter any living thing. Although Cat Brother's formidable physique allowed him to temporarily withstand the impact, the cumulative damage from the repeated shocks was unavoidable.

Therefore, blood was already seeping from the corner of his mouth, and he had accumulated considerable injuries within his body. Moreover, to conceal himself, Cat Brother couldn't use the power of his object of obsession to heal his wounds; otherwise, [Kisaragi Station] would immediately detect his presence. Don't be fooled by its seemingly unresponsive appearance despite being several dozen meters in size; Cat Brother had previously confirmed through careful testing that it possessed extremely powerful sensory abilities. Even now, with Xiong Mi distracting him, this thing could definitely react and react the moment Cat Brother exposed himself.

No, to be precise, it can't be called "realizing" the situation. The key to being discovered lies with the [Hospital]. The [Kisaragi Station] isn't attacking him now only because of the priority rules. Without him revealing any threat or hindering his actions, the [Kisaragi Station], targeted by the [Hospital], will prioritize attacking Xiongmi, who currently holds the identity of [Neko-san]. However, if Neko-san actively reveals his obsession or the extraordinary power of his blessing, the [Hospital], which has been watching him, can immediately adjust the [Kisaragi Station]'s target, shifting the core obsession's focus to him. This is the truly troublesome aspect of this battle.

Rumble, rumble——

Another terrifying explosion rang out, and the earth cracked open with fissures of all sizes. Among the players below, Jianbing, who was responsible for sharing the firepower with Xiongmi, was almost hit by the attack from [Ruyue Station]. Although he managed to escape by luck, he was left with many injuries, and his overall condition had obviously declined a lot.

Cat Brother, who was climbing up the monster's body, had to stop, spit out a mouthful of blood, and then continue his arduous journey.

The location of the spatial point cannot be found.

Although he could sense the presence of the aura, in the few minutes since he climbed onto the thing, Cat Brother could only feel a faint aura and was unable to actually locate the coordinates.

Something's not quite right. Why was I able to sense the spatial points from a great distance before, but now that I'm actually on this thing, my perception is failing?

Did the hospital somehow conceal the location of the spatial point? Do we have to search every part of this thing one by one?

No, if that's the case, then there's no possibility of freeing up space points. We need to think of another way, a way to get around the current trouble.

Wait a minute, isn't this the core obsession after all?

In this case……

Looking up, Cat Brother gazed at the very top of this colossal structure, at the location of "Kisaragi Station," which seemed no different from usual.

Rumbling--

The cracking and reverberating sounds continued.

Without even time to receive treatment, Xiongmi stumbled and dodged the attack from [Kisaragi Station]. Then, due to exhaustion, she lost her footing and rolled to the ground. She then struggled to get up and continued to move forward with difficulty, panting.

Fresh blood kept gushing from her body.

Even though he had prepared various methods in advance to ensure that he could find an opportunity to recover his strength and injuries in the current high-intensity battle, Xiong Mi had almost used up all his moves and only had a little bit of strength left to fight to the death.

It's been so long, isn't that guy better yet?

Spitting out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, Xiong Mi narrowly dodged another attack. She didn't have time to catch up with Shao Ye, who had cut the rapidly falling object in two while covering her, or with Lin Bu Jiantai and Nanakawa Ren, who had come to help fend off the attack. Panting heavily, Xiong Mi quickened her pace, enduring the intense pain and exhaustion coursing through her body, and continued for a while longer through the ruins without being caught by the terrifying creature.

This can't go on for very long.

Even without looking back at her teammates, Xiong Mi knew that Shao Ye and the others were also badly injured, and none of them could maintain their full fighting strength.

The colossal monster that [Kisaragi Station] embodies has, to some extent, sacrificed its mystical and rule-based characteristics as a supernatural entity, replacing them with pure numerical values: incredibly fast, massive projectiles launched with tremendous force, and the violent sonic waves generated by each attack. This means that even if [Kisaragi Station]'s attacks miss the players present, as long as the distance is close enough, the resulting sonic waves can penetrate their bodies, inflicting a brutal attack powerful enough to tear apart the internal organs of any ordinary person.

As for the physical shockwaves generated by each attack, they're so commonplace that they don't need special explanation. If you can't dodge them, they'll slice your body in two; if you do dodge them, they'll release sound waves—both are incredibly annoying in every sense of the word.

So how much longer? This exchange of ideas can't last long, so let's not waste any more time...

Rumbling--

With another loud bang, Kenta Hayashibe, who was helping to cover Xiong Mi, coughed up a mouthful of blood. All the bones in his body were shattered, and he was sent flying far away, crashing into the ruins and disappearing without a trace.

Without needing further communication, Nanakawa Ren, wielding a large hammer, immediately stepped forward, taking Hayashibe Kenta's place, and immediately began swinging his obsessive hammer, quickly smashing several pieces of scattered rock.

Rumble, rumble——

More intense attacks followed closely behind. Shao Ye charged forward with his burning sword, leaving a long trail of sparks in the ruins and shattering the monster's subsequent attacks.

Then, Xiong Mi saw Shao Ye being lifted up by the distorted gale and crashing through a pile of ruins in the distance.

He wasn't killed outright, but the effect of that attack was enough to temporarily disable a Red Moon-level player.

"Tsk, is there really no other way?"

Xiong Mi cursed under his breath as he continued to move forward, but he could no longer avoid the monster's attacks from behind.

hum-

However, this time, what arrived beside Xiong Mi even before the attack was a very subtle, almost imperceptible fluctuation.

Xiongmi, who was very familiar with this fluctuation, raised his head and looked at the body of the behemoth that was tens of meters tall, at the inconspicuous and seemingly insignificant structure of the [Kisaragi Station], and at Cat Brother himself standing in it, holding something.

"Phew... I knew it! This is the way to find architectural scenes..."

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Cat Bro grinned and looked ahead at the pillar of Kisaragi Station, which he had smashed to pieces, and a skeleton hidden beneath the pillar, underground.

The last unconfirmed core obsession, which on the surface seems to be the core obsession of Kisaragi Station itself, is actually the sacrifice that was driven into the bottom of the station pillar as a ritualistic "living stake" during the construction of the original Kisaragi Station. It was the people who died for the station in the first place.

In any case, obsession ultimately comes down to the person.

Xiong Mi hadn't considered this at first, mainly because there were many possibilities that needed to be ruled out one by one. Before she could even eliminate this one possibility, she was surrounded by the henchmen. Cat Brother, on the other hand, already knew that the core obsession lay in the station itself when he arrived, so after a simple thought and search, he found the target he was looking for.

In that case, the obstacle will no longer exist.

Reach out.

Cat took the tattered doll from between the remains's fingers.

It seems you can see a dirty little child, and how this child tries his best to protect his younger siblings after the adults have died, and how he does his best to help everyone survive.

It seems as if you can see the child being deceived by adults, buried alive in the ground, dying miserably after struggling with all his might, being crushed by heavy pillars, and being trampled by one passing traveler after another.

No one can hear the crying, and no one can know the unspoken obsessions of the child.

Even Cat Brother, who witnessed this scene, could only temporarily suppress his restless obsession in order to subdue the colossal monster tens of meters tall and find the key to victory. As for his initial obsession, he could only hope that Gao Hai could resolve it.

hum-

As the core obsession that gave rise to its existence was suppressed, the enormous monster's movements began to slow down, and cracks began to appear on its massive body.

The players who were being chased finally got a moment's respite, and Cat Brother, who was in the station, finally captured the key location of the core space point and found the crucial coordinates of the core of the distorted space that was intertwined with the outside world.

Similarly, the final blow that the hospital had secretly prepared for Cat Brother arrived in front of him at this very moment.

"this--"

It was an ordinary-looking strange passenger, hidden in the rocks. It suddenly appeared the moment after Cat Bro cracked the core obsession and found the spatial coordinates, and launched an attack on him.

Generally speaking, for someone who has found the light at the end of the tunnel, this is the time when their vigilance is at its lowest. But Cat Bro didn't let his guard down at all. The moment the attack on the [Hospital] arrived, he reacted instantly. Coins flew, paper money scattered, and playing cards fluttered. However, the seemingly ordinary monster was injected with power far exceeding its capacity. With the [Hospital]'s deliberate detonation, at a speed and intensity that Cat Bro couldn't possibly withstand, it engulfed him completely in the blink of an eye, rendering all his self-defense measures ineffective.

Only a wisp of blood-red light emanating from his body briefly managed to block the attack, but even so, it didn't buy him any time to react. He could only watch helplessly as the attack drew closer.

Click!

Next, the first to shatter was Xiong Mi, a companion who had swapped existences with Cat Brother, who died by shattering his entire body.

Cat Brother, who should have died, was unharmed and accelerated forward, immediately rushing towards the location of the key spatial point inside the gradually collapsing rock giant's body, which could no longer be easily moved due to the core obsession being sealed.

Click!Click!

The hospital's attack followed closely, continuing its relentless assault on Cat Brother at the cost of completely destroying the powerful entity. As a result, Hayashibe Kenta and Nanakawa Ren were pulverized, reduced to scattered blood mist amidst the ruins.

Cat Brother was still unharmed.

The power that exchanged their existence transferred all the attacks he couldn't withstand onto others. This was something everyone had accepted from the beginning, something all the players present had anticipated. Everyone who came here was prepared, just like Cat Brother, who, even knowing his companion's death, didn't hesitate at all and continued to accelerate towards the goal.

Click! ! !

The attack from the hospital took on a furious quality the next second, and the strange passenger carrying the power finally reached its limit, exploding into mangled pieces of flesh.

The shattering of Jianbing and Shaoye bought Cat Brother a little more time.

There were no screams, no wails, no mourning, and no sighs.

Throughout, Cat Bro simply kept moving forward, doing his utmost to accelerate towards the location of the spatial point.

However, it still doesn't seem fast enough.

There was still a short distance ahead that he hadn't crossed, and the attack from behind had already caught up with him, about to kill him. Continuing forward was impossible, and if he were to launch a bomb at this distance, the destructive power would likely be…

Third bomb, activated.

Immunization target specified: None.

There will be no problem with the power, because as long as you choose to release the bombs at full power and leave no immune targets, the 100% power of the blessed bombs can completely eliminate the problem of this little distance. The only price is your own death.

A bright white light illuminated Cat Brother's calm face in that instant.

In that final moment, he smiled silently, a slight upturn to the corners of his mouth. Then, the intense light engulfed him, engulfed the collapsing rock giant, engulfed the twisted ruins, and spread further and further into the distance.

hum-

Even before the collapse has truly arrived, the uncontrollable tremors have already spread to every corner of the battlefield.

"That team succeeded, now it's our turn."

Yotsuya Miko, who was the first to notice the collapse of the core of the entire distorted space, opened her eyes at that moment and immediately headed to the location of the flesh and blood wall.

"Large numbers of strange objects detected! Enemy attack is coming! Everyone be alert!"

But at that very moment, accompanied by a player's shout, the strange creatures that had gathered from all directions—clearly summoned by the [Hospital]—began to move toward where Jianzi was.

Chapter 118 The Moment of Collapse and the Gradually Severed Wings.

Space is collapsing.

At this moment, everyone on the battlefield—whether they were players fighting on the outer perimeter, struggling in the middle area, or the girls in the deepest part of the battlefield—could clearly feel that this distorted space, constructed by the power of the [Hospital], was collapsing and had entered a state of irreversible destruction.

No matter how insane or unwilling the "hospital" may be, its defeat was inevitable at this moment. Or rather, its fate was sealed long before this; it was just that previously it could potentially drag everyone down with it, thus not being completely defeated. Now, with the distortion of space itself broken, the "hospital" has finally lost its last trump card and is no longer a threat to human civilization.