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

However, in Yotsuya Miko's view, this alone was not enough to defeat the enemy.

"Everyone, get moving! There's only one thing we need to do now: charge into the innermost part of the battlefield!"

Amidst the shouts, Jianzi himself was the first to rush forward, speeding through the collapsed ruins.

Now is not the time to celebrate victory.

Now is the time to truly eliminate the enemy completely.

After all, if they couldn't take this opportunity to eliminate the last usable doctor in the hospital's arsenal, and if they didn't completely cripple them, they could still commit further atrocities and harm more innocent people if given the chance to rise again. Of course, considering Gao Hai's confirmation that the hospital had suffered permanent damage in its attempt to drag human civilization down with it, it was hard to say whether they could recover after this failure. However, Jianzi felt that for matters with uncertain answers, it was better to decide the outcome herself than to leave the answer to the other side.

Moreover, putting everything else aside, when defeat was already inevitable, the [Hospital] had already shown its despicable side, even resorting to tantrums and suicidal tactics to take everyone down with it. Now that it has lost even more miserably, expecting it to give up is absolutely impossible. Therefore, it is necessary to eliminate the [Surgeon], the last remaining top-level force, completely severing the [Hospital]'s limbs, and then utterly destroying it. Only in this way can we truly put people at ease.

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One could hear the space itself trembling like a mournful cry.

Although the dark ruins themselves have not been completely destroyed and can still maintain their basic form, Jianzi can already sense the tremors of the entire distorted space.

It is certain that this place will be completely destroyed in a short time. Perhaps the spatial isolation phenomenon outside Tokyo will also disappear, and the heavy rain that has been falling for who knows how long will also stop.

That's precisely why she's rushing to the inner battlefield. Once the enclosed space phenomenon disappears, those things belonging to the instance world will detach from the real world, and the [Hospital] could potentially forcibly take the [Surgeon] away. Jianzi doesn't want to leave this hidden danger behind, so she must act quickly.

Just as her predecessor Gao Hai said, when dealing with enemies, you must eliminate them completely and never be soft-hearted. You must never give your opponents even the slightest chance to make a comeback.

Well, the original sentence was actually much cruder. What the senior was really saying was something like, "If you're going to kill someone, kill their whole family; if you're going to eliminate an enemy, chop them up even the dogs they keep." Although I know this is just a metaphor, I still hope that the senior could use a gentler way of putting it.

However, how should I put it? If it were my past self, I probably wouldn't have been able to understand my senior's thoughts at all, and would have just thought he was too extreme.

But for her current self, for someone who has already endured so much pain, she truly didn't know how to praise this idea anymore. Especially after her predecessor completely destroyed Alice, she had already fully accepted this idea and didn't see any other way.

Of course, she could tell that the hospital understood the senior's attitude, which explained why so many strange creatures were attacking them. Clearly, to preserve the last bit of power they had, this thing was now acting recklessly.

"Damn it, how can there be so many?!"

"Where did they all come from? So many strange creatures all of a sudden..."

"No, this won't work! We simply can't handle this scale!"

The players who came with Jianzi were now facing the strange creatures gathering from all directions. Many of them were already scared before the fight even started, and some players who originally thought they were very brave even had the idea of ​​running away.

"Don't run away! If we stick together, we can still fight them. If we run, we'll all die!"

However, there were clearly some capable individuals among the players who possessed organizational skills. Just as the players' morale was beginning to decline and show signs of collapse, someone immediately shouted, bringing the players back to their senses and uniting them once again.

Yotsuya Miko didn't pay much attention to this; she simply continued running forward, quickly moving towards her destination.

The girl knew very well that organizing players to fight against the monsters wasn't her forte, nor was it her current priority. Reaching the inner battlefield as quickly as possible and eliminating the [Surgeon] was what truly mattered. Therefore, she didn't glance back at the players and monsters behind her, simply continuing forward and dodging the attacks from the surrounding monsters as much as possible.

hum-

The vibrations in space are becoming increasingly noticeable.

This was not just the sound of the distorted space collapsing, but also the sound of the hospital continuously mobilizing its last strength to send strange objects around Miko.

Jianzi had some suspicions about this. The hospital must have been secretly gathering supernatural beings after discovering her. However, at that time, the spatial point hadn't been destroyed yet, and the hospital, believing they hadn't lost, didn't mobilize the supernatural beings openly to avoid alerting Jianzi. As a result, while Jianzi initially didn't notice the lurking supernatural beings, the number mobilized by the hospital wasn't large enough to capture her. Now that the spatial point had been successfully destroyed, and the entire distorted space controlled by the hospital was collapsing, facing complete failure of their plan, they were forced to massively transport supernatural beings, attempting to prevent Jianzi from approaching the surgeon and buy her time to escape.

Buzz-buzz-

The number of strange creatures is increasing rapidly.

Jianzi noticed that the attacking monsters were mostly coming from behind and to the sides, with virtually none attacking from the front. It seemed that the area where the flesh-and-blood wall was located was currently in a state of extreme chaos due to the collapse of the distorted space. Furthermore, because the [Hospital]'s control over the area was constantly decreasing, it was no longer able to teleport monsters from the area directly in front.

In that case, the only thing to worry about is the pursuers coming up from behind.

Whoosh!

As she pondered, a strong sense of danger suddenly approached from behind. Accompanied by a powerful gust of wind, Jianzi jerked to the side to dodge, but her shoulder was still slashed open, and the spot where she had just been was now completely torn apart, leaving only a crack several meters deep.

A strange creature is chasing us.

After the unreasonable injection of power at the hospital, a strange creature caught up with Miko and began to attack her.

Whoosh whoosh—

The attack is not clearly visible.

The lingering darkness around them hindered Miko's perception at this moment.

The damage caused by the attacks varied; some sliced ​​through the ruins like swords, while others dissolved everything they touched like corrosive liquid. These incredibly fast, differently effective attacks darted through the ruins, splashing randomly around Miko, leaving her scrambling to dodge and unsure how to fight back.

It seems that the hospital has found some way to deal with Miko. The girl, who was not prepared for this, is now in trouble and unable to get out of it, and her pace of progress has slowed down considerably.

New wounds have appeared on his body.

The pain travels along the nerves, assaulting the mind and body, further slowing down movement.

"Tsk..."

Miko frowned, not expecting things to turn out this complicated, but dared not stop to deal with these strange creatures. Afraid of being entangled by the enemy and wasting time, she could only run forward with all her might, trying to shake off the enemy in this way.

Swoosh—swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh—

More attacks came from behind, catching up with the girl running ahead at an extremely fast speed.

Boom, boom! ! !

In the blink of an eye, the ruins where the girl was located were torn open with deep trenches, and those twisted monsters caught up at an extremely fast speed, roaring and howling, about to unleash their power again to launch another round of attacks on Jianzi.

There's no way to ignore these things anymore; they're too fast and their attacks are too dangerous.

However, if too much time is wasted on these strange creatures, there are too many variables on the surgeon's side, and the final outcome is unpredictable.

The girl, now bearing several more wounds, frowned as she racked her brains to think of what she could do.

"Move quickly and catch up! We need to relieve some of the pressure on the high-level players!"

A roar came from behind. Jianzi turned around and saw several Dark Night level players leading their teammates to intercept the monsters rushing towards him.

"The key to victory lies with the high-level players. We can't let these things stop her! Everyone, get moving! It's time to risk our lives!"

Amidst the roars, more players rushed up from behind, or stopped on the spot to block the monster that had already reached them.

Blood spurted out almost instantly, and many players who were not very strong were instantly killed in front of these monsters that had been spiked by the [Hospital], without any power to resist.

Many people did not heed the call to action, but instead chose to flee after witnessing the strength of these strange creatures. They were killed after only a few steps because the surrounding creatures were too dense.

But many more people chose to stand up and try to use their limited strength to stop these crazy monsters and relieve the pressure on the girl at the front.

"...Thank you, thank you everyone."

Yotsuya saw that the girl did not turn around.

She simply quickened her pace, pushing forward with all her might, rushing into the depths of the ruins amidst the roaring rain, passing through the inner area that should have been blocked by walls of flesh and blood, but was now shrouded in darkness and whose form she didn't know.

Those who chose to stay and stop the monsters were dwindling rapidly amidst screams and wails. Most of them could barely withstand one or two attacks from the monsters, and even that was beyond their capabilities. They could only try to buy time with their own corpses, hoping their torn pieces of flesh would slightly hinder the monsters' advance.

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Where no one can see, the hospital is roaring, screaming hysterically.

Of the monsters it sent to block Miko Yotsuya, 73% were eventually intercepted by the players trapped in the distorted space. Although most of the intercepted monsters were only blocked for a few seconds, that time difference was enough for Miko to shake them off and venture into the core area of ​​the battlefield alone.

Yet another ugly, nauseating struggle.

Why do they refuse to accept their fate and insist on rebelling against their own absolute correctness when they are such a despicable race, no different from garbage?

These bastards should all be killed...

hum-

The spatial tremors intensified, and small earthquakes began to occur in the dark, ruined world, with more and more ruins starting to collapse.

The roar of the engine was still incredibly noticeable amidst the collapse.

It was a bus burning with golden flames, and a dilapidated train engine being supported by the bus.

Before the eyes of the players on the front lines of the outer battlefield, Shijou Maki controlled the ghost bus, pushing the ghost train all the way out of the middle layer of distorted space and forcibly bringing it to the outer area.

"Ju actually came out directly?! That's great, now we don't have to worry!"

Fumiya Otoha, who had been hiding in the back of the bus, widened her eyes and couldn't help but let out a cheer.

In her view, even the presence of Gao Hai's chosen true consort didn't guarantee her safety. On the contrary, the arrival of such high-level combat power usually meant a massive battle was about to unfold, and spectators would likely suffer horrific deaths. But now that the car had successfully escaped the distorted space itself and arrived in the outer battlefield area, which was more under Gao Hai's control, the implications were entirely different. For one thing, even if she died here, Gao Hai, seeing her efforts in the fight, would definitely try to revive her. But if she had died in the previous distorted space, it would have been a true death—a completely different situation.

"Finally out? That should put everything at ease."

In contrast, Yu Qingshan, Li Ling, and the others also breathed a sigh of relief. However, these players who had actively participated in the battle were not happy for their own safety, but rather for the enemy being successfully brought into Gao Hai's area of ​​influence, and for the hope of finally ending this core obsession.

"..."

Ichi Nijika didn't say a word.

After confirming that she had returned to the outer area and that her mental link with Gao Hai had been restored, she immediately closed her eyes, sat down on the spot, and sent all the information she had gathered to Gao Hai.

At this moment, because Maki was controlling the ghost bus to crash into the ghost train, she didn't transmit the information first. However, as the girl's peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the situation on the outer battlefield, even Maki, with her relatively strong mind, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"how come……"

As originally expected, the players on the outer battlefield should quickly suppress the flesh monsters after Fujiwara Chika arrives to assist. Therefore, once I push this train into the outer area, Chika should be able to bring a group of people to help me deal with this thing.

But the battlefield reflected in Princess Maki's eyes was not like that.

Blood was flowing.

The fallen corpses piled up one after another. Even though Gao Hai's golden light kept roaming the battlefield, the players died at a rate far exceeding their respawn rate. More and more positions were torn apart, more and more people were injured and died, and the number of monsters continued to increase.

If Gao Hai's golden domain hadn't expanded, completely sealing off the area around the distorted space and significantly reducing the number of flesh-and-blood monsters attacking from outside the battlefield due to the near-destruction of the teleportation channels, the situation on the outer battlefield might have been even worse. Even now, these brave players who stood up to protect human civilization are reduced to less than one in ten. It's unimaginable what a terrifying battle this place had gone through before she emerged.

It was only then that Zhenfei realized that after the [Hospital] recklessly released all the monsters it could from the distorted space, the ones truly bearing the most pressure weren't the ones colliding with the monster train, nor were they on the inner battlefield where the most intense battles were taking place; rather, they were the players outside. These players, who were essentially still made of flesh and blood, unlike the Red Moon-level players who had multiple ways to survive even without their heads, were actually the most vulnerable and easily sacrificed when facing the monster army's attack.

I can sense the cursed power belonging to the [hospital].

Like a hysterical mental patient releasing everything without any regard for consequences, the black and red power that was constantly fighting against the golden light belonging to Gao Hai exuded a nauseating aura that made one almost want to vomit even from afar.

Before this, Haijun had been doing his best to assist the players in the battle, but he still couldn't help but sacrifice himself under the crazy offensive of the [Hospital].

Zhenfei could see the corpses of the fallen players, as well as the exhaustion in the eyes of the surviving players.

Maki could also see those twisted monsters that continued their frenzied attacks despite the enhancements provided by the [Hospital], showing no sign of stopping even now.

Originally assigned to support, Fujiwara Chika now occupied a position alone, drawing more than half of the monsters' attacks. The fact that some players were still alive might be partly due to Chika drawing away the majority of the firepower. Of course, this also resulted in Chika suffering considerable damage; if it weren't for Takami's aura protecting her, she might have already been eliminated by the densely packed monsters.

But now, the situation is different.

Although he didn't know what terrible sacrifices had taken place before his arrival, now that he was here, the desperate sacrifices should come to an end.

[Intelligence received]