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

"A core obsession is related to escape, so as long as you escape to the ground area of ​​a world where no anomalies have occurred or where no anomalies have been exposed, you can meet the conditions for clearing the game."

"The other core obsession is to kill all living people, so everyone who tries to escape becomes a target. No matter what identity they play, as long as they enter the area where they can pass the level, they will be identified and killed by this obsession. Even if they try to avoid the death trigger, they will be watched relentlessly until they are killed."

"So this dungeon is actually impossible to clear?"

Gao Hai paused for a moment after thinking about this, and stood still.

To escape the Red Nut Gray Hole, you must reach the [real] surface.

Upon reaching the "real" ground, you will be instantly killed by another bizarre entity.

If you don't want to be killed by this weird thing, you have to stay in the Red Nut Gray Hole.

How could such a core obsession exist, blocking the path to survival? Why would such an obsession exist? What terrible things has this research base done that have drawn universal condemnation?

Gao Hai suddenly remembered the information he had obtained about the dungeon. One of the clues mentioned that one of the four clues for the unfixed Red Nut Gray Hole dungeon was "The actors taking their final bow have not yet taken their places." However, this clue has now been replaced by a new one.

Perhaps it's a specific target of revenge? The only way to break this deadlock is to find someone connected to this research facility and kill them at the hands of this core obsession?

Wait a minute, if we think about it this way, the new hint that "[the memories of the lost guide an inextinguishable rage]" might be related to this core obsession. Because Gao Hai did vaguely sense that this was completely different from the core obsession in Shirakawa Apartment, and it was an almost frantic release of murderous desires. Its obsession was indeed related to emotions like "anger".

if it is like this……

Gao Hai looked at the clothes of the tourists that were falling down due to the force of gravity.

Could the term "lost ones" refer to these tourists?

Having reached the vicinity of the entrance to the giant slide, Gao Hai, who had originally planned to choose between the giant slide and the gentle slope, stopped here, pondering whether to change into a tourist's outfit and try to use this identity to obtain new clues.

But before he could do that, a cold gaze had already locked onto him from behind.

"..."

There was no way to react.

In a flash of bone-chilling cold, Gao Hai lost control of his body.

Then, it seemed as if something gripped Gao Hai's ankle.

His body was lifted into the air in the next moment, pulled and dragged violently towards the gentle slope.

In the critical moment, Gao Hai could only use his hands to protect his face and the back of his head. Then his body crashed into the rock wall on one side, breaking one of his ribs. He was then dragged into the depths of the gentle slope, his body covered with scratches from stalactites and bloodstains.

A large crack.

This is a long, narrow crevice located on a gentle slope, said to be hundreds of meters deep. However, because the crevice is so narrow, even if a person falls in, they won't fall too deep and will get stuck halfway down.

At that moment, Gao Hai was suddenly pulled up by an irresistible force and dragged into the narrow crevice above. He was dragged into the crevice by friction.

It smelled terrible, an incredibly strong stench.

Gao Hai turned his head and saw one figure after another stuck in the gap.

White lab coats, black soldier uniforms, and yellow and white striped explorer uniforms.

There were no tourists, explorers, or anyone else in sight; they were all people from the research base, one after another, trapped in this narrow crevice. Their bodies were either already decomposed or reduced to bones, and the sheer number of them was chilling.

More than 9% of the bodies were those of explorers wearing yellow and white stripes.

Realizing something from this number, Gao Hai managed to regain some mobility thanks to the power of his rescue team badge, but then he was pulled deeper by an even greater force. The rock walls in front and behind him clamped his body tightly, making it almost impossible for Gao Hai to breathe.

"Uh-huh..."

Gao Hai, who was still being dragged along, opened his mouth, reached out and braced himself against the rock wall, struggling with difficulty.

The force pulling him was still exerting its strength, dragging him deeper and deeper little by little.

His fingernails were flipped over, and his hands were covered in blood.

His elbows were rubbed raw, his clothes were torn by the rock face, and then his skin was rubbed raw, leaving his front and back a bloody mess.

Gao Hai's foot pressed against a gap the next moment.

This is one of the narrowest parts of the Great Crack, with a gap less than 5 centimeters high. With Gao Hai's build, there's no way he could squeeze through here.

"Huh...ha..."

Gasping for breath, Gao Hai struggled to climb out of the crevice, but was held back by the thing that was gripping him tightly.

The lighting fixtures had already been destroyed halfway through the towing.

It was pitch black all around, and there was nothing to see.

Gao Hai could only feel the indescribable oppressive force of the rocks coming from both in front and behind him, the difficulty of breathing, and...

Hehehehe—

And from below came what sounded like somewhat neurotic laughter.

laughter?

[Got you! Got you! Hehehe, got you! Hehehehehehe—]

It sounded nervous, like someone was talking to someone, or like someone was muttering to themselves.

The thing was right behind my feet.

Deeper still within this crack.

Gao Hai could feel the sinister gaze, the overwhelming malice emanating from that thing, and the presence of that bizarre, inhuman being.

So he slowly turned his head to the side, struggling to look in that direction.

In complete darkness, he should have been unable to see anything.

But at that moment, after Gao Hai made the action of "looking", he did see it, he saw that thing.

He saw that thing smiling at him.

I saw that thing open its mouth and laugh.

She saw the thing's pale face, its dirty white dress stained with black and red dirt, and the hand reaching out to her, grabbing her ankle.

【Got you? Hehehehehehehe——】

Click!

Gao Hai's feet were forcibly dragged into the gap that was less than five centimeters wide.

Unable to utter a scream.

As his body was further dragged, the rock wall pressing against his chest completely blocked Gao Hai's breathing, making it impossible for him to even make a sound.

Click! !

Gao Hai's entire lower body was completely pulled into the gap.

Amidst the continuous cracking of bones, rotting flesh flowed out.

All of Gao Hai's ribs were broken, and the shattered bones were embedded in his internal organs. His open mouth was filled with flowing blood.

Click! ! !

His upper body began to pass through that narrow gap.

From the abdomen to the chest.

Compress it little by little, in 5-centimeter increments.

"vomit--"

Gao Hai started vomiting.

Uncontrollably, he began to vomit.

Torn pieces of flesh, fragments of organs, and bits of bone were all spat out of his mouth.

Like clumps of meat filling from dumplings or wontons, the crumbs were spat out of Gao Hai's mouth and scattered around.

Like squeezing toothpaste, it slowly passed through.

Until the entire abdomen was squeezed through the narrow gap.

Until the entire chest cavity is completely squeezed into the narrow crevice.

Then the neck, and then the head.

With a final, shattering sound, Gao Hai's consciousness finally vanished.

In his final moments, what he saw were countless mangled bodies, flattened to a height of less than 5 centimeters.

And that thing that was still watching him until the very last moment, laughing at him.

Everything fell silent in the darkness.

Amidst that mass of rotting flesh, the hands of a black watch, inexplicably undamaged, began to move slowly.

Click——

After the crisp sound, the pointer moved from the 2 mark to the 3 mark once again.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Burning Firewood and Fulfilled Wishes

A city stained with blood.

Once again, I arrived at this silent, blood-red city.

The pain has subsided.

That nightmarish experience was like a dream; the pain subsided upon waking.

Only the pervasive crimson hue remained.

Only this silent city before me.

No, this time, it seems like I can hear something making a sound.

The sounds of wailing and screaming, of struggling and suffering terrible torment.

The sound, echoing continuously from somewhere in this blood-red city, reached Gao Hai's ears.

How is this going?

Gao Hai looked toward the source of the sound.

Every time he arrived in the city, he would appear in the same square.