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

"Uh... Ha!"

Gao Hai was the first to climb to the top of the cliff. He forcefully pulled a large iron nail, about the thickness of a finger, out of the cliff, gripped it tightly, and then jumped up, driving the nail forcefully into the ground. Using the nail to stabilize his body, he withstood the fierce scouring of the flood. Then he reached down towards Fujiwara Chika, who was struggling to keep up behind him and was nearing her physical limit and could barely climb any further.

"Quick! Quick!"

Gao Hai shouted loudly at the girl.

Reach out.

Grab onto the nails and frames left by the climbers.

I endured the soreness in my arms.

The girl used all her strength to climb a little further upwards.

Her breathing had become incredibly heavy.

At that moment, my vision went black, and I could barely see anything.

No... we can't stop here yet...

Gao Jun is up there... I... have to...

Extend your hand again.

However, she could no longer see where there was anything left to grasp.

Consciousness is becoming increasingly clouded.

In the blurred vision, his hands and feet had lost their strength, and he could no longer even maintain his balance.

Then, something slipped onto my wrist and tightened suddenly.

"Hurry up!"

At Gao Hai's voice, Fujiwara Chika was suspended in mid-air and quickly pulled up to Gao Hai's face.

It was a blue safety rope, one of the pieces of equipment Gao Hai wore as an "explorer". He had specifically chosen a small size so it wouldn't take up much space, and he usually wore it around his waist without paying much attention to it.

In the critical moment just now, Gao Hai noticed that Qian Hua's strength was exhausted. In a moment of desperation, he tied a slipknot to the safety rope and threw it down. Fortunately, the girl made a reaching motion at just the right moment, which allowed him to grab her hand and pull her in front of him.

He held the nearly unconscious Chika in his arms with one hand.

Gao Hai stood up in the rushing water and trudged forward step by step.

The combined weight of the two individuals and their formidable physical strength helped Gao Hai withstand the rushing water, but it also restricted him, making it almost impossible for him to move. Just then, from below the cliff behind them, as the water gradually submerged the area below, Kawano, covered in blood and with his head split in two, emerged from the water and crawled towards Gao Hai and Chika.

"Are you the boss from Resident Evil? Why are you stalking me like this forever?!"

Having cursed, Gao Hai had no energy left but to speed up as much as possible, heading towards the large slide ahead as quickly as possible.

The girl he was holding had completely lost consciousness and fallen into a coma.

Gao Hai himself was in very poor condition. His head wound was still bleeding, his torn ankle was in excruciating pain, and he had countless bruises all over his body. If it weren't for the power of the blessing that could alleviate his pain, Gao Hai really wasn't sure how much strength he would have left.

Why...why won't you...let me die...?

Kawano, crawling closer behind Takahashi, made indistinct sounds.

"What are you talking about? I wish you were dead right now!"

Although he knew it was the strange entity controlling Kawano speaking, Gao Hai still couldn't help but curse back.

It's already in front of us.

Gao Hai could already see the winding, upward-reaching area known as the "Giant Slide" in front of him.

At this moment, a large amount of muddy water is rolling down from above.

Kawano, who was chasing behind, was already close enough to grab him at any moment.

"call……"

Take a deep breath and then take another step forward.

Gao Hai's gaze locked onto a protruding platform very close to the large slide. There was an area on that platform that was not submerged by the water, where one could rest temporarily.

However, it seems that my current physical strength is no longer sufficient to get to that place.

As Gao Hai was thinking this, he saw a figure stand up from the platform and point a pistol at him.

"Til your head."

The other party made a sound.

Gao Hai turned his head slightly, revealing Kawano, who was relentlessly pursuing him from behind.

boom!

The next moment, with the sound of gunfire, Kawano's body trembled violently, and he instantly lost his strength. He was swept away by the rapid current and fell back into the dark red pool below the cliff.

Chapter 45: Do not hold on to the safety rope while it is swinging on the large slide.

"Huff... Ah... Huff..."

With labored breathing, Fujiwara Chika lay undignifiedly on a protruding rock in the giant slide, so exhausted that she was completely paralyzed, with only a little strength left to gasp for breath.

Beside her, Gao Hai wasn't in much better shape, also panting heavily. However, compared to the exhausted Chika, Gao Hai still had the energy to tend to his wounds, although because his backpack was lost, he could only clean off some pebbles and mud.

His eyes were swollen and painful, probably from forcing himself to keep them open while fighting the enemy in the muddy water. After a moment's thought, Gao Hai put on the rescue team badge and, without summoning his rescue suit, began to recover from his injuries. He then put the badge on Qian Hua, which helped heal her injuries to some extent. Only then did he remove the badge from his possession and put it back into his watch on his left wrist.

Rumbling--

The cascading water continued to flow downstream.

At this moment, the upper part of the cliff has also begun to accumulate water, and it is clear that the interior of the Red Nut Gray Hole has been completely submerged.

"Thank you just now."

Gao Hai turned to the woman beside him and said.

"You're welcome."

Susan nodded slightly, her face expressionless.

The woman who had previously teleported away in the fire station corridor using security guard uniforms was now here. Gao Hai was very curious. The area she and the player named Likeser entered through the security guard uniforms was the closest to survival, but also the closest to certain death. Given that there were two security guards—a rule violation from the very beginning—how did these two players survive?

"Where are your teammates?"

After confirming the woman's good or bad intentions through his blessings, Gao Hai changed to a more relaxed sitting posture and asked her question.

“Lixer is ahead. He is much stronger than me. He plans to go up there first to check the situation, so he left me here and gave me this pistol.”

Susan didn't try to hide anything and calmly explained the situation to Gao Hai.

"That bullet was unusual. It actually managed to repel that guy who had almost completely transformed. It couldn't have been an ordinary bullet, could it?"

Gao Hai thought for a moment and then asked again.

"I'm not sure about that. It's Lixer's stuff. But he did mention that it's called something like 'Black Blood Bullet,' which can temporarily repel monsters, but it can only be used once against the same monster, and it won't work the second time you encounter it."

Susan explained again, seemingly with no intention of hiding anything.

Black Blood Bullets? Why not just call them Mercury Bullets? The idea of ​​filling bullets with blood feels a bit like Bloodborne. Come to think of it, I do recall hearing about something similar. These items, like ashes and purple charms, are consumable items that players can craft. However, only players in America and Europe know how to make Black Blood Bullets, so they're impossible to buy in Japan. Even if you managed to smuggle them in, the price is outrageously high. Therefore, Gao Hai and his group never managed to obtain one.

Would Lixer, as a veteran player, so easily hand over important items to a newbie?

Gao Hai felt that something was wrong, but since the other party was, after all, his and Qian Hua's savior, and Susan had no ill intentions towards him and Qian Hua, Gao Hai chose to remain still and did not continue to probe.

I've rested enough.

Gao Hai stretched his wrists and ankles.

Although Fujiwara Chika still looked completely exhausted, Takami had regained his mobility thanks to the powerful physique granted by his S-rank enhancement. He stood up, turned to look at the rushing, still rising water, and decided to continue forward.

"We can't stay here any longer, let's go."

As he spoke, Gao Hai grabbed Fujiwara Chika's small hand, pulled her up, and carried her on his back.

"Hey?"

Caught off guard, the girl let out a cute little gasp, but her body obediently lay down on Gao Hai's back.

"You're still not fully recovered, are you? I'll take you up from here. I can do that. Consider it a way of repaying you for helping me before."

Turning his head, Gao Hai smiled at the girl on his back and said.

"Oh...oh, um, thank you, Gao Jun..."

Fujiwara Chika, whose mind went blank for a moment, finally said this in a low voice.

To be honest, the girl's mind was still a bit muddled; the life-or-death moment at the bottom of the cliff was still replaying in her head. Now, Gao Hai's sudden action only made things more chaotic for her.

But there's nothing we can do about it, since I'm completely exhausted...

Fujiwara Chika, whose heart was beating a little faster, finally obediently lay down on Takami's back.

"Should we go up now? There's no other way; the safety rope is over there."

Susan clearly didn't think going up at this point was a good idea, but seeing Gao Hai's resolute attitude, she pointed to a taut, thick, yellow safety rope in the water that was easily overlooked.

To navigate this slope, which stretches over a hundred meters long, against the rushing floodwaters, it would be impossible without a safety rope. Of course, Gao Hai clearly remembered that when using the safety rope on the large slide, it had to be completely still. Once the rope started to sway, it had to be released as soon as possible, and they could only continue moving once the rope had stabilized again.

To be honest, I was thinking that there was no way a safety rope could stay still in such a flood, but this thing really didn't move at all.

Despite being subjected to intense mud and water, the safety rope showed absolutely no signs of swaying or getting wet in Gao Hai's sight. It was like the simple, crude modeling in an old game, where no matter what the player did, it wouldn't leave any trace.

Jump, land, and grab the rope.

Gao Hai firmly gripped the rope and stood still in the current, then slowly moved forward.

Qianhua crossed her arms and wrapped them around Gao Hai's shoulders, securing herself to him with her own strength to free his hands so that he could grip the safety rope properly.

Susan followed behind Gao Hai and jumped over to grab the safety rope. She didn't have Gao Hai's physique to stand still in the flood, so she could only follow behind him and rely on him to block the water flow and reduce the pressure of moving forward.

"Okay, the rope isn't swaying, so this thing seems pretty stable."

Gao Hai tried shaking the safety rope and found it to be more sturdy than he had imagined, so he began to move forward little by little.

The swirling mud and water crashed against us with a deafening roar, putting considerable pressure on our progress.

Braving the fierce current, Gao Hai moved forward little by little, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of something around him.

That's... a firefighter?

A figure dressed in a firefighter's uniform slowly walked towards the depths of the giant slide.