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

Miko's gaze swept around Gao Hai, focusing on him.

It's gone.

The bizarre, fragmented creature had already vanished silently when the two of them went up and down the stairs.

Now, Gao Hai is completely normal, with nothing abnormal about him or his surroundings.

Where did that thing go? Did it just leave on its own?

I don't understand why it suddenly appears and then suddenly disappears.

However, at least for now, I haven't seen anything unusual.

After observing carefully for a while, Jianzi shook her head slightly at Gao Hai, and Gao Hai felt a little relieved and turned to look at the stairs in front of him.

Time is running out.

Having stepped into an area I shouldn't have, it's hard to say how time flows here now; these remaining ten minutes could vanish in the blink of an eye. Therefore, I must figure out a way to leave right now.

Gao Hai looked to his side and realized that he had reached the end of the corridor. Apart from the downward staircase, he could no longer see any other way.

This is blatant sensory deception.

How exactly do we break this?

How can this situation be resolved?

and many more……

Gao Hai recalled the corridor filled with twisted flesh and blood from before.

In that corridor, because the ground was littered with mutilated corpses and pieces of flesh, he and Miko could not move forward properly and often stumbled along.

Actually, if he had paid closer attention at that moment, he might have realized that he was going downstairs. But the visually striking scene, coupled with the need to be wary of whether the corpses were eerie, prevented him from noticing. Looking back now, however, the incongruity was always there; it was just obscured by the more concrete visual elements.

Therefore, this strange power can deceive my vision, make me smell the stench of those corpses, and make me feel as if I'm stumbling and falling among a pile of corpses. However, my perception of "going downstairs" is not actually completely obscured; it's just hidden by a more obvious false perception.

So now, what I need to do is find out my true perceptions, find out my current [real] perceptions.

"From now on, don't speak, stay quiet, I need to concentrate."

Gao Hai spoke earnestly to Jian Zi, then took a step and made a move to go downstairs.

But his foot didn't actually step on the downward staircase; it hovered in the air for a moment before he quickly pulled it back.

Turn around and walk to the wall next to the stairs.

Gao Hai's foot struck the wall, he fell, and then took a step back.

He walked slowly down the corridor, occasionally turning suddenly, backing away, kicking the wall beside him, or abruptly stopping without moving.

Jianzi couldn't understand this strange behavior at all, but she still obediently followed beside Gao Hai, moving forward and backward with him step by step. After all, her hand was always clasped with Gao Hai's, and since Gao Hai wouldn't let go, Jianzi could only move with him. For a moment, the two of them in the dark corridor looked like they were performing a comical mime act, moving in response to each other's movements. However, Gao Hai himself was acting very seriously, while Jianzi was just nervously and haphazardly imitating him.

What exactly is Mr. Gao trying to do?

As time went on, Jianzi became increasingly confused, completely unaware of what she was doing, and even the fear in her heart was somewhat diminished.

Just then, Gao Hai suddenly stopped walking and turned his head to look at his side.

The next moment he took a step, his foot landing on thin air.

Hey?

The surreal scene startled Jianzi slightly, but she remembered Gao Hai's instructions and remained silent.

Then, Gao Hai pulled her forward, and she stepped into thin air.

Then, to my shock, I found that I had actually stepped on something and was standing firmly in mid-air.

"Damn it, the Soul One Transparent Bridge, is it?"

At that moment, Jianzi heard Gao Hai muttering to himself.

At this moment, half of Gao Hai's body had merged with the wall, while his head had completely disappeared into the ceiling.

It looked as if he was stuck to the wall, and in Miko's view, he was indeed stuck there, motionless. But the hand that was tightly gripping her continued to pull forward, dragging Miko upwards.

Could it be that all of this is just an illusion?

The girl closed her eyes, mustered her courage, and followed that force to take a step forward.

step-step-

With clear footsteps, she could feel herself staggering up a dozen or so steps, while her vision passed through the wall and into a completely dark world where she could see nothing.

What exactly is this place...?

A piercing noise suddenly rang out from the front.

Jianzi suddenly discovered that she could see Gao Hai.

He saw Gao Hai, whose body was tattered and torn, and whose internal organs had rolled out of his chest cavity, still turning back to smile at him.

The road ahead was covered with a dense array of sharp spikes, stained with blood, and looked incredibly terrifying.

The flames were burning and spreading rapidly from all around; the scorching heat could be felt even from a great distance.

Jianzi closed his eyes.

She continued to let Gao Hai pull her along, moving forward.

A mournful wail echoed around them.

Breath rushed to the back of his neck.

She even heard her mother calling her name, her father who had passed away many years ago, and Xiaohua's voice.

Disordered footsteps approached from all directions.

A viscous liquid dripped onto his body.

A sudden, pulling force grabbed her other hand, her hair, and her ankle, trying to drag her in another direction.

But the girl simply kept walking forward.

She simply continued to follow the hand that had held her from the very beginning, and continued moving forward with the other person.

Click——

I heard the door open.

In that instant, it drowned out all the twisted and frantic sounds.

Even with my eyes closed, I could still feel the warmth of the sunlight on my body.

Jianzi opened her eyes and found herself being pulled by Gao Hai, standing in the backyard she had seen before.

However, what I saw last time was a false illusion, but this time, it seems to be real.

Gao Hai's steps did not stop.

He remained silent, pulling Jianzi along as they continued forward, crossing the backyard in a straight line until they reached the backyard wall.

The next moment, he exerted a little force and pulled Jianzi into his arms. Holding her with one hand, he jumped up and leaped over the courtyard wall, landing on the street outside.

It was only at this moment that Jianzi realized that Gao Hai actually had his eyes closed.

And so, with his eyes closed, he continued to lead Miko forward, guiding her along the way. Even though he couldn't see anything with his eyes closed, he walked without any obstacles on the sidewalk, using the tactile paving to determine his location, and walked two blocks before stopping.

"Now, where are we in your line of sight?"

With his eyes closed, Gao Hai turned to Jianzi and asked.

"Ah, now we've left the house and are out on the street."

Unexpectedly, the other party asked her that question, and she was stunned for a moment before quickly replying.

The next moment, Gao Hai opened his eyes, turned his head to look behind him, and looked at his house under the crimson moon.

The fire department has already gathered at my doorstep; it seems the bomb was quite powerful. However, the firefighters should be fine, since this strange entity appears to be targeting "friends," so those coming to put out the fire won't be attacked.

Seeing that Zi was still holding Gao Hai's hand tightly, it was clear that the girl was really nervous. However, since they had already arrived here, Gao Hai had nothing to worry about anymore. Therefore, he breathed a long sigh of relief and looked down at the girl with a somewhat timid expression.

"For the next while, you'd better not go to school, at least until no one is talking about that stupid Alice game anymore. Cough cough, I might have been a bit crude, but there's nothing I can do about it. Anyway, be careful from now on, I should be leaving."

Gao Hai was quite certain that he had indeed escaped the influence zone of the bizarre instance that had invaded the real world, because when he tried to activate Andres's teleportation blessing, he found that the blessing, which was previously unusable, had now been unlocked again.

Without hesitation, he used the power of blessing to instantly disappear from Miko's sight and arrive at a small house several kilometers away where Maki, Chika, and Kaguya were, completely away from the area where the strange thing had appeared.

This sudden disappearance clearly startled Jianzi, but having already witnessed something far more significant, the girl was only momentarily surprised before calming down.

Mr. Gao is indeed no ordinary person. He was able to find the right way with his eyes closed. It's really hard to imagine.

The girl sighed silently for a moment, then frowned.

He...has really left, hasn't he?

If he has already left, then why...?

Realizing something, Miko's pupils constricted slightly at that moment.

Slowly, she lowered her head.

A bead of cold sweat slowly dripped down her forehead.

At the same time, after the teleportation ended and he saw Maki and Chika getting up with worried expressions, Gao Hai finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

It's so tiring.

With his fairly good spatial awareness, he recalled the structure of his house from memory, ignored all sorts of strange noises, and finally found the right way out, successfully leaving the house from the backyard.

The entire process was extremely troublesome and dangerous. While closing his eyes could block out a significant portion of the eerie interference, the psychological pressure and discomfort were equally immense. The uncertainty surrounding the existence of other supernatural entities, and the possibility of being attacked by something else while his eyes were closed, made it even more difficult to remain calm. Even under these circumstances, Gao Hai had to be extremely careful, as he would sometimes find himself walking backwards, going up or down stairs. This sensory confusion and disorientation was extremely dangerous; he had to be constantly on edge to accurately judge what he was doing and avoid being misled.

"Hai Jun, did you use teleportation? Are you alright now?"

"That's great, Ah Hai..."

"Gao Jun, you're out! That's great! Get some rest."

The three girls' voices rang out to each other, and Gao Hai, finally relaxing, plopped down on the ground, only managing to wave his hand before being unable to say anything for a moment.

Then, he sensed something was off.

What is going on.

Left hand...

The left hand that Miko had been holding tightly was still there. Even now, Gao Hai could still feel that a hand was gripping him firmly, just like when Miko had grabbed his hand after he noticed something was wrong, holding on tightly and refusing to let go.