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

Only Xingge, who was truly encountering a transcendent being for the first time, was genuinely bewildered and had no idea what to do. For someone whose worldview had just been shattered, being able to think normally at this moment was probably considered quite a quick reaction.

Tick-tick-tick-

The water inside the house continued to rise.

The chilling atmosphere continued to spread, as if something had unknowingly entered the dark little shop.

Gollum-

Liang turned around and looked at the water behind her.

She wasn't sure if she had imagined what she heard, but for a moment she did feel something rising from the water, silently watching her.

At the same time that the three people inside the house were preparing to take action to survive, on a pitch-black street, Goto Ichiri took a step forward with his guitar in hand. When he looked up, he could see the dark red color revealed in the darkness of the sky.

{Gao Hai, I have arrived at the designated location, 33 seconds ahead of schedule.}

Within the mental link, the girl's voice was exceptionally clear.

{Okay... I'm counting on you for this batch of survivors, Ichiri. This round... we absolutely cannot lose here again...}

A hoarse, weary voice quickly answered.

It was completely different from before, as if it had undergone a long period of torment and could no longer be as lively and energetic as usual.

Goto Ichiri desperately wanted to know what he had been through and how serious his current situation was. She knew clearly that he was the enemy's primary target, and she also knew the price he was paying to restore the Black Watch's jammed communication capabilities and to warn and save as many people as possible.

So no matter what, we absolutely cannot lose this time.

For everyone, for all of us, for... for my dear, I have to win.

The clear-headed girl quickly took a step.

And ahead of the city, shrouded in darkness and rain, something is gradually being revealed.

Chapter 3: The Girl's Survival Moment Awakening in the Dark Night and Torrential Rain

[Urgent Notice... Buzzing...]

[Tight...buzzing...contact...buzzing...notification...]

The phone, lying on the ground with a cracked screen, emitted a blood-red glow, while indistinct sounds emanated intermittently.

slam-la-

The torrential rain roared and pounded on the road, splashing water droplets onto the girl's cheeks and dripping onto her eyelids, stimulating her senses and causing her to slowly open her eyes.

"Woo..."

The first sound that came out was a suppressed sob of pain.

Pain was radiating from my entire body, as if I had fallen and hit something hard. My left ankle was particularly painful; even the slightest movement caused excruciating pain, and it was very likely fractured.

Not only that, but he was soaked to the bone, looking as if he had just been pulled from a river. A strong chill had seeped into his body through his skin, and he could already feel the signs of hypothermia. He feared that if he had woken up any later, the situation would have been even worse.

"Waaaaah... Waaah... What happened...?"

As consciousness returned, memories slowly began to resurface.

I remember tonight, I was originally staying at a friend's house to do homework together, and I was planning to stay overnight.

But then something terrible happened.

The TV inexplicably started playing a terrifying warning message, and then there was a knocking noise at the door, and then... and then...

"Little Miko? Oh, where did Little Miko go?"

Despite the still intense dizziness and pain, Yurikawa Hana propped herself up and limped forward, leaning against the wall, while anxiously looking around.

She has remembered.

After her friend performed the terrifying act of gouging out her own eyes, the friend said that something extremely frightening was active outside and that they must stay home to guard against the enemy. Then, shortly after she led her downstairs to meet her mother, she suddenly said that she had overlooked the second-floor window and had forgotten to close it when she came down.

It was at this moment that Xiaohua suddenly realized that the temperature inside the house had dropped, and the lights outside the living room had dimmed, as if something was hiding inside and blocking the light.

I don't remember much about what happened after that.

Xiaohua only knew that she saw a violent flash of light, and saw her blind friend, Yotsuya Miko, rush into the darkness. Then there was a dizzying roar, accompanied by a heart-wrenching scream from something. She herself seemed to be caught in the blast, thrown into the air, crashed through the living room window, and landed on the road outside.

No, no matter how much you think about it, such a thing is impossible, right?

He was just an ordinary person. If he were attacked and sent flying dozens of meters away, crashing through a window, he would probably be dead by the time he landed. There was no way he would still be conscious and only feel a broken ankle, right? After all, he wasn't some superhero like Captain America. There was no reason for him to be able to withstand such an attack.

No, perhaps not. After all, it seems like Xiaojianzi just punched that thing in the darkness, and her fist shattered the living room floor, looking incredibly terrifying, just like the Hulk. Maybe I have a similar ability, but I just didn't know it before.

The girl, soaked to the bone, shivered as she picked up her phone, lost in thought as she continued walking slowly forward.

For Yurikawa Hana, who had always been a carefree, gluttonous girl until today, it wasn't easy to correctly grasp the current situation, after all, she had always been a clueless person who didn't like to think. But given the abnormal situation that was right in front of her, she could clearly realize that this was not the time to play around. This city that she used to know was now probably teeming with terrifying monsters that could take lives.

I vaguely remember hearing Omiko tell me, "Trust the text with a red background," before I was blasted away by the shockwave. So, these red-background alerts on my phone should be trustworthy, right?

Even with these thoughts, Xiaohua still felt a sense of unreality. She simply couldn't understand why the world had suddenly become like this, why such nightmarish things had happened. Especially Xiaojianzi, who showed no fear whatsoever when facing those terrifying things, and could actually fight against those things that seemed impossible for a normal person to handle. What on earth... Ugh, never mind, never mind, I need to figure out how to survive first.

Thinking this, Xiaohua noticed a change in the muffled sound from the phone, so she picked it up and looked at it carefully.

Stop...stop all...outdoor activities...stay at home...stay...stay in a familiar...closed...indoor environment...

This phone belonged to Xiaohua. Compared to Xiaohua's fractured ankle, the phone was in far worse condition after being dropped and left in the rain for a long time, essentially submerged in water. Logically, it shouldn't have been able to turn on. However, from the moment Xiaohua woke up, the phone had been emitting a faint red glow and displaying jumbled, almost illegible characters. Simultaneously, a voice, as if reciting some kind of text, emanated from the phone, but Xiaohua couldn't make out the voice. Even when she held the phone to her ear, she could only hear intermittent static, as if something was interfering with the sound.

"Wow, this is so messy! I can't understand it at all. Does it mean to stay indoors?"

It took the girl a considerable amount of time to decipher the blurry, intertwined text on the screen. Fortunately, although it was almost entirely illegible, a small portion of the text that appeared each time was barely readable, so Xiao Hua could at least understand what it was trying to convey.

In short, you can't stay outdoors; you have to find an indoor environment to stay in, and it's best to lock the doors and windows tightly, as if that will keep those terrifying things out of the way.

Is it really possible?

Xiao Jianzi smashed the living room to pieces with one punch in order to deal with that thing, but the doors and windows actually managed to keep it out.

The girl felt it was unreliable from the bottom of her heart, but she had no other choice but to believe it and start looking for an indoor environment she could enter.

Speaking of which, where am I right now?

Xiao Hua peered around, but under the combined effects of the torrential rain and darkness, she couldn't even see what was on the other side of the street. Fortunately, her phone, which was constantly emitting a blood-red glow, provided some light, so Xiao Hua could still see the road and wasn't wandering aimlessly in complete darkness.

Hmm, I can't see exactly which street I'm on, but judging from the surroundings, I should still be in the residential area where Komiko lives.

I wonder how Xiaojianzi and her mother are doing now, but my legs probably can't handle any more long treks, not to mention I'm completely soaked. If I don't find somewhere to shelter from the rain soon, I'll probably die from hypothermia.

Then I can only look for the nearest residence and hope that the people inside will let me in.

"Little Jianzi, you must be safe and sound."

Xiao Hua muttered this to herself and began to slowly drag her left foot forward, supporting herself against the wall.

Every now and then, she would glance at the screen on her phone. But apart from the previous screen, all that was displayed were distorted gibberish and completely overlapping, unrecognizable characters. She couldn't discern any useful information, so the girl had no choice but to give up her attempt to obtain information from it.

Come to think of it, was I being a little too calm?

As they walked, Xiao Hua began to have some doubts.

Furthermore, since she woke up, she hasn't encountered any monsters attacking her. Putting everything else aside, during the time she was unconscious, if there really was anything on the street, there's no reason for it to let her go, right?

Ah, I don't understand at all. Anyway, I'll try to find a way to hide first.

"Huff...huff...ouch, my feet hurt so much..."

It was less than fifty meters, but Xiaohua felt it took her at least three minutes to walk that distance.

She finally reached the front door of the nearest house, a three-story detached house with a small yard, which looked quite beautifully decorated. However, like the other buildings on this rainy night, the house was completely dark, with no light shining through and no sound coming from it.

tread--

The girl stepped onto the steps at the doorway.

【…】

She suddenly heard a sound coming from behind her, fleeting and indistinct, but she couldn't make out the specific sound.

[Sizzle…]

The red light on the phone suddenly flashed for a moment.

At that very moment, the girl felt an unprecedented fear, as if the fear in her heart had been suppressed by some force before, and with the flashing of the red light, these suppressed emotions burst out in an instant, almost suffocating her on the spot.

Xiaohua then realized that the moment the red light from the phone she was holding went out, she would truly lose all protection.

At that moment, she will break free from this abnormal state of calm and return to her normal self.

At that moment, everything that has been spying on her in the darkness will truly come to meet her.

It's not that they couldn't find her.

Rather, they were with her from the very beginning, watching her intently. It was only the blood-red light from the phone that protected her, allowing her to live until she woke up and reached the front door of this house.

But now, this light is nearing its limit.

The flash just now was a warning; if she didn't hurry and find a house to hide in, the light would soon lose its protective effect.

"call……"

Despite the pain in her foot, Xiao Hua turned around, panting, to look behind her.

The red light from the phone pierced through the dark rain curtain, illuminating those things standing in the rain, almost blending into it.

So Xiaohua turned around even faster, gritted her teeth, and quickly climbed the stairs to the door.

thump—

Xiao Hua reached out her hand, intending to knock on the door, but only managed to make the first sound.

Because after she touched the door, she realized that it was only slightly ajar and not closed at all. This made Xiaohua realize something, so she grabbed the doorknob, took a deep breath, and pulled the door open.

Squeak!

After a jarring thud as the door opened, under the dim red light of a cell phone, Xiaohua saw a shoe cabinet lying haphazardly on the floor, a small backpack torn and mixed with shoes, a dark red bloodstain stretching down the hallway, and three fingernails embedded in the wooden floor, along with a severed finger that had been broken off at the base.

Tread - Tread -

Footsteps could be heard through the rain behind us.

Even though Yurikawa Hana's fear had been suppressed by some force, her mouth gaped open and her body trembled several times.