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

Because it doesn't have a completely fixed body, the [Surgeon] is basically immune to any form of attack, and even if all the blood mist is forcibly evaporated, this thing can regenerate instantly. It can be said that it is basically impossible to destroy the opponent by relying on divine power to fight head-on.

【kill!!!!!】

Amidst a furious howl, the distorted blood mist vanished in an instant.

Gao Hai was somewhat surprised. In that instant, he clearly sensed that the blood mist he had frozen, the blood mist he had shrouded in flames, and the blood mist that had been transmitted to the future had all disappeared without a trace, vanishing into thin air without any power fluctuations.

The next second, a crimson light burst forth from in front of Gao Hai and quickly transformed into a metal spear that pierced through him.

[So that's it, it's about resetting one's own abilities.]

Gao Hai's figure disappeared from his original spot and then reappeared not far away. The surging blood mist swept over him again, transforming into all sorts of weapons that attacked Gao Hai relentlessly.

The concept of contaminating flesh and blood causes the victim's body to actively seek out the attack.

It reverse-contaminates all means that can resist its own attacks, causing the victim's consumption of abilities or items to increase continuously.

Once the attack is successfully launched, it will cause a second kind of contamination to the victim's flesh and blood, greatly reducing their self-healing ability and rapidly destroying their body tissues.

It has no physical form, can freely change its body structure, and cannot be stopped even by molecular-level protective measures. It can also constantly change its attack methods to adapt to the resistance methods of its victims.

When the blood mist, as its main body, is cut and split in various ways, its mobility will be reduced, but it can reset its state at any time. This reset ability can ignore the power of blessing and is a manifestation of a high-dimensional power that transcends time and space, and is almost unstoppable.

Perhaps compared to the strong conceptual abilities of the [Psychologist] and [Internal Medicine Doctor], the [Surgeon's] abilities, while also terrifying and unreasonable, are not as flashy. However, based solely on their current encounter, Gao Hai is certain that this thing's strength level is higher than the other two [Doctors].

KP residue got mixed into this stuff.

Although I only sensed a slight difference, the ability to reset one's status without limit definitely originated from the Keeper (KP). Only an existence beyond reason like the Keeper could possess such an ability, and after obtaining this power, the Surgeon undoubtedly became an overpowered monster that almost no player could withstand.

Perhaps the only one in the entire instance who can be definitively said to be absolutely stronger than the [Surgeon] is the mastermind behind the [Hospital], and the final boss of this instance.

It's not impossible for him to defeat this thing now, but it's extremely difficult to eliminate it in a short time. At least after testing it for so long, although he has indeed summarized a lot of rules, Gao Hai still hasn't been able to find a way to limit or eliminate this thing in the long term.

We can't keep dragging this out any longer.

Gao Hai knew very well that his actions of tearing his own flesh and blood to stay in this instance until now were already very dangerous.

Currently, most of his power is concentrated in this instance, including his original consciousness. The other part of his body on the Throne of Mind outside is basically controlled by Alice. Even with Hayasaka Ai assisting him, it is difficult to project power and protect the entire city.

If we continue to waste time here fighting this seemingly invincible "surgeon," the situation outside will become completely unknown. Now that we've finally gained the upper hand and can see the light at the end of the tunnel, we can't afford to let this hard-won opportunity slip away.

Well then, let's keep this thing locked up here for now. We certainly can't keep it trapped for very long, but at least a few tens of minutes should be fine. We can use this time to retake Tokyo and expand our advantage. By the time it escapes again, it'll be too late to turn the tide. Besides, to deal with something like this, we really need to bring Miko along so she can gather intelligence and observe its weaknesses. There's no need for me to waste time here alone.

[Hey, are you even capable? You've been yelling and shouting for ages, why haven't you taken me down yet?]

After making his decision, Gao Hai began to mock the raging blood mist.

I'm going to save you!!!

Amidst a frenzied roar, the distorted blood mist surged towards Gao Hai in an instant, unleashing hundreds of different attacks in the blink of an eye, covering Gao Hai from all sides in an attempt to completely annihilate him.

Hmm, not being very bright makes me easy to ridicule; I should remember this weakness.

While secretly thinking to himself, Gao Hai released his power again, freezing the nearest blood mist, then sending away the outer part of the blood mist using future teleportation, and burning away a portion of the blood mist to slow down the thing's movement speed again. He then watched the thing disappear without a trace and quickly reset it again.

I want to kill—kill?

The monster has fully recovered and launched a fierce attack.

But Gao Hai is no longer in this void.

Target not found.

[The surgeon] The surging blood mist calmed down, like a pot of boiling water slowly cooling, returning to calm from its rage.

Then, it began to move in one of the directions of darkness, and just floated there, floated there, and after a while, it slowly came to a stop.

【? 】

No way to leave this area has been found.

The blood mist gradually began to boil again, accelerating its movement and darting wildly in all directions.

Still no way to leave this area. This place, it seems, has been sealed off once again. Someone has repaired the damaged barrier and imprisoned this thing in this void.

As for Gao Hai himself, he had already returned to the real world, back to Tokyo in the pouring rain, back to that dark underground area, allowing his flesh and blood to re-integrate, and returning to his state of sitting on the throne.

Alice, what's the situation in the city?

Upon returning, Gao Hai, disregarding the girls around him, immediately asked Alice, who was temporarily taking his place.

[The situation is good so far. The spatial rift in the Shimokitazawa area has closed, all survivors have been rescued, and those who could be brought back using time manipulation have also been brought back. Of course, there are a few people that Alice might not like, so hehe. In general, this operation by the "hospital" targeting the teacher and his girlfriends only resulted in a very small number of deaths.]

[Of course, of course! Because all three "doctors" have joined the operation, the pressure on the front lines has been greatly relieved. The "Slacking Off Gang" has already successfully eliminated more than three large nodes, and the other teams are also in action. However, because the teacher can't provide enough support, everyone's actions are relatively conservative.]

[But now that the teacher is back, it's time to get to work, right? Hehehe, the teacher must be itching to get started, right? After all, this opponent is quite... troublesome for the teacher. Facing such an enemy, even if the teacher doesn't seem to be doing anything on the surface, they must be grinding their teeth in hatred inside, wishing they could pin the opponent to the ground and cut them into a thousand pieces, right? Alice knows very well what the teacher is thinking~]

Within the realm of thought, Alice's voice, always tinged with a hint of humor, quickly rang out.

It seems that no matter what, this girl always has that annoying tone. However, considering that she has been trying her best to help him, Gao Hai wouldn't really do anything to her just because of a slight problem with her attitude. After all, she's not the extremely evil Alice who was tortured in the sea of ​​fire. He should just relax and not take her words too seriously.

[Thank you for your hard work, Alice. It's definitely time for a full-scale counterattack. By the way, release this information. I've successfully made contact with the last "doctor." Although there may be some omissions, I've summarized the general rules governing this.]

As Gao Hai spoke, following the rules and format for [psychologists] that Jian Zi had previously summarized, he quickly summarized the rules for [surgeons] and published them on the city-wide network constructed by the fragments of the Crimson Domain.

[High-risk entity identified: Surgeon]

[Danger Level: Highest]

[Activity Scope: All areas of activity; suspected of possessing the ability to create clones]

[Rule Level: Presumed to be higher than the Abyss Domain level]

[Confirmed entity-initiated rule-making capabilities and their deficiencies:]

[1. When the "surgeon" senses a living person, it will quickly launch an attack. Its main attack method is physical attack, but the intensity and severity of the attack will increase almost without limit, and it will constantly change its attack method in an attempt to completely kill the living person.]

[Defect: Unknown]

[2. When the "surgeon" attacks a living person, he can continuously contaminate the victim's body tissues with concepts, gradually causing the victim's body to develop "suicidal tendencies" and resist the victim's own will to actively endure the "surgeon's" attack. This contamination will intensify as the confrontation between the victim and the "surgeon" continues.]

[Defect: Unknown]

[3. When a victim attacked by the "Surgeon" attempts to resist, regardless of the means of resistance employed, the energy expenditure from that means will continuously increase until the victim can no longer bear it. For example, attempting to dodge the attack will increase physical exhaustion, while using blessings or items of obsession will increase power consumption and the probability of losing control.]

[Weakness: It is presumed that the cost of this ability is calculated separately for each method, therefore, constantly using different methods to counter "Surgeon" can mitigate the damage caused by this ability to some extent.]

[4. When the "surgeon" successfully inflicts harm on the victim, the injured area will lose its ability to heal, and no treatment method will be effective. Furthermore, the injured area will become further contaminated, causing continuous and severe damage that spreads throughout the body until the victim is killed.]

[Drawback: Immediately cutting off the injured area can slow down the process. The power of the divine realm can completely heal this type of injury, but it takes at least 1 minute to fully heal.]

5.

The "Surgeon" doesn't have a strictly defined physical form; its main component is a blood mist that can condense into different solid structures at will. It moves at extremely high speed, making it virtually impossible for defenses below the molecular level to intercept its actions. Its ability to change form also allows the "Surgeon" to easily identify the player's countermeasures. Therefore, any confrontation with the "Surgeon" must be controlled within the shortest possible time; otherwise, the "Surgeon" will completely reveal its abilities, and the player will be unable to escape its pursuit.

[Weaknesses: It can be intercepted by conceptual-level forces. In addition, according to tests, the "Surgeon's" perception has a certain range, and the blood mist itself has conventional physical properties. It can be frozen by low temperatures and evaporated by high temperatures. Furthermore, when attacked by such an attack, the "Surgeon's" movement speed will be greatly reduced, allowing the user to escape its perception range and avoid the attack.]

6.

The "Surgeon" can unconditionally reset its own status, and can revive on the spot even if it is completely destroyed. Moreover, once the "Surgeon" is in a state where its blood mist has greatly depleted and its mobility has been reduced, this ability will be activated immediately. Therefore, there is currently no way to truly eliminate the "Surgeon".

[Weakness: Once the "Surgeon" has completed its reset, it will enter a relatively inert wandering state if it doesn't immediately find an attackable target. If you can escape its detection range during the reset period, you can evade its pursuit.]

[Confirmed characteristics of the entity itself:]

1.

The "surgeon" is extremely intellectually challenged and manic; upon discovering a living person, he will immediately begin a hunt, never considering whether there is a trap, nor employing any plans or strategies.

[2. You can try to communicate with the "surgeon". Since the "surgeon" has a low level of intelligence and logic, it is possible to guide the other party to reduce its aggression in a short period of time. However, considering its manic nature, it is not recommended to do so without protective measures.]

[Note: Current intelligence on the "Surgeon" is incomplete, but it is certain that this entity is extremely dangerous and does not possess the obvious weaknesses of the "Psychotherapist." Non-Red Moon-level player teams should absolutely avoid areas where the "Surgeon" may be active. Red Moon-level player teams should also absolutely not attempt to fight the "Surgeon" if their own combat and escape methods are insufficient. This entity is extremely dangerous and is currently the strongest individual active in the Tokyo area.]

After releasing this information, Gao Hai opened his eyes and looked around.

"Ah Hai, you're back. Are you alright?"

The first to approach was Fujiwara Chika, whose face was full of worry. It was clear that she had been waiting there for some time, her little face etched with concern.

"Um... all the survivors have been escorted to the shelter. Hongxia and the others, as well as Qianhua's family, all the rescued survivors have been settled."

Goto Ichiri stood at the back. Judging from her slightly out of breath, she must have left first to settle all the survivors that Takami and Chika had rescued before returning here. She must have rushed back, so she couldn't hide her exhaustion.

"Senior, was that [Internal Medicine Doctor] successfully eliminated? Oh... that's good. Now we can finally gain a real advantage."

Seeing that Chika was standing beside her, she breathed a sigh of relief after carefully observing and confirming Takami's condition, and then cautiously asked a question. Seeing Takami nod, the girl finally felt at ease, clenching her small fists and revealing a somewhat happy expression.

"After all this hard work and struggle, it's finally almost over. We need to keep working hard."

Kita stood behind Ichiri. Perhaps because she hadn't been in a relationship with Takami for very long, the girl was still a little reserved and couldn't make any overly intimate reactions to Takami in front of so many people. She just nodded and whispered something in the end.

"..."

Hayasaka Ai, who had been sitting beside the throne, remained silent. She hadn't been in good spirits, having assisted Alice with city-wide support before Takami returned from the dungeon. Now that Takami was back, she had temporarily fallen into a deep sleep, and it would probably take at least ten minutes for her to wake up.

Gao Hai did not speak immediately. Instead, he allowed his fragmented flesh to completely fuse together and resonate deeply with the torture instruments on the machine before letting out a long sigh.

He could sense the situation in each shelter and each safe zone.

Hongxia, Xingge, and Liang have entered a shelter, and Liang has been reunited with his parents, and the family is now together.

The Fujiwara family had been settled in. Fujiwara Daichi, who had been unconscious for a long time, had now woken up. Leaning on a cane, he looked around in a daze, not quite understanding how he had gotten from his home to this place.

The members of the Minghui Squad had all been rescued by Gao Hai, but unlike the previous rescue of the Sunflower Squad members, this time Gao Hai didn't actually pull their souls back from the timeline. Kashiwatani Eiji, who was forced into the core obsession position due to Kanbaru Myo's machinations, and his victims, although they became monsters, didn't completely obliterate their victims; instead, they bound their souls while destroying their bodies. Therefore, Gao Hai easily found the souls of this player squad and resurrected them all.

Of course, due to the difference in strength, Gao Hai's resurrection inevitably boosted the entire team's combat power, bringing their physical attributes to a level comparable to that of Red Moon-level players. However, no one would refuse such an improvement, so it wasn't a big problem.

At this moment, the fully recovered Minghuijian Squad has rejoined the operation. They are driving a van they found somewhere, leaving the Shimokitazawa area where things have stabilized and there are no monsters. They are speeding up through the deserted streets, heading towards the area where players and monsters are still engaged in a fierce battle.

"I feel full of energy now."

Sitting on the roof of the van, Qin Shou spread his arms wide, using his toes to grip the gaps in the roof for stability, and spoke with an arrogant expression. The torrential rain had completely soaked him, but Qin Shou didn't care at all, even tossing his head a few times with a smug look.

"Could you please get out of the car? We might have to return it later."

Lin Sen leaned out of the car window and looked at Qin Shou, who was making a fool of himself, and said with a somewhat displeased expression.

"The place we're about to go, can this car be returned? What kind of joke is this? Don't bother me. I finally have such a powerful body, I want to experience it properly, so that I won't be unable to experience it when I die later."

Qin Shou gave him two thumbs up. Perhaps because he had died once, this man was noticeably more audacious than before.

"Captain, keep an eye on him a bit. He's making us easy targets. If the enemy sees someone sitting still on the roof of a moving car at high speed, they'll think we're a Red Moon-level player squad. The problem is, we're just a bunch of mediocre players who were forcibly upgraded. We'll definitely lose if we encounter a strong opponent."

Finally, Lake rubbed his gray hair, sighed, and looked at Yan Hui, who was driving, and offered his advice.

"Cui Qiushui, enter."

Yan Hui didn't waste any words and directly gave instructions to her teammates sitting in the back row.