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

The body was found.

Broken, cut, torn apart.

Twisted, stitched, fused.

Corpses constructed in a certain form, a form that should not exist in this world, filthy and blasphemous.

Hehehehe...

It seemed as if someone watching was laughing.

In the silence, Gao Hai's avatar had already stepped inside, while Maki and Kaguya were blocked outside, unable to enter or truly see what was inside.

Turning his head, Gao Hai's eyes fell on the hotel poster on one side of the room. He saw the "Wang Sheng Hotel" advertised on the poster, and he saw the two girls, Maki and Kaguya, with their eyes covered by black cloth, just like the two girls in the corridor who couldn't find the entrance. In the other corner of the poster, there was a figure watching him, and the other person's outstretched finger pointing in a certain direction.

So Gao Hai turned his head and looked in that direction, at the piled-up corpses.

At this moment, something that was originally hidden and not easily known was revealed to Gao Hai.

Sacrifice.

Without a doubt, it was a vicious and horrific sacrifice.

A sacrificial ritual constructed by the power of the [Hospital], using human flesh and soul as offerings.

Just like the "Sacrifice Game" itself, pain, despair, and death are always favored in such rituals, and it is unknown why those beings superior to humans would cultivate such a hobby.

However, this is not the most important thing.

After seeing these things, Gao Hai was able to confirm that this mere sacrificial ritual was not something he needed to pay attention to at all.

What truly matters is the deity to whom this dark ritual is directed.

So, the key issue is that these people weren't sacrificed to the "hospital"...

As the calm voice faded, fresh blood, still wet, dripped from the altar shaped by the twisted corpse.

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Chapter 41 Gao Hai's Proactive Attack and a Glimpse Beyond the Infinity.

Is there something else lurking behind the facade of the hospital?

Gao Hai didn't simply assume that the [Hospital], which was now out in the open and seemed to be his biggest enemy, was the only problem he needed to solve. In fact, after experiencing several high-difficulty dungeons, Gao Hai was quite certain that the [Hospital], his next test after [Infant Cry Village], must have something extremely terrifying behind it, something that, even if not as powerful as Blood Flower, was at least close to it.

However, the current "hospital" is far from qualified to hold this position.

After all, setting aside the fact that the "hospital" itself is still hiding behind the scenes and hasn't shown its true form yet, the fact that the three "doctors" who have been avoiding Takami and haven't appeared even when Kaguya and Maki summoned their domains to continue spreading already speaks volumes.

Perhaps before embarking on the path to godhood, Gao Hai was indeed powerless against the [Hospital]. But once he decided to take that step, his strength immediately surged to a level capable of suppressing the [Doctors]. While the [Hospital], ranking after the [Doctors], was undoubtedly stronger than the three [Doctors], the difference in strength was far less than in the dungeons he had experienced in the past, and less than the power gap Gao Hai had faced. For one thing, the function of the black watch was being interfered with for the first time.

Therefore, it is completely impossible for all of this to be solely related to the hospital.

Therefore, behind the "hospital," there should naturally exist something even more powerful, powerful enough to instill a sense of despair in Gao Hai.

Now, he finally sensed the subtle clues revealed by the presence hidden behind the hospital.

Although it was only for a fleeting moment, and although it had dissipated to almost nothingness, disappearing completely after a breath, with perhaps only a few remnants remaining in the deeper parts, Gao Hai did indeed feel what he wanted to feel in that instant.

"Is this... some kind of altar?"

Princess Zhenfei's gaze fell upon the corpses, whose original appearances were no longer recognizable, and whose genders and ages were indistinguishable. Her small hands clenched into fists.

She could already see the altar, though she was only a step behind Gao Hai. That slight delay caused Zhenfei to miss the fleeting aura that vanished into the deeper darkness. This was perhaps something important. Gao Hai said nothing, only turning his gaze to the corner of the wall, to the location of the poster.

Unsurprisingly, the hotel poster has disappeared.

Did this thing help me?

"There's another road ahead, and it seems like there's something else deeper inside."

Kaguya paid little attention to the blasphemous and terrifying altar, instead turning her gaze to the back of the room, towards the path in the shadows.

The girl also missed that fleeting moment, but her keen observation still made her notice something unusual, such as the black void at the end of the room that looked like some kind of passage.

There is definitely something there.

However, the other party probably doesn't actually exist in that place.

Perhaps it's a trace, perhaps it's just lingering traces; in any case, all that can be left is insignificant. The other party couldn't possibly have actually appeared here. Such a being couldn't simply arrive here without paying any price. After all, such a thing is likely forbidden by the [Sacrifice Game].

However, to figure out exactly what it is, we need to go further and delve deeper.

However, it can now be proven that my conjecture was indeed correct.

To be honest, Gao Hai was still quite nervous when he was deriving these things. Although he had accepted the fact that the [Key to the Unity of All Things] cheat watch was increasing his strength, the increasingly exaggerated way of increasing his strength, as well as his current adaptability to this method, made Gao Hai feel very nervous.

Have I been molded into this state by this broken watch?

Gao Hai couldn't help but have this thought in his heart.

[Huh? It seems the teacher has always been the one harshly disciplining poor Chika, using her as a pawn in all sorts of games, but now the teacher herself is starting to feel like she's being disciplined, and even enjoying it? Is this what they call the transformation of sadist and masochist? So that's what the teacher is like. It seems Alice still doesn't understand the teacher enough, still doesn't know the teacher's true nature, hehehehe~]

Alice, who always disappears without a trace when you want to find her and then suddenly reappears, kept making a racket in Gao Hai's mind.

Does this thing really have to appear and disappear so mysteriously?

And how did it know that I played a multiplayer co-op game with Chika and others? In the time since this Alice was created, I've been going on individual dates with each girl, and I haven't been throwing any big parties, have I?

[The teacher is such a fool! Don't forget that Alice was born from the teacher's heart. What the teacher knows, Alice knows more or less as well, especially those things the teacher doesn't intend to hide at all—Alice sees them very clearly!]

Amidst the wanton mockery, Gao Hai could feel Alice's small hand slip into his avatar, directly touching the spirit of his true self. Then, that delicate little hand gently, so gently, slowly traced across his cheek, then along his collarbone, down to his chest, then lightly traced his abdomen with its fingertips, and then…

Then Gao Hai used his mental power to drive the troublemaker away.

"Sea King?"

Standing next to Takahashi, Maki didn't see Alice's actions, which only existed in Takahashi's line of sight. She was just a little puzzled as to why Takahashi's body suddenly tensed up.

"I'm fine. I'll proceed alone from here. You two stay here for now. There might be something unexpected ahead, so I'll go check first. Once everything's alright, you two can follow me."

Without changing his expression, Gao Hai spoke as he took the initiative to move forward.

Golden flames raged and spread, quickly destroying the blasphemous altar.

The two girls, sensing a hint of seriousness in Gao Hai's aura, stopped walking together and chose to stay where they were.

“We will hold this place, Gao Jun, don’t push yourself.”

Kaguya whispered behind Takami.

Don't worry, I won't collapse here.

As Gao Hai said this, he turned to look at the two girls, and then his gaze casually swept over the wall to the side.

There was still nothing there; the poster seemed to have completely disappeared. Of course, it's also possible that it went ahead to wait for him.

That said, that lingering aura doesn't seem to have much to do with the [hotel].

Judging from the lingering scent on that sacrificial altar, it shouldn't be anything of importance.

However, this doesn't mean the hotel has absolutely no connection to this incident. Especially after learning which powerful deity is behind it, Gao Hai is even less likely to trust it and suspects that it might have been involved in every instance.

Regardless, all we can do now is move forward.

If something of that level truly exists, then no one but myself can handle it right now. Even if I were to face it personally, the possibility of defeating it… no, even the possibility of confronting it directly is nonexistent.

The golden incarnation had passed through the altar room and was heading deeper into the darkness.

If the previous office building was still considered to have limited spatial distortion, within the realm of what ordinary people could understand, then the area that Gao Hai has now reached is beyond human comprehension and beyond any possibility of human habitation.

In the darkness, chaotic colors surged.

It cannot be described by sight, cannot be distinguished by smell, and cannot be understood by perception.

It was just a remnant, yet it was so chaotic, so complex, so distorted that Gao Hai began to feel waves of pain in his brain, and even his ability to think began to become sluggish.

Hehehehe...

Then he heard laughter.

A mocking laugh echoed from a dark corner.

The laughter came from a poster floating in the air.

From the blurry image on the poster, something with a blurred face is clapping its hands gently and chuckling to itself.

Gao Hai ignored it.

He simply withdrew his gaze, turning it forward to the twisted darkness that, even now, on the path to godhood, remained incomprehensible and filled him with intense confusion. After observing carefully for a moment, he chose to continue forward, cautiously taking another step.

Then, the darkness completely disappeared from his surroundings.

Under the stark white light, the corridor, reflecting light like a mirror, stretched endlessly forward. The floor beneath his feet, the walls on either side of him, and the ceiling were all constructed of mirrors, reflecting Gao Hai's image layer upon layer, superimposing his shimmering golden aura.

In silence, Gao Hai took another step forward, moving into the room filled with mirrors.

So Gao Hai in each mirror took a step forward.

Unaware of its true location, its footsteps spread in all directions.

Although each of them was watching Gao Hai, each of them was calmly casting their gaze upon him.

"..."

Gao Hai took another step in silence.

Everything around them had vanished without a trace.

Those extremely complex things that exist within our perception are now mostly imperceptible.

So, let's move on.

Regardless of the circumstances, the goal is the most important thing, and it's what you need to focus on most. Therefore, no matter how unusual the obstacles or how insurmountable the oddities, you must learn to face them and not choose to escape.

What took the lives of hundreds of innocent employees, hidden behind the hospital, is now revealed before my very eyes!

As if he could already see the scene of the secret being revealed, Gao Hai rushed towards the dark shadows ahead.

step.

Everything vanished before my eyes, leaving only twisted darkness spreading all around.

Unlike before, this time, Gao Hai could feel that something was blocking his movements.