Weird Rules: I'm so handsome, they all want to seduce me.

Su Xiaobai looked up after reading it.

"More than thirty countries...entering the same instance together? And it's being streamed live?"

"Yes." Qin Zhentian nodded. "This is the first global joint operation."

"On the surface, it's about cooperating to explore new dungeons, but in reality... it's a competition for national destiny."

"Whoever performs well inside will gain more say and resources."

He looked at Su Xiaobai: "You are the strongest card in our hand."

"But the situation in this instance is unclear, and the danger level is very high. Take the documents with you and read them carefully. As for the specific timing of the operation, wait for the Alliance's notification, and I will let you know as soon as possible."

Su Xiaobai stuffed the document back into the bag and nodded: "Understood."

Qin Zhentian didn't say anything more and turned to leave.

The car drove away, leaving only Su Xiaobai and Jiang Hongyi in front of the villa.

The two returned to the house, and Su Xiaobai threw the file bag on the coffee table and sank into the sofa.

"More than thirty countries...that's quite a big undertaking," he muttered.

Jiang Hongyi sat down next to him, picked up the file bag, and took out the documents to look at them.

"Hospital..." She frowned. "I don't like the smell of hospitals."

"Who would like it?" Su Xiaobai said. "But, the Third Hospital that Qin Zhentian mentioned... seems to be not far from here."

Jiang Hongyi looked at him: "You want to go take a look?"

"A little," Su Xiaobai said. "The document says the access point isn't stable yet, but fluctuations have already been detected."

"I have a feeling... just waiting for notification isn't reliable; what if something unexpected happens?"

Jiang Hongyi didn't say anything, but simply put the documents back on the coffee table and then grasped the scarlet scissors beside her.

"If you go, I'll go," she said.

Su Xiaobai looked at her and smiled.

"Then...shall we go take a look tonight?"

"Um."

It was late at night, just past midnight.

Su Xiaobai changed into dark clothes and slipped out of the villa with Jiang Hongyi.

The Third Hospital is only three or four kilometers away from the villa area, so the two of them didn't take a taxi and walked there directly.

Jiang Hongyi walked beside Su Xiaobai, holding scissors in her hand.

"Senior, can you sense that 'strange fluctuation'?" Su Xiaobai asked.

"You'll only know if you get close," Jiang Hongyi said. "But... if it's really as serious as the documents say, I should be able to feel it."

Soon, we arrived at the Third Hospital.

It was an old building with more than ten floors. At night, only a few windows were lit, and most of the place was dark, which looked a bit eerie.

The main gate was closed, but there was a guard room by the side gate, where an old man was dozing off.

Su Xiaobai and Jiang Hongyi went around to the back of the hospital, found a low wall, and easily climbed over it.

Inside was an open space behind the inpatient department, overgrown with weeds, and hardly anyone was around.

"Where to now?" Su Xiaobai asked in a low voice.

Jiang Hongyi closed her eyes, opened them a few seconds later, and pointed to the inpatient building.

"Over there," she said, "there's a very faint... unsettling feeling."

The two sneaked down to the inpatient building and found an unlocked side door to slip inside.

The corridor was long and dimly lit, filled with the smell of disinfectant mixed with some kind of old fabric.

It was eerily quiet, with only the echo of their footsteps.

According to the vague description in the document, the area with the most frequent abnormal fluctuations is on the third floor of the inpatient department.

They found the stairs and quietly went up.

The third-floor corridor was also deserted, with most of the ward doors on both sides closed, and only a few doors had "calling" indicator lights flashing green.

"It seems... nothing special." Su Xiaobai looked around.

Jiang Hongyi suddenly stopped and gripped the scissors tightly.

"No," she said softly, "something...is moving."

The voice just fell.

About twenty meters down the corridor, the door to a ward creaked open by itself.

An elderly man with gray hair, wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown, slowly walked out of there.

He walked down the corridor with his head down and unsteady steps, as if sleepwalking.

Su Xiaobai and Jiang Hongyi immediately hid behind the fire cabinet next to them.

The old man walked to the middle of the corridor, near a window, and suddenly stopped.

Then, Su Xiaobai saw a scene he would never forget for the rest of his life.

The old man's body began to blur.

It doesn't disappear; rather, like a poorly received television signal, it begins to appear as ghosting and distortion.

Visible ripples spread around him, like a stone thrown into water.

The old man seemed to sense something and raised his head blankly.

He opened his mouth as if to shout, but no sound came out.

next second.

Swah——

The person vanished into thin air.

It's as if it never existed.

Su Xiaobai held her breath, her eyes wide open.

"Holy crap...are you serious?"

Jiang Hongyi's hand was already on the scissors, and the red rose on her ear shone brightly.

"A very strong fluctuation..." she said in a low voice, her voice wary. "For a moment just now... it was very strong, but now it has weakened."

Su Xiaobai walked out from behind the fire cabinet and went to the place where the old man had disappeared.

There was nothing on the ground.

He crouched down and reached out to touch the ground.

Cool, ordinary terrazzo flooring.

"What the document says is true." Su Xiaobai stood up and looked at Jiang Hongyi. "The entrance is unstable and will randomly 'swallow' people nearby. That old man just now was one of those people who got caught in it."

Jiang Hongyi walked to his side and looked at the empty corridor.

"It's dangerous here," she said. "We'd better leave."

Su Xiaobai didn't move.

He stared at the patch of air where the old man had disappeared, his mind racing.

Multiple hospitals worldwide, the same incident, an unstable entry point, competition from over thirty countries, an S-level dungeon "Ren'ai Mental Hospital"...

"Senior," Su Xiaobai suddenly spoke up.

"Hmm?" "You mean..." Su Xiaobai turned to look at her, "What would happen if we tried to get in ourselves without waiting for their notification?"

Jiang Hongyi was stunned for a moment.

"You want to go in early?"

"The document says the entrance is unstable and you can't get in," Su Xiaobai said. "But that old man just went in, didn't he? Even though he was passively pulled in... it at least proves that the entrance existed and could be passed through at the moment of its 'fluctuation'."

His eyes lit up, with a familiar, reckless excitement.

"If we can seize the opportunity of the next fluctuation... wouldn't we be able to get into the instance ahead of everyone else?"

Jiang Hongyi looked at him and remained silent for a few seconds.

"sound……"

"That's quite interesting."

Su Xiaobai laughed: "Then... let's go back and study it? Let's see when this broken entrance will 'fluctuate' again?"

"it is good."

The next day... in the evening.

Su Xiaobai and Jiang Hongyi squatted behind the fire cabinet near the place where the old man disappeared.

"Wait for it to come again?" Su Xiaobai asked in a low voice.

"Yes." Jiang Hongyi nodded. "There's something nearby."

Jiang Hongyi stared at the empty corridor ahead. "She's very good at hiding."

Su Xiaobai followed her gaze and saw nothing.