Rules of the Strange: I Can See Through All the Weird

When the police station called, Qi Tong was calculating this month's water and electricity bills.

"Hello, is this Ms. Qi Tong? Your father passed away yesterday, leaving an estate of five million—"

"No father, thank you." She hung up.

The phone rang again. She answered, "Do you scammers have KPIs? Why do you rip people off so badly?"

"This is Jiangshi Police Station. Your father, Qisheng, passed away early yesterday morning due to cardiac arrest. His last recorded expenditure was seventeen years ago at Ren'ai Orphanage, where he paid your last living expenses."

Qi Tong's finger stopped on the calculator. Ren'ai Orphanage, that was where she had lived since she was a child.

.......

When Qi Tong left the police station, she had two more things in her hands: a paternity test result and a bank card.

The staff said that her father left a message before he passed away: "The password is her birthday."

Qi Tong entered her birthday at the ATM. The screen flashed, not showing her balance, but a line of text: "[Heir Confirmed. Binding in progress.]"

"What the hell?"

[Binding complete. Welcome to the eerie world.]

She didn't have time to run. The ATM screen went completely black, then sucked her in like a vortex.

Before losing consciousness, her last thought was—these days, even inheritance can be linked to fraud?

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Just as Qi Tong was wondering what was going on, a...spirit suddenly appeared in front of her?

This thing is neither human nor elf; it's a glowing object, like the little ice man from Fire and Iceman, only a very light, translucent blue.

Suddenly, an emoticon-like expression appeared on its face.

(╹▽╹)【Hello host, I am your system. Welcome to the bizarre world. I will be your most loyal companion. As long as you complete twelve dungeons in the bizarre world survival game, you can return to the real world and continue living~ There's also a 100 million yuan compensation for emotional distress!】

Qi Tong's eyes lit up for a moment, but she quickly concealed them. Feigning displeasure, she pouted, "That's incredibly disrespectful. Do you think I'm the kind of person who can be swayed by money?"

System 666, seeing her reluctance, was about to persuade her when Qi Tong stretched out her hand: "At least five hundred million!"

The system thought that the Time Administration would reward the system with 1 billion for each successful mission, but very few people could pass the test.

Finally, gritting my teeth, I said, "Fine! Five hundred million it is!"

"Okay, let's go now!"

System 666: This is the first time I've seen such a capable host. [Host, you'd better be prepared. Dying in a dungeon is truly death! You can buy ordinary items with points in the shop, but truly leveled items will depend on your performance in dungeons.]

[Points are awarded as rewards for clearing dungeons. Except for the first and last beginner dungeons, player clearing dungeons is streamed live. During the stream, players may tip points, and the platform will deduct 70% of the points awarded.]

"That's so shady! They take 70% of the tips from the live stream!" Qi Tong's eyes widened. "Even more shady than my boss before I died!"

System 666: [^_^ Host, working long-term is a blessing...]

"Then will you switch shifts with me?"

The two had a brief argument, but the little incident quickly passed.

System 666 said with a serious expression: [Host, you'd better be prepared. Dying in a dungeon is truly death!]

Qi Tong nodded: "I know, you already said that."

System 666 paused, then calmly added: "[Moreover, it will be very painful. The kind of pain where you'd rather have never existed.]"

As soon as she finished speaking, Qi Tong felt dizzy. When she opened her eyes again, she was no longer in her own room.

Instead, he was lying on a bed in an unfamiliar room.

Qi Tong got up and looked at the bed she had just been lying on. It was covered with dolls. Then she looked at the room's furnishings: a pink princess bed, pink and white bedside tables, and a pink and white desk and chair. It was clearly a little girl's room.

But in this room, which is almost entirely pink and white, there is a pitch-black wardrobe.

This room is too pink, it's so pink it makes me uneasy.

That's why the pitch-black wardrobe stood out so starkly, like a black hole ripped out of a pink heart. Qi Tong even felt that the blackness was slowly breathing and writhing.

Qi Tong saw something on the desk and wanted to get out of bed to look. As she stretched out her leg, a short leg was exposed.

"What the hell?! Where are my long legs?!" Qi Tong stretched out her arms again. "Oh my god, my arms are so short!"

A small, tender hand was outstretched in front of her; it was clearly the body of a child.

Qi Tong sighed helplessly, "Does it have to be this realistic?"

There was a piece of paper on the desk with the following written on it:

Room rules

1. Must be in the room before 9 PM

2. Ignore any sounds after midnight.

3. The teddy bear by the bed won't laugh. If it does, please wet it with water.

4. You are not allowed to go to the toilet after 8 PM.

5. If you hear noises coming from the wardrobe, please do not look at it, and especially do not open it!

[Ding—The dungeon—Happy Home—has been opened.]

[Completion condition: Find the secret of the "Happy Home".]

After reading the rules, Qi Tong remained silent for only 0.1 seconds.

She didn't scream, she wasn't afraid, only one crazy thought remained in her mind: I can't let this broken cabinet swallow the five hundred million I just negotiated!

In this dungeon where death is always a possibility, what holds her back is never fear, but money. This is probably the most reliable survival instinct in history.

"By the way, what kind of system are you? You still haven't told me."

Suddenly, the light blue, transparent little thing in my mind turned light pink and even emitted a pulsating pink light.

System 666, with its short legs tucked into a V-shape, bit into a non-existent hem of clothing and said coyly:

【Host, I'm the XX System Master~】(ꈍᴗꈍ)

The first two characters of "统子" were replaced by a "beep" sound.

Qi Tong didn't hear clearly what system it was.

System 666 also became inexplicably shy and unwilling to speak anymore, disappearing into a state of embarrassment that Qi Tong could no longer summon.

Qi Tong was left standing there, completely bewildered. She looked down at her short legs and then up at the dark, gaping wardrobe.

"No, what is it being so shy about?"