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

The store manager then smiled again and placed the library card in Qi Tong's hand.

Seeing that there was no danger, everyone stepped forward to take the library cards.

Xu Ning held the library card, remained silent for a long time before saying, "What you're doing is a bit dangerous, without knowing the rules."

"The rules say we should take it; it would be dangerous if we didn't. The announcement just now said 'Please get the library card from the store manager,' which means we have to get it ourselves. These are just word games that are popular in dungeons."

"If you're afraid or hesitant to make a move at this point, you'll fall into their trap," Qi Tong replied earnestly.

Xu Ning nodded thoughtfully: "You're right."

As the clock slowly approached midnight, only the moonlight could barely illuminate things in the library.

With a "snap," the store manager snapped his fingers.

Three white candles appeared on each player's table, one of which was lit and placed on a black candle holder to provide light for the players.

"A candle can burn for 24 hours, and it will automatically relight itself when it's about to go out. You can't read without light... You can't read without light..."

The store manager's sinister voice rang out, repeating the same sentence over and over in a cryptic tone.

No sooner had the store manager finished speaking than the announcement came on again.

Welcome to the Midnight Library. Now I will tell you a few library rules, please remember them and abide by them.

1. Loud noises are prohibited in the library.

2. Your library card is essential for your safety; please do not lose it.

3. The librarian wears a red vest. If you see someone wearing a black vest, please report it to the manager immediately.

4. All books in the library have titles. If you find a book without a title, be sure to give it to the librarian.

5. Restrooms are dangerous. If you need to use the restroom, remember to ask the librarian for your wristband and be sure to return it after you finish.

6. Do not disturb the store manager while he is eating.

7. When someone asks you a question, please be sure to answer it.

8. Don't refuse a librarian's reasonable request.

9. You cannot change seats.

Any violation of the above rules will be the sole responsibility of the violator.

Dear readers, begin your wonderful reading time!

As soon as he finished speaking, the library doors opened, and a number of "people" entered, including men, women, young and old, disabled and not disabled.

Some people were missing an arm, some were missing a leg, some had their mouths sewn shut, some came in with a kitchen knife on their heads, and others were covered in blood or water.

Even worse, some people have lost all their eyeballs, leaving only empty eye sockets.

If you've lost your eyesight, why are you even here at the library?

All the players sat there nervously, barely breathing, silently hoping that these terrifying and eerie things would get away from them.

But things didn't go as planned. The strange creatures sat down in an orderly fashion on the empty chairs around the players, and suddenly there were many people, with every table full of people.

Qi Tong looked around his table. There were old, weak, sick and disabled people at the table, and six people were sitting there, three on each side. If you ignored the headless thing opposite Qi Tong, it was still acceptable.

Feeling the gazes of the other six people at the table fixed on her, Qi Tong sighed helplessly. Who could save her? She still preferred the eerie atmosphere of the conversational room; it left her completely bewildered.

He turned his head to look at Xu Ning, whose situation was similar to his own.

As the candle flame flickered up and down, everyone's hearts were in their throats.

This instance is too strange. I still don't know what to do. I've just been waiting in the same spot.

Qi Tong cursed inwardly, wondering if they would launch a massacre in the last few hours.

Suddenly, the headless corpse opposite Qi Tong began to speak, the source of which was unknown, but it simply began to speak.

"Tell me, my boyfriend killed me and cut off my head, did he do anything wrong?"

What kind of question is this...?

"Tell me, did he do something wrong?!" The headless female corpse suddenly slammed her hand on the table, causing the candle to flicker.

Although I couldn't see her expression, I could clearly sense that she was very agitated.

"...You need to tell me the cause, process, and result of the matter before I can help you analyze it. I can't jump to conclusions."

Qi Tong whispered, her gaze following the strange figure opposite her. Was she pregnant? Her belly looked swollen.

The next second, the headless female corpse calmed down, reached under the table, and with a forceful pull, pulled a bloody head from under her skirt, placed it on her neck, and even turned it to find the right angle.

Qi Tong's eyes widened in disbelief. This was... his father speaking ventriloquism!

So far, it's just bloody, which Qi Tong can barely accept, but he can't stand being stared at by a group of bloody people for a long time, mainly because the smell of blood is too unpleasant!

"I was just pregnant with another man's child, and he brutally murdered me. During my ten months of pregnancy, he strangled my child with his own hands and put my head back into his belly..."

As the woman spoke, she began to cover her face and cry, her head constantly sliding down, which she had to correct every now and then.

"Isn't what he did wrong? Shouldn't he pay the price?!" The woman suddenly became agitated and roared.

The woman's voice abruptly stopped at its peak. Her body seemed to be stretched open from the inside by something, and countless fine cracks appeared on the surface of her skin, like overheated porcelain.

The next second, a muffled sound, not an explosion—it cracked open.

Blood and flesh squeezed out of the cracks, splattering onto the table, the candles, and Qi Tong's face. A drop of blood landed on the candle flame, hissing and causing the flame to flicker.

[Host's mind has been contaminated; mental state value -5]

Qi Tong wiped her cheek with her sleeve in disgust. So it turns out that breaking the rules can be dangerous.

【Oh my god, this is disgusting!!】

"No, I need to throw up. I've never seen someone self-destruct in front of others before."

Her boyfriend really went too far. Even if you don't want to break up, this is still too extreme...

Are you happy that you were cheated on?

[If you're unhappy, just break up. What kind of person kills you, harming both themselves and others?]

[You're being magnanimous again; you'll behave yourself once you're cheated on.]

……

Qi Tong was unaware that an argument had already broken out in the comments section over this matter.

Because a wet little kid has replaced Qi Tong at the table, there are now only five people at this table.

The little boy was clearly drowned; his body was deathly pale, and water was dripping from his hair.

He stared wide-eyed at Qi Tong, and Qi Tong stared back at him.

After a long while, the little boy finally spoke: "Sister, I want to ask you a question."

Qi Tong nodded: "Go ahead."

"Grandma pushed me into the river where she usually washed clothes and drowned me. What did I do wrong to deserve this?"

Qi Tong thought for a moment and replied, "No matter what you did wrong, you shouldn't be treated in such an extreme way. Can you tell me what you did?"

The little boy lowered his eyes and said softly, "I didn't do anything, it's just because I'm a girl..."