Rules of the Strange: Starting with the Weird Peppa Pig

The difference was that Wuyin did not suggest exploring the second floor again, but instead lowered her eyes and pondered something.

He felt a sense of unease, but couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

Li Fan made the suggestion from the side.

"Since there are no clues on the first floor, why don't we go to the second floor to look for clues?"

Upon hearing this, Wuyin felt a chill run down her spine, and the fear of death surged into her heart once again.

He immediately retorted.

"Let's not go to the second floor for now; there might be danger there."

Li Fan and Wu Xin both looked at Wu Yin strangely, and then the two hid to the side.

Wu Xin whispered to Li Fan.

"My brother is acting strange today. He's never been this emotional before."

Li Fan nodded seriously, looking completely at ease.

"Indeed, my brother has always adhered to the principle that only by not being timid and hesitant can one pass through the ghost stories. Why has he suddenly become conservative today?"

Wu Xin said in a somewhat sinister tone.

"And he found the light switch so quickly, as if he knew this place very well. Could it be that the person in front of us isn't our brother, but..."

Wuyin looked at the two people next to him who were crickets chirping and sighed helplessly.

He walked over and gently tapped each of them on the head.

The two of them simultaneously covered their heads, looking at Wuyin with pitiful expressions.

Wu Yin explained helplessly.

"Let me tell you the truth, but you need to be prepared."

I was indeed pulled into an illusion while I was under the tree. In the illusion, I saw our future selves. In the future, we went up to the second floor, but then...

Before he could finish speaking, a cloud of black mist with messy black lines suddenly surged down the stairs from the second floor.

Chapter 208 Cycle

Upon seeing this, his pupils constricted sharply, and he immediately shouted loudly.

"Danger!"

Upon hearing the shout, Li Fan was startled and immediately clung tightly to Wu Xin, who also assumed a fighting stance.

The black mist, with its chaotic lines, moved extremely fast, rushing towards them almost in the blink of an eye.

Just like last time, it was blocked outside the coreless protective shield. The black lines kept surging and attacking, but they could never get into the protective shield.

Wuyin's eyes were fixed on the stairs to the second floor. He summoned the scalpel and gripped it tightly in his hand.

Because there is more than just the Creator threatening him here.

He lowered his voice and spoke to the two of them.

"Let's get out of this house first."

The other two nodded fearfully, but because the coreless protective shield was so small, they could only slowly back away.

But as soon as they took a step, they heard very fast footsteps coming from the stairs.

"Da da da".

The sound of footsteps struck Wuyin's heart again and again, reminding him of the pain when his neck was broken last time, and his face turned pale.

But this time, with a scalpel in his hand, he felt a little more at ease.

Grandpa Niu was very fast; he rushed to the crowd in just a few breaths. His hand pierced through the coreless protective shield and was about to grab Wuyin's neck.

Wuyin brandished the sharp blade in her hand, preparing to sever Grandpa Niu's hands.

But then, his hand suddenly felt empty.

The scalpel disappeared again.

Wu Yin's eyes were sharp. He was prepared to deal with all kinds of emergencies this time. So the moment the scalpel disappeared, he grabbed Grandpa Niu's wrist tightly, which prevented Grandpa Niu from reaching out.

The two people beside him were startled and were about to rush forward to help when they saw Grandpa Niu, whose eyes were empty, strangely twitch into a smile.

Immediately afterwards, he pulled Wuyin in the opposite direction, trying to pull Wuyin out of the protective shield.

Caught off guard, Wuyin staggered forward a small step, but fortunately he reacted quickly, and Li Fan also managed to control Grandpa Niu's hand in time, preventing him from being pulled out of Wuxin's protective shield.

While the group was locked in a stalemate with Grandpa Niu, none of them noticed what was behind them.

A black balloon-like figure, with a strange, stiff smile, slowly reached out its hand towards the coreless back.

Immediately afterwards, the balloon man grabbed her collar and dragged her back several meters along with her protective shield.

The group was stunned. By the time they realized what was happening, the Lord of the Mysteries had already used the black threads within his body to rapidly burrow into their ears, noses, mouths, and even pores.

The black thread moved with extreme speed and brutality. Wuyin felt as if tens of thousands of needles were forcefully pricking his skin, and warm liquid began to flow from his seven orifices.

The pain gradually invaded the internal organs, eventually spreading to the brain and heart.

He died again.

……

Wuyin woke up again under that lush tree.

He was breathing heavily, his face completely drained of color.

He seemed to understand what the mechanical voice meant when it said that this ghost story was not difficult.

There's no difficulty because he won't die; he's trapped in a loop!

Moreover, he is the only one who retains the memory loop.

But this loop is impossible to break!

Three bizarre bosses, plus his scalpel being disabled—he's doomed no matter what.

Wait... Wuyin seems to have thought of something?

His expression slowly shifted from despair to calm as he began to carefully recall every single event that had occurred in the previous loop.

Li Fan and Wu Xin exchanged a glance, both seeing the confusion in each other's eyes.

Why does my older brother act like he's gone mad the moment he stands under this tree?

One moment he's tense, the next he's desperate, and then he's expressionless.

But neither of them spoke first; they simply waited quietly.

Wuyin seemed to have discovered a certain pattern in her memories.

The first time I encountered two strange bosses was when they went up to the second floor; the second time I encountered three strange bosses was because he mentioned the concept of a cycle to the other two.

These few strange creatures, if he can't afford to mess with them, can't he at least avoid them?

This is a strange tale of rules, but he didn't find any rule notes. Perhaps the rules here were deduced through repeated cycles.

Rule one is that you cannot go up to the second floor, or you can only go up to the second floor under certain specific circumstances.

Rule two: You cannot tell anyone outside your loop about what you are doing in your loop.

Of course, it's also possible that neither of these rules applies, and the bosses simply appear at the designated time.

However, this possibility is relatively small. He firmly believes that no matter how difficult the supernatural tale is, there will always be a way out, and it is impossible to create a completely hopeless situation.

Suddenly, something light and airy landed on his shoulder again.

He reached down and took the leaf off his shoulder, his eyes fixed on the veins of the leaf.

Could it be... that this leaf is the sign that the cycle has begun?

Since entering that house would be dangerous, let's explore the outside first.

Furthermore, if rule two is true, then he needs to try his best to act normally in front of his younger siblings, otherwise it would be a very troublesome matter if he couldn't explain it.

Wu Yin had already figured out the plan in his mind. When he turned around to let the two explore the outskirts of the orphanage for the time being, he saw the two people staring at him strangely and even taking two steps back.

Well… I didn’t control my expression well when I was reborn, and now I’ve aroused their suspicion again.

Wuyin coughed twice, resumed his expressionless face, and spoke to the two of them.

"Let's explore the area outside the orphanage first. It looks like there's some black fog inside, so we need to be well-prepared before going in."

Seeing the familiar Wuyin, the two relaxed their guard slightly, nodded, and agreed with Wuyin's statement.

They walked around the orphanage's perimeter, and when they reached the back of the orphanage, Wuyin and Wuxin looked somewhat shocked.

Except for the lush trees in front, which were different from the orphanage the two had stayed in before, this orphanage was exactly the same.

It's basically the old version of the former Blue Star Orphanage.

Looking at their perfectly synchronized expressions, Li Fan felt that they were hiding some little secret from him.

He was about to ask a question, but then he remembered something and ultimately said nothing.

Well, if the older brother didn't tell him, there must be a reason.

Wuyin also keenly sensed Li Fan's emotions and simply said softly.

"I will find an opportunity to explain everything to you, but not now."

Just kidding, he's still in a loop right now. If this loop fails, then what he said is as good as nothing.

However... Wuyin suddenly thought of a problem.

Chapter 209: Cycle or Rebirth?

So, if he's currently stuck in a loop, will the Dragon Kingdom livestream be able to see him in that loop right now?

Or is it that the people watching the live stream in the Dragon Kingdom's live stream, like Wu Xin and Li Fan, have no memory of the loop?

No, if supernatural legends could really affect the memories of all mankind, there would be no need to go through all this trouble to create supernatural legends. We could just let them pass through the challenges and directly take over the Earth.

As he thought this, his eyes suddenly sharpened.