Rules of the Strange: Starting with the Weird Peppa Pig

The fact that I was so sleepy just now is likely a strange act, intended to keep the chosen one from knowing the exact time or whether someone else has entered the room.

Then, using the voices of Grandpa Pig and Grandma Pig, they concoct a little trick to get you to open the door.

Actually, it's very likely that it's already past 7:30. If you open your eyes, it means you're not asleep, and you might trigger the rules.

How could an S-rank mystery story have an NPC appear to rescue you on the very first day? Even a fool would know something's wrong.

Sure enough, the noise outside stopped after a while, and then the bedroom light was turned off.

So she wasn't actually outside the door at all; she was watching you from inside the bedroom, waiting for you to break the rules.

Just as Wuyin breathed a sigh of relief, he felt a stare and a slight breeze on his face.

Wow, that's quite persistent.

He simply stopped paying attention to it; after all, he hadn't broken any rules, and she couldn't do anything to him.

He fell into a deep sleep and slept until 7 a.m. the next day.

The live stream from Japan presented a completely different scene.

After enjoying a delicious dinner, Yoichi Yamada felt a little dizzy.

He went straight back to his bedroom and lay down on the bed, and soon began snoring.

A loud knocking came as expected, waking him up.

He opened his sleepy eyes, ready to see who had disturbed his sweet dream, but the knocking outside suddenly stopped, and the entire bedroom fell silent.

Only a pink, four-eyed pig-headed monster was peeking out from the top bunk of the bed, staring straight at him.

When he opened his eyes, Paige grinned.

The clock was pointing to 7:31.

The live stream in Japan went black instantly.

[Yoshita Yoichi, the chosen one of Japan, is dead; Peppa Pig's strange tales are randomly descending; Japan's nuclear contamination increases by 20%; average height decreases by 10cm]

The leader of the Sakura Kingdom was sitting at his desk when suddenly his feet could no longer reach the ground.

He was already only 163cm tall, and now he's only 153cm.

He was so angry that the veins on his forehead throbbed, and he angrily summoned his subordinates.

"Quickly confiscate all the gold coins belonging to the Yamada family!"

"Sir, after investigation, he...he has long severed ties with his parents, and all his assets...are in debt."

"Baka! Then let's levy a 10% tax on all citizens!"

The people of Japan are suffering terribly.

"Why has the sea around us turned black? And it only surrounds our island and doesn't get diluted by the ocean currents."

Chapter 8 Footsteps in the Fog

"Am I the worst off? I've shrunk by 10cm, but my head size hasn't changed. I've become a big-headed doll."

"Don't even mention it. I just got the latest news: taxes for Japanese citizens are going to increase by 10%. Wages are already low, how are we supposed to survive now?"

People from all over the world flooded the live stream room in Japan, all mocking the Japanese.

"Didn't you say that nuclear wastewater is drinkable? So it's like there's no punishment for you, hahaha."

"Serves him right!"

Wuyin's sleep is very light; every time a cuckoo calls, it wakes him up. He silently memorizes it once and then goes back to sleep.

When the cuckoo called for the 12th time, he slightly opened his eyes and looked up to confirm that it was exactly 7 a.m.

It was as if Paige, who was in the upper bunk, could monitor him in real time, and spoke up at that very moment.

"George, you're going to kindergarten today."

"Ok."

Wuyin responded with a sound, then got up and went to wash up with her dinosaur plush toy in her arms.

This time, Paige followed him sideways while he washed up, and there seemed to be nothing unusual. The two then went out together.

As soon as I opened the door, a thick white fog enveloped me. It was a foggy day, and visibility was extremely low.

Wuyin recalled the note she had received last night.

Rule four: Don't make loud noises when you go out on foggy days, as it will attract certain things.

He silently made a mental note of it and followed Paige out the door.

The two walked one after the other. The fog was so thick that, apart from Peppa Pig's back, they couldn't see anything around them.

The surroundings were eerily quiet; not even a bird could be heard.

The two first descended their small hillside, then walked across a flat road.

In Wuyin's memory, the flat road in the animation only required a short walk, followed by climbing a hill, to reach the kindergarten.

But this time, it took a very, very long time.

The two men's footsteps were very rhythmic, and even the time interval between each step was exactly the same.

Wuyin sensed something was wrong and slowed his pace slightly, only to find that the two pairs of footsteps were still in the same rhythm as before, without any change.

He frowned and stopped, and the two pairs of footsteps also stopped.

But what's even stranger is that Peppa Pig's figure was still walking normally in front of him, but the distance between them remained unchanged, and no sound was made.

He was startled, realizing that Paige wasn't leading him along this path, but rather that he was leading this figure through the fog.

"clatter."

A very light footstep sounded again behind me.

The figure of Peppa Pig suddenly disappeared, as if its existence was merely to lull Wuyin into a false sense of security.

I can't run now. First of all, this body can't run very far, and secondly, running would make a lot of noise.

Wuyin guessed that it was most likely the sound of his and Paige's footsteps that attracted these things in the beginning.

Is footsteps considered a loud sound?

He was somewhat speechless, but still cautiously turned his head slightly to the side.

He saw a pink figure in the fog, but it was slightly larger than Paige.

"Da da da!"

The footsteps suddenly quickened, and the figure seemed to have moved in, appearing in front of Wuyin in just a few breaths.

She was facing away from Wuyin, her throat like a wound-up machine.

"George, it's my mom! Come with me!"

Wuyin hugged the dinosaur doll tightly in her arms without making a sound, and simply took a few steps back.

"George, it's my mom! Come with me!"

The second voice seemed even more urgent, and her arm stretched back in a twisted posture, about to grab Wuyin's hand.

"George, it's my mom! Come with me!"

She kept repeating that phrase, like a machine.

Wuyin took another small step back.

After three sentences, the head of the pink-clad figure in front of him swelled up like a balloon.

The sound grew louder and louder, followed by a series of enormous bangs.

"boom!"

Her head exploded. Her body fell straight down.

Wuyin's mental state has dropped to 90% since last night.

The scene before my eyes was truly shocking.

Wu Yin coldly stared at the motionless corpse lying on the ground, ignoring it, and prepared to find a way to get out of the white mist first.

"Da da".

Why can I hear footsteps?

A large, blue figure slowly emerged from the mist, followed by a second, a third...

Did that explosion attract these things?

They are clearly not the same kind of creature as the one in front.

We can't afford to waste time with these people.

In his original world, the punishment for being late to school was severe, let alone in this strange world, where he might lose his life.

Wuyin walked briskly and quietly, her mind racing.

The note I saw last night had rule number two: Remember to bring your dinosaur plush toy when you go out, or you might get lost.

At the time, I thought it was because dinosaurs would keep you rational, but that just repeated the content of the first note.

It's definitely not just empty talk; could there be some secret hidden within the dinosaurs?

Wuyin looked at the dinosaur doll in her hand and sensed that something was wrong with it.

Did dinosaurs always have their eyes looking upwards?

He held up the dinosaur toy to get a better look.

The dinosaur's eyes suddenly stared straight at Wuyin, and even though Wuyin had a strong mental fortitude, he was still startled.

Will the dinosaur's eyes point in the direction you want to go?

If that's the case, move your eyeballs up and down.

With this thought in mind, Wuyin lifted the dinosaur up and down, and the dinosaur's eyes moved up and down twice. He nodded in satisfaction.

Yes, I'll be good.