Bookstore Rules

The crowd automatically parted to make way for the two Security Guards who arrived.

Tao Yuan raised his head, looking at the Security Guards who was a full two meters tall and covered in muscles, wielding Electric Baton and smashing through the crowd of people who were a little slower to react. His lips twitched.

No wonder these people retreated so quickly; they could have easily been crushed to death if they hadn't been careful.

Tao Yuan saw several people accidentally killed by Electric Batons, but the next second, these people got up perfectly fine, touching the spot where they were hit and crying out in pain.

"... Here we go again! Can't these Security Guards slow down? They're so rough!"

"It hurts so much! My forehead is definitely going to swell up now!"

Tao Yuan: Bro, your forehead isn't just swollen, your head just fell off!

Two Security Guards, one in each arm, carried the unconscious and crying woman back home.

Tao Yuan and An Ying wanted to keep up, but there were too many people ahead, and the Security Guards walked too fast. In just a few minutes, they could no longer see the Security Guards.

Is it really safe after being taken away by Security Guards?

Tao Yuan and An Ying continued walking towards the Security Guard Room with the flow of people, but at a much faster pace. As they walked, Tao Yuan kept reflecting on what she had just witnessed.

They would catch fire if they ate food, and they would catch fire if they tried to escape; they must have broken some Rules, because they were all burned to death.

This aligns with Street Rules Six: The Street Hates Fire.

Why would they hate fire? They use fire to cook food in places where they eat.

Therefore, it is very likely that this street was not abandoned naturally when the strange event occurred, but rather that a huge fire occurred before the strange event happened.

This fire could very well have caused significant, even devastating, damage to the area.

Many people must have died at that time; the fire was huge, which is why the streets hate flames and anything related to fire, and people who break the Rules are burned to death.

[Game time: 7:30, the third Battle Royale begins]

Familiar blood-red characters suddenly appeared before them, causing the two to pause in their tracks, their scalps tingling with fear.

Putting aside why they had to go through Battle Royale in the middle of the day, the fact that a large group of children suddenly appeared out of nowhere and surrounded them after the sound ended was enough to give them goosebumps.

Normal people were turned into charred charcoal, their black eye sockets staring straight at them.

The street, which was just a warm and lively place, has turned into a hellish channel in the blink of an eye.

Hehe~

"Brother Older Sister, you smell so good! Can I have a taste?"

"Waaah—Where's my mom? Where's my mom!"

Are you my mother?

The blood-red words slowly faded, followed by the child's piercing cries and screams that stabbed into their heads like sharp knives scraping against their skulls, causing them to black out in pain.

Tao Yuan clutched her head, snapping back to reality. "Damn it, this little thing can even use sonic attacks!"

According to Rules seven, without thinking, Tao Yuan scooped up the three children, grabbed them by the collar and hung them on his hands, choking them so much that they couldn't speak or look for their mother anymore, their eyes rolling back and their faces turning ashen.

"Make way! Make way! Someone has lost a child!"

Tao Yuan roared with great energy, and the NPCs around him, who had turned into black charcoal, instinctively moved aside to make room for Tao Yuan.

An Ying was a beat slower, but she used the inside of her arm to pull the remaining three children along and quickly caught up with Tao Yuan. The children were so tightly bound by her arm that they stuck out their tongues and struggled and twisted their bodies.

The two clearly misunderstood the concept of "gentleness" in the Rules.

But after the blood-red words appeared, all the NPCs turned into charred creatures. The children didn't turn into charred creatures, but their cheeks were bruised and their heads were bleeding, making them look nothing like normal children.

This place is full of dead people.

As Tao Yuan ran, he also saw other people being chased by NPCs, and some people holding children who were just as bewildered as the chasers. Suddenly, he slammed on the brakes.

An Ying stumbled as she followed behind.

"What's wrong?"

"Don't rush to return them. These charcoal-covered creatures won't chase people carrying children," Tao Yuan, slightly out of breath. "The last Rules doesn't specify a time limit; we can return these children whenever we want."

"The important thing now is to save these children. We've already triggered the first Rules since the Battle Royale began."

An Ying glanced at her own pale skin, then at the dark-skinned people around her, and realized where the difference lay.

"Wouldn't they be that shameless?"

"That's just how shameless we are." Tao Yuan's expression was grave. "They are dead, we are not, so they will be hunted down by these ghosts. But by some twist of fate, we were carrying the child ghost, so we weren't the first ones hunted by these ghosts."

"These Rules should have a specific order; at least now that we have children with us, they won't hunt us down first."

"Time is limited. Let's sneak in and explore other places while we have this opportunity. We'll send the child away once we find a solution to Rules One."

Tao Yuan pointed, An Ying looked in that direction and saw a small bookstore with a sign that read "Heaven Bookshop".

This is one of the reasons why Tao Yuan just made an emergency stop.

The bookstore's Rules are posted prominently at the entrance.

Bookstore Rules

1. Books in bookstores don't talk or move. If you see books that sing or dance, it's just a hallucination because you haven't had enough rest.

Second: There is no owner in the bookstore; it's an unmanned bookstore. If someone asks you for money, don't give it to them.

Thirdly, keep quiet in the bookstore and do not make loud noises that may disturb other readers.

Fourth: There are no bookstores on this street.

The four Rules sent a chill down their spines.

"Rules four is clearly wrong; the bookstore's Rules have been corrupted," Tao Yuan analyzed quickly. "It seems the daytime Rules might be affected. The bookstore's second and fourth Rules are both incorrect. We need to hurry."

"Good."

After the two men carried the six children into the bookstore, they loosened their grip. Once free, the children quickly moved away from them, their white and blue eyes wide with suspicion.

Perhaps due to the Rules, the children dared not emit sonic attacks after entering the bookstore, and could only quietly gesture in sign language.

Tao Yuan stared at the children for a few moments, then, still uneasy, took the Pink Chainsaw from his waist and raised it high towards the little monsters.

The little monsters' eyes cleared up at that moment, and they waved their hands frantically.

An Ying quickly steadied the Chainsaw.

Tao Yuan looked at him with a puzzled expression: What?

An Ying replied with her eyes, "You're making too much noise. Don't do anything, just tie him up."

Tao Yuan let go, without explaining that she intended to cripple the children's arms and legs. However, after An Ying stopped her, she thought about it again and wondered what would happen if the children's Dad came looking for her. She couldn't just put the arms back on.

She didn't think it through.

So she nodded, and the two of them tied the six children together and chained them to the exit of the bookstore.

As she stood up, Tao Yuan quickly reached for an old newspaper on the shelf next to the cashier.

An Ying wasn't in a hurry to read; he was taking in the layout of the bookstore.