He's Got Cheats!

"My talent can break the rules. In that case, getting out shouldn't be too difficult..." Zhou Yi thought, feeling a little more at ease.

"I'll look around elsewhere and see if I can find a way out..."

Zhou Yi didn't stay at his workstation. After thinking it over, he began walking around the factory.

After making a round, Zhou Yi arrived at the break room mentioned in the employee handbook.

The room wasn't empty. Three Chosen Ones had already gathered inside.

They were from the Kimchi Kingdom, the Pretty Kingdom, and the Sakura Kingdom, and they seemed to be discussing something...

When Zhou Yi entered, the three Chosen Ones stopped talking and turned their attention to him.

"Looks like the Dragon Kingdom has a pretty capable Chosen One this time..." The Chosen One from the Pretty Kingdom spoke, surprise in his eyes as he looked at Zhou Yi.

"You're not bad yourselves..." Zhou Yi replied with a faint smile.

"As long as we're in the slaughterhouse, the rules will assimilate us and turn us into the weird. We won't even need seven days to become monsters..." The Chosen One from the Kimchi Kingdom pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and looked at Zhou Yi.

"This Bloody Slaughterhouse clearly never intended to let us walk out..." The Chosen One from the Pretty Kingdom spoke again.

If they worked, they'd be assimilated and turned into beasts of burden. If they didn't, they'd become beasts of burden at everyone's mercy. They'd probably be completely assimilated before they could find a way out.

"Chosen One from the Dragon Kingdom, do you have any ideas?" The Chosen One from the Pretty Kingdom looked at Zhou Yi and asked.

"Ideas? Of course. We just fight our way out!" Zhou Yi replied.

Judging by the situation, there was no safe way out of the Bloody Slaughterhouse.

At that moment, his Super Brain told him it was time to use his Super Strength!

"Fight our way out? Are you crazy? Without enough strength, how are we supposed to stand against the weird?" The Chosen One from the Pretty Kingdom looked at Zhou Yi as if he were insane.

"They're only the weird. I could wipe them out with a snap of my fingers. If I want to leave, the road will be right beneath my feet." Zhou Yi didn't explain further, only smiling faintly.

"Heh. Are all you people from the Dragon Kingdom that arrogant?"

Hearing this, the Chosen One from the Sakura Kingdom gave a cold laugh, then turned to the Chosen Ones from the Pretty Kingdom and the Kimchi Kingdom. "Come on, don't bother with him. Let's explore the other areas and see if we can find a way out."

With that, the Chosen One from the Sakura Kingdom didn't linger. He headed out of the break room.

Seeing this, the Chosen Ones from the Pretty Kingdom and the Kimchi Kingdom glanced at Zhou Yi, then left without a word.

Zhou Yi didn't react much to their departure. After they left, he didn't stay there either, heading toward the slaughterhouse's entrance.

The way was clear, and no one stopped him. Zhou Yi reached the slaughterhouse exit without any effort and came to a rusty iron gate.

Black mist coiled around the gate. Even from several meters away, he could feel the eerie aura it gave off.

"Let's see which is harder, this gate or my fist..."

Looking at the iron gate radiating an eerie aura, Zhou Yi showed no fear. Instead, his eyes glinted with eagerness. He loosened up and prepared to strike.

But before he could act, Mo Shang and Jiang Shuyu arrived.

"Hello." Mo Shang smiled and greeted him.

Zhou Yi didn't respond. Keeping a wary eye on the two, he asked, "Are you guests of the slaughterhouse?"

"Something like that."

Mo Shang nodded, then took a Blood Key from his pocket and opened the rusty iron gate.

As the gate swung open, the black mist surrounding the slaughterhouse suddenly parted, revealing a passage.

Looking out through it, they could see a ruined city...

Zhou Yi froze. He'd just been about to use his talent to force his way through, and the other guy had casually pulled out a key and opened the gate!

"Aren't you coming out? If you're not, I'll lock it again." Mo Shang asked, looking at the stunned Zhou Yi.

"Huh? Oh, I'm coming."

Zhou Yi came back to his senses. Seeing the gate wide open, he immediately followed them outside the slaughterhouse.

As soon as he left the slaughterhouse, a notification appeared before his eyes.

[Congratulations to the Dragon Kingdom's Chosen One for clearing the Hell-difficulty instance, Bloody Slaughterhouse.]

[Rating: Two stars. Luck is also part of strength.]

[Reward: A 10% increase in the physique of everyone in the Dragon Kingdom]

Looking at the clear notification, Zhou Yi seemed a little bewildered.

Not only him—in the audience watching the instance livestream, countless viewers began filling the screen with question marks.

"Wait, he just casually walked out? Where'd this guy get a key?"

"They seem to be guests of the slaughterhouse. They have a key, so I guess it makes sense..."

"The weird helped open the door? Is that right?"

"How are they weird? They're clearly good people!"

"Why do I feel like they aren't weird at all?"

"Pretty handy."

After Zhou Yi came out, Mo Shang locked the gate again and tossed the key in his hand, a faint smile appearing on his face.

"Um, pardon me for asking, but where did you get that key?" Zhou Yi asked, looking at the key in Mo Shang's hand with curiosity.

"Aren't you leaving?" Mo Shang didn't answer Zhou Yi's question, but asked him one of his own.

This key wasn't an ordinary item. It was a creation of the rules of the Weird World. Whoever held it could freely travel between Blue Star and the Weird World...

As for how he'd gotten it, that went back to when he'd been chatting with the Butcher in his office.

While talking with the Butcher, he'd casually mentioned it. Then the rules of the Weird World had kicked in and given him a key...

"No rush. There's still something I need to do..." Zhou Yi said with a smile.

Although he'd already cleared the instance, Zhou Yi wasn't in a hurry to leave. Looking at the gate, now locked again, he felt an itch to test his strength.

With the idea of testing his talent in mind, he threw a punch.

The next moment, his S-Rank Talent activated. The eerie aura coiling around the iron gate melted away like snow, and the already rusty gate crumbled to dust in an instant, scattering into nothingness.

As the gate was forcibly destroyed, a roar rang out across the entire slaughterhouse:

"Damn you! You already got out, and you still smashed my door! I'm going to kill you!"

"Oh, crap! Run for it..."

Hearing the Butcher's roar, Zhou Yi knew things were about to go south. Without the slightest hesitation, he teleported back to the real world.

"Why do I keep running into cheaters everywhere I go? I'm so done. I shouldn't have bothered opening the door for him..."

Watching the other guy smash the gate with one punch, Mo Shang couldn't help but stare in astonishment.

After all, this instance was reinforced by rules. Everything was supposed to follow them.

While the other Chosen Ones had to tread carefully under the rules and search for clues to clear the instance, this guy had simply punched right through them.

"Honestly, the world's a stage for all the heavens. If you don't have cheats, don't bother showing up..."

After muttering that again, Mo Shang didn't linger. He left with Jiang Shuyu.