In a World of Horrors, You Call This a Raising Game?
Chapter 1

Entering the Weird World, the Slacker Life Plan is Disrupted

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Dragon Kingdom, Bo City, Yulan Academy.

[Weird World has finished loading, launching globally.]

"Hey, you guys heard that too, right?"

"I thought I was hallucinating."

"Someone in the broadcast room must have forgotten to mute their mic while gaming."

The classroom erupted in clamor as every student discussed the voice they had just heard.

"Weird World?"

Li Ran lifted his head from behind a thick wall of books, a hint of surprise in his sleepy eyes.

While everyone else was still confused, that chilling system voice rang out in Li Ran's ears once more.

[Twenty-five individuals will now be selected from this region to enter the Weird World. The time limit is fifteen days. The dungeon will feature random spawn points, randomly triggered tasks, and random rewards.] [The dungeon includes exploration and survival, horror and ghosts, doomsday viruses, weird resurgence, Cthulhu mythos, and player versus player combat.] [After fifteen days, those who are still alive will be teleported back to the real world. At that time, players may bring back special abilities, items, and characters obtained within the dungeon. Death in the dungeon means death in reality.] [Commencing random dungeon selection.]

Before everyone's eyes, images flickered rapidly like film strips.

As the images slowed, the final scene locked into place before them.

[Dungeon selected for this region--Happy Home]

In the image, a residential complex shrouded in night appeared before Li Ran.

Yet, to Li Ran, this home seemed permeated with strangeness, having absolutely nothing to do with happiness.

Dark clouds loomed, and the night sky was devoid of stars.

The streets were deathly silent, the park was desolate, and among the dozen or so buildings, only a few lights flickered.

"Ugh!!!"

Following a bizarre sound, Li Ran furrowed his brows slightly.

He saw a giant insect cocoon covered in countless Tentacles clinging to the exterior wall of a high-rise, the massive cocoon pulsing slowly like a living heart.

"What the..."

Li Ran stared at the monster in the image, his scalp tingling. "What the hell is that?"

Did the insect race build a nest on the wall?

It looked as if something alive inside the cocoon was ready to burst out at any moment.

The footage continued to play, the perspective sweeping over the sky above the complex to overlook the park.

"Whoa!!!"

The class erupted in an instant, everyone gripped by panic.

In the image, the park surrounded by buildings was packed with hundreds of terrifying monsters of all shapes and sizes. The park was crammed to the point of bursting, with hair-raising roars rising from below, and even more monsters swarming out from every building.

"Hiss-hiss-hiss!!!"

"Ugh-ugh-ugh!!!"

"Heh-heh-heh!!!"

The density of monsters in the park turned every student's face deathly pale, their scalps crawling!

Dense, overlapping, deformed, mutated, twisted, rotting, bloody—every horrific element one could imagine was concentrated within a single residential park.

This was no Happy Home; it was clearly a Monster Paradise!

The image vanished abruptly, and the cold system voice sounded again.

[This dungeon contains a mental Desire Virus; those infected by this virus will turn into monsters governed by their desires. However, players can rest assured: they are quite normal during the day.]

"Rest assured my ass! Isn't sending us in there just sending us to our deaths?" his deskmate Wang Xiaoxian cursed.

[Commencing selection of players to enter the Weird World. Detecting individual data within range.] [Selection range: Yulan Academy] [Data detection complete. Selecting the twenty-five players with the best comprehensive abilities to enter the Weird World.]

"Comprehensive abilities, best?" Li Ran smacked his lips and went back to sleeping on his desk. "Nothing to worry about then, it won't be the turn of a slacker like me."

The cold, emotionless voice continued.

[You have been selected!]

"What the f*ck?" All traces of sleepiness vanished, and Li Ran was instantly wide awake.

At this moment, the portraits of twenty-five people appeared before everyone, and Li Ran was prominently among them.

"I don't believe it. How could Li Ran be the only one from our class selected?"

"This bottom-feeder has the best comprehensive ability in our class?"

"How is that possible? He's always last in every test."

The classmates all turned to look at Li Ran in the back row.

Li Ran himself was dumbfounded. As a poor student, he was the center of attention for the first time, which made him a little uncomfortable.

He didn't think he was particularly smart, excellent, or possessed any extraordinary skills.

If there was one tiny difference, it was that his parents had left him a substantial inheritance.

How substantial?

Well, as long as he didn't squander it, it was enough for him to live for at least three lifetimes.

Of course, no one knew about his transmigration.

Besides that, he also had a cheat.

But could that be considered overall ability?

[The Weird World is about to initiate teleportation. Please be ready, selected players.]

"No way..." Li Ran suddenly stood up. "This is for real?"

As a beam of light appeared above Li Ran's head, his deskmate Wang Xiaoxian jumped back a few steps, looking at Li Ran in disbelief.

The beam of light retracted, and Li Ran completely vanished from the classroom.

At the same time, twenty-five players within the academy were successively teleported away.

Wang Xiaoxian looked at the spot where Li Ran had disappeared with a dejected expression. "You said we'd be slacking off together as bad students, but you suddenly stood out and completely fooled me."

[Important reminder: If any of the twenty-five players die in the Weird World, the monsters in the instance will descend upon the city where the area is located.]

"Holy crap!!!"

Yulan Academy fell into a state of panic.

[You have entered the Weird World]

[Current Instance: Happy Home]

[Initial Guide Mission: Pick up Li Ziyang from school and take him home]

[Your Identity: Li Ziyang's father]

[Reward: Mysterious Power +10, Points 100]

[The higher your Mysterious Power, the stronger you become. Points can be used to purchase items in the instance mall. Lastly, good luck.]

The cold system voice echoed in Li Ran's ears before falling silent.

A building resembling a rainbow castle appeared before Li Ran's eyes.

"Happy Kindergarten?" Li Ran read the name on the sign at the entrance.

He looked at the deserted and eerily silent street.

"It seems I've entered the Weird World."

He stood alone on the street, his "teammates" nowhere to be found.

Looking into the distance, he saw a residential area with tall buildings.

That was the "Monster Paradise" from the image!

Li Ran's pupils contracted slightly. He had been single his entire life, never touched a woman, never sown his wild oats across the world, and hadn't truly enjoyed life. He didn't want to die in an instance.

He had thought he could be a slacker transmigator, living a carefree and wasted life.

But the arrival of the Weird World had completely disrupted his life plans.

"Ring ring~!"

The school bell signaling the end of class from the kindergarten pulled Li Ran out of his thoughts.

"School's out?" Li Ran looked at the dead silent street. "Not a single parent is here to pick up their children."

As he was wondering, a frail child walked out from the kindergarten gate.

The child was not tall, about five or six years old, with short, choppy hair that just covered his eyebrows. His small face was exceptionally pale, and his eyes were unusually dark, strongly resembling a child named Saeki Toshio from a certain movie.

Li Ran was stunned. So, this kindergarten only had one student?

If he wasn't mistaken, he was this child's father.

At this moment, a few lines of text, visible only to Li Ran, appeared above the child's head.

PS:

There is no live broadcast in the full text, so please stop worrying about it.

Seeking collection, recommendations, and follow-ups for the new book.

There are foreshadowing elements in the early stages, so big shots, don't be impatient. Wait until the end for Survival Day, and it will be explosive!

Thrilling, bizarre, terrifying, passionate, high-energy throughout, and incredibly satisfying!

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