Home Invaded

At the sight of a bumper car delivered right to their doorstep, the five ghost cars wasted no time. They opened their huge mouths and charged.

Madness. Sheer madness.

Meng Chengcheng stared in disbelief. But then she thought about it: Chen Feng would never kill himself. He had to have a reason.

Crash! Crash! Crash!

Three collisions in a row knocked three ghost cars flat, while an urgent alarm blared from Chen Feng's car.

This was the moment to get out and run.

But Chen Feng had no intention of stopping. He floored the accelerator and charged at the two remaining ghost cars.

Watching the ghost cars retreat from the blaring alarm, Meng Chengcheng suddenly understood.

Of course.

The bumper car arena was only so big. Keeping their car intact while five ghost cars surrounded them was a pipe dream.

They had to find a way to destroy the ghost cars.

The fourth rule had clearly said that a white bumper car was extremely dangerous when it exploded.

If it was dangerous to people, wouldn't it be dangerous to ghost cars too?

Why did collisions leave the ghost cars stunned? Why was there a countdown instead of an immediate explosion? Why did the ghost cars back away during that countdown? They were all clues!

"What are you waiting for? Run!"

Chen Feng stood, grabbed the distracted Meng Chengcheng, and jumped out of the bumper car.

As soon as they got clear, an explosion engulfed every stunned ghost car nearby.

"Done."

Chen Feng made an OK sign. Just as he had expected, none of the ghost cars caught in the blast got up again.

"Want to pick one and get in?"

"Uh..."

Meng Chengcheng curled her lip in disgust. The ghost car's seat was covered in flesh-colored skin, and its steering wheel was an organ resembling a heart. It even throbbed, with mucus clinging to it. The sight made her stomach turn.

"I'll pass. The mission's already failed anyway, so the Game Coin doesn't matter anymore."

"All right, then."

The moment Chen Feng sat in a ghost car, a system notification sounded in his ear: [Ding! Congratulations, user! You have successfully checked in at the Horror Amusement Park's Bumper Cars attraction.]

It worked!

One more attraction, and five System Points would be his.

After leaving the bumper cars, the two faced a new problem.

They had now cleared all the low-difficulty attractions: Goldfish Catching, Air Rifle, Hide-and-Seek, and Bumper Cars.

For their last attraction, should they choose between Dancing and Dressing as a Mascot, both with higher death rates, or try the suspicious-looking Ring Toss?

Chen Feng asked Meng Chengcheng, "Can you dance?"

Meng Chengcheng thought for a moment. "Does a shamanic ritual dance count?"

"Probably not."

"Then no."

"If you can't dance, that leaves Dressing as a Mascot."

"Why? Can't we choose Ring Toss?" Meng Chengcheng suggested.

"Didn't you say Ring Toss might be the hardest attraction? A sheep doesn't just wander into a pack of wolves."

Chen Feng had been a game streamer in his previous life.

He knew all too well what it meant when, in a high-ranked Honor of Kings or League of Legends match, an opponent with a cute avatar or cute username picked a mechanically demanding Hero with no skin and no Proficiency. Chances were, you were done for.

"That was then. This is now."

Meng Chengcheng couldn't help thinking, With a local monster like you here, what difference does the attraction make?

"It has a zero percent death rate. You don't want to die here, do you?"

"Fine."

Chen Feng had no idea where her confidence came from, but he agreed.

Ring Toss was easily the shabbiest of all the attractions.

Beneath an old, crooked tree, the stallkeeper had drawn a line in chalk. Plastic rings lay on one side; on the other stood square pet cages, each holding a little white rabbit.

White fur, red eyes, short tails.

Nothing about them looked unusual.

But after what had happened with the goldfish, neither of them underestimated these creatures.

The stallkeeper was a giant rabbit the size of a human. It gnawed on a carrot while holding up a wooden rules board.

The rules were written in red:

[1. Ring a Mr. Rabbit to earn one Game Coin.]

[2. Mr. Rabbit is very hungry.]

[3. Be good to Mr. Rabbit.]

[4. Do not be bad to Mr. Rabbit.]

As usual, Chen Feng turned and asked, "Chengcheng, what do you think?"

Meng Chengcheng shook her head. "Such a stereotype. Carrots are high in sugar and low in fiber, so they aren't suitable for rabbits. I've raised rabbits before. They prefer hay."

Who asked you that?

Chen Feng shrugged. "It's a monster. It can eat whatever it likes. We're lucky it isn't gnawing on a human head."

"I meant, why do you think there are only four rules this time?"

The zero death rate and the shorter list of rules made Chen Feng feel that something wasn't right.

Meng Chengcheng declared with complete confidence, "After careful analysis, I have no idea."

Then what are you so proud of?

Chen Feng watched for a while. Whenever a visitor landed a ring on a cage, the stallkeeper did indeed award them a Game Coin.

Then the rabbit inside that cage vanished.

Where did it go?

Did it go to the visitor's home, or had it turned invisible?

Chen Feng remembered a patient at the Mental Hospital who had said an invisible monster was tormenting him.

Could that have been the so-called Mr. Rabbit?

Chen Feng flicked a ring and easily landed it around a cage.

At the same moment, the cage's lock sprang open. The little white rabbit hopped out, sprinted away, and soon vanished into the night.

Where was it going?

Would it come back for dinner?

Chen Feng was utterly baffled. For a moment, he wondered if he was hallucinating. But when the rabbit stallkeeper handed him a Game Coin, the system notification sounded:

[Ding! Congratulations, user! You have successfully checked in at the Horror Amusement Park's Ring Toss attraction.]

[Congratulations, user! You have successfully completed the Horror Amusement Park check-in. Reward: 5 System Points.]

That was it?

Chen Feng felt as if he had just watched a movie with an ending that went nowhere.

Meng Chengcheng had also finished Ring Toss. Cupping her hands around what looked like empty air, she said to Chen Feng, "The bunny's actually pretty cute."

"Huh?"

"You can't see it? I guess everyone can only see their own rabbit."

It turned out Chen Feng had been right: only its owner could see a Mr. Rabbit.

The problem was that everyone else's rabbit was beside them, while his had run off.

Did my overpowering foot odor scare it away?

Chen Feng laughed at himself. "We can leave now."

"Yeah, let's go... Ah!"

Meng Chengcheng's expression suddenly changed, and she cried out.

Chen Feng looked closely and saw a wound on her arm.

"It—it—it's biting me!" Meng Chengcheng exclaimed.

"Rule two: Mr. Rabbit is very hungry," Chen Feng murmured. "Are you supposed to feed Mr. Rabbit your own flesh and blood?"

No wonder the visitors who had played Ring Toss had looked so pale. So that was it.

But why had his rabbit run away?

No way.

That's impossible. Absolutely impossible!

A terrifying possibility struck Chen Feng. "Chengcheng, something urgent came up. I need to get back to my room."

With that, he sprinted all the way to the inn.

Bang.

Chen Feng had barely shut his room door when an alert from the Incarnation System sounded in his ear:

[Warning! Your original body is under attack.]

Happiness Internet Cafe, second-floor staff dormitory.

A sharp pain hit Chen Feng. He opened his eyes and found a white rabbit gnawing on his face!!!