Rule-Based Horror: Mistaken for a Top Player Right from the Start!
Chapter 20

[Happy Kids Swimming Pool 8] Fang Lei's admiration, a sudden blackout!

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The blond had clearly been swimming hard out in front just a moment ago. How had he vanished just like that?

Chen Han also stared at the far end of the pool, dumbfounded.

What had originally been a race between two now had only the eerie entity left in it.

Chen Han unconsciously fumbled with his hands.

Terrifying!

There was definitely something invisible controlling all of this!

The bullet comments were buzzing with discussion too.

"Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!"

"What the fuck happened? I stopped watching closely for just one second, and the blond disappeared?"

"Can someone explain what just happened?"

"That's so scary!"

"Wait, I think I saw it just now. It was something shaped like a black ribbon..."

The livestream chat descended into chaos over the sudden turn of events too.

Even after the eerie entity swam the entire course.

And won.

The blond never reappeared.

When the eerie entity reached the finish, the lifeguard obligingly blew his whistle.

That whistle snapped everyone out of their daze.

The eerie entities did not stop staring just because the race had ended.

Instead, they kept staring at the drainage area, the deepest part of the deep end.

It was as though some rare treasure lay there.

Perhaps it was precisely because their gazes held such a strong sense of purpose.

That everyone present felt a chill run down their spines.

Fang Lei followed the eerie entities' gazes too, only to find that the area they were watching was nothing but an unremarkable patch of water.

Wait!

Hadn't Big Shot Chen Han said earlier, "Only if he can get past that deepest hurdle will he have a chance"?

Could that deepest spot mean this place? In terms of its physical conditions, this was indeed the deepest part of the entire pool.

Fang Lei also liked swimming in his spare time, so naturally, he knew that pools had a drainage area.

And that drainage area was right here!

But what hurdle was there in this drainage area?

Fang Lei's thoughts hit another dead end.

Nobody dared move a muscle now, because the eerie entities still had not looked away.

They feared that if they moved, an eerie entity would choose to race them.

Five minutes passed.

A corpse slowly floated to the surface.

Although his face was ashen and his skin looked somewhat abnormal.

His conspicuous blond hair alone was still enough to tell everyone who he was.

Black ribbon-like objects faintly coiled around the blond's corpse.

These were probably what had killed him.

Nobody present was surprised by the blond's death. After all, from the moment he disappeared, his chances of survival had already been slim.

But when a corpse floated up like this.

The mood still sank to its lowest point.

The one most shaken was undoubtedly Fang Lei.

What shook Fang Lei was not the blond, but Chen Han!

Chen Han had perfectly predicted the obstacle the blond would encounter.

At the deepest part of the pool, black ribbon-like objects would drag players underwater and drown them.

The blond had failed to evade them, so he died.

Fang Lei's lips began to tremble slightly as he spoke excitedly to Chen Han.

He was so excited that his voice was loud, and ripples even spread across the water.

"Big shot, you really called it!"

Chen Han remained calm. This time, he did not even speak, as though silently agreeing with Fang Lei's statement.

The bullet comments were also stunned by Chen Han's prediction.

"Holy shit! Holy shit! Alas, I'm an uncultured old man. 'Holy shit' is all I have for every occasion!"

"How did he think of that?"

"Chen Han's powers of observation are terrifying!"

"Why do I get the feeling Chen Han is going to take that auntie out in the end? Someone as smart as him wouldn't leave a threat hanging around!"

"Fang Lei is so lucky to get to follow a big shot like him!"

When Chen Han saw the blond surface right in the drainage area.

His mind was also flooded with holy shit.

He really had never expected this!

The blond had died in the drainage area, but not because of its depth.

It was because the black ribbon-like objects in the drainage area could kill people.

Fang Lei was incredibly excited now and kept showering him with flattery.

Chen Han ignored all of it. He was afraid he might accidentally laugh while answering Fang Lei.

The auntie was in an excellent mood now, naturally because the blond was dead.

With the blond dead, nobody would come looking for trouble with her.

But soon, when she heard Fang Lei showering Chen Han with flattery, she lost her composure again.

This Chen Han had actually predicted exactly how the blond would die!

He was truly unfathomable!

No, I have to get rid of a dangerous character like Chen Han!

The girl with the high ponytail had eyes full of resentment.

Damn it, if I'd known, I wouldn't have sided with the auntie at the start.

I should've just followed Chen Han.

She was also a newbie entering an instance for the second time, so naturally, she hoped to find a golden thigh to cling to.

She had never expected the auntie before her to be such a ruthless character!

She had actually sold the blond out.

By contrast, Chen Han and Fang Lei got along much more naturally and harmoniously.

Now, it was probably already too late for the girl with the high ponytail to side with Chen Han.

Someone as smart as Chen Han would definitely be on guard against her!

How could my judgment be so poor? If I'd known, I would've sided with Chen Han from the start.

She was now filled with regret,

Hating only that she had missed such an incredible opportunity!

After the blond's corpse floated up, although the eerie entities did not do anything that crossed the line too far.

It was obvious that they definitely wanted something from him.

They stared at the corpse with incredibly greedy eyes.

Chen Han checked the time. It was almost one in the morning.

That also meant the first blackout would arrive soon!

Rule 6 stated it clearly.

[6. The swimming pool will lose power once every hour. Please do not keep company with the darkness, and always watch for places with light.]

Chen Han swallowed.

Darkness was a fear etched into human instinct.

Soon, the first blackout arrived.

In an instant, all the pool's lights went out.

The pool was mainly illuminated by four streetlights positioned at its four corners.

They stood relatively far from the pool, relying mainly on powerful light sources to light the way.

Chen Han was bewildered.

What's going on? Wasn't there supposed to be a "place with light"?

Why can't I see a single place with light now?

An immense sense of unease spread through the pool.

Chen Han was not the only one panicking. Everyone else there was panicking too.

This pool was not safe!

The blond had only just been dragged underwater and drowned!

And now the players had been plunged into an extremely disadvantageous situation!

They did not even know whether the eerie entities would take this opportunity to attack the players.

Suddenly, light appeared to Chen Han's right.

The area illuminated by this light was three meters in diameter.

The light was very close to Chen Han, almost within arm's reach.

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