[Happy Kids Swimming Pool 9] The Children Appeared Again. Did Something Happen to Chen Han?

Chen Han hurriedly swam over.

That light was like a lifeline.

Only when Chen Han actually entered the circle of light did his sense of danger disappear.

He breathed a sigh of relief, too.

This was probably what the system meant by always keeping an eye out for places with light.

Fang Lei followed close behind.

The bullet comments started flooding in, too.

"I didn't expect this to be the lit area the system mentioned. I thought it meant somewhere else."

"What a false alarm!"

"A pitch-black swimming pool is terrifying, but luckily the livestream is in color now!"

"Chen Han is so lucky. The lit area appeared right beside him, unlike those other two!"

Only then did the livestream viewers notice that the middle-aged woman and the girl with the high ponytail were still in the dark area nearby.

They were hurrying toward Chen Han in a panic.

This wasn't just because of the rules, but also because the anomalies were actually moving toward the players through the darkness.

In particular, they were moving toward the middle-aged woman and the girl with the high ponytail, who were still in the dark area.

And they weren't moving slowly.

It created an immense sense of pressure!

Within just a few seconds, the middle-aged woman and the girl with the high ponytail reached the lit area.

Partly because they were fast, and partly because the lit area was large enough.

It could accommodate this many people.

Had it been any smaller, there was no telling.

The middle-aged woman started muttering complaints as soon as she arrived.

"Why couldn't it have spawned right where I was?"

"It had to spawn in this lousy spot."

"If we ran into some beasts in human skin, wouldn't they just hog the entire lit area?"

Everything the middle-aged woman said was aimed at Chen Han and Fang Lei.

Fang Lei was very displeased to hear her words.

Seeing her get Blondie killed had already left him shaken.

And now she was still running her mouth.

Fang Lei practically wanted to slap her.

This woman seemed like the sort who would force others to give up their seats on a bus, cut in line while buying groceries, and make up rumors that spread everywhere.

Chen Han gave the middle-aged woman a casual glance.

Although he said nothing.

Fang Lei read a new message in his gaze.

Big shot Chen Han definitely had killing intent just now!

So how would he deal with her?

Attacking the woman directly now actually offered uncertain odds of victory.

After all, she was a veteran who had already been through three instances. If she had some item that could take them down with her, it would be dangerous.

So Fang Lei guessed that big shot Chen Han wouldn't rush to deal with her, but would very likely use the rules to eliminate her!

Was his guess right?

The pool's power outage lasted so long that Chen Han felt as though a century had passed.

Within the lit area, the light did not spread anywhere else.

So aside from seeing what was within a three-meter diameter, Chen Han couldn't see anything at all.

However, he caught a bloody smell coming from the darkness.

A bad premonition hung over him. Blondie would probably disappear completely once power was restored.

Just then, shuffling footsteps sounded again.

The sound was so familiar, just like the footsteps he had heard in the ticketing area.

That group of children had returned.

Chen Han suddenly remembered the child he had seen just before leaving the ticketing area.

Could he be among this group, too?

The children were roughhousing, laughing and teasing.

It was hard to tell which direction the laughter was coming from.

What exactly were they laughing at?

"Hahaha, you're a kid without a mom!"

"What are you crying for?"

"Hey, hide his stuff."

"If you dare tell the teacher, I won't let you off."

"Don't forget our agreement."

The content was very similar to what Chen Han had heard in the passage between the ticketing area and the pool.

There was definitely some connection.

Judging by what they said, it sounded a lot like bullying.

And it was bullying between children.

The bullet comments offered their own guesses, too.

"This is so creepy. Did something happen here before?"

"So far, aside from the children's voices, we haven't seen any bullying scenes."

"This laughter is so annoying. I just muted it!"

Power returned to the pool.

The lights came back on.

The outage had lasted about ten minutes.

Chen Han specifically checked the time.

He discovered in shock that Blondie's corpse had indeed disappeared.

But it didn't look as though it had been eaten.

After all, if the anomalies had really eaten it, there would at least have been some traces of blood left behind.

And some scraps of flesh.

Yet there wasn't a single trace left in the pool.

Blondie's corpse was nowhere to be found, either.

The children were gone, too.

Could the children only appear in the darkness?

The middle-aged woman still kept her distance from Chen Han and Fang Lei.

The girl with the high ponytail kept her distance, too, except she kept away from everyone.

Chen Han didn't mind. In fact, he hadn't noticed any of it.

He was only thinking about when exactly he could leave the pool.

Rule 10 said to leave the pool before dawn.

But would Chen Han really be safe if he stepped out of the pool now?

The hour passed quickly.

It was almost two in the morning.

Suddenly, another anomaly moved. This one looked like a very cute, delicate young woman.

She wore a very sexy bikini.

Outside a rules horror scenario, Chen Han would have been very willing to get to know this beauty.

But inside a rules horror scenario, he only felt unnerved.

The young woman walked toward Chen Han with an eerie smile on her face.

All the while, she maintained eye contact with him.

Of course Chen Han knew what her gaze meant. It meant she had already chosen him.

Except this selection meant she wanted to race Chen Han in the pool.

Once Chen Han actually raced her, he would definitely never return.

A fine sheen of cold sweat appeared on Chen Han's forehead.

The closer he came to a life-or-death moment, the less clearheaded he became.

It was as though his body was deliberately reducing his suffering, deliberately blurring his consciousness.

Amid that haze.

A sudden, excruciating pain shot through Chen Han's damn foot.

In plain terms, his foot cramped!

It hurt so fucking much that Chen Han nearly died.

Chen Han could even feel his foot trembling involuntarily.

It was no longer under his control.

He was falling apart inside.

Why did his foot have to cramp at this exact moment?

Chen Han flailed in pain, unconsciously raising his right hand high and straight into the air.

Immediately afterward, a shrill whistle pierced the air.

Fang Lei was startled by Chen Han's reaction, too.

When this cute girl first started approaching, he had already thought things were looking bad.

He had originally wanted to rely on big shot Chen Han.

Even if he really was chosen to race, big shot Chen Han might still be able to tell him how to clear it.

But could he no longer count on big shot Chen Han either?!