[Happy Kids Swimming Pool 12] The third blackout, the middle-aged woman was caught by an anomaly!

Chen Han felt terrible all over.

He figured that every time the pool lost power, this child would stay behind him.

The second blackout ended.

Everyone returned to their original positions.

Only then did Chen Han recover some energy, though he felt a little tired.

Still, he would have no problem holding on until morning.

The others, however, were not so lucky.

For Fang Lei and the girl with the high ponytail, this was their second instance. Neither had earned an item reward from their first instance or a reward from the system.

After all, not everyone could earn rewards.

Chen Han had earned item and system rewards because he had achieved a perfect clear.

Normally, earning item rewards required a perfect clear.

System rewards were different. Successfully clearing any non-beginner instance was enough to earn them.

A perfect clear simply earned more rewards.

So neither Fang Lei nor the girl with the high ponytail was in very good shape now.

Chen Han glanced at their somewhat pale faces. With their constitutions, they probably would not last until morning.

They would likely pass out from dehydration.

The middle-aged woman was in better shape, but not by much.

She was only slightly more energetic.

All they could do for the remaining time was endure.

If it were a contest between players to see who could hold out the longest,

Chen Han would undoubtedly take first place.

Inside an instance, Chen Han would never feel hungry.

In the pool, everyone could only stand.

They could not sit down.

If they wanted to sit, they could only sit on the pool's edge.

But would that not be breaking the rules?

In fact, Chen Han's group was not the only one currently attempting the "Happy Kids Swimming Pool" instance.

Other people were attempting the same instance.

Even now, there were six livestreams.

Since the viewers had not seen the players do anything for a while, they began hopping between the other livestreams.

They heatedly discussed how exactly to clear the instance.

"Did you guys see the stream next door? Someone thought leaving the pool counted as clearing the instance, so that dumbass climbed straight out. Guess what happened next?"

"What happened?"

"When the lifeguard saw someone come out of the pool, he crushed that person's head!"

"Holy shit! That's terrifying. Does that mean players can't leave the pool?"

"That has to be it!"

"But then why does rule ten tell players to leave the pool before dawn?"

"That I don't know... but practice reveals the truth. Someone went out and died, so going out definitely isn't right!"

The livestream chat was deep in heated discussion.

Time ticked by, and soon it was three in the morning.

The third blackout!

Darkness enveloped the place again. Everyone had already grown used to it.

They were terrified, but they could only get used to it.

Having a stress response was not an option!

This time, the light took even longer to appear.

Everyone could feel that there was a very high chance the anomaly would catch them this time.

Each of them prayed frantically in their hearts for the light to appear quickly!

It was their hope of survival.

Finally, the light appeared.

But this time, it did not appear beside Chen Han. It appeared ten meters ahead of him.

Why was it so far away this time!

There was no time to think.

This time, Chen Han could not simply run over. He had to swim.

It took Chen Han a little time, but he still arrived before the anomaly did.

Fang Lei followed close behind, panting.

Now only the middle-aged woman and the girl with the high ponytail had yet to arrive.

The girl with the high ponytail was younger than the middle-aged woman, after all, although she had a little less energy.

Her explosive strength, however, was much greater than the middle-aged woman's.

So the girl with the high ponytail held a slight advantage.

Just as the girl with the high ponytail was about to reach the circle of light,

she suddenly glanced back at the middle-aged woman struggling through the water.

She kicked her.

The middle-aged woman stared at the girl with the high ponytail ahead of her in disbelief.

She had never expected this usually quiet girl to do something like this.

After kicking the middle-aged woman away, the girl with the high ponytail darted into the circle of light.

Then she screamed like a madwoman at the middle-aged woman, who had been kicked over in the water.

"You forced me to do this!"

"If I don't kill you, I'll definitely be the next person you get killed!"

"So just die!"

At that, the girl with the high ponytail actually revealed a trace of an utterly horrifying smile.

A large amount of water instantly flooded the middle-aged woman's nose. Though it was not enough to leave her unable to move,

it still slowed her down considerably.

The chat was also stunned by the girl with the high ponytail's sudden change.

"Holy shit, how come she's the one who did it?"

"Wasn't she always so quiet? She scared the shit out of me."

"You really don't understand human nature. Often, the more someone looks like a pushover, the scarier they are when they snap."

"How many people can take part in a rules horror game without breaking down?"

"She looks like the quietest one, but she's probably been mad for ages!"

"Not everyone is a big shot like Chen Han who can dodge every one of the anomaly's traps so easily!"

The middle-aged woman's will to survive was strong.

Even at the very end, she still frantically made her way toward the circle of light where Chen Han stood.

Water had gotten into the middle-aged woman's eyes, turning them bloodshot.

She looked just like a drowned female ghost, now coming to claim Chen Han's life!

Just as the middle-aged woman was about to reach the circle of light, she revealed a smile of certain victory.

Just wait. As soon as she entered the circle of light, the girl with the high ponytail would be the first to die!

How dare she try to get her killed?

She must have a death wish.

But she soon realized she could no longer move. Something had grabbed her left arm.

She turned to look and saw a child wearing a swim ring, giving her a mechanical smile and gazing at her with watery eyes.

That smile was so innocent.

The middle-aged woman tried desperately to break free.

But then something bizarre happened.

The strength of the middle-aged woman, a grown adult, could not match that of a child.

The child clamped tightly onto her left arm, as though weighing a thousand pounds.

The middle-aged woman could not move at all.

Only then was she truly afraid, and she began shouting for help.

"Help! Save me!"

"I still want to live! I don't want to die!"

"Please, save me! As long as you're willing to save me, I'll do anything you want!"

Naturally, seeing the middle-aged woman like this delighted the chat.

"That's so fucking satisfying!"

"There's always someone nastier to deal with the wicked!"

"I've been hoping this woman would get taken out for ages. The older she gets, the nastier she is!"