Rule-Based Horror: Mistaken for a Top Player Right from the Start!
Chapter 25

[Happy Kids Swimming Pool 13] Chen Han killed two birds with one stone, and Li Chen analyzed it!

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Just as everyone thought the older woman was certain to die this time, Chen Han suddenly did something unexpected.

He abruptly coughed, then scratched his ear with his right hand.

Most people in the livestream failed to catch on at that moment.

They merely thought Chen Han might have done it involuntarily out of fright.

But a small portion of them were longtime viewers of Chen Han's livestream.

Especially Chen Han's diehard fan, Li Chen.

He raised his eyebrows. There was definitely meaning behind what Boss Chen Han had just done!

Could it be?

Was Boss Chen Han raising his right hand?

Was he hinting that the older woman should ask the lifeguard for help?

But why would he give her a hint?

He could not figure that part out.

But he still posted his guess in the bullet comments.

"Boss Chen Han deliberately coughed loudly to get the older woman's attention!"

"Scratching his ear with his right hand was also a hint that she could turn to the lifeguard!"

After Li Chen posted his comments, the bullet comments quickly exploded.

Only this time, instead of praising Chen Han, more people were baffled, and some were even hurling abuse at him.

"Holy shit, why did Chen Han give her a hint? Does he want to save her?"

"Chen Han can still put up with this? That woman's already walked all over him!"

"I hate it when people suddenly go full saint!"

"This is honestly painful to watch. You betrayed Fang Lei's trust in you!"

"Just putting this out there, but I think Boss Chen Han definitely has a plan."

Naturally, Fang Lei also quickly understood the meaning behind Chen Han's gesture.

What was Boss Chen Han doing?

Then Fang Lei looked at the older woman again.

After noticing Chen Han's gesture, the older woman's expression grew even more frenzied. She shakily raised her right hand.

Fang Lei swallowed.

He clearly remembered that the last time Boss Chen Han had survived the eerie entity, it was because he had asked the lifeguard for help.

Could the older woman be saved by the older woman this time too?

Fang Lei was falling apart inside. Boss Chen Han, you're making a terrible mistake.

Someone like that woman wasn't worth saving at all.

She would get us all killed.

After the girl with the high ponytail saw Chen Han's gesture,

her frenzied delight from a moment ago instantly plummeted into the depths of despair.

Why would this man do that?

She stared at the older woman, her face ashen.

Once the lifeguard saved the older woman, she would definitely take revenge on her.

Was she going to die here?

Soon, the lifeguard arrived.

When the older woman saw the lifeguard, it was as though she had seen her savior.

Chen Han must have recognized her value as a veteran of rules-based horror scenarios. That was why he had gone out of his way to give her a hint!

A smile of assured victory curled her lips.

The lifeguard blew his whistle.

The eerie entity immediately released the older woman, then hurriedly dodged away as though terrified.

It was as if something utterly horrifying was about to happen.

And an invisible force actually lifted the older woman into the air.

Fang Lei was puzzled.

Why did something feel off about the way this lifeguard was saving her?

Who lifted someone into the air to save them?

Before he could figure out the answer,

he heard an explosive bang.

Looking up, he saw the older woman's head explode in midair like a watermelon.

Fang Lei froze.

Only when the warm liquid splashed onto his face

did he snap out of his daze.

Then the older woman's corpse dropped back into the water like a torn rag doll.

Because the older woman was very close to Chen Han's group,

an enormous splash erupted right in front of them.

Without exception, everyone was drenched in the pool's chilling water.

For a while, Fang Lei could not even speak.

But he had already grasped one profound truth:

Boss Chen Han had not wanted to save the older woman.

Instead, he had wanted to get him killed!

The girl with the high ponytail froze too, trembling as she looked at Chen Han.

The man wore no particular expression.

Only his gaze looked unfathomably deep.

Like a pool of water with no bottom in sight.

Only then did she truly feel fear, and that fear did not stem from anything she knew.

It came from knowing absolutely nothing!

The bullet comments were stunned too.

"Holy shit, why was that so bizarre?"

"The lifeguard must be working with Chen Han. Why else would he kill her?"

"Holy fucking shit, that scared me to death."

"Is that brain matter stuck in Fang Lei's hair?"

"That's so disgusting. Urgh!"

The people in the livestream were bewildered too. They had no idea why the situation had suddenly taken such a drastic turn.

Li Chen understood Chen Han very well.

He was smart, and he was also devious.

Under normal circumstances, he would not act rashly. He would be very cautious instead.

So something must have given him the assurance he needed to dare do what he had just done!

That something was the rules!

Li Chen reread the rules and finally discovered the key!

[7. During a power outage, you may ask the child for help with any problem. He knows a great deal. Do not trust the lifeguard.]

Rule 7 said that players could not ask the lifeguard for help during a power outage!

And the power was out right now!

The reason Chen Han had been able to ask the lifeguard for help earlier was that the power had not gone out yet!

Li Chen sighed. There was always someone more cunning!

Then he excitedly posted the truth in the livestream.

"Boss Chen Han did that because Rule 7 says the lifeguard can't be trusted during a power outage!"

"Chen Han deliberately made the older woman trust him when she was desperately grasping at straws, then ask the lifeguard for help!"

"My guess is that his main reason for doing this was to test the rules!"

"Because we all know that rules in rules-based horror scenarios can be true or false, Boss Chen Han was using the older woman as a guinea pig!"

Only then did the viewers realize the truth.

"Isn't Chen Han way too devious?"

"Does the person above even know how to talk? What do you mean, devious? That woman got Blondie killed. Chen Han was being strategic!"

"Chen Han is so cool!"

"I just think someone that unfathomable is genuinely terrifying!"

"Boss Chen Han really killed two birds with one stone this time. The older woman's dead, and he tested the rule too!"

Now the older woman was dead.

The most shocked person was not actually anyone in the livestream, nor Fang Lei, nor the girl with the high ponytail.

It was Chen Han himself!

What the hell? Why did the lifeguard suddenly come over and blow that woman's head up?

Even after the older woman was well and truly dead, Chen Han still had not figured out what had happened.

He merely thought that perhaps, once someone was caught by an eerie entity, the lifeguard would come over and kill them in its place.

He had only coughed earlier because he had choked on the water the girl with the high ponytail had splashed around.

It had taken him quite a while to recover.

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