Rule-Based Horror: Mistaken for a Top Player Right from the Start!
Chapter 33

[Happy Kids Swimming Pool 21] Testing Fang Lei-A Family Should All Be Together!

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Ever since the group of children in red had appeared out of nowhere,

Kid Bro had been held up for the time being.

Chen Han was utterly dumbfounded.

Heaven really was on my side!

Although Chen Han had no idea why the children in red had caught up,

he already had a bold guess: there was a blood feud between them and Kid Bro.

That was why they had been following them all along!

All he could say was that they had arrived at just the right time.

A moment later, and he would have been insta-killed.

This time, Chen Han had truly been frightened into an adrenaline overload.

He took off running, charging forward as hard as he could.

His every thought was focused on getting away from Kid Bro as quickly as possible.

Fuck, there was no way I was going to stay here keeping him company!

Only after running for several minutes

did he suddenly realize a terrifying fact.

He had absolutely no idea where the exit was.

Then what the hell was I running for?

Wasn't I just getting more lost the farther I ran?

So he hurriedly stopped.

He pretended to stand there catching his breath.

Seeing Chen Han like this, the livestream viewers mistakenly thought he was preparing some big move.

Every one of them was brimming with anticipation.

"Holy shit, what's Boss Chen Han planning?"

"I have a feeling Boss Chen Han is about to pull something off again!"

"Boss Chen Han ran so fast just now to quickly put distance between himself and the supernatural entities, right? Such attention to detail!"

"You think Boss Chen Han is reckless, but every step is calculated!"

"Ready for the show!"

When Fang Lei saw Boss Chen Han suddenly stop,

his momentum made him skid, and he nearly fell flat on his face.

Boss Chen Han's expression was serious now.

Yet his brow was relaxed, as though he took nothing to heart.

Despite being young, he possessed a breadth of vision and perspective beyond his peers.

Then Chen Han spoke.

"Fang Lei, I think you have a lot of potential."

"Now, tell me. Which way do you think we should go to get out?"

Chen Han's low voice rang as clearly as a morning bell in the quiet dawn.

Was Boss Chen Han...

testing him?

Fang Lei was stunned.

At the same time, he felt a great responsibility suddenly settle on his shoulders.

Boss Chen Han had expectations of him!

That opening remark from Boss Chen Han suddenly made him feel rather pleased with himself.

It seemed he had talent. Otherwise, Boss Chen Han wouldn't be testing him like this.

But which way should they go now?

The question instantly left Fang Lei on tenterhooks, with words stuck in his throat.

A faint cold sweat broke out.

Fang Lei's hands began trembling uncontrollably.

The livestream's bullet comments also began discussing it.

"Fang Lei is visibly nervous, hahahahaha."

"Fang Lei has really mastered the essence now. Both hands trembling rhythmically."

"Boss Chen Han really is a good guy. He's teaching Fang Lei."

Thoughts raced through Fang Lei's mind.

He was a complete novice who had only escaped his first instance through sheer luck.

How would he know the answer?

But when he met Boss Chen Han's utterly calm eyes,

Fang Lei forcibly swallowed the words "I don't know."

Stupid brain, think!

Fang Lei went over the new rules again.

They had already gone through rules 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10.

Only rules 3 and 9 remained.

They were "Please find the child's corpse"

and "The child likes staying where flowers bloom."

The answer might be right here!

Fang Lei still couldn't figure out what secret lay in them!

Whatever. Since the rules mentioned "flowers," I might as well follow a path with flowers.

Even if I really go the wrong way, Boss Chen Han will know perfectly well which path is correct anyway.

Don't panic!

I'll pick a path based on the hints in the rules first!

Flowers!

Fang Lei began carefully examining every nook and cranny along the paths.

He tried to find traces of flowers.

At last, he noticed something amiss.

Some paths had white petals scattered here and there, while others had nothing at all.

Fang Lei began following the paths with white petals.

Gradually, he found more and more white petals.

He stole a glance at Boss Chen Han out of the corner of his eye.

He saw Boss Chen Han walking calmly behind him.

Fang Lei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It looked like he'd chosen the right path!

Every viewer in the livestream was a master of microscopic observation.

Naturally, they all noticed Fang Lei's little expression.

"Hahaha, that timid look on Fang Lei's face."

"Chen Han really is putting effort into nurturing Fang Lei."

"I feel like Chen Han is such a charismatic person. Good to good people, utterly ruthless to bad people!"

"That's what you call guts!"

"Chen Han is just playing around now."

Chen Han smiled.

He hadn't known which direction to go in the first place.

Earlier, Fang Lei had been the one to suggest leaving the swimming pool, and afterward, they had discovered the new rules.

So what did that prove?

Fang Lei had potential!

He was just hiding his abilities.

At that point, Chen Han had tentatively asked Fang Lei.

He hadn't expected the guy to genuinely have some skill!

Fang Lei walked faster and faster.

The smile on Chen Han's lips curved ever higher.

Bro, looks like you really know your stuff!

Chen Han and Fang Lei walked like this for a little under five minutes.

As the white petals grew more numerous,

Chen Han became increasingly puzzled. Where exactly were these white petals coming from?

At last,

a tree appeared before them.

The tree looked unusual, tall and sturdy.

It was an old tree.

Its petals were snowy white.

Whenever a gentle breeze blew, the petals drifted in every direction.

There was a desolate beauty to it.

Beneath the tree lay a child's corpse.

The child looked about ten years old, around Kid Bro's age.

Only he looked much cleaner than Kid Bro. At least his face wasn't covered in blood.

And what shocked Chen Han even more was

that there wasn't just one child's corpse beneath this tree.

The corpse of the blond guy who had died first was here too.

Compared with the next two, his corpse was the most intact.

After all, he had drowned, while the others had died after suffering violence.

The corpse of the middle-aged woman who had died second was here too.

Since her head had exploded back then, Chen Han identified her by her build.

Even the third one...

The person who had gone off and never returned, whom Chen Han had nearly forgotten.

The high-ponytailed girl's corpse was here too.

Her head was covered in blood, much like Kid Bro's.

But she was a little worse off. Her skull had been cracked open.

The livestream viewers saw a censored scene, but that didn't stop them from being shocked.

"Holy shit, what is this?"

"A family should all be together."

"Can't see anything. The whole screen is mosaics."

"Who carried them here?"

"Boss Chen Han must have guessed it ages ago."

"This feels so scary. Thank goodness it's light out now. Watching this in the middle of the night would scare me to death!"

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