Rule-Based Horror: Mistaken for a Top Player Right from the Start!
Chapter 5

[Happy Family 5] Everyone wiped out-Chen Han was the last hope!

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The livestream audience was instantly stunned!

All because what Chen Han was doing right now was just too bizarre!

It was even more entertaining than when he had slapped the golden shaded cat earlier!

Not a single person could have imagined a scene like this appearing in a rules horror challenge.

That slap had, at most, shown that Chen Han was bold enough to fight back against an entity.

But the scene before them was absurd on an entirely different level.

Who entered a death instance like this without being on edge?

Yet Chen Han slept when he was tired and lazed around after waking.

Faced with a mother on the verge of turning monstrous, he showed no fear.

He even looked as though he might, possibly, be treating the entity as his actual mother?!

He actually rolled over, nuzzled against the couch, and went back to sleep.

The comments flew past.

"Boss Chen Han is establishing his character here. He's putting on this act deliberately to dispel Mom's suspicions."

"What? I don't think so. Why can't Chen Han simply have forgotten that he's in a rules horror challenge right now?"

"Don't joke around, commenter above. Would any normal person sleep that soundly after entering a rules horror challenge? Obviously, Chen Han is playing the pig to eat the tiger."

"Boss Chen Han's acting has me bowing down in admiration! A good mindset really does determine a man's whole life!"

Perhaps Chen Han had sensed the faint chill.

He suddenly shuddered violently.

He seemed to have discovered another incredible fact!

Fuck, I forgot I'm in a horror story world right now!

What did I just do?

Tell the entity to leave so I could sleep?

Chen Han's teeth began chattering uncontrollably.

But his face remained perfectly calm. Perhaps the only things betraying him were his trembling legs.

He shakily got to his feet.

Mom gazed at Chen Han, taking in his every movement.

"Didn't you say you wanted to sleep a little longer? Why have you gotten up to eat now?"

Chen Han looked straight into Mom's eyes and spoke as though nothing were wrong.

"I'm a little hungry. Might as well eat now."

Then, looking perfectly composed, he walked over to the dining table and sat down.

Mom was stunned for three whole seconds, too.

Despite all her experience, this was her first time encountering a player who made himself so completely at home.

Wait, was this player actually asleep earlier, or was he pretending?

A rare look of confusion appeared on her twitching face.

No, judging by Chen Han's reaction when he ate the cat food earlier...

This man has absolutely calculated everything!

So Chen Han was one hundred percent pretending to sleep just now!

Most players would be at least somewhat curious about this home, so while she chopped meat that morning...

They would search the house for clues. However, this house was full of traps!

The slightest carelessness would trigger a death flag.

At the same time, as long as she remained outside the player's field of vision for more than ten minutes...

The player would be killed directly by an entity!

Although she had no idea how Chen Han had figured out the workings of these hidden rules...

She had already reached a conclusion about him: this Chen Han was definitely no ordinary person!

Heh, interesting.

She had spent so long in this solo instance, yet this was the first time she had encountered a player she found interesting.

Mom quickly composed herself. After all, she was a seasoned actress-an old fart, too.

This was the basic discipline required of her as an actress.

Thanks to Chen Han's outrageous move, the livestream's audience had soared from a few thousand to ten thousand.

In truth, the viewers weren't particularly interested in watching entities slaughter humans.

Perhaps they had initially watched out of morbid curiosity, but the longer they watched, the more weary they became. After all, those being slaughtered were their fellow humans!

By contrast, someone like Chen Han, who refused to play by the usual rules, was far more capable of stirring their interest.

"Holy shit, Boss Chen Han's acting really is good!"

"Look at the entity's expression! I can even see a trace of shock! Hahahaha, I nearly died laughing in this stream!"

"Boss Chen Han is seriously good at improvising. Look at those shaking legs. He probably rehearsed that in his head dozens of times!"

"I really have to hand it to Boss Chen Han. What even top dancers can't manage is just an everyday thing for him!"

The comments streamed past so densely that they nearly obscured Chen Han's face.

Everyone was stunned by Chen Han's acting!

Only a tiny minority of comments expressed skepticism.

This was because the sudden increase in viewers had brought in plenty of spectators who didn't know what was going on.

"Is there something wrong with the people in this stream?"

"I genuinely don't see what's so impressive about this guy. If I didn't know better, I'd think he was sleepwalking just now."

"Exactly. They're probably all just being absurd and waiting for a laugh."

Meanwhile, one thought was running through Chen Han's mind nonstop.

I'm screwed, I'm screwed, I'm screwed.

First I ate cat food, and then I slept like a log on the couch.

The entity won't target me because of that, will she?

Even though Chen Han had held out until now, another death flag lay before him.

This death flag would absolutely be triggered, with one hundred percent certainty!

Chen Han was certain to die this time!

Mom sat beside Chen Han and affectionately wrapped an arm around him, just as she would treat her precious son.

She spoke softly.

"You didn't eat breakfast... well, you only had a little cat food. You must be starving by now. Come on, try this. I made it fresh!"

Because Chen Han had been so immersed in his sense of impending doom...

He hadn't noticed that his lunch today was actually a basin of raw meat!

The blood hadn't even been drained properly from the raw meat, and quite a bit had pooled at the bottom.

His sharp eyes even spotted a... finger at the bottom?!

It was a thumb with a thin layer of calluses, and it looked like a man's finger.

What the hell?

Since there's a finger in the raw meat...

That means the meat in front of me is a basin of human flesh!

Chen Han instantly felt his stomach turn upside down.

Even Mom's hand resting on him suddenly felt like a mountain bearing down on his body.

Oppressive and heavy.

At that very moment, in another livestream.

One player had endured his hunger until now through sheer, extraordinary willpower.

He had already collapsed onto the couch from exhaustion earlier.

Even walking to the dining table, he stumbled every few steps.

Now Mom pushed a basin of raw meat toward him with a smile. Even though he saw the finger mixed into it...

He had already lost his reason.

To him, this basin of raw meat held an indescribable allure.

He swallowed, suddenly feeling his appetite surge.

He actually grabbed the raw meat and shoved it into his mouth without a care, chewing in great mouthfuls.

The more he ate, the more delicious he found it. Gradually, he closed his eyes, lost in enjoyment.

But through the broadcast, the viewers witnessed a truly horrifying scene.

Every time that player grabbed a piece of raw meat and stuffed it into his mouth, a large chunk of flesh vanished from his own body.

His arms, shoulders, chest, thighs...

His skin and flesh seemed to be gnawed away by an invisible mouth, leaving only the ghastly white bones beneath exposed.

Blood silently soaked his clothes, yet his face wore an intoxicated, satisfied smile.

The more he ate, the more frenzied he became.

He was eating someone else.

And he was eating himself.

Until finally, almost all the flesh on his body had been gnawed clean away.

Only his solitary head remained intact.

Yet his eyes stayed closed as he chewed greedily, scarlet bloody froth clinging to the corners of his mouth.

The comments went wild.

"What the hell is this guy doing? Urgh... even with the censoring, I can still imagine what he looks like. That's disgusting!"

"Shit, I just realized something terrifying. There's only one guy left playing this solo instance!"

"No way. Weren't there more than ten people at the start? How did they all die?!"

"Holy shit! He really is the only one left!"

This solo instance had already eliminated more than half of them right at the start.

Now everyone had been put on the spot at the table, required to finish this basin of raw meat.

The small group who remained had all died here.

And because Chen Han had spent quite a while dawdling with Mom in this solo instance...

He was the only player still alive now.

Naturally, the commenters in his stream also discovered that Chen Han was the only one left fighting alone in this solo instance.

"We're screwed. That sneaky bastard of a system has absolutely created a guaranteed-death situation!"

"Rule 1 already says players have to eat anything Mom makes, but eating it kills them! How the hell is anyone supposed to play this?!"

"Boohoo, my Chen Han! It's not that you're not strong enough. This instance just doesn't give anyone a way to survive!"

The comments that had criticized Chen Han's abilities earlier now changed their tune.

Perhaps because they had seen his inevitable end, they actually began to feel some regret.

"Sure, this guy only survived until now because he's so carefree, but I'll still feel awful if he dies like this!"

"+1. Luck is part of strength, too. Chen Han unquestionably scored full marks in luck!"

"Strike up the suona!"

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