Rule-Based Horror: Mistaken for a Top Player Right from the Start!
Chapter 8

[Happy Family 8] The golden shaded cat accidentally swallowed the pills, shocking the chat again!

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Li Chen posted a comment in the live chat.

"Everyone, calm down. Stop spamming for a moment. Big shot Chen Han is about to make another move!"

After posting that comment, Li Chen curled his lips into a smile.

By now, he could claim to know big shot Chen Han's every tiny movement like the back of his hand.

That rhythmic trembling was big shot Chen Han's windup!

After the shock Chen Han had given them earlier, the viewers now genuinely acknowledged his ability.

Sure enough, they all quieted down because of Li Chen's comment.

Everyone held their breath, waiting to see what Chen Han would do next.

Chen Han continued forward. He was just about to crouch down and put the white pills inside the cat house.

But unexpectedly, perhaps his sudden crouching motion had provoked the golden shaded cat.

The golden shaded cat abruptly leaped down from the cabinet.

It landed with a tremendous bang.

Hearing that heavy, solid thud, Chen Han was so startled that he stumbled backward.

Simply being frightened by the golden shaded cat was not a problem. The real problem was this.

As Chen Han recoiled in fright, the white pills in his hand fell to the floor.

Naturally, he also realized that the white pills had fallen.

So, after noticing that the golden shaded cat had only jumped down from the cabinet and was making no other moves for the moment.

Chen Han hurried to retrieve them, but his excessive nervousness had made his movements stiff.

The golden shaded cat had already spotted the white pills falling from Chen Han's hand.

By now, hunger had completely gone to its head.

Chen Han's attempt to pick up the white pills only further demonstrated their value.

Chen Han instantly awakened the golden shaded cat's rebellious streak.

Since Chen Han did not want it to eat those white pills, it would eat them anyway.

It had not forgotten that massive slap from this morning!

With another accelerating slide tackle, it charged right up to the two white pills.

One curl of its tongue, and it swallowed both pills.

After eating them, it even looked at Chen Han provocatively, seemingly very pleased with itself.

Chen Han stared, dumbfounded, at what the golden shaded cat had done.

What was going on?

Had eating raw meat made this golden shaded cat stupid? Why was it even fighting the silver shaded cat over pills?

Chen Han was utterly baffled.

But he remained expressionless. In fact, because he was still stunned by the golden shaded cat's actions, his expression was even a little stern.

Comments drifted across the screen.

"What kind of move was that from big shot Chen Han? I really don't get it. Didn't the rules say to feed the silver shaded cat? Why did he end up feeding the golden shaded cat instead?"

"That fat cat nearly scared me to death just now. I thought its rabies was acting up..."

"Does nobody else think the golden shaded cat's expression when it snatched those pills was hilarious? It nearly killed me, hahaha!"

Nobody in the chat had seen through the meaning of Chen Han's move.

But Li Chen had not let his guard down!

He knew that big shot Chen Han would never do anything meaningless.

Many seemingly ridiculous incidents turned out to be terrifying once you thought them through.

No, I must have overlooked something!

Big shot Chen Han must have discovered something about the rules!

Tiny beads of cold sweat gradually appeared on Li Chen's forehead.

He pressed his lips together.

Then he saw big shot Chen Han glance at the cat house where the silver shaded cat was.

In a flash, he suddenly understood exactly what Chen Han's move meant!

He hurriedly posted his speculation in the chat.

"Big shot Chen Han deliberately fed the white pills to the golden shaded cat. You could tell from his rhythmic trembling just now. Whenever the big shot is about to make a move, that rhythmic trembling is his windup!"

"The reason he fed the golden shaded cat the white pills was that he needed to take it out of the fight!"

"The silver shaded cat has been imprisoned in the cat house from the start, and it hasn't eaten for days. Meanwhile, the golden shaded cat is fat and well-fed! That means Mom hasn't been feeding the silver shaded cat at all!"

"If the silver shaded cat were on Mom's side, there's no way Mom wouldn't feed it! Mom has treated it as though it doesn't exist, and there's only one reason the golden shaded cat even wanted to enter the cat house and attack it just now: the silver shaded cat isn't on the same side as Mom and the golden shaded cat!"

"The silver shaded cat is either neutral or on the player's side. Judging by its reaction to Chen Han, it's most likely on the player's side!"

"And the system wouldn't introduce a useless NPC, so the silver shaded cat will most likely help the player later!"

"Although the rules said Chen Han should feed the pills to the silver shaded cat, don't forget that rule 5 mentioned [Please determine for yourself whether the above rules are correct. Otherwise, you will be doomed beyond redemption.] So, based on this reasoning, rule 4 is very likely a false rule."

"So if Chen Han really fed the white pills to the silver shaded cat, he would be the only one left on the player's side, fighting alone!"

"If he ran into trouble later, it would be almost impossible for Chen Han to fight two eerie beings on his own!"

"By feeding the white pills to the golden shaded cat, Chen Han could both eliminate an enemy and fulfill the requirement to feed the golden shaded cat before 17:30!"

"I bet the main effect of those white pills is to induce sleep or sedation!"

Li Chen's speculation sent the chat into an uproar again.

"How on earth did big shot Chen Han realize that rule was fake? I always thought it was real?!"

"Big shot Chen Han hasn't said anything, but he's got it all figured out!"

"He's an absolute genius. I thought the silver shaded cat was just a little side quest!"

"I thought big shot Chen Han was badass before, but now I realize he's not just badass. He's insanely badass!"

"Is nobody going to mention how perceptive the guy who analyzed this is, too?"

Chen Han was also feeling extremely uneasy.

It should be fine that the golden shaded cat ate those white pills, right?

If something really happened, wouldn't I be done for?

If Mom discovered later that her beloved pet had been fed some sort of drug, the consequences didn't bear thinking about.

Chen Han kept watching the golden shaded cat cautiously.

After hissing at Chen Han in a show of defiance, the golden shaded cat.

Turned and jumped onto the little cart, intending to use it as a springboard to leap onto the cabinet.

Chen Han looked at the golden shaded cat's bulky body and its aggressive demeanor, unchanged from before.

He breathed a sigh of relief as well. It seemed the white pills were just for show and had no actual effect...

Just as that thought occurred to Chen Han.

The golden shaded cat pushed off with its hind legs and leaped!

Here we go!

And just like that, it suddenly lost consciousness in midair.

It hung in the air for an instant, then dropped.

Perhaps because this time the golden shaded cat was not landing consciously.

The resulting crash was incredibly loud!

If Chen Han had not witnessed the golden shaded cat's fall himself, he would have thought something had exploded somewhere.

The dull crash even startled the silver shaded cat curled up inside the cat house.

It let out a weak meow.

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