Rule-Based Horror: Mistaken for a Top Player Right from the Start!
Chapter 9

[Happy Family 9] Mom Turned Eerie, Only One Hour Left!

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Perhaps it was because Chen Han had fed it properly today.

The silver-shaded cat looked much livelier. Compared to its sickly appearance that morning, it at least looked somewhat like a living cat now.

It peered curiously out of its cat house and saw the golden-shaded cat lying on the floor.

First it was shocked, then it let out several delighted meows in succession.

It was as though it had witnessed something worth celebrating far and wide.

It glanced at Chen Han, seemingly considering something.

But in the end, it stayed inside its cat house rather than coming out.

The loud crash from the golden-shaded cat also drew out plenty of viewers in the bullet comments.

"I'm dying! What the hell is this golden-shaded cat?"

"That came out of nowhere! I was just wondering why it hadn't passed out yet, and now it finally has!"

"They really were sedatives! How on earth did Chen Han figure that out?"

"I'm guessing it's because the silver-shaded cat was always so listless. Mom was definitely feeding it pills instead of cat food before!"

After the golden-shaded cat fell over, Chen Han instinctively glanced toward Mom.

Mom was still leisurely chopping meat, as though she had noticed nothing.

Only then did Chen Han breathe a sigh of relief.

He watched the golden-shaded cat for a good while before finally deciding to put it on the sofa.

After all, the golden-shaded cat was so fat and big that hiding it without leaving any trace was impossible.

So he might as well put it on the sofa and make it look as though it had fallen asleep.

As for giving the silver-shaded cat more medicine, that was impossible too.

After all, the little jar had contained exactly two white pills, no more and no less.

He had to admit, the golden-shaded cat slept remarkably well!

Before long, it was already snoring softly.

Chen Han considered that he probably couldn't feed the golden-shaded cat now, either,

but wasn't that perfect?

Chen Han only had cat food on hand, not raw meat.

And the golden-shaded cat only ate raw meat, so he could only get some from Mom.

Chen Han was honestly quite apprehensive about asking Mom for raw meat.

After all, asking an eerie for human flesh really tested his psychological limits.

Now that the golden-shaded cat had passed out, that problem naturally disappeared.

Chen Han's stomach rumbled.

So hungry!

By now, Chen Han was well practiced at taking three cans of cat food from the little cart.

Two cans were for him, and the remaining one was for the silver-shaded cat.

The bullet comments started teasing him too.

"Awkward the first time, easy the second."

"Does anyone know what brand that canned cat food is? Watching this makes me want some too. I'm starving!"

"You know, the sight of a guy and a cat eating together really is pretty soothing!"

After that, it was back to killing time.

Chen Han whiled away the hours like this from five in the evening until seven.

He sat on the sofa and let out a deep sigh.

He hadn't expected this rules horror to be so boring. Although the eeries here were certainly frightening, it was still only a solo beginner instance.

He had even grown somewhat accustomed to the rhythmic rise and fall of Mom's chopping.

During the New Year holidays, the sound of chopping meat went on from morning to night too.

So the sound hadn't left him with much psychological trauma.

Chen Han spent the vast majority of his time in this instance simply killing time.

If other players saw Chen Han's reaction, they would probably be furious.

They had fought through countless battles, dissecting the rules one by one and maintaining layer upon layer of defenses against the eeries.

Yet none of that could compare to Chen Han's superb acting and extraordinary brain.

If they came back and saw this scene, their world would come crashing down.

For Chen Han, this was no different from being at home. The only difference was that this home hadn't provided him with a phone or a TV.

Finally, Mom pulled open the kitchen door with a soft sound.

The bloody stench of the kitchen spilled fully into the living room.

But unlike before, she wasn't carrying a basin of raw meat this time.

Instead, her hands were empty, and her smile was stiff and wooden.

She walked over to Chen Han and picked up the golden-shaded cat, which was sleeping soundly on the sofa.

First she frowned, then she asked,

"Why is it asleep?"

An immense sense of pressure.

Chen Han glanced at the golden-shaded cat in Mom's arms and said,

"It was tired."

Mom continued staring at Chen Han.

She seemed to be trying to catch some sign that would give him away.

But this time, Chen Han actually showed no reaction at all, neither blushing nor missing a heartbeat.

Only his regular trembling remained unchanged.

The bullet commenters turned into spectators enjoying the drama.

"I'm dying. Chen Han really isn't reacting at all..."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. That sure wasn't the face he was making when he fed the golden-shaded cat those pills!"

"Fuck, he almost fooled me just now!"

Mom let out an inscrutable laugh, then sat down right beside Chen Han.

Chen Han's body went rigid for a moment.

When he answered Mom's question earlier, he had simply said whatever came to mind.

He had been sparing with his words because the more he said, the more mistakes he could make.

Better to say less.

Now an eerie as big as Mom was sitting right beside him.

Terrified of eeries, he wanted nothing more than to tremble.

The clearance condition for the solo instance "Happy Family" was simply to stay safe until 20:00.

Chen Han only had to hold out for another hour to clear the instance.

During that final hour,

Mom's behavior grew increasingly eerie.

At first, she occasionally scratched her hair, then began scratching her head frequently.

By the end, she was outright ripping out several handfuls of hair.

The hair scattered across the floor.

Yet Mom still wore a crazed smile.

Chen Han wasn't sure whether he was imagining it, but even Mom's skeleton seemed to be growing thicker and larger.

Dark stubble also appeared on her face.

Why was she looking more and more like a man?

A drop of cold sweat trickled down Chen Han's neck.

Fuck.

Basic rule five had stated, "When Mom turns into Dad, do not stay in the same room as Dad."

Was Mom about to turn into Dad now?

Chen Han instantly paled with alarm, his hands beginning to tremble slightly.

He simply dared not imagine what things would be like once Mom had fully turned into Dad.

Seeing Mom's eerie transformation, the bullet commenters all offered their own guesses.

"Mom looks so scary like this. Once she turns eerie, Chen Han is definitely dead!"

"He can't stay in the same room as Mom. Does that mean Chen Han has to hide in the bathroom?"

"Chen Han really looks screwed this time. Even the bathroom won't save him, right?"

He quietly shifted his position and walked over to the cat house.

Crouching down, he first exchanged a look with the silver-shaded cat inside.

Then he turned a deep gaze toward the kitchen.

At that moment, the camera obligingly followed Chen Han's gaze and swung toward the kitchen.

What appeared on camera wasn't a basin of raw meat, as everyone had guessed.

It was a man's head!

The man's head sat right in the center of the kitchen table.

But because something obstructed the view,

only by looking into the kitchen from the cat house could one face the man's head squarely.

Although only the man's head remained,

his mouth was wrapped in layer upon layer of yellow tape.

His eyes bulged, filled with resentment and unwillingness.

Suddenly, he blinked.

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