Why is my journey to the world of anime a strange tale of rules?

The next moment, Gao Hai had already walked out of room 204 and onto the corridor.

"Sir, let me help you walk."

A sound brushed past my ears, indistinct and unclear, as if it were from a great distance.

Gao Hai turned around and saw two figures walking out of room 204 behind him.

There were many more people in the corridor.

Their faces were blurry, and their figures flickered.

Gao Hai tried hard to observe their appearance, but could only barely make out that these people seemed to be wearing orange-yellow rescue suits.

Rescue workers... evacuating apartment residents... flood... torrential rain...

He remembered when this had happened.

Let's go, old man.

The two figures had already stepped into the staircase.

It was only then that Gao Hai realized he had unknowingly arrived at the first-floor corridor.

Amidst the rushing sound of water, the dirty, muddy water had already reached above people's calves.

Meanwhile, phantom figures had already passed through the corridor and were heading towards the apartment door.

Gao Hai saw many phantoms walking up the stairs.

What's going on above?

It seems the family in apartment 304 discovered it... How could this happen...?

[First, subdue the people and bring them out; don't disturb the scene. How did a perfectly good evacuation operation turn into this?]

Boom!

A heavy explosion rang out from upstairs.

The man's cursing and the woman's heart-wrenching screams rang out at the same time.

A cacophony of sounds mingled together, one after another, making it impossible to discern the situation above.

Gao Hai had no way of seeing what was happening there.

His perspective seemed to follow only the two phantoms in front of him, moving little by little towards the gate along with them.

The sounds from upstairs were gradually approaching downstairs, getting closer and closer to him.

The man was still yelling, seemingly struggling desperately.

The woman's wailing grew increasingly shrill and piercing.

There were also many people talking, saying something, whispering something.

slam-la-

The gate was right in front of us.

Gao Hai wanted to turn around, to see the figures behind him clearly, but he found that his body was becoming more and more stiff, and he could only face forward, towards the open door, and beyond the door, the blinding light that made it impossible to see anything.

We're about to leave.

The phantom beside him made a sound.

Gao Hai's steps could no longer continue.

Someone grabbed his trouser leg.

The fingers are very small, seemingly the size of a small child's.

Someone grabbed his trouser leg at his thigh, making him unable to move an inch.

who is it……

This time, Gao Hai successfully turned the tables.

slam-la-

The sound of the flowing water reverberated intensely.

Gao Hai's gaze turned to his back, to the small figure that had pulled him back.

Boom!

Gao Hai opened his eyes amidst intense pain.

He saw light shining through the cracks in the sealed window and the clock on the wall pointing to 8:10.

"You're finally awake! What happened to you?"

Kaguya stood beside the wall clock, asking in an extremely wary tone.

What's wrong with me?

Gao Hai blinked, his consciousness fully returning, and then he felt the discomfort in his body.

His clothes were almost completely soaked, and he looked as if he had just been pulled out of the water.

This is how the same thing?

Gao Hai moved his body and then felt a pain coming from the side of his thigh.

"..."

He realized something, reached out and grabbed his trouser leg, rolling it up.

Then, he saw the source of the pain.

A tiny handprint.

A small, bluish-purple handprint was imprinted on his skin.

It was so clear that Gao Hai immediately recalled the small hand that emerged from the water at the end of that lucid dream, pulling him completely underwater.

Tuk Tuk——

The next moment, a soft knock sounded outside the broken living room door.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Soft Touch in the Gap of the Storm

Glug glug—glug glug—

One by one, the flatbreads fell into the boiling water and began to cook quickly.

Zhenfei hummed a tune softly, gently stirred the dough with chopsticks, and then put the seasoning packet into it.

The heat spread through the kitchen. In front of the sink, several pairs of clean chopsticks, a fork for Green, and several porcelain bowls were already laid out.

"Honestly, could you please not knock like that next time? It made me think something had broken in, and I almost decided to reopen it on the spot."

At the same time, Gao Hai, sitting on the living room sofa, sighed deeply and said with great displeasure.

Kaguya, standing next to him, also lowered her head and frowned, rubbing her temples with her fingers, looking helpless.

The person knocking on the door in the morning was none other than Sun Dajun himself.

Although he was the worst in terms of physical fitness, due to the biological clock and sleep habits of the older generation, this man actually woke up around 6 a.m. He stayed in his room until 8 a.m. before cautiously stepping out of his room. He then noticed that most of the other people in the other rooms had not come out. He waited until Green and Maki came out of their rooms. Since there was still no movement in room 204 where Kaguya Takami was, he hoped that Green would unlock the door so that he could go in and check the situation.

Green was initially reluctant, but after some consideration, Maki decided to take action. So Green had to pry open the door and unlock it. Then Sun Dajun entered the corridor and arrived at the living room door.

Through the crack in door 204, he could see Takami and Kaguya resting on the floor inside. After considering how to wake them up, Green decided to knock, which instantly jolted Takami and Kaguya awake.

If Maki hadn't arrived in time, reached through the hole in the door to unlock it, and rushed in, Takami and Kaguya would have already turned back time.

"I'm sorry, really, I'm so sorry."

Feeling extremely embarrassed, Sun Dajun lowered his head and apologized repeatedly.

"Okay, I know you didn't mean it, but it's really scary, you know? From now on, no matter what, try not to knock on the door. Ugh... I feel like even if I manage to escape this awful place, I'll still have PTSD from knocking on doors in the future..."

Takahashi let out a long sigh, and then saw Shijo Maki walking out of the kitchen.

"Alright, stop blaming this uncle. It was my decision. It's your fault for not getting up earlier. Have a little sense of crisis. Especially your great-aunt, as the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, she can't get up in the morning because she's not used to sleeping on the floor. That's really lame."

As she spoke, Princess Zhenfei placed a large bowl of cooked instant noodles on the table, then took out small bowls and began to serve the noodles separately.

The rich aroma of MSG and flavoring filled the room, which undoubtedly whetted the appetites of the people inside who hadn't eaten for quite some time.

"Hey, it looks pretty good."

Gao Hai claimed to be a fan of instant noodles, but he was the first to step forward and devour three large bowls of instant noodles cooked by Maki. Green, being tall and having a high energy expenditure, also ate three bowls. Kaguya and Maki each only ate a small bowl, and judging from their expressions, they probably finished those small bowls with great difficulty. However, the person who ate the most wasn't Gao Hai or Green, but Sun Dajun. This obese middle-aged man ate nearly four bowls of noodles, a truly astonishing amount.

"Sorry, I ate a little too much..."

Noticing the stares of others, Sun Dajun felt quite embarrassed, which is why he didn't fill his fourth bowl completely. He suffers from high blood pressure and high blood sugar, can't exercise much, has a huge appetite, and also has a habit of getting up at night. If it weren't for the hallucinations caused by the human head clock last night that made him faint, he probably would have had to get up to use the bathroom most of the night.

Is this what they call middle-aged ailments? This is troublesome. I didn't expect Old Sun's health to be so poor. If he encounters danger, he probably won't have any chance of survival.

Gao Hai was immediately troubled by Sun Dajun's problems and quickly had a more detailed discussion with him. He learned that Sun Dajun had worked tirelessly in construction projects in his youth, working day and night without a care in the world, squandering his youth. As a result, he developed a host of health issues in his later years, including obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and lumbar muscle strain. Furthermore, his sedentary office lifestyle had severely deteriorated his physical condition, and he might even be confined to a wheelchair in a few years.

Kaguya Shinomiya was quite displeased upon learning of this. The distorted upbringing of her family made her start to question the value of keeping Sun Dajun in the team. However, this time, Gao Hai and Shijou Maki were determined to side with Sun Dajun. Maki first called Sun Dajun aside to try to calm him down, while Gao Hai seriously considered how to ensure his safety and make better use of his abilities.

"Mr. Sun, if you have experience as an electrician, could you try to fix the lights in all the rooms on the second floor, and then centralize the switches for all these lights, ideally so that you can remotely control each light switch from one room?"

Stepping out of the house, Gao Hai looked at the electrical wires scattered across the ceiling of the hallway, connecting the rooms. An idea popped into his head, and he went back into the house to ask Sun Dajun about it.

"Well, circuits aren't that simple, but... maybe we can give it a try. I found some tools from Green and this little girl with braids, which should be enough to get by, but I'm not sure if they'll actually work."

Gao Hai's somewhat whimsical idea clearly put Sun Dajun in a bit of a dilemma, but he still nodded and decided to give it a try.

The old man understood very well that for this hastily assembled team of survivors, he was actually a burden because he ate a lot but couldn't explore or help analyze clues. Therefore, he had to do his best to fulfill his responsibilities.

Green remained silent, simply obeying orders to protect Sun Dajun.

As for Maeda Miwa, after being locked up in room 205 for one night, when the group went to find her the next day, they found that she was acting somewhat crazy, huddled in a corner of the room trembling incessantly. She would scream loudly if anyone approached her, and she was no longer able to communicate even in a basic way.

"There's no other way... let's leave her in 205. At least she's safe here. We'll see if we can bring her along when we finally find a way out."

Maki sighed and shook her head helplessly. Although she sympathized with the woman, she didn't know how to take care of her while also exploring and investigating the apartment and ensuring its security. Therefore, she could only let it go.

Next, we will explore the remaining three rooms on the second floor.

Rooms 203, 202, and 201 are rooms where no survivors remain. Based on the situation of the rooms that have been explored, these three rooms should contain supply boxes with valuable food reserves and various small items.

Green first picked the locks and opened the doors to rooms 203 and 202. The exploration of these two rooms went relatively smoothly. The body in room 203 was found hanged in the living room, broken at the abdomen, with the lower half lying on the floor. The body in room 202 was lying directly on the bed, with no visible external injuries or obvious marks, but two empty bottles of sleeping pills were found on the bedside table.