Weird Rules Rumor: At The Beginning, He Insisted That He Was Not Dead

【By the way, did you notice something strange about the host?】

【Has the host gotten stronger? I don’t remember him being this strong when we were in Laboratory No. 45?】

【That guy just attacked really fast, his body was clearly enhanced. Ordinary newcomers wouldn’t have been able to handle him, but the host managed to kill him!】

【What, has the host secretly gotten stronger?】

【I don’t think it’s surprising. The host can already ignore the rules, so becoming stronger is pretty normal.】

【Agreed.】

The deaths of the three players were both expected and unexpected.

Expected, because in the world of anomalies, there’s Winnie.

In the world of anomalies, it’s very difficult for players to kill anomalies.

Otherwise, ordinary players can’t kill anomalies; it’s almost impossible.

And these three players clearly weren’t like Bai Lian.

They couldn’t stand up to Winnie.

What was unexpected was that the viewers didn’t anticipate that, aside from the ability to ignore the rules, Bai Lian’s own strength was so formidable!

Liu Cheng’s strength was considered quite high among newcomers.

But even someone as strong as Liu Cheng couldn’t put up a fight against Bai Lian.

As for the deaths of the three players, Bai Lian remained completely calm.

In the world of anomalies, there’s no such thing as a "faction."

Every player is their own faction, and everyone else is an enemy, even if they’re also players!

So killing players doesn’t cause Bai Lian the slightest bit of guilt.

In this world, survival is already hard enough.

Why bother being overly kind and tormenting yourself?

“Is this pencil an item or an anomaly?” Bai Lian asked with interest, looking at the pencil that had returned to Winnie’s hand.

“Of course, it’s an item,” she replied.

Winnie answered, then suddenly became wary and, looking at him, asked, “Why are you asking about that?”

“No reason, just curious,” Bai Lian smiled.

Winnie clearly didn’t believe him.

Before saying that, you could at least look away, right? You practically wrote "I want it" on your face!

Seeing Winnie’s wariness, Bai Lian sighed.

Alright.

He really did have the thought of taking it for himself.

After all, such a powerful artifact that can turn into a pen and easily catch enemies off guard when attacking… Who wouldn’t want something like that?

But looking at Winnie, he realized it would probably be difficult to pry it away from her.

He glanced around the room. After scanning it, he turned back to Winnie and suddenly smiled.

Winnie frowned slightly: “My intuition tells me you’re up to no good.”

“No, no, no, Miss Winnie, I’m a true gentleman!” Bai Lian said seriously, putting on the image of an honest man.

Winnie stared directly into his eyes.

He slightly lowered his gaze, quickly glancing over her figure, then looked back up.

Winnie: …

If you could stop looking at my chest, maybe I’d believe your lie.

“Alright, alright, even gentlemen can make mistakes sometimes,” Bai Lian conceded.

At the same time, he mentally scolded himself for being too curious.

Can’t you be a little less curious?

It makes you seem like someone who’s not entirely serious.

【Let me tell you a joke: the host is a true gentleman (sarcasm).】

【I’m sure the other players are serious, but you, when you say these words, don’t inspire trust.】

【Would a true gentleman attack people with strange poisonous substances?】

【You, host, are the least suitable person for this title in the strange world!】

【Ahem, who in the host’s room is a normal person? You? I’m definitely not!】

【Hey, you up there, be careful, or I’ll sue you for slander!】

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Back to the matter at hand.

“Miss Winnie, you’ve been in this mansion for so long, you must know it well, right?” Bai Lian asked.

Winnie nodded: “Of course, I know everything here. What do you want to know?”

Bai Lian scratched his chin: “Can you tell me all the possible clues? Or, for example, directly tell me where the master and his wife are?”

Winnie looked at him with obvious displeasure: “Who’s the anomaly here, you or me?”

“My principle is, if something can be done without effort, I won’t put in extra effort.” Bai Lian spread his hands. “If I can get clues directly from you, why should I bother searching for them? That’s just stupid!” 𝔯А₦o͍𝐁ÊS

You speak so reasonably that I have nothing to argue.

Winnie shook her head with a dissatisfied expression.

“Sorry, I’d like to tell you directly too, but I really don’t know the clues.” She shook her head.

Then she paused for a moment and continued: “As for the location of the master and his wife, honestly, I’m looking for them too.”

You don’t know?

A flicker of disappointment passed through Bai Lian’s eyes.

He thought Winnie, being an anomaly and having been in the mansion for so long, would at least know something about the clues.

But apparently, she doesn’t know anything.

Actually, this is quite normal.

This is most likely part of the dungeon mechanics in the anomalous world.

That is, Winnie herself is part of the puzzle.

She herself is one of the clues or key figures.

To get a high completion rating, the player must first, like Bai Lian, establish a cooperative relationship with her.

So her not knowing other clues makes sense.

Bai Lian frowned slightly, then relaxed.

But if that’s the case, finding other clues will be a bit more difficult!

No, not even “more difficult,” but rather—it won’t be a problem for Bai Lian, who can ignore the rules.

It’s just that it will require a bit more effort.

But in that case, he won’t be able to relax.

Ah!

Bai Lian quietly sighed.

Seeing his expression, Winnie asked in surprise: “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, I just suddenly thought that I can’t always laze around on my soft bed, so I’m a little sad.” Bai Lian replied with a sad look.

What do you mean, your bed?

It’s my bed!

Winnie looked at him with a gaze full of resentment.

If she could, she’d really like to give this cheeky guy a good slap!

Bai Lian ignored Winnie’s murderous gaze.

He walked over to the wardrobe, opened the door, and looked inside.

There were sets of luxurious clothes neatly hanging inside.

He glanced at them and immediately closed the wardrobe.

Then his gaze shifted to the bedside table next to the bed.

He walked over, opened it, and inside was a music box.

Bai Lian took it out and examined it carefully.

Winnie also walked over and, hugging herself, said: “I’ve seen this music box before.”

Bai Lian looked at her, waiting for an explanation.

“It’s David’s thing. It used to always be in his room,” Winnie explained.

David, the butler?

How could his music box end up in the master’s room?

Wait…

Suddenly, Bai Lian’s expression turned strange, and he looked at Winnie: “How do you know the music box was always in David’s room?”

When they first entered the dungeon, some fragmented data hinted that Winnie and David had a special relationship.

It seemed Winnie knew some secret of David’s, and he was being blackmailed by her.

But blackmail is one thing, knowing such small details like the music box…

Could it be that she and David…

“So, did you give it to him?” Bai Lian asked sharply, not waiting for an answer.

Winnie: ???