Chapter 1
Chapter 1
[Welcome, Chosen Ones, to the Horror World. Please remain calm and cautious.]
[Your actions will affect the national fortune of the country you represent.]
……
A mechanical voice drifted toward him from far across the sky.
Su Chen looked utterly bewildered.
“What’s going on? Where am I?”
He muttered the words under his breath.
Before he had even finished speaking, a vast torrent of information surged into his mind from nowhere.
A long while passed.
The confusion in Su Chen’s eyes gradually gave way to panic and shock.
This was an absurd Horror World!
One citizen from every country would be selected at random to enter this world as a Chosen One.
Su Chen had only just transmigrated to Blue Star when the rules unfortunately selected him.
He had become Longguo’s Chosen One.
In the Horror World, if a Chosen One died, the national fortune of the country they represented declined, and disaster descended upon the real world.
If a Chosen One successfully cleared a scenario, their country received all manner of generous benefits.
Every move a Chosen One made was also broadcast live to the people of their country.
At that moment, the viewers in Longguo’s livestream felt their hearts sink as they watched Su Chen standing dazed on the screen.
“Why is Su Chen just standing there with a blank look on his face? He doesn’t look too bright!”
“That’s what I thought too. Don’t tell me Longguo drew an idiot.”
“Sigh. Last time, our contestant was set up by the Chosen Ones from Kimchi Nation and Sakura Nation. Our rivers stopped flowing for half a month, and we only have seventy points of national fortune left. If something goes wrong again, the disaster will be even worse.”
“Those damn little Kimchis and little Bakas! I hope Su Chen comes through for us!”
“Sigh, I doubt it. No matter how I look at him, Su Chen seems unreliable. Let’s hope the national department pulls its weight, figures out all the correct horror rules as soon as possible, and sends them to him!”
…….
Countless viewers could not help voicing their opinions.
Meanwhile, in the main conference room of the Longguo Department of Supernatural Affairs.
A young man wearing square-framed glasses handed a file to the old man seated at the head of the table.
The old man took it, shifted his gaze away from Su Chen on the large screen, and looked down at the file in his hands.
His expression darkened the further he read.
The young man beside him adjusted his glasses and sighed.
“Elder Qin, Su Chen is a dropout from a third-rate diploma mill. He’s unemployed, too. More important, his former teachers say he’s a little slow-witted.”
“It looks like Longguo is in danger again.”
The young man’s voice was laden with disappointment.
Elder Qin could not help sighing after hearing this.
But the next moment, resolve returned to the old man’s clouded eyes.
He patted the bespectacled young man on the shoulder and said steadily, “Whatever Su Chen may be like, he’s risking his life for his country. Our country must stand behind him.”
“Tell our comrades to work harder. As long as we decipher all the rules quickly enough to send them to Su Chen, we still have hope.”
Inspired by Elder Qin’s conviction, the young man recovered a trace of confidence.
He nodded and strode out of the conference room.
Back in the Horror World.
Su Chen had just finished absorbing the information in his mind when an ethereal mechanical voice suddenly sounded beside his ear.
[Ding! The Horror Rule Analysis System is activating!]
[System binding in progress!]
[System binding complete. Whenever the Host identifies a correct rule in a horror scenario, points will be awarded after the scenario ends. The number of points depends on the number of rules identified. Points may be used in prize draws or to purchase goods from the System Shop.]
[Ding! Your beginner’s gift pack has arrived. Would the Host like to claim it now?]
The system announcements played in his mind.
A smile gradually spread across Su Chen’s face.
As a member of the great transmigrator army, how could he not know what a system was?
It was practically indispensable for showing off!
“Claim it!”
Su Chen answered eagerly.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have received one Death Rollback Trial Voucher!]
[The Host may call upon the System at any time to bind a save point!]
At the sound of the reward, Su Chen’s pupils contracted sharply.
It might only be a one-use trial voucher.
Even so, its function was immensely powerful.
Death Rollback: the name said it all.
As long as he bound a save point in advance, he would return to that moment after he died.
It was practically an extra life.
Once he understood, Su Chen hurriedly said in his mind, “System, bind this moment as my save point.”
[Acknowledged. One Trial Voucher consumed. Save point bound.]
The icy system voice actually brought a little warmth to Su Chen’s heart.
Now that he had a way to save his life, he could face the rule-based horror scenario.
He felt somewhat more confident.
Just then.
Su Chen’s vision blurred, and he was transported to another world once more.
When he recovered.
An enormous zoo had appeared out of thin air before all the Chosen Ones.
Each of them held a map of the zoo.
Su Chen lowered his head and examined it.
At a glance, the full map contained several dozen animal areas.
In the bottom-right corner, close to the entrance, a sizeable region was outlined with a dotted line, yet it contained very few kinds of animals.
There were only the Rabbit Enclosure, the White Lion Enclosure, the Primate Enclosure, and the Elephant Enclosure.
It looked extremely strange.
Su Chen frowned, sensing that something was off.
Then he turned the map over.
[Zoo Visitor Rules] leaped into view.