"Riiiing! Riiiing!"
The alarm went off, and Andrew woke up from his sleep.
3:15 p.m.
He had slept for three and a half hours straight.
His drained energy was finally fully replenished, and his Mental Value had returned to 100.
He felt more alert and focused than ever.
When Andrew finally woke up, people all over the world nearly cried with joy.
Especially in countries where their own challengers had already failed, many citizens were so emotional they nearly dropped to their knees in gratitude.
During Andrew's sleep, another three challengers had failed and died.
Now, including Andrew, only nine challengers remained alive.
And Andrew's progress was still the fastest.
Other challengers hadn't even found the fifth note with rules under the sister's pillow.
Some hadn't even found the fourth note yet.
So, for now, the one with the highest chance of figuring out this Rule Horror was still Andrew.
Currently, 95% of the global population was watching Andrew's Live Stream Room.
But Andrew didn't know this, and he had no interest in what changes had occurred in the real world while he was asleep.
He stretched his body briefly, then turned to look at his sister lying on the bed.
To his surprise, she was staring at him with her big, sparkling eyes, her face full of joy and happiness.
"Brother, have you been staying with me this whole time?"
The sister looked at Andrew, beaming with delight.
Clearly, Andrew staying by her side while she slept made her incredibly happy.
"As long as you're okay."
Andrew smiled and gently patted her head.
"You're the best, brother!"
She threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly, excitement and joy overflowing from her face.
"Ding! Through your actions, you have successfully increased your sister's favorability. Favorability +20. She has now truly begun treating you as her brother. Under normal circumstances, she will protect you!"
A system notification chimed.
His sister's favorability had increased again.
Previously, she could generally be trusted. Now, she would actively protect him.
Just how badly did she crave her brother's affection, for her favorability to rise so easily?
"Alright, alright, you're getting your drool on me."
Andrew teased with a smile as he ruffled her cute little head again.
"No I'm not!"
She instantly sat up and wiped her mouth on reflex, only to realize there was no drool.
"Haha."
"You must be hungry. Go get ready, we'll go out to eat."
Andrew smiled.
Such a cute little girl… if only she could stay like this forever.
"Brother, you're really taking me out to eat?!"
She looked completely astonished.
Andrew nodded with a smile.
She instantly bounced up and down with excitement.
"Yay!"
"Brother is the best!"
After telling her to hurry and get ready, Andrew left her room with a smile.
Power would go out in the neighborhood at 4:00 p.m.
Once that happened, he had to leave the house immediately.
It was currently 3:20 and forty minutes left.
Before heading out, Andrew wanted to take care of a few things that had been bothering him.
"Activate the Simulator!"
{Simulation begins!!!}
{You enter your mother's room. After searching, you finally find her jewelry box.}
{Inside the box, you find several receipts with different names and an IOU note. Beyond that, nothing particularly useful.}
{You return the receipts and IOU to the box and go searching for your father's keys.}
{You don't find them in your father's room, so you leave.}
{You enter the kitchen and open the refrigerator. In the freezer, you find multiple black plastic bags.}
{You take one out and open it. Inside are several frozen fish… and a human hand. A dismembered arm.}
{Even though you were prepared for this, the sight still makes your stomach churn. You feel nauseous.}
{You take a few deep breaths and open the rest of the black plastic bags.}
{In them, you find frozen chicken legs, wings, mid-wings… and a human foot, dismembered limbs, even half a frozen head.}
{You double over and vomit violently, spewing a large puddle of yellowish bile.}
{Your sister hears the noise and rushes in. When she sees what's inside the plastic bags, you die!}
{This simulation ends. Duration: 25 minutes. Current Mental Value: 89!}
"Ughhhh!!!"
Andrew suddenly bent over and vomited violently.
It felt like he was throwing up his entire stomach.
His earlier suspicions… were all true.
His parents had actually killed someone and dismembered the body, then hid the pieces in the freezer, mixing them into meals during daily cooking.
"Ughhh!!!"
The overwhelming nausea surged again.
What kind of deranged lunatic would do such a thing?!
And even feed it to their own children?!
"Ughhh!!!"
How could parents like that even exist?
"Brother, what's wrong?!"
Hearing the noise, his sister rushed in from her room.
Seeing Andrew vomiting uncontrollably, she panicked and quickly came to his side, gently patting his back.
Andrew had only just arrived in this world, and for breakfast, he had eaten soy milk and fried dough from outside.
But his sister had been here all along.
She had eaten their mother's cooking.
"Ughhh!!!"
Andrew couldn't stop vomiting.
It was relentless.
"Brother, what's wrong? You're scaring me!!"
His sister was on the verge of tears, completely clueless as to what was happening.
"I'm fine."
"Ughhh!!!"
"Help me to the bathroom."
"Ughhh!!!"
Fighting off the nausea, Andrew forced out the words between retches.
Without hesitation, his sister supported him and helped him to the bathroom.
She brought him warm water and a towel.
"Go get ready. We're going out to eat."
"Ughhh! Ughhh!!"
Just as he started to feel a little better, the thought of eating again triggered another round of violent vomiting.
"Brother, you're like this and still thinking about going out to eat?"
"Let's not go. Let's stay here. I just want you to be okay!"
She was clearly upset.
And just as clearly, she really saw him as her brother now.
Andrew glanced at the clock.
3:40.
"Hurry and get ready!"
"Ughhh!!!"
Andrew said through gritted teeth, then threw up again.
"Now, go!!"
Seeing his sister still standing there, Andrew raised his voice sharply.
Tears in her eyes, she ran out of the bathroom to pack her things.
Then she returned and cleaned up all the vomit Andrew had left behind.
After the power outage, the refrigerator would stop running.
The frozen remains could begin to thaw.
Even if they didn't thaw completely, they might begin to emit the stench of decaying flesh.
And that stench could be toxic.
To Andrew, it could be lethal mental contamination.
To his sister, it could drive her insane.
So, after the power outage, they absolutely could not stay in this house.
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