[Basement Rules]
[1. If you see a wedding car, immediately go upstairs (Do NOT use the elevator!!) and stay with your sister!]
[2. If someone calls your name, do NOT turn around. Run to a crowded area immediately.]
[3. If you see a man in a Black Trench Coat pulling a suitcase, do everything you can to stop him from entering the elevator or your home.]
[4. If there's only one car in the basement, stay as far away from it as possible!]
[5. If a car flashes with a strange red light despite being empty, forcibly stop the Pocket Watch timer. The Pocket Watch will be partially damaged.]
After reading the rules on the paper, Andrew narrowed his eyes. As expected, the Man in the Black Trench Coat was a huge problem. He was like a suitcase-wielding serial killer.
And judging by the literal meaning of the rules, the Man in the Black Trench Coat's targets were not just Dad and Mom, but very likely the entire family.
In other words, everyone in this household could be his victims.
And Andrew might be the only one capable of changing that outcome.
The public watching the livestream were reinvigorated the moment Andrew discovered a new set of rules.
"Andrew is amazing!"
"He's a genius, he actually thought of checking the basement for new rules!"
"Thank goodness he found it. Otherwise, the losses would've been catastrophic. I heard many countries have already started executing Plan B, but none of them seem to have noticed the basement!"
"Our B Country started Plan B two hours ago and suffered heavy losses, but found no useful clues. Go, L Country! Go, Andrew! B Country supports you forever!"
"L Country is so lucky. Our R Country's challenger was scared to death by his sister hiding in a cabinet. Now only L Country's Challenger is still pushing forward. Keep going!"
All the other national Research Teams drooled with envy when they saw Andrew hadn't given up and even found another set of rules.
As of now, only L Country hadn't been invaded by the "Three-Member Family" Rule Horror. Every other country had already been affected.
And only those who had truly experienced invasion and implemented Plan B could fully grasp just how terrifying "Three-Member Family" really was.
Shrouded in endless fog, riddled with danger and taboos, one careless mistake could lead to sudden, inexplicable death.
Forget clearing it. Just surviving in this Rule Horror was already an enormous challenge.
And this was with the help of all the rules Andrew had uncovered.
Without those rules, the death toll would have been unimaginable.
So of course, everyone envied L Country.
Especially now that only L Country's Challenger was still in the game.
Even when compared to real-world death squads, Andrew's progress was still the fastest.
This result sent a clear message: no matter how hard they tried, or how many lives they sacrificed, none of them could match Andrew alone.
How could other countries not feel jealous?
Of course, there was envy and admiration, but no hatred.
In fact, every nation genuinely hoped Andrew would succeed.
If Andrew could clear the Horror Tale, they could follow in his footsteps and escape their own real-world versions of the story.
And once a Rule Horror was cleared, that region would no longer be plagued by it—or any other—for a very long time.
So naturally, everyone wished for Andrew's success.
For nations other than L Country, time literally meant life and not just one per second.
Meanwhile, L Country's government was also closely monitoring Andrew and had already decided to publish a book about his story.
The reason was simple: Andrew had endured to the very end, he had contributed to the nation.
And he had discovered six different sets of rules, he had contributed to humanity.
Moreover, even now, he remained the fastest in the world.
Therefore, his story deserved to be chronicled in the history books.
…
Back to Andrew.
Having found a new set of rules, he immediately activated the Rule Simulator.
{Simulation Start!!!}
{While pondering how to stop the Man in the Black Trench Coat, you examined the basement layout, hoping to find something helpful.}
{You went to the elevator area, trying to get into the shaft to destroy the elevator, but you had no key, and there were no alternate access points nearby.}
{In the stairwell, you found nothing except a fire door, which you also had no key for.}
{You entered the elevator, lit up all the floor buttons, and began jumping, pounding, and trying everything to break it.}
{Ten minutes later, maintenance staff arrived, restrained you, and found that the elevator was still operational.}
{They called your parents, issued a warning, and charged a fine. Your parents brought you home.}
{Your mother was furious and asked why you'd done such a thing.}
{You said you saw a man in a Black Trench Coat pulling a suitcase trying to use the elevator to come to your home. You didn't recognize him, but he looked terrifying, like a killer.}
{You didn't want him to get to your home via the elevator, so you tried to sabotage it.}
{Upon hearing this, your parents' faces turned pale. They immediately stopped asking about the elevator and, in a panic, decided to take you and your sister and leave home for safety.}
{You warned them that leaving like this might expose you to the Man in the Black Trench Coat and suggested escaping through the window using the hemp rope.}
{Your parents said you were crazy, the family lived on the 18th floor!}
{They once again cursed themselves for buying a unit so high up.}
{You explained that high floors often lacked burglar-proof windows. It was possible to force entry into someone else's home from outside. If a window was left open, someone could just climb in.}
{Your parents still thought the plan was insane, but with no better option, they eventually agreed to go along with it.}
{With their help, you quickly tied the hemp rope and began climbing down, one by one.}
{At the 13th floor, you found an apartment window left open. You climbed inside quietly, followed by Dad, Mom, and your sister.}
{Inside, a boy around 13 or 14 was asleep. You muffled him with a towel. The boy woke up in terror.}
{Your parents skillfully tied him up using bedsheets and blankets.}
{They were surprised at how proficient you were too, but didn't question it.}
{You threatened the boy to keep silent—or die.}
{Then you cut the hemp rope so it couldn't reach the 13th floor, shut the window, and locked it.}
{And just like that, all of you waited quietly inside the boy's room.}
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