Consciousness Return.
Andrew, lying on the bed, looked terrified, his face pale as a sheet. He took a deep breath but couldn't exhale for a long time.
Boundless fear and an overwhelming sense of oppression gripped him so tightly that even though his consciousness had returned to reality, he couldn't snap out of it right away.
This wasn't the first time Andrew had seen a Vengeful Malevolent Ghost, nor was it his first time entering an Illusory World, but none of that compared to the visual shock and psychological pressure brought on by that plush doll.
The plush doll didn't feel like a Ghost or a horror tale monster. It felt like pure, unfiltered Resentment.
Resentment toward being born into this world.
Resentment toward the existence of air.
Resentment toward the wind blowing.
Resentment toward everything in the world, especially humanity.
Andrew's instinct told him that it might be even more brutal than his mutated sister and more terrifying than the Female Ghost who gained power through his sister's mirror—not because of bloodlines, but because of the horrors it had personally witnessed and endured.
This feeling was extraordinarily strong and real. At that moment, Andrew felt like every pore on his body was about to explode.
He didn't even dare to check the Pocket Watch to see whether he was encountering a Ghost or inside the Illusory World.
Immediately ending the simulation was his only instinctive reaction in that moment!
The viewers watching the live broadcast were stunned once again. They couldn't understand why Andrew, who had been peacefully lying in bed just a second ago, was now so horrified in a way that was visibly obvious.
"There's a ghost! There's definitely a ghost!"
"Just now too, Andrew was sleeping just fine, then suddenly broke out in a sweat and looked like he couldn't even breathe. And this time it's even worse, his expression looks like he saw a ghost. No, worse than that!"
"We're screwed. Andrew, run! Don't sleep! The wind's blowing, get out of there!"
The various national Research Teams, who had already been confused by the previous incident, felt as if they had been doused in cold water. Now, they were even more clueless about what was going on.
Based on past experience, Ghosts in a Rule Horror could usually be seen under such circumstances.
But now, this had happened twice. And both times, they had seen nothing.
It couldn't be a case of violate a Rule either. Violating a single rule would lead to instant erasure, let alone breaking the rules twice!
The researchers rewound the footage again and again, scrutinizing every frame, but still found nothing useful.
Silence.
A deathly silence.
Everyone's face was heavy with concern.
Just moments ago, L Country had obtained progress reports from nations that had already enacted the Death Squad Plan.
M Country had deployed a hundred thousand experienced death squad members to invade the Real World Rule Horror in search of clues to clear it.
So far, around 40,000 of them had died.
The number of useful clues gathered was 0.
In other countries that had executed the Death Squad Plan, casualties were even more horrifying and some had already been completely wiped out.
But the number of useful clues remained 0.
That's because the rules that could be found had already been uncovered by Andrew and other challengers from around the world.
And even with that knowledge, no one had been able to figure out a way to clear this Rule Horror through research or experimentation.
This had never happened before.
In other words, the difficulty of the Three-Member Family Rule Horror had not only broken records, it had far exceeded them.
Some experts had even concluded through analysis that if Andrew couldn't uncover more useful clues, humanity might never be able to beat this Rule Horror.
At that point, humanity's only option would be to avoid it completely—and those who failed to avoid it in time would face only one outcome: death.
In other words, Andrew was now the hope of all humanity. If he failed, the human race could suffer an unprecedented catastrophe.
This information was currently classified at the highest level. To prevent public panic, only the top ten Research Teams in the world and a handful of national leaders were informed. The rest of the world knew nothing about it.
In fact, several major nations had already begun accelerating their efforts on a plan to leave Earth—known as the Star Migration Plan.
The Star Migration Plan had been initiated long ago, even before the invasion of Rule Horror by some countries.
But progress had always been slow. No country wanted to dump their limited resources into a bottomless pit.
It wasn't until it became clear that humanity might never clear the Three-Member Family Rule Horror that some countries finally gritted their teeth and began diverting unimaginable resources toward the Star Migration Plan.
Because once there's a first Rule Horror that can't be cleared, there might be a second, a third, an Nth...
At that point, humanity might completely lose its ability to survive on this planet.
Therefore, the Star Migration Plan had become the key to whether the human race could continue to exist.
M Country even launched the Stellar Alliance to unite all of humanity in completing the Star Migration Plan.
As one of the world's top powers, L Country was, of course, a priority invite.
But L Country had yet to agree to join the Stellar Alliance.
Because L Country held fundamentally different beliefs from M Country and other Western nations.
When faced with apocalyptic threats, the Western solution was often a Noah's Ark—migrating to space.
But L Country leaned more toward the spirit of filling the sea or the concept behind the Wandering Earth.
After all, how many people could a so-called space migration actually take?
They say it's for the continuation of the human race, but would those who leave Earth even still be human?
L Country wanted to preserve the lives of all humanity, not just safeguard a small, "superior" remnant.
But as of now, L Country still hadn't figured out what to do if Andrew failed to clear the Unclearable Rule Horror.
They knew very well, they had only one shot to bet everything. Once they committed to the Star Migration Plan, there would be no turning back—only one road forward, into the dark.
But this path of fleeing to space... was not the path L Country truly desired.
"Andrew, you have to make it...!"
Watching the live broadcast of Andrew, pale and stricken with terror, the person in charge furrowed his brows deeply.
The future of L Country and possibly of humanity, rested on Andrew's shoulders. Even he found it hard to breathe under the pressure.
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