There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

"That kind of agonizing pain is unimaginable to you," I said.

"Generally speaking, when we humans experience sudden severe headaches, our bodies secrete adrenaline to momentarily reduce the pain. If the body judges the pain too unbearable, it would cause us to faint," I explained.

"It's a protective mechanism to prevent us from literally dying of pain."

"However, at that time, the little adrenaline that was secreted was instantly negated, and we felt every bit of the agony clearly; we bore it all without modification."

"Especially under the rules of December, all players not only couldn't die, they couldn't even faint. Passing out from pain was out of the question. In an instant when our bodies were corroded and fell apart, they were instantly restored," I recalled.

"It didn't even take a blink of an eye."

"Immediately after, the newly restored body was once again corroded by high concentrations of stomach acid to the point of decay!"

"All sensations, without missing a beat, reached the brain. I wanted to pass out but couldn't. By then, many players had already broken down and sought death, because the pain was too much. Many would rather die than endure such extreme pain."

"Yet, we had no way of dying, not even if we wanted to kill ourselves."

"I don't know about the others."

"At that moment, I felt as if my body had lightened, my mind went blank, and countless waves of excruciating pain crazily assaulted my body and brain, leaving me longing to live yet unable to die," I said with heaviness.

"In that instant, I experienced the fragility of life."

"The moment I was swallowed by the monster, I knew it would be tougher than we imagined to beat. Unless Yi himself took action, there was no way this boss would be defeated in a short time here on Blue Star," I stated.

"And staying in extreme agony for days, I couldn't die due to the rules, but I was sure I'd end up like a mindless fool."

When I said that,

Li Yide unconsciously raised his head to look at Tie Chui, who was standing nearby.

"What...what are you looking at me for!"

A wisp of anger rose between Tie Chui's brows as he bellowed, "I'm...I'm brain-damaged, not stupid!!!"

"Right, I got you, Tie Chui," I replied hastily.

Li Yide shrank his neck before he continued, "The only regret in my heart when I realized I might become a senseless, walking corpse for the rest of my life was..."

"That I had yet to bring home the woman I love."

"To take her to my deceased parents' graves and familiarize her with the way."

"The person you like?"

Tuberculosis Rabbit sat up straight, propping her chin with one hand and mused, "Who do you like? I vaguely recall you were a major simp back then, chasing after quite a few."

"Those were mere mortals."

Li Yide shook his head solemnly, saying, "I don't know if you remember the last time we had that strange Another World event, when countless horrors descended on Blue Star, and many female horrors were caught by some organizations in Yancheng, tied up to play Russian Roulette."

"During that event, a ghost girl just barged into my home."

"In those three days, she slept with me, watched TV with me, snacked on potato chips while nestled in my arms on the couch, and tried to mimic me as she brushed her teeth. Those three days felt like the happiest and most human I had ever been."

"I fell for her."

"It was a realization after much introspection."

"I've hardly spoken about this to anyone; after all, it's hard for ordinary people to understand my affection for a female ghost. But having gone through this, it made me face my feelings even more. I must find Xiaoqian in the future."

"And bring her back home through a proper marriage ceremony."

"To have her call out to my mother at her grave."

"Uh..."

Tuberculosis Rabbit said with an odd expression, "You've mentioned this before, but are you sure there was real affection between you? The creatures that came with that Another World global event seemed to be without consciousness."

"She was different."

Li Yide shook his head with conviction, "I'd seen other female ghosts from that event, and Xiaoqian was completely different. Those ghosts didn't have their own consciousness, but Xiaoqian had her own emotions. When she watched TV, I could keenly feel what she felt in her heart."

"She listened intently when I spoke to her."

"Xiaoqian had her own awareness."

"Well, blessings to you."

Sword Without End said with a sincere expression, but he hesitated before adding, "But, are you sure you want to take your Xiaoqian to meet your parents?"

"It's quite strange."

"Do your deceased parents know that their son's wife is a ghost?"

"Though, it does seem fitting."

"My parents will accept her," Li Yide slowly straightened up, looking out towards the restless creature nearby, and in a tone tinged with relief from surviving ordeals, said, "I'm just grateful that the monster spit me out. Otherwise, I'm not sure how much longer I could've lasted."

Chen Yi and the others followed Li Yide's gaze.

The huge monster at that moment had just emptied its stomach of all the players it had recently swallowed, spitting out all the indigestible 'food'. Clearly, the monster was extremely dissatisfied with not being able to digest its hard-earned prey.