Wuxin's words instantly enlightened Su Qingyu.
Su Qingyu realized that she had almost fallen into a rule-based trap.
That's right, scoring 100 was a clearance requirement that appeared in the 【Sweet Home】 Instance.
But she had already met the S-class clearance standard and didn't need to care about this score at all.
What the teacher said during evening self-study was that students who didn't score above ninety would have to attend a year-long tutoring class organized by the school.
The reason Su Qingyu took the exam was her fear of failing and being forcibly enrolled in the year-long tutoring class horror.
She had overlooked one point: every horror had its own scope of control.
The 【Sweet Home】 Rule Horror's range was limited to home.
The teacher, evening self-study, and the exam, although they overlapped with the 【Sweet Home】 Rule Horror, they should belong to separate horror rules.
Combined with the B-class clearance rule: score full marks and gain Dad's praise.
Su Qingyu judged that this method of clearance was not a way to break through the 【Sweet Home】 Rule Horror and escape the Instance.
Instead, it was a condition to achieve a higher danger level "invitation" from a horror.
If the condition of scoring full marks was met, she would be forcibly transferred from one horror to another.
It was like escaping one hell only to enter a deeper one.
No wonder, just like leaving home, the S-class departure was achieved by unraveling the truth of the Instance and discovering the true nature of the source of pollution, thereby leaving.
The B-class had nothing to do with 【Sweet Home】 at all; it only required a high enough score and Dad's praise.
This praise must have been due to Dad being restricted by higher-level rules, reluctantly letting his daughter leave.
No matter how powerful the anomalous force was, it couldn't forcibly drag Su Qingyu into a new horror without any prerequisites being met.
They could only lay traps in other horrors, waiting for living people to step on them.
Su Qingyu tried to exit the exam interface but failed.
She forcibly shut down the tablet computer.
Unexpectedly, as she touched the shutdown button, the exam paper was automatically submitted.
A yellow smiley face popped up in the center of the tablet computer.
A sarcastic death-smile emoticon.
"Final score: 97 points."
"Congratulations, student Su Qingyu, on obtaining the title of 「Top Student」."
"Player has obtained one 「Morning Star High School Rule Horror」 Admission Notice."
The black admission notice had hot-stamped gold regular script characters, indicating the enrollment date as September 1st.
Su Qingyu's expression was cool and clear, her red lips curling upwards.
On September 1st, she would enroll on time and confront this 【Morning Star High School】 Rule Horror that laid traps in the beginner Instance.
Su Qingyu packed her backpack and walked towards the dark corridor ahead.
The direction of home was behind her, disappearing into the darkness as she moved further away.
Su Qingyu took out Mom's note, placed it in front of Wuxin, and asked, "Has this note been contaminated?"
Wuxin touched the note with his snow-white knuckles: "No."
Not contaminated meant that all the rules on Mom's note were correct.
【If you're scared, you can go home. As long as you go home, you'll forever be just Mom's good daughter, and Mom will protect you for life.】
This rule told Su Qingyu that if she turned back, she could forever live in the 【Sweet Home】 Rule Horror as a daughter.
Becoming an NPC.
Should she continue to resist "it" to the end? Or should she transform into an anomaly with "its" approval and become a henchman for evil?
This was a multiple-choice question facing all survivors.
For Su Qingyu, there was no choice.
Starting at max level, choosing to surrender would be too cowardly.
She would fight against the horror to the very end!
Breaking through all the demons and monsters blocking her path.
Su Qingyu stepped into the corridor with one foot, and she felt someone behind her!
The aura appeared in an instant.
Su Qingyu suddenly turned her head, and all three of them were startled!
Instance 【Infinite Corridor】 opened.
Number of Trialists: 3.
Difficulty: ★★★
"Are you... are you human or anomaly?" The girl wearing glasses was so scared that she sat down on the ground with a plop, her glasses falling off. She squinted and searched for them on the ground.
The boy kept rubbing his arm, maintaining a safe distance from them, and said with chattering teeth, "1, 2, 3, 4!
How can there be four people?!
The voice that announced the Instance opening in my mind told me there were only three people in this Instance!"
"Calm down, Wuxin is an anomaly."
There was such a large hole in Wuxin's chest, and his right hand was still bone, impossible to hide.
The boy's hand trembled as he pointed at Su Qingyu: "Then what about you? Did you appear together? Are you also an anomaly?"
"I am human, and also one of the trialists in this Instance." Su Qingyu's expression was calm, and her attitude was gentle.
This was a multi-person Instance, and her primary task was to appease her teammates and strengthen team cohesion.
One more assistant meant one more chance of winning.
The boy was doubtful. He wasn't an idiot; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to clear the 【Rule Horror】 Instance.
The girl also put on her thick glasses, her flaxen braided pigtails hanging on her chest. She extended a hand to Su Qingyu: "Hello, my name is Wen Xuecha. I just narrowly escaped death and ran out of a Rule Horror called 【Sweet Home】."
The boy immediately chimed in, speaking rapidly: "My name is Li Lin, and I also came out of the 【Sweet Home】 Rule Horror.
When Mom and Dad weren't home, I accompanied Grandma, persuaded her to eat, and helped her clean the filth on her body.
Grandma was very happy with my coaxing, and she gave me the clearance rules.
That tablet computer could go online, so I searched for answers online and scored 100.
After giving the report card to Dad, Dad praised me for being successful enough and that I could leave home now."
Wen Xuecha said softly, "I also coaxed Grandma to be happy, helped Mom with housework, and helped Dad pay off his debts—"
Su Qingyu also reported her name and asked in confusion, "How did you help your Dad pay off his debts?"
"Dad said he needed Younger Brother's two feet and my two hands. I helped Dad grab Younger Brother and cut off his hands and feet for Dad."
Wen Xuecha appeared gentle and weak, a reserved girl.
But her words made Li Lin's teeth ache: "How can you be so fierce for a girl?"
Wen Xuecha covered her face: "Of course, it's because I don't want to die. What choice do we have? I'm also desperate."
Su Qingyu evaluated the two in her heart.
Li Lin was a bit clever, timid but meticulous.
Wen Xuecha seemed harmless but was actually decisive and brave.
Each had their own strengths.
Li Lin slapped his forehead in annoyance: "Why didn't I think of this method!
Damn it!
Although I scored full marks, the tablet computer identified me as cheating.
I received this..."
Li Lin took out a black admission notice.
Wen Xuecha adjusted her glasses and said softly, "I was absent from the exam, so I didn't receive an admission notice, but I received a notice for a make-up exam..."
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