Chapter 2 The Bug That Defies the Dungeon

Chen Yu’s voice cut through the suffocating silence like a sharp blade.​
Every survivor in the corridor froze, their eyes filled with terror and disbelief.​
They had just witnessed someone vanish completely for following the official rule.​
The so‑called “safe guidelines” were nothing but a death trap.​
The red‑robed nurse slowly turned her head toward Chen Yu.​
Her pitch‑black eyes stared straight into his, devoid of any warmth, any humanity. The hideous grin on her mouth stretched wider, as if she had found the most interesting prey in the entire corridor.​
The crowd held their breath, certain that Chen Yu would be erased in the next second.​
“He’s staring right at her… He’s definitely dead!”​
“The rule said no eye contact! Why is he still standing?!”​
Panic whispers spread rapidly, but no erasure prompt appeared.​
Chen Yu stood calmly under the flickering lights, his gaze unwavering.​
At this moment, only he could see the garbled system text floating above the nurse’s head.​
【Error: Target eye‑contact judgment reversed.】​
【Correct condition: Only direct gaze suppresses killing intent.】​
【Avoiding gaze triggers mandatory wipe.】​
Chen Yu sneered inwardly.​
This dungeon was shamelessly deceitful.​
It posted reversed rules to trick ordinary people into killing themselves, turning every survival attempt into a suicide operation.​
The nurse’s stiff footsteps stopped right in front of him.​
Her pale face was inches away, cold corpse air rolling over Chen Yu’s skin.​
The onlookers trembled, ready to witness a brutal death.​
But nothing happened.​
Instead, the red nurse’s murderous aura gradually faded. Her twisted smile froze, and she slowly lowered her raised killing hand.​
The crowd was utterly stunned.​
“No way… He actually survived?”​
“Is the rule really fake?”​
Shock and confusion swept through the entire corridor like a storm.​
Chen Yu ignored the commotion and continued analyzing the dungeon loopholes.​
His Vulnerability Analysis talent was still running, parsing every hidden logic of this terrifying hospital.​
【Detected secondary rule bug.】​
【Rule 2 “do not turn back at bedside crying” is a partial lie.】​
【Turning back within three seconds can obtain hidden clue fragments.】​
【Long‑term avoidance will stack curse erosion.】​
Just as the system prompt finished echoing.​
Woo——​
A faint, weeping sound drifted from the deep ward on the left.​
The crying was soft, fragile, and extremely bewitching, as if a helpless patient was sobbing in pain.​
The survivors’ scalps turned numb instantly.​
Rule 2 echoed terrifyingly in their minds — Never turn around when you hear bedside crying.​
Everyone stiffened their necks, staring straight ahead, trembling violently, not daring to glance backward for even a split second.​
They had already learned the rules were deceptive, yet they had no other choice. They had no way to distinguish truth from falsehood.​
Only Chen Yu knew clearly.​
Not turning back was the real death sentence.​
If they kept avoiding the crying sound, the invisible curse would accumulate until their bodies corroded and they were completely swallowed by the dungeon.​
Without hesitation, Chen Yu turned around directly.​
The crowd screamed in panic.​
“Don’t turn back!! You’ll die!!”​
But Chen Yu had already locked his gaze on the dark ward.​
Inside the dim room, a pale little girl sat on the hospital bed, her body thin and frail, tears dripping silently. However, behind her back, a twisted black shadow was creeping upward, covering half of her body.​
The crying was not from the girl.​
It was the shadow, mimicking human weeping to lure victims into passive curse stacking.​
The moment Chen Yu turned back.​
【Hidden Clue Obtained: The hospital’s medical staff are all corrupted. Only the abandoned ward retains real human residue.】​
【Curse erosion paused for the holder of bug authority.】​
The black shadow in the ward instantly froze, seemingly frightened by Chen Yu’s direct observation.​
It dared not move an inch.​
The survivors watched this scene in complete daze.​
The person who should have died twice was still standing safely, while all of them, who strictly followed the rules, were gradually feeling cold and numb in their limbs.​
Many people’s arms had already turned faintly gray, a sign of curse corrosion.​
Despair surged in their hearts.​
They finally understood thoroughly.​
In this weird dungeon world, obedience equals death.​
Only this young man in front of them was grasping the real survival logic.​
At this moment, the corridor lights flickered again, and a cold mechanical warning resounded.​
【Dungeon anomaly detected.】​
【Bug intruder confirmed.】​
【Increased hazard level. Hunting mode activated.】​
The entire hospital corridor turned icy cold.​
Deeper darkness surged from the end of the corridor.​
Chen Yu raised his eyes calmly.​
The dungeon had begun targeting him specifically.​
But he was not afraid.​
Since the rules were fake, he would break all of them.​
Since the dungeon wanted to kill him, he would exploit every last bug to crush this false world.​
Chen Yu took a step forward, his voice low and cold, echoing through the silent corridor.​
“If it wants to play dirty.”​
“I’ll play until this dungeon crashes.”