Chapter 7 Rewrite the Root Rule

The entire Origin Ward trembled.​
Countless glowing rule characters floated frantically in the air, flickering red like warning alarms. The black ink inside the glass tanks churned violently, as if the entire dungeon core was enraged by Chen Yu’s negotiation.​
The translucent rule entity condensed its chaotic form, countless twisted text strands weaving together to form a hideous, faceless silhouette. Its cold, mechanical voice echoed sharply in everyone’s mind.​
【Negotiation is invalid. The root rule is unchangeable. To rewrite the core, one living human must offer their soul as eternal fuel. No exceptions.】​
The atmosphere turned suffocating.​
The remaining six survivors stared at each other in dread and hesitation.​
Sacrifice meant eternal imprisonment in the core, turning into endless rule fuel, never reincarnating, never escaping. No one was willing to accept such a cruel fate.​
Zhang Hao clenched his metal pipe tightly, his jaw tight. “There’s no other way? We can’t destroy the core without sacrificing someone?”​
Chen Yu’s Vulnerability Analysis talent operated at full speed, sweeping through every line of the root rule hidden in the entity’s body. Garbled error codes and hidden logical bugs flooded his vision instantly.​
【Root Rule Bug Detected.】​
【The core requires a “voluntary sacrifice” to complete the rule rewrite.】​
【Hidden Loophole: The definition of “volunteer” can be logically overwritten.】​
【System restriction: The core entity itself is also classified as a “rule life form”, eligible for sacrifice binding.】​
Chen Yu’s eyes flashed with a sharp light.​
The dungeon thought it had trapped them in a dead end, but it exposed its biggest flaw.​
It demanded a human sacrifice, but it never stipulated that the sacrifice had to be human.​
“I have a way.” Chen Yu’s voice cut through the panicked silence, calm and firm.​
Lin Wan looked over anxiously: “What are you going to do? It’s too dangerous!”​
“The core wants a voluntary sacrifice to rewrite the root rule.” Chen Yu stepped forward slowly, staring straight at the faceless rule entity, “But it never said the sacrifice must be one of us.”​
The rule entity trembled violently, its text body flickering wildly.​
【Absurd logic! The rule definition is absolute! Rule life forms cannot sacrifice themselves!】​
“Absolute?” Chen Yu sneered coldly, “Every rule you made is a lie. What makes you think your own restrictive logic is flawless?”​
He raised the blue antidote vial in his hand. The faint blue light flickered, offsetting the dense black curse energy in the ward.​
“This antidote contains purified human spiritual energy. It can temporarily stabilize the chaotic rule codes. Zhang Hao, guard the survivors. Lin Wan, record every floating rule text in the air. I’m going to force a logical overwrite.”​
The group did not hesitate anymore. After following Chen Yu through countless deadly traps, they completely trusted his judgment.​
Zhang Hao stood in front of the crowd, vigilant against the sudden surge of curse energy. Lin Wan took out a broken mobile phone, quickly capturing the flickering rule codes in the air.​
Chen Yu took a deep breath, activating his talent to the limit. Countless bug codes intertwined in his vision, weaving into a brand new logical chain.​
【Building fake voluntary consciousness… Success.】​
【Binding sacrifice target to rule core entity… Bug invasion underway.】​
【Logical overwrite: The core entity voluntarily sacrifices itself to terminate the false rule system.】​
As the last line of code took shape, the entire Origin Ward exploded with dazzling light.​
“What are you doing? Stop!” The rule entity let out a furious distorted roar, countless sharp rule blades slashing toward Chen Yu.​
Zhang Hao roared and rushed forward, swinging his bent metal pipe to block the incoming rule blades. The blade cut through his arm instantly, blood dripping down, but he never retreated half a step.​
“Chen Yu! Hurry up! I can’t hold it for long!”​
Chen Yu ignored the raging attacks, his fingers dancing in the air, continuously repairing and overlapping the bug logic.​
“You use human fear to nourish yourself, turn survivors into rule ink, and weave endless false traps. Today, I’ll let your own rules devour you.”​
Boom!​
A powerful invisible force burst out from the core. The rule entity’s body began to collapse rapidly, its own rule codes backlashing and biting itself.​
【Rule logic conflict detected. Self-sacrifice program forced activation.】​
【Core entity cannot resist its own root rule.】​
【Sacrifice progress: 20%… 50%… 80%…】​
The faceless entity let out a desperate wail, its body turning into countless scattered text fragments, actively merging into the root rule altar.​
It finally understood.​
The human in front of it never played by its rules.​
He only played with its bugs.​
When the sacrifice progress reached 100%, all the floating false rules in the ward collapsed and dissipated. The black liquid in the glass tanks gradually cleared up, and the twisted human silhouettes inside slowly faded away, the trapped souls finally liberated.​
A gentle white light enveloped the entire hospital dungeon.​
【Root false rule system crashed.】​
【Midnight Private Hospital Dungeon clearance successful.】​
【All curse erosion lifted. Survivor physical state fully restored.】​
【Dungeon reward: Permanent Bug Analysis Authority.】​
The black veins on every survivor’s body faded completely. The fatigue and pain that had plagued them for days vanished in an instant.​
Everyone collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily, with tears of joy and relief in their eyes.​
They survived.​
They finally escaped this terrifying rule prison.​
Lin Wan looked at Chen Yu gratefully: “We wouldn’t be alive without you.”​
Zhang Hao nodded heavily: “You didn’t just save us… you broke the entire dungeon’s false order.”​
Chen Yu stared at the gradually collapsing Origin Ward, his expression not relaxed at all.​
A new system prompt slowly echoed in his mind.​
【This is only the first dungeon.】​
【Global rule-tale system main body still active.】​
【More powerful rule dungeons are awakening worldwide.】​
Chen Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.​
The hospital dungeon was just the beginning.​
The real rule-tale apocalypse had only just unfolded.​
He raised his head, gazing at the bright light penetrating the collapsed ceiling, and whispered in a low voice.​
“Next dungeon… I’ll keep breaking every last one of your lies.”