[Mystery + Rules Horror + Rule-Altering System + No Female Lead]
Everyone pulled into the rules-horror world frantically memorized the rules.
Programmer Su Ming was the exception.
When he saw "No running," he sent a substitute to run. When he saw "Do not open the door," he took the door apart. When he saw "Loyal employees must not resign," he went straight in and edited the employee handbook.
[Alteration successful: Forbidden → Required]
[Current rule: Night-shift employees must respond to customers in red]
The customer in red slowly turned around. For the first time, the world of rules horror came to a halt.
The official department had spent three years trying to figure out the patterns behind these horrors, but he had every instance figured out after one run.
The interviewer asked him, "Are you a survivor, or a participant?"
Su Ming smiled. "I'm here to discuss my salary."
After all, in this world, he was the one who changed the rules and planted the loopholes.
Who could have guessed that the more he changed them, the less he himself would count as "human"?
Okay, come on, duck
The writing style is really strange, the words are all in the style of a tomato short story.