Weird Rules: Start by playing God in Bikini Bottom!

Chapter 14 Jiang Xiu: "SpongeBob, stop playing with him like that!"

Jiang Xiu's situation was much easier.

He finished his "artistic practice" at 8:40, leisurely checked the doors and windows, drew the curtains, changed into his pajamas, and even made himself a cup of hot cocoa before finally going to bed.

In less than five minutes, even breathing resumed; he was sleeping soundly. The live stream was calm, with only occasional shadows obscured by the curtains outside the window, indicating that the night was not peaceful.

The other survivors, despite having survived the first rule, were unable to sleep due to the mental trauma they had suffered from the erosion and the playing.

They stared intently at every sound outside, their minds on edge, yet their bodies were utterly exhausted.

In the live stream, their eyes were sunken, their tentacles drooped limply, and they were in extremely poor condition.

The comments section was filled with concern:

"This can't go on. If we don't sleep all night, how are we going to cope tomorrow?"

"I'm mentally exhausted. I don't know what new challenges the next day will bring."

"The Chinese player is sleeping soundly... Indeed, the right approach is the key."

"Hopefully they can hold on until dawn."

The long night is finally over.

The next morning.

In the Dragon Kingdom live-streaming room, the hazy morning light shone through the gaps in the heavy curtains, bringing a little brightness to the room.

Jiang Xiu was still fast asleep in bed, even snoring softly.

"I'm ready! I'm ready! I'm ready—!!!"

A loud, energetic shout, like a thunderclap, came from afar and instantly shattered the morning's tranquility! The sound was incredibly penetrating, as if it were right outside the window.

Immediately afterwards, the shouts reached downstairs and began to ring out rhythmically, over and over again:

"Octopus Bro! Wake up!"

"The sun is shining on the stones in Bikini Bottom!"

"You're going to be late for work! The crab boss will dock your entire paycheck!"

"Get up, get up! I brought you a super-fun alarm clock!"

It's SpongeBob SquarePants!

He was standing outside Squidward's house, head tilted back, hands cupped around his mouth, shouting energetically in his signature high-pitched voice.

His smile today seemed even brighter than yesterday, standing out starkly against the gloomy background.

Jiang Xiu was woken up by the noise, his brows furrowed, his face showing frustration and anger at having his sweet dream forcibly interrupted.

Frustrated, he covered his head with his tentacles, rolled over on the bed, and tried to ignore the intrusive noise.

But SpongeBob persisted, even starting to bang on Squidward's door, making muffled "bang" sounds, while humming an off-key but unusually loud "wake-up march".

"well……"

Jiang Xiu finally couldn't bear it any longer. He let out a long, resentful sigh and suddenly sat up in the hammock.

His bulging eyes were bloodshot as he stared in the direction the sound came from.

He slowly got out of bed, shuffled to the window in his slippers, and yanked open the curtains—a large movement, clearly showing his morning grumpiness.

Downstairs, SpongeBob saw him appear at the window and immediately jumped up excitedly to wave.

"Squidward! You're awake! That's great! Look, I called you three times louder today! Wasn't that effective? Aren't I your best friend?"

Looking at the incredibly "sincere" smile on the yellow square's face downstairs, and listening to his boastful words, Jiang Xiu felt a familiar, deep-seated headache and a sense of powerlessness sweep over him.

He took a deep breath, mustered all his strength, and roared at SpongeBob downstairs, his voice hoarse but full of explosive power:

"SpongeBob!"

"Your voice is a hundred times more terrifying than ten thousand electric eels holding a concert in my head!!!"

"My artistic inspiration! My peaceful mornings! All ruined by you, you noisy yellow sponge!!!"

"Now! Immediately! Get out of front of my house! Before I smash your square head in with my clarinet!!!"

After yelling, he slammed the window shut with a bang, drew the curtains, and his chest was still heaving with anger.

However, SpongeBob downstairs didn't seem scared at all. Instead, he was even happier because he got a "response," and he raised his hands and cheered.

"Yay! Squidward looks really energetic today! See you at the Krusty Krab! Remember to eat breakfast! I saved you a 'surprise Krabby Patty'!"

After saying that, he skipped away.

Jiang Xiu stood by the window, calmed himself down, and rubbed his throbbing forehead.

He glanced at the clock on the wall; it was getting late.

"Damn it... I'm going back to that greasy, noisy hell again..."

He grumbled under his breath as he reluctantly began changing his clothes, preparing for his second day in Silent Bikini Bottom.

The other surviving chosen ones were mostly awakened from their semi-conscious or extremely exhausted state by SpongeBob's shouts.

They looked out the window in horror, wondering what their seemingly enthusiastic but potentially extremely dangerous colleague was up to.

Their lack of understanding of the character relationships made them even more at a loss when facing SpongeBob.

Filled with resentment at being forcibly awakened by SpongeBob and a helpless premonition of another day of "artistic drudgery," Jiang Xiu (Squidward) dragged his heavier steps to the Krusty Krab.

However, the scene before him made him stop in his tracks instantly, his bulging eyes widening even more, his face filled with astonishment and a sense of absurdity, as if asking, "Again?"

Yesterday, the Krusty Krab restaurant was shrouded in a deathly and eerie atmosphere, but overnight, it was decorated to be... "fancy".

The door frame was wrapped with red and green plastic seaweed that flashed cheap LED lights, the windows were covered with Santa Claus stickers in the shape of snowflakes and crabs, and there was a "Santa Crab" figure with a distorted expression that was barely pieced together from old fishing nets and buoys at the door.

The most outrageous thing is that next to the original sign, a crooked neon sign was hung, flashing the words "Christmas Krabby Patty, Limited Time Offer!"

The light source was faulty, causing occasional sharp cracks, making the words look more like some kind of eerie incantation.

The colors are still so bright they're almost blinding, but under the somber background and eerie filter of "Silent Bikini Bottom," these Christmas decorations don't bring any festive joy. Instead, they exude an indescribable awkwardness and unease, like a clumsy and crazy cosplay.

"……Christmas?"

Jiang Xiu's lips twitched, inwardly cursing.

"It's a holiday on my second day here? Is the time flow in this instance on a rocket? And these decorations... who did this? SpongeBob SquarePants? This aesthetic is a double insult to Christmas and all underwater holidays!"

He had a vague feeling that this sudden holiday was no coincidence, and likely meant new rules or more dangerous variables.

Just as he was staring blankly at the bizarre Christmas decorations.

The Krusty Krab door was flung open with a bang, and SpongeBob burst out like a yellow cannonball, wearing an extremely ugly Santa hat made of red coral fragments and green seaweed.

"Merry Christmas, Squidward!!"