Put away your magical powers now!.

Chapter 125 [Rules] (7800 words)
Chapter 7800 [Rules] ( words)
Looking at the woman who was lying dead on the slaughter table last night, now standing "alive" in the corridor outside the door, Chen Yan couldn't help but feel a little disgusted.

His hand was already on the doorknob, and he was almost about to open the door and kill the skin-sticking monster on the spot.

However, after he exhaled lightly, he slowly loosened his hand.

It won’t be time.

Moreover, the target of his anger was not the monster outside the door.

It's just a ghost, what's its value? The real culprit is the master of the secret realm behind this place. That guy is the culprit who killed and skinned people.

These ghosts are just tools, and we can just get rid of them in the end.

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Chen Yan was too lazy to pay attention to the ghost outside the door who was deliberately messing with his mentality, but returned to the room and sat on the edge of the bed.

The owner of the secret realm clearly discovered his actions last night, but did not attack him directly. He just threw a zombie monster at him.

And now, this skin-sticking monster outside the door deliberately came to provoke me and messed up my mentality...

He must have been assigned by the owner of the secret realm.

But since he is hostile to me, why doesn't the owner of the secret realm just harm me directly?

Since he is the master of the secret realm, he will definitely have many ways to deal with me.

Even if it doesn't take direct action, as the owner of the secret realm, can't it directly control the secret realm to open the door and let the monster in?

unless……

Really can not!

When Chen Yan thought of this, his eyes lit up.

It seems that my guess last night was wrong - the owner of the secret realm didn't care if I jumped into the mirror world to spy on this place, and threw in a zombie monster just to increase the difficulty for myself and prevent me from cheating - I was wrong!

The skin-sticking monster that came to provoke me today obviously came with hostility.

and so……

"Even the master of the secret realm is bound by certain rules within the secret realm? He can't attack me at will?"

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When the last ray of light outside the window dimmed, the room became increasingly quiet.

The third night of the trial began, and the hourglass automatically turned over, with sand flowing slowly.

"Are you here to play games with me tonight?"

A voice came from the room, a sharp voice that sounded unpleasant - like the feeling of a fork being dragged across a plate.

Following the sound, a translucent figure slowly floated out from the wall.

It looks like the outline of a human, a young boy.

A very typical Japanese boy with short hair and school uniform.

Chen Yan looked at the translucent monster...it should be some kind of ghost or spirit.

The Qi-gazing technique could reveal a kind of deathly aura from the other person, and that deathly aura made Chen Yan feel uncomfortable. He could sense a strong smell of decay through his spiritual perception.

"It seems the master of the secret realm is very welcoming. He even asked you to speak Dragon Language to me." Chen Yan shook his head and said, "What kind of magic is this? Can you speak any language you want?"

"Don't say such boring nonsense, the master said that someone will play games with me soon!"

The little ghost floated in the air, sitting cross-legged, looking Chen Yan up and down. Suddenly, he grinned, deliberately sticking out his long tongue, and then slowly said, "You don't look like you're having much fun either. If you lose this game, I'll eat you!"

After saying that, he deliberately made a face and opened his mouth as if biting someone.

Chen Yan's face remained calm as he waved his hand. "You're such an old monster, how interesting is it to pretend to be a little boy? I can smell the rotten smell of your ghostly body... Well, could you sit a little further away from me?"

The little boy's face froze, and the childish expression he had deliberately put on disappeared. He looked at Chen Yan fiercely: "You pissed me off! I will definitely beat you today! I won't let you live until dawn!"

Chen Yan looked calm. "Alright, enough with the swearing, let's start the game! The rules say you start the first round, right?"

The little boy put away his anger and said dissatisfiedly, "Although I hate you, according to the rules, I have to explain the rules of the game to you..."

As he spoke, the little boy deliberately used very concise words to repeat the rules - no different from what the girl with long black hair said.

But it seems that he really hates Chen Yan. When he was explaining the rules, his tone was very impatient and he deliberately made it very simple.

Chen Yan didn't ask any more questions, but nodded and said, "Then let's get started."

"No rush! We have a full six hours."

The little boy changed his posture, from sitting cross-legged to floating in the air, and then his ghost body floated around Chen Yan, looking at Chen Yan carefully, examining him, and thinking.

Then he laughed maliciously: "Do you know what I asked that little girl to do last night?"

While speaking, he deliberately floated in front of Chen Yan and stared into Chen Yan's eyes.

Chen Yan's eyes showed no fear at all. He simply covered his nose with his hand and frowned, "Didn't I tell you to stay away from me? You stink. The rotten smell of an old ghost is really pungent!"

The little boy's face froze again, but he suppressed his anger and chuckled a few times: "In the first round last night, I made her take off her clothes in front of me and put on a wonderful show for me!"

Chen Yan remained indifferent and said coldly: "Are all Japanese people so perverted? You are also perverted towards your own people..."

"You don't understand. I love young and fresh flesh the most."

Chen Yan shook his head: "Have you thought about the requirements for the first round? If you need to think for a long time, I will take a nap first. Wake me up when you have thought it through."

"No, you don't have to." The little boy shook his head. "I hate you so much that I won't give you a chance in the first round. I won't play tricks on you. I'll just make you lose quickly!"

Chen Yan's face was calm, but he felt relieved in his heart.

Ok!

If this ghost really wanted him to masturbate right in front of him... Although this request wouldn't hurt the body, it would be too much of a mental injury. If that were the case, Chen Yan would simply refuse. At worst, he would lose the first round.

"Well, then, I'll begin!" The little boy pinched his chin and chuckled softly, "Let me ask you a question first. You must answer honestly. The secret realm has the power of rules. If you lie, you will be judged as the loser!"

"Ask." Chen Yan curled his lips.

"Can you become invisible?"

"...No." Chen Yan smiled.

really!

Guessed the question!

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After the room exchange deal was completed today, before everyone went back to their rooms, the girl with long black hair pulled Chen Yan aside and told him a message.

Last night, in her third round of the game, she failed the test of the ghost in the room and lost.

The content is...

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"You don't know how to become invisible? You're definitely going to lose." The little boy laughed maliciously, "Well, the first round of the game is this! The two of us are playing hide-and-seek in this room! I'll catch you, and you'll hide!
The time limit is ten minutes! If I catch you, you lose. If I can't catch you, I lose.

Chen Yan sighed.

It seems that the ghosts here not only lack creativity, but also have poor brains.

This game is exactly what the girl with long black hair told herself after changing rooms!

If you don't know how to become invisible, you're bound to lose if you play hide-and-seek in such a small room!
The room is so small that under normal circumstances, the only space for people to hide is under the bed or in the cabinet, that’s all!
This requirement is reasonable because playing hide-and-seek itself is not difficult, and the outcome of winning or losing is not within the rules.

What we want is to make the guests lose.

"Okay." Chen Yan nodded. "Then let's make this clear first. What does it mean to 'catch' me? What if you lie and say you did find me when you clearly didn't?"

"If you touch the other person, you've caught him." The little boy smiled.

"Very good, very fair." Chen Yan nodded.

"Don't count on your speed to avoid my pursuit." The little boy smiled proudly: "I am very fast!"

"I understand." Chen Yan nodded.

The little boy smiled, then whispered deliberately, "Let me tell you one last thing... Even if you can transform yourself into air, water, or hide in the sewers, it's useless! Because my magical power can see through these things! In this room, I can see anything I want to see! Just wait for death!"

Chen Yan shrank back, still holding his nose: "You talk too much, can we start now?"

"Okay! I'll close my eyes and count to thirty! Then..." The little boy laughed maliciously.

"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you don't have eyes."

After saying that, Chen Yan produced a piece of talisman paper from his fingertips and shook it lightly.

The talisman paper burned out quickly, and with a whoosh, he disappeared from the spot!

The little boy was stunned.

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Chen Yan stood in the room of the mirror world.

Through the glass window in the room, he saw the little boy in the real world looking around with wide eyes and shouting something loudly.

Chen Yan smiled.

I'm not cheating—I can't turn invisible, and I'm not lying.

Logically speaking, the mirror world allows you to jump into another space, not some kind of invisibility technique.

As for whether the little boy would chase into the mirror world - Chen Yan thought not!

Monsters don't have this ability, but the owner of the secret realm has the ability to throw monsters in.

But he can't do that!

Obviously, the owner of the secret realm is also subject to the rules here.

It was agreed to be a game of hide-and-seek, so if the owner of the secret realm threw the little boy in, it would be equivalent to external forces interfering with the game, which is cheating and breaking the rules!
Chen Yan pursed his lips and smiled.

But at this time, a sound came from outside the door.

"Sorry to bother you, guests inside~"

Chen Yan frowned, slowly walked to the door, stood inside, and looked outside through the peephole.

In the corridor outside the door, the skin-sticking female ghost in kimono stared into the cat's eyes and smiled at herself.

"My master asked me to wait for you here! If you want to go out for a walk tonight, I will be happy to wait here anytime."

Chen Yan raised his eyebrows.

Sure enough, the master of the secret realm no longer allowed him to use the mirror world to run around.

Throw this kimono-clad monster in to guard the door?

Chen Yan pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "What does it feel like to have human skin attached to your body?"

The skin-sticking ghost outside the door seemed stunned for a moment, then a strange smile slowly emerged on his face. His tone seemed very gentle: "It's very comfortable, cool. And this human skin is very fresh. It was peeled off just a few hours ago, and it carries the sweet scent of a young girl's flesh and blood."

After a pause, she smiled and continued, "I'm looking forward to it, guest. I wonder what it would feel like to peel off your skin and stick it on my body!"

Chen Yan sighed: "I understand."

"Understand what?"

"You must be one of those old, ugly freaks."

Skin-sticking monster: “…………”

"Isn't it?" Chen Yan deliberately said loudly, "Only if you are extremely ugly would you like this kind of beautiful human skin. And you must be extremely old. Maybe your skin is like dried orange peel, covered with age spots. No, not age spots, but corpse spots, lividity...

That's not true. Your bones may have rotted away.

So that's why you're particularly yearning for this kind of youthful atmosphere, right?"

The ghost outside the door fell silent, merely lowering his head. His body was trembling slightly, clearly trying to suppress his anger. "You can't just open the door and rush in," Chen Yan continued with a smile. "Even in the mirror world, you're still subject to the rules of the secret realm, right?
In the mirror world, it's also in the room! Monsters in the corridor cannot break into the guest's room area, even in the mirror world! This is the spatial rule here, isn't it?
Thank you, I understand.

Chen Yan once again confirmed from the side that everything here, the monsters, including the owner of the secret realm, are restricted by rules!
So... it seems that the owner of the secret realm does not have that deep control over this secret realm?
After a moment of silence, the skin-sticking ghost raised his head and took a deep breath. His voice was still gentle, but it contained a hint of curse and malice: "Dear guest, I hope that when I peel off your skin, you can still make such unscrupulous jokes!"

Chen Yan ignored the ghost's threats, tapped the door twice, and turned back into the room.

He rested for a while, ate some food, drank some water, and lay in bed for a long time. After more than thirty minutes, Chen Yan walked to the mirror in the bathroom and jumped in.

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"You...where were you hiding just now? Why were you in the bathroom?!"

In the room, the little boy stared fiercely at Chen Yan who suddenly walked out of the bathroom.

Chen Yan spread his hands and said, "What else can people do in the bathroom?"

"..." The little boy gritted his teeth: "But I clearly looked for it! I even checked the sewer..."

Chen Yan nodded and looked around the room. The beds had been put up and the wardrobes on the wall had been removed.

Apparently, this guy not only checked the bathroom, but also turned the bedroom upside down.

"You must have cheated! You clearly don't know how to become invisible... No! Even if you could, you wouldn't be able to escape my search!" The little boy rolled his eyes. "Or, you ran out the door!"

His face suddenly twisted into a hideous, ferocious expression, and his voice changed from a shrill little boy's to a rough, deep voice: "Leaving the room during the game is cheating! Cheating means you lose! I'm going to open the door and kill you!!"

Chen Yan's expression was calm. "If I'm not mistaken, if I cheated, then the rules will apply and you can open the door. So stop making such boring threats. If you could open the door, you wouldn't be talking nonsense to me."

“…………” The little boy stared at Chen Yan unwillingly, but finally, the ferocious expression on his face gradually disappeared, and he returned to his little boy’s face: “Okay! Tell me, how did you do it?”

"You can save this question for the third round...if you can win the second round." Chen Yan smiled calmly, "According to the rules, I won the first round! The second round was initiated by me. If I win the second round as well, there will be no third round, so you have to work hard."

"Ha!" The little boy laughed viciously. "In this room, I am the most powerful! There is nothing I can't do!"

"Okay, I'll definitely give you a requirement to fulfill." Chen Yan's tone was sincere: "So, let's start the second round? I'm the initiator, right?"

"Let's start!" The little boy scratched his hair anxiously and said impatiently, "Hurry up and start! I want to see you die sooner!"

"Then according to the rules, I'll ask you a question first, and you must answer honestly." Chen Yan took a deep breath and said slowly: "Tell me, how can you speak Dragon Mandarin? I don't believe you already know Dragon Mandarin!"

This isn't the Marvel world, and aliens don't even speak English.

The little boy fell silent after hearing this question. After a while, he said coldly, "The second round is a very valuable scoring opportunity for you guests! Are you sure you want to waste the chance to ask such a boring question?"

"If you don't want to answer, you lose." Chen Yan shook his head, too lazy to talk nonsense.

"...Okay." The little boy said loudly and impatiently, "It's the power of the rules of the secret realm! Answer completed!"

"Don't fool around." When Chen Yan heard the words "power of rules", his heart moved, but he made a dissatisfied expression on his face: "Tell me more details!"

“…” The little boy stared at Chen Yan.

Chen Yan remained unmoved: "Do you want to break the rules?"

As soon as these words came out, a trace of fear flashed across the little boy's eyes.

The two looked at each other, and after a few seconds, the little boy sighed helplessly.

"Okay!" He lowered his head and said slowly, "I don't speak your Dragon language, but the secret realm has the power of rules. Since you are from Dragon Country, in order to make the trial proceed, the secret realm will give me the ability to speak Dragon Country - but it doesn't mean I can truly master Dragon Country. It's just the power of rules that allows me to automatically convert the sound of my words into Dragon Country.

To be precise, at this moment, when I speak, I clearly speak Japanese, but the moment I say it, it changes to Dragon Language - this is the magic of the secret realm!"

Well, it turns out it’s just a transformation of sound.

But this secret realm can actually achieve this?
Chen Yan keenly captured the details in the little boy's words!

It was granted by the secret realm! Not by the master of the secret realm!
So, this secret place also has the function of automatic voice translation?
Is it so smart?

Suddenly, a possibility occurred to Chen Yan...

"Hey! Stop wasting time! Tell me what you want!"

The little boy was dissatisfied with Chen Yan's silent contemplation and interrupted Chen Yan's thoughts: "Hurry up and speak! Don't try to delay! You can't delay for more than a few hours! This little trick has no effect on me! I will definitely beat you in the second round!"

"...Has anyone ever told you that you're noisy?" Chen Yan frowned in dissatisfaction, looking at the little boy, a strange smile gradually appearing on his face: "Very good, then in the second round, my request to you is..."

Taking a deep breath, Chen Yan said slowly, word by word: "From now on, you are not allowed to make any sound!"

"..." The little boy was stunned for a moment, then his face suddenly changed and he subconsciously covered his mouth with his hands.

Chen Yan looked at the little boy and slowly put away his smile.

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Chen Yan went into the bathroom, turned on the water, washed his face, and rinsed his mouth.

Of course, he used the mineral water he brought with him to wash his face and rinse his mouth.

After washing up, he walked back to the room, rearranged the overturned bed, and put the sheets and pillows that had been messed up into place.

Finally, he lay down and leaned against the headboard.

From beginning to end, the little boy's body followed him closely, as if circling around Chen Yan anxiously, his expression becoming more and more ugly, and he was pointing and gesticulating wildly.

Chen Yan leaned against the headboard and adjusted the pillow to make himself more comfortable. Finally, he glanced at the little boy and said sincerely, "What's wrong? I have already made all my requests, and you are doing them.

We can move on to round three. It's your turn to initiate. Come on, I'm waiting."

"........."

The little boy stared at Chen Yan and gestured desperately.

"Hey, you're the one wasting and delaying time now, aren't you? Hurry up and start the third round, I'm still waiting!" Chen Yan complained as if dissatisfied: "If you don't start soon, I'm about to fall asleep."

The little boy became even more anxious, his face full of anger, and he gestured wildly.

Suddenly, he stretched out his hand and scratched a few times on the wall, and soon a line of words appeared...

Chen Yan glanced at the words on the wall and shook his head. "I'm sorry, I don't speak Japanese, so I can't understand what you wrote. I don't understand Japanese, and reading Japanese text is something I can't do. You can't force me to do something I can't do. This is the rule, right?"

At the end of his speech, Chen Yan finally couldn't hold it back and a sly smile appeared on his face.

The anger on the little boy's face became even greater!

Chen Yan even put his legs on the bed and said with a leisurely smile:
“You don’t speak Dragon Mandarin, so the only way you can communicate with me is through the voice translation given to you by the secret realm.

So, you can't speak now... and if you were to communicate by handwriting, you wouldn't know how to write Dragon language."

Although the little boy had a translucent ghost body, he seemed to be blushing at this moment.

"You can't do anything to hurt me directly, you can't just open the door... You can only deal with me by winning or losing the game." Chen Yan sighed, his tone a little regretful: "But it's a pity that you can't speak now, and you can't even continue the game.

But don’t blame me. I asked you to keep quiet - this is something you can definitely do!
As for whether your silence affects the progress of the game, that has nothing to do with me—I didn't break the rules."

After saying this, Chen Yan rummaged through the alchemy furnace and actually took out a novel - this was the one he bought at the airport before going abroad.

Leaning on the bed, Chen Yan opened the novel and began to read, but he said casually: "Think about it slowly, and tell me when you start the third round."

little boy:"…………"

Chen Yan ignored him and hummed a song casually: "Why don't you just delete me~ I gritted my teeth and ordered myself to say this~..."

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One minute... five minutes... ten minutes... twenty minutes...

Finally, when the hour was almost up, the little boy looked as if he was about to explode.

“ENOUGH!!!!!”

Suddenly, he roared, breaking the silence in the room.

After finally speaking, the little boy looked at Chen Yan with gritted teeth: "Despicable guy! You use this method..."

"If you're shameless yourself, you have no right to criticize others." Chen Yan shook his head. "I believe you've done far more despicable and shameless things than I have, and they're far more serious. So, save yourself the wailing of such a loser!"

The little boy's face twisted.

Chen Yan put away the novel in his hand, got off the bed and stood up. "Now, in the second round, you violated my requirements, so... you lose! You lost two rounds in a row, and I got two points, so this game is over. I am the winner and you are the loser, right?"

The little boy's body swelled up visibly. He glared at Chen Yan angrily, and his body suddenly expanded to three or four times its original size. His face was ferocious, and he roared at Chen Yan: "You cunning and despicable guy! You won't be able to be so proud for too long!!! You will never be able to leave this secret realm!! You..."

"Get out if you lose." Chen Yan didn't even look at the guy.

"You win! You despicable bastard!!" The little boy growled, but suddenly he jumped up, plunged into the wall, and disappeared.

Only after the little boy disappeared did Chen Yan's expression return to normal.

He waited quietly for a while, and then there was a knock on the door.

Chen Yan walked to the door: "What's wrong?"

"Dear guest." The voice outside was surprisingly the mechanical, dull voice of the puppet waiter. "I'm here to inform you that because you won the trial before the end of the third night, your third night of trial can end early. Now, please follow me to the location of the final trial."

Chen Yan: "..."

Is it a scam?
He had witnessed with his own eyes the scene where the zombie monster tricked the guests into opening the door.

However, when Chen Yan turned his head to look at the hourglass in the room, it had stopped!

Although monsters can deceive people, whether it is an illusion or any attack, the hourglass seems to be operating under the rules of this secret realm, which cannot be affected by monsters - Chen Yan even suspects that even the owner of the secret realm cannot affect it.

"What is the final part of the trial?" Chen Yan asked through the door without opening it.

"You'll know if you follow me." The puppet waiter outside replied.

Moreover, as if to prove something, the door was suddenly opened gently from the outside!

With a click, the door lock turned. The door was pushed open!

Chen Yan's heart trembled and he immediately took a step back.

But after the door opened, no ghost broke in. In the corridor outside the door, a puppet in black waiter's uniform stood there, holding a lantern in his hand.

The lights in the corridor had gone out at some point, and only the lantern in the waiter puppet's hand emitted a soft but dim light.

Chen Yan even saw that the skin-sticking monster in kimono was standing quietly behind the waiter. Although he was smiling at him on that pretty face, his eyes were full of annoyance and malice.

If the other party can open the door by himself - then there is nothing to doubt.

Slowly, Chen Yan stepped out of the door!

Just as he took his first step toward the door and landed on the floor, the skin-sticking monster standing behind the puppet suddenly grinned and reached out to grab Chen Yan!

Chen Yan raised his eyelids and looked at the other person coldly, allowing the other person's hand to almost grab his neck, but he did not move!
"..." The skin-sticking monster stared at Chen Yan for two full seconds before reluctantly putting down his hand.

Chen Yan sneered: "How old are you?"

Skin-sticking monster: “…………”

Chen Yan shook his head: "You're already old, and you're still doing this kind of boring and intimidating thing. Are you unwilling to accept failure, or are you just that stupid?"

As he spoke, Chen Yan turned to the puppet waiter and said, "As a guest who has stayed here for three nights, I want to complain to you.

The ghosts here are really terrible - especially this guy in front of me, he's stupid and his service is terrible! The trial service provided gave me a very bad experience.

Poor business, terrible skills, and low IQ!"

The skin-sticking monster glared at Chen Yan hatefully, but the gentle smile on his face remained stiff.

"Look, you can't even fake a smile." Chen Yan shook his head.

The waiter puppet was quiet for a while, then bowed slightly to Chen Yan: "I'm sorry for giving you a bad experience. I will definitely convey your complaint to the owner of the secret realm."

As it spoke, it waved its hand at the skin-sticking monster and said, "I will convey the guest's opinion to the owner. Now please stop doing boring things."

The skin-sticking monster lowered its head and gnashed its teeth.

The waiter puppet raised the lantern and waved it, then pointed it with one hand and said in a serious tone, "Then, please follow me, sir."

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(End of this chapter)