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"Lady Funina!"

Lively, cheering, shouting, and... pure faith.

Funina's eyes welled up with tears... No, Funina, you can't be moved, you can't cry, because God is proud, God is omnipotent, God doesn't cry... But, but...

"Ryder, what should I do... I... I really want to..."

She spoke in a very low voice, but Su Chen still heard her.

Su Chen said softly, "Funinga, don't cry."

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The trial of the water god concluded under the watchful eyes of many.

As it turned out, the water god's victory seemed inevitable, without a doubt, but many people sensed something unusual about it.

Arya dared to challenge the water god; she couldn't have done it with the Cuthbert family's power alone. She clearly had the support of the noble group in Fontaine, since the construction of the opera house had an obvious impact on the nobles.

To mobilize a large amount of funds, since it was the Water God's suggestion, the money couldn't all be taken from the poor, could it?

Although Su Chen could have used this opportunity to split the profits 30/70 with the nobles, his public statement clearly made him a target of their hostility.

Following the trial, the Privy Council immediately released a feasibility study on the construction of the opera house. As for funding, Su Chen's solution was summed up in one word: save.

It was called saving money, but in reality it was just finding a legitimate reason to extract money from various institutions, cutting expenses and reducing unnecessary spending. Su Chen spent several days calculating all the details... well, he had the logistics department calculate for several days, and finally managed to do it so that even Vilette gave it the evaluation of 'extremely meticulous'.

In fact, Su Chen could have easily asked Li Yue for an IOU; given Li Yue's prosperity, he could have easily come up with that amount of money, but he didn't.

First of all, this incident presents a golden opportunity to target Fontaine's internal affairs and to take the opportunity to reorganize the nobility. It's much better to use this event to increase Funina's influence than to go out and laugh like an idiot all day.

Secondly, Liyue also experienced the riots of the Abyss monsters, and the internal situation was not so stable.

So Su Chen decided to handle it himself with Funina. It would just take more time and effort. He just didn’t believe that a god of cheats and a water god couldn’t handle a group of natives.

only.

Because of what happened in the courtroom, Funinna's reputation in the Gray River suddenly soared to its peak. This water goddess had no self-awareness at all, and under the guise of "the gods caring for their people," she would go into the Gray River every few days, leaving Su Chen speechless.

“God should care more about his people!” Funina said excitedly. “Pride and concern are not contradictory. I’m gradually understanding everything!”

Su Chen thought to himself, "What the hell do you understand?"

If you had three heads and six arms and an invincible golden body, that would be one thing, but you don't.

If they were to encounter a formidable opponent, not only would Funina be in danger, but even he, the envoy, would be caught in the crossfire.

Therefore, due to the situation, Su Chen could only try to continue to enhance the effect of the power of the rules, and after many attempts, he successfully created a rare rule within the range of Fengdan.

[Judgment: Unleashing the power of judgment to judge a target, producing the following effects based on their sins: ① Kneeling, unable to attack the judge for a certain period. ② Execution, limbs severed. ③ Death penalty. Judgment valid - Purple. This rule can only be used by the water goddess Funina.]

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P.S.: Ugh, I was supposed to post this at 6 PM, but I've been researching and it's taken me until now. Sorry, I'll bow my head first, bang bang bang! I need to eat, poop, and pee. I'll do my daily tasks and continue writing later. Oh, and I also need to farm some artifacts. This is so damn hard!

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Chapter 128 Furina: Ryder, you lied to me! [10,000 words, please vote and subscribe!]

"This effect is quite impressive."

Seeing the prompt on the rules editor, Su Chen fell into deep thought.

He hadn't expected the rules at the purple level to be so effective.

It is important to understand that rules are universal and represent a form of behavioral constraint. It is extremely difficult to create rules with specific directional effects for order planning within a specific scope.

For example, in the rules that Su Chen created before, neither "Intimate Friend" nor "The Power of Money" had a very small scope of influence.

The rule 'prohibiting pets from being named Funina' has a very broad scope, but it's not very effective because it's considered optional and that's why it's considered successful.

To put it bluntly, achieving both a wide scope and high effectiveness, with the desired specificity, is doubly difficult.

Of course, with the trial concluded, Furnessa's reputation in Fontaine rose significantly.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the rules established around her were upgraded from blue to gold.

The problem is that the effect is too good.

What's more troublesome is that if such a rule were directly written into the law, it would definitely cause a sensation and might even have a significant negative impact on Frynn, such as the God of Justice becoming a dictator... This is clearly contrary to Fontaine's situation.

"If it's not written into the law, how can the power of rules be exercised?"

Su Chen pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered the hint he had just received.

[Template unlocking progress: 30%]

[Power of Rules level increased.]

The second-order rule power has an additional effect: a 'blank card'.

Blank cards: a medium that uses special rules.

"I see."

Su Chen understood.

Just as general rules are implemented through laws, the legal code is the medium that carries these rules. Only through the implementation of laws can the effects of the rules be realized.

However, something like [Judgment - Purple] is clearly not within the scope of general rules. It is more like an effect of divine power, such as a powerful god punishing a usurper and exercising His rules.

However, although [Judgment - Purple] is Funina's exclusive rule, she does not possess the same power and influence. Therefore, if it is forcibly implemented as a general rule, it will likely backfire and cause the hard-earned reputation to instantly disappear.

Moreover, as reputation and influence decline, the rules will also lose their effectiveness.

That would be pointless.

Of course, it's not just [Judgment - Purple]. There must be other unknown special rules, and their implementation can only be maximized by using the medium provided by blank cards.

"It's like playing cards."

Su Chen touched his chin.

Unfortunately, the power of the second-order rules granted him only three blank cards.

In other words, he can currently only create a maximum of three rules with special abilities.

"Don't let the final template turn out to be an Egyptian pharaoh," Su Chen couldn't help but think.

While pondering, he tried writing the rules onto a blank card.

[Hint: Should the 'Judgment' rule be incorporated into the blank card? Note: Blank card rules can be overridden, but cannot be stacked.]

Unsurprisingly.

After the card was completed, a purple card appeared in Su Chen's hand.

There is no physical form; the back of the card features a figure that looks like a marionette, while the front depicts a strangely shaped greatsword, symbolizing... judgment?

Su Chen discovered that he could control the card's opening and closing through the power of rules, but he only had the right to store it, not the right to use it.

This is a rule card that belongs exclusively to Funina.

"Having offensive methods alone is not enough."

Considering the interval between uses and the issue of consumption, even if the power of judgment can target multiple people simultaneously, it cannot completely guarantee Funina's safety.

Therefore, Su Chen needs to create at least one more purely protective rule.

The difficulty in drafting rules lies not only in designing 'reasonable' rule content, but also in the need for evaluation, because the evaluation result is only success or failure. Therefore, Su Chen often cannot determine whether the entire rule is flawed or a particular factor within it.

Fortunately, with previous experience in compiling the material, and since it was designed around Funina, it was much easier to be targeted.

[Rule Judgment - 'Absolute Domain': Utilizing the power of the rule, no person or object is allowed to approach within a 1-meter radius. Absolute Domain Judgment - Purple, additional success rate... Judgment Failure... Range Correction 0.8 meters... Judgment Failure... Range Correction 0.5 meters... Judgment Success. This rule can only be used by the Water Goddess, Funina.]

"0.5 meters...that's the limit. Although it's not a normal defensive type, it's still pretty good."

After all, it's not a true card-based skill. Compared to skill effects, the essence of rule cards is still the use of rule power.

Looking at the last blank card, Su Chen began to explore the rules for using the other effects.

As his power of rules increased, he felt that this thing was more terrifying than any power he had encountered before.

"The remaining one... we need to figure out an aggressive rule for it. Although Judgment is powerful, it's not versatile enough."

Su Chen pondered for a moment.

A question suddenly came to mind.

Driving elemental force, wouldn't that also be considered a kind of 'rule'?

"Those with the Eye of God have used the Eye of God to 'command' elemental power. If the rules are expressed in a different way, the same effect should be achieved."

Having pondered this, Su Chen began to think about it.

...

The process of creating the rule cards is not complicated; the complicated part is other things.

Following the conclusion of the trial, the feasibility study for the Opicclay Opera House was released, and after five days of construction preparation, this massive project commenced amidst great anticipation.

That being said, when it came to the specific implementation at each stage, more and more problems were encountered.

Unlike Fontaine, the island of Irie is not safe. Monsters frequently appear there, posing a great threat to the personal safety of the workers.

Originally, according to the project plan, the construction team should be accompanied by a special patrol team. However, the special patrol team was controlled by the nobles, so apart from the most basic manpower guarantee, not even one more person would be sent.

Su Chen had anticipated this.

As a replacement for the special patrol team, he deployed a large number of security vehicles to ensure construction safety.

These security guard vehicles were originally on the special patrol team's list of 'supplies,' but Su Chen withheld them before the trial began, citing performance checks as the reason.

The equipment is currently being used for security management on Iriye Island, and the special patrol team can only watch helplessly as their 'employees' are taken away to work as security guards for the construction team.

But the problem doesn't end there.

With Arya's fall, the Academy of Sciences became the primary target for cost-cutting. In order to combat Su Chen's 'tyranny,' the economic system under the noble group began to make great strides.

Although the manpower to build the opera house could be found in the Grey River, the materials needed for the project could only be purchased from the market.

The nobles' businesses control over 80% of the supply channels, so buying materials inevitably involves them. Therefore, the nobles secretly conspired to collectively raise prices to make up for the money Su Chen had taken from them.

Furthermore, if the costs are raised high enough, the opera house project could be at risk of failing at any time. After all, Su Chen has been extremely meticulous in managing his start-up capital, and he can't afford to suffer too much setback.