Rules of the Strange: I Became a God in a Bizarre World Through Taoist Arts

Thinking of this, Shen Xingzhuo felt waves of dizziness rising in her mind.

"It seems we're close to the truth. Otherwise, they wouldn't be in such a hurry to use mental pollution to control me."

Shen Xingzhuo's reaction was very indifferent.

This made the surgeon who had been watching this place start to wonder if he had gone too far.

Low-frequency noise reappeared within 404.

The frustration that Shen Xingzhuo had been suppressing all along suddenly ignited a fire in her heart.

She let out a long sigh, and a mouthful of black blood quietly oozed from the corner of her lips.

"Wisdom is clear and bright, and the mind is at peace."

Shen Xingzhuo silently recited the purification mantra, fighting against mental pollution while forcibly reviewing the thought process he hadn't finished earlier.

For Shen Xingzhuo, the way of man is the earth, the way of earth is heaven, the way of heaven is the Tao, and the way of the Tao is nature.

Adapting to adversity is her right path.

Even though she felt like her brain was about to explode from the pain.

Shen Xingzhuo pressed her left palm hard with the hand hidden under the quilt.

When the pain struck, coupled with the effect of the purification mantra, her mind experienced a brief period of clarity.

Judging from her understanding of the strange tales about rules, mental pollution usually occurs when she is about to get close to the truth or when she has done something wrong.

The mistake...

Shen Xingzhuo thought that she was the only one who hadn't brought Hua Jiuyue back with her.

One rule is:

The dormitory building uses a centralized water supply system, with a water room in the center of each floor. Students who need to wash, shower, or fetch drinking water must go in groups and complete this before 10 PM.

The practice of traveling together is actually the underlying rule of the entire ghost story.

In other words, this strange tale is constantly trying to bind all the chosen ones together.

……

Shen Xingzhuo had thought of this, and Guan Shanyue naturally understood as well.

Inside the air command center, Su Anyu still couldn't understand the reason why the ghost story was doing this.

"What's the benefit of it doing this? If the Chosen Ones form an alliance, won't it become even harder for it to win?"

Guan Shanyue didn't speak, but instead turned her gaze to Lu Qianling.

Lu Qianling, sensing the test, said, "I remember Sister Shen always emphasized that the Chosen Ones act independently. Out of selfish considerations, the Chosen Ones will only go all out when it comes to their own country."

"That's right," Qin Shi continued. "Human nature... is uncontrollable. If the alliance of the Chosen Ones can achieve 100% trust, then cooperation is naturally not a problem. However, the reason why Sister Shen doesn't use her newly acquired skill is also because of this. If such a level of trust cannot be achieved, cooperation could very well be planting seeds of future problems."

Su Anyu clapped her hands. "I see!"

Guan Shanyue nodded and then shook his head.

"What you're saying is both right and wrong."

"It's true that the Chosen Ones are working hard in the realm of supernatural tales for the sake of their country. But in essence, working for the country is also working for themselves, because the personal interests of the Chosen Ones are intertwined with those of the nation."

Guan Shanyue paused here, as if to confirm whether he should say what he was about to say.

"But what we're facing now isn't a matter of trust between the chosen ones." She turned to the main screen and brought up the spatial structure diagram of "The Road Home." "The ghost stories make the chosen ones travel together, ostensibly giving them a chance to look after each other, but actually testing the limits of their trust. If two people travel together, it means they must entrust their backs to each other. If something goes wrong, the responsibility cannot be separated, and both will be held accountable for the same incident. In this way, the ghost stories can punish the other person through the mistake of one."