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

The dust that had accumulated on the mirror over the years swirled into a haze in the small room as the mirror shattered.

Shen Xingzhuo quickly covered her mouth and nose with her sleeve. Just as she was about to turn around to avoid the dust, she was blinded by the reflection of a shard of mirror.

She stared intently and discovered that almost simultaneously, all the light from the candlesticks, oil lamps, and the light filtering through the crack in the door was captured by the shattered glass and scattered outwards.

Each illuminated dust particle is surrounded by an almost indistinguishable iridescence due to the light.

Shen Xingzhuo immediately used his "mind's eye" to perceive this subtle difference.

A glance revealed that the parts illuminated by the light formed the rules of illusion.

【Thorn Inn - Illusion Rules】

[1: Believe what you see, and believe that what you see is what you want to see.]

[2: Forget who you are; you are simply who you are right now. If you are not, you will lose...]

[3: If you see the scene before you flowing like water, that's normal. Close your eyes after counting to the seventh scene.]

[4: Don't read any long passages of text aloud; they're just a scam.]

[5. When you see someone you know, you should not look them directly in the eye.]

[6: You are a person, you are a person, you are a person.]

[7: Danger is not around you, you are safe and sound...]

Before Shen Xingzhuo could finish reading the last line, the dust had already settled into the mud and disappeared.

She guessed that the last thing she should have said was that you were safe, but the word "safe" was dismembered because of the dust settling on the ground.

"Believe what I see..."

Shen Xingzhuo memorized the rules to reinforce his memory.

Her perspective suddenly dropped, and what appeared before her was a wide lawn.

Rows of plastic hoses were laid out in a winding pattern on the lawn, each hose pricked with needle holes to allow water to flow out under pressure.

A rainbow formed from the jets of water under the sun.

Suddenly, a large foot landed, creating a small crater in the grass.

Shen Xingzhuo felt herself being lifted up and placed on this person's shoulder.

I am a person.

Shen Xingzhuo was certain that he was not a pig, but a person of short stature.

The child must be a child, not an adult, to be lifted up and placed on someone's shoulder so easily.

She suddenly felt pain and itching all over her body, especially in her arms and thighs.

Looking down again, I saw a patch of red spots in those areas.

She tried to scratch it with her hand, but as soon as she reached out, it was grasped in someone's palm.

A tingling sensation swept through my body, and my vision flashed before my eyes like a series of different images.

Dirty food, dog leash, padlock, backpack, toilet, big tree, dead fish...

By the seventh frame, Shen Xingzhuo closed her eyes.

"Good baby, don't be scared anymore."

The voice was very muffled, and even somewhat androgynous.

Shen Xingzhuo felt a pair of hands gently patting the top of her head, and then it started to rain.

She opened her eyes in the rain.

The king was not far ahead.

His broad back actually made her feel safe.

"I believe what I see is what I want to see."

"Danger is not around me, I am safe..."

She murmured to herself.

The king had already walked up to her.

"What are you saying, my darling?"

His eyes were full of love.

Shen Xingzhuo immediately lowered her head, because she couldn't look him in the eye.

He sighed, his voice full of doubt: "Why won't my dear daughter look into her father's eyes? Is she still angry with him?"

The king's voice sounded helpless and gentle, but Shen Xingzhuo felt a chill run down her spine.

The king I saw in the long hall before was not like this!

"But you are the kingdom's sole heir, the future queen." He placed his hand on Shen Xingzhuo's back, making her feel a sense of restraint. "You're being willful and skipping classes; your father is simply fulfilling his duty to teach you..."

"You can't even handle this?"

"You have to be good, okay? My... little snowflake..."

Shen Xingzhuo's hair stood on end, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and almost the next second, he reached out and blocked the king's touch.

She discovered the hidden meaning of the Illusion Rule!

Thirdly, water flows and forms rivers!

Article 4: Large blocks of text are compiled into book pages!

These two lines together form the Chinese character "顺" (shùn, meaning smooth or favorable).

The fifth and sixth articles repeatedly mention the character "人" (ren, meaning person), implying that two people are involved.

and so……

The idea that this fantasy constantly conveys is that she must always be obedient to the king!

Shen Xingzhuo's breath hitched, and she looked up warily, only to find that the king's face looked as if it had jumped off a Picasso painting.

It perfectly captures the abstract feel of the "Cubist" style.

But the king I saw in the long hall this afternoon didn't look like this...

This is a fake!

Shen Xingzhuo immediately broke free from his touch, and when his hand reached out again, she took a bite!

The wound was deep enough to expose the bone. It clearly enraged him.

Shen Xingzhuo was lifted high and then slammed heavily to the ground, his mouth full of mud!

She tried to stand up, only to find that she had somehow turned into a pig again.

Her body was trembling uncontrollably.

The rain was pouring down, and if she didn't eat something soon, she might freeze to death that night.

The feeding trough next to it was empty, and even the water bowl was empty.

She could only climb to the edge of the pigpen fence and stretch out her tongue to catch the rainwater.

An extremely foul odor wafted over.

Shen Xingzhuo opened his eyelids and looked over; it was a pile of manure in the pigsty.

"Gurgle—"

My stomach rumbled with hunger.

She couldn't help but swallow, and an extremely wicked thought arose in her mind.

"Eat up, or you'll starve to death..."

"It's okay, you're just a pig, no one will say anything even if you eat it..."

"Hurry up... get up..."

"quick……"

The little pig propped itself up and stood up, wobbling as it walked forward.

Suddenly, he tripped over a stone and his knee slammed hard against the sharp edge of the stone.

The excruciating pain made her want to hug her knees and cry.

knee?

A hint of confusion flashed across her eyes.

"I'm a pig..."

wrong!

"I am a person! I am a person!"

Shen Xingzhuo remembered Rule Six and Rule Seven.

"Click—"

The scene before my eyes shattered like a mirror, falling to the ground and turning into dust.

A cool breeze blew by, and Shen Xingzhuo struggled to open her eyes.

It was pitch black all around, with only a faint, pungent odor lingering around the tip of my nose.

She was startled and looked around. It turned out to be a pigsty!

……

Those watching the celestial canopy were even more shocked.

They were watching Shen Xingzhuo's process from a third-person perspective, and they saw the "king's" true colors more clearly than Shen Xingzhuo herself.

While she had her eyes closed, one of the king's hands roamed over her body, while the other held a very thin rat-tail whip.

He carefully traced Shen Xingzhuo's outline with the whip.

However, Shen Xingzhuo in the scene seems to have very weak perception and does not notice the king's actions, only trembling on the side.

They saw the girl's struggles, which naturally made them even angrier.

[Sister Shen, you did a great job! This kind of two-faced beast deserves to be dealt a severe blow!]

The more amiable he appears on the surface, the more ruthless he is when he strikes! Did you see what he was hiding behind his facade?

Of course I saw it! I wouldn't even need that many swords to deal with the enemy.

Even if we take a step back and assume the worst, couldn't Sister Shen just expose the truth behind this strange tale?!

I don't know if you think the same way I do... It's disgusting, really disgusting.