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

The torrential rain poured down like a raging sea, flooding the long hall.

Shen Xingzhu carefully recalled Rule Four in his mind:

When the sleepless night arrives, gather in the long hall. If you are absent, you will be sent to a mysterious place!

The true meaning of this rule is that all personalities must meet face-to-face in the long hall after the "treatment" begins.

This main body split into a total of 12 personalities, namely:

Snow White as the main personality, and Jenny as the guardian.

Charlotte, who suffers the damage of X, represents the innocent Ria.

Byron, the poet who symbolized freedom,

King, the ruler, and knight Karl

The hotel owner, Gus, a dark-skinned man named Gregor,

Richard, who stole happiness, and Piaopiao, born from a shark.

And Shen Xingzhuo's initial identity was also that of a pig, a vessel for suffering harm.

Now, after Shen Xingzhuo completed two rounds of fusion and annihilation, the entire inner world has undergone a system overhaul.

Only the sleeping snow, the fleeing king, the grieving Jenny, and the most powerful sunrise remain.

The rules require everyone to gather, but there are only two people in the long hall.

The assembly was not completed, so anyone who leaves the Long Hall will be forced to be teleported to an unknown location.

Shen Xingzhuo took Jenny's hand and walked into the raging storm.

A bolt of lightning struck and knocked down the pigsty.

The white light blurred my vision.

My body felt as if it had fallen into an endless abyss.

As she felt the descent, Shen Xingzhuo opened her eyes and adjusted to the dim light.

She and Jenny were falling.

The walls were covered with thorns.

They were falling very fast, and if they were not careful and veered off course, they would be pierced open by the sharp thorns.

However, just as they were trying to maintain their balance...

Suddenly, red arms appeared from among the thorns and kept grabbing at them.

Jenny was terrified and lost her composure.

Shen Xingzhuo's brows furrowed coldly as he swung his sword and severed the disgusting strands.

Blood spurted out, soaking their clothes.

The sticky sensation made me dizzy.

"Chaoyang, what should we do?"

In her panic, Jenny grabbed her arm.

Shen Xingzhuo only thought for a second before pulling a Taoist robe from his Qiankun bag and draping it over Jenny's body.

"There are ties inside the clothes, so you can take them off and throw them away after you put them on."

Jenny quickly did as she was told.

Shen Xingzhu looked away, a barely perceptible smile curving her lips.

She carefully examined the bottomless cave.

A familiar feeling welled up inside me.

I paused for two seconds, then remembered that the day I fell into the gates of hell, it was something similar.

"Ha...a simulated hell, huh...?"

"That's really nothing new."

Her gaze was suddenly drawn to a grid cabinet above her head.

Each compartment of that cabinet was large enough to hold a giant weighing over 500 pounds.

Countless items fell out, including medical instruments, a large bed, a dog bowl, a clock...

Each one is a scar in the subject's heart.

But Shen Xingzhuo had already become somewhat immune to it, and was only focused on helping Jenny dodge the falling objects.

Until I saw an even smaller compartment in the cabinet.

The diamonds in the keyhole sparkled, attracting her attention.

Shen Xingzhu smiled and said to Jenny, "I'll go see what's in there."

Jenny frowned.

But Shen Xingzhuo didn't wait for her to stop him; instead, he simply borrowed a bed as his place to stay.

With another push, he leaped up.

He gripped the edge of the drawer tightly with both hands.

With a sway, she landed steadily inside.

Jenny's golden key can open any lock.

"Creak—"

She looked into the hidden compartment and saw a heart-shaped crystal.

Shen Xingzhuo: Speechless.

There are no hidden compartments in the hotel. If you see one, it's definitely a fake. Do not take out the treasure inside.

She rolled her eyes slightly.

"A dark, unremarkable heart dares to call itself a treasure."

After she finished complaining, she grabbed a candlestick from the drawer and smashed the heart to pieces.

Then he leaped back to Jenny's side.

"Don't be afraid, I'm back now."

She smiled and comforted the panicked Jenny.

Looking down again, I realized I was almost at the ground.

Shen Xingzhuo immediately picked up Princess Jenny and, with a few leaps, landed steadily on the ground.

[(Raises hand.gif) I also want to be carried in a princess carry by Sister Shen!]

Is it too late to learn light-footed kung fu today? Piloting a mecha is just not cool!

[So convincing! But a good one at that!]

I read in ancient books that light-body skills need to be practiced from a young age, so the person upstairs might be too old for that!

[Really?! If I don't practice lightness skills now, is it too late for me to start practicing Taoist arts?]

That won't work either~

[History Bro is kind of cute today~]

[Haha, please excuse my rambling, I was just going crazy from training.]

The barrage comments from Tianxia Kingdom were filled with joy.

But for other countries, the phrase "gloomy and desolate" would not be an exaggeration.

"Captain Guan, the Interstellar Signal from the International Alliance has arrived."

Assistant Xu walked in with the letter, looking speechless.

Guan Shanyue looked up from the screen, her eyebrows slightly raised, a hint of something forming in her mind.

Sure enough, Assistant Xu's voice held a clear hint of amusement as he began to relay the message:

"The alliance believes that although Xingzhuo can use murderous intent..."

However, their methods are not something they can easily replicate.

This means that Xingzhuo's experience is not very valuable for reference.

They protested...

When Assistant Xu read this, he couldn't help but smile, and the corners of his mouth curved upwards.

"They demanded that Xingzhuo must appear in the upcoming live broadcast on the Sky Screen."

She verbally recounted each of her reasoning processes in real time and in detail.

This would allow teams of "experts" from other countries to find more universal alternatives.

There was a moment of silence in the conference room.

immediately--

"Bang!"

Su Anyu slammed her hand on the table and jumped up, "Are they planning to take their shamelessness to the extreme?!"

"Not only are there constant dangers in these ghost stories, but those eerie beings aren't exactly deaf to the Chosen Ones' voices!"

"Are we really going to make my sister Shen risk her life for them?!"

Guan Shanyue raised his hand and pressed it down lightly.

Su Anyu immediately sat back down obediently.

Immediately afterwards, they heard their commander-in-chief's very cunning remarks.

"This ghost story is probably too late to tell..."

"How about we let them wait? Next time, Xingzhuo and I will discuss drawing more talismans while she's resting."

Guan Shanyue's lips curled up in a smile.

"Our chosen ones already have a tough time."

Drawing extra talismans is possible, but...

"Let's increase the stakes!"

Her fingers tapped rhythmically on the table.

She had seen the message that Shen Xingzhuo had sent through the ghost stories.

They both thought the same thing.

However, to elicit the bizarre and unsettling negotiations, she needs to hold even stronger bargaining chips.

Now, the World Alliance can no longer sit still.

This would be just the right opportunity to put her at the negotiating table.

Guan Shanyue lowered his eyes in thought.

In the ghost story, Shen Xingzhuo and Jenny have already arrived at an octagonal room.

Just like when she first made her choice, the surrounding walls were still lined with doors of different heights and sizes.

Shen Xingzhuo's gaze swept over them one by one.

The hotel has a limited number of rooms; guests can only stay in rooms with assigned room numbers.

There was only one huge door with the address number 4 written on it.

"Here are some snacks that make you grow bigger."

Jenny pointed to the snacks on the table.

Just as he was about to put it in his mouth, Shen Xingzhu stopped him.

"No need to eat."

As she spoke, she hid all the pastries in her sleeve.

She becomes extremely inflexible after her body grows larger, but she has plenty of ways to open doors.

Shen Xingzhuo used his movement technique again, leaping high into the air and turning the doorknob.

She kicked the extremely heavy door open.

As I walked into the thick fog, the rose garden of my memories came to the end.

Black roses were in full bloom all around.

In the pavilion in the center of the garden, there is a crystal coffin, and inside the coffin lies Bai Xue quietly.

Shen Xingzhuo took two steps forward and looked down into the coffin.

Jenny's puzzled voice rang out, "Why isn't the King here?"

Have we fallen into a trap?

"This is definitely a trap."

Shen Xingzhu chuckled softly and calmly turned around to look.

"What's wrong?"

"Haven't you had enough of acting yet?"