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

[I'm dizzy, I admit that no one but Shen Xingzhuo could beat this kind of ghost story.]

Wow, our country has such a rich history! Once all the ghost stories disappear, I'm going to get another degree in history.

Am I the only one holding a grudge? I really want Captain Guan to confiscate those countries' notes.

Don't worry, even if you let him copy your homework, do you think he'll understand it?

That's what I say, but I don't want them to take advantage of me.

Guan Shanyue looked at the comments on the screen and gave a faint smile.

So it's come to this already?

The children, who used to live a precarious life, are now daring to imagine what would happen after the ghost stories disappeared.

An unprecedented sense of national pride has emerged, with people wholeheartedly speaking in support of their own country.

Guan Shanyue suddenly felt a lump in her throat, and tears welled up in her eyes.

When the new members of the Huaxu Squad saw their commander showing such a sentimental side, they all smiled knowingly.

However, after being emotional, one must begin to process what one has observed.

Not long ago, Guan Shanyue had already noticed the changes in the number of people online in real time, and had also seen the dynamics of the Chosen Ones on the Sky Screens of other countries.

These people have just entered the world of ghost stories, but strangely, they have been led to different starting points to perform the same task.

The male chosen one from Puliang Kingdom was too proud to bear children, and was torn to pieces by the strange tale on the spot.

Having learned from this experience, some other countries quickly seized the opportunity to communicate with their chosen ones, conveying the message of "must reproduce" and other information they had observed from Shen Xingzhuo.

And so, some people survived this strange tale.

It feels like observing the same person living different lives in different parallel universes.

Everyone's movements were extremely similar, yet slightly different.

It wasn't until Shen Xingzhuo came up from the bottom of the well and was taken to Jinyin Pavilion that this happened.

The mission of those chosen ones is no longer to repeat the path Shen Xingzhuo walked, but rather to be sent to a completely new and unknown realm.

Guan Shanyue had a vague premonition that these people would eventually clash with Shen Xingzhuo in the ghost stories.

It's hard to tell whether they're friend or foe.

The only thing she could do was to prepare the unsuspecting Shen Xingzhuo mentally in advance.

But she didn't want to waste an opportunity for direct contact.

Although this matter is peculiar, it is not urgent.

She couldn't guarantee that calling out to Shen Xingzhuo a second time in the National Fortune Exchange Space wouldn't be against the rules, so she had to settle for a roundabout way of conveying the message to her.

The discovery of this method was purely accidental.

When she used the National Fortune Exchange Space as a transit point to deliver medicine, she discovered that she could also place items in Shen Xingzhuo's "portable space" within this space.

So this time, Guan Shanyue decided to use the method of passing notes.

She put the small note in her personal space and then waited for Shen Xingzhuo to find it.

……

In the ghost story, after Shen Xingzhuo finished speaking his "declaration," he seemed to have all his strength drained away instantly and collapsed onto the official's chair.

But this feeling is strange.

It's more like the release of a moment after a sudden, profound realization about life.

Before she could think further, a commotion arose in the air.

The eerie, ethereal sounds echoed throughout the room.

[Congratulations to the chosen one for deciphering the mystery of "Admonitions for Women"! The current storyline progress has reached 20%, successfully unlocking a key milestone.]

Next, the chosen one, please answer the three related questions for this task node.

[Answer correctly to receive reward items related to this question.]

[Incorrect answer, no penalty at this progress point.]

Shen Xingzhuo was somewhat surprised to hear "no punishment for the time being." She could sense that this ghost story was becoming more and more human-like, but she did not expect that the punishment would be waived directly.

Even apes that have developed intelligence don't progress this quickly.

But she still smiled and said, "Okay, go ahead and ask."

There was a three-second silence before the ghost story continued:

[First question: The chosen one, please provide a detailed account of your current identity information and explain the reasons behind it.]

A strange light flashed in Shen Xingzhuo's eyes. Instead of answering the question, he asked in return, "Please clarify the time frame of the word 'now'."

"Does it refer to the period from when we first started talking about the supernatural until now, or to this very moment?"

The ghost story never expected that the trap it had deliberately dug would be solved so easily.

At this point, it would be pointless to remain vague, so it could only answer Shen Xingzhuo's question in a rather irritable manner.

At this very moment.

Shen Xingzhuo nodded knowingly.

"Now I will begin answering."

She adopted a serious expression and said, "At this moment, I am not Pei Yin, but Pei Yin's mother..."

"Pei Jinyu!"

Shen Xingzhuo originally didn't know Pei's mother's name and intended to gloss over it, but just now, her entire soul seemed to tremble, and a name suddenly appeared in her mind.

Without much thought, he immediately confirmed that Pei's mother's name was Pei Jinyu.

At the same time, it also confirmed that its current answer was correct.

"As Pei Jinyu, I am now happily awaiting my marriage."

Tomorrow is the big day, and the person I'm marrying is none other than Pei Shiquan.

"The elders in the clan did not approve of this marriage, which is why they locked me in my room and tried to make me back down by using the 'Admonitions for Women,' which are secular rules for women."

But none of them expected that I was so infatuated with love that I couldn't listen to anything and only wanted the man who would make me face all the blame on my own.

Therefore, I never even opened that book; I just waited for dawn to marry myself off.

Shen Xingzhuo pursed her lips. To be honest, she didn't like this first-person storytelling style.

I always have this feeling that I'm criticizing myself.

But this was the only way to bring out Pei Jinyu's inner thoughts as well.

"I have three reasons for this judgment."

"Firstly, it was your own suggestion. Besides the rules, you reminded me to always remember that my identity is Pei Yin..."

As we all know, you're not that kind-hearted. Therefore, the hint given is very likely sarcastic.

She smiled and said, "Of course, that's not the only basis for my judgment."

"Secondly, there is a saying in my Xuanmen: the earth's aperture returns to the void, and the extreme of Yin traces back to its origin."

The bottom of the well is shrouded in darkness; in this most yin place, one can glimpse cause and effect.

When I asked Pei Xi to take me off the Soul-Locking Nails, it happened to trigger the cause and effect, which allowed me to regain my senses.

"If I'm not mistaken, the woman in the well should be Pei Jinyu."

Her eyes narrowed slightly:

"In conclusion, my third reason perfectly supports my point of view."

"The warnings deduced from 'Admonitions for Women' are warnings from those who have been through it all."

And this "experienced person" could not be Pei Yin. As the protagonist of "divinely bestowed child", she does not meet the standards for marriage, and secondly, I do not believe that the later Pei family would dare to "desecrate" her by getting married.

Pei Shiquan did give "me" the option of getting married, but his core purpose was to force "me" to open the ancestral hall in the back mountain for him.

Because he had only recently seized power in the Pei family, he still needed "me," his legitimate daughter, to pave the way for him.

"Therefore, if we had to choose someone who has suffered in marriage, it would only be the pitiful Pei Jinyu."