Rules of the Strange: Starting with the Lunar New Year's Eve Dungeon

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[Ghost father's approval rating: 100% (This is my own son!)]

[Ghost Mom Approval Rating: 100% (This is my child!)]

[Zombie King's approval rating: 100% (That son of a bitch takes after me!)]

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In this terrifying, "idealistic" dungeon, blood ties are not determined by DNA testing, but by "cognition"!

As long as this family of vengeful ghosts truly believe that Yunxi is their child, then Yunxi is!

Even if he looks like Daniel Wu, and his father looks like Voldemort, they are still his biological children!

This is the loophole in the rules of the "folklore gap" world—as long as you can fool the ghost, the ghost is your witness!

"See!"

Yunxi shrugged, looking at the village chief with an innocent expression.

Even God has admitted it. Village chief, your divisive tactic is clumsy. Trying to sow discord between us, father and son? No way!

As she spoke, Yunxi patted her father's shoulder forcefully.

"Father, that old man is wicked! He wants to wipe out our family line! Can you tolerate this?"

When Ghost Father heard this, he was furious.

"To be childless and without descendants? Then who will feed me dumplings? Who will put up talismans for me?"

"roar--!!!"

The ghost father was enraged. His large, copper-bell-like eyes glared at the village chief, and his entire body glowed with a coppery light that burned like flames.

"Bad guy! Hit him!"

Grandpa Zombie King also stood up, extending his claws and emitting a low, threatening growl from his throat.

You dare bully my grandson? You're asking for trouble!

The situation reversed instantly.

What was originally the village chief judging Yunxi has now turned into the entire Li family besieging the village chief.

The village chief panicked.

Although he was the village chief and had some magical powers, he was still not confident in facing an evolved bronze-armored corpse and a thousand-year-old zombie king!

What's more, there's Yunxi, who's full of bad intentions, right next to him.

"Misunderstanding... misunderstanding..."

The village chief's sinister expression vanished instantly, replaced by an awkward smile.

"My old eyes are failing me. Young Master Li is a handsome and talented man, truly a descendant of the Li family. Come, come, sit down, let's continue our feast."

"There's no need for a banquet."

Yunxi said coldly

"Now that I answered that 'truth or dare' question correctly, according to the rules, isn't it my turn to ask you a question?"

The village chief's expression changed.

"What do you mean?"

"It's about reciprocity."

Yunxi jumped off the stage and walked step by step to the village chief, her eyes becoming sharp as knives.

My question is also very simple—

"Village Chief, you're so old, you've lived longer than anyone else. I want to ask, how exactly did our Fengmen Village become this wretched place?"

"And also, on that New Year's Eve a hundred years ago, what exactly... did you sacrifice?"

As soon as this question was raised, the temperature in the entire courtyard dropped by tens of degrees.

All the ghosts and monsters who were watching the spectacle suddenly seemed to have something choking them, covering their mouths in terror, and some even crawling under the table in fright.

This is the biggest taboo in Fengmen Village!

It's a wound that no villager can touch!

The smile on the village chief's face vanished completely.

In that instant, he no longer resembled an old man, but a demon in human skin. Endless black energy surged from his turbid eyes, and the dragon-headed cane in his hand slammed heavily on the ground.

"Kid, do you know what you're asking?"

The village chief's voice became ethereal, as if it came from the depths of hell.

"Some secrets, once known... come at a price."

"cost?"

Yunxi was not afraid at all. Instead, she took a step forward and looked directly into those terrifying eyes.

"I don't have any other good points, I'm just stubborn."

"On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I want to get some answers for everyone in the village. If you don't tell us, then none of us will have a peaceful New Year!"

As soon as they finished speaking, Ghost Father and Zombie King Grandpa took a step forward at the same time, their terrifying auras locking onto the village chief.

Dark light surged in the village chief's cloudy old eyes, like two venomous snakes writhing within. He clearly hadn't expected this outsider to dare directly provoke the most fundamental taboo of Fengmen Village.

"Young people, sometimes being too smart doesn't lead to a long life."

The village chief spoke in a sinister tone, slamming his dragon-headed cane on the ground.

"boom!"

A black shockwave erupted from him, shattering the main table into pieces.

The leftover food scraps on the table were spilled all over the floor.

"If you won't listen to reason, you'll have to suffer the consequences! Since you want to know, go ask the King of Hell in the underworld!"

"Men! Charge! Tear this arrogant brat to shreds!"

At the village chief's command, the ghosts and monsters that had been huddled around watching the commotion suddenly seemed to be bewitched. Their eyes turned red, and they roared as they pounced on Yunxi.

Hundreds of vengeful ghosts went on a rampage at the same time; the scene was like a zombie apocalypse plus version.

The live stream audience went wild.

"Holy crap! This old man has no sportsmanship! He's actually ganging up on us!"

"Yunxi has really messed up this time! She's stirred up a hornet's nest!"

"Even though Ghost Daddy and Grandpa are fierce, they can't handle so many of them!"

Faced with this overwhelming tide of ghosts, Yunxi remained completely calm. He even had the leisure to dust himself off.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you flip the table when you can't win an argument? That's such poor manners."

Yunxi shook her head, then suddenly shouted:

"Dad! Grandpa! Let's get to work!"

"Dad, you're in charge of being the meat shield, hold the line in front!"

"Grandpa, you're in charge of dealing damage. Focus on taking down the leaders!"

"Mom, you... just take care of yourself, don't cause any trouble!"

The arrangement is clear.

With a roar, the ghost father burst into a burst of bronze light, transforming into a bulldozer and blocking the way.

The little devils that rushed at him crashed into him as if they were hitting a wall of bronze and iron; they were either bounced away or their bones were broken.

Grandpa Zombie King transformed into a blur, weaving through the horde of ghosts. His sharp claws were like the scythe of death; wherever they passed, vengeful spirits would vanish with screams.

For a time, the Li family's "special operations team" actually withstood the siege of hundreds of vengeful ghosts!

But Yunxi was not idle.

He knew that to catch the thief, you must first catch the leader. These little devils couldn't be killed off; the real core was the village chief.

Taking advantage of the moment when Ghost Father was drawing fire, Yunxi took out his suona from his backpack.

"Village chief, you didn't listen to that 'Even Ghosts Have Dreams' song just now, that's because you're unlucky."

Yunxi put the suona to her lips, her eyes sharpening. "Now, I'll give you a true requiem—'A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix'! Oh no, it's 'A Hundred Ghosts Sending Off the Dead'!"

"Drip—tap—drip—!!!"

The high-pitched, resonant sound of the suona, carrying a power that penetrates the soul, once again echoed throughout the venue.

This time, Yunxi played not the cheerful "Good Luck," but a tragic, solemn, and even somewhat murderous piece.

This is the skill book he redeemed using all the points he earned from the nation's fortune in the system shop.

[God-level Suona Mastery: Soul Suppression Chapter]