Extraordinary rules descend upon the world

No. 15, First Brigade, Liuwan Village.

The 48-hour preparation time for Rule 6, "Rejuvenating Elixir," has ended.

This is the Path to Transcendence.

Congratulations on successfully producing the correct Rejuvenating Elixir, allowing you to preserve the panel.

After the announcement ended, Chu Weiyue opened the panel and looked through it. There was no information about "Rejuvenating Elixir" on the panel.

"If there were a [Rejuvenating Elixir (100)], it would be much more intuitive and clear."

"The upper and lower limits of qualified Huichun Ganjiang (a type of herbal syrup) can vary greatly."

"60 points is passing, and 100 points is also passing."

"But it's okay, mine will definitely be perfect."

Chu Weiyue was confident in this regard, and then he checked his phone.

"Another false alarm?"

"The swollen black mass continues to swell, but it still hasn't cracked!"

"Take a break."

"As long as the sky doesn't fall down, nothing serious will happen."

"..."

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I slept until after 2 p.m., turned on my phone, and saw a bunch of push notifications. After browsing through them, I felt like the sky was falling.

Looking out the window, the sun is shining brightly and the sky is clear.

"Let me take a closer look and see what exactly happened!"

Chu Weiyue got out of bed, made a cup of tea, then sat on the sofa, and then saw a very strange trending topic:

#The stuff that came out of the cracked black bag looks just like my grandpa#

Chu Weiyue scratched his head. This is truly a powerful trending topic.

After he fell asleep, as expected, the numerous black lumps that had been swelling finally began to burst open.

After the crack appears, the black bag will disappear, and a life-size statue will appear on the ruins.

The types of materials used to make the statue depend on what is around the Black Bag site.

The site is surrounded by soil, and the statue is made of soil.

If it is a leaf, then it is made of leaves;

If it's grassland, then it's made up of grassland;

Use whatever you have; you're not picky about materials at all.

The statue takes shape extremely quickly; within 10 seconds of the black bag disappearing, it becomes complete with a nose, eyes, and limbs.

  

Then, the statue went mad, hurting and killing people like a wild beast.

Chu Weiyue clicked into the trending topics, and in the top-ranked post, there were two photos:

One is a statue; the other is a black-and-white portrait of an old man.

The two images are not exactly the same, but rather completely identical.

The long eyebrows in the portrait were perfectly replicated by the statue using two blades of grass.

Furthermore, the blogger claims that the statue's size is the same as her grandfather's when he passed away.

[Happy Old Dog Has No Worries: The numerous statues found at the Black Bag Ruins—can their images and appearances correspond to a person who was once alive but is now dead?]

[Xiao Dao Wants to Be Happy: No wonder those statues looked so lifelike.]

[I don't care about anything: I understand. The dead have no bodies, only souls, so they need to be reshaped using mud, twigs, and the like.]

[Old Tree Little Duck: The blogger's grandfather never went to the North, but a statue modeled after him has appeared there. What do you all think?]

【…】

Chu Weiyue watched for a while and quickly accepted it. It was actually normal for strange things to happen when the Extraordinary Path Game could descend upon the land.

"No matter who the statues are based on, they must be destroyed."

I just watched some videos on and off. The statues in them don't seem to have any rationality, but they do have instincts.

Knowing fear and knowing how to run for your life means you're not a fool.

#StatueEvolution#

Chu Weiyue looked at the suddenly appearing entry, then clicked on it and played the video.

[There are statues that can "upgrade" by killing us!]

[After killing us, it seems that all the benefits we gained through the Extraordinary Path game will be transferred to the statue that carried out the killing.]

The statue will master the combat techniques of the dead; physical and spiritual points will refine its rough appearance.

Much of what I'm saying is speculation, but it's absolutely true that some of the statues will be upgraded; I saw it with my own eyes.

Will some of the statues be upgraded?

"You said it wouldn't be players killing monsters to level up, so how did it turn into monsters killing players to level up?"

"They've reversed the Heavenly Stems."

Chu Weiyue stroked his chin. Before the black bag appeared today, most people were pessimistic and fearful, but some were very excited.

They believe that the "essence of games" is returning, and that players can now level up and obtain equipment by defeating monsters.

Chu Weiyue flipped through the pages again, and the statement that "some statues can be upgraded by killing people" was quickly confirmed by the authorities.

"Things suddenly turned sour."

The statues that have been unveiled so far are not too badly damaged. If you are careful, you can deal with them with firearms.

Those who possess the panel, in a one-on-one situation, have a chance of winning as long as they have a decent mental fortitude.

"If statues could upgrade infinitely, wouldn't one of them, by secretly developing its power, one day dominate the world, mowing down enemies like a mowing-down machine?"

Chu Weiyue shook his head; the appearance of the statue gave him a little bit of a feeling.

I didn't feel anything before because the statue couldn't do anything to him.

For him, the impact was negligible.

Now that we know there are creatures that can develop and level up, we naturally need to be more careful.

#Be extremely careful if you lose your panel#

Chu Weiyue looked at it; it had a panel and was comparable to the statue.

Those who previously had a panel but no longer do will find themselves powerless against the statue, easily getting injured or even killed.

If the statues encountered are upgradable, their deaths will help the statues earn their first fortune and take the first step towards increasing their power.

The benefits they once gained from the game of the Path of the Superior will become nourishment for the statue.

[Comment section: It's so sad to gain the panel and then lose it again.]

[Yi Chu Yun Meng: It's said that statues resemble wild beasts, so could their instincts lead them to seek out easy prey? Specifically targeting those who have lost their character panels?]

[Yun Chichi: Okay, okay, let's all calm down. The end of the world? I almost laugh. There are plenty of people with control panels in the world; there's no room for statues to survive. If so many people were to be developed by statues, then no one would be innocent, and they would deserve to be killed!]

【…】

[Barley is barley, not wheat: It seems some people have forgotten that the black spores that are splitting open are only a small portion of the problem.]

[Aspiring Debut Player: Haha, we didn't activate the panel at the beginning, so we didn't get any benefits from the Extraordinary Path game. Killing us won't benefit the statue either, so we're safe. The statue definitely won't target us.]

[A Ten-Year Promise: Some people are truly laughable. Do you even pay attention to whether there are ants under your feet when you walk? Even if there's one on the roadside, it's destined to be kicked to death.]

[I don't have much left to gain: Stop arguing, stop arguing! We're a team! Why do we only unite when there's a crisis? Wouldn't it be better to unite from the beginning?]

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