Rules of the Strange: I Can See Through All the Weird

The woman walked into the store, her broken legs making a "crackling" sound with every step.

At this point, the store manager was so frightened that he could only open his mouth wide, unable to utter a single word.

The woman walked with difficulty to her husband, reached out and touched his face. His face was no longer as smooth as it had been in his youth; it was covered with wrinkles, and sweat glistened between the wrinkles because of fear.

"You're getting old..."

The shop manager swallowed hard, finally finding his voice: "Xiaoqin...you..."

The woman interrupted the store manager before he could finish speaking.

"You've grown old, but I don't even have the right to grow old! My life is forever frozen at 33!"

The next second, the woman's aura changed drastically. Long, sharp nails grew from her fingers, various knife marks appeared on her body, and the flesh on her neck was turning outwards in a bloody scar.

The woman's hand reached upwards, and the shop manager didn't dare to move.

"Ah! My eyes! My eyes!"

It was the store manager's scream. The woman suddenly held two eyeballs in her hand.

"This is your punishment for making baseless guesses, subjective assumptions, and failing to discern the truth despite having eyes!"

Another scream rang out as the shop manager's neck was scratched by the woman's fingernails, leaving the same gash.

"This is what you did to me, I'm returning it to you."

The store manager couldn't shout anymore the next second, because the woman's target this time was his tongue.

"This is the consequence of you spreading rumors and ruining my reputation after my death, preventing me from resting in peace even in death!"

……

After being tormented again and again, the store manager was finally reduced to barely breathing.

Xu Ning and Qi Tong watched the whole thing from the sidelines.

The chat in the two people's live stream was already buzzing with discussion.

What is meant by "bizarre torture"?

Wow... so bloody, so exciting, I love it!

[This store manager is disgusting! I spit on him! He even acts like a human being every day, lecturing others on how to do things!]

Aren't these two people afraid that the female ghost will go berserk and kill them?

[No wonder no one has ever escaped this instance! There's the shopkeeper inside and the female ghost outside, everyone's going to die!]

Send out 10 rockets

[Give away 100 beers]

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The comments on the screen weren't unfounded; the woman who was attacking so frantically was becoming more demonic with each attack that hurt the shopkeeper.

In the end, the crippled store manager lay motionless on the ground.

The woman turned her head, her face now covered in blood, making it impossible to tell whose blood it was. Her scarlet eyes were fixed on Qi Tong, as if she were in a bloodthirsty rage.

Xu Ning was already preparing to pull out her props; this woman looked far too dangerous.

But the woman just stared at Qi Tong, her hands remaining motionless.

She spoke after a long pause.

"……Thanks."

"You're welcome. Ms. Xiaoqin, may I ask how we should get out? It's almost time." Qi Tong pointed to her watch.

The woman didn't speak, but instead extended her sharp claws and plunged them fiercely into her own heart.

The woman only spoke when her heart was removed.

"This disgusting instance has been weighing on me. No one leaves because almost no one has discovered my existence; they only know that it's dangerous outside the library."

"The key to getting out is my heart and his heart. Even solving this puzzle requires my heart to be placed together with his dirty heart. Thank you for discovering me and unlocking the secret of the library. This puzzle will be destroyed from now on, and I am finally free."

After Xiaoqin finished speaking, she placed the two hearts in Qitong's hands.

I looked back at the store manager and saw that he seemed to be holding something in his hand.

Xiaoqin pried his hand away; it was that photo.

Xiaoqin paused for a moment, then tore up the group photo into pieces.

Xiaoqin turned back to say goodbye to Qitong again, a tear mixed with the blood on her face fell, staining it red, and she smiled.

Then they disappeared from the spot, and the shopkeeper, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog, also disappeared.

666 suddenly spoke up: [She just smiled. Her favorability rating is no longer hate.]

"What is that?"

[It's a relief. Host, you've helped her untie that knot.]

When I first saw Xiaoqin, she was crying.

She cried when they parted.

But this time, these are tears of relief.

Player Qi Tong successfully completed the dungeon - Midnight Library.

Player Qi Tong successfully unravels the hidden secret of the library and gains the gratitude and affection of the mysterious NPC Liu Fengqin.

[Player's performance rating in the dungeon: SSS]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the S-rank item "Xiaoqin's Tears." Tears are the purest form of water; they can see through everything. No disguise or disguise is effective against them! They can identify anything.]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained an A-grade item, "Little Qin's Claw Cage." This item can trap anything inside for 10 seconds, preventing escape. Cooldown: 12 hours.]

[Congratulations, player, you have obtained the system item: True Love's Kiss, which allows two people to share a passionate kiss for thirty seconds, regardless of species. Cooldown: 30 hours.]

[Rewarded player: 1000 points; Basic player: 500 points; Total reward points: 3500]

[Rewards player: Sensitivity +5, Agility +5, Strength +10]

[The instance world is about to collapse. Players, please escape immediately.]

[The instance world is about to collapse. Players, please escape immediately!]

Qin Yu, who was in the toilet with three strange creatures rummaging through the toilet with toilet plungers, was dumbfounded.

How did I beat the game?!

Why is the instance about to collapse?!

He hadn't found any clues for three days and was even trapped in the toilet. He had just finished dealing with the last weirdo and asked the manager for a bracelet, thinking he could use the toilet. But there was only one toilet left. When he came out, he was inexplicably surrounded by three weirdos.

Whose aloof male god is fighting with a toilet plunger?!

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Qi Tong had just returned to her house in Wanwu City when there was a knock on the door.

Qi Tong paused for a moment. Who could it be? She didn't have many friends in the strange world. Xu Ning was one of them, but Xu Ning, like her, had just finished a dungeon and was already exhausted. She probably wouldn't choose to come directly to her.

Thinking it over, Qi Tong opened the door.

Two tall men stood outside the door, blocking the entrance completely from both sides.

Before Qi Tong could ask, one of the men wearing glasses explained their purpose.

"Hello, Ms. Qi Tong, we are members of the Dark Palace Guild, ranked third on the Guild Ranking. We watched your dungeon livestream just now and we admire your talent. If you are willing to join our guild, we will provide you with items and even send someone to enter a dungeon with you to maintain your dungeon completion rate and help you steadily enter the newcomer ranking."

Qi Tong frowned. The Dark Palace? She seemed to have heard of it from someone.

What is the "Newcomer Ranking"?

"The Newcomer Ranking is based on each player's overall score and completion rate in the first four dungeons. The top ten players receive generous rewards, and the higher the ranking, the better the rewards. We have investigated your current scores, all of which are SSS, with a completion rate of 100%. If we add our items and experience, you have a good chance of making it into the top five."

After the man cleared up her doubts, Qi Tong nodded, said she understood, and then closed the door.

The man immediately stopped Qi Tong.

"Ms. Qi Tong, would you like to join our guild?"