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The effect of a calming talisman only lasts for about five minutes, and the previous one has already expired. This is probably why Mumu draws so many.

Although the effect was short-lived, it was incredibly powerful. The moment Ning Bao touched it, the scene before her changed instantly. She was pinned under Wen Ya's claws, while Wen Ya held a calming talisman in her other claw.

"You're awake now? I was even planning to give you a calming talisman since you weren't taking the picture yourself. You suddenly went over to open the door just now. I think the ultimate purpose of these illusions is to guide us to open the door. My previous illusion probably hadn't even reached that point before it was exposed."

Wen Ya released her grip on Ning Bao's hand.

Ningbao got up and shook its fur:

"Ningbao thinks the rules must be related to whether we go out or not, which is why she's trying every means to lure the people inside out."

"Not only that, there should be exactly three lives in the same room to meet the requirements."

"Wow, the mission indicates we've completed collecting the first rule."

The white cake perched atop Wenya's head suddenly cried out in delight, then began reading aloud the text that appeared on its task panel, word by word:

"Giants Rule One: After sunset, please stay indoors and do not come out. Make sure there are three living beings in each room and that each room is full. Otherwise, you will face monsters that are twice as strong."

Rule #1: After sunset, if all the surrounding rooms are full, and each room has three living beings, you must not hunt the creatures inside. Otherwise, you will lose your ability to become ethereal, and beware of being torn in two by the giants' bare hands!

"So the ghosts here have physical forms, and Ningbao can't see them because they can become ethereal."

To Wenya's surprise, Ningbao immediately grasped a key point. Ignoring Wenya's strange gaze, Ningbao continued speaking to herself:

"There must be a connection between the Heavenly Dao and the Small World, right? Chunhuan likes cute things, and the giants here also like cute things. But that bad uncle has a physical form. He pinched Ningbao's face so hard, it hurt. He's not a ghost without legs at all."

At this point, Ningbao angrily dug at the dirt twice with her little paws:

"Besides, the giant bug that was chasing us before also had a physical form; they're part of the same system."

Wenya clapped for Ningbao. Who said their little Ningbao was stupid? Isn't she very smart?

"Well said. There are a few key points in these two rules. The Giants Rule states that if we go out, we will face monsters that are twice as strong."

"It's not that the rules made them stronger, but rather that they were naturally stronger at night than during the day. The rules simply stated it and quantified the extra strength they gained."

Ningbao raised her little paws to answer.

This isn't too hard to guess, because the rules were lowered by the two Heavenly Daos to stop the two sides from fighting. It's good enough that they didn't weaken the other side, how could they possibly make one side stronger?

It's like when two parties are fighting, a third party tries to break it up. You can't just put a knife in each of their hands and then try to mediate, can you? What kind of mediation is that?

Wenya nodded and continued:

"Ogres lose their ability to become intangible, so they should be careful not to be torn in two by giants. And this is even with their strength enhanced at night. In other words, in a simple head-on confrontation, the individual strength of an ogre is definitely inferior to that of a giant."

This probably explains why nothing happens during the day, although it's unclear if there are any rules about daytime. Fighting giants during the day would definitely be disadvantageous for demons, so even without rules, nothing should happen. Unless the demons are stupid.

"Is that necessarily true?"

Ningbao raised her little paw and gestured:

"The giants are very powerful, but they really only know physical skills. While they are no match for the monsters in a direct confrontation, there's no need for them to do so. They can create illusions, use illusions, and have other skills we don't know about. In a real fight, they might not be at a disadvantage."

Just like Mumu, although she's not good at attacking, she knows so many things, whether it's formations or talismans, they're all very useful in fights...

"That's not right."

Ningbao suddenly clapped his paws.

"What's wrong?"

Wenya tilted her head in confusion as she looked at Ningbao, who was talking animatedly.

"If it's true that ghosts' strength doubles at night, then the fact that they lose their ability to become intangible when they enter a house under certain conditions is simply a one-sided restriction on ghosts, isn't it?"

Ning Bao scratched his head, wondering if he might have guessed wrong.

"This…"

Wenya thought Ningbao's words made sense, but her previous speculations also seemed to have some merit. Ah, they both make sense!

She used to be able to solve mysteries smoothly in TV dramas, so why did this awkward situation always happen to her? She didn't think she was any dumber than those protagonists who were only made to look smarter by brainless supporting characters. Damn protagonist halo, she wanted that too.

"Alright, alright, instead of guessing, let's just put it into practice."

Wenya had some initial guesses, but now she wasn't happy to share them. Mainly, she wasn't entirely confident in her own intelligence. She wished Mumu were here; this kind of mental task was perfect for Mumu.

Wenya was still quite annoyed, feeling like she'd been fooled by the TV series again. What kind of plot twist involved deducing a whole host of things from a single clue? But the same thing can lead to completely different conclusions depending on how you look at it from different angles!

Why bother thinking? It's more practical to just take action. Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles.

A flawless version after careful inspection!

"Sister Wenya."

Ningbao nudged Wenya with her little paws.

"What's wrong?"

"Ningbao, look! Something's banging on the door!"

"You're seeing illusions again? Why don't you just stick on a calming talisman?"

Wenya replied indifferently.

But soon, her body froze. She slowly turned her head and heard the same sound of something hitting the door.

It doesn't seem like an illusion?

Wenya suddenly realized a fatal flaw in the rules: violating them would only make the enemy stronger or one's own weaker. In other words, the underlying logic of the rules relied on mutual deterrence, not coercion. If these monsters believed that violating the rules would allow them to be eaten like snacks, then…

With a loud crash, the door shattered. Something that looked like it was just skin slowly crawled inside.

Wenya: !!!

So what's the point of this rule? Oh, it's useful, at least they can see the monster now. Before, when Little Spider and Ning Bao were connected, Ning Bao couldn't see it.

But it's still useless! This stupid rule is really not friendly to the weak at all.