I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

"We now face two problems. First, are there any other Time Worms in the amusement park? If so, we need to be wary of their attacks. Second, why are these Time Worms still here instead of leaving?"

"What do you mean?"

While searching for other teddy bears, Xia was puzzled by Feng Yu's second question.

"The Time Worm has two characteristics. What I just mentioned is its first characteristic. It also has a second characteristic."

Feng Yu didn't find a second teddy bear. She and Lu Ban exchanged a glance to confirm that there were no other Time Worms present, and then she spoke.

"The second characteristic of the Time Worm is that anything that reflects the Time Worm for a long time will give birth to a new Time Worm."

"...Does that mean if we stare at the Time Worm for a long time, new Time Worms will appear on our eyes?"

Lu Ban hurriedly glanced at the person next to him and washed his eyes.

"Yes, and images and pictures can have the same effect, so it's best not to take pictures of the Time Insect."

Feng Yu nodded. At the same time, she raised her right hand, and the same eye appeared in her palm, staring at the Time Worm, while the eye in her left hand retracted.

"This is a form of pollution, and also a way for the Time Worms to increase their companions. That's why most creatures in the alien realm don't choose to be hostile to the Time Worms or try to exterminate them. Firstly, because these creatures at most steal some time, which is harmless to most creatures. As long as they don't encounter a swarm of worms, they'll only become a few years younger, which ordinary humans wouldn't even notice. Secondly, because of this characteristic of the Time Worms, they are difficult to kill."

"So the problem now is that the Time Worm doesn't need to stay in this amusement park. It could easily take a portion of the visitors' time and then leave. There must be another reason why it stays here."

On Feng Yu's shoulder, fleshy buds extended from his neck, their ends resembling flowers and fruit, with tentacles surrounding his eyeballs as they stared at the teddy bear.

“Indeed, if it were only the Time Worms, they would be monsters from another world, not an anomaly of this world, and we wouldn't need to know all the rules of the amusement park…”

As Lu Ban muttered to himself, he suddenly felt something.

"Is it possible that this amusement park is truly eerie, and the Time Worm is trapped here by this eerie phenomenon?"

"possible."

Feng Yu nodded.

"The bizarre is a manifestation of the rules. The Time Worm cannot steal the bizarre time. It is trapped in the amusement park and cannot leave. It can only keep stealing the time of the visitors here."

“We can try leaving the amusement park while looking at the teddy bear, which would rule out the possibility of the time worms stealing our time.”

Lu Ban proposed the method of controlling variables.

He left Xia behind and walked towards the amusement park exit.

As Lu Ban approached the exit, he saw a staff member in a red uniform walking towards him.

"Hello, are you leaving the amusement park?"

The other party inquired and found that he was an ordinary-looking man, so ordinary that he would be easily forgotten.

"correct."

Lu Ban answered, while observing the person's surroundings.

"I see you haven't tried all the attractions in our amusement park. Would you like to try them all before leaving?"

The staff member in red asked politely.

"All the projects?"

Lu Ban thought about it and realized that they hadn't actually visited all the attractions.

"I don't plan to do any other activities; I'm going straight home."

He spoke frankly.

"It would be very distressing for us if you, our guest, didn't experience all the attractions."

The staff member in red said with a smile.

"I'm sorry, I don't intend to."

As Lu Ban spoke, he walked past the staff in red uniforms and headed towards the amusement park's main entrance.

The next moment, Lu Ban felt a strong sense of crisis. He only had time to materialize a silver pen and write the word "Undying" on himself before his brain trembled, and his whole body disintegrated into scattered flesh and blood, falling to the ground.

The staff member in red looked at "Lu Ban," then somehow produced a cart, collected Lu Ban's flesh and blood, swept it into the cart, and then, humming the amusement park's theme song, walked towards the restaurant.

Chapter 462 Rules ①

"He's dead???"

Xia looked at Lu Ban, who had been torn to pieces, and was somewhat surprised.

But for some reason, she didn't feel worried, as if she knew Lu Ban was alright.

"He's not that easy to kill. At least if I'm still standing here, he'll be fine."

More eyeballs sprouted from Feng Yu's body, staring intently at the Time Worm, preventing it from attacking Feng Yu and Xi Ya.

Won't it run away?

Xia felt uneasy.

"This is a bit hard to explain. Time Worms are extremely hostile to anything that knows of their existence. If they are not able to hide themselves and clean up, they will continue to attack their targets."

Feng Yu offered an explanation, then watched the trolley head towards the restaurant.

"The ultimate goal of these creatures is probably to disappear from all memories of all alien realms, to completely erase their own existence. In this way, even pollution and those great beings will ignore them, allowing their race to survive."

"But the other world is vast, and their stories have still been passed down."

Sia sighed, then saw the staff member in red push Lu Ban into the souvenir shop next to the restaurant.

"Should we go over and check on the situation?"

She was still a little worried.

"It's not a big problem."

Lu Ban's voice suddenly came from behind Xi Ya, startling the girl.

"How could you..."

She clearly saw Lu Ban being torn to shreds and pushed into the restaurant, so how did he suddenly appear here again?

"While it can't completely prevent death, this thing can still keep me from dying suddenly in the short term."

Lu Ban pulled open his collar, revealing that his flesh was still in the process of being stitched together. Green grass and trees were constantly intertwining and stitching his body together, while the words on his skin were gradually fading. For humans, the effect of the "last words" was not that strong, and even if they were written on Lu Ban's body, they would fade away over time.

"How about it?"

Feng Yu seemed to have known all along that Lu Ban was alright, and she asked.

“I was trying to leave when a staff member said I hadn’t done all the rides and then he attacked me.”

Lu Ban explained, then thought for a moment.

"Xia, you stay at the entrance and don't let any tourists leave, even if you have to use force."

"it is good."

Xia nodded.

Lu Ban then headed towards the haunted house.

"It looks like we have to do all the attractions before we can leave, and that's what the mission requires. I don't know if we did these attractions after we encountered the Time Worms, but judging from the situation, 'I' should be in a state where I haven't done those attractions yet."

As Lu Ban walked, he wrote a line on a sticky note with an ordinary pen.

Rule 1: You must experience all the rides before leaving the amusement park.

As Lu Ban wrote this, he thought of the Time Bug again. Perhaps it was because of this rule that it could not leave the amusement park. If other tourists who had accidentally entered the amusement park left rashly, it would only result in the amusement park being empty of people, or tourists leaving after experiencing all the rides.

Therefore, in order to prolong its existence, the Time Bug steals time. So, just as each visitor is about to leave the amusement park, it steals their time, leaving them stuck in the amusement park.

Because the Time Worm cannot understand the strange rules, it cannot stop the strange killings, and does not know under what circumstances tourists will leave normally, or how they will die.

But whether it leaves normally or dies, it's not good for the Time Worm.

Therefore, the Time Bugs and the rules of the amusement park have now formed a vicious cycle.

Visitors cannot break the park's rules to leave, nor will they die; they will simply continue playing in the park forever.

The eeriness of the amusement park continues to attract outsiders, who, once inside, become trapped and unable to escape.

Of course, now that the insect is under control, some tourists will inevitably try to leave. To prevent any accidents from happening to them, Lu Ban had Xia block everyone.

After playing in the haunted house with a blank expression, Lu Ban went on other rides such as the Ferris wheel. According to the manual, all that was left was the grand parade in the evening.

He decided to go back to the amusement park entrance first.

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However, when Lu Ban arrived at the door, he noticed something was wrong.

In front of Xia, a dozen tourists lay unconscious and unable to move.

“These were tourists who were about to leave, and I persuaded them with great effort.”

Xia clenched her fist.

Hopefully she persuaded him with magic rather than physical means.

The commotion in the amusement park was initially thought to be related to a performance by Sia, but as more and more people lay down, the visitors panicked and some even called for staff to confront Sia.

"Miss, please don't disturb the other guests..."

The staff member wearing yellow was knocked unconscious by Sia's punch and fell to the ground.

"Turns out it can be hit."

Xia pouted. If it can be damaged, it means it has a health bar. If it has a health bar, then things will be easier.

"You wait."

Lu Ban dissuaded Xi Ya and woke up the staff member in the yellow shirt.

"Hello, I'm actually a fan of your amusement park. I really, really want to see the grand parade. Can you arrange for it to start right away?"

Lu Ban said in a kind tone.

At the same time, Sia behind him clenched her fist.

"No, no problem... I'll arrange it right away!"

The staff member scrambled through the crowd and ran into the distance.