A supporting character in a romance anime? I became a god using a rat talisman.

The Persian carpet, which was originally just an ornament, suddenly lit up with a faint purple glow. Then, the entire carpet defied gravity and floated into the air.

"Come on up!" Xiaoyu jumped onto the carpet and waved to the people behind her.

The three of them quickly jumped onto the flying carpet.

Before Jackie Chan could even get his footing, Jade stepped on the rabbit talisman as an accelerator, and the flying carpet shot out like a cannonball, speeding wildly through the intricate corridor amidst the gasps of the others.

Just then, a dead wall suddenly appeared in front of them.

"It's a dead end!" Jackie Chan shouted in terror.

"Dad!" Qianyu shouted in the gale.

Without hesitation, the old man squatting at the front activated the pig talisman again.

A laser beam shot out, instantly blasting a huge hole in the black stone wall.

Accompanied by howling winds, the group used the gap to escape the oppressive castle.

Beyond the breach lies the vast, boundless sea, its black waves churning.

"That's awesome!" Xiaoyu excitedly pumped her fist and cheered loudly, "We finally escaped!"

She immediately lay down, intending to activate the Rabbit Talisman's highest speed setting, hoping to fly away from this sea area in one go and escape the Holy Lord's clutches far away.

However, at this crucial moment, Qianyu reached out and grabbed Xiaoyu's wrist, stopping her from accelerating.

"Stop! Hover here!"

"what happened?"

Seeing Xiaoyu's puzzled expression, Qianyu didn't immediately offer an explanation, but instead turned back to look at the fortress.

Through the large hole that his father had blasted open, he could clearly see the Holy Lord standing in the shadows.

At this point, it would have been reasonable for the fire demon, whose eight talismans had been stolen, to be furious and order his green dragons to hunt them down to the ends of the earth.

But now he simply stood motionless in the shadows at the edge, staring intently at their backs as they hovered in mid-air with his extremely gloomy, scarlet vertical pupils.

It's like watching a group of dead people who have already fallen into another trap.

This bizarre scene made Qianyu touch her chin.

He increasingly felt that something was wrong with the Holy Lord today.

Even if the rabbit and the chicken are lost, the Holy Lord will definitely have other means to bring them down from mid-air.

This unusual leniency reminded Qianyu of the third rule she had seen on the fragments of history books.

Your current location is the territory of the Fire Demon Lord. The Lord eats people, therefore, travelers are strictly prohibited from leaving the territory at will.

The demon doesn't chase them, is it because he can't leave, or because he knows there are even more terrifying traps waiting for these prey outside?

"Dad, can I borrow the snake talisman?"

After a brief weighing of the pros and cons, Qianyu turned around, took the snake talisman directly from her father, and then activated it with a flick of her fingertips.

The moment the snake charm took effect, powerful invisibility magic enveloped the four of them like flowing water.

Along with the flying magic carpet, they suddenly vanished into thin air.

Seeing that the prey who had stolen his source of power had vanished without a trace, the Holy Lord simply exhaled and turned to retreat into the darkness deeper within the castle.

Xiaoyu maneuvered the flying carpet, making a large circle in the air.

The four landed on a desolate, rocky beach covered in black thorns, two kilometers away from the castle—a perfectly safe place.

The moment Qianyu broke free of invisibility and stepped onto solid ground, Xiaoyu, her father, and Jackie Chan immediately surrounded her, their faces full of confusion.

"Brother Qianyu, why did you stop me just now?" Xiaoyu asked, puzzled.

"That was clearly a great opportunity to escape! If I had just put in a little more effort, we would have flown out of the Holy Lord's territory long ago. Why did we have to give it up?"

Jackie Chan nodded in agreement: "Yes, it's better to fly away than to be captured on the island."

Faced with their questions, Qianyu took out the tattered page of the history book and spread it out in front of them.

"Take a look at this first."

Three people surrounded them.

Qianyu had read the five rules on the torn page many times before.

But this was the first time Jackie Chan, Jade, and Daddy had seen the complete content.

Xiaoyu remained relatively calm as she glanced at the first two items, but her expression changed when she read the third.

"Leaving the Holy Lord's territory without permission is strictly prohibited..." she read aloud, looking up at Qianyu, "So you're afraid something will happen if you fly out?"

"Just now, the Holy Lord stood at the cave entrance watching us, without moving an inch, not even bothering to chase us."

Qianyu put the tattered page back into her pocket. "What do you think would be the normal reaction of a dragon whose power has been stolen by two-thirds?"

Jackie Chan chimed in.

"They should chase after them like madmen."

"Yes, but he didn't." Qianyu sat down on a rock. "He even seemed calm, as if he wasn't worried about us getting away at all."

The old man adjusted his reading glasses, frowned, and pondered for a while.

"You mean, it's waiting for us to trigger the rules ourselves?"

"I can't be sure, but the rule is written there, and I don't dare to gamble."

Qianyu paused for a moment, "If we had really flown out of this sea area at full speed just now, and triggered the consequences mentioned in the rules, then it would have been all over."

His cautious concerns, based on the strange rules of the game, are clearly well-founded.

"Does that mean we'll never be able to leave?" Xiaoyu buried her face in her knees. "Trapped on this wretched island, waiting to die?"

Don't rush.

Qianyu stepped forward, pulled Xiaoyu up from the ground, and patted the dust off her shoulder to comfort her.

"Look at that sentence again. If this place were truly a dead end, then the rules would only need to say 'Leaving is strictly prohibited.'"

"But the historical records deliberately added the word 'at will.' This precisely illustrates that the real emphasis of the rules is not to leave at will."

"This is tantamount to implying that leaving the territory is permitted, but not casually or without preparation."

This is like a business contract full of traps; as long as you scrutinize the wording, you can find a disclaimer clause to fight back.

The old man, who was carefully examining the tattered pages while adjusting his reading glasses, nodded in agreement.

You have a point.

The old man stroked his withered chin and added his speculation.

"In the realm of magic, this kind of conditional restriction means that to escape safely, one would most likely need to wait until a specific time or possess a specific key item to leave without hindrance."

"That's right."

Qianyu agreed with her father's statement.

"But here's the problem: the torn page only tells us we can't just wander around, but it doesn't explain what constitutes 'not wandering around'."

"Whether we wait for time or find the right tools, we don't know. If we recklessly test that boundary, no one can predict what terrible consequences it might cause."

Chapter 186 New Rules

Faced with the current dead end, Xiaoyu stared at the tattered page in Qianyu's hand for a long time before suddenly speaking.

"Brother Qianyu, where did you get this piece of paper?"

"Um?"

"It's this torn rule sheet. Could you get me another one? Maybe it will tell me how to leave this awful place."

Qianyu folded the tattered page and stuffed it back into her inner pocket, mercilessly pouring cold water on it, helplessly shattering her illusions.

"This piece of paper is something I tore from the history book before history was completely reset. The original book is in Australia; it was there after the Holy Lord finished revising it."

"Australia..."

Upon hearing that it was in Australia, Xiaoyu's face immediately showed disappointment.

However, this frustration lasted only a moment; she seemed to recall something.

"Wait, wait, wait! If all I need is that fragment of a history book, I think I happen to have one on me!"

"I tore off a piece of it while I was in the cave and hid it in the sole of my shoe."

Upon hearing this, Jackie Chan and his father both turned to look at her.

Qianyu was also stunned for a moment, but only for a moment.

He knew of the existence of this piece of paper. In the original story, Jade accidentally tore off the page about herself in a cave in Australia. It contained a prophecy that she would "set things right".

It was because of this page that Xiaoyu retained her memory.

But this world has been completely altered by strange and unpredictable rules, so who knows if the contents on paper have changed along with it?

Xiaoyu bent down and took off her left sneaker.

She lifted the lining of the shoe sole, revealing a piece of yellowed paper sandwiched between the shock-absorbing layer and the rubber.

It was a size smaller than the one in Qianyu's hand, with wrinkled edges and the smell of sweaty feet.

Qianyu looked at the piece of paper, her eyes twitching slightly.

"You hid fragments of history in the soles of your shoes?"

"It's safe! Who would go through someone else's smelly shoes?"

This logic is impeccable.

"show me."

Qianyu took the piece of paper, and the four of them huddled together again, staring at it for a long time until their eyes were sore, but they still couldn't figure it out.

The paper was completely blank, spotless.

Qianyu frowned.

In the original story, this piece of paper clearly contained Xiaoyu's prophecy, but now it's just a blank sheet of paper.