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

This means that when the Holy Lord rewrote history, Xiaoyu's part about correcting the wrongs was no longer on paper.

As for what replaced it or whether it was simply erased, it is currently impossible to determine.

It seems like there's nothing there.

Just as Qianyu shook her head in disappointment, thinking it was just a piece of waste paper, Xiaoyu, with her sharp eyes, suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"I've got it! I ...!"

"Look! To the right! It moved!"

Then, under everyone's gaze, something slowly emerged in the lower right corner of the paper.

It's as if an invisible pen is writing on the paper, with ink seeping out of the fibers from nothing, condensing into words stroke by stroke.

The first rule is now complete.

Every night at midnight, the Holy Lord will fall into absolute slumber, which cannot be awakened under any circumstances. This is the only window for leaving the territory.

Xiaoyu was the first to speak.

"Great! Now we have a clear time to escape!"

"Wait, there's more below." Jackie Chan pressed down on Jade's shoulder.

The second line of text is emerging, much slower than the first, as if the writer is hesitating.

Of all the rules you've seen, there is one that is completely wrong.

After these two new rules were fully revealed, the parchment returned to its lifeless state, and no new text appeared.

The rocky beach was quiet for several seconds.

The good news is that a way to get out has finally been found; the bad news is that this method might be fake.

Xiaoyu's smile froze in a very subtle position; the corners of her mouth were still upturned, but her eyes were no longer smiling.

Qianyu quickly spread the two tattered pages side by side on the reef and immediately started a discussion with everyone.

"We need to clarify the scope of this rule first."

"What's the meaning?"

"The second rule refers to 'all the rules you see.' If 'all the rules' are limited to this piece of paper itself, then the answer is simple: the first rule is false. There are only two rules, and if one is wrong, then the only correct one must be the second rule itself."

Qianyu patted her tattered page again.

"But if the scope includes the five rules on my paper, then a false rule could appear on any one of them."

"Which range exactly?" Jackie Chan's mind was in complete disarray.

The old man spoke first.

"The question of scope has already been answered; the key is 'seeing.' All four of us have personally read the five rules on your paper. Since we've seen them, they naturally fall within the scope."

Qianyu nodded.

"So the range is seven. The first five plus these two. One of the seven is false."

"Then which one is fake?" Xiaoyu squatted down next to Qianyu, pointing down the lines one by one from the first line on the first sheet of paper.

Qianyu picked up her tattered page and went through the five rules again.

First, there are allies within the demonic camp. Second, do not trust your eyes, and do not reveal any unusual senses. Third, leaving the Holy Lord's territory without permission is strictly prohibited. Fourth, the gaps in the historical records must be filled. Fifth, the use of powers not belonging to this world is forbidden.

In addition, according to the sixth rule on Xiaoyu's fragment, the Holy Lord is absolutely asleep at midnight. The seventh rule states that one of the rules is incorrect.

Jackie Chan suddenly asked

"Is it possible that Article 7 itself is false?"

Everyone looked at him.

"So, if rule number seven is the false rule, then the statement 'one of all rules is false' is itself a lie. Does that mean all seven rules are actually true?"

Qianyu thought for a moment

He didn't think of this idea immediately.

If the statement "one of them is false" is itself a false statement, then logically speaking, all the rules are true.

But this leads to a paradox.

If rule number seven is false, then the statement "there exists a false rule" is false, so all rules are true, including rule number seven itself.

Rule 7 says "one of the rules is false", but all the rules are true, so rule 7 is both true and false.

The logic is inconsistent.

Chapter 187 Found the Fake Rules

"No, if we go in this direction, then rule number seven becomes a self-referential paradox, making it impossible to determine its truth or falsehood. The strange tales of rules don't give you an unsolvable dead end; they always have a single, correct interpretation."

"So the seventh one must be true." Dad nodded. "The false one is hidden among the first six."

Jackie Chan shrank back and stopped talking.

"Let's rule out the possibility that it's fake."

Qianyu stretched out her fingers and began to count, "Secondly, don't trust your eyes. I've already verified this; visual interference does exist."

"The third rule: Leaving at will is strictly prohibited. Just now, the Holy Lord stood at the cave entrance watching us, deliberately not chasing us. It was waiting for us to fly out and trigger the rules. If this rule were false, it wouldn't need to do this, so this one is probably true as well."

"What about the fifth one?" Xiaoyu asked.

Qianyu's finger paused on the paper for a moment.

The fifth rule prohibits the use of powers that do not belong to this world, otherwise it will attract the attention of "He".

He hasn't used the Clow Cards or Ultraman Tiga since entering the Otherworld, so this cannot be verified.

But he didn't dare to gamble.

"This can't be verified for now either," Qianyu shook her head. "Make a note of it, and we'll investigate further when we have more information."

"So only the first, fourth, and sixth points are left?" Xiaoyu counted on her fingers.

After careful consideration, we ruled out those common-sense warnings that were clearly intended to ensure their survival until now.

Chiyu finally focused her suspicions on the fourth rule on the first fragment of the page.

[Rule Four: To leave this place permanently, you must find the [unclear] years [unclear] history [unclear] and [unclear] mouth.]

“Look at this one.”

Xiaoyu leaned over and, in the dim moonlight, read aloud:

"Searching for historical records and filling in the gaps... what's wrong with that? Our purpose is to find historical records and revise history in the first place."

"That's the problem. On the surface, this is indeed our only goal right now."

Qianyu narrowed her eyes.

"But look closely at this line of text."

The old man pushed his reading glasses up so his face was almost touching the paper.

"Oh dear! We found the historical record of ██ years, but it's clearly missing a few words!"

Xiaoyu squinted and spent a long time trying to make out the details.

"Indeed...this place and this area look like they've been scraped away by something."

Qianyu continued, following Xiaoyu's words.

“I was only focused on the words I could read before, and I didn’t pay attention to the words that looked like they had been maliciously erased by ink.”

"But if we treat this as a fill-in-the-blank question, and fill in the blanks that have been forcibly erased with normal word order, the true meaning of the whole sentence should be a warning to us: if we want to leave this place completely, we must find the real history book of time and fill in the gaps."

"How did you know that these were the words that were crossed out?" Jackie Chan's braid swayed behind his head.

"Word order. The grammatical logic of the preceding and following text makes only one possible way to complete the sentence."

The old man frowned.

"So what was erased were the real three characters?"

"Yes, those are the most crucial words." Qianyu placed the tattered page back on her lap.

"The original text was reminding us that we must find the 'true' historical records. After being erased, the rule became simply 'we must fill in the gaps in the historical records,' which seems harmless."

"If we follow this incomplete rule without any precautions, we are very likely to be misled and end up finding a fake history book."

Chiyu delivered her conclusion.

"Therefore, this fourth rule, which hides a fatal pitfall, is definitely the wrong rule mentioned in the seventh rule."

Jackie Chan scratched his head and followed this logic...

"Now that we've confirmed that rule number four is a false rule..."

Xiaoyu excitedly chimed in.

"That proves, conversely, that the information about the Holy Lord being unable to wake up tonight is absolutely true!"

At midnight tonight, the Holy Lord will fall into a deep sleep and will not wake up no matter how much noise is made.

After clarifying this logical loop, Qianyu immediately stood up and patted the sand off her trousers.

"Everyone, let's strike while the iron is hot." Qianyu looked at the demon fortress in the distance. "Since the Holy Lord is going to fall asleep at midnight tonight, let's launch a surprise attack and retrieve all the remaining talismans."

Xiaoyu jumped up

"Are you going back to the palace?"

"Four talismans remain on the Holy Lord: Rat, Dragon, Horse, and Monkey."

Qianyu counted on her fingers

"If we don't bring these out, even if we find the real history books, we'll still have to confront the Holy Lord head-on."

Jackie Chan was the first to object.

"What if Article Six is ​​the fake one? You rush in, and the Holy Lord isn't asleep at all; he'll just burn you to ashes."

"Uncle Long is right!" Xiaoyu nodded in agreement. "We already have five talismans in our hands, which is a profit. There's no need to take any more risks."