Rules of the Strange: Starting with the Weird Peppa Pig

Then she stared into Paige's eyes and said, word by word:

"You will listen to the Creator, right?"

Paige avoided eye contact, lowered her eyes, and hummed in agreement.

If it is the Creator, she must obey. She doesn't know the specific consequences of the Creator's anger, but she knows they must be extremely serious.

He is so powerful that he could destroy the world without breaking a sweat.

It would be a terrible loss to defy the Creator because of a "traitor" like George.

"I understand, I will."

Paige raised her eyes again, a hint of determination in them.

Lady Antelope nodded in satisfaction.

"This afternoon is art class, so you..."

The memory ends.

Paige closed her eyes and sighed.

Tonight, this "George" still cares about her. Even knowing it's all fake, she's willing to stay immersed in this beautiful illusion as long as he doesn't leave her.

Wuyin, who was in the lower bunk, was also deep in thought.

The second day had passed, but he still had no clue what to do, which made him somewhat anxious.

It seems I have to talk to Richard tomorrow, at least to get all the information he knows out of him.

Thinking this, he gradually drifted into a light sleep.

At 7 a.m. the next morning, as the cuckoo clock chimed, Peppa Pig surprisingly woke up Wuyin on her own.

Wuyin opened her eyes, looked at the cuckoo clock, and confirmed that it was 7 a.m.

Peppa Pig actually woke him up on her own, which means he won't have to count down the alarm clock to fall asleep anymore.

Chapter 14 The Dragon Kingdom's Hint

However, Wuyin doesn't really intend to rely on Peiqi to wake him up; after all, it's always good to be cautious.

He responded, got up, and went to wash up while holding the dinosaur plush toy.

Today is Thursday, and they need to go to kindergarten. The two quickly washed up, got ready, and set off.

When Wuyin opened the door, the weather was lovely; it was a sunny day, though the clouds were a bit loose.

The two quickly arrived at the kindergarten, where the blue-eyed antelope teacher was greeting each child at the entrance.

Good morning, Peppa! Good morning, George!

"Hello, teacher."

Paige responded and led George into the classroom.

As soon as Wuyin entered the classroom, she noticed a figure crouching in the corner—it was Richard.

He walked over quietly, but the other person seemed too engrossed in their work to notice that there was someone standing behind them. They were just staring intently at the empty corner, muttering something to themselves.

Wuyin patted him on the shoulder, and Richard was startled. He turned around abruptly, saw that it was Wuyin, and patted his chest in relief.

"You scared me to death."

Wu Yin glanced back at the classroom and saw that most of the students had arrived, so he spoke concisely.

"What?"

Richard's eyes darted around, then he said with a grin.

"It's nothing, I'm just chatting with the ants in the corner."

Wuyin rolled her eyes, giving him a "Do you think I believe that?" look.

Seeing that the animals were almost all there, he said something to Richard.

"Cooperation."

He then turned around and sat back down in his seat.

A short while later, as the school bell rang, Mrs. Antelope walked up to the podium and began her lesson, but the content of this lesson was completely different from yesterday's.

Today's lesson is about recognizing numbers from one to ten.

This does fit the kindergarten curriculum perfectly, but its normality in the context of the ghost story instance seems somewhat abnormal.

Wuyin looked up into Lady Antelope's eyes. She met his gaze, her expression still gentle and smiling, as if she had forgotten everything that happened yesterday.

It could be a penalty for violating the rules. If that's the case, then there's still a chance of success in this instance.

Soon after class, the two went to the top floor, intending to talk in the storage room as before, but found that the door was locked.

The two could only stand in the blind spot at the top of the stairs, where they could hear the sounds downstairs but wouldn't be immediately noticed by others coming upstairs.

With only ten minutes left after class, time was tight, so he got straight to the point.

How did you know about the Chosen Ones?

Richard was silent for a moment, then slowly began to speak.

“A year ago, the year our lives were turned upside down, someone appeared here.”

"You heard me right, he appeared in human form."

"He told me that the world I lived in was about to be corrupted by ghost stories, but there was a force of rules that could resist it, and that as long as I followed the rules, he could take me away."

“He told me a lot of things, such as that he was a chosen one who came here from the Dragon Kingdom of Blue Star. Although I didn’t understand much, I understood the general idea.”

"Oh, right, he also said he has an ability called something like... the Thread of Fate."

Upon hearing this, Wuyin had a guess in her mind.

"But in the end, he died. He couldn't take me out of this world, but he protected me very well, so you can see that I'm different from the other students in the class."

At this point, Richard's eyes seemed to show some sadness.

"So, you want to escape this world?"

Wuyin glanced at him and asked in return.

“Well, I know that you Chosen Ones have the ability to escape. If you can take me with you, I am willing to help you, after all, I know much more information than you do.”

"Oh? Is that so? Then tell me why it rained for a whole month a year ago."

Wuyin looked into Richard's eyes; this was something Richard hadn't told him yesterday.

Richard blinked when he heard this.

"I'll go over all these details with you when I visit you at your home on Saturday."

"Ah."

Wuyin mentally calculated the time, and seeing that class was about to start, the two returned to the classroom one after the other.

Just as I entered the classroom, the bell rang, and Mrs. Antelope continued teaching the material she hadn't finished in the previous lesson.

Dragon Kingdom Ghost Stories Center

All experts are urgently reviewing materials to find out if there is such a chosen one in the Dragon Kingdom, and retrieving the screen recordings from that time to collect relevant information.

"Reporting to Commander Red, there is no record in the existing materials of any copies of Peppa Pig Tales or animal ghost stories."

"There is no chosen one whose talent is the Thread of Fate."

Commander Hong narrowed his eyes, his voice serious.

"Then let's check if there are any other chosen ones with the same talent in other countries."

Another expert on supernatural tales rushed over to report: "Commander Red, the existing data does not contain any Chosen Ones with the talent 'Threads of Fate,' except..."

"Besides being the first person from the Dragon Kingdom to participate in the Strange Tales instance, we have no idea about his talent."

When the Ghost Stories instance arrived, the first instance was a random selection of someone from around the world, and at that time, it just so happened that Li Fan from the Dragon Kingdom was selected.

At that time, however, no one had yet realized that the strange rule had descended. They only heard the mechanical announcement of his name, and no one paid any attention to what talent he had drawn.

The Red Commander frowned and immediately gave the order.

"Usage tips".

Whether Richard is telling the truth or not, this opportunity to give a hint must be used.

After all, if Wuyin knows the name, she can simply ask him to determine whether Richard is telling the truth or lying.

Suddenly, a strong male voice reached Wuyin's ears, who was listening attentively to the lecture.

"Dragon Kingdom Tip: 1. All the meat that appears in the ghost stories is pork, including the rotten meat inside the iron cabinet."

2. Those who have eaten meat will temporarily lose their rationality and become completely bizarre.

3. No one in the Dragon Kingdom has the talent of the Thread of Destiny. Apart from the F-level talent of the first Chosen One, Li Fan, we have no information about him.

4. Your sister has already hired a nanny to take care of her. Should you call her to the command center for protection?

The words fell silent, leaving only three seconds for the silence to subside.

Without thinking it over, he immediately replied with a single word.

"Yes."

After answering, he began to organize the information from the national notice in his mind.

The first clue made him feel nauseous: all the meat in the ghost stories was pork.

He hadn't tasted it, and the subtle differences were indeed hard to discern with the naked eye.

Moreover, this shows that Peppa Pig eats only the flesh of her own kind.

Chapter 15 The Key

So, the second clue can actually be guessed: eating the flesh of one's own kind will cause one to become bizarre, which is relatively mild. After all, on Earth, that would be a deadly act.

But what's really worth pondering is where Peppa Pig's family gets their pork from?