I am a full-level celestial master, you let me enter the strange talk of rules?

Before Zhang Yangqing can start doing whatever he wants, we still need to follow the procedures and analyze the rules first.

Of the existing rules, Zhang Yangqing believes the first rule is the most crucial.

[Rule 1: You are the monitor here. The more surveillance footage you have, the more beneficial it is for you; conversely, the less surveillance footage you have, the more dangerous it is. With each new surveillance footage, your "presence" in this world of ghost stories becomes stronger, and the more difficult it is for the eerie creatures to ignore you. With each surveillance footage you lose, you take a step closer to death.]

According to Zhang Yangqing's understanding, the Strange Tales World gave the Chosen One four chances.

I remember there were eight surveillance cameras in the monitoring room, four of which had malfunctioned, and four were still in operation.

If all four of these disappear, the Chosen One will die instantly.

In short, rule 1 is a hidden rule that leads to certain death.

What is the chosen one's profession? A monitor.

Without surveillance, a monitor loses their job and is basically doomed.

Another term mentioned here is "presence," which is a term coined by the rules of the supernatural world itself.

I remember that my library also had the same problem, which was [permissions].

Knowledge can change your destiny!
The more knowledge Zhang Yangqing possessed, the greater his authority in the library.

Authority and presence may mean the same thing.

This brings us back to the previous question: the more surveillance footage there is, the greater the presence of the monitor, or in other words, the greater the monitor's authority.

This time, the chosen ones are given ordinary human bodies, so in order to survive the danger, they must have high-level privileges.

Two derivative pieces of information and speculation have emerged here.

Firstly, the owner of the shoes has a very low profile.

That means the owner of those shoes has basically been stripped of his privileges, and we don't know what his profession is, but he has lost his profession.

He helped the Chosen One survive, gave them hints, and perhaps sought their help.

Therefore, Zhang Yangqing concluded that he had absolutely no malicious intent before the owner of those shoes 'appeared'.

After he appears, it's hard to say what will happen; who knows, maybe his profession is also a surveillance officer?
Here's a guess: the previous monitor failed to complete the level and lost all his privileges, leaving him with only a pair of shoes. We don't know what special ability he used to still be 'alive' in this world.

As the monitor, he naturally knew where the cameras were located, so he placed the shoes where the library's cameras could see them.

Therefore, we can conclude that the clues given by the owner of those shoes should not be taken at face value; we should use our own judgment.

Of course, if he were in another profession, the danger might be less.

But don't forget, the Chosen One's body this time is that of an ordinary person, so it's best to be careful.

This was only the first thing Zhang Yangqing thought of.

The second point can be described as a bold move he originally intended to make.

Since there is such a thing as presence and authority here, Zhang Yangqing wondered how he could make himself have the greatest authority and the strongest presence in this building, and even in this world.
There's a bug here that prevents you from laging.

At this stage, Zhang Yangqing has read the most books; he has read almost everything he can. He has spent several hours reading and has thoroughly read all the books here.

If there are any other 'people' in this building who have studied, they would at most have the same level of authority as Zhang Yangqing, and they wouldn't be able to take action against Zhang Yangqing under that level of authority.

Zhang Yangqing was actually thinking that if he turned all the dangerous rooms here into libraries, that is, put dozens or hundreds of books in them, then he would be almost invincible in these rooms.

But perhaps the supernatural world had already anticipated this bug.

I remember when Zhang Yangqing first came in, he saw the first of the three rules: Books are the ladder of human progress. Please take care of books and do not take any books out of the library.

Zhang Yangqing cannot take the books out, thus preventing him from turning the building into a safe house. The world of ghost stories confines Zhang Yangqing's 'invincibility' to the library.

Given this, Zhang Yangqing thought he could maximize the development of his professional abilities.

As per Rule 1, Zhang Yangqing, as the chosen one, must ensure that these surveillance videos exist, and that there are as many videos as possible.

If you make all eight screens bright, you can get through this challenge safely.

But this is only stability. What Zhang Yangqing is pursuing is not stability, but absolute security.

Stability is passive; you wait for danger to come to you and then try to deal with it.

Absolute safety is proactive; it means making danger afraid to come to you, and in fact, making you the most dangerous person in the world.

Therefore, Zhang Yangqing would need to prepare more than eight surveillance cameras.

Eighty? Eight hundred? Or even eighty thousand?
Standing in the center of the library, Zhang Yangqing's gaze swept over the neatly arranged bookshelves, and a huge network began to form in his mind.

Each surveillance video is an anchor point, a coordinate, and a "proof of his existence" in this world.

The more images he has, the more "real" he appears; the fewer images he has, the more "empty" he appears.

When the number of images reaches a certain level, he becomes the master of this building, or at least the master of this world.

First, Zhang Yangqing did this because of the benefits that came with the authority.

He raised his hand, fingers spread, towards the bookshelf.

There was no chanting, no hand seals, and no energy fluctuations.

He is now in a mortal body and has no spiritual power whatsoever.

But he flicked his finger in the air, like a conductor conducting an orchestra.

On the bookshelf, a thick classic book wobbled and then flew off the shelf.

It wasn't blown by the wind, nor pulled by a string; it flew out "voluntarily," as if it had heard a call, as if it had its own will.

The book traced an arc in the air and landed steadily in Zhang Yangqing's hands.

This is the permission!
It is not cultivation, not magic, not any known supernatural power.

It is the world that acknowledges your "qualification," therefore you "can do this."

It requires no energy, no medium, and no cost.

Just like you don't overexert yourself by breathing.

Zhang Yangqing flipped through two pages, then closed the book and tossed it aside.

The book spun halfway through the air, its pages rustling, before obediently flying back to the shelf, inserting itself into its original spot, and squeezing in with the other books, as if nothing had happened.

Zhang Yangqing flicked his finger again, and another book flew over. This book, according to Zhang Yangqing's idea, began to 'attack'.

I tried seven or eight books in a row, and it obeyed each one very well, like a well-trained puppy.

The live chat exploded in front of the giant screen in China!
Holy crap! What is Zhang Tianshi doing? He can pick up a book without using his hands? This isn't some kind of supernatural ability, is it? Isn't his body just an ordinary person's?
It's not supernatural ability, it's authority! The more books you read in this library, the more "obeying" the library becomes. Those books weren't picked up by Zhang Tianshi's power; they flew over willingly on their own!

In other words, Zhang Tianshi can do whatever he wants in this library? Wouldn't that make him invincible?
To be precise, it's about having high authority. Do you remember the Chosen One from the Sakura Kingdom who was burned to death? He was sucked into the book because he didn't have enough authority and violated the rules. With Zhang Tianshi's current authority, would the book dare to suck him in? The book would have to ask itself if it could withstand it first.

I'm curious, other chosen ones can pass the library after reading three books, but Zhang Tianshi has read hundreds of books. What kind of privilege does he have?
Who knows? But I do understand one thing: Zhang Tianshi is in this library now, and he is a god! (End of Chapter)