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

The beautiful woman in the dress had already provided a lot of information, and Zhang Yangqing guessed that there was actually something even more dangerous here.

Zhang Yangqing's gaze was fixed on the arm on the plate on the main table not far away.

His arm was placed there, as if offered to some esteemed person.

Moreover, the woman in the dress had just visited that place and said she didn't like someone there.

As she said this, her gaze lingered in that direction for several seconds. It wasn't a casual glance; it was a deliberate look, imbued with a certain emotion.

Judging from the seating arrangement, the "someone" she mentioned should be of a higher status than her.

The main seat is empty. The chair is larger than the others, with a higher back and more intricate carvings on the armrests.

That person didn't come, but the seat remained, and no one dared to touch the things on the table.

However, there is one thing that can be exploited: the beautiful woman in the dress and "that person" have a bad relationship.

If Zhang Yangqing encounters danger, he could consider using the beautiful woman in the dress to shield him from the disaster, which would be a way to deflect the conflict.

She had a problem with "that person," but no problem with Zhang Yangqing, and even had a little bit of affection for him.

This goodwill might be a lifesaver in a critical moment.

But the prerequisite is that Zhang Yangqing can find her again.

Through his conversation with the woman in the dress, Zhang Yangqing became increasingly convinced that he had been set up as a surveillance officer.

He was like a pawn in a game of chess, with someone watching him from the shadows at every turn, waiting for him to reach a certain position before pulling in the trap.

Zhang Yangqing had a hypothesis in his mind, but this hypothesis had a prerequisite: he had guessed the truth behind why the female monitor was still "alive," or rather, "not quite dead."

According to the rules, the disappearance of a monitor's presence means death.

Is there a way to leave the body half-dead? Theoretically, yes.

It means putting a part of your body under surveillance.

So the monitor is in a state of being dead, but not completely dead.

Her presence was fragmented; part of it died with her body, while the other part remained in that severed arm, under the gaze of the camera.

Based on this condition, and the intelligence he had recently obtained, Zhang Yangqing began to conceive a scene.

Before I came here, there were two monitors; one failed to pass the test, and the other had not yet failed.

The first male monitor was probably the one who wrote the note.

He was infected and died tragically in the monitoring room.

His note read, "If you really can't take it anymore, just hang yourself." It wasn't the last words of a madman, but the final reminder from someone driven to the brink.

He was telling those who came after him: the monitoring room is not safe; those things will drive you to your death.

In other words, there are hidden death rules targeting the monitors.

Zhang Yangqing didn't know the rules of death yet. Perhaps danger would occur at some point in time, or perhaps all eight cameras would be turned on.

Zhang Yangqing guessed that all eight cameras were turned on because he couldn't control the eight surveillance feeds and the monitoring room.

He repaired one camera after another, but with each one he fixed, a growing sense of unease settled in the monitoring room.

The unease was subtle, not a specific feeling, but an intuition that "something is watching you," and his judgment was not wrong.

In other words, turning on all eight cameras might summon its true controller. That controller has absolute power in the monitoring room, and killing the monitor would be easy.

Neither the rules nor the intelligence say that the monitoring room is absolutely safe for the monitors.

The rules only state that the presence of the monitor will be enhanced in the monitoring footage, but do not say what will happen in the monitoring room.

This leads to the question of the second female monitor's "cause of death".

She didn't know at first, but perhaps she realized it when she turned on the eighth monitor. She reacted faster than the first monitor. She knew she was going to die, but in order to survive, she left her arm behind.

So who left this arm at the restaurant? It's quite obvious, it was the female security guard herself.

This also explains Zhang Yangqing's judgment: the arm was twisted off.

According to intelligence, the female monitor is a powerful human being, so it's perfectly reasonable for her to twist her arm off herself.

If someone else had torn it, there would have been signs of struggle and other wounds, but there was nothing there.

Only she herself could be so decisive.

As for how she managed to stay alive, Zhang Yangqing had no idea. Perhaps she used some kind of loophole in the rules that Zhang Yangqing was unaware of.

She initially helped Zhang Yangqing pass the level and guided him to places under surveillance, hoping that Zhang Yangqing could complete the mission quickly and then revive her.

As for how to revive him, she must have set a trap for Zhang Yangqing to fall into.

Those footprints, those clues, those shoes in the library—all were left behind by her.

That's why the rules provide this prompt.

[Rule 6: If you see someone wearing the same uniform as you in the surveillance footage, kill them immediately. Otherwise, they will kill you sooner or later. That person is not your colleague; they are hiding in the surveillance footage, waiting to replace you.]

Zhang Yangqing deduced that the female surveillance operator's remains must be hidden in these surveillance footage, scattered in different locations.

A portion of her image might be hidden in surveillance footage from the laundry room, the toilet, or somewhere else she's going next.

If Zhang Yangqing turns on all the surveillance cameras, she might be able to come back to life.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this woman had accomplices.

This accomplice will hide her body and, after a certain period of time, place it under surveillance. As her presence under the cameras increases, she may be able to replace Zhang Yangqing, the chosen one.

With these thoughts in mind, Zhang Yangqing roughly knew how he was going to survive in this mysterious building today.

The intelligence is actually complex, but the main storyline is simple once it's organized.

Main mission 1: Find a way to dispose of the former female surveillance officer's body and kill her completely.

Main Quest Two: Install surveillance cameras in the monitoring room to increase the Chosen One's presence as a monitor. Then, when danger strikes, that guy won't be able to deal with the Chosen One.

After roughly understanding the situation, Zhang Yangqing inwardly complained, "These guys are all riddle-makers. They only say half of what they mean and make me guess everything. It's exhausting."

Some viewers watching on the big screen might feel that the indigenous people Zhang Yangqing encountered this time were all mysterious, and that they were all scheming and plotting against him.

But Zhang Yangqing also understands the core point, which is "hard power".

Why was Zhang Yangqing so successful in many supernatural worlds, especially in the early stages, because the natives there all spoke the truth and were very honest?

That's because Zhang Yangqing is too powerful; if the natives don't tell the truth, Zhang Yangqing will kill them without hesitation.

Taking this into account, and seeking the protection of the powerful, they were eager to reveal everything they knew. (End of Chapter)