A Manual for Surviving a Weird World

Chapter 385 Aunt Stepped on Me
The reading of the Chinese almanac continues.

Ning Zhe's facial features had completely 'melted,' becoming a distorted and abstract painting with too many elements. He was still flipping through the almanac, not worried at all about a person or a ghost suddenly appearing from somewhere to ambush him.

"Will you unleash evil spirits to tear me apart?"

"Would you mind-control an ascendant to kill me?"

"It's no use... because I am you."

Ning Zhe's face was a mess, and there was no trace of humanity left on it. He silently continued to flip through the pages. All the harm that had befallen him was now borne by Fenwu, and every rule he had broken was paid for by Fenwu.

He had lost count of how many pages of the almanac had been turned. The snake god's curse was accumulating every second, and the vicious rule of instant death was relentlessly falling on Ning Zhe, only to be mysteriously transferred away by [Taiyi] to [Fenwu], who was hiding somewhere.

From initial ignorance to later fear and despair, and now, the roles have reversed.

Fenwu couldn't stop all of this, because almost at the same time as acquiring the identity of 'Fenwu in the Four-Faced Buddha's perception,' Ning Zhe activated Jueyuan and imprinted the thought that 'Ning Zhe and Fenwu are the same person' onto Taiyi.

The golden body of the Four-Faced Buddha is already bound with chains called "Awakening Source". Unless Fenwu has a way to erase this imprint of thought, no one can stop what Ning Zhe is doing now.

"If Fenwu cannot erase the mental imprint I placed on Taiyi, then I will keep consulting the almanac and continue to violate all sorts of bizarre rules in its guise until I play him to death."

"If Fenwu could remove the ideological imprint I placed on Taiyi, that would be even better. This would mean that Taisui is the next piece of the puzzle for Jueyuan. As long as I can obtain Taisui, I can make up for Jueyuan's shortcomings and take another step on the spiral ascension path."

This is a dead end with no solution.

Having reached this point, Ning Zhe had no chance of losing, not even a small win. All that lay before him were medium wins, big wins, super big wins, and win-win-win-win-win.

"...We still can't be too optimistic. If we keep winning, we might end up losing everything."

Ning Zhe dispelled the slight joy that had just surfaced in his heart and began flipping through the almanac even faster.

At the same time, Ning Zhe still had some doubts in his mind. He had flipped through so many pages of the almanac, so why was Fenwu still not dead?
Turning to tomorrow's almanac will result in death; this is Zhao You's rule. Every time a page of the almanac is turned, it is a violation of the rule, and it is an instant death inflicted upon Fenwu.

This is not physical damage from swords and blades, nor is it an elusive mental attack. This is the rule, and the rule is absolute, leaving no room for ambiguity or any kind of vagueness. Violating the rule means death.

Even a dead person who has already died will be forced to die again if they violate the rule of 'instant death'. This process of dying twice will manifest as falling into a deeper level below the Netherworld within the domain of the Earth God [Taiwei Xiyi Manifesting Sage True Lord Mighty Zhenliang Emperor].

As I said before, the rules are absolutely absolute.

Therefore, after flipping through hundreds of pages of the almanac, Ning Zhe was somewhat puzzled, because he clearly felt that Fenwu was still alive and Taiyi was still transferring the snake god's instant death curse. This puzzled Ning Zhe. "I've tried so hard, how come you're still alive?"

"...Judging from Fenwu's past memories, he was the one who first discovered the Serpent God and imprisoned him in Hejia Village. He planned to release a group of ordinary people into Hejia Village to test the Serpent God's rules, and then seize the opportunity to control him."

But before that, a wandering ghost named Taiyi accidentally sneaked into the prison where the snake god was imprisoned, disrupting Fenwu's plans. From this perspective, Fenwu's luck was truly terrible; nothing he did seemed to go wrong.

However, Ning Zhe still did not underestimate him in the slightest: "Fenwu was the first person to discover and imprison the snake god, and he possesses a kind of luck-related rule that seems to be compatible with Zhaoyou. It is not surprising that he would have some special countermeasures against the instant death curse of the almanac."

Since the serpent god's curse had little effect, then...

"It's time to see other methods." Ning Zhe casually flipped through a few more pages of the almanac, and his ordinary figure gradually disappeared from under the watchful eyes of the Four-Faced Buddha.

In Yundu City, thousands of miles away, thanks to Lan Shiwen's various arrangements and the successive efforts of hundreds of assassins, one strange incident after another was contained, and the originally out-of-control situation gradually stabilized.

The internet environment remains under strict control, and major media outlets continue to repeatedly broadcast trivial news such as "Upon investigation, Bai Fugui, a director of New Home Group, colluded with foreign forces..." occupying all public pages.

Many ordinary people were puzzled by this, but Ning Zhe, who knew the inside story, understood that this was the beginning of the efforts of the privileged elites.

Including Bai Fugui, all the names and photos that are now being repeatedly reported on and their personal information spread by major media outlets are Fenwu's 'former names'.

The empowered individuals of Taiyi used their power to uncover the identities that Fenwu had used or had previously used, and then publicized these individuals' personal information to the public through streaming media and traditional media. This was undoubtedly fatal for Fenwu, who had been hiding behind the scenes for many years.

The rules of Tai Sui are based on forgetting, and what they are doing now is making more people remember Fenwu.

"A mere group of power-hungry Awakened Ones should not have the ability to break the rules of Fenwu. The reason they were able to make such a unified arrangement and accurately target the rules of Taisui must have been because they received guidance from someone."

As for who that person is?
Just provide Lan Shiwen's ID number.

"The actions of the nobles were guided by Lan Shiwen, and the information Lan Shiwen had about Fenwu came from me. Whether it's me in this cycle or me in the previous cycle, in the final analysis, all of this is because of me... In short, that's how it is."

Ning Zhe mentally analyzed the current situation and circumstances.

Meanwhile, at Yundu Municipal Hospital, with the "Coward" contained and the situation calmed down, this vital public facility gradually returned to order. Medical staff resumed their work, and a large number of victims affected by the bizarre events were sent here to receive treatment and humanitarian care.

In the busy atmosphere, the original patients in the hospital, especially those whose conditions were relatively stable, were temporarily ignored, as everyone's time was now very tight.

Feng Yushu hurriedly pushed her daughter's wheelchair through the busy corridor, took the elevator down to the parking lot, and prepared to leave the hospital via a less crowded route.

With a ding, the elevator doors opened, and a familiar yet unfamiliar figure stood quietly at the elevator entrance, startling both Feng Yushu and Bai Zhi.

"There's no time to explain." Ning Zhe strode forward and said, "Auntie, step on me."

(End of this chapter)