A Manual for Surviving a Weird World

Chapter 423 Chasing Clouds and Moon
Consulate of the United States of Europe in Yundu.

Plumeria put down the note filled with writing and looked down at the pen that had suddenly appeared in her hand after the game with her master ended.

According to Ning Zhe, this pen is not a ritual implement, but a real ghost that exists in the form of an object.

"It needs to be handled properly..." Plumeria thought for a moment, then took out her phone, wrote an email, and sent it out.

The recipient was her fiancé, Julius Gullveig, heir to the golden Gullveig family, who was the guardian of the vengeful spirit [Xi Zhao] and also the administrator of the infinite-layered mirror world.

While waiting for a reply to the email, Plumeria carefully observed the pen in her hand.

She knew that Ning Zhe was now on a train affected by the [Time Bug], and had arrived at a 'station' independent of the real world. Xi Zhao's 'synchronization' rules were still effective despite the barrier of distant time and space, and they could still exchange information through sticky notes.

The gambler's greed transcends even time; she gambled with Ning Zhe remotely and won the 'ownership' of the pen.

As the Ghost Pen changed hands, it ended up in her hands under the mandatory enforcement of the gambling rules, just like not long ago when they won the ghost 'Fenwu' from Fenwu remotely.

That's what's eerie.

That's the rule.

The execution priority of rules is higher than the objective facts of the material world. Once a rule is triggered, it will definitely be executed. Even people who are already dead will be forced to die again by the rule of instant death.

"It's like bringing up the console in a video game and entering commands to change the loot dropped by killing a slime into dragon horns and scales..."

Even if a slime has neither horns nor scales, it will forcibly drop dragon horns and scales because the console commands it to do so.

A crisp notification sound from her phone snapped Plumeria out of her reverie. Looking down, she saw that Julius had replied.

In her email to Julius, she said that she had discovered a very dangerous but valuable ghost in Cloud City and needed Xi Zhao's empowerment item to imprison it in the Mirror World. She hoped that Julius could send someone to deliver it as soon as possible.

Julius's reply was simple: There is a secret vault in the European consulate in Yundu where each person's initiation items are stored, and Xi Zhao's mirror is in there. He has already given instructions, and Plumeria can go and get it directly.

After replying with a thank you to Julius, Plumeria put her phone away, tore off the pages of notes with writing on them, burned them to ashes, and carefully put them into her personal sachet.

Plumeria left her room with the Ghost Pen and went to find Edie Deckard, the military attaché of the consulate and a cousin of Marquis Van Dyck, who was in charge of the secret vault.

Stepping out of the bedroom, the motion-activated lights in the hallway turned on. Due to the Hundred Ghosts Parade, many streets in Yundu City were under curfew. The consulate also closed exceptionally early today, and the empty building was nearly deserted.

However, Edie Decker should still be alive. He was the military attaché at the embassy and the administrator of the authorized secret archives. He always lived at the consulate and even had female college students come to his door to handle his tidying needs instead of going out himself.

However, when the female college student's boyfriend discovered the affair, it caused some unpleasant public opinion. So Edie Deckard simply created a high-paying, idle position at the consulate to support his mistress, and from then on, he only ate domesticated animals and stopped hunting wild game.

“Edie Deckard’s office… this way?” It was Plumeria’s first time at the consulate, and she wasn’t very familiar with the layout of the building, so she could only look at the door signs one by one.

As Plumeria continued forward, the motion-activated lights in front of her lit up one by one, while those at the back of the corridor went out one by one.

As Promelia intently deciphered the door number with her magic pen, she didn't notice two eerie green lights flickering behind her in the dark corridor where the motion-activated lights had been turned off. Two ethereal figures, one black and one white, carrying lanterns, silently followed her, drawing ever closer.

Vanilla Hotel.

A bee peeked out from the gap in the curtains, and Ning Zhe quietly observed the situation inside the room.

This is the 24th floor of the building, a VIP suite. A young rich second-generation named Liu Jidao is lying on the sofa in the center of the room. Four young girls, wearing only a thin garment, are lying, sitting, squatting, or kneeling around him, their soft bodies surrounding him. The air is filled with a sweet fragrance.

After leaving the 24th floor, Ning Zhe checked the 23rd and 22nd floors in turn. They were empty, with only a few cleaning staff doing their routine cleaning work.

Below that is the 21st floor, where professional artist Xia Hua lives.

As a long-term resident, Xia Hua's residence had a more lived-in feel than those on other floors. Many of his personal belongings were displayed on the shelves, and the interior design was also based on Xia Hua's personal preferences.

Ning Zhe circled around, buzzing, but didn't see anything strange.

After wandering around for a while, they found Xia Hua in the restroom.

Xia Hua sat on the toilet, but he wasn't using it, because the toilet lid was closed. He didn't take off his pants either; he just sat there with his hands behind his head, as if he was troubled by something.

Ning Zhe's compound eyes darted around, and he saw a cracked graphics tablet on the tiled floor next to the toilet, which must have been dropped on the floor.

"Is the great painter lacking inspiration? He's just throwing things around." Ning Zhe squatted on the ceiling and silently observed Xia Hua for a while. This guy was sitting on the toilet, scratching his hair, looking just like those losers who smash their mice and controllers when they can't beat a game.

After watching for a while and finding it uninteresting, Ning Zhe left Xia Hua's residence and flew away from the VIP floor to check on the ordinary residents downstairs.

The family of four in room 161 were not there; they must have taken their child to the hospital.

The two girls in room 163 are getting dressed and getting ready to go out for photos.

The young couple in room 199 were looking for thrills on the balcony...

Damn, there are even master-slave relationships, but why are both the master and slave male?

Ning Zhe patiently checked each room one by one, witnessing a great deal of human biodiversity. As he walked down to the front desk on the first floor, he felt as if a bee's wings were about to be flapped off.

There were two new customers checking in at the front desk; they looked like ordinary people.

Just as Ning Zhe was about to finish his investigation and return to his room to have lunch with Feng Yushu, a loud bang suddenly came from outside the door.

Ning Zhe flew to the money tree by the door and looked out. He saw two naked male and female corpses lying on the marble floor of the first-floor entrance, their flesh mangled and bloody, with their internal organs and food scraps spilled all over the floor.

The thrill-seeking young couple fell off the balcony.
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