Forbidden Zone of Deception

Which rule is amended in Chapter 34?
Jiang Jin was arranged to stay at the village's guesthouse.

This is also the best hotel in the village, and Jiang Jin was assigned a rather luxurious suite.

The suite contained five bronze mirrors, and bags of glutinous rice were placed throughout the room.

Deputy Village Chief Huang assured Jiang Jin that he would hardly be "disturbed" during his stay.

Jiang Jin naturally knew what he meant by "disturbance".

Of course, this also makes it convenient for them to monitor themselves.

Jiang Jin instructed Deathstroke to infiltrate various locations within the room to check for listening devices and surveillance cameras. Nothing could physically obstruct Deathstroke if he so desired.

Although it is a dog, as a skeleton hound, its intelligence is not much different from that of a human, otherwise it would not be able to communicate with Jiang Jin on a spiritual level.

However, to be honest, Jiang Jin checked his watch and indeed found that the SAN value had stopped decreasing.

No wonder the mission forbids reincarnators from drinking the pool water and then seeking help at the ancestral hall.

Of course, Jiang Jin wasn't asking for help; he was holding a knife to the necks of the village committee members, forcing them to negotiate with him.

This is definitely not a "plea for help," it is a "threat."

Meanwhile, he squatted on the bed and began to think about his next step.

Tourist rules and village rules.

The village rules were much more complicated, but Jiang Jin had memorized the basic information.

Deathstroke reports to Jiang Jin: There are listening devices, but no surveillance cameras.

Jiang Jin took out the paper containing the villagers' rules and examined it carefully.

Comparing the two sets of rules, one thing is certain...

The woman in red only appears during the nighttime performance. However, judging from the rules, the probability of her appearing is not high.

The female ghost kept preventing anyone from revealing the secret of the soul-suppressing ritual to Jiang Jin. But Deputy Village Chief Huang could tell him so openly; did he have some "authority" as deputy village chief?
Jiang Jin gripped the paper tightly.

rule.

So far, it is certain that the punishment mechanism will inevitably be triggered after the rules are violated, and the person who made these rules is the village chief.

How did the village chief manage to make those bronze mirrors, lanterns, and raw glutinous rice effective against the female ghost? And even more so, how could he use that bracelet to completely seal her away?

Deputy Village Chief Huang hadn't told him this either.

However, at least one thing is certain...

The female ghost must also act according to the rules and mechanisms.

For example, she could only kill the villagers who hadn't had time to light their lanterns.

For example, she could only choose a villager as a sacrifice during her nightly performances, and could not kill indiscriminately at will.

The female ghost is bound by rules!
It is precisely because of this rule that the village can safely exploit the curse for profit.

Deputy Village Chief Huang downplayed the seriousness of the matter, but Jiang Jin was certain that their illegal dealings in secret were definitely not limited to these.

Drug trafficking, organized prostitution, and underground casinos are all possible!

and so……

Even if Jiang Jin's plan might lead to the deaths of people in the village, he doesn't need to feel too much psychological burden.

Jiang Jin had no compassionate heart; he only knew how to repay evil with justice!
He reviewed the village rules again. If... the female ghost was truly afraid of someone successfully performing the soul-suppressing ritual, then she naturally wouldn't enter the ancestral hall.

Unless, according to the rules, she is required to enter the ancestral hall!
Originally, Jiang Jin had a plan: he could lure the female ghost to the edge of the pool, then modify the first rule of the villagers' code, changing "villagers" to "ghosts"!
In this way, it became: "No ghost may drink the water from the village pool, nor may it wear blue clothes near the pool. If you violate this rule, please go to the ancestral hall immediately and eat the raw glutinous rice distributed by the ancestral hall."

In that case, when the female ghost, dressed in blue, arrives at the pond, she will be bound by the rules and must go to the ancestral hall!

Unfortunately, this modification is ineffective.

Jiang Jin carefully examined the limitations of the rule tamperer's abilities. The rule tamperer could make the modified rules apply only to Jiang Jin, or to Jiang Jin and a specific person designated by him, or... only to a specific person designated by Jiang Jin.

This person must be someone Jiang Jin has met and knows by name. They can be an ordinary person, a character from the story, or a reincarnator. Of course, the SAN value deduction will vary.

But... it has to be a human, not a ghost!

Ghosts are only bound by the mechanisms of the rules, but they themselves are not required to abide by the rules. This is similar to how there are no "no offside" or "no handball" rules for football referees.

If this approach doesn't work, then Jiang Jin needs to modify other rules to get the female ghost... into the ancestral hall!
Then it was to make sure she changed into the red dress and put the bracelet on her wrist.

Jiang Jin couldn't help but recall the famous story of "the mouse putting a bell on the cat." He was now that mouse; as long as he put the bell on the cat, the task would be completed! But how?

Jiang Jin already had a general idea, but the key was how to implement it by revising the rules.

One thing is certain... modifying just one rule won't work.

The problem is that he can only modify one rule at a time. As long as his SAN value is sufficient and he doesn't increase or decrease the number of characters in the original rule, there's no limit to how many characters can be modified, but he can absolutely only modify the same rule. Moreover, the modification plan must be submitted all at once; he cannot submit one modification plan now and then submit another for the same rule a few minutes later.

Now, what he needs to ensure is...

When the female ghost enters the ancestral hall, he must also be inside the ancestral hall.

In other words... no matter how the rules are modified to trigger the female ghost to enter the ancestral hall, he must operate inside the ancestral hall!
If the operation is carried out outside the ancestral hall, there are too many variables, and he cannot guarantee that he can get into the ancestral hall in time afterward.

If that's the case, the night patrol performance would be immediately excluded, because Task 2 requires you to watch the entire night patrol performance. And the night patrol performance... doesn't take place inside the ancestral hall.

However, according to the current rules, the red-clad female ghost only appears during the nighttime performance.

So……

The only solution Jiang Jin could think of was to modify the rules so that the female ghost would turn into a red-clad ghost during the time outside of the night patrol performance!

For example, the fourth rule of the villagers is that if you hear a female ghost singing, you must light a red lantern.

The original rule was, "The red lanterns must be lit immediately, and the opera singing will gradually cease." It would be fine if it were changed to "The woman in red will appear immediately," as both "The opera singing will gradually cease" and "The red lanterns must be lit immediately" are nine characters long!

This idea should work. Then, if we hide inside the ancestral hall, the female ghost can follow us in...

This is Jiang Jin's plan.

However, upon closer consideration, Jiang Jin felt that... it didn't seem quite accurate.

The woman in red—but it wasn't said to be the female ghost in red herself? If that female ghost can control evil spirits dressed in blue like her, does that mean she can make other evil spirits appear dressed in red as well?

The key point is that the female ghost's name is framed in black, and he can't change it to a black frame even if he wants to!
Therefore, to ensure safety, he could only modify the rules that already mentioned the red-clothed female ghost!

Moreover, the most troublesome step is the last one: putting the bracelet on the red-clothed female ghost!
Yes, an arrow made from the finger bone of the deceased can cause paralysis. But the problem is...

The woman in red is a more terrifying form than the woman in blue deep within the Lost Layers!
Even with the addition of the Resentful Moss Ointment, can the Dead Man's Finger Bone Arrow really cause a 5-second stun?

It might not even take 1.5 seconds to complete!
Then... one can only imagine what will happen to him, the mouse who puts a bell on a cat!

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