Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 157 The Plan to Go Abroad and Showcase My Skills
In the dense fog of the Somali Imperial Forest Park, a door quietly appears.

Adam and his five companions emerged from among them, Adam's face beaming with excitement.

"I didn't expect to see alien stories in this event, that's great. It's just a pity that there's only one-fifth of it."

He obtained the "Yahoo Star Chronicles - Fragment 2" from the five puzzle pieces.

"Adam, are you planning to get the other four puzzle pieces?" Amanda, one of the four girls, asked.

“Of course.” Adam nodded without hesitation. “Aren’t you curious about what exactly happened on Yahoo!”

The four women looked at each other; clearly, they weren't as excited as Adam.

More than what happened on the alien planet, they cared about their own safety, believing that someone as important as Adam should not venture into the fog.

Adam sighed softly, then smiled and said, "Let's go back. I think these five puzzle pieces are randomly scattered all over the world, and collecting them all won't be easy."

……

"Wow, wow wow wow!"

In a cave, a dark-skinned youth stared intently at the words "Tradeable" on the storage box containing the "Yamo Star Chronicles - Fragment 4".

"We're going to be rich! Haha, if this kind of thing were put on the market, it'd probably fetch at least a million coins right away!"

The young man never imagined he would have such incredible luck. A fog door inexplicably appeared around him, and stepping through it revealed him to a valuable, tradable item.

He didn't quite understand the content of the murals, nor did he care much about it. But he knew that powerful and influential people would definitely be interested, so he was prepared to sell them.

Upon seeing the fog gate appear before him, the young man immediately stepped inside and reappeared at the spot where he had entered earlier.

"First find a room, then put this thing in the market... huh?"

Just as the young man finished making his plan, he saw a huge cylindrical object, like a giant foot falling from the sky and heading towards him.

The young man was stunned by the sight of the massive, cylindrical legs, which were over ten meters wide. It took him two seconds to react, and he turned and ran, but it was too late.

"boom!"

The giant foot slammed down, crushing the youth beneath it.

Then the giant foot lifted, and the flesh and blood on the ground were quickly swallowed by the mist, leaving only a glittering, glowing puzzle piece...

……

In a cave somewhere in the Kingdom of Cherry Blossoms, three figures stood before a mural.

One person stands in the middle at the front, with the other two on the left and right sides behind.

"Team leader, this seems to be a record," said the woman on the left rear.

“It doesn’t look complete,” said a woman with her face covered from the right rear.

"Hmm." The young woman standing in the middle at the front stared at the mural on the wall with her snake-like vertical pupils. The next moment, the mural emitted light and turned into puzzle pieces.

[You have obtained: Yahoo! Chronicles - Fragment 5]

After the woman with snake-like eyes finished reading the details of the fragment, a fog gate appeared before her.

The three went inside, and when they came out, a large group of people were already waiting outside.

A man in his fifties with a stubble beard stepped forward and asked, "Did you find anything?"

"Hmm." The woman with snake eyes showed him the effect of the fragments.

After reading it, the man exclaimed with delight, "The story behind this planet is very likely related to the rules of the apocalypse. Our Chosen One team must collect the other four fragments!"

The woman nodded slightly, a strange sadness flashing in her vertical pupils.

……

Deep in the jungle of Antai State, foggates appeared without warning.

Four young people ran out, each with an expression of anticipation and excitement on their face.

"We actually got it! This must be a hidden item!"

"What great luck, hahaha."

"Hey, let's sell it?" suggested a thin, short man among the four. "This kind of tradable hidden item should fetch at least a million Ascension Coins, right? We can split it equally and everyone can get hundreds of thousands!"

"What nonsense are you talking about! This is a hidden item we found, a symbol of our good fortune, how can we sell it!" another tall man shouted.

The other two echoed this sentiment.

"That's right, we can't sell it. This fragment might be very useful later on."

“This must be the will of the Heavenly Mother; she specifically sent us to obtain it. Not only can we not sell it, but we must also find the other four pieces to complete the puzzle!”

The short man, after being rejected by his three companions, chuckled awkwardly and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, that's how it should be. I was wrong."

However, when he lowered his head, a look of anger and coldness flashed across his face.

……

"The other four fragments seem to be located very far away."

Guan Tong stayed in the shelter, holding the [Chronicles of Yahoo! Planet - Fragment 3] he possessed.

After emerging from the fog gate, he immediately used Teleportation to return to Mount Mingdao and summoned the sanctuary to enter. For him, collecting the fragments was now the primary objective.

Of course, it is equally important to continue trying to break free from the mental lock.

As Guan Tong held the fragment in her hand, a strange map appeared in her mind, with four flashing dots indicating the location of the other four fragments.

"The one closest to me seems to be in the south. And according to the map, it's already beyond the border...it seems to be within the territory of Antai State?"

An Tai State is a small country bordering Northern Singapore. Currently, it mainly focuses on agricultural development and its overall national strength is relatively weak.

However, its people are known worldwide for their bravery and fighting spirit. Before the era of the apocalypse rules, many of the world's top fighters came from this country.

Not only this latest puzzle piece, but the other three pieces are also outside the country.

Guan Tong was not surprised by this. Tianshui Star is so big, the probability of two fragments appearing in the same country at the same time is extremely small.

There are a total of five fragments, and it would be good if even one of them were within the territory of the Northern Star Kingdom.

"Looks like we'll have to go abroad this time."

Since the fragments are overseas, Guan Tong has to go abroad to collect them.

That's good. He already felt somewhat restricted in China, but he can really make a difference in the wider world outside.

But he doesn’t plan to go out during Rule 9.

During the period of the rule, a thick fog blanketed the world, making movement extremely difficult.

Therefore, his plan is to wait until Rule 9 ends and then go out during the interval before Rule 10 is released.

"In the twenty-odd days leading up to that, I had to unlock the lock on my heart."

After making a plan, Guan Tong proceeded step by step.

He spent a day waiting for his mental energy to fully recover, reaching the maximum of 309 points.

Then turn to the fifth page of the wordless book and pour all 309 points of mental energy into it to activate the character "开" (open).

Just like the first time it was activated, the character "开" (open) absorbed 309 points of mental energy and transformed into a data stream, bombarding Guan Tong's body.

air! !

He immediately felt that the mental lock deep within his mind had been severely impacted and was showing signs of loosening.

It works!

Guan Tong was overjoyed. He wasn't afraid of expending too much mental energy; he was just afraid of being indifferent like he had been during his first attack.

The current surge of 309 points of mental power has clearly loosened the confinement. This means that as long as there are enough attempts, like water dripping on a stone, the mental lock can be broken!
So for the next few days, he did nothing superfluous but focused on restoring his mental strength and using the power of the [Wordless Book] to break through the mental lock.

Three days, five days, ten days...

As time passed, half a month later, Guan Tong clearly felt that the mental lock in her mind was on the verge of collapse!
He was confident that if he made seven or eight more attempts, he could break through the shackles and allow his mental power to begin to grow naturally again.

In the past two weeks, he has also been going online from time to time to check the situation.

Unlike previous rules where humans were too passive, this ninth rule sees humanity taking a full-scale, proactive approach.

With modern weapons available, governments around the world dispatched their armies to engage the monsters with all sorts of guns and cannons, resulting in a completely overwhelming situation in the battle.

Just one week after the rules were announced, the Northern Star Kingdom declared that the nightmare beasts lurking in the fog of major cities had been suppressed by the military. However, since these nightmare beasts seemed to continue to spawn from the fog, ordinary people still had to stay in enclosed spaces.

Otherwise, if the number of monsters were limited, they would probably have been wiped out by the "steel torrent" long ago.

However, as time went by, Guan Tong's initial intelligence, namely that "humans would be corrupted into monsters," was also discovered in various places.

The authorities also conducted research in this area, found some people who were severely affected by the fog, recorded the changes in these people, wrote a report, and published it.

When humans are initially exposed to the fog, they experience a painful, corrosive sensation on their skin. Without timely intervention, inhaling the fog can cause hallucinations and a loss of self after a period of time.

The speed at which one becomes disoriented is related to individual physical condition. Some ordinary people with poor physical condition may become disoriented within minutes or tens of minutes after inhaling the mist. However, some advanced individuals with stronger physical condition, especially those with higher spiritual power, will become disoriented several times slower.

Once lost, humans cease to be human and transform into monstrous beasts. In about three days, the head and facial features of a human transformed into a monstrous beast will be completely corroded away, leaving them with a terrifying appearance.

When Guan Tong saw the report, he couldn't help but think of Yu Hong, and the face that had been pressed against the window of his shelter that night while he was sleeping. The former's features hadn't been completely corroded away, while the latter's had probably been completely corroded, which was why it had left a flat face imprint on the glass.

Furthermore, once a human transforms into a monster, they will, like the monsters themselves, explode into fragments upon death, which will be absorbed by the mist, leaving no corpse behind.

After the report was released, it sparked a great deal of discussion.

Many speculate that the monsters in the fog weren't originally monsters, but rather ordinary creatures from other planets. They were corrupted by the eerie fog and transformed into these monsters.

Some speculate that the real monster is not the Nightmare Beast, but the "Mist" itself. The Nightmare Beast is merely a byproduct, or a "blood servant" created by vampires, whose purpose is simply to capture more blood for its master.

This also explains why the way the monsters attack humans is by destroying houses, damaging vehicles, and tearing protective suits... Essentially, they want to completely expose humans to the fog so that the fog can "feed" them.

Everyone who reads the report feels a deep sense of fear about the "fog," yet also a sense of relief.

Fortunately, the weapons humans have created can eliminate the monsters, and the sturdy shelters they have built can withstand the corrosive effects of the fog. As a result, even if the fog can devour some people's lives, it certainly cannot cause a devastating blow to humanity as a whole.

After reading these reports, and combining them with the content of "Chronicles of Qimo Star: Fragments 3" that he had read, Guan Tong vaguely felt that the bizarre and diverse biological ecosystem on Qimo Star was likely completely destroyed or even wiped out by this "mist".

Perhaps the life forms on that planet were large enough, but hadn't developed technology. Even the strongest physical body couldn't withstand the corrosive effects of this mist for very long.

The complete Chronicles of Yamo likely records the destruction of this planet and its creatures. Could it be related to the Fire Stealers and the rules of the apocalypse?
Guan Tong couldn't wait for the rule period to end so she could embark on a new journey abroad to collect fragments.

(End of this chapter)