Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 170 The Arrival of Uninvited Guests
At 11 p.m., the official Beixing Kingdom released the information it had purchased.

This time, it wasn't just the Northern Star Kingdom that made it public; other organizations and groups that purchased intelligence also chose to do so.

The reason is quite simple: this hidden intelligence has almost no fierce competition and is basically impossible to profit from by harming others for personal gain.

It's better to release it publicly and gain a good reputation for ourselves. Just like with Rule 8, when North Star officially released information, it was widely praised around the world.

As the news spread, people found it outrageous and couldn't think of any good way to deal with it.

Even if sensory impairment could be temporarily neutralized through medication, such medication would certainly not be available in unlimited quantities. Furthermore, it is unclear whether the medication would actually be effective, or whether using it to override the rules would result in a failed challenge.

After the news spread, Guan Tong put the [Taste Shielding Device] she had bought on the market.

The prop he bought for 30,000 was relisted for 300,000, a tenfold increase. It sold out in less than half a minute.

Then he lay down on the bed and rested early.

He didn't want to bombard his mind with more information, as it would affect his rest.

For him, maintaining abundant energy is the most important thing. Even if tomorrow is the end of the world, he will still get a good night's sleep tonight.

No words were spoken that night, and the next day.

Guan Tong ate breakfast and waited for time to pass.

At 9 o'clock, the effect of the rule officially appeared, and almost instantly, everything in front of him went black.

Guan Tong raised her hand and touched her eyes: "...It seems that what was eliminated on the first day was vision."

Even with some mental preparation, the discomfort and fear caused by sudden blindness are unimaginable for ordinary people.

Moreover, this visual elimination is a complete and utter elimination.

There was not a trace of light; I was completely immersed in a world of utter, pure darkness.

Guan Tong sat quietly for a moment, reflecting on how she felt in this state.

He could feel an uncontrollable panic and fear rising from the depths of his heart.

It was an instinctive feeling that humans have when they can't see, and frankly, it was far more terrifying than he had imagined.

After spending about five minutes in such pure darkness, Guan Tong didn't want to experience it any longer, so he summoned his shadow.

The darkness was shattered the instant he manipulated the shared vision.

He saw himself sitting on a stool, his long hair slightly disheveled, his empty eyes staring unfocused ahead.

At this moment, his vision has been replaced by that of his shadow, which is standing opposite him, so what the shadow sees is his own image.

"This is...very inconvenient."

Guan Tong thought for a moment and let the shadow cover her body.

When a person and their shadow overlap, it's barely like seeing things with your own eyes. There will still be a sense of jarring, but it won't be as strong.

Guan Tong didn't complain. He knew that the way the shadow shared its five senses was working was already a great stroke of luck for him.

There are probably not many ascendants in the world who can defy the rules like him by using abilities or tools. It's no exaggeration to say that he is one in a million, one in ten million lucky people.

"You only know how to cherish something when you lose it; that's so true."

Guan Tong observed everything around him through the vision shared by his shadow. Although he only experienced the pure darkness for five minutes, he couldn't help but feel that "it's so good to be able to see things."

He walked out of the room, looked at the woods outside, and then turned to look in a certain direction to the east.

"Perhaps... these rules present an opportunity for me."

This so-called opportunity is to go to Sakura Kingdom and try to obtain Fragment 5.

Because in four days, after all five senses are eliminated, most people will likely fall into a state of "inability to move" and "inability to take care of themselves," and only a few people with special abilities or tools will be able to escape this situation.

However, as long as the problems of the majority of people are not solved, even the most powerful nation will fall into a state of complete paralysis.

Normally, even if Guan Tong wanted to, she wouldn't easily set foot on the territory of Yingqi Kingdom to obtain fragments. It would be very dangerous for her to enter the territory of a powerful country alone.

This time is different. During this special period, if they act cautiously, they might be able to obtain the fragments without confronting official armed forces. Guan Tong isn't exactly an adventurous person, but if he feels the opportunity has arrived, he will actively seize it. If he misses this chance, who knows what will happen next?

After making her initial decision, Guan Tong hadn't even taken any concrete action when she was surprised to find that some uninvited guests had already arrived.

It turns out he wasn't the only one who wanted to seize this opportunity.

……

Half an hour ago, a special forces unit entered Ban Chin, the capital of Antai State.

They entered openly, not stealthily, and appeared to have received permission from the Antai State government.

This special operations unit was well-equipped, and its members all had solemn expressions. Led by a middle-aged man, they quickly headed to a certain location.

That location was near where Guan Tong had wrapped the two fragments with a shadow line and hidden them deep underground.

When the special forces unit reached a point five kilometers from their target location, the commander ordered them to stop, then said in Sakura Inori, "Fetch the medicine!"

These special forces soldiers from the Cherry Blossom Kingdom each took out a small medicine box they carried with them, containing only two pills.

"Take your medicine!"

At the commander's command, the men did not hesitate, opened the medicine box, put the pills in their mouths, and swallowed them with a tilt of their heads back.

Soon, expressions of pain appeared on their faces.

Some covered their heads, some covered their eyes, but none of them made a sound of pain; they just silently endured it.

Before long, when some of them looked up again, their pupils had turned blood red and they could no longer see.

However, two soldiers did not show significant effects from the drug, perhaps due to some kind of resistance in their bodies, which prevented them from performing effectively.

Seeing this, the commander said in a deep voice, "If the medicine doesn't work, then do it yourself!"

"Yes!"

Without hesitation, the two pulled out a broken thorn and stabbed it into their own eyes.

"puff!"

This was faster and better than taking medicine; the two of them instantly went black and started bleeding profusely.

The special forces unit was given a special drug by a doctor from Sakuragi Kingdom.

It can rapidly cause rupture of retinal blood vessels after ingestion, leading to blindness.

However, no one knows why these people would be so cruel to themselves.

The entire special forces unit then waited silently. A few minutes later, just after 9 o'clock, the soldiers suddenly looked up and their vision became as bright as before.

The commander smiled slightly, but the smile vanished immediately.

"Today we eliminated the visual aspect, we were lucky."

"Yes!"

The special forces soldiers all knew this. Of the five senses, as long as it wasn't touch that was eliminated today, any of the other four would be considered "lucky."

"Then, continue according to plan," the commander said. "We must eliminate the holder today and bring back those two fragments!"

After saying that, the commander's eyes were filled with fanaticism as he exclaimed, "Long live the Divine Child!"

"Long live!" the crowd murmured in unison.

The commander contacted headquarters again, and after confirming the approximate location of the debris, immediately requested remote support.

The next moment, missiles launched from several warships anchored off the coast of An Tai Bang ripped through the sky and blasted towards the area where Guan Tong had buried the debris!

　It's so annoying! So many relatives came to my house during the National Day holiday, and I've been talking to them the whole time. I haven't been able to write anything. I can only update about 6 words today.

　　However, Xiaocao doesn't want to give up on continuing to update 10,000 words a day, so she has decided to update 4 times tomorrow to make up for the missing words today!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)