Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 174 The Shrine on Reming Island

July 4, nine o'clock in the morning.

Another twenty-four hours have passed, and yet another of humanity's collective senses has been eliminated.

Some people who were eating were enjoying the delicious food one second, but the next second their mouths tasted completely, as if they were chewing wood, causing many to spit it out immediately.

It's taste! The sense that's been eliminated today is taste!
People quickly realized this and were relieved.

Eliminating taste or smell is better than eliminating hearing and touch.

Since their vision was eliminated yesterday, people have been passing the time by listening to audio recordings for the past 24 hours. If their hearing is also eliminated, they will be both blind and deaf, which would be the ultimate torture.

As for what would happen if tactile sensation were eliminated, no one has been able to give a definitive answer yet. The public knows that it would be far more terrifying than the elimination of the other four senses combined, so they deliberately avoid thinking about it.

People were initially relieved that only their sense of taste had been eliminated, but they soon discovered that eating without a sense of taste would be very uncomfortable.

Everyone forces themselves to eat the canned food and then continue listening to audiobooks or music to pass the time.

Only a very small number of people can avoid this suffering through their abilities, tools, or special drugs.

Guan Tong was one of them.

At that moment, he was walking on a beach.

This is Lieming Island, the territory of the Yingqi Kingdom. He crossed the ocean by manipulating shadow lines to get here, and then, through teleportation, he arrived here from Antai State in the blink of an eye.

He came to this island because "Fragment 5" is located on this island.

The bombing of Sakura Kingdom was unforgivable to him.

Since the other party is aiming to destroy him, he will definitely retaliate in kind. From the decision-maker to the executor, he will certainly not let anyone get away with it.

But there's no rush to deal with this matter, just as he's not in a hurry to kill Prince Rado. Even if he wants to take revenge, he'll do it only when everything is foolproof.

So his purpose in coming here this time is still to get the fragments first.

Walking on the mudflats at this moment, the azure sea and clear sky create a beautiful picture.

Before Guan Tong arrived, she had already done some research. This "Lieming Island" was originally a tourist destination in Yingqi Kingdom, and every year many tourists from all over the world would come here for vacation.

However, after entering the post-apocalyptic era, all countries closed their border crossings, and Sakura Prayer Kingdom was no exception. Furthermore, Lieming Island was transformed from a resort island into an official base.

Guan Tong had scouted the area beforehand with his shadow. There used to be only one shrine in the center of the island, but now several military-style buildings have been built around it.

Only a handful of people lived in the core area. One particular hall caught Guan Tong's attention, because his shadow could not enter it.

Indeed, when he used his shadow to infiltrate, he encountered an invisible barrier before the hall, just as he had faced with some enemies before when his shadow intrusion attempts failed.

This immediately made him realize that the mansion might be protected by an item or ability that could produce a similar effect to a "psychic barrier".

He was very curious about this, because most of the items he had encountered that could defend against mental attacks were for personal protection. But this was the first time he had encountered protection in the form of a large-scale barrier.

From one example to another, Guan Tong believes that it is very likely that key locations and residences of key figures in some powerful countries are protected by such special items, thus preventing them from being silently invaded by people with his abilities.

The reason why the royal palace in Antai State doesn't offer such protection is naturally because Antai State is a small country, with a current population estimated to be less than a million. Coupled with insufficient official control, even if citizens possess similar items or abilities, the higher-ups would have no way of knowing.

However, places like Sakura Kingdom, and even Soro and North Star, must possess many similar items and abilities. Important locations would undoubtedly be under the most stringent protection, making it unlikely that a shadow could infiltrate them.

"Fragment 5 is located in the core area of ​​the shrine. To get in, you must first pass through several outer military camps." This was not difficult for Guan Tong; in fact, it was quite easy. He had already discovered that the vast majority of the soldiers in those camps were currently blind.

A group of blind soldiers posed virtually no threat to him. This was what Guan Tong meant by "seizing the opportunity." If it weren't for the rule of "eliminating the five senses," he certainly wouldn't have come over so easily.

However, the presence of soldiers for protection, coupled with the previous missile bombardment, is enough to show that the holder of Fragment 5 is someone backed by the official government of Sakura Kingdom.

Being backed by the government means receiving a lot of resources and having great strength, which is definitely not comparable to the likes of Bassoon.

It's probably unlikely that we can take the fragments away in a playful way, just like we did with the bassoon.

However, since they were already there, leaving empty-handed was not part of Guan Tong's plan.

His plan was that even if he couldn't get the fragments, he would destroy the barracks and other buildings on the island to reap some of the benefits from future retaliation against the Sakura Kingdom for bombing him.

……

Daiming Shrine, main shrine.

This place was closed off before the end-of-the-world rule era, and ordinary people were not allowed to enter.

After entering the post-apocalyptic era, it became a private retreat for one person.

In the center of this hall stands a huge statue of a deity with an extremely strange appearance.

The lower half of the statue is human, but eight snake heads grow from the waist and abdomen, each holding an object in its mouth, such as a round mirror, a long rope, a short knife, or a talisman.

This is less a statue of a god and more like some kind of monster, exuding an evil aura that makes people feel very uncomfortable when they see it.

On a square prayer mat in front of the statue, Yamata no Yukari knelt with her eyes closed in a serene expression, seemingly in the midst of meditation.

This main hall is her private training ground; no one else is allowed to enter. This was not her own request, but an order from the Divine Child.

As an orphan whose parents disappeared when she was young, she clearly remembers the day the first rule of the apocalypse ended.

At that time, she was searching for the word "bloodline" in the Shenghua Store. This was an obsession she had held since childhood: to know who her parents were and why they had abandoned her.

However, the results of the search and redemption process brought about a completely unexpected change.

After exchanging for the [Eight-Headed Serpent Blood], her body underwent a mutation. Her eyes turned into vertical pupils, and she was able to use some inexplicable and bizarre powers.

Not to mention others, she herself was terrified.

However, soon after the news of "the woman with snake eyes" spread, officials from the Sakura Kingdom came to her door and took her to a certain place in the capital.

There she met the "Divine Child." This most revered being of the Cherry Blossom Kingdom actually knelt before her and said that she had awakened the bloodline of the ancient god of the Cherry Blossom Kingdom and was destined to become the guardian of this country in the future.

After that, the divine child made her abandon her former surname and change it to "Yamagi," which represents the ancient god, keeping only the name "Muraku."

Subsequently, the Chosen Ones were established, and she was naturally selected for the group, receiving the most resources and experiencing a rapid increase in strength. Within a year, she possessed power unimaginable to ordinary people, awakening many abilities that emerged from the depths of her bloodline.

But is this what she wants? She wasn't sure.

"Lord Yamata no Yukari." A voice came from outside the hall at that moment, "Instructor Mokutenjo wishes to see you."

(End of this chapter)