Rules of the Strange: I Became a God in a Bizarre World Through Taoist Arts

Shen Xingzhuo felt pain from Pei Jinyu's actions, but she didn't show it on her face at all.

Her eyes shone with a more resolute light than ever before.

"no!"

Looking into Pei Jinyu's worried eyes, Shen Xingzhuo suddenly understood the emotions hidden beneath her words "no way out".

Pei Jinyu is the pride of the Pei family, who have been grooming her as their heir for over a decade.

If it weren't for the Phoenix Incense causing trouble, she wouldn't have gradually fallen into Pei Shiquan's conspiracy.

"She recognized me."

Shen Xingzhuo was almost certain that although the two had not spent much time together, Pei Jinyu had still discovered her true identity.

She simply chose to see through it but not say anything.

Even at this moment, under Madam Pei's hesitant gaze, she helped her conceal her identity.

A strange emotion welled up in Shen Xingzhuo's heart.

Among the bizarre cases she had seen or analyzed before—

There are quite a few strange characters who are related to the roles played by the chosen ones, and many of them have already reached a safe level of favorability...

After discovering the true identity of the Chosen One, all of them, without exception, chose to kill him.

So where is Pei Jinyu an exception?

Was it her maternal love, or her overwhelmingly positive feelings towards her?

Shen Xingzhuo's gaze fell on the mission panel in the void.

In the character favorability section, Pei Jinyu's favorability value is 112%!

But she doesn't think that this alone would make her do something against the strange rules.

But now is clearly not the right time to dwell on this matter.

She placed her hands behind her back in the blind spot of Madam Pei and Pei Jinyu, made a few gestures, and threw this incomprehensible question to Guan Shanyue in the real world.

This is their usual division of labor.

What she needs to do now is to head to the back mountain, step into that ancestral hall again, and support Pei Jinyu as the head of the family!

"Mother~"

Shen Xingzhuo softened her voice and leaned closer to Pei Jinyu.

Pei Jinyu froze for a moment, then gently touched the top of her head.

Are you tired?

Shen Xingzhu shook her head and leaned on Pei Jinyu's shoulder, saying, "I'm not tired, I just want to lean on Mother for a while~"

A warm smile appeared on Pei Jinyu's face as she let her lean against him.

Madam Pei looked somewhat somber, but then she noticed Pei Xi, who bore a slight resemblance to her daughter.

His gloomy expression gradually turned into satisfaction.

……

Wow~~~ This is the first time I've seen Sister Shen like this~~~

[Strange Tale: You've never given me this kind of tenderness!]

[What a contrast! If only Pei Jinyu weren't so strange.]

[Actually... it's not weird, there's someone who could actually be paired with Sister Shen... don't we already have someone ready-made?]

Who?! I'll see who dares to steal my daughter!

[(Raising hand hesitantly) I think Captain Guan dares to...]

Once the tense moment passed, the comments section resumed its usual lighthearted banter.

Qin Shi was the first to notice those comments. After carefully observing Guan's expression, he nodded silently.

Guan Shanyue and Shen Xingzhuo, who were at the center of the deduction storm, were completely unaware of this.

Guan Shanyue got up and walked to an information warehouse, opening the door with his key.

Inside was a large object resembling a petri dish.

"Please enter your biometric password."

A mechanical sound rang out.

Guan Shanyue took two more steps forward, allowing the machine in front of her to extract her bio-pheromones.

"Verification in progress..."

"Current progress of biometric password verification: 50%"

Guan Shanyue pursed her lips, took off the metal ball hanging around her neck, and placed it in the groove on the control panel.

The metal sphere contained the Qi left behind by Shen Xingzhuo, which was also the other half of the key.

"Verification successful".

"Device activated!"