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

[Sister Shen...did she kill a chosen one?]

After someone asked that question in the live chat, a series of cracking sounds rang out in the air.

Before everyone could focus their attention on it, the once boundless sky suddenly showed a clear boundary.

And on that boundary, mirror-like cracks began to spread.

The shattering only gradually stopped when the longest crack pointed directly at the fallen lantern bearer in the center of the image.

However, some sharp-eyed people still noticed the obvious mark on the lantern bearer's wrist.

It seems so.

Why would the Chosen One play such a role in ghost stories?

People born in the interstellar era might not be as able as Shen Xingzhuo to immediately discern the true meaning behind the appearance of the Lantern Man.

But they understood how bizarre it was that a chosen one from another country played the role of the supernatural in ghost stories.

[Isn't this different from the previous cases of the real and fake Liu Jin?]

Of course! Before, it still fell under the category of "chosen ones carrying out missions." But now...

Are there people from other countries here at this moment? Can you determine the country of origin of this head based on its facial features?

In the live chat, that last sentence started flooding the screen.

Even Guan Shanyue used a full-spectrum signal transmitter to try to find out all the information about the person with the Chosen Butterfly Mark on his wrist.

"There isn't one here!" History Guy Li Hua said loudly.

"I don't have any here either!"

Qin Shi leaned back slightly and, using the wheels of the swivel chair beneath him, easily slid to the other light screen.

"Bioinformatics matching result is 0!"

Qin Shi frowned, a hint of uncertainty in his voice: "Could it be... someone from the New Starfield?"

In her understanding, Tianxia Kingdom, as one of the top ten interstellar powers, has an information database coverage rate as high as 99.999%.

The only missing part is the star regions that the interstellar people have not yet explored.

"impossible."

Guan Shanyue refuted Qin Shi's guess.

"Rather than being a human from the new star system, this person is not a true chosen one at all."

Her eyes narrowed slightly, and she took out a talisman that had turned to ashes from somewhere in her hand.

"This talisman has the effect of warding off spiritual pollution."

"Xingzhuo once mentioned that once the talisman has burned out, it means that it has already exerted its effect."

Guan Shanyue waved his hand, and the scene of the lantern bearer falling, recorded on the light screen, was replayed in front of them once again.

"When this person's head hit the ground, the talisman was clearly burned."

This suggests that this person is likely just a smokescreen released by ghost stories. But why...?

Qin Shi's eyes lit up. "I think I know!"

Guan Shanyue and the others looked over.

"You said before that building the temple to express our gratitude for everything Xingzhuo has done would increase her merits and allow her to replenish her spiritual energy through the ghost stories..."

"So, is it possible that ghost stories also need human fear, or some other emotion, to serve as nourishment for their growth?"

"The number of polluted cities within our territory has been decreasing recently. Especially with the added benefit of the spiritual spring, the purification speed has only increased!"

Upon hearing this, Li Hua clapped his hands together forcefully.

"That's right! History books have said that everything has its ups and downs!"

The more we purify, the more ghost stories are lost! That's why he uses this scenario to create mental pollution for those of us outside the ghost story community!

Li Hua became increasingly convinced that his conjecture was correct, completely unaware that Guan Shanyue's expression was gradually changing.

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