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

Shen Xingzhu tilted her head slightly, but her gaze towards Hua Jiuyue was unwavering.

She had also been in contact with the Crown Prince's guards and knew very well how sensitive people like Hua Jiuyue were to "commands".

It's not that she can't speak properly.

On the contrary, if she becomes friendly, Hua Jiuyue will start to play tricks, causing their actions to go wrong.

Sure enough, when Shen Xingzhuo looked into Hua Jiuyue's eyes, he saw absolute obedience to orders in her eyes.

She chuckled softly. "Let's go."

The two left the toilet stall and stopped one after the other in front of the stairs.

"There's an elevator here?"

Hua Jiuyue stepped forward and parted the transparent curtain leading to the elevator.

Shen Xingzhuo followed and pressed the elevator open button.

The numbers on the electronic screen jumped down little by little from the 18th floor.

Hua Jiuyue looked at Shen Xingzhuo with confusion and asked, "We lose our basic judgment of the environment when we take an elevator, you shouldn't know that, right?"

Shen Xingzhuo nodded.

"Who said we were going to take the elevator?"

"bite--"

The moment the words were spoken, the elevator had already arrived at the first floor.

Shen Xingzhuo stepped in with only one foot, holding onto the door frame with one hand to prevent the elevator doors from closing suddenly.

Her gaze was fixed on the floor buttons, and she shared her observations with Hua Jiuyue.

"There are 36 floors in total, but interestingly, 18 of them are underground."

"What's wrong?" Hua Jiuyue asked, puzzled.

Shen Xingzhuo was taken aback for a moment, then thought that even the metaphysics of Tianxia had been lost for a long time, so it was only natural that Hua Jiuyue, a thorough interstellar person, would lack knowledge in this area.

"It's nothing."

Instead of explaining the facts to Hua Jiuyue, she continued to state her own conclusions.

"The wall can be clearly imaged, and once the door is closed, it might create an absolutely sealed space... What is this?"

Shen Xingzhuo reached out and lifted a conspicuous piece of cloth hanging on the elevator wall.

It was completely empty.

She raised an eyebrow and then examined the piece of fabric she had lifted.

"Help me stretch it out."

She handed a corner of the fabric to Hua Jiuyue.

The moment the fabric was torn flat, a wisp of black mist, carrying multicolored specks of light, dispersed into the air.

The warp and weft of the hanging cloth were clearly distinct in Shen Xingzhuo's eyes.

She frowned and remained silent, lost in thought.

Just as Hua Jiuyue was about to lose her patience, a group of people rushed over and pulled the two apart.

"Why are you blocking the door if you're not going to take the elevator?! That's incredibly inconsiderate!"

The newcomer was cursing and swearing. Just as Hua Jiuyue was about to raise her hand, Shen Xingzhuo stopped her.

Shen Xingzhuo gave the group a smile and gestured for them to use the elevator first.

Why are you stopping me?

Shen Xingzhuo only glanced at her indifferently, "If you don't want me to control you, use your brain more."

Hua Jiuyue froze on the spot and slapped herself hard.

Shen Xingzhuo raised his thumb in surprise.

He got lost in his own thoughts again.

"Something must be missing."

In Shen Xingzhuo's inner world—

The warp and weft threads of the cloth that were previously hung up are now clearly visible.

Amidst the interweaving of warp and weft, she keenly spotted many skipping points.

These transverse breaks, created by the missing weft threads, form circles on the fabric surface.

"Come and take a look."

Shen Xingzhuo drew circles one by one in Hua Jiuyue's palm.

Do you recognize this pattern?

Hua Jiuyue pondered for a while, then shook her head.

"This doesn't look like a totem or any other symbol. Where did you see it? Let's go look for it again..."

Before Hua Jiuyue could finish speaking, she heard a loud bang caused by the shockwave.

Blood spilled out of the elevator door.

Shen Xingzhu grabbed Hua Jiuyue's wrist.

"Stop thinking about it, hurry back to the dorm!"