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

Shen Xingzhuo rubbed his palms hard, trying his best to suppress the agitation in his heart.

"The mental pollution caused by ultrasound seems to be getting worse."

Thinking this, Shen Xingzhuo flipped the wrist of the little paper figure and flung it outward.

The little paper figure was carried away by the spiritual energy and landed precisely at both ends of the corridor.

They stood stiffly, radiating a dark orange glow that made them appear even more eerie in the brightly lit corridor.

"Then, should we turn off the lights first?" Hua Jiuyue sensed the change in Shen Xingzhuo's attitude and asked hesitantly, "Didn't we say we'd be in the dark?"

Hua Jiuyue looked around carefully.

"But there's no switch..."

Shen Xingzhuo pondered for a moment, then said, "Then close your eyes."

Hua Jiuyue was puzzled.

"Existence and non-existence arise from each other; difficulty and ease complement each other."

"Well... to put it simply, when we close our eyes, external yang energy cannot enter. The yin energy within the body naturally manifests and can be perceived as darkness."

Hua Jiuyue: ...

She nodded with difficulty.

Shen Xingzhuo could tell that she still didn't understand, but it didn't matter, as long as she was obedient.

"Two paper figures stand before you and me. You're the third one, passing the paper figures to me. For the last one, we'll walk across together."

"That way they won't get scattered."

Hearing her say that, Hua Jiuyue hesitated only slightly before nodding.

……

All four "people" are in their positions, the game begins!

Shen Xingzhuo and Hua Jiuyue closed their eyes at the same time.

At the same time, I felt the surrounding air become more humid and sticky.

Hua Jiuyue nervously clenched her sleeves.

She suddenly felt that this space was being expanded infinitely.

But she grew smaller and smaller.

In her hazy state of consciousness, she heard a series of questioning voices—

"waste!"

"A piece of trash who can't even hold a knife properly, even if he kills all his peers, he'll still be trash!"

"How could someone like you win? You don't deserve it!"

"How could it be you?!"

"We absolutely do not accept a top ranking obtained through cheating!"

Hua Jiuyue had a splitting headache.

Just as she was about to have a mental breakdown, Shen Xingzhuo's clear voice came from afar.

"Flowers bloom in September, keep moving forward!"

Hua Jiuyue took steps forward almost mechanically.

Step by step...

The sound of footsteps echoed clearly in the not-so-empty corridor.

The further she walked, the heavier her consciousness became, and her eyelids struggled uncontrollably, trying to open immediately.

The surrounding air grew cold.

Moist water molecules formed a layer of frost on Hua Jiuyue's skin.

Hua Jiuyue shivered, and the urge to open her eyes became even more urgent.

"Hold on, don't open your eyes! The game is about to end!"

Shen Xingzhuo's incredibly calm voice calmed her still-shaken heart.

Finally, the two reunited.

A cold draft swept over their necks.

A voice that was neither human nor eerie began to sing slowly.

Four shadows stand in four directions.

After patting his shoulder, he looked back.

Three shadows, standing on three sides.

Water was flowing out from the floor.

Two shadows, standing on opposite sides.

The third door smiles at you.

A shadow, standing on one side.

Don't panic, they're right beside you.

There was no shadow, no light.

Rows of footprints in the corner...

The sound of footsteps from a third party appeared as the song ended.

She was walking away into the distance.

"Tick-tock—"

"Tick-tock—"

The sound of something falling, whether water droplets or something else, echoed in the empty space.

The snake has emerged from its hole.

Shen Xingzhuo quickly took out a strange prop—a paper lantern.

"receive!"

She gave a sharp shout!

The paper lanterns can be enlarged infinitely!

The white paper tassels on top moved automatically without wind, extending outwards and tightly binding the third "person" brought in by the four-corner game.

"We caught him," Shen Xingzhuo said calmly.

Shen Xingzhuo turned to look at Hua Jiuyue and saw her pressed tightly against the wall, her forehead covered in cold sweat and her face extremely pale.

She could even hear Hua Jiuyue's heart pounding like a drum.

"Something's not right... He's supposed to be a trained assassin, even if he's afraid of ghosts, he shouldn't be showing it."

Something must have happened to her that I can't see.

Shen Xingzhu lowered her eyes to hide her suspicions, then tapped her fingers behind her back, conveying her question to Guan Shanyue.

The corridor was eerily quiet at this moment.

Several meandering streams of water inexplicably appeared on the ground.

They gradually coalesced into characters.

Shen Xingzhuo initially thought it was a rule of the corridor.

Upon closer inspection, although some of these words can form a sentence, they do not form a complete article.

"This...makes no sense at all..."