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

"Scalding hot water?"

Hua Jiuyue rubbed her ears, thinking she had misheard.

Unexpectedly, Shen Xingzhuo bypassed her and stood in front of the kettle, carefully examining it.

Shen Xingzhuo's gaze swept over the several kettles placed side by side, but her tone was nonchalant: "Otherwise what? Are we supposed to wait for the water to cool down before giving it to them?"

Hua Jiuyue choked: "But when I was training in my early years, under extreme conditions, I even had to drink my own... They're just weird..."

Hua Jiuyue didn't finish her sentence, but what she implied was that there was absolutely no need to boil water specifically for the sake of the eerie.

Shen Xingzhu gritted her teeth.

She wanted to ask Hua Jiuyue, "Why don't people use their brains?"

She saw the note earlier, so why would she ask such a brainless question?

But she was just a hair's breadth away from confirming it.

So, Shen Xingzhuo swallowed the words back.

"It's unclean; drinking it will make you sick."

"It's safest to drink water only after it's been boiled."

She was about to pick up the thermos to pour water when she paused and put it back down.

She had just snapped out of her trance with the puppet...

Human vision has a negative backward effect.

Her eyes were a deep crimson just now, and if she looked elsewhere now, a complementary afterimage would appear.

This means that the light green kettle she just chose might not be its original color.

Shen Xingzhuo closed her eyes tightly, rubbed her hands together to warm them, and then gently placed them on her eyelids.

"one two three……"

She counted quietly for a few seconds, and then slowly reopened her eyes at the seventh second.

Sure enough, after the green color faded, the kettle returned to its original grayish-white color.

"The firefly's ability is to control water... but the bluish-green color is wrong."

Shen Xingzhuo looked back and noticed that most of the stationery on Liu Ying's desk was a vibrant crimson.

She raised an eyebrow and poured the water she had brought back into the only bright red kettle.

Two or three minutes later.

Steam rose from the spout.

Shen Xingzhuo picked up the kettle and filled the cups in front of the four girls.

The clock has struck 9:50.

Shen Xingzhuo said softly, "Drink it."

"A good night's sleep will give you more energy tomorrow."

"study."

Due to the rules, she didn't say the last two words.

But inexplicably, all four girls understood the unspoken meaning behind her words.

So, to Hua Jiuyue's incredulous gaze, the four girls picked up the scalding hot water in front of them and drank it all in one gulp.

They seemed to feel no pain, and didn't react at all!

Hua Jiuyue's mouth gaped open.

When she came to her senses, Shen Xingzhuo had already changed into her pajamas and was lying on her own bed.

"The last person to go to bed, please turn off the lights~ Goodnight everyone."

After saying that, Shen Xingzhuo pulled the blanket over her head, and her breathing gradually calmed down.

"She just fell asleep like that?!"

Hua Jiuyue was completely baffled.

Why did the usually domineering Firefly not have any objections?

"Never mind, I'll listen to her, she can't go wrong."

Liu Ying jumped onto her bed in a few steps, observing the activity in the dormitory out of the corner of her eye.

When the clock struck 9:59, the four girls seemed to come alive, each changing into more comfortable pajamas.

Then they walked in unison to their bedsides.

"Rock, paper, scissors!"

The girls' voices rang out.

Yun Yang, Hua Yu, and Huai Shu used scissors, which won against the firefly cloth.

Yun Yang said cheerfully, "Liu Ying, you lost again~ You're turning off the lights again today~"

Upon hearing this, Liu Ying showed no displeasure and silently turned off the dormitory lights.

I felt the light in front of me dim.

Shen Xingzhuo narrowed his eyes, observing the dark dormitory.

Moonlight streamed in through the window, casting a cool, serene glow over the entire space.

The room was filled with the steady breathing of the girls.

After a long while, Shen Xingzhuo sighed silently.

"Let's have a late-night chat in the dorm!"