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

Shen Xingzhuo repeated these five sentences to himself, and after a moment, he seemed to have grasped some clue in his mind.

"These sentences appear to be classical Chinese, but they are not actually in a formal style. The chosen ones who entered the world of ghost stories... aside from me, probably lack basic knowledge of ancient Chinese literature, so from the perspective of the eerie nature of these stories, these sentences themselves are misleading."

Shen Xingzhu chuckled inwardly: 'So it was a case of the eye being blind to what's right under your nose.'

She suddenly remembered the hidden object puzzle games she used to play to pass the time—

"The conventional logic is that after using the rag clue, these five sentences become meaningless as a puzzle. Most people won't reread them, leading to subsequent reasoning always missing the most crucial screw."

"Besides, it's the weekend now, and as time goes by, we'll move into the Monday quiz storyline. Once the plot transitions, new clues will keep popping up, and this part will naturally be overlooked. The plot logic will be incomplete, the final rating won't be high, and the resources obtained will be less. How cunning..."

Shen Xingzhu pursed her lips and pulled her thoughts back to those five sentences.

"Considering what happened at the time, the girl in the corridor clearly valued the new students immensely. Therefore, the new students were her ultimate destination."

Inside the scene, fragmented images flash by rapidly.

Shen Xingzhuo's brows furrowed, and the rapidly flashing image froze at the spot where he had once glimpsed it.

She tried hard to recall all the details she had seen at the time.

The image was continuously magnified, and the perspective shifted slightly as Shen Xingzhuo recalled his memories.

"So that's how it is!"

Shen Xingzhuo confirmed the place she had overlooked.

"I thought being a new student meant gaining superpowers..."

She recreated the forest scene in the interior.

At that time, Hua Yu obtained the wood-type superpower. Just after her energy burst out and before the plants grew wildly, a tiny scar appeared on her wrist.

If Shen Xingzhuo hadn't used interstellar technology to enhance her eyesight during her day off, she probably wouldn't have been able to see such a tiny wound.

She was certain that the scar appeared after Hua Yu unleashed her energy.

Even when the alien plants attacked them later and they were running away, Shen Xingzhuo saw Hua Yu twist her ankle in the rush.

Or rather, her feet were bent at a ninety-degree angle, and if it weren't for that layer of human skin connecting them, her feet might have fallen off directly.

This is 100% abnormal.

"Could those black lines be the stitches?"

Shen Xingzhuo recalled seeing similar stitches on the girl in the corridor.

"If this is a necessary condition for acquiring superpowers... then it also explains why, among the people who have appeared so far, only Shen Xing hasn't mastered any superpowers."

Her surgery was not performed!

Shen Xingzhuo touched her smooth wrist, not daring to imagine how speechless she would feel if she touched the surgical sutures right now.

But problems also arise!

Putting aside whether she can openly use spiritual energy to fake her superpowers without pretending to be weak, she hasn't even undergone surgery yet...

Don't be an outlier!

The people at this school wouldn't allow her to be an outcast, would they?

Doesn't that mean she'll inevitably have to undergo an amputation in the future?

Shen Xingzhuo was utterly speechless.

She still wants to keep her limbs! Is that even possible?