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

Shen Xingzhuo's murmur seemed to have fulfilled some hidden condition.

Everything in the kitchen froze, and the dried bloodstains on the floor began to flow again, meandering as if they were alive.

Gradually, they formed lines of writing.

This is the essence of the ghost story itself, and also the rules that were previously hidden.

[1: Please don't show happiness. Your emotions are important. If you feel angry, please be sure to vent them.]

[2: Use the key to open the memory box. Remember, those are just memories.]

[3: Jenny is your protector; you can absolutely trust her.]

[4: There is a traitor in the hotel.]

5: I love you...

As Shen Xingzhuo read, the handwriting gradually dissipated into the air.

The hidden rules have been revealed, but there are no progress updates for the ghost story.

Shen Xingzhuo guessed that the task would not be completely finished until the rules had been verified.

Her gaze drifted out the window.

It's almost bright.

She needs to hurry, otherwise she will miss the best time for treatment.

Several analyses had already flashed through Shen Xingzhuo's mind.

Of these five rules, only the second one is the most obvious way to advance the task.

Use the key to open the box of memories.

This is actually easy to understand; it means she needs to use targeted methods to see the hidden memories of different personalities.

Only by facing it head-on can the wound heal.

She thought she already knew how to unlock Liya's memories...

A gentle breeze blew in through the window, causing the dust on the floor to swirl and breaking the stillness.

After it was revealed that Liya and Richard were intertwined and merged, Shen Xingzhuo looked at her/him again, just as Piaopiao had described.

At that moment, Richard's other half was looking at her with a sinister gaze.

"You won't get any information out of me!" he threatened.

Shen Xingzhuo merely glanced at him, then grabbed a spoon and threw it at him.

The spoon, imbued with her spiritual energy, actually cracked Richard's skull open.

Shen Xingzhuo nodded in satisfaction. Ultimately, even if Richard's character was one of Bai Xue's personalities, he was still strange in essence.

Her Taoist arts could naturally still restrain him.

Besides, the rules required her to play, so she felt even less guilty.

She withdrew her gaze, her eyes becoming calm and resolute.

Shen Xingzhuo walked up to Liya, squatted down, and looked her in the eye.

"Lia." She patted Liya's head. "How about you teach your sister to play tag?"

Liya rubbed against her warm palm and nodded with hazy eyes.

"Does my sister want to play?" She suddenly grinned. "It's really difficult!"

Shen Xingzhuo nodded again, "As long as Liya is willing to teach me how to play, I will definitely try my best to learn!"

She was expressing her opinion to the little girl.

Then Liya smiled even more brightly. She nodded, stretched out her small hand, and in her palm were four sheep bones.

"We're going to throw the bones on the ground like this!"

She flipped her hand over, and the four crutches fell off.

"Then, we'll need to use sandbags..."

At this point, Lia became extremely distressed, tears streaming down her face, and her merging with Richard accelerated.

Seeing that things were not going well, Shen Xingzhuo immediately looked around, tore off a piece of curtain, and put two spoonfuls of ashes from the fireplace inside.

Then she picked up the four corners of the cloth, tied two knots, and turned it into a mini bundle.

It was quickly handed to Liya.

Liya stopped crying and started laughing, and the fusion process was paused.

But Richard was suddenly torn apart by his "soul," grimacing and howling in pain.

Liya continued explaining the rules of the game, "Throw the beanbag up, the first time you have to catch a bone on the ground, the second time you have to catch two, the third time..."

As she spoke, her voice gradually faded.

Shen Xingzhuo noticed her scrutinizing gaze and said with a smile, "Sister understands, how about we play a game together?"

Liya nodded happily.

The two played rock-paper-scissors, and Shen Xingzhuo won the first round.

She tossed the beanbag, and while it was in the air, she swiftly picked up the first bone.

The word "past" was engraved on the bone.

After seeing it clearly, the world before Shen Xingzhuo shattered and reformed.

Then, from an outsider's perspective, she saw Liya's past.

The little girl sat in a sunny rose garden, with an exquisite afternoon tea toy set in front of her.

She hummed a tuneless, cheerful little tune, playing pretend mom and dad with her imaginary friends.

Xiao Liya pretended to drink a cup of air tea, and was about to pour one for the other person when...

"You're just an unwanted wild child!"

A sharp sound shattered the lovely and heartwarming scene.

Shen Xingzhuo shuddered, and his consciousness returned to the kitchen.

Liya tilted her head and looked at her, her pupils gradually dilating.

Dilated pupils are a sign of impending death.

Shen Xingzhuo's heart tightened. He caught the falling sandbag steadily, then immediately threw it a second time, catching two bones.

Consciousness slipped away again.

This time, she saw Liya lying alone on a small bed, her face pale and bloodless.

Then Jenny came over, looked at her with affection, and tidied her sideburns.

"Don't believe those bad kids! Liya's parents are the greatest heroes in the world!"

Liya's eyes were filled with light as she looked at Jenny with hope.

Jenny smiled gently and continued, "Lia's parents are a pair of renowned chivalrous heroes!"

"They specifically rob arrogant nobles who ride in crystal carriages and ignore the poor! Then they send the loot to the city's orphanages."

"Even the most cunning hunting dogs can't find them. They're amazing! Lia must take them as her role models!"

Liya's little face was flushed, and her eyes were sparkling.

She slept contentedly in her little bed.

But somewhere she couldn't see, there was a fairy tale book that Jenny had hidden away...

Shen Xingzhuo knew that all of this was a story made up by Jenny.

Personality exists to heal inner wounds.

In other words, the more she emphasizes something, the less she actually has it.

Liya...

Oh no, I should say the parents of this body; they bear absolutely no resemblance to what Jenny described.

Jenny's primary task as a guardian is to maintain the balance of the underworld.

She has the authority to alter some of her personality's memories, so it's quite possible that the parents actually abandoned her when she was very young.

……

Shen Xingzhu bit her tongue to stay awake and threw the sandbag for the third time.

Unexpectedly, a sudden change occurred!

It's time for the transformation potion!

She had been using the Heart-Cleansing Mantra to prolong the effects of the Transformation Potion, but clearly, the strange tales wouldn't make her progress in gradually uncovering the truth so smoothly.

She vaguely felt that the ghost stories were similar to "the suppression of the heavenly order".

But the idea was too far-fetched, and she didn't have time to think about it carefully.

Shen Xingzhuo instantly transformed back into a pig.

Her hooves simply couldn't hold up three bones before catching the sandbag!

The sandbag was about to fall to the ground.

The sound of sharpening knives echoed.

Shen Xingzhuo suddenly remembered the rule that they couldn't go near the kitchen.

The sound of sharpening knives was directed at her!

She was the butcher, controlled by humans.

Shen Xingzhuo's eyes flashed, and with a sudden burst of speed, he swept all the bones on the ground into the air!