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

As Shen Xingzhuo thought this through, she immediately made a judgment in her mind.

There are only two possibilities for why Liu Gounan has this smell—

First, this person had already committed the heinous act of "sacrificing an infant" before getting married;

Secondly, the Liu Gou-nan who appeared in front of her at this moment was also not the person from the "past"!

If it's the first one, that's fine; it just gives Shen Xingzhuo another reason to send him to the underworld in the end.

But what if it's the second possibility...?

When people from different times and spaces meet at a certain point, it's probably not just a matter of causing chaos!

Her expression turned serious, and with a slight thought, she brought up the task panel that she hadn't looked at for a long time.

This is the most useful ability among the reward privileges she has been granted!

In addition to displaying the currently known tasks from the ghost stories, it will also display the tasks for which the unlock conditions have been met.

At this moment, the light screen unfolded in front of Shen Xingzhuo, and as expected, she saw a lot of new content.

For example, Pei Jinxiu's current favorability rating is 58%.

And changes and refreshes to the task list.

The task she unlocked while playing "Pei Yin" is now displayed on the screen with the text much dimmer than normal, indicating that it is in a frozen state.

But more importantly, there are the three new tasks that have been added.

This is exactly what Shen Xingzhuo wanted to see this time.

[Main Quest 2: Complete the wedding ceremony with Liu Jin, but be careful not to anger the groom! (Current progress: 3/9)]

"Liu Jin? Liu Jin? What an unlucky name!"

Shen Xingzhuo's professional habits suddenly kicked in, and he subconsciously looked at the characters in Pei's father's original name.

"Gold is drained by water. Gold generates water, but too much water will cause the gold to sink..."

'No wonder he changed his name to Pei Shiquan later,' she thought with a sneer. 'But people are never satisfied. The name Shiquan (meaning 'complete' or 'everything') is too big for his worthless life to bear…'

Shen Xingzhuo suddenly realized why Liu Jin chose to use an evil formation to plunder Pei Jinyu's luck; the reason lay in his later new name.

But there's something strange!

In the last words of advice written by Pei Jinyu, she was told not to compromise and not to complete the wedding ceremony.

From Pei Jinyu's perspective, this is perfectly normal.

The strange thing is that once you step outside Pei Jinyu's perspective, whether it's the rules given by the strange tales, Liu Jin's repeated precautions, or the subtle hints from this current mission...

It all seems to be a clear indication that the wedding will not go smoothly.

If the mastermind behind the ghost stories has an omniscient perspective, then how could Liu Jin be so prescient?

As Shen Xingzhuo pondered the matter, her sense of unease intensified.

In which time and space does time flow normally?

Regardless of whether Pei's father was from the future or not, the fact that he now knows the wedding might be disrupted proves that "there is a mole"!

Shen Xingzhuo tapped a string of coded text on the cushion with her fingertips and sent it to Guan Shanyue.

Close, real-time, number of people, monitoring.

Just as she stopped tapping, Guan Shanyue had already deciphered the cipher and given the instructions to the Huaxu team that remained behind.

"Captain Guan, you're amazing!" Qin Shi looked at Guan Shanyue with starry eyes. "Sister Shen only typed four words, how did you know what she meant?"

Guan Shanyue met Qin Shi's gaze and smiled gently.

"Xingzhuo is constantly being monitored in the ghost stories. We had already discussed that if there were any important secret messages, she would transmit two words in Morse code."

"But no matter how much information she ultimately conveyed, the last word was the most important thing she wanted to say."

Seeing that Qin Shi still had some doubts, Guan Shanyue continued to explain:

"The first three words, 'Star Scorch,' are meant to remind us to closely monitor the number of Chosen Ones in the Ghost Stories in real time."

This action inherently carries the connotation of surveillance, so when she reiterated the word "surveillance,"

This is precisely the direction we need to focus on!

Qin Shi suddenly realized, "So we need to secretly monitor and observe the movements of other countries' command centers!"

Guan Shanyue nodded.

Qin Shi immediately put on a serious expression and turned to carry out his mission.

……

In ghost stories.

Shen Xingzhuo pressed down on her wildly twitching eyelids.

When I opened my eyes again, my gaze naturally fell on the newly added side quests.

"The real and fake Liu Lang..."

Her voice became playful.

Side Quest Two: The Real and Fake Liu Lang. The Chosen One must identify the imposter posing as Liu Jin during their interactions and kill him! The real Liu Lang is a very good person and poses no threat to the Chosen One!

"Isn't this an explicit implication?"

Shen Xingzhuo wore a hesitant expression, but his mind raced with thoughts.

She would absolutely not share her reasoning with those watching the sky before she caught the mole.

As long as she doesn't speak, even if ghost stories can hear her thoughts, they can't transmit them.

"Under the red sun, even the attempt to dispel illusions is illusory."

The ghost story explicitly states that "counterfeit goods" are true.

But the statement "Liu Lang is a good man" is as absurd as saying bananas are blue or crows are white.

The ghost stories weren't deceiving her; they were distorting her perceptions.

Shen Xingzhuo's eyes flashed with a fierce light as he pulled out a talisman from his sleeve and melted it with the spiritual fire at his fingertips.

She smiled with interest.

The ghost story has intervened, and things are finally getting interesting!