Once the affection level is maxed out, the rivalry begins!

Lin Tingwan was not home on Saturday morning.

Her phone seemed to have been accidentally damaged, so she went to buy a new one. Before leaving, she asked Bai Ze if he wanted to come along, but he naturally declined.

Because he was going on a date with a female student.

"Senior, over here, over here!"

The agreed meeting place was located in a commercial center on the outskirts of the city. Due to its location, it was deserted and sparsely populated even on a holiday.

But the girl standing under the map sign still attracted the attention of a few pedestrians.

Lu Xingyao was waving on tiptoe, revealing her slender and well-proportioned figure. Today, she was wearing a black jacket with a lace collar, and a white ruffled skirt that clung to her calves. The fluffy skirt exuded a youthful and energetic vibe, and her exposed fair skin still had faint tan lines from the summer sun.

Although Fuyumei International School is not the kind of rigid school that forces students to wear uniforms, it is unlikely that you would see this landmine-themed style of dress on campus, which makes it quite novel.

"Sorry I'm a little late," Bai Ze greeted her as he approached.

"It's okay, I just arrived too."

She lowered her hand. "I'll forgive you as long as you hand over ownership of it."

"What you meant in the second half of your sentence wasn't that it's okay at all, was it?"

He caught up with the girl, who was already preparing to leave. "Why did you bring me here?"

No matter how you look at it, this is a quiet and peaceful corner of the city, and it doesn't seem like anything unusual would happen here.

"Because I'm going to shop in the clothing section on the fourth floor of the mall!" Lu Xingyao replied.

"...I'm going back."

"Wait, wait, don't go!"

With tears in her eyes, she grabbed Bai Ze's sleeve as he coldly turned away. "It's just that the anomaly we need happens to appear in areas with dense silk fabric!"

Bai Ze stopped in his tracks: "You still haven't explained what interdimensional transformation is? And why do we need this type of anomaly?"

Lu Xingyao countered, "Didn't you also witness the Spirit Disaster Bureau's interdimensional sealing technology?"

Looking back, the space that Lin Tingwan finally arrived at was indeed strange. For example, there were no people or city lights around, and no news about the streets turning into ruins the next day.

"There are usually powerful spells blocking the edge of otherworldly realms. Didn't you notice that when you entered?"

She gave a hint.

"It felt like smashing through a thick plastic sheet."

Bai Ze pondered the reason why he wasn't blocked—it was probably because of the illusion-breaking property of the Judgment Blade.

"Yes, was it done by ramming?"

Lu Xingyao felt something was wrong, but gave up on investigating further. "According to the classification method used by the Bureau of Spirit Disasters, anomalies are divided into prop-type anomalies that exist in the form of objects, phenomenon-type anomalies that descend in the form of phenomena, and biological-type anomalies that survive in the form of life. The one that is about to descend here is a phenomenon-type anomaly whose effect is generated from another world."

For example, the spiritual realm created when the dead gather, the mental world born from the ultimate cultivation of barrier techniques, and the parallel space formed by the chaos of physical rules... These phenomena that create other dimensions different from reality are all uniformly classified into the category of otherworldly generation.

The Bureau of Spirit Disasters must also possess similar methods.

"I understand now. The ability to split reality and create alternate dimensions at any time is indeed important for any organization."

Bai Ze nodded in agreement.

"Right? I've always wanted my own secret hideout!"

She was so excited that her side ponytail bounced up and down with her steps, and the cat-shaped hair accessory bounced lightly.

"Your selfish desires are overflowing."

Although Lu Xingyao may have had questionable personal desires involved, she wasn't wrong.

To prevent the abnormal and out-of-control crisis that occurred this month, and in the long run, to suppress Lin Tingwan and her transformation into a witch, both goals require a safe and secluded space, not to mention preparing a venue for possible future actions.

The two quickly noticed something unusual as they entered the mall.

Outside the mall, at least there were still pedestrians to be seen, but inside it was deserted. Bai Ze even noticed that a couple who had entered with them had just stepped over the threshold and then turned back and left as if they were sleepwalking.

"It must be a barrier set up to drive away idlers."

Lu Xingyao pulled two cards out of her coat pocket—Bai Ze recognized them as the tarot cards she had been playing with before.

They are a card depicting the "Pope" and a card depicting the "Fool".

"My divination predicted that at this moment today, members of the Holy Trinity Order would attempt to invoke an anomaly on the fourth floor of the mall, thereby sacrificing the humans present."

She spoke quickly, "But there are also signs that the Bureau of Calamities might intervene—the accuracy of their prophecies always drops a notch, sorry, senior."

Lu Xingyao apologized somewhat timidly. Was she worried about being fired? She was the one who extended the invitation.

"The enemy is that cult called Holy Trinity, and their goal is to dominate the anomaly; it's very clear."

Bai Ze likes missions that directly tell you where to kill a few people.

"Yes, the core of the anomaly is located in the center of the space. Once you reach it, you will naturally know how to control it—that's what the divination results show."

Lu Xingyao put away the tarot cards.

During their conversation, the two arrived at the equally deserted fourth floor of the mall—however, according to Lu Xingyao's divination, the people here should have been swept into another world and were about to become pitiful sacrifices.

The girl carefully avoided the surrounding clothes racks, as if they were poisonous thickets of thorns.

"My abilities are of no help in combat, so please be careful."

She looked at Bai Ze, "The condition for entering this anomaly is to touch any fabric that does not belong to oneself, and its name should be—"

Before she could finish speaking, Bai Ze had already casually picked out a piece of clothing and touched it.

The cottony feel was instantly replaced by emptiness; he lost the restraint of gravity and fell into a vast darkness.

The Labyrinth of the Minotaur

Serial Number: 199

Category: Event Type

Stage of growth: Two

Description: The project presents an otherworldly, surreal landscape with a minimum area of ​​2.2 square meters and a maximum area that is difficult to estimate. The main content is usually a large number of intricate and complex building complexes. The decorative style is somewhat similar to the Palace of Knossos, the political center of the Minoan civilization in Greece, which was discovered in 1900. The interior is connected by a circular and winding corridor.

Every 24 hours, 1 to 100 biological anomalies will be randomly generated inside the building. The serial number is tentatively set as 199-1. They are humanoid in appearance, resembling bull heads, and have extremely strong combat capabilities.

Anomaly 199 typically occurs in areas rich in fabrics—including synthetic fibers, spider webs, cotton fabrics, silk, etc.—and indiscriminately takes away any life forms that are in contact with fabrics other than its own.

Escape conditions: Unravel the silk fabric you brought with you into the market into threads, hold one end, and walk in the direction indicated by the other end. Repeat this action every 500 meters. If you are not highly confident in your own strength, please avoid 199-1. Good luck.