Chapter 603 [(*^▽^*)]

The system notification ended there. Just then, Lin Leyou saw a door suddenly appear ahead. He slowly walked over, reached out and opened the door, and what appeared before him was...

He went inside, casually closed the door, and then found that the door behind him had disappeared, and he was now actually in... his own apartment in the Happiness Community?

No! It's not Happiness Community. This house is indeed the same as the houses in Happiness Community, but the scenery outside is high-rise buildings, not the golden ginkgo trees he is familiar with.

So this house is my home in this instance, I just chose the one that I'm most familiar with.

"System notification: It is now midnight on the first day. The number of survivors is 500."

Five hundred people!

When Lin Leyou learned that there were 500 people in this instance, he was a little surprised. 500 people... He wondered how many of them were players and how many were residents.

"Xiao You?"

Lin Leyou only remembered to contact Xue Rui after hearing the familiar voice, "It's me, where are you?"

Xue Rui was relieved after hearing Lin Leyou's voice. "It's not clear yet. I may have to confirm it myself."

Lin Leyou nodded, "That's right... By the way, do you also have two rules for death? One is known and the other is unknown? I know that I can't smoke."

Xue Rui: "I already know I can't eat sugar."

Lin Leyou paused slightly. It seemed that the known rules of death were relatively simple. The difficulty lay in the unknown one. If the rules of death were violated before obtaining the resurrection coin, it would be a failure.

What makes this 3S-level dungeon so difficult? The difficulty lies here: the unknown rules of death. You have to be constantly on edge, because you never know when death will come.

If you die, you'll lose a billion points!

Lin Leyou thought for a moment before saying, "I'm sorry, this time it was my fault."

They could have chosen a simpler dungeon, an A-level difficulty dungeon.

However, Xue Rui did not feel that he needed to apologize. "Even without this dungeon, I would have convinced you to choose an S-rank dungeon to clear it."

Lin Leyou, "A-level dungeons are no longer a challenge for you?"

It's impossible to have no challenges, but Xue Rui just loves adventure. He wants to climb to the top as quickly as possible so that he can find a chance to be with Lin Leyou forever.

Xue Rui, "I want to be with you for real as soon as possible."

Lin Leyou paused slightly. To truly be together... In fact, if he just contacted Xue Rui in the real world, they could be together directly.

But things are not that simple.

"Then... let's work together."

Lin Leyou was certain that Xue Rui in his previous life had never worked this hard. "I wonder what kind of people these 500 people are this time."

Xue Rui said, "Who the others are is none of our business. Let's analyze the seven known rules first and see if we can find any clues."

Lin Leyou: "Okay, we must survive in this instance for seven days. Apart from our own death rules, these are the most important things."

Xue Rui: "The first rule is, don't go out after 8 p.m.

Lin Leyou said, "This rule is placed here to explain what dangers you might encounter if you go out after 8 o'clock, or even if you break the rule and die."

Xue Rui said, "You can't go to other people's houses for the first three days. This is easy to understand. Although I don't know if it will lead to death, nothing good will happen. Just don't go."

Lin Leyou said, "The third and fourth points are connected with the first point. You can't go out after 8 p.m. because you will encounter danger. If you encounter danger, you can ask the man in red for help, but you can't talk to the man in red for more than three sentences. This shows that going out after 8 p.m. is not an immediate death, but an encounter with danger."

Xue Rui: "I don't know what kind of danger it is."

Lin Leyou said, "Who exactly is this person in red? That remains to be discussed. Also... if we wear red clothes out at night, would we also be considered people in red? Would people in red be safe from danger if they went out at night? After all, they are people who can help others."

Xue Rui had actually thought of this as well. Since the person in red was in danger when going out at night, it meant that the person in red was allowed to go out at night. But the rule didn't say that people couldn't wear red when going out, so... wait a minute!

Xue Rui hesitated for a moment and said, "Xiao You, among the unknown eighty or ninety rules, isn't there one that says you can't wear red clothes out at night?"

Lin Leyou became interested after hearing this, "Exploring unknown rules on your own, does that count as a hidden mission?"

Xue Rui: "Let's give it a try, there's nothing to lose anyway!"

Lin Leyou happily began communicating with the system, “There are three unknown rules in the Rule Kingdom. One of them is that you cannot wear red clothes when you go out at night.”

After he communicated with the system, the system actually provided feedback.

"System notification: Congratulations to resident Lin Leyou for successfully exploring the eighth rule: No red clothes allowed at night. You have been awarded 10 million points. The rule invalidation card will be valid for one hour. Please keep up the good work."

Lin Leyou touched the black jade ring. "It really is a hidden mission. And what you said is correct. It is indeed the eighth unknown rule. The reward is ten million points, and the rule invalidation card lasts for one hour."

Xue Rui also received ten million points and the item card at the same time. "Not bad. The item card can be used and stopped at any time, with a total usage time of one hour. The rules are invalid..."

Lin Leyou said, "I didn't expect to get an item that can invalidate rules so quickly. After using this item card, no matter what rule is violated, it can be invalidated."

Xue Rui: "An unexpected surprise."

Lin Leyou played with the invalid rule card in his hand for a while before saying, "Next is the fifth point, don't eat things given by others, this is easy to understand, but..."

Xue Rui said, "I understand, but the problem now is that we seem to have no food at home, which means we have to go out to eat. Does food delivered to us by others count as a gift? Does food purchased after paying money count as a gift from others?"

Lin Leyou: "I don't think so, since it was bought. If they wouldn't let us buy it, then we'd have to steal it. But wouldn't robbery break the rules?"

Just as Xue Rui was about to say something, he heard arguing outside. "Wait a minute, there's something going on downstairs. Let me check it out."

He looked around the dark interior. Because it was the early morning, the lights were off. If Lin Leyou were here, he would definitely recognize it at a glance. This house was exactly the same as his house in the Happiness Community.

Xue Rui quietly walked to the curtains, gently lifted them a little with his fingers, and looked down through the gap. From the outside, his house looked like a residential area.

Downstairs were some shops, many of which looked like they had just opened. He clearly remembered that when he first arrived at the instance, it was so quiet outside that there wasn't a sound at all, but in the short time he had been talking to Lin Leyou, it had become lively outside.

What's going on? Isn't it said that we can't go out after 8 pm?

Xue Rui: "There's a fight going on downstairs."

Lin Leyou was taken aback. "So openly and honestly? Aren't you afraid of encountering danger? Are you... like us?"

Xue Rui: "No, they look like ordinary NPCs, not player residents."

Lin Leyou asked, "What's going on? Does the rule against going out after 8 PM only apply to that day? Does it not apply after midnight, which is the next day?"

Xue Rui: "That's probably it."

Otherwise, these NPCs would never be on the street right now!

Lin Leyou, "Are there people arguing over there?"

Xue Rui: "Well, there's a residential area outside my place. What about yours?"

Lin Leyou said, "I think I'm near a commercial area. There are tall buildings all around. It seems that this rule-based country must be located in a city."

This city is ridiculously big.

"Now that we can go out, let's go out too and find a place to meet up."

Xue Rui: "Okay, by the way, how many movements have you made so far?"

Lin Leyou paused slightly. "There were many actions, unintentional movements. By the way, you said that when we violated the rules by using the rule invalidation card, was there a notification?"

Xue Rui said, "This prop only invalidates the rules, it doesn't cancel the rules, so the prompts should still be there."

Lin Leyou: "In that case, wouldn't this item card be even more useful than a resurrection coin?"

Xue Rui said, "...You can think of it this way. There must be a lot of resurrection coins, after all, there are 500 participants this time. But we got this item card because we found one of the three unknown rules of the Rule Kingdom. This is not some common item."

Lin Leyou said, "But you told me this, and that's how I found out. If we leak it out, wouldn't all the participants get this item card?"

Xue Rui touched his chin, "It seems..."

Before he could finish speaking, he received a system notification.

"System prompt: Rule No. 8 of the Rule Kingdom has been discovered by two participants. The reward is 10 million points and a certain item. There is now a 10-minute countdown. The participants who discover Rule No. 8 within the next 10 minutes will receive the same reward. The countdown ends in 10 minutes and the content of Rule No. 8 will be announced."

Lin Leyou was silent for a while before saying, "This system notification should be received by everyone."

Xue Rui: "Ten minutes...that's too short."

Lin Leyou said, "It seems that this item card is indeed better than the resurrection coin. Moreover, the resurrection coin can only be used once per person, but it can be given to others."

Xue Rui said, "We need to open the prop cards at home now, and then do anything that might break the rules. We must first understand our own 'unknown death rules,' otherwise..."

Lin Leyou: "Okay, I'll give it a try."