Chapter 608 [(*^▽^*)]
Xue Rui: "It seems the man in red isn't so unapproachable after all... Wait, have we forgotten something?"
Lin Leyou paused slightly, "What?"
Xue Rui: "Rule number four of the Kingdom of Rules: You cannot exchange more than three sentences with a person in red in a row."
Lin Leyou paused for a moment, "No more than three consecutive sentences."
Xue Rui recalled the scene just now, "There were exactly three sentences at the night market before, and with the two sentences just now, that makes five sentences now."
Lin Leyou said, "The rules stipulate that we must exchange more than three sentences continuously, but we also talked to other people in between."
Xue Rui: "It's good that you were the one talking to the person who got it just now."
Lin Leyou sighed, "It's okay even if I didn't tell him. Don't forget, our communication counts too!"
“Although we mostly communicate through props, we do exchange a few words occasionally, so don’t worry. The two of us together are actually an advantage. If we encounter the woman in red again, you can say one thing to her, then I can say the next thing, and then you can say the next thing. Wouldn’t that perfectly circumvent the fourth rule?”
Xue Rui: "That's not how it's understood."
Lin Leyou, "What do you mean?"
Xue Rui said, “According to your explanation, the red-clothed person cannot exchange more than three sentences with us in a row. However, the rule is that we cannot exchange more than three sentences with the red-clothed person in a row. So, for example, if it were me, after exchanging three sentences with the red-clothed person, I would have to say something to someone else, like you, and then go back to talk to the red-clothed person. This is the way to circumvent the fourth rule.”
Lin Leyou understood, "So it's not about us each saying a sentence to the man in red, okay, I understand, this is safer..."
Before he could finish speaking, he saw what looked like a dark shadow flash by at the intersection ahead. "Did you see that?"
Xue Rui shook his head, "I didn't see anything. What did you see?"
Lin Leyou said, "A dark figure like that doesn't seem like a good thing. Let's go back and talk about it first."
He turned around with Xue Rui to walk back, but they had only taken two steps when they saw a semi-transparent ghostly figure suddenly appear in front of them!
This is... a demon!
The seventh rule states that a person killed by means other than those specified in the rules can return as a vengeful spirit. This is a vengeful spirit returning for revenge!
The demon became even more excited when it realized they had seen it. It started circling around them frantically, flying around as if screaming, but the two of them couldn't hear anything.
Lin Leyou blinked. This evil spirit was clearly going to attack them. Logically speaking, evil spirits shouldn't attack anyone other than the person who killed them. How could this be?
Although he found it strange, now was not the time to find out. He quietly took out his thousand-year-old peach tree branch from his backpack and waved it in the direction the evil spirit was rushing towards.
As a result, the evil spirit couldn't dodge in time... or rather, it didn't even have time to react. When it flew over, it crashed directly into the peach branch in Lin Leyou's hand, and disappeared with a ferocious, maniacal laugh on its face.
Xue Rui, "...Will this work?"
Lin Leyou: "I just activated the card, but I didn't receive any notification."
Xue Rui nodded, "That's good. It seems... evil spirits are not included in the rules."
Lin Leyou: "That just now wasted two seconds of my usage time, and there was no reward. What a loss."
Xue Rui: "It's good that there were no violations."
Lin Leyou nodded, "Let's go, let's... continue walking further away."
They had originally planned to head towards the night market to go back just in case, but now that the evil spirits had dissipated, they could continue their stroll without any problem.
Unfortunately, their troubles didn't end there.
Before long, they heard some messy footsteps coming from ahead. When they saw the two of them, they called out to them, "Hey, you two, yes, you two, stop!"
The two looked ahead and saw that these people were all men, six in total, all tall and strong, and they were all carrying weapons, mostly sticks and clubs, but no knives.
Lin Leyou looked closely and saw no one wearing red. "Is there something you need?"
Other people or NPCs might panic, since the other side had more people and weapons, but Lin Leyou and Xue Rui were not afraid. All of these people combined were no match for any one of them.
Lin Leyou thought about the torture he had endured with Qin Xingyu, which was simply inhuman. If he could lose to these amateurs, he would have no face to say that he had studied under Qin Xingyu.
As for Xue Rui... with physical skills comparable to Lin Leyou, he naturally wouldn't take these people seriously, easily defeating them with a single kick.
Did you see anything just now?
Lin Leyou shook his head, "We came all the way from the night market, and we didn't see anyone else along the way."
After they finished speaking, they tried to leave, but the group of people blocked their way, saying, "Since we didn't see anyone else, then it must have been you who did it."
Lin Leyou asked with a smile, "What do you mean by this? What have we done?"
"Still asking me? Don't think we're helpless just because you're pretending not to know! Hand over the stuff right now, or don't blame us for being impolite!"
You can only kill people according to the rules, but you can hit people even if you don't kill them.
Lin Leyou was a little confused. Is it okay to hit someone in a country with rules?
Xue Rui took out his phone and searched for related posts, and found that it was indeed possible to fight, as long as you didn't kill him.
Lin Leyou: "Why are you being so impolite?"
The other person sneered, picked up a stick and pointed it at Lin Leyou, extremely arrogantly, "How else can we be impolite? There's no one else here, do you think you two little punks can get away?"
"Brother, there's no need to say more. There are only the two of them around here. It must be them. They think they can fool us by pretending to take a walk. They really don't know their own limitations. Let's just take them down!"
Lin Leyou didn't care what trouble they had encountered; he would never let anyone who came to provoke him get away with it.
Before taking action, he looked around and indeed saw surveillance cameras installed in some corners. That makes sense; after all, this is a big place, and besides the rules, there must be some official agencies that manage order, such as the police station.
Xue Rui then used the ring to tell Lin Leyou that fighting would indeed get him arrested, but all he would have to do was pay a fine.
Lin Leyou was very dissatisfied, "This doesn't count as a fight, does it? They came to cause trouble, I can't just stand there and let them hit me, right?"
Xue Rui nodded, "Yes."
Lin Leyou said, "Then you wait here, I'll be right back."
He didn't make the first move, but instead took a few steps forward to create distance between himself and Xue Rui. Although Xue Rui could fight back, he couldn't retreat. Even though he was consciously controlling his actions, it would still leave some clues in the eyes of someone who was paying attention.
If someone sees through it, then it will be troublesome.
As a result, Lin Leyou was able to subdue them all by himself, without using any force; he merely knocked them to the ground.
Just then, two police cars drove up from a distance and stopped in front. Several police officers in blue and black uniforms got out. Without saying much, they looked at the six people lying on the ground groaning, and then looked at Lin Leyou and the other person. "You two get in the car first."
Lin Leyou didn't resist and pulled Xue Rui into the car, while the one lying on the ground didn't receive such good treatment.
"Come here, cuff all of them and take them all back with you!"
So they all ended up at the police station. Fortunately, the police there were relatively polite to them, since there was CCTV footage to check. They were innocent and had been bothered by these people.
After giving his statement, Lin Leyou was released. Of course, Xue Rui didn't lay a hand on him, so he was fine.
As they left, they could still hear people inside shouting their innocence, saying that they couldn't be let go, that the two of them had stolen something, and so on.
But the police wouldn't listen to their explanations. They had already checked the surveillance footage. When the group of people lost their things, Lin Leyou and Xue Rui were at the night market, slowly leaving. How could they possibly have been robbing them?
Lin Leyou took Xue Rui's hand and left. Only then did he realize that the police station was actually near his residence. What a coincidence!
Lin Leyou: "I live nearby."
Xue Rui, "Take me to see."
Lin Leyou sighed, "It's a pity, it's only the first day, you can't come to my house to visit."
Xue Rui: "It's okay, there are seven days in total."
Lin Leyou smiled slightly, "Don't forget that this dungeon is 3S level in difficulty. After leaving the dungeon, you won't be able to accept any quests for thirty days."
Xue Rui: "I can come to Xingfu Community to find you."
Lin Leyou said, "But I really want the rewards on the leaderboard, so I might go out and do volunteer work often."
Xue Rui: "Isn't the time in the instance not considered real-world time?"
Lin Leyou sighed, "You're pretty good."
Xue Rui smiled and took Lin Leyou's hand, saying, "I wish I could help you with your voluntary work too."
Lin Leyou said, "Even if it were possible, so what? You wouldn't get the reward; these are rewards for the residents, and you can't help me anyway."
Xue Rui, "The leaderboard rewards..."
Lin Leyou said, "The rewards are all pretty good. I told you before, especially the top three. They get gold-tier weapon item cards, which can be gifted."
Xue Rui, "You're going to give me a ride? There's really no need..."
Lin Leyou said, "I know, you can buy it directly. A gold-tier weapon item card costs 50 million points, which you can definitely afford now, but don't forget..."
Xue Rui said, "I know that to get it from here to use in my world, I would need another 50 million points, which would amount to 100 million points. Although I have enough points to buy it now, I still can't do it."
In particular, the weapons and items you get may not be useful to you, as the weapons are all random.
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