This was the first time Yin Zhu had encountered a situation where there were no rules at the beginning.
Although she has only completed two dungeons, even disregarding the significant amount of time she spent in the Sin City dungeon, this is still the first time she has ever completed any dungeon on Blue Star so far.
It practically gives off the feeling of forcing something that doesn't exist.
In terms of trapping the chosen ones, it is undeniable that they have put in a great deal of effort, intentionally placing a long-running dungeon with unimportant rules before another cyberpunk-themed dungeon, striving to make the chosen ones fail in the next dungeon due to the lingering habits from the previous dungeon.
However, think tanks from various countries are not to be underestimated; some, like Yin Zhu, had already predicted this development.
Countries will also communicate with each other, so the chosen ones in each country should be aware of this possibility and be wary of the new instance world... right?
After all, Yin Zhu wasn't responsible for communicating with foreign countries, so she really wasn't sure about that.
If her teammates are indeed crammed with a few untrained chosen ones from small countries, it's hard to say whether they're teammates or death traps.
Yin Zhu could even imagine a teammate breaking the rules and yelling at her, "Help me! I'm from Earth too! We're teammates!" Then the android police in this world would give her a blank look, arrest her along with the teammate, and brainwash her...
Yes, this is an outrageous plot from a game that Yin Zhu once played. Although it's a death line, it still feels like an insult to one's intelligence.
However, there's also the possibility of language barriers, since the chosen ones from five different countries are in the same instance world... If they're lucky enough to all be randomly assigned to countries with the same native language, that's fine, but if the five people speak five different native languages, then they'll just be talking past each other.
...That's not right either.
Yin Zhu refuted her own conjecture in her heart: other chosen ones might be proficient in several languages, but she had only just passed the fourth level of Old Continent language and had almost forgotten it, and she learned Sakura language entirely through anime. The only language she could be proud of was Dragon Kingdom language.
Thinking about it this way, it's even more pathetic.
Yin Zhu was inwardly weeping, but her face remained expressionless. Taking advantage of the fact that she didn't encounter anyone in the stairwell, Yin Zhu easily reached the first floor.
As Yin Zhu walked through the other floors, she noticed that almost every apartment in the building was similar to her own. There was no elevator in the stairwell, and after going down about four floors, Yin Zhu reached the bottom floor—there was no basement here either.
There were three men standing at the entrance of the building, seemingly chatting about something, which made Yin Zhu hesitate about whether to take a step forward.
Although she had received a month of intensive training in combat and self-defense, Yin Zhu was not a martial arts prodigy, and this story wasn't titled "Strange Tales of Rules: I Rely on Dragon Kingdom Martial Arts to Slaughter the Bizarre." She was just an ordinary human woman who had undergone intensive training. Therefore, Yin Zhu was skeptical about whether she could actually fight three people at once should a conflict arise, and was unwilling to take the risk.
Considering that many cyber worlds have high-pressure and strict control settings, Yin Zhu remained vigilant and didn't say a word after leaving the house.
Yin Zhu subtly observed the three people. One of them seemed very excited and was engrossed in discussing something with the other two. Every now and then, he would raise his mechanical arm, clench his fist, and wave it, which drew praise from the two people next to him.
However, it's hard to say how genuine their feelings were. Yin Zhu could only tell that one of them seemed genuinely happy for him, while the other seemed somewhat perfunctory.
Yin Zhu regretted not having the pink talent; otherwise, she could easily have known what the other woman was thinking with a little effort. Just as she was secretly observing the interaction between the three, a hand gently landed on her shoulder.
The stranger's touch made Yin Zhu's hair stand on end. She didn't dare to turn around rashly, but quickly moved away and then turned slightly to look at her: "..." Yin Zhu didn't say anything, but just tilted her head.
The person who patted Yin Zhu on the shoulder smiled helplessly, reached out, and pulled Yin Zhu to a notice board on the first floor.
The rules for this place are clearly written above.
After observing the rules for a while, Yin Zhu felt relieved and reached out to pat her arm: "I didn't expect it to be you, Hirano San."
"I live on the second floor, and you came down from the fourth floor?" Hirano San probably saw Yin Zhu coming downstairs through the crack in the door, and since the two of them had just met in real life, she recognized him immediately.
"What a coincidence?"
"It was just bad luck, but it was intentional."
Hirano San answered with a smile, their voices so low that almost no one in the live stream could hear what they were saying.
However, this did not dampen the enthusiasm of viewers in both countries' live streams.
"Great! My favorite couple is finally in the same frame!"
"Zhu Shan is real!"
"The lily method is great, but it's a pity you can't have children. However, there's a strange thing: lilies can also have children."
"How could something so bizarre be able to do anything? Don't be so outrageous! If you want lilies to live together, you should wait for the artificial womb project in the United States. I heard that since the passage of the Great Power, the country's fortune has increased, and those experimental projects that were stuck in the Great Power have made progress."
"Is it possible that if the Chosen Ones could overcome enough challenges, Earth might be able to devise a way to combat the Unspeakable?"
"Very likely!"
"Excuse my frankness, but I don't think the unspeakable is something we humans can fight against..."
"In any case, Dawn Star has already helped us rule out one wrong answer: using theft of authority and the creation of sins to cover up humanity's traces will only lead to their inevitable death once everything is exposed."
"I think you're overthinking it. Sin City is just a dungeon, it's not that complicated."
"The strange tales of rules require careful analysis. I don't think my interpretation is excessive. Perhaps it's an unspeakable warning to us, that He is actually a good person."
"You've gone too far with those who admire strength. It's unspeakable that you turned so many places into forbidden zones and killed so many Chosen Ones. Just because the Chosen Ones are strong enough that He hasn't killed us yet, you think He's a good person? Have you been manipulated?"
"I think it's like Stockholm syndrome. After being threatened by the unspeakable for a long time, people think that they can live a life of luxury by siding with the unspeakable."
"Speaking of which, there are traitors like that in the Sin City instance."
"Pah, disgusting! Oh, right, I'm referring to those brainless people who only help those who do unspeakable harms. Please don't take this personally."
"Even if my cat is a bad person, it can't possibly be a good person because of the unspeakable one!"
Standing in front of the bulletin board, Yin Zhu fell into deep thought. She had memorized most of the rules and was pondering the contradictions within them.
It has to be said that this time, the unspeakable person confiscated her phone.
Although the lack of communication equipment suited her life in a poor apartment, without a camera, Yin Zhu could only stand in front of the rules and memorize them by herself, no longer able to find a place to sit and slowly read and think about them.
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