Welcome to the world of strange and unusual rules, esteemed chosen one.
To survive in this world, remain rational and calm, and carefully read the rules. If your violation results in contamination or death, your country will lose one challenge opportunity. If all five opportunities are failed, a ghost story will descend upon your country, reuniting you with your family.
Your every move after entering the instance will be broadcast live globally. Please be mindful of your behavior in front of the camera.
[May you find a way to complete the game in the "Normal Future" instance, or you will be a part of this world forever.]
Hearing the cold, impersonal system voice, Cheng Zhu took a deep breath, realizing she had truly been chosen by the Unspeakable. She was originally just an ordinary soldier on Future Star, whose country was embroiled in a fierce conflict with its neighbor, when suddenly a strange entity descended upon this world.
He said... He didn't say much more, but just announced, like a system mass message, that Future Star would be used as the player of the rule-based ghost story game.
It's like a well-established game company that uses a shell for its games.
Initially thought to be a prank by some peace enthusiast, the next second, the self-proclaimed "God from Beyond the Heavens" forcibly occupied the screens of all electronic devices and started a live stream. Seeing the faces of their own people on the screens, coupled with the disappearances of citizens from various countries, Future Star, under powerful external intervention, finally brought an end to the conflicts between nations.
From Yin Zhu's perspective, Future Star is a very habitable planet.
There aren't many islands here, only a vast continent. So, humans autonomously divided the land into regions based on the terrain. However, the ease with which they could enter each other's territories inevitably led to frequent friction. Initially, due to abundant resources, humans were able to develop peacefully within their respective territories. They then frantically reproduced to increase the labor force, resulting in a population explosion.
It was only then that people realized that the once abundant land resources had become scarce, leading to wars, which later became a common occurrence on the planet.
War is about gaining more land to survive, but strange rules can lead to the seizure of land and its transformation into forbidden zones.
Perhaps out of fear, rumors began to circulate that saying His name would be perceived by Him, so many people began to call Him "the Unspeakable," and this name spread to every corner in a very short time.
Cheng Zhu is the fourth Chosen One in his country.
This is the first month since the arrival of the strange rules on Future Star, and also the second opportunity for our country to challenge the script of "Normal Future".
[Your first entry into the world of Rules of the Strange has been detected. The system will draw the most suitable Chosen One talent for you...]
[Green Talent: High-Dimensional Psychic]
[Skill Description: Due to your unique nature, you have attracted the attention of a powerful being. Every two hours, you have one chance to summon Him to descend upon you, lasting for five minutes. Please cherish your opportunity (Note: Summoning opportunities do not accumulate).]
The skill description sounds impressive but inexplicably gives off a useless vibe.
Its own uniqueness?
What's special about me? Is my name special? Is my gender special?
If we're just talking about intelligence, which of the chosen ones who enter the world of ghost stories isn't intelligent?
Having not come up with anything unique about himself, Cheng Zhu didn't waste time on that and quickly tried using his talent skills to see what use they were.
Since the skill description specifically emphasizes that "opportunities do not accumulate," it's naturally better to try it out first and have a general idea of what to expect.
However, nothing happened.
The room was still a bare shell, with no paint on the walls. The only thing in the room was a single plastic bed with a slightly dirty cloth on it.
Cheng Zhu waited for another two minutes, and after confirming that his talent was useless, he sighed and looked at the back of his left hand—based on the experience of the previous chosen one, there was a chip here that represented his personal identity.
He gently patted the back of his hand, and instantly, a beam of light filled the entire room.
Like a magical girl transforming, the walls began to resemble the glass of an aquarium, through which one could see the ocean and swimming fish. The room seemed to have many more pieces of furniture, and the tattered bed had become a magnificent blue princess bed, draped with decorative glass beaded curtains.
Wow.
Even though he had seen it once before in a live broadcast, Cheng Zhu was still shocked when he was there in person.
This is simply the fairytale world that many people dream of.
A semi-transparent humanoid AI emitting a white glow appeared in front of Cheng Zhu; however, she seemed to be slightly different from the one summoned by the previous Chosen One.
Before Chengzhi could even begin to ask questions, the humanoid AI frowned: "Why are you so slow?"
"You're... waiting for me?" Cheng Zhu suddenly felt something was wrong, because if her memory was correct, the humanoid AI in front of her should be her guide in this world, an advanced artificial intelligence named—Ya.
"Didn't you summon me? Do you have any questions for me?"
Wearing the AI cloak, Yin Zhu frowned, feeling that this chosen one, whose name was somewhat similar to her own, was rather silly and really reminded her of herself in the past.
However, to my surprise, she was not the Golden Chosen One.
Indeed, even the most similar leaves will have completely different veins and cannot be exactly the same.
"Ask?" Cheng Zhu finally realized that the humanoid AI in front of him was actually "a powerful being" that he had summoned. No wonder the skill description at the time was "an opportunity to descend around you". It seems that it will randomly enter the body of an NPC.
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