The "Hyakki Yagyō" instance has arrived in the land of cherry blossoms.
Meanwhile, in the Dragon Kingdom's livestream room, four days was enough time for Zhang Baye to obtain the fastest way to pass the game from the think tank. While preparing for his graduation exams at school, Zhang Baye suddenly received a complete strategy guide compiled by the Dragon Kingdom's think tank.
This was compiled by the think tank based on information from nearly a hundred live broadcast rooms.
Therefore, you can't hide in the only empty wine vat in the Oeyama Royal Palace; it was specially prepared for Shuten-dōji to brew wine.
Upon seeing this last prompt, Zhang Baye suddenly had a question: Would someone really hide in a place that's clearly different from the others? Isn't that just asking to be discovered as having a problem? Perhaps that chosen one's mind has been corrupted by violating the rules?
Although the dungeon is a parallel world with a fixed storyline, it's not a single-player game after all. What are the chances of such a coincidence?
But what does this have to do with her?
Zhang Baye had graduated from university several years ago, but he never imagined that he would have to return to the examination hall after entering the dungeon.
The second rule of Ghost Village Middle School: [Please do not leave the school before graduation.]
After much consideration, Zhang Baye went to the cat again to confirm the rule, and the answer he received was affirmative: "Except for Ba Chi, all other ghosts need to take an exam to leave, even me."
Do cats need to take exams?
Perhaps Zhang Baye had been staring at the cat's paw for too long, because the cat smacked him on the head with its paw: "What are you looking at? Who told you that you have to write something for the exam? We're all ghosts now, so the exam will definitely test things that are different from what humans do!"
After saying that, she patted Zhang Baye's head again, her eyes full of pity: "I heard that everyone in the human world has to take exams. I'm afraid you've been tortured by exams in the human world and have been corrupted by humans."
...No, that's not the case.
Zhang Baye opened his mouth, but ultimately didn't refute it. Instead, he asked another question: "What will be tested?"
“They, as ordinary students, need to take exams in history, literature, physical education…” Cat counted again, “We are student council members, so we only need to take exams based on our attendance.”
Zhang Baye suddenly opened his eyes wide, looked at the notes he had borrowed from his classmates, and then looked at Nekomata, who was so self-righteous that he was practically saying, "After all, we're related to the principal." A strong sense of guilt and remorse for becoming a Celestial Dragon spread from the bottom of his heart.
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"Zhang Baye, the Chosen One of the Dragon Kingdom, has successfully passed the challenge, and has been rewarded with +5 to the national fortune. The Dragon Kingdom has 3 remaining challenge attempts, which have been converted into personal rewards for the Chosen One."
"The challenge for all nations on Earth has ended, and the 'Night Parade of One Hundred Demons' instance is now closed."
Upon hearing the familiar system voice, the Dragon Kingdom audience finally breathed a sigh of relief, even though they already knew that Zhang Baye had obtained the strategy team's hints for passing the level. However, anything could happen.
What if Zhang Ba Ye is exceptionally talented and manages to step on a landmine that no other chosen one has ever stepped on?
No matter how much intelligence you have, it can't stop someone from having bad luck.
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened, and the people returned safely from the Rules of the Strange Tales instance. The Dragon Kingdom survived another day without incident.
At that time, Zhang Baye, with the intelligence and analysis provided by his think tank, quickly understood the general direction and several ways to clear the dungeon. The first way was that Yin Zhu had already reached 99% of the way and, with the help of Tamamo-no-Mae, used a ritual to return to the human world. He could also clearly determine whether he was a human or a ghost at that time, because the ritual would cause strong energy fluctuations that would attract other ghosts.
Given the choice between two options, and with so many foreshadowing elements, the chosen one shouldn't make the wrong choice unless they're stubborn.
This method of clearing the level is just a regular way to clear it, but it has been personally tested by chosen ones from other countries, and without any surprises, they were able to return to Earth smoothly.
Besides, there should be similar loopholes in the Ghost Realm, allowing people to sneak into the Human Realm, but none of them can achieve a perfect ending. Based on past experience, Zhang Baye believes that if the boss cannot be completely defeated, the game will likely end in a happy ending where humans and ghosts make dumplings together.
The failure of the last chosen one in Sakura Country led to the entire country becoming a forbidden zone, but his approach is very valuable for chosen ones who want to achieve a perfect victory.
The demon realm is divided into two factions: the civilian faction and the demon king faction. The leader of the demon king faction, Shuten-dōji, would certainly not accept any suggestions from others that would undermine his rule, so only by eliminating her can a perfect ending be achieved. The leader of the civilian faction is Nurarihyon, but in terms of the cohesion of the demon realm's people, he may not be as strong as Nekomata.
Furthermore, since Nekomata is generally gentle and caring towards his fellow demons, persuading him to temporarily abandon his hatred of humans and join forces with Nurarihyon with the promise of a bright future for demons might lead to a harmonious consensus in the short term.
As for the future? Anyway, the chosen ones have already completed the game perfectly, so let's not think about that too much for now.
Could anything be more outrageous than Hirano San turning Sin City into Love City back then?
Finally, there are the human forces. This group mostly exists only in the mouths of ghosts and monsters, but in reality, their figures have vaguely appeared in the rules of the Ghost Market. The man in the white robe with bamboo patterns is an incarnation that the Onmyoji occasionally projects into the Ghost Realm.
Because Shuten-dōji feared that other demons might defect to humans and threaten his rule, he forbade the inhabitants of the demon world from contacting him.
Those who violate this rule will naturally be made an example of.
However, the rules are essentially based on the principle of honoring the virtuous rather than the wicked. As long as the chosen ones want to make contact, whether by secretly throwing a crumpled piece of paper or by other methods, they will eventually be able to do so.
Humans are always the group most adept at exploiting loopholes.
Finally, there's the most eerie flower in the demon realm, the Lycoris radiata. Yin Zhu once guessed it was controlled by the Flower Princess, but Zhang Baye later learned that Lycoris radiata powder posed no threat to Shuten-dōji. Combining these two pieces of information, the origin of the Lycoris radiata becomes obvious.
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