98: Chapter 98 Rules-Based Mysteries

Everyone looked at one another and shook their heads.

"Didn't see anything."

"In the blink of an eye, the person was just gone."

"It seemed like they didn't do anything, just walking normally."

Zhou Che took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.

His mind raced, and suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck.

"That's it! The Prophet Sequence!"

He still had the Prophet Sequence, which he hadn't used much.

The Prophet Sequence could not only predict the future but also look back into the past.

How could he have forgotten about this!

"Stop arguing."

Zhou Che raised his hand to signal for silence. "I have a way to see how they disappeared."

After speaking, he closed his eyes, silently recited the incantation, and activated the ability of the Prophet Sequence.

"Retrace, first missing person, Li Daming."

A faint white light emanated from Zhou Che's body.

The next second, a blurry image appeared in his mind.

In the image, the thin young man named Li Daming was following the team forward.

He was walking at the very back, looking around nervously.

The moment he stepped into Hongfan Plaza.

"Whoosh."

The person was gone.

There was no warning, no anomaly.

It was as if he had been forcibly erased from this world by someone.

Even the air around him didn't ripple in the slightest.

Zhou Che opened his eyes abruptly, his face turning pale.

"How is that possible?"

It really was a disappearance out of thin air!

In the image, he hadn't even sensed a trace of an eerie aura.

"How is it, Mr. Zhou? Did you see anything?"

Ruan Xiaoxiao leaned in and asked in a low voice, her voice trembling.

Zhou Che shook his head and said nothing.

He then activated the ability of the Illusionist Sequence, and a white light condensed at his fingertips.

The white light projected onto the nearby wall, and the image from just now was clearly displayed before everyone.

Watching Li Daming disappear into thin air like that, everyone gasped.

Their hair stood on end, and their backs were instantly soaked in cold sweat.

"Oh my god..."

Wang Laowu swallowed hard, his voice trembling.

"This is too eerie, right? Disappearing without a sound."

"What on earth is this thing?"

The ordinary survivors were trembling with fear; some collapsed onto the ground and began to cry softly.

Panic spread rapidly through the crowd like a plague.

"Don't panic!"

Zhou Che shouted in a deep voice, suppressing the commotion.

"I'll take a look at the second one."

He closed his eyes again and activated the retrocognition ability.

"Retrace, second missing person."

Another image projected onto the wall.

In the image, Zhang Laosan was walking in the second-to-last position of the team.

He walked very slowly, looking back from time to time.

As he walked, he cleared his throat, making a "he-he" sound.

With a "pfft" sound, he spat a thick glob of phlegm onto the ground.

Then he wiped his mouth and lifted his foot, intending to continue following the team.

Just then.

"Whoosh."

He also disappeared.

As if he had never existed.

Everyone fell into dead silence again.

It was even quieter than before.

Everyone's face was filled with disbelief.

If the first person's disappearance could be called a coincidence.

Then the second person couldn't possibly be a coincidence, right?

But what on earth did they do wrong?

Why were they erased?

Zhou Che frowned, unable to figure it out.

One vanished just after entering the door, and one vanished after spitting.

What connection could there be between these two?

He was just about to activate the ability to retrace the image of the third missing person.

If he still didn't find any clues with the third missing person.

His Prophet Sequence would enter a cooldown period.

"Wait!"

Wang Zhiming suddenly spoke up, his voice tinged with excitement.

"Mr. Zhou, don't retrace anymore! I know!"

Everyone's gaze turned towards him in unison.

"What do you know?" Zhou Che asked quickly.

"These two people have two things in common!"

Wang Zhiming held up two fingers, his tone extremely solemn.

"First, they were both walking at the very back of the team."

"Second, they both didn't like being clean!"

Everyone was stunned.

"Didn't like being clean?" Wang Laowu scratched his head. "Does that count as a common point?"

"It does." Wang Zhiming nodded.

"I have observed everyone's living habits in the camp.

These two are the sloppiest people in the entire camp.

They never bathe, never wash their clothes, spit everywhere, and litter; I've told them many times, but they just won't change."

"In the first image just now, although Li Daming didn't do anything.

But when he first entered the door, his shoe soles were covered in mud, and he left footprints on the clean floor."

"The second one goes without saying; he spat on the ground directly."

"As for walking at the back, it should just be a coincidence.

There were others walking at the back just now, but they were very clean, so they were fine."

"So I make a bold guess."

Wang Zhiming took a deep breath and said every word clearly.

"What we have encountered is a Rule-based Supernatural Entity. This is its domain.

Entering here, we must follow its rules. Whoever violates the rules will be directly erased."

"And its rule is very likely to keep clean and hygienic."

"A Rule-based Supernatural Entity!"

Zhou Che's eyes widened abruptly.

He remembered.

Last time in Shancheng, when exchanging captain's notes with other The Convoy teams, this kind of anomaly was mentioned.

This is the most troublesome kind among all anomalies.

They control a domain and set rules.

Anyone who enters the domain, as long as they violate the rules, will be immediately erased.

To survive, there are only two ways.

Either figure out all the rules, obey them obediently, and wait for the domain to dissipate automatically.

Or use absolute power to forcibly break the domain.

Zhou Che subconsciously touched the book of rules in his bosom.

His book of rules should be able to forcibly break this domain.

But the cost is too high.

Last time, writing "Breath Concealment" cost him two levels of the Pugilist Sequence.

If he were to write a rule at the level of "Break Domain," he would probably lose at least two more levels.

And even if he broke it, there is no guarantee that everyone could get out safely.

Now the best way is to find all the rules and solve the source of the anomaly.

Otherwise, this trip would have been for nothing.

Not only did they not get any supplies, but three people died in vain.

"Rule-based Supernatural Entity..."

Captain Liu Ruyan muttered to herself, her face also turning very ugly.

She had also heard of the horror of this kind of anomaly.

Once caught in it, it's a narrow escape from death.

"Then what should we do now?" Ruan Xiaoxiao asked in a low voice.

"We already know we can't spit on the ground or litter. Does that mean we'll be fine?"

"Not necessarily." Wang Zhiming shook his head.

"And, even if we follow all the rules, it only guarantees that we won't be erased for the time being.

We are still trapped here and cannot get out."

"We must find the source of the anomaly and destroy it to completely break this domain."

Everyone fell silent again.

The problem now is how to verify whether Wang Zhiming's guess is correct.

If the guess is wrong, the next one to disappear might be themselves.

But if they don't verify it, they will never find the rules.

They can only wait here to die.