81: Chapter 81 Rule Intervention, Error Message

"Driver, to the West Gate of the South Train Station."

After giving the driver the location, Chu Xuan continued to check the tips sent by Tang Zheng.

[First: After entering the village, do not eat anything, and do not believe anything any villager says.

Second: Before going up the mountain to pay respects, do not point out any irrational things you see.

Third: According to my memory, among the people traveling with you today, a Thief will steal a Buddhist Artifact. When he successfully steals it, the Great Buddha will appear.

If no one steals it, you must find a way to find a scapegoat to help you kill a villager, or point out some irrational things.

When someone [breaks a taboo], the Great Buddha will appear and instantly kill the first person who broke the taboo, then begin hunting all living people.]

Just seeing these first three tips, Chu Xuan felt slightly alarmed.

It seemed he had to be careful not only of the Great Buddha but also of the villagers.

He continued reading...

[Fourth: The Great Buddha is influenced by its original host's obsession. Although its movements are slow and its agility is extremely low, it can teleport and has a large stride. Moreover, everyone's attributes will be suppressed to the state of personal Rank 1 from the moment you enter the village; you can only use the terrain to evade the pursuit.

Note: The Rank 1 state I'm telling you about refers to the strongest attributes and skill levels you could achieve when you were at personal Rank 1. Attributes and skill levels gained after reaching Rank 2 will be temporarily stripped away.

Scenarios with this kind of Rank suppression will appear many times in the future, so before every personal Rank promotion, you must max out all four attributes!

Furthermore, in the near future, the rules will change once again, and the number of attributes that can be increased between each Rank will become fixed.

For example, if your stamina is only 8 points at Rank 1 and then you level up to Rank 2, your stamina can at most reach 18 points at Rank 2, and so on.]

This point was negligible for Chu Xuan.

He had only just reached Rank 2, and aside from his Charm increasing by 1 point, everything else remained unchanged.

[Fifth: The Great Buddha possesses an undying trait and must meet specific conditions to be killed.

When it appears, five glowing statues will appear in the temple. You must smash them and then destroy the Golden Facial Seal on its face. Only by meeting these two conditions can its undying trait be removed.

Be sure to pay attention to the sequence, because once the Great Buddha's Golden Facial Seal disappears, the original host's influence on it will vanish, and the Great Buddha's strength will be restored at that time.

Sixth: After smashing the statues and the Golden Facial Seal, have a woman put on a Flower Cotton Jacket and then shine a Copper Mirror on it. This can freeze the Great Buddha once, preventing it from teleporting, allowing you to take the opportunity to cut off its head.

Seventh: Do not use the Copper Mirror under any circumstances. Only by having the woman in the Flower Cotton Jacket ring the bell before dawn can the Great Buddha be frozen once.

Eighth: The Flower Cotton Jacket and the Copper Mirror are in the home of a lonely Old Woman next to the temple.

Ninth: Finally, you must be careful of ***]

Chu Xuan felt something was wrong when he saw the sixth and seventh tips.

The sixth tip said the Copper Mirror could be used to freeze the Great Buddha once.

Yet the seventh tip said the Copper Mirror couldn't be used, and only the bell chime before dawn would work.

These two tips were clearly in conflict.

And the ninth tip actually had "asterisks," showing no valid content.

What did he need to be careful of?

Chu Xuan had a faint sense of foreboding.

Right then, a message from [Future Tang Zheng] arrived again:

[Not good. It must be a problem with my newly surfaced memories this time, causing the rule interference to strengthen. One of the tips above is wrong, you cannot believe it! As for the ninth tip, I actually can't send it... I have a feeling of impending doom and can't give you any more valid tips regarding the Place of Gloomy Convergence...]

[Tang Zheng: After you enter the temple, pay attention to the Inscriptions outside the Scripture Pavilion; there are some hidden tips there...]

[Tang Zheng: Also, everyone's Talent Skills can be enhanced in some way. For example, if I could have background music when I use my talent ability...]

[Tang Zheng: Dammit, I got struck by lightning!]

[Tang Zheng: Remember, you must join the Night Watchers organization in the early stages! Although the world will collapse soon and many terrifying existences will descend, during this period, the power of the Night Watchers will override any official organization. Moreover, military control will be implemented soon, and any non-compliant civilian forces will be strongly suppressed. Rather than going against the tide, it's better to go with the flow. If you don't rise with the wind, your progress in becoming stronger will only be slowed down...]

[Tang Zheng: Struck by lightning again... and that guy took the opportunity to ambush me! I'm done for, I'm about to die. Chu Xuan, you must kill the Great Buddha for me and avenge me...]

[Tang Zheng: Remember, you must not let anyone know that you can contact the future me...]

[Future Tang Zheng] sent several more messages in succession, then there was no more movement.

Struck by lightning?

Chu Xuan was stunned for two seconds, then his gaze gradually grew deep.

He knew that when the other party mentioned killing the Great Buddha to avenge him, he was actually referring to the Phantom Demon.

However, killing the Great Buddha was the prerequisite for all of this.

According to what [Future Tang Zheng] said in the last dream, the Great Buddha would promote to A-Rank at sunrise today.

So now it was probably at the level of a B-rank Ghost. Although its strength had decreased due to the influence of the original host's obsession, the ability to teleport was still somewhat overpowered.

To counter this ability, the Copper Mirror in the sixth tip and the bell chime in the seventh tip were key choices.

It could only be frozen once...

If he chose wrong, he might be killed by the Great Buddha.

Chu Xuan slowly closed his eyes, organizing his thoughts on how to deal with the Great Buddha.

Although [Future Tang Zheng] had given many tips, giving him some confidence in dealing with a B-rank Ghost, the dangers involved might only be known when he actually faced the Great Buddha.