514: Chapter 514 Strange Tales of Rules = Quest Log

There was no response from inside the room, so the staff member knocked on the door again.

"Knock, knock, knock."

The knocking sounded again. Before he could even say his lines, the door was suddenly pushed open, and the staff member was dragged inside by an eerie force.

"Thud! Thud!"

Two sounds like a heavy object being struck rang out, and soon there was no more movement in the room.

"So it was seafood?"

Zhou Yan washed the fishy smell off his hands in the sink, dried them, and walked out of the bathroom.

Lying in the hallway in front of his door was a brainless tuna.

Zhou Yan had felt this guy's malice even through the door. When he probed its cultivation and found it was only at the Core Formation Stage, he had simply pulled it inside.

Who knew this thing couldn't communicate at all and actually dared to resist? In a moment of carelessness, Zhou Yan killed it with a single elbow strike.

What surprised him even more was that such a small thing actually had a second phase.

A fish head suddenly grew where the head had been lost, and its limbs began to transform into fish-like forms.

However, before the transformation could finish, the slightly reactive Zhou Yan landed another punch, sending it to the afterlife once more.

"I really didn't expect a Core Formation Stage to have the panel of an elite mob. What can it drop?"

Ever since his cultivation had caught up, Zhou Yan rarely entered dungeons, and rarely encountered them either.

This place could clearly be categorized as a dungeon. If he could clear it, the main city would gain another resource point.

Currently, there weren't many dungeons he could use. The newbie dungeons in the main city had mostly been cleared, but as for the Kaifeng dungeon, let alone the others, even he couldn't clear it.

If the difficulty of this dungeon wasn't high, it might really bring a large amount of income to the main city. Thinking of this, Zhou Yan casually clicked to pick up the loot.

Through investigation, he could tell this guy was just an ordinary fish. As for how it became like this, it was likely related to the mastermind behind the scenes.

So, besides ordinary fish meat and these clothes, there was nothing valuable on the corpse; it didn't even drop a Core Formation Stage crystal.

But what Zhou Yan didn't expect was that such a seemingly worthless little elite mob actually dropped a Heaven-Defying item.

“Loot obtained: High-quality Tuna, Gaia Hotel Staff Rule 1, Divinity Fragment 1.”

Zhou Yan, who had been uninterested, instantly felt refreshed all over.

The Divinity Fragment automatically merged into the Divinity panel the moment he obtained it. The Divinity panel hadn't changed much since it was last opened.

This sudden increase in the upper limit, even if it was only by one point, made Zhou Yan feel unprecedentedly relaxed.

"What's going on!"

Zhou Yan sat bolt upright instantly.

Just now, he actually felt a slight loosening in his cultivation.

He had only recently increased his cultivation. Logically, the next step would be towards merging with the Law, entering the Body Integration Stage.

But among Zhou Yan's Laws, the highest-level Law of the Heart had not increased, so it clearly had nothing to do with that.

"Does that mean... it's the Old Method?"

"The Divinity Fragment dropped by this little thing is actually beneficial to the Old Method?"

Zhou Yan looked at the fish in front of him and fell into deep thought.

The System Rank was still too low. Although the distinction between the new method and the Old Method was clear enough, he still hadn't figured out how his Rank related to them or if they belonged to different Systems.

But now he could be certain of one thing: if the monsters in this hotel all produced Divinity Fragments, or if the final boss could directly drop a Divinity, then Zhou Yan's cultivation in the Old Method would definitely improve significantly.

As for whether he would become a Void Refining Cultivator in the Old Method template or a Body Integration Cultivator in the new method template later, he didn't know yet. But what he did know was—I can grind levels again!

His goal shifted instantly. Zhou Yan leaped off the bed and quickly rummaged through the trash can.

He smoothed out the crumpled piece of paper with the rules and familiarized himself with them one by one again, while also not forgetting to look at the rules dropped by the fish.

"Good, good, good. It really is similar to a rules creepypasta. Do the monsters here have to follow the rules to act?"

"Then as long as I violate every single rule on here, won't I be able to see the final boss directly?"

"This isn't about avoiding rules; this is clearly a task bar!"

Zhou Yan held the two sets of rules as if they were precious treasures.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Lv Yang had already changed into the work uniform and pinned on the lotus badge.

"Your duty is to clean the hot spring area in the back. You don't need to go near the water; just clean the surroundings. This is your employee handbook."

"Good luck."

After seeing off the waitress, Lv Yang looked at his clothes and the rules in his hand.

As expected, there are gods in this place.

An evil god restricted by rules—just as calculated, it can be solved with wisdom, but one still needs to enter the game personally.

If it's an evil god restricted by rules, those innocent people might truly be able to live.

Lv Yang had already calculated the outcome when he stepped in here, and now that it was confirmed, it was more or less the same.

Although he knew his previous actions might have already violated some taboos—and indeed they had after confirming the rules—many things are hard to uncover without getting deeply involved.

Fine, with the identity of a staff member, he would take this opportunity to see that koi on the first floor and what exactly was over at the hot springs.

He just didn't know if things were going smoothly on Zhou Yan's side and if he had successfully saved that young man.

For some reason, Lv Yang had a bad premonition.

"Knock, knock, knock."

A series of knocks echoed in the bright red room, causing the white-clothed youth huddled on the bed to be terrified. He could only cover his mouth with his hands, not daring to make a sound.

His name was Li Hua, and he was an outstanding Cultivator from Wrath Prison.

He originally came from a wealthy family. His grandfather was a high-ranking member of the Truth Cult, and his father held a respectable position in Lianxing Pavilion.

By his generation, he was sent to Wrath Prison to be nurtured as a young Prodigy.

Because of a special project of the Truth Cult, Wrath Prison and Guixu benefited greatly. Under the indirect influence, his grandfather's protection also successfully fell upon him while he was still in Wrath Prison.

Originally, he needed to start his own business within Wrath Prison, but because of these connections, he skipped the startup phase and began a life of rapid advancement.

A perfect family background, extremely high talent, and a good start—everything should have gone smoothly.

But as it happened, everything was ruined by the trip to the Southern Desert.

While on a support mission to the Southern Desert, he received an order from his grandfather to secretly monitor King Dong's actions.

It was because of this that he learned about the core plan.

King Dong intended to use the cloning technology of the School of Life to create clone bodies by collecting data and Materials, serving as a backup for the plan.

But through a staff member, he learned that King Dong had no intention of completing the mission properly at all. He planned to fulfill the plan entirely through clones and then shift the blame to others.

After all, once the plan is completed, no matter how unsatisfactorily it was done, it is still the result.

Upon learning this, he was incredibly furious.

He was here to pad his resume; how could he let King Dong waste his opportunity like this?

So he resolutely took action, preparing to personally capture two targets, but ended up unexpectedly falling unconscious and only woke up several days later.

According to the physicians, he had even suffered from amnesia.

He didn't believe the amnesia claim, thinking there was likely another conspiracy involved, probably something King Dong had done.

Fortunately, the other person in charge of the plan, His Excellency Arthur, was a very easy person to talk to. Not only did he transfer him to another of King Dong's projects, but he also smoothed over some of the mistakes he had made, allowing him to pad his resume in another same-level project without any burden.

One must know that it was in the Desire Realm itself. Whether in terms of safety or other gains, it was far greater than the Southern Desert, not to mention there wasn't a slacking boss.

So he resolutely agreed and set off on the road back to the Eastern Region.

But another accident occurred.

They encountered a black sandstorm while passing through this place, and that thing was incredibly disgusting.

Although it couldn't hurt their Physical Bodies, the black sandstorm was truly annoying.

He didn't know what that King Dong had done, but in short, as soon as he thought about using magic power, he felt uncomfortable all over, and his body even instinctively produced fear.

This resulted in his already slow pace being even slower, with his two subordinates having to accommodate him. Now that they had run into this thing, it was even more impossible to continue their journey.

He had intended to rest for a night at this Gaia Hotel and set off tomorrow, but after arriving, he realized something was wrong.

Whether it was the eerie decor of the room or those bizarre rules, everything was off.

He was just about to go out to find his two subordinates and prepare to leave quickly when he ran into that terrifying thing.

"Knock, knock, knock."

The sound echoed again, and Li Hua's body couldn't help but shrink back once more, instinctively filled with fear.