There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

"Don't go opening the treasure chest when you see it; there's a high chance it's a negative event."

"How long has it been, and you've already forgotten?"

"Ah?"

Sword Without End only then came to his senses, patting his chest with a sense of having narrowly escaped disaster, and looked forward with a bit of a sigh toward Chen Yi's back, "Yi, are you suggesting that the chest just now was actually a trap?"

"Yes and no."

As Chen Yi zigzagged through the depths of the Peach Garden, he sketched on a piece of white paper in his palm without turning back and said casually, "Jiaye mentioned not to open the chests recklessly when he left."

"He was referring to the chests on the official road."

"When we were flying in the sky, we did indeed see many treasure chests on the road below, and those chests are the ones Jiaye was talking about—they will likely trigger negative events upon opening."

"But the chest we're at now is in the map, and it's not the same thing as what Jiaye was talking about."

"Opening the Prop Chest inside that tree hollow will likely yield an exclusive prop for this map, which, if all goes well, is quite powerful and even the sort that would make others envious."

"But... that's the trap."

At this point, Chen Yi slowly stopped and turned around to look back at Tuberculosis Rabbit with a light chuckle, "The conditions for passing clearly stated that you must escape from the Peach Garden within an hour."

"It didn't say that if a crisis comes after one hour and you solve it, you'll pass."

"The Prop Chests inside those tree hollows may indeed be effective in resolving crises, but by the time the crisis hits, even if we resolve all of them, we can't leave the Peach Garden and will be trapped here forever."

"That's the trap."

"There are no negative special events, and it's not a lie, as long as you meet the conditions, you can open the chest, and everything appears normal."

"It just wastes a few minutes of your time, and... makes you focus on the wrong approach, causing you to miss the real escape route."

"Take a look."

He casually handed over the white paper he had been sketching to Tuberculosis Rabbit.

"This..."

Sword Without End and Tuberculosis Rabbit stared at the word on the paper, puzzled and frozen in place: "What does this mean?"

'Death!'

The paper bore only this word.

Chen Yi leaned casually against a peach tree, hands in pockets, explaining, "There are two types of trees in the Peach Garden, one black and one brown, which is clearly observable."

"And the distance between each peach tree is extremely standard."

"It looks just like a chessboard."

"I walked around the Peach Garden just now, and the black peach trees are not randomly distributed within it but follow a pattern; all the black peach trees form a word."

"That word is 'death'."

"You can't fly in this map, but if you could, looking down from the sky would make it evident."

"Every map rule can be deduced." Continue your story on My Virtual Library Empire

"For instance, the rule of this map forbids the use of Flight Props. At this time, one should think about why it's forbidden and after considering this point, combine it with other information to come up with a speculative hypothesis in your mind."

"Then, look for ways to confirm this hypothesis."

"Make bold assumptions, and verify with caution."

"So, the Prop Chest you saw just now wasn't actually a trap, but it indeed serves the function of a trap."

Sword Without End, with a vacant look in his eyes, focused on the white paper in his hands, then incredulously started digging up a peach tree beside him, beneath which there was another Prop Chest.

The opening condition was the same as the previous one.

Recite from 1 to 100.

"1, 2, 3..."

Sword Without End began to recite loudly with a grave expression.

"Ding, you have opened a Prop Chest and obtained a Prop."

"Prop Name": God said, let there be annihilation!

"Prop Level": None.

"Prop Effect": Once activated, anyone within your line of sight will die instantly, regardless of any defense, and this will last for 10 minutes.

"Prop Restriction": Cannot be taken out of the Hundred Demons Peach Garden, and can only be used after a crisis occurs.

"Prop Introduction": "Everyone knows that God created the world, but who knows that annihilation came before creation."

"Wow."

Tuberculosis Rabbit looked at the prop panel shared by Sword Without End, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth wildly: "Isn't this prop a bit too strong? A Rule Kill Prop that disregards all defenses, as long as you are seen, you die."

"This prop must be the strongest one we have seen so far."

"If we could take this prop out of the map, that would truly make us invincible."

"But if the enemy has this prop, there should still be ways to counter it, right?"

Tuberculosis Rabbit, propping his chin with one hand, thoughtfully said, "For example, being fast enough to always dodge behind the enemy? You just need to avoid being seen, right?"

"Or what about invisibility? Invisibility props should make it ineffective, right?"

"Or using a giant mirror? The prop effect is that you will die instantly once seen, so if the enemy sees themselves in the mirror, wouldn't they also die instantly?"

"Although there seem to be many methods to counter it, this prop still seems ridiculously powerful."

"Yi, you really guessed it right."

Sword Without End looked up at Chen Yi with a complex expression: "This prop is really powerful, but it can only be used after the crisis strikes in an hour."

"Without your reminder, Yi, I... alone..."

He didn't dare to continue that thought.

Isn't that obvious?

What normal person could control themselves upon seeing such a powerful artefact right before their eyes?

He wasn't sure about others, but he felt somewhat out of control.

Imagine digging up a bunch of props excitedly, waiting for the crisis to show off their might, only to suddenly realize that the condition for clearing the level seems to require escaping from the map before the crisis strikes.

All for naught.

"No problem."

Chen Yi shook his head and didn't say much but continued, "Based on my current guess, there seems to be only one way to leave the Peach Garden within an hour."

"That is to move these black peach trees and form a new character."

"The number of strokes for 'death' is 6."

"The corresponding character should be 'survive' or 'life'. The stroke count for 'survive' is 9, which probably isn't enough for these black peach trees to form the character, but 'life' has 5 strokes, which is totally sufficient."

"Follow my command and prepare to start digging."

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ps: Sniffle, you brothers are awesome, yesterday you threw a whole 2000 monthly tickets in one day, which really startled me.

My phone rang all day long, never stopping.

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Thank you for your support, starting from May 1st, there will be an official burst of updates to give back to everyone, and the plot will become even more interesting. Thank you all.