Zuo Lin'an felt that saying it this way might be a bit too direct, so he added another message afterward.
【Zuo Lin'an: Of course, I know everyone's rules are secrets. I'm just a bit curious. If it's something you can't talk about, just pretend I didn't ask.】
【Bai Yuan: It's fine. You're one of us, so there's no harm in telling you.】
【Bai Yuan: It is indeed one of my brother's rules, called the Shuttle Rule. He can freely traverse within a one-kilometer radius, or through any mirror that has ever reflected his image.】
【Bai Yuan: He often uses this rule to go out and recover specters. It's very convenient.】
Zuo Lin'an nodded silently, but then he thought of something that didn't seem quite right.
【Zuo Lin'an: Then why doesn't Brother Bai come to my house and look in a mirror? He wouldn't even need to take a bus to come here in the future.】
【Bai Yuan: It's not that simple. The more powerful a rule is, the greater its limitations.】
【Bai Yuan: My brother's rule actually has five whole limitations attached to it!】
Zuo Lin'an immediately sat up straight.
Five?!
Before he could think further, Bai Yuan sent over the detailed descriptions of all five limitations!
【Bai Yuan: First, he must leave a mark in a mirror that has reflected his image, turning it into a shadow hidden inside, before he can freely traverse through it regardless of distance.】
【Bai Yuan: Second, each shadow mark is formed from his own specter aura, and its duration is related to the density of the aura.】
【Bai Yuan: Third, every time he shuttles, it consumes the mark. If he wants to use it again, he must leave another mark.】
【Bai Yuan: Fourth, only ten shadow marks can exist at any one time.】
【Bai Yuan: Fifth, shadow marks cannot be controlled from a distance.】
Zuo Lin'an watched, completely dumbfounded.
These five limitations were merely to restrict the Shuttle Rule, which was just one of Bai Mo's five rules.
What about his other four rules?
How many limitations would they have?
【Zuo Lin'an: Only ten shadow marks can exist at the same time. No wonder...】
After all, there were too many dungeons. If he left shadow marks directly in the mirrors of dungeon bosses' homes, ten shadows wouldn't be nearly enough.
【Bai Yuan: Exactly. That's why he left a shadow mark inside the window glass of the specter bus. Whenever an unsolvable specter needs to be recovered, he has the specter bus drive over first, and then he shuttles over once it arrives.】
【Bai Yuan: It's the same when coming back. It's so convenient. I get envious every time I see it.】
Zuo Lin'an recovered his senses. To say he wasn't envious would be a lie.
After all, as an artificially converted Human-Specter Symbiont, he had to rely on his own strength to obtain all of his rules.
Although rules could be customized,
the limitations were too massive!
A rule like the Shuttle Rule that Bai Mo possessed was simply not something he could ever hope to obtain.
“Sigh... I suppose there are pros and cons to everything.”
“At least the Rule Sublimation Stone can only be used by artificially converted Human-Specter Symbionts like me. Naturally converted specters, including naturally converted Human-Specter Symbionts, can't use it.”
He glanced again at the five limitations Bai Yuan had sent him.
【Zuo Lin'an: So your brother...】
【Bai Yuan: Hehehe!】
Huh?
What was he laughing about?
【Bai Yuan: Let me tell you a secret. My brother is the specter with the highest number of limitations in the entire supernatural world! A total of fifteen limitations!】
Fifteen?
Zuo Lin'an felt it was a bit surreal.
But... was this really okay to talk about?
He had only wanted to ask about the general nature of the rule he had witnessed, yet Bai Yuan had gone ahead and completely exposed his own brother's secrets?
【Zuo Lin'an: Is it really okay to share this in such detail? Won't your brother be upset if he finds out?】
After this message was sent, there was a long delay before Bai Yuan replied.
What happened?
Did he go to sleep?
Just as he was wondering, Bai Yuan replied once again.
【Bai Yuan: It's fine, I don't mind.】
【Bai Yuan: Also, it's very late.】
When Zuo Lin'an saw these two sentences, his scalp suddenly went numb for some reason.
It was like scaling the school wall to cut class in his past life, only to find several glaring teachers standing right on the other side the moment he dropped down.
【Zuo Lin'an: Okay, Brother Bai, I'm going to sleep right now.】
Zuo Lin'an put down his phone and let out a long breath.
“I have to admit, Brother Bai's presence is as overwhelming as ever. Even through a phone screen, he can still make me tense up.”
However, Zuo Lin'an quickly calmed down.
He had his own pride.
Although he was currently far from matching up, who could say for sure what would happen in the future?
“In the future, I can also become a dungeon boss on the same level as Brother Bai, maybe even stronger than him...”
On the other side.
Bai Mo handed the phone back to Bai Yuan.
“Get some rest.”
Bai Yuan nodded obediently.
“Okay, okay, I got it.”
Once Bai Mo had left, Bai Yuan stealthily pulled out his phone again.
【Bai Yuan: My brother left.】
Zuo Lin'an was just about to put down his phone to take a shower when he saw this message.
From those few words, he could easily picture Bai Yuan's sneaky, cautious expression, and he couldn't help but chuckle.
【Zuo Lin'an: Are you okay?】
He probably didn't get beaten up, right?
【Bai Yuan: What could happen to me? That's my own brother. He would never hit me.】
【Zuo Lin'an: Is there anything else you wanted to tell me?】
Everything that needed to be said had been said. Did Bai Yuan still have something else to discuss?
【Bai Yuan: Of course I do, but it's not about my brother. It's about Youyou.】
Zuo Lin'an's fingers paused slightly over the keyboard.
“Youyou? What's wrong with him...”
【Bai Yuan: You still remember what his rule is, right?】
Of course Zuo Lin'an remembered.
But did their previous conversation have anything to do with Xu Youyou's rule?
【Zuo Lin'an: Those who respond in any manner, die. What's wrong with that rule? Is there an issue?】
【Bai Yuan: Do you think that rule is strong?】
【Zuo Lin'an: Of course!】
【Zuo Lin'an: No matter what he does or says, as long as someone responds to his words or actions—regardless of the type of response—it counts as triggering the Death Rule.】
【Zuo Lin'an: Plus, given the cruelty of his execution method, it's practically unsolvable in the early stages. So what's the issue here?】
To be honest, even he had to admit that at this current stage, Xu Youyou's rule was definitely a step above his own.
【Bai Yuan: Do you remember what I just said?】
Instead of answering Zuo Lin'an's question directly, he replied with this instead.
Zuo Lin'an thought carefully and scrolled back up to read the messages Bai Yuan had sent earlier.
As he read, his gaze locked onto one of the messages.
The more powerful a rule is, the greater its limitations.
Could it be...
【Zuo Lin'an: Youyou's rule has limitations?】
If that was really the case, why had that guy Xu Youyou never mentioned it?
【Bai Yuan: I asked him about it once, but he insisted quite firmly that there were no limitations. I just didn't really believe him.】
【Bai Yuan: After all, even you think his rule is a bit too powerful, right?】
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