Somewhere in the cells at the back of the training base.
Zuo Lin'an opened his eyes once more. He found that his living body had already returned to the cell where he had been resting, and right in front of him was his specter body.
They smiled at each other and then merged into one.
Afterward, he naturally checked his rules immediately.
【Death Rule: Every time it is on the hour, you can randomly kill one person! Hunting time is one minute.】
【Acceleration Rule: Can accelerate any time that is not on the hour to on the hour. Only effective on oneself. This effect lasts for ten seconds.】
【Restriction: Accelerating time to on the hour can only be used once per day.】
Zuo Lin'an was left a bit speechless after seeing his rules.
He really hadn't expected this.
The content of the rule was indeed formatted exactly as he had set it, down to the very word.
But even though he had added two restrictions to his auxiliary rule, it had still automatically generated a usage limit.
Once a day?
Zuo Lin'an found it hard to believe!
If he had set the duration of the 【Acceleration Rule】 to one minute earlier, would the automatically generated restriction have limited it to once every three days?
He let out a long sigh.
“Whatever. The greater the restriction, the stronger the rule I set must be. That's why it needs balance and constraint.”
Besides, it wasn't as if it would only be usable once forever. Once he gathered more Contribution points in the future, he could use a Rule Sublimation Stone to enhance the strength of his rules.
【Xu Youyou: Where are you?】
【Xu Youyou: Did something happen?】
Zuo Lin'an finally snapped out of it, remembering he was still messaging Xu Youyou.
However, he didn't pick up his phone right away. Instead, he changed his clothes first, then picked up his phone and walked out while replying.
【Zuo Lin'an: I'm fine. I just came out.】
Far away in his own dungeon, Xu Youyou saw this reply and couldn't process it for a moment.
【Xu Youyou: Came out? Out of Sin Hunter City?】
【Zuo Lin'an: Yes.】
【Xu Youyou: Wait, what? Didn't you just say you went in? How are you out already?】
【Zuo Lin'an: This time was just to convert an auxiliary rule. It wasn't that hard. One night was more than enough.】
Xu Youyou hesitated repeatedly before finally sending another message.
【Xu Youyou: Just you wait, I'm going to get a Domain Rule too!】
Zuo Lin'an didn't discourage him.
Instead, he seriously offered some advice.
【Zuo Lin'an: If you want a Domain Rule, you should ask Instructor An. He's a professional. He gave me a lot of suggestions earlier, and they all suited me very well.】
【Zuo Lin'an: Besides, although the Death Rule you have right now isn't suitable for advancing into a Domain Rule, it can still be used as a backup.】
【Zuo Lin'an: For your remaining four rules, you can set one main Death Rule, and then use that main Death Rule as a core to set up three auxiliary rules.】
【Zuo Lin'an: Fortunately, you only have one rule right now, so there's still time.】
Xu Youyou read through every single word of Zuo Lin'an's messages, then let out a long sigh of relief.
【Xu Youyou: I guess I suffered from my own ignorance. I really should have had a good chat with Instructor An before formulating my rule.】
【Xu Youyou: It's just that back then, we didn't seem to have any concept of Domain Rules yet.】
【Zuo Lin'an: It's fine, there's still a chance.】
After sending the message, he looked up at the sky.
The sun was already halfway up, and the brilliant morning glow seemed to congratulate him on successfully acquiring his second rule.
He walked all the way to the cafeteria, planning to grab some breakfast.
He had just sent a message to An Wen, who replied that he would wait for him in the cafeteria.
Although there was still some time before work hours, An Wen lived at the training base as well, so coming to the cafeteria early was convenient.
【Zuo Lin'an: I'll head back soon. Let's talk about anything else once I'm back.】
【Xu Youyou: No problem.】
Xu Youyou had already adjusted his state. After confirming that the staff would come to retrieve the unsolvable specters, he took Xuan Jiu with him to tidy up the dungeon.
After all, those players had engaged in a massive free-for-all earlier.
In that scene, all kinds of fist, palm, and leg techniques had been used endlessly!
The place where they had fought was a complete mess now. If they didn't clean it up properly, the next time martial artists entered, they would definitely recognize the clues from many details.
Meanwhile, Zuo Lin'an had already spotted a familiar figure in the cafeteria.
An Wen was sitting in a corner not far ahead. Upon seeing him, he waved him over.
Zuo Lin'an noticed that there was a large breakfast spread in front of his instructor, which definitely included his share, so he didn't go grab more.
He walked over, sat down, and naturally began to eat.
Seeing him eat with such gusto, An Wen let out a rare smile.
“How did it go?”
Zuo Lin'an nodded. “It went very smoothly. Extremely smoothly, in fact. It feels great to have someone looking out for me.”
An Wen gave a soft chuckle.
“I knew you'd realize. Just keep it to yourself, though. Don't go talking about it everywhere.”
“Especially to Xu Youyou.”
An Wen added an explanation.
“I don't mean anything by it. It's just that he's quite talkative. If he accidentally lets it slip, while it won't be a huge issue, the repercussions wouldn't be ideal.”
Zuo Lin'an replied, “I understand. I'll only tell him that I got lucky.”
An Wen dropped the subject.
“Looking at you, the rule conversion must have succeeded. Is there any discrepancy between the converted rule and the content you formulated?”
“None at all. Not even a single word is different.”
“Did you automatically generate any restrictions then?”
Zuo Lin'an sighed.
“Yes, one was generated. It can only be used once per day.”
He still seemed a bit conflicted.
“Instructor, isn't once a day a bit too few?”
An Wen, however, held a different opinion.
“Once a day might seem like a bit too few, but don't forget that your Death Rule kills on the hour. All in all, you can already kill twenty-four people a day.”
“An auxiliary rule is merely meant to supplement and optimize your main Death Rule.”
“Using it once a day already gives you a certain degree of flexibility.”
“Furthermore, the greater the restriction on a newly converted rule at the start, the higher the rule's potential.”
An Wen lowered his voice.
“To enhance a rule's capability, you can indeed use Rule Sublimation Stones, and every rule can utilize several of them.”
“But there is one thing I must make clear to you: rules of different potentials have differences in the number of sublimation stones they can use.”
Hearing this, Zuo Lin'an froze for a moment.
There was such a concept?
He had always assumed that for a Human-Specter Symbiont like him, the number of Rule Sublimation Stones each rule could use would be the same.
He hadn't expected that there would be a difference here as well.
“The greater the restrictions on a rule, the stronger it is. Needing many restrictions to constrain it in the early stages also indicates that its potential is greater.”
“With high potential, the number of Rule Sublimation Stones it can use is greater, and the rule will become even stronger in the later stages. On the contrary, those rules that did not generate any restrictions...”
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