The Writer's Rules

"Reinforcement?"

"Yeah, my colleague is here too. We're on a quest together, we all came to this Instance."

As Bai Yang was speaking, a familiar clattering sound echoed in the empty hall.

The sound wasn't loud, but it was rhythmic and even, sending chills down your spine.

Tang Pin and Bai Ao instinctively aimed their Long Staff and scissors at the shadows, about to step forward, when Tao Yuan reached out and patted Tang Pin's arm.

Tang Pin looked at her in confusion, while Tao Yuan shook her head at him and Bai Ao, signaling them not to go forward.

She knew that voice all too well.

Two balls of fire were the first to attract everyone's attention.

Two hands floated into the hall, suspended in mid-air, their wrists severed at the base, palms facing upwards, holding two exquisite candlesticks. The flames on the candlesticks flickered slightly, casting a distorted, elongated shadow.

The shadow moved slowly forward, and the rumbling sound became more pronounced, sending chills down one's spine as if it were tapping behind one's ear.

Behind the shadow was a young man with half-down black curly hair.

The young man's red mole stood out vividly in the firelight. His face was pale, and he leaned against the armrest of his Wheelchair. He covered the blanket on his lap with his right hand, coughed softly, and then looked over with a faint smile in his eyes.

Upon recognizing the familiar faces, the group relaxed slightly.

Ji Fengbai then reached out and took a candlestick, while the Little Rabbit behind him steadily pushed him forward.

His free hand held a pen, and two pages of the Weird Object book floated to the front of the group as he approached.

One of them was for Tao Yuan and the others to see.

[haven't seen you for a long time]

Tao Yuan and the others greeted him with smiles, "Ji Fengbai, it's been a long time."

One of them was for Bai Yang to see.

[Why did you push me out of bed in the middle of the night? (*^_^*)]

The smiling expression behind this note is enough to prove how much resentment Ji Fengbai is harboring right now.

He was sleeping soundly in bed when Bai Yang's Little Rabbit woke him up on the very first night and pushed him here.

You know, the leader said that he came to the Instance mainly to get some fresh air and relax in a different environment, and also as a last resort, just in case!

It's not something that can be brought out now so that Bai Yang can use it to bully others.

However, he couldn't refuse Bai Yang's identity, so he had no choice but to come over, his fur fuming with anger.

Bai Yang shrugged. "There's nothing I can do. These weird Rules are a bit unfair. Asking you for help won't take much effort at all."

He pointed to the eerie creature beside him, sealed into Doll shape. Ji Fengbai glanced at it and immediately understood what he meant.

The Master used his abilities when designing this Instance.

For Instance to be powerful, it first needs sufficiently powerful Rules, but Rules cannot be created out of thin air; most Rules are created by Ji Fengbai.

The Rules this woman follows were written by Writer.

Although this is Instance of Ravenhall, it also contains his past experiences.

However, aside from the Rules governing the operation of the Instance itself, the other Rules are not without origin.

Lin Nieran didn't want the Authorities to discover that this Instance was his; what he wanted to present was the effect of them being able to control a "wild" Weird Instance.

This is one of the reasons why Lin Nieran made him stay here.

The Writer sighed, raised his hand to write down a Rules, and was about to hand it to them when his eyes first fell on Qin Rang, who was hiding behind the crowd and unusually silent.

He pushed Bai Yang aside, and the Wheelchair slid in front of Qin Rang, with the others making way for him.

[Your Evil Ghost Mask, you can't take it off?]

The light paper floated in the air, and the contents of the paper drew everyone's attention to Qin Rang.

Tao Yuan then stared at the silent Qin Rang and asked, "Captain, is there something wrong with your Weird Object?"

No wonder she felt something was off about Qin Rang earlier; she only assumed he was fighting against the Rules of the Evil Ghost Mask and didn't think of it that way.

Seeing that he couldn't hide it any longer, and having no other way to temporarily remove the Evil Ghost Mask, Qin Rang nodded and said, "Yes, it can't be removed for now."

In an instant, Tao Yuan and the others took a big step back, keeping a distance from him. Even Bai Yang was pulled back by Wang Ding.

This wasn't because they were cold-blooded; it was because they all knew that once Qin Rang lost control, he would no longer be Qin Rang, but a monster.

After the eerie resurgence, if the connection between the Weird Object and its Master is deep enough—for example, Qin Rang, or An Ying.

In this situation, the Weird Object revive, and their Master become the vessels of these strange beings. At that point, the body inhabited by them will no longer be the person they know.

They need to consider their own lives.

"When? Why didn't you say so sooner?" Wang Ding said anxiously, taking out his long whip. "I'll immobilize you," Mi Chuchu forcibly tore off her mask. "With Tao Yuan and Tang Pin there, the facial injuries will heal quickly!"

Ji Fengbai shook his head.

[No, the Evil Ghost Mask has become fused with his face. If you tear it off rashly, he will suffer severe injuries, or even die.]

Qin Rang touched the edge of the Evil Ghost Mask; he had felt the same sensation the Writer had described when he first tried to tear it off.

"How could this be? How could the Evil Ghost Mask revive so quickly? We just suppressed it before we set off!" Tao Yuan worriedly twisted the Weird Object on his wrist. "Using the Stasis Pod now is too early. If we put you in the pod now and put you in a suspended state... can you hold out until we leave the Instance?"

Wang Ding shook his head. "Last time An Ying only stayed for two days at most before she clearly couldn't handle it. Now the Instance has just started, and the Rules and quests are still unclear. I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to last until she leaves the Instance."

Mi Chuchu: "The captain is always very careful when using the Evil Ghost Mask. This Instance has only just begun; there's definitely something strange going on."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yang lowered his eyes and gently rubbed the Little Rabbit's head, his fingers lingering on the Little Rabbit's newly replaced pair of red glass bead eyes.

When he looked up again, his expression was filled with worry, and he asked, "Ji Fengbai, do you have a solution?"

[The last time Qin Rang lost control, he was still A-Rank Purger. I remember the Authorities sent three S-Rank Purifiers to suppress his Weird Object and rescue him.]

No wonder Captain Qin Rang wearing it for so long this time; I thought he felt it wasn't safe and that's why he didn't take it off.

[This is it! My captain!]

[If the captain is also controlled by the strange entity, won't the entire Calamity Crossing Squad be wiped out in this Instance?]

[By the way, does anyone know anything about this Instance? I've never heard of it.]

There are too many undiscovered Weird Instances, that's normal, right?

Ji Fengbai shook his head slightly, while the pen behind him quickly wrote something.

Bai Yang's smile vanished, and he impatiently interrupted him, "Stop dawdling. You can't handle an S-Rank Evil Ghost Mask?"

Ji Fengbai paused, his pen behind him still.

He endured it for a long time, and suddenly, the severed hand behind him swiftly stuck a piece of paper onto Bai Yang's body.

Bai Yang jumped to the side, but still couldn't dodge the paper that flew at him.