Apocalypse Rules Countermeasure Research Office.
After the new rules were announced, Gao Liangwei immediately convened a strategy discussion meeting.
"Everyone must have noticed that these rules are rather strange."
As soon as the meeting began, everyone voiced their doubts.
"The rewards include a Survival Chest, which indicates this is a Survival Rule. But the Failure Penalty is not 'none'; instead, it says 'survive in the form of a parasite.' What does that mean?"
In previous Survival Rules, the Failure Penalty had been "none," but in reality, the opposite of survival was naturally death.
This time, however, it was different.
"The key is, what exactly does the parasitic form entail? Is the host alive or dead? Does the host still retain self-awareness at that point?"
"I don't think we need to consider that. We should control things at the source and simply avoid inhaling the spores."
"That's right. Can't we bring out the protective gear used during the Blood Plague Rules and use it again?"
"Spores are probably different from viruses, especially since these rules state that these adhesive spores can attach themselves to all physical objects... Isn't a protective mask also a physical object?"
The experts and scholars discussed the matter. Then someone brought up another point. "What concerns me more is the addictive nature after absorption. The rules specifically mention that humans can resist this addiction through willpower. That means even if someone inhales the spores, they won't necessarily fail the rules as long as their willpower is strong enough."
"How can it be that easy? These spores must be highly addictive, and humans already find it difficult to quit addictions to alcohol and nicotine..."
"That's right. And the reward for these rules is 1,000 Ascension Coins, which is enough to show that the difficulty is far from low.