Six Ren Divine Mechanism Disk

One shamelessly smug remark, and the whole of Journey Survival exploded.

The moon was livestreaming, with a chat window in the lower-left corner.

Milk Dragon: "What is this? A moon popped out of my Scroll!"

Barefoot Great Physician: "Same here. What is this thing?"

Sparrow: "My moon's so smug, I want to punch him."

Orchid Pavilion Scholar: "Tried it. No use. You can't hit him."

The moon on the Scroll leaned back. It had no features, but somehow gave the impression that it was doubled over with laughter. "I just love seeing you grit your teeth in helpless frustration."

The crowd bared their teeth. Quite a few people were already demanding to know who the moon was, whether he was the one behind Journey Survival, and why he had brought them here.

The moon looked smug, but showed no intention of answering.

Instead, he taunted them. "Young Path Seekers, I'm delighted to inform you that your seven-day newbie protection period is almost over!"

"These dull, uneventful days are finally coming to an end. The days you've been waiting for—living by the edge of a blade, with death a hair's breadth away—are finally here!!!"

As soon as the moon spoke, the chat was instantly flooded with exclamation marks.

They'd been here for only six and a half days, and nearly half the people were already gone. A 50% death rate, and he called this a peaceful life?!

A whole crowd started cursing.

Zhu Jiusi narrowed his eyes at the Scroll. The moon had appeared too early!

Last time, he'd appeared only after the seven-day newbie protection period had completely ended, at sunrise on the eighth morning.

Why was he half a day early this time?

Zhu Jiusi lowered his head, deep in thought.

This time, Journey Survival wasn't just a repeat of the last time. Although it was still the same people, familiar faces often showed up in the chat.

But their experiences weren't exactly the same. It definitely wasn't some butterfly effect caused by him; he didn't have that kind of power.

The only explanation was that Journey Survival had always been highly random.

Even if the same people started over, their experiences would still differ.

The moon had appeared early, too.

Zhu Jiusi looked at the Scroll. The crescent moon on it looked like it was about to put its hands on its hips and cackle.

"Everyone's clearly eager to begin their real adventure. As the moon in charge of District 66 of the Immortal Seeking Domain, how could I let you down? I applied to end your protection period early!"

"Young Path Seekers, get excited! Tremble! Go wild tonight!"

Having said that, it wiggled its body and vanished.

The chat immediately erupted in curses.

They didn't know what a newbie protection zone was, but surely they didn't need to have seen a pig run to know what pork tasted like. Without newbie protection, who could imagine what dangers awaited them in this blasted Journey Survival!

This place—Master of Cloud Stack Cave had even run into zombies!

As everyone cursed, the Scroll suddenly lit up again. The moon came back, grinning mischievously. "Oh, right. You can call me Third Day today. No need to thank me! Enjoy your adventure in Journey Survival! Today's monsters are extra gentle!"

This time, he vanished for good and didn't come back.

Sparrow: "You can call him Third Day today? What does that mean? Tomorrow we call him Fourth Day?"

Clever!

Zhu Jiusi praised the bird. Too bad he didn't have a pig's thumb anymore, or he'd have given it a thumbs-up.

The moon really did change its name every day, and waxed and waned as the days passed.

Master of Cloud Stack Cave: "Forget the moon for now. The thick fog on both sides has changed!"

Zhu Jiusi sent a warning in the chat.

Someone immediately replied. Cherry: "Holy crap, a monster just jumped out!"

Cherry: Video

In the video, a White-Haired Zombie burst out of the thick fog. The video ended the next instant, and Cherry's avatar turned black.

Everyone began to complain bitterly.

Apple Has No Muscle: "@Master of Cloud Stack Cave, Cave Master, you're a big shot! Use a Dao Discussion Card to come to me! I've run into two White-Haired Zombies! Save me!"

As soon as he spoke, plenty of people started tagging Zhu Jiusi at once.

Some even began cursing him out.

Master of Cloud Stack Cave: "Are you sure?"

He sent a picture. A zombie covered in green burst out of the fog, its eyes gleaming blood-red as it stared at whoever was filming.

Master of Cloud Stack Cave: "If I teleport over, I don't know whether I'll bring this thing with me. If anyone wants me to come, I can be there anytime!"

The chat went silent in an instant.

It was a zombie, but one glance at that Green-Hat Zombie was enough to tell it was no pushover.

Cave Master, good luck surviving!

Zhu Jiusi stood in his lair, tilting his head as he stared at the Green-Hat Zombie.

The moon in Journey Survival shouldn't have the authority to change the rules.

The seven-day newbie protection period was an ironclad rule. It couldn't be changed!

Had someone triggered some special treasure and bypassed the law?

That might have been possible later on, but Journey Survival had only just begun!

He had no idea what was going on. This was the most annoying thing about Journey Survival: you had to passively accept so much information.

The Green-Haired Zombie circled Zhu Jiusi's lair, hissing and roaring, but didn't attack.

The lair was a safe zone!

As soon as the Green-Haired Zombie had appeared, it had lunged at Zhu Jiusi. With nothing between them, Zhu Jiusi had instinctively dropped his lair in its path to block it.

Master of Cloud Stack Cave: "@Everyone, get back to your lairs or vehicles. Monsters can't attack lairs!"

He worried people might not see it, so he posted the warning again and again, just like when he'd summarized the rules for traveling in reverse.

He sent seven or eight messages in a row.

Quite a few people had run into monsters at that moment and were struggling to survive when they saw Zhu Jiusi's message.

They immediately tried it.

Rain Seeker flicked her tail and leaped onto her Skateboard. The little bubble on her back shot forward and turned into a water vat, and she jumped inside.

The enormous Leopard Cat chasing her really did stop.

Orchid Pavilion Scholar held a steel saber, facing two White-Haired Zombies at once. He severed one zombie's claws with a slash. The instant the other zombie attacked, he rolled backward and, with no regard for his dignity, squeezed himself beside his vehicle.

The zombie really couldn't get any closer.

As everyone hid, words appeared on Zhu Jiusi's Scroll.

[Reward Notice: A Path Seeker in Journey Survival has summarized the second rule. A reward is hereby granted!]

This time, a streak of green light shot from the Scroll and disappeared into Zhu Jiusi's brow.

A rune?

Zhu Jiusi froze. An inexplicable feeling rose within him.

It wasn't a rune. It was a treasure.

The Six Ren Divine Mechanism Disk.

By absorbing a certain amount of supplies, it could lay out a divination chart and calculate a prediction...

Bah! Bah! Bah!

What rotten luck!

Zhu Jiusi shook his head violently, his pig ears smacking his face with a sharp slap.

Forget it!

Forget it!

What kind of cursed thing was this?!

Journey Survival absolutely forbade divination and fortune-telling. Anyone who got involved with that sort of thing was doomed.

It was trying to set him up!

Zhu Jiusi stared blankly at the Scroll, feeling as if the enforcement team would come kill him at any moment.

But the sky was clear, and the crescent moon hung high. Nothing happened.

Was it because he hadn't used it yet, so the punishment hadn't come?

Zhu Jiusi was terrified.

He'd decided: he would let the Six Ren Divine Mechanism Disk gather dust in his brain. He wouldn't use it even once in this lifetime!

Zhu Jiusi panted in fear, but showed none of it on his face, as if he were simply inspecting his reward.

A line appeared on the Scroll:

"Congratulations, Path Seeker, on summarizing the second rule. Would you like to make a Myriad World Announcement?"