At this moment, inside the dim karst cave.
The Great Elder poured a little water from his waterskin onto his eyes, then shook his head, indicating that this was forbidden.
Qing Chen knew that the Great Elder was using gestures to tell them the rules.
One had to know that rules could not be discussed inside a Forbidden Zone. The criterion for judgment was coherent language.
Someone had once used drawings to tell their companions the rules inside a Forbidden Zone without being punished. However, when someone tried writing words on paper to convey the rules, it was judged as triggering the rules.
Even incorrect guesses were forbidden. Once the rules determined that you were guessing at them, the entire Forbidden Zone would immediately turn hostile toward you.
This was also one of the reasons Qing Chen had learned to draw. Earlier, he had drawn on the ground to vaguely convey the rules to Zard, Big Yu, and Chen Jiazhang, relying entirely on everyone understanding without words.
At one point, Qing Chen considered something. Could this judgment of coherent language be more specific than that... perhaps one simply could not use Chinese to discuss the rules?
Take the old fellows of Forbidden Zone No. 002, for example. The consciousness of Transcendents after death might not necessarily have been reincarnated or dissipated. It was very possible that they had been confined within this Forbidden Zone in some form, becoming its rulers.
Before death, Transcendents fused with the will of the world. After death, depending on the degree of fusion, their consciousness could still be retained by the will of the world, becoming regional "lords."
The ruling consciousnesses of some Forbidden Zones were vague. They adhered to certain principles and used their preferences to restrain everyone who entered, such as Forbidden Zone