Lihua Hotel.
When Guan Tong arrived late at night, there was no one working at the front desk. All the key cards for vacant rooms were placed on the front desk table, available for anyone to take as needed.
This made sense. In the era of Doomsday Rules, unless it was work driven by personal passion, most other jobs were no longer being done.
chanical, assembly-line work like producing food and electronic devices in factories was now handled by specialized machines. Most factories today were dark factories that didn't require people to tighten screws anymore.
Guan Tong randomly picked up a key card for room 306, went upstairs, swiped the card, and entered the room.
It was just an ordinary king bed room. He threw his backpack on the chair and lay down on the bed. Although it was late at night, he felt no sleepiness at all due to today's sudden danger.
"No, I need to find a way to gain so self-protection power."
Guan Tong sat up, his expression grave.
Previously, he had always thought there was no need to get involved in outside matters, that he should just develop slowly on his own.
But now it seed that so things you don't want to get involved in will actively seek you out. If you don't have the power to protect yourself, you could potentially fall into dangerous situations.
Although Guan Tong didn't know what the purpose of the two people who went to his ho today was, nor could he confirm if this was an isolated incident, this event undoubtedly served as a wake-up call for him.
So the key question now was, how to obtain self-protection power?
Guan Tong got off the bed, walked to the small table in the room, and sat down to think.
The Ascension Store did sell weapons, specifically the [Primary Weapon Box · Bronze Tier]. This box allowed you to choose a cold weapon that could be taken out and used at any ti from the storage box.
But the cold weapons obtained from this box weren't particularly divine blades or exceptional swords. When facing multiple enemies, they would still be powerless.
In Guan Tong's view, this weapon could only serve as a backup.
"For truly powerful strength, I still need to focus on Mind Power."
He still rembered the Hidden Rule [Mind Victory] from the second Doomsday Rule. Its note explained that "Mind Power is the root of all power. Dig into it, use it, and you will be invincible."
Guan Tong focused his thoughts, and the [Wordless Book] appeared in his hand.
He flipped to the blank third page, thinking that based on the experience with the first two pages, if he wrote new keywords like "weapon," he might actually obtain a weapon.
But opening another page would also consu much more Mind Power.
Guan Tong had only discovered in recent days that writing on the second page consud more Mind Power than writing on the first page.
If this was a progressive process, then writing on the third page would definitely consu more Mind Power than writing on the second page.
Given his current Mind Power upper limit, it was really insufficient.
What about writing on the first two pages instead?
Guan Tong flipped back to the first page, where the two characters "Guan Tong" were very clear.
"What would happen if I added so content based on 'Guan Tong'?"
This idea erged in his mind.
It was known that the result of the "Guan Tong" characters appearing was "Shadow." What if he added so characters?
Guan Tong felt that this shadow was very convenient, but its drawback was that it had no physical form.
"So what would happen if I newly wrote the two characters 'physical form' in front of the 'Guan Tong' characters?"
That way, the "Guan Tong" on the first page would beco "Physical Form Guan Tong." Would it change the nature of the shadow?
After thinking for a mont, Guan Tong decided to try it.
Just like how he dared to write the three characters "Ascension Coins" on the second page, so things you never know if they're feasible until you try them.
So he picked up his pen and began adding characters.
...
The next day.
Guan Tong was catching up on sleep when suddenly there was a knocking sound at the door.
"Knock knock knock."
He opened his eyes, got up and asked: "Who are you looking for?"
A young male voice ca from outside the door: "Hello, you're new here, right? I live in room 305 next door!"
Guan Tong asked again: "What's the matter?"
"Nothing much, it's just that people living at Lihua gather in the lobby every morning, it's kind of a habit. I thought you might be interested to check it out."
Hearing this, Guan Tong opened the door. Standing at the door was a very young man wearing an ani T-shirt, with so small freckles on his face. He looked about the sa age as Guan Tong, both around eighteen or nineteen years old.
"Hello new neighbor, I'm Xu Xiaotian. Just now when I went downstairs, I saw the room 306 key card was missing from the front desk, so I knew there was a new person here." Xu Xiaotian grinned and laughed, "Welco to Lihua!"
"Hello, I'm Guan Tong."
"Looks like we're about the sa age. I'm in my third year of high school this year, how about you?"
" too."
"Oh?! Which school do you go to?"
"Yunhua No. 1 High School."
"So you're a top student from No. 1 High! I'm from No. 3 High, hehe. Co on, let's go to the lobby, everyone's down there."
Guan Tong went downstairs with Xu Xiaotian and asked along the way: "You just said that people living here gather every morning?"
"Yes. But it's really just everyone chatting together and sharing experiences." Xu Xiaotian explained, "Like those support groups you see in so TV dramas."
"I see."
"Yeah, after everyone speaks, we encourage each other. I think it's quite helpful. Many people don't want to apply for free housing just because of this gathering, so they keep living at Lihua."
Guan Tong nodded; he could understand this feeling.
The two went down to the first-floor lobby, and just as Xu Xiaotian had said, several dozen people were gathered there, sitting in a circle.
Xu Xiaotian found a place for Guan Tong to sit. At that mont, a middle-aged man was sharing his experience.
"My entire family now only has
left. My parents didn't survive the first rule. I had a one-year-old child who also didn't survive... The child's mother was so overco with grief that she fell asleep and passed away too. I originally thought about just falling asleep and leaving too, but I still don't want to die. Is this too cowardly..."
After listening, everyone offered words of comfort to the man.
"What a terrible experience, but fortunately it's all in the past..."
"This isn't called cowardice, it should be called bravery!"
"Yes, having the courage to face tragedy and still summon the courage to continue living - that's a true warrior."
"Stay strong, your loved ones would definitely want you to live well. We do too, we all need to join hands and work hard to survive properly."
The people's warm comfort made the middle-aged man unable to hold back his tears. Many others empathized and wiped the corners of their eyes. Watching this, Guan Tong felt it was indeed as Xu Xiaotian had said - this was a gathering similar to a support group.
Afterwards, several more people shared their experiences and insights. Finally, everyone sang the quite popular song "Tomorrow Will Be Better" together, and then the gathering ended.
After people dispersed, so went out together, others returned to their rooms. Guan Tong also planned to return to his room first, but then he heard a "slurp slurp" noodle-eating sound beside him.
He turned his head and saw Xu Xiaotian happily eating a cup of instant noodles.
"You... gave up on the third rule challenge?" Guan Tong asked. There were still over ten days left before the rule activation period ended.
Xu Xiaotian was montarily stunned, then laughed: "Oh right, Guan Tong, you don't know yet. This isn't regular instant noodles from outside, this is my Mind Power item. Look."
As he said this, he waved his hand, and the instant noodles disappeared, clearly having been returned to his Personal Terminal's storage box.
Guan Tong was also a bit confused this ti. Instant noodles could actually be a Mind Power item?
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