There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

Chapter 230: Chapter 222: “The Hungry Ghost Festival is the ghost festival, what kind of special limited activities could there be?

Over 1000 words of the August update announcement.

One each month, from the very beginning of April, May, June, July, after four consecutive months of update announcements, the August update announcement also arrived.

This also meant that they had officially entered the fifth month of the novice period.

“Phew!”

Hearing the system prompt in his ear, Tuberculosis Rabbit let out a long sigh, lit a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and savored the moment.

“Damn July rules are finally over.”

“Rules like these that go against human nature shouldn’t exist.”

“Every time I looked at version updates in the past, I could never understand why, in the map bug fix list, there would be cases of map bosses slacking off.”

“Now I kind of get it.”

“Turns out some of the NPCs on those maps are old players making cameo appearances, which sounds way more plausible. They’re all on a fixed salary, so why work so hard?”

“How could anyone not slack off at work? It suddenly feels much more reasonable.”

“But the new August rules… Hmm.”

Folding his arms and resting his chin in one hand, Tuberculosis Rabbit pondered for a moment before speaking, “Can’t tell lies? Honestly, this rule feels like it could be triggered so easily.”

“Sometimes lies come out subconsciously. Who can guarantee every word they say is the truth?”

“Unless they’re mute.”

“And that rule about not being able to attack players from behind, that sounds pretty tricky.”

“It’s just as well the God Race arrived in July. If they came in August, it might really be difficult to handle, because…”

The voice of Tuberculosis Rabbit suddenly stopped. He had been about to say that not being able to attack from behind could be a bit of a hassle since God Race players could just lie down on the ground and be pretty much invincible.@@novelbin@@

But then he remembered something.

Bin’s Snow Eagle Sniper Rifle had an enhancement effect that could make bullets shoot up from the ground.

Under the August rules, lying down on the ground might be an invincible tactic for other players, but for Yi, it was like choosing an excellent feng shui spot for himself.

Right at that moment—

Sword Without End came up to the rooftop gasping for air and wiped off the non-existent sweat beads on his forehead, “Phew, I’m exhausted, the August rules have been announced.”

“So, Yi, what do you think? Do you have any ideas?”

“Eh, Yi, why are you two eating hot pot here?”

“And… you didn’t invite me?”

“Sit down.”

Chen Yi took out a new set of disposable bowls and chopsticks from under the table and put them on the table, casually saying, “We were just about to call you, but you came up on your own.”

“Mm-hmm.”

Sword Without End didn’t press further, and instead sat down with a carefree attitude, picked up a chopstick full of tripe covered in chili oil, eagerly put it into his mouth, and chewed with a content expression.

There’s no need to question things too deeply sometimes.

Like when Laffey Cat got lost and was sold to a pet store, and after a week, the owner walked into the store.

Laffey Cat would never ask its owner what made them walk into the pet store that day.

“Yi.”

While he took out a bowl of white rice from his bosom and gulped down the lamb soaked in chili oil, he spoke somewhat unclearly with his mouth full.

“I checked, and there are quite a few well-known holidays this month.”

“For example, The Founding of the Army Day on August 1st, Start of Autumn on August 8th, Qixi Valentine’s Day on August 22nd, and the Hungry Ghost Festival on August 30th.”

“These festivals are quite widespread and should have corresponding special limited-time events. Should we do some preparations in advance?”

“The Hungry Ghost Festival?”

Tuberculosis Rabbit nodded thoughtfully, “The special event for Qixi Valentine’s Day, I can roughly guess the content. Probably not much different from the May 20th Valentine’s event, overall more or less the same.”

“But the Hungry Ghost Festival is Ghost Festival, it’s about ancestors’ worship. What could the special event possibly be?”

“Surely they won’t have Blue Star People and Blue Star Hell players teaming up for a major event, where whoever presents the most gifts to their deceased ancestors takes number one on the leaderboard?”

“Global Number One Filial Child?”

“I have no idea.”

Sword Without End quickly finished his bowl of rice, then picked up a bottle of chilled Sour Plum Soup from the table, guzzled it down, and finally wiped the oil stains from his lips contentedly, “But when I came out from Hell, I got a new Map Access Pass. What do you say? Shall we go in together?”

“Previous special events always started at eight in the morning, and we still have over seven hours until then. We have some time to kill anyway, so why don’t we go download a map first? The Map Reward is a character effect.”

“I’m running low on effects.”

“I’ve nearly crafted them all.”

“If you guys aren’t coming, I’m going on my own.”

Tuberculosis Rabbit didn’t speak, but put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped the oil from the corners of his mouth, and looked up at Chen Yi, waiting for his response.

“Let’s go.”

Chen Yi stood up and looked toward Sword Without End, signaling that he could activate the Map Access Pass.

The next second—

“Whoosh.”

Accompanied by a flash of white light.

「Map Name」: Hide and Seek.

「Map Level」: C-level.

「Map Content」: Players will be divided into two groups, one as Cats, the other as Rats, and will be dropped into a relatively large map to start the chase.

If all players who are playing as rats are captured within the time limit, then the players who are playing as cats win.

And vice versa.

Players who enter the map in a team will automatically be divided into one group.

Each group consists of 20 players.

Players who are playing as cats score by capturing rats, while players who are playing as rats score according to their survival time.

In this map, player death does not mean actual death, but rather they will turn into a ghost and float in the air to watch the ongoing match.

The top five scoring players will receive a reward, while the bottom five will have 500 Points deducted.

“Map Introduction”: In the world of cats, mice are the best plaything, and vice versa… or so it seems.

“It’s like a semi-entertainment map.”

After hearing the prompt in his ear, Tuberculosis Rabbit glanced at the seemingly vast map in front of him and casually commented.

An entertainment map is one with no lethal danger.

In the leveling-up game, some maps pose no deadly risk, like the wilderness map they visited before, where players could also revive after death. Such maps are considered semi-entertainment maps.

The reason it’s called semi-entertainment is that there’s still a penalty of losing Points.

Like those couple’s maps, which are pretty much purely entertainment maps.

These kinds of maps usually don’t cause much psychological pressure, and the overall atmosphere is relatively harmonious.

But before they had the chance to fully observe the map before them, they heard a prompt in their ears.

“Ding, there are a total of three rounds in this map!”

“All players will play as cats for one round, as rats for one round, and in the third round, all players will play as rats.”

“During the third round, some NPCs with rich experience in this map will play as cats to capture the players who are playing as rats.”

“The first round, officially begins!”

“Players who are playing as rats, begin to hide!”

“One minute later, players who are playing as cats will open their eyes.”

“Vehicles are not allowed on this map, and when players playing as cats kill those playing as rats, it is considered a successful capture, whereas players playing as rats are not allowed to use attack props or title skills.”

“The capture time limit is fifteen minutes.”

“Turned into a rat, huh.”

Tuberculosis Rabbit took a glance around, noticing rows of neatly standing players behind him, each with a small cat doll on their shoulders, all with their eyes tightly closed—these were the players playing as cats who would open their eyes and begin the chase after one minute.

In front of him lay a scene resembling an abandoned castle with moss-covered walls, crumbling bricks, and even several fallen pieces from the castle’s ceiling.

Only the castle gate looked rather majestic.

It must have been around four or five meters high.

By now, quite a few players who had turned into rats were already rushing into the castle to find suitable hiding spots.

The game mode was simple and unrefined.

It wasn’t much different from the hide-and-seek they played when they were younger.

“Hehe.”

Standing aside, Sword Without End’s figure flickered in and out of sight as he moved back and forth, his eyebrows cocked in a self-satisfied manner, “The Prop I got from Death Domain allows me to remain absolutely invisible when I move backwards.”

“Oh.”

Tuberculosis Rabbit nodded expressionlessly, “I get it, but can you stop your body from flickering in and out? It looks like a video buffering.”

“Let’s go in.”

Chen Yi glanced at the cat players still closing their eyes behind him. Without lingering, he walked towards the castle entrance with his cane. As a player playing as a rat, he was not allowed to retaliate. Being killed by a player playing as a cat meant he was captured successfully.

Honestly.

He thought the rule was unfair.

Why weren’t the players playing as rats allowed to fight back?

In nature, rats could defend themselves, so why couldn’t they in this map?

Otherwise, why would he even need to hide? All he needed to do was stand at the entrance of the castle, and which cat player could come in?

One man holds the pass, ten thousand are unable to open it.

Knocking down all those players playing as cats right there.

“I’ll go ahead.”

Sword Without End grinned and didn’t head for the entrance to the castle. Instead, he took a step back and disappeared in front of the two, entering a state of Absolute Invisibility.

The most dangerous place is the safest place.

There was really no need for him to find a place to hide inside the castle.

Although the outside of the castle was a vast expanse of grassland with nowhere to hide, who needed to when he could turn invisible? For him, this map was not exactly a walk in the park, but it certainly posed no great difficulty.

Chen Yi and Tuberculosis Rabbit paid no attention to Sword Without End and walked confidently into the castle. Inside, the visibility was dim.

At first glance, there were many potential hiding places.

Like a dilapidated fireplace, cracked floor layers, a recessed alcove in the entrance’s top, or inside the body of a medieval armor statue near the entrance.

All these places were good spots to hide.

And at that moment, indeed, each of these spots was occupied by a player.

Tuberculosis Rabbit silently scanned the meticulously crafted medieval armor statue next to him, and without a word, he remained silent.

That was just too easy to find, wasn’t it?

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