Chapter 100: Ignorance is No Crime

That night.

Bai Fugui climbed to the rooftop of the Cloud Top Building, lit a cigarette, and watched the brilliant, bright lights of the city below. He was not here to jump off the building, but was waiting for someone.

One cigarette burned out, and Bai Fugui lit another for himself. But just as the second cigarette was lit and before he could take a puff, a large hand with rough calluses reached out from the side and pinched the cigarette in his hand.

Bai Fugui turned his head and saw a sturdy man with a broad back and thick waist standing beside him, still wearing the uniform of a moving company. He was a mover who spent his days moving furniture and appliances up and down the building.

The mover pinched the cigarette from Bai Fugui's hand, stuffed it into his own mouth, took a fierce puff, and exhaled three thick white smoke rings in succession.

"You seem to be in a good mood." Bai Fugui turned around and leaned against the railing: "Did you find Zhao You?"

"Found it." The mover took a deep breath, letting the thick smoke pass through his lungs, and said: "When Wu Tong died, I confirmed at the Yin family's ancestral home that Zhao You is on Yu Zi Qian."

"Can you be sure?" Bai Fugui frowned and asked.

"Absolutely sure." The mover exhaled a thin, gray-blue mist and said hoarsely: "He entered the Immortal Gathering Garden with Little Lan. Little Lan helped him avoid the influence of bad luck twice, but after that... they never suffered from bad luck again."

"So that's how it is." Bai Fugui nodded.

He knew Lan Shiwen inside and out; Little Lan could not possibly have the ability to counter bad luck. Therefore, the rule that neutralized the bad luck was undoubtedly on Yu Zi Qian.

Aside from Zhao You, there was no other rule related to 'luck' that Yu Zi Qian could have come into contact with.

"The person who cracked Te Rang at Bishui Bay Villa and the person who took Zhao You away in He Family Village are the same person. Yu Zi Qian killed this person and occupied two rules at once." The mover flicked the burnt-out cigarette butt toward the boundless night sky and said leisurely: "Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant."

Bai Fugui nodded in agreement: "He has probably forgotten the time he was forced to the brink of death by Master Yeyao's old wounds."

Any Gridder with a bit of understanding would not rashly master other rules that lack compatibility with their existing rules. If Yu Zi Qian were sensible, he should have quit while he was ahead after obtaining the 'Te Rang' he desperately needed, instead of being greedy and taking Zhao You along as well.

"A pity, a pity..." The mover clicked his tongue twice: "Yu Zi Qian, oh Yu Zi Qian... Isn't this forcing me to kill you?"

"Don't be too arrogant." Bai Fugui sighed: "This guy Yu Zi Qian is not simple. As far as I know, besides Master Yeyao, he also holds a rule that can manipulate human cognition. I don't know when or where he got it; I have never been able to find relevant intelligence."

"I have a sense of proportion." The mover shrugged: "Before I figure out all his rules, I won't make a move rashly."

In the Gridder circle, there is no lack of confident veterans being solo-killed by novices. If you don't know the opponent's background, you rashly go up to solo them. No matter how experienced or seasoned a Gridder is, there is a probability of capsizing in the gutter.

He would not make such a mistake.

"So I still have to ask for your help, Tu Yu." The mover continued: "Use your channels to help me deeply investigate Yu Zi Qian's background. It would be best if you could figure out what is going on with his rule that can manipulate cognition and thought."

Rules that can influence thoughts and instant-death rules both belong to extremely rare, scarce rules.

"Pay the final payment for the last time you asked me for help first." Bai Fugui said expressionlessly.

"You look so unfamiliar when you talk about money."

"We were never that close to begin with."

"..." The two bickered for a while, and finally, they negotiated the cooperation.

The bleak night wind blew over the sky of Yun City, and below the high-rise buildings was a pool of intoxicating, flickering neon lights.

In the bustling or noisy city, some people were dancing, some were singing, some were still working, some were preparing to start their nightlife, and others had already fallen asleep early, curled up in their quilts, having strange nightmares.

Bai Zhi closed her eyes, and a yellow brick wall of ancient age appeared in her sight.

The visibility in the surroundings was not high. Wooden buildings and tile-roofed houses loomed in the smog. At the end of her field of vision was a gray, deep sky, as if a thick, heavy dark cloud had poured down from the sky like a waterfall, swallowing the people on the ground.

"Having a nightmare again..." Bai Zhi carefully took two steps forward. A long, strip-shaped black shadow gradually became clear in front of her. She saw it; it was a coffin.

A black coffin was placed next to a residential house, with a simple thatched shed built against the wall to provide shelter. It was no different from abandoning the coffin in the wilderness. Would anyone really put a coffin next to their own house?

Thinking with conventional logic, a coffin always implies death and is linked to danger. Bai Zhi did not dare to approach the black coffin in the shed and turned to walk in another direction.

But after walking only a few steps, another coffin faded out of the smog and appeared before her eyes.

This time it was a brownish-black coffin, slightly shorter than the black coffin just now, also placed casually next to a residential house, covered by a simple shed, exactly the same.

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Icy fear emerged in the bottom of her heart. Subconsciously, Bai Zhi felt that she should not approach these coffins in the sheds.

1. Do not look.

2. Do not listen.

3. Do not smell.

4. Do not touch.

5. Do not think.

6. Do not let it discover you...

"To know what you know, and to know what you do not know, is the true meaning of knowledge. Ignorance is no crime."

"What is this situation?" A series of precautions began to emerge from her subconscious, making Bai Zhi puzzled.

It was not her first time dreaming of a strange event. In the past, she would instinctively know some precautions that could not be touched after being drawn into a dream. As long as she honestly followed them, it was not difficult to survive until she woke up safely.

But this time, the 'Survival Guide' she received was so bizarre...

Cannot look, cannot listen, cannot smell, cannot touch, cannot even think, and cannot let it know you?

No clue, absolutely no clue.

Bai Zhi's heart was pounding. A light gradually rose in the sky above her head; it seemed the sun was coming out, and the fog around her also faded slightly.

As visibility increased, Bai Zhi looked around and saw that she was standing at a crossroads of a yellow mud road. In front, behind, left, and right were dusty, broad, straight roads.

No matter which side of the crossroads she looked forward from, all she could see were earth-brick tile houses sitting together, forming streets. Every two or three houses, she could see coffins placed casually in the open in front of or behind the houses. Some coffins were even displayed directly on the side of the road on a rack, without even a shed to block the rain.

"Where exactly is this place, and what exactly happened?"

Just as the thought of curiosity arose in Bai Zhi's heart, she hurriedly suppressed it. She still remembered the taboo of 'cannot even think'. Curiosity here was probably not a good thing.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 101 =====