There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

"Ding-ling-ling, ding-ling-ling!"

The grating sound of an alarm clock abruptly rang out in a room in the Garden District.

It was 07:30 in the morning.

"Is it time already?"

Tuberculosis Rabbit rubbed his bleary eyes, stretched languidly, and after a yawn of epic proportions, he got up and ran to the bathroom to wash up.

While washing up, he looked towards the breakfast on the table and asked somewhat curiously.

"Yi, did you make this food?"

"Wasn't it said that the 'June Rule' doesn't take effect on the 1st? Why are we suddenly eating this morning?"

"Hmm."

Chen Yi stood by the window looking outside without turning around and replied softly, "We still don't know whether the eating mentioned in the June Rule refers to fast food products, or if it specifically requires cooked food straight from the pot."

"We haven't found a cook yet."

"So, I made some breakfast myself first, in case fast food products don't fulfill the task of the rule tomorrow, we'll be better prepared."

"And to get used to the food I make ahead of time."

"..."

Tuberculosis Rabbit's body suddenly stiffened, he took a long time to finish washing up with slow, hesitant movements and then reluctantly approached the table, looking at the two steaming bowls of egg noodles without a word.

He didn't have the courage to pick up the chopsticks for a while.

After a long silence, he finally looked up at Yi's back.

"Yi, why is the noodle black?"

"I added soy sauce."

"You added a bit too much, didn't you?"

"Hmm, I did add a bit too much."

"Yi, do you know the difference between soy sauce and dark soy?"

"I don't, do you?"

"I don't either."

"Then let's eat."

After a prolonged silence, Tuberculosis Rabbit finally mustered enough courage and sat down on the stool, cautiously chewing on the noodles that had turned too dark to be properly seen.

He chewed carefully.

"Hm?"

After a few bites, Tuberculosis Rabbit expressed his mild surprise, "It's actually not bad, eh? It's got more bite than last time, and I can finally tell it's actually noodles."

"Really?"

Chen Yi, standing by the window with his back to Tuberculosis Rabbit, spoke with a faint trace of pride in his voice, "I looked up some strategies, I rinsed the noodles with cold water before taking them out of the pot, that's why they're chewier."

"It is much better than last time, but Yi, why is it so sour?"

"The strategy said that if you add too much soy sauce, you should add some vinegar."

"So?"

"After I added too much soy sauce, I put in some vinegar, then realized the vinegar was too much."

"And then?"

"Then I looked up more strategies, which said if there's too much vinegar, add more soy sauce."

"Alright, Yi, you don't need to say any more, I can imagine what it was like when you were cooking."

Tuberculosis Rabbit's eyelids twitched a few times as he set his chopsticks rest on the bowl. He could already picture Yi holding a soy sauce bottle in his left hand and a vinegar bottle in his right, standing by the pot continuously seasoning the dish.

To his knowledge,

this type of behavior often occurs with witches concocting potions in the antagonists of fairy tales.

He couldn't stomach the food anymore.

But not to dishearten Yi, he took a deep breath, pulled out a spicy carrot from his chest pocket, and started chewing vigorously.

Then he held the bowl to his lips, closed his eyes, and shoveled the noodles into his mouth with his chopsticks.

...

Fifteen minutes later.

Chen Yi, dressed neatly, was standing at his front door ready to head out when he hesitated and looked towards Tuberculosis Rabbit, who wore a somewhat sickly expression.

"There's no perfect person in this world, everyone has their flaws."

"You can understand that, right?"

"I get it, Yi, you don't need to explain, we're brothers."

Tuberculosis Rabbit forced a smile, with only one thought in mind – this stuff couldn't possibly be toxic, right?

"Let's go, we'll meet up with Jiaye and the others."

"It's time to get ready for the Children's Day event."

With less than 20 minutes left until the Children's Day event,

as they were walking out of the building heading towards the rooftop, they suddenly heard voices in the fire escape, sounding like a couple coming downstairs.

You could faintly hear their conversation.

"Who knows how long the natural gas will last, what will we do about cooking if it gets cut off?"

"What's there to be afraid of? If it gets cut off, it won't just be us affected; with so many people cut off, how will others cook, how will we cook—same deal."

"That's true."

As the voices grew clearer,

they saw the couple at the corner of the fire escape, looking like a young husband and wife.

The man wore a smart shirt and vest and carried black-rimmed glasses, looking like a cultured individual.

The woman was in a retro-styled long dress with sandals, tying up her ponytail while walking down the stairs, portraying an efficient air about her.

The makeup was light, and her looks were ordinary.

But there was a strong professional vibe about her, kind of like a teacher.

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Speaking of which, for some reason, the occupation of female teachers seems very recognizable. When you walk down the street and see a woman who feels like she might be a teacher...

Chances are, you can trust your gut because she's probably a primary school teacher.

Perhaps it's childhood DNA kicking in, that familiar aura suddenly awakening a deep fear within.

The young couple had been chatting as they came downstairs, but as soon as they saw Chen Yi and his companion at the bottom of the stairs, they froze, a flicker of panic passing through both their eyes.

"You guys go ahead."

Chen Yi casually stepped aside to make way, his expression calm. He was completely accustomed to strangers reacting like this upon seeing him, especially with more than a dozen titles floating above his head that were indeed quite eye-catching.

This was normal.

"Thank you, thank you."

The man with black-framed glasses frantically grabbed the woman's hand and dashed downstairs, as if fearful that making this big shot wait would provoke his anger.

And the woman, ever since seeing Chen Yi and his companion, had been keeping her head down, clutching her man's arm tightly, closely following him down.

When she moved past Chen Yi and his companion, there was no eye contact, seemingly afraid of strangers.

"Eh?"

As the woman passed by the Tuberculosis Rabbit, it suddenly sniffed and said in mild surprise, "This shampoo smells so familiar, isn't it Sassoon?"

The woman, almost at the corner, stiffened, still holding tightly to her man's arm, not looking back.

"We have similar tastes; I also like Sassoon. It smells really nice, doesn't it?"

The woman responded perfunctorily and then quickly headed downstairs, still clinging to her man's arm.

Chen Yi and his companion didn't linger.

They went straight to the rooftop and activated the sleigh, setting a bowl of egg noodles in front of the reindeer.

He made two bowls of noodles.

One for the Tuberculosis Rabbit to eat, and the other was placed here.

The reindeer, just pulled out of sleep, was still half-awake with its eyes barely open, but its nose twitched as if it had caught a scent.

Then, its eyes snapped open, glistening with eagerness as it looked at the bowl of egg noodles and started gobbling it down.

"..."

With hands in his pockets, the Tuberculosis Rabbit stood by with a somewhat emotional expression and said, "Times are tough for everyone. Look at Santa Claus, who knows how he's been mistreating this poor reindeer."

"And yet, it's enjoying the meal so much."

"Sticking with us, it gets to enjoy some good times for a while."

Soon after finishing its meal...

Chen Yi carried the Tuberculosis Rabbit and flew straight to the coordinates sent by Jiaye.

They had barely exchanged a few words...

When 8 o'clock arrived.

A notification sounded in the ears of all players!

'Game Event Announcement!'

'June 1st to June 3rd — "Children's Day" special limited-time event officially begins!'

'All players can participate in this event over these three days.'n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

'Event One: Children's Paradise'

'All children under the age of 18 will be transported to a huge children's paradise filled with chocolate, arcade games, many playmates, talking dolls, and a lot of fun equipment.'

'Children under the age of 18 will spend three days in this huge paradise, unconditionally enjoying themselves and hopefully creating wonderful childhood memories.'

'Event Two: Limited-Time Store.'

'Players can purchase various rare and typically hard-to-obtain props in the limited-time store over these three days using Points.'

'Event Three: Rose Guardian.'

'Male players can buy roses with Points and gift them to a female player to obtain corresponding guardian points, which can be exchanged for exclusive props in a special store.'

'Female players can use Points to buy a dedicated Small Speaker to canvass for themselves, thereby increasing the number of roses received and earning corresponding charm points based on the quantity, which can also be used to trade for exclusive props in the special store.'

'There will also be two exclusive global ranking lists for limited-time events!'

'"Gentleman's Guardian List" and "Lady's Charm List".'

'The top ten on the Guardian and Charm Lists will receive different exclusive limited-time titles, a global announcement broadcast, and an event-exclusive unique character action.'

'Event Four: Spells Come True.'

'During the event, every player will possess the ability where anything they say might come true.'

'Based on the difficulty of the wish, the chances of it coming true range from one in ten million to one in a thousand.'

'Event Five: Rambunctious Little Monsters.'

'During the event, many giant brats carrying gift packs will randomly appear in corners around the world; defeating them will allow players to share in the lavish rewards!'

Voices resonated deep within the hearts of all players.

Neither the deaf nor the blind need to worry about missing out on the event announcement.

The five events comprised the entirety of the Children's Day event.

Just as the announcement ended...

The once quiet Yancheng suburbs, attentively listening to the event details, suddenly exploded with a cacophony of urgent voices.

"My account has 1 million Points!!!"

"My account has 100 billion Points!!!"

"I'll freaking punch the entire Snow Sea Project Team to death!"

What was once a peaceful Monster Brushing Square suddenly became a wishing district.

Perhaps, never before had so many wishes been made in unison at a single moment globally.

This could be a moment worthy of the history books.

If Heaven has a server and it suddenly received such a frequent, intense influx of wishes, it just might think it was under a DDoS attack from Satan.

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ps: It should still be considered the early hours of the morning, right?

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