There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

Chapter 183 "Why blame yourself for something that you can blame on others?

Chen Yi was just about to say something when he suddenly saw Sword Without End pulling something out with a backhanded motion.

"But I have this."

He looked closely.

In Sword Without End's palm lay a silver-white card.

The effect of the prop was also shared.

'Prop Name': Death Domain Pass.

'Prop Level': B-level.

'Prop Description': This is a world filled with death everywhere; here, you can experience the feeling of death firsthand—a map with an extremely high level of danger, but correspondingly, the rewards are extremely generous.

'Prop Restrictions': Number of Uses (1/1)

It is the Heaven for the brave, the Hell for the cowards—

Death Domain!

"A Death Domain Pass. I have a map access pass for this map too, obtained by luck."

"A B-level map, and the description of the map is enough to creep someone out. I barely considered entering this map, at least not at this stage."

"I never thought Jiaye and her team would go in."

"That's really..."

Sword Without End touched his nose and swallowed the words that were almost blurted out.

He actually wanted to say that it was brainless. Even he, who could barely make a name for himself globally, did not dare to enter, yet Jiaye and Tie Chui, two players who hadn't even entered the last layer of the world event, dared to venture into a B-level map alone.

It was somewhat irrational.

But then he remembered Jiaye was Chen Yi's friend, so he forcefully swallowed the words—it wasn't appropriate to say them.

"I'll go in by myself. Thanks for this," Chen Yi said as he took the prop from Sword Without End's hand and began to check the cooldown times of the props on him and to inventory some props he didn't usually use in preparation for entering the map.

He had a sled with him.

Basically, he was in an invincible position and was not likely to run into trouble easily.

"Hey, Yi, you're not planning to go in alone, are you?" Tuberculosis Rabbit suddenly grabbed Chen Yi's arm, staring at him with some dissatisfaction, "This is a B-level map. The most difficult map we've ever been to was only C-level."

"We finally get to go to a B-level map. How can you not take me with you?"

Chen Yi turned his head to look at Tuberculosis Rabbit and, after a long pause, nodded, "Alright, you'll come with me."

"I want to go too."

Sword Without End also raised his right hand excitedly, "This is a B-level map, the second B-level map I'll be entering. I've never dared to enter this map before, but now with Yi's support, I have the courage to have a look."

"Besides, the map access pass can only be used once."

"If I don't go in, wouldn't that be a waste?"

"What do you mean?"

Tuberculosis Rabbit, keenly catching the information in Sword Without End's words, spoke with some surprise, "You've been to another B-level map before?"

"Yes, a smaller B-level map. The title above my head was obtained from that B-level map."

"Nice."

Tuberculosis Rabbit sized up Sword Without End, gaining a new understanding of his capabilities. When they first met Sword Without End, he already had that title.

It seemed to be the beginning of June then.

If he remembered correctly, it should have been the early morning of June 1st.

Now it's July 2nd.

Having solo-cleared a B-level map a month earlier, his abilities were not to be underestimated. Stay tuned with My Virtual Library Empire

Neither he nor Yi had been to a B-level map to this day.

Chen Yi didn't delay any further. Since the other two wanted to go, he didn't waste any more words and activated the prop right away.

...

'Ding, Chen Yi, Tuberculosis Rabbit, Sword Without End have successfully entered the map.'

'The map has a high degree of freedom; players are to explore on their own.'

'Clearing conditions: A total of 7 ruins; after passing through 3 ruins, players may leave the map within 1 minute. Besides this, there are various random special events in the map.'

Unlike other maps which present a long description and numerous rules before entering, this map had just a brief three sentences.

Without any delay.

Chen Yi sat on the sled, looking at the string of coordinates, and took off with Tuberculosis Rabbit!

In just one minute, they arrived at the coordinates.

And at this moment, they were just beginning to get a glimpse of the map's general features.

The entire map was a vast wasteland with not a single green plant in sight, and the ground was cracked everywhere, as if it hadn't rained for at least three years.

Above them were extremely low-hanging black clouds, seemingly just a few hundred meters above the ground, almost as if they were about to press down on their heads.

The thick black clouds made the whole wasteland seem somewhat gloomy.

And at the coordinates...

There was a brightly lit café standing out oddly, as if someone had opened a Starbucks in a no-man's land.

A single-story café of about 200 square meters.

Numerous lights hung on the exterior walls of the café, looking very bright and somewhat out of place in the dim wasteland.

Just as Chen Yi and his group landed and hadn't yet made any move...

They saw Tie Chui standing at the café, his body covered in horrific wounds like a rock, and on Tie Chui's shoulder sat Jiaye, covered in blood and dazed, yet there seemed to be a smile on her face, as if, despite her body's poor state, her mood was quite good.

"Did we find them this easily?"

Tuberculosis Rabbit's eyes flashed with surprise, "It seems we can return soon, finally able to enjoy sunbathing again."

However, just then—

Jiaye also saw Chen Yi and his companions in front of him, the smile on his lips instantly stiffening in place.

The joy in his eyes disappeared in an instant.

Instead, he was trying to endure the pain from his wounds, and a hint of despair emerged in his eyes as he spoke with a quivering, tearful voice, "Yi, how did you get in here?"

But then, as if suddenly remembering something,

He spoke in a rush.

"It's safe while flying in the air, but once you land, you must stick to the official road."

"Don't try to open any treasure chests you see, a very high chance of special events are negative."

"Ruins number 4 are combat-based, the opponent's strength is greater than your own, and you can't use props or skills."

"Ruins number 3 are nightmare-based, they will target your..."

However, before Jiaye could finish speaking, they could only see Jiaye's mouth moving up and down without hearing any sound. Soon after that, they saw the figures of Jiaye and Tie Chui slowly fade and disappear on the spot.

At the same time.

A notification sounded in their ears.

'Ding, a player has successfully cleared the map, the difficulty of clearing this map has increased.'

'The clearing condition has been raised from passing 3 ruins originally to passing 5 ruins and experiencing 2 special events.'

"..."

Tuberculosis Rabbit, still waving his hand to signal, had his smiling expression slowly solidify and then emotionlessly lit a cigarette, put it to his mouth, and spoke softly, "That Yi, in a way, our mission has been perfectly accomplished."

"We successfully rescued Jiaye from this B-level map."

"But... it seems like we have put ourselves in it."

Chen Yi also realized the situation they were in, and only after confirming that Jiaye and the others had left the map, did he slightly raise his eyebrows, a bit surprised in his heart.

This is a B-level map after all.

With the strength of Jiaye and Tie Chui, they actually managed to clear a B-level map.

Although they had quite a few injuries, being able to speak fluently meant there was still hope for them.

Moreover, Jiaye's condition just now didn't seem to be on the verge of death, right?

But before he could think any further,

He suddenly felt a breeze, and the gloomy winds on the wasteland were indeed a bit chilling, like working in front of your computer desk in the dark of night, feeling a breeze blowing behind you as if a beautiful ghost was standing right there, staring at you.

Tuberculosis Rabbit couldn't help but feel goosebumps and shivered.

At this moment, the wooden door of the café not far away seemed to be blown open by the wind, revealing the bright tables and chairs inside, making one unable to resist the urge to hide in the café to avoid the cold wind.

And a screen gradually appeared above the café.

'Ruins number 3, Café.'

'This is a café where you can buy a cup of coffee to get a moment's warmth on the some cold, piercing wasteland.'

'You can drink coffee while talking to a psychologist about the trauma in your heart.'

'Perhaps she can help you soothe it.'

'Clearing condition: Face your inner Heart Demon and either accept it or slay it.'

Chen Yi looked at the Death Domain Map on his personal panel, they were located at ruins number 3 in the bottom left corner of the map. Apart from this, there were 6 other points of light on the map, which were ruins numbers 1 to 7, excluding number 3.

It looked just like a Disneyland map.

The vast wasteland had 7 amusement attractions.

But from Jiaye and the others, it was clear that these attractions were probably not very friendly, at least the wounds on Tie Chui's body looked quite chilling.

"Heart Demon?"

Sword Without End spoke with a grave expression as he looked at the screen above the café, "The last time I cleared a B-level map, it was also one about Heart Demons."

"B-level maps seem to like featuring Heart Demons as content."

"I have experience with this, Heart Demons tend to be idealistic."

"For example, my Heart Demon was the disgust for the past me who couldn't make money and had to watch my wife die before my eyes. To clear that map, I had to completely sever this Heart Demon."

"That is, to accept that part of my life's journey and let go of that obsession."

"I killed myself more than a hundred times and still didn't sever that Heart Demon."

"But later, I cleared it."

"Because I shifted the object of my disgust, I changed from loathing myself to questioning why among so many people in the world, there wasn't a single one willing to lend a hand to save us. And so, I severed the Heart Demon of loathing myself and thereby cleared the map."

"But... if things go as usual, it may make me sever the Heart Demon of loathing the world again."

"What to do then, despise yourself once more?"

"Hmm, that's the plan."

Sword Without End nodded earnestly, "When it comes to Heart Demons, which are relatively idealistic, if you can't find a way to resolve them, you can try other methods."

"So you mean Heart Demons arise from self-blame over something?"

"Roughly, you can understand it that way."

"What if one has never blamed oneself?"

"Impossible, everyone makes mistakes in life, and as long as you make mistakes, you will blame yourself more or less, all of which are Heart Demons, unless you have never made a mistake."

"Well..."

Tuberculosis Rabbit opened his mouth hesitantly, "I have made mistakes, but I've never blamed myself."

"I've always blamed others, never myself."

"Why blame oneself for things you can blame others for?"

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ps: Misspellings to be corrected later.