There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

"Huh."

Chen Yi sat on the edge of the bed, exhaled a puff of smoke, and turned his head to look at Xu Yue on the bed, his eyes full of complexity. It was indeed a bit perplexing to have unwittingly stumbled into such an entanglement.

If it was about feelings, there really weren't any.

Although Xu Yue's methods were somewhat underhanded, she didn't do anything too outrageous to him; to actually act against the White Phoenix Clan because of it felt somewhat heavy-handed.

Idle hands are the devil's workshop.

After pondering for a moment, he got up and began to look around the interior of the palace.

...

"It's quite beautiful."

Chen Yi, leaning on his cane with one hand, stood in front of a wall, his eyebrows raised as he examined the mural, which clearly recorded the changes of the White Phoenix Clan after the arrival of the 'ascending game'.

It recorded not only the game, but also the history that preceded it.

From the information in these murals, he had gained a half-baked understanding of the history of the White Phoenix Clan.

Just as Xu Yue had mentioned.

The White Phoenix Clan had once been cursed to be forgotten in the timeline, a long, long time ago, reportedly because the queen of the White Phoenix Clan at that time had refused a deity's courtship.

Having felt humiliated, the deity cursed the White Phoenix Clan.

The curse made the White Phoenix Clan perpetually three months behind the rest of the world.

Of course, before the arrival of the 'ascending game', the effects of the curse had been almost imperceptible, leading many clan members to believe it was just a legend.

"Deities."

Chen Yi propped his chin thoughtfully with one hand as he stared at the mural on the wall, feeling skeptical, as if he were looking at a piece of mythologized history.

Do deities really exist?

If deities truly existed, would they not use force but choose to curse instead?

Could there be such a weak curse?

Wait a second, Chen Yi suddenly remembered something and stood in place, stunned. Li Peiqi should not be able to see Xu Yue in hell anymore; all the Alien Race players he had killed died instantly and had no chance to go to hell.

While he was in a daze, he suddenly heard a cold voice beside his ear, "Does it look good?"

"Yes, beautiful."

Chen Yi glanced at the source of the voice, and seeing that it was Xu Yue, he responded without much thought, but then he suddenly realized something, his body stiffened, and he turned to look at Xu Yue, only to speak in disbelief after confirming it was truly her.

"You actually came out?"

Just a moment ago, he was thinking that Alien Race players killed by him seemed to have no chance to go to hell, and now she had returned, and it seemed that she did not appear to be suffering from memory loss.

"It seems you are quite surprised by my return."

Xu Yue, dressed in imperial robes that exuded nobility, walked beside Chen Yi and looked at the mural on the wall calmly, "These murals are a historical legacy passed down by the White Phoenix Clan over thousands of years, their authenticity is hard to discern, but they have indeed been passed down since ancient times."

"Maybe you've heard from Little Seven; when a player from the White Phoenix Clan dies and falls into hell, they lose all their memories and start a new life in hell."

"The fact is indeed so."

"Perhaps it's because we were left behind in the timeline, or maybe it's due to some bug caused by a conflict with the 'ascending game', the specific reason is unclear to us."

"But I am the queen of the White Phoenix Clan, and the queens of the White Phoenix Clan are born with the ability to be 'Immortal and Indestructible'."

"As the queen, I am the focal point of the entire White Phoenix Clan's faith. As long as the White Phoenix Clan survives, its queen will not die."

"Throughout history, there have only ever been two ways for the queens of the White Phoenix Clan to die."

"Suicide, natural death."

"Besides these, there are no other ways of death—not by murder, not by disease, not by accident. None can cause the death of a White Phoenix Clan queen, it's an innate power, not one granted by the 'ascending game'."

"Um..."

Chen Yi, unsure of what to say, touched his nose: "That's pretty strong."

"Come with me."

Xu Yue fell silent for a while and then, without another word, turned and walked along the corridor towards the depths. The deeper they went, the sparser the candlelight on the walls became, making the environment seem even darker.

In contrast, the murals became more and more lifelike, to the point where the figures in them seemed to come alive at any moment.

The astonishment in Chen Yi's eyes following behind intensified. The characters and landscapes in these murals were extremely vivid, and the deeper they went, the more murals depicting war there were.

And with each step, the depiction of war became more cruel and brutal.

...

Unwittingly, they had been walking along the corridor for nearly fifteen minutes.

"You just said, after the White Phoenix Clan's queen provoked a deity, why didn't that deity use force, but instead chose to curse? Why would there be such a weak deity, right?"

"I'll tell you the answer."

Xu Yue did not wait for Chen Yi to respond; she simply placed her jade hand on the stone door in front of them, and as it opened...

"Roar!!!"

Countless heart-wrenching roars resounded, one after another!

The almost palpable hatred and killing intent was like the ocean beneath a typhoon, overwhelming in its approach!

And behind the stone door was an immense space!

Large enough to accommodate an entire city!

Numerous monstrous creatures were bound by countless iron chains in the darkness, their blood-red and fierce eyes constantly raging and roaring.

"Because a long time ago, our White Phoenix Clan was not weak."