Zuo Lin'an agreed with the message Fang Tang sent.
For a dungeon boss, the most important thing was whether it would benefit them in hunting down players.
【Zuo Lin'an: Your thinking is correct.】
【Fang Tang: I know, right! Oh, by the way, I should tell you about my rules beforehand.】
【Fang Tang: I heard you're taking the Domain Rule route. I'm different. I'm taking the multiple Death Rule route, so both of the rules I currently have are Death Rules, and any subsequent ones will be too.】
Zuo Lin'an knew about this.
When he had previously gone to Sin Hunter City to obtain his second rule, he had discussed this with Instructor An Wen.
The instructor had told him that most Human-Specter Symbionts chose the same path as Fang Tang.
After all, obtaining a Domain Rule was extremely difficult, and whether a Domain Rule could actually fuse with auxiliary rules later on came with high uncertainty.
Therefore, for Human-Specter Symbionts who preferred a safer approach, gathering five Death Rules was the optimal choice.
【Fang Tang: The first one is: anyone who makes physical contact with me dies. As for the second one, it's the very common look-back kill—anyone who turns around after hearing my voice dies.】
【Zuo Lin'an: Not bad. Are there any restrictions?】
【Fang Tang: Yes, there's a restriction on the first Death Rule. The physical contact must be initiated by the other party.】
Zuo Lin'an frowned slightly and sighed when he saw this.
This restriction was simply too severe!
A Death Rule that was originally so terrifying was instantly crippled by this restriction.
But thinking about it, it made sense.
If there were no restrictions, wouldn't Fang Tang be able to kill anyone she wanted just by touching them?
But with the restriction working the other way around, the limitation became massive.
Even if Fang Tang disguised herself as a player and wasn't exposed, getting players to trigger the first Death Rule would still be very difficult.
This was because once they entered a specter dungeon, players would be highly wary of each other.
Let alone direct physical contact, they might not even have many opportunities to converse.
Not to mention that this time, it was the 【Paranormal World】.
This world itself had many strange and bizarre spell abilities, such as curses.
Perhaps a single touch, a single conversation, or even a single glance could lead to death.
Zuo Lin'an had certainly gained some new insight.
“Is this the consequence of recklessly designing an overpowered Death Rule, only to have a restriction randomly generated for it?”
Requiring the other party to initiate contact?
This was even worse than a usage limit.
Even if it could only be triggered once or twice a day, it would still be better than requiring the other party to initiate.
At least the initiative would be in one's own hands, and a usage limit could be increased using a 【Rule Sublimation Stone】.
“What a waste of a good rule.”
As for the second rule, the look-back kill... this Death Rule was very ordinary.
It couldn't compare to Xu Youyou's 【Those who respond in any manner, die】.
But then again, a look-back kill was a restriction in itself.
It restricted the target's response method; they had to look back.
“Her second Death Rule is clearly much more restrained. The restriction generated for her first rule must have caused her a lot of grief, teaching her a hard lesson.”
Sure enough, Instructor An Wen was absolutely right. Sometimes, designing a rule wasn't a case of the more perfect, the better.
Overall, Fang Tang's two Death Rules were still acceptable.
But...
If she wanted to become a Three-Star Regional Dungeon boss, they might still fall quite short.
The key would depend on the third Death Rule she set.
“I hope she gives it some careful thought.”
Zuo Lin'an thought for a moment and came up with another question.
【Zuo Lin'an: If a player touches your living body, it will also trigger the first Death Rule, right?】
【Fang Tang: Yes, that counts too. The same goes for the second rule, the look-back kill. If even that didn't work, I might as well just give up on living.】
【Zuo Lin'an: What about your two main quests?】
【Fang Tang: Survive for one day, and find the path of survival.】
【Zuo Lin'an: One day?】
Wasn't that a bit too short?
【Fang Tang: Yes. Because it's a battle royale type, the survival time isn't allowed to be too long. I tried applying to open the dungeon multiple times and found that one day is actually the limit.】
【Fang Tang: Then again, with your two rules plus the gold hairpin specter item, you can kill twenty-five players in a single day!】
【Zuo Lin'an: True.】
One had to know that a Daily Dungeon could have a maximum of only twenty players.
No matter how things went on Fang Tang's end—whether she showed off incredible power or made operational errors—with him there to act as her safety net, wiping out all the players in the dungeon this time shouldn't be an issue.
【Fang Tang: Great, then it's settled. If this cooperation is successful, I'll give you 2 Contribution points and throw in a puppet as well.】
Zuo Lin'an stroked his chin. Giving him a puppet?
【Zuo Lin'an: Can I choose it myself?】
【Fang Tang: No.】
【Zuo Lin'an: Then can it be converted into Contribution?】
【Fang Tang: It's worth 1 point.】
【Zuo Lin'an: That works too.】
【Fang Tang: Alright, then we'll count it as 3 Contribution points. Oh, by the way, if any unsolvable specters are born, I'll give you 2 Contribution points for each one.】
【Zuo Lin'an: No problem.】
【Fang Tang: Do you have any other questions?】
【Zuo Lin'an: None for now.】
【Fang Tang: Alright, wait for my word.】
The two ended their conversation.
Zuo Lin'an saved the dungeon information Fang Tang had sent him, planning to review it carefully over the next few days.
Especially those dazzling mine shafts that resembled an underground labyrinth.
Next, he casually opened the forum to browse the posts, only to find a few more bounties.
He opened them one by one and saw that they were all players with special talents.
“Hmm?”
Soon, he noticed some recruitment posts.
“Recruitment?”
He casually tapped on one to take a look.
Zuo Lin'an discovered they were all recruitment posts from Two-Star and Three-Star dungeon bosses looking for temporary partners.
“Why haven't I seen these before?”
During the previous 【Wuxia World】, he hadn't seen posts like these.
However, he quickly figured out why.
By the time he became a dungeon boss, the Wuxia World was already nearing its end.
Many of the dungeon bosses who needed temporary partners had either found permanent ones or had their dungeons locked after players cleared them, which was why there were no similar recruitment posts back then.
But now that the 【Paranormal World】 dungeons had just begun, and all the locked dungeons had been reopened, there would definitely be dungeon bosses needing to recruit temporary partners again.
However, he didn't need to pay attention to this.
Once Xu Youyou returned, he would be his partner.
“Hmm...”
He recalled what Bai Yuan had told him earlier—that Xu Youyou was working on an extremely complex Death Rule and would probably need to stay in Sin Hunter City for ten days to half a month.
“Going by that timeline, it might take another week before he returns.”
Zuo Lin'an sighed with emotion.
“I wonder what kind of rule it is to require staying in Sin Hunter City for so long!”
“But once I return from Fang Tang's dungeon, he should be done too.
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