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The moment she opened her eyes, a heavy slap landed on Jiang Ji's face. The force was so intense it knocked her to the ground.
What's going on? This is intense right from the start? Jiang Ji's cerebellum briefly atrophied, but her body reflexively rolled to safety. She tried her best to protect protruding joints like her elbows and knees, while also avoiding a serpentine pool of blood on the ground. Not far away, a headless male corpse lay in the pool of blood. The man's head had rolled half a meter away, his cruel smile forever frozen on his face. Blood continued to gush from his body as if inexhaustible.
"Jiang Ji, you killed my brother!"
The person who hit her was Su Ling, her university roommate. At this moment, her almond eyes looked as if they had just been washed, filled with hatred.
"You're the one who should die! Don't think you'll get out of here alive!"
"Lingzi, calm down. This isn't the time for infighting. We can settle any grievances after we get out."
The others, while verbally offering counsel, looked at Jiang Ji with extreme disgust.
...Damn it. Jiang Ji's face stung. Su Ling's newly done long, stylish nails had left a scratch on her face, which was now oozing blood. She tore off a tie from the neck of the man's corpse beside her, lowered her eyes, and meticulously wiped it clean, then crumpled it into a ball and threw it back. It happened to cover the man's face, which was frozen in an unseeing stare.
"You bitch!"
Su Ling shrieked and lunged forward. This time, no one stopped her; everyone revealed expressions of eager anticipation.
Is this ever going to end? Jiang Ji was getting impatient. She knew that comics needed to create intense conflict, but one round of the same trope was enough; more would just draw reader complaints. Jiang Ji leaned back, grabbing Su Ling's hair with her left hand and swinging back with all her might with her other hand.
Slap!
Crisp, pleasant, and professional. A clear handprint appeared on Su Ling's proud face. Seeing everyone frozen in shock, Jiang Ji paused and then politely delivered a threat:
"Push it further, and you'll have the same fate as your brother."
She was adept at following formulaic plots, and equally professional.
This bitch dared to hit her? How could that be possible! Su Ling's head was buzzing from the impact. The pain brought tears streaming down her face, dragging two white streaks of foundation makeup. She was stunned by the slap, and also frightened by Jiang Ji's sudden ferocity. Clutching her face, she sobbed as the short-haired girl pulled her away.
The flat-headed man shielded Su Ling. "Jiang Ji, what the hell are you doing, going crazy?!"
Jiang Ji gave him the middle finger. "Stupid."
"You!" Given the current situation, the others dared not escalate the conflict and could only glare at her with shock and anger. "Just you wait to die in the uncanny events!"
"Search your brains before you speak. If I die, you won't have a dad. If you die, I can still play the suona for you."
Jiang Ji unleashed her fury equally on everyone, feeling refreshed. She got up, stood leaning against a utility pole, and surveyed her surroundings. This was a remote crossroads. In the distance lay a field of crops. Besides the male corpse at her feet, directly opposite were: the flat-headed man, the bespectacled man, the short-haired girl, and Su Ling. Two men and two women. They were all dressed quite stylishly, suggesting good family backgrounds.
Jiang Ji withdrew her gaze and recalled the current plot points. This was a world from a hot-blooded manga called "The Dark Sanctuary: Vigilance Rule." The story's backdrop was set in a modern city where order was gradually breaking down. The manga, based on a realistic background, was even darker and more exaggerated. Dense populations, skyrocketing crime rates, and vast wealth disparities all became fertile ground for urban uncanny tales. Thus, the supernatural gradually revived, and the bizarre quietly descended. They were born from folk legends and urban rumors. Initially, they appeared only occasionally, drawing humans into their fold in small scopes, and then escalating. Schools, hospitals, companies, even elevators… the bizarre would pull humans into ghostly realms at any moment. A minority escaped, but more humans became contaminated, turning into new ghostly beings. These beings continuously grew stronger by killing, appearing randomly anywhere. Disappearances were frequent, and people were in a state of panic… The manga artist's initial convoluted setting—"Those killed by the bizarre also turn into the bizarre." In the mid-to-late stages of the manga, humans found it increasingly difficult to contend with ghosts.
When the headquarters received an urgent transfer request from the manga department, this task fell upon Jiang Ji, who was on annual leave. One moment she was sunbathing on a beach, the next she was in a miserable, slapstick uncanny event.
After organizing the additional plot information in her mind, Jiang Ji realized the timing of her transmigration was just as the manga had recently started serialization. It was also the only time she, along with the main characters, had appeared together, albeit in a way that made it onto the social news. "The Uncanny Has Arrived! Three Men and Three Women Found Mysteriously Dead in a Villa!" Ah, indeed, a true hellish start.
Jiang Ji struck the signature pose of a famous child detective. As one of the cannon fodder in the news, she might not even live to see the next manga update and would likely be "served" along with these societal dregs.
The short-haired girl looked around. "What should we do now?"
The bespectacled man was the calmest. "We need to figure out the rules first..."
Jiang Ji also noticed the traffic light in the distance, shrouded in darkness. This eerie, remote crossroads had its only traffic signal facing the apartment building across the road, known as the "Pigeon Cage." Its narrow, cramped units, with their tightly packed honeycomb structure, seemed to have countless eyes peering at them through the dim windows.
The flat-headed man blamed everything on her. "We encountered this strange event in the villa because of you, you unlucky bitch!"
"Heh." Jiang Ji gave a sarcastic curl of her lips.
The original host was tricked by Su Ling into coming to the villa and was almost violated by a drunk Su Zhigang. In a panic, she tried to escape but fell from upstairs. She died on the spot.
The first time the red light appeared, Su Zhigang hadn't taken the rules seriously. So, he offered his head as an apology to the uncanny. If the original host hadn't kindly agreed to Su Ling's request to tutor her nephew, she wouldn't have come to the villa tonight and wouldn't have died with these scummy people... but there are no ifs. Jiang Ji was always one to retaliate. Even if these people survived the uncanny events, she would make them pay for what the original host had suffered.
[Ability Card Pool has been generated...]
[Drawing Identity Card for you...]
[Your drawn identity is: Prophet.]
[You have gained the abilities of recalling the past and foreseeing the future. You will be closer to the world's truth than others. However, sometimes knowing too much is not a fortunate thing. After all, "The path to truth is both harsh and perilous."]
Prophet? Jiang Ji blinked. It didn't sound like a combat profession. Would she have to lead humanity to victory in the uncanny world by being a fortune teller?
"..."
Forget it, she'd worry about that after getting out of the uncanny event. While contemplating, crimson light spread like flowing water towards her feet. Jiang Ji followed the light and saw that the red light had silently illuminated. Everyone was instantly frozen, staring in silence at the traffic signal, as scarlet as blood.
Ding-a-ling-a-ling!
As if a phone call was ringing, a mechanical voice, neither male nor female, suddenly sounded:
"Li Hua Apartment hides a headless female corpse. Please find the location of the female corpse from a resident in apartment 2632 across the street without entering the apartment."
[Rule 1: When the red light is on, she will walk to the window. Remember, do not make any noise!]
[Rule 2: There are no stray cats at the crossroads. If you hear a cat's meow, smear blood on your eyelids as soon as possible.]
[Rule 3: Do not make eye contact with her during the green light.]
[Rule 4: There is no yellow light at the crossroads. When you see a yellow light, do not look back, and do not trust anyone around you!]
[Rule 5: It is normal for vehicles to appear at the crossroads. If you find no one inside a car, retreat immediately.]
[Rule 6: When answering, please use the order of apartment number-floor-unit, and confirm the accuracy of your answer.]
[Rule 7: If you hear a headless person speaking, be sure to say the oppos
ite of what they say.]
(Warm reminder: Sometimes, unintentional acts of kindness can change destiny~)
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