She Argues with Logic in a Weird World

Jiang Xi once had a happy family.

Although her father never left the house, her mother was controlling, and the family rules were complicated, life was still relatively peaceful.

Until one day, several people in uniforms knocked on her door.

They said they were from the Special Administration Bureau, told Jiang Xi not to be afraid, and asked—surprised—how she had managed to stay alive.

Only then did Jiang Xi learn that her parents were monsters, and her real parents had already died.

It was painful, but life had to go on.

To comfort herself, Jiang Xi accepted her friend’s invitation to eat hotpot.

Who would have thought that halfway through the meal, the beef slices would turn into zombie flesh, and the hungry waiter would start eyeing customers as food?

“Such terrible service? I demand a refund,” Jiang Xi said.

Although the manager’s face was dark, he politely refunded Jiang Xi’s money—and even handed the restaurant over to her.

Jiang Xi: “???”

Having just become an “orphan,” Jiang Xi felt she had stumbled onto a new way to fill her stomach.

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Relying on her ability to “reason with monsters,” Jiang Xi managed to scrape together a life where she was at least well-fed and clothed.

Until people began to notice her robber-like behavior, watching her with wary eyes and questioning why she was able to alter the rules of the world.

At the same time, others gazed at her with fanatical reverence, worshiping her as a god.

When the evil gods pursued her, and during a grand sacrificial ceremony, she looked directly into that unnameable, indescribable eye—

And Jiang Xi suddenly understood.

From then on, a tacit rule began to circulate within the eerie world:

When you encounter that tall, short-haired, house-robbing, malevolent being, do not hesitate! Immediately hand over all your belongings—

“Because I am the one who makes the rules.”

“I am the rule.”