There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

For instance—

"Look."

Chen Yi somewhat boastfully pulled out the jade-colored fishing rod he often used from his embrace, casually tossed the hook into the air, and then gave the rod a powerful jerk.

The fishing rod seemed to be drawn by some mysterious force in the air, and in mid-air, a carp roughly the length of a forearm suddenly appeared, lively flipping and thrashing, biting down on the hook and refusing to let go.

And he hadn't even used any bait.

That was the charm of this occupation.

As long as he wished, he could throw his fishing hook into a latrine pit and still fish out a fish, let alone in the air.

Fishing in a vacuum was no problem either.

With this occupation, one could ensure they wouldn't starve to death in the wilderness—it was a pretty fun but ultimately useless occupation. He had randomly obtained several such occupations this month, all quite useless but with amusing occupational effects.

Chen Yi seemed to be in a good mood, cheerfully swinging his fishing rod in the air, then tossing the fished-up carp aside to the moose that had been eagerly waiting. All he needed to do was throw the fish into the air, and the moose would automatically leap up and swallow the fish whole.

Not picky at all.

This moose would eat anything except for carrots.

No, that's not right, it would eat carrots too. He had conducted experiments; the moose would indeed eat carrot-flavored carrots.

But it would not touch the weird tasting carrots received from Santa Claus, like the snail noodle and cold mixed buckwheat noodle flavored snail noodles.

"It's over."

After looking at Yi's shared occupational panel, Sword Without End said helplessly, "That's it. We've all overlooked it. Those bizarre creatures didn't disappear; instead, they started killing each other when we left Blue Star."

"Like raising gu, an ultimate gigantic bizarre creature has been reared."

"This creature almost combines the abilities of all other bizarre creatures. It has been slumbering these days. Just now, when I went to collect apples, I discovered a coastal city had been destroyed, and many players had fallen victim to it. That creature is still resting in the deserted city!!"

"I couldn't even get close!"

"I could only return from afar to report back!"

"Uh..."

Tuberculosis Rabbit hesitated, then asked tentatively, "Did Yi block you? Why didn't you message Yi, instead of running all the way back here?"

"Nonsense!"

Sword Without End said with some annoyance, "If I messaged Yi, wouldn't that mean I had to wait there by myself for you guys?"

"You haven't seen that bizarre creature up close. Its body was as tall as dozens of floors, just a huge meatball, covered with eyes, looking extremely creepy. Having me stay there alone is like asking me to die!"

"I definitely need to be by Yi's side as soon as possible to feel safe!"

"It's a big deal."

Putting off his search for Santa Claus, Chen Yi walked briskly to the sleigh nearby and looked towards Sword Without End, "You lead the way, let's go take a look."

...

It was almost dawn.

With the speed of the sleigh, it only took a few minutes to reach the destination, not much slower than teleporting via tp—this was only because Sword Without End had to navigate at a slower pace to avoid overshooting.

Otherwise, if driven at full throttle, they would have arrived in a matter of seconds.

Top speed of dozens of Mach, are you kidding me?

"You just mentioned that quite a few players met with disaster?"

On the sleigh, Tuberculosis Rabbit said with a sense of oddness, "I didn't react just now, but now I remember, isn't the rule this month that all players can't die? That's an absolute rule, how did those players die?"

"You mean that bizarre creature is able to break the 'Do As One Pleases' rule of December and forcibly kill off players in the coastal city?"

"It couldn't do that."

Sword Without End shook his head with a complex expression, "But that's exactly why the situation was a human tragedy. That bizarre creature would swallow people into its belly, which is translucent."

"You could even see its constantly writhing esophagus and the stomach filled with gastric acid."

"Do you realize what that means?"

"I watched as innumerable players struggled violently in the esophagus trying to escape, or to break through the esophageal walls, all in vain, as they were invariably pushed into the stomach by the constantly writhing muscles."

"Then, these players would frantically struggle in the stomach, filled with brownish-yellow stomach acid."

"They can't die."

"But their sense of pain isn't diminished in the slightest!"

"Those players were like falling into a vat of sulfuric acid, terrifyingly lucid as they felt the agony on their body, not to mention asking for death, they couldn't even faint from the pain."

"Under the rules of December, everyone experienced relentless severe pain."

"But it truly was survival impossible, death elusive!"

"Now, tell me, using the term 'met with disaster' for this scenario, do you see any problems?"

Fear lingered in Sword Without End's eyes, grateful for his quick escape lest he be in the stomach of that creature right now, truly frightening.

"..."

A look of horror flashed in Tuberculosis Rabbit's eyes, his mouth slowly agape, speechless, though he had yet to see it firsthand, he could already imagine the scene, no wonder Sword Without End was so spooked he ran back to seek the protection of Yi.

Not just Sword Without End.

Even Tuberculosis Rabbit would have immediately run back.