This is a bizarre rule, isn't it? It's supposed to grant me many children and good fortune

Chapter 524 I feel like my brain is wasted.

Lin Feng raised his hand and pointed to the third rule.

[Rule 3: Please make sure to close the closet door before turning off the lights each night.]

If you wake up in the middle of the night and find the closet door open, don't close it. Cover your head with the blanket, count to 300, and then lift the blanket.

If the cabinet door remains open, keep your head covered until dawn.

"Getting out of bed is mostly to deal with the rule about the wardrobe."

Nikola pushed up his glasses: "You mean—the part of Rule 3 about 'covering your head until dawn' is wrong?"

Lin Feng nodded: "Sleeping under the covers until dawn, this solution is too simple."

"Even if you're worried about not being able to breathe, you can drape the blanket over the edge of the bed to create more space."

"Rules are not given away for free."

"So I guess the correct way to deal with it is to get out of bed and close the closet door."

Wasim frowned: "And getting out of bed requires using Rule 1, 'Close your eyes and act from memory.'"

Lin Feng nodded: "Yes, this creates a linkage between the two rules."

Nikolai pondered for a moment: "Your analysis is very reasonable, but who should we send to close the cabinet door? Should we do it in order?"

Wasim chimed in: "Whoever wakes up and finds the cupboard door open, and it's still open after counting to 300—that's who goes."

Lin Feng expressed his agreement, and then added:

"Sometimes, even though we live in the same dormitory, we're not on the same level when it comes to the rules."

"In other words—the cabinet door may appear open to you, but to someone else it may appear closed."

Nikolai suddenly realized, "I understand."

All four eyes then turned to Rule Two:

Public restrooms are open 24 hours a day.

[Please note: Women's restrooms are for women only, and men's restrooms are for men only.]

If you enter a restroom and find that the person inside is not your gender, please exit immediately and silently recite "All phenomena are illusory" 20 times.

Wasim frowned, his gaze sweeping heavily over the three men:

Even if this rule is correct in content, it still has many pitfalls.

"Do you remember Gilly Feng, the chosen one from White Elephant Kingdom? She looks like a woman, but she's actually a man."

Lin Feng nodded: "We need to verify the other person's identity before we can determine their gender."

Nikolai said worriedly, "But what if the other person is indeed of the opposite sex? Verifying their identity could give them an excuse to eat us up."

Derek slapped his thigh:

"I have a method—the 'subconscious method'—where you get close and suddenly make a monkey-stealing-a-peach motion."

"If the other person reacts strongly, it's a man; otherwise, it's a woman."

Wasim raised an eyebrow: "Is that reliable? That area is a sensitive spot on the human body; a woman would also flinch violently."

Lin Feng: "We can only make judgments by observing multiple details and supplementing them with intuition."

Derek then had a concern: "What if the other person is a transvestite, and I misjudge, and after I back out I silently recite 'All phenomena are illusory'? What would happen?"

Wasim shook his head: "I don't know the specifics, but it certainly won't be a good outcome."

Nikolai pushed up his glasses: "Then let's all go together as much as possible. Four pairs of eyes are always better than one."

Lin Feng nodded: "That's feasible."

After all, he has endless deductions to ensure that his judgment is absolutely correct.

…………

Since rule 3 had already been analyzed, the four of them skipped it and focused their attention on rule 4:

Before the lights were turned off, Su Wan could enter and leave any room at any time.

[But we need to observe her shadow. If her shadow is abnormal, then she is not the real Su Wan.]

[Don't make a sound. Silently hold the key in your hand and make her shock level reach 60 points or more (out of 100). She will leave on her own.]

"Come in and out whenever she wants?" Vassim stroked his stubble. "Even if the door is locked, she can still just walk in?"

Lin Feng nodded: "That's the literal meaning, but there's a condition—before the lights go out."

"That way, at least we can check her shadow."

Wasim hesitated for a moment, then asked, "There's only one key to the dorm, right?"

"That's right," Lin Feng replied. "In other words, only one of us can be the one to grab the key and make her shocked to a level of 60 or higher."

Wasim looked at Lin Feng: "Then you're the only one who can do it."

Lin Feng didn't refuse: "Well, if you notice her shadow is abnormal before I do, remember to give me a hint."

Wasim thought for a moment: "Then let's standardize the method of suggestion—cough twice, and then say, 'The hallway light seems to be broken today.'"

Nikola and Derek nodded in unison.

………………

The four people's gazes fell on the fifth rule:

There is only one basement corridor.

If you accidentally walk into a completely unfamiliar corridor, don't panic. Stand still, close your eyes, and think of something that makes you happiest.

If you still haven't returned to the familiar corridor, loudly call out your name while walking forward.

Derek scratched his head: "The happiest thing... is hard to define."

Nikolai nodded: "Indeed, the joy of life is never concentrated on a single thing."

"The exhilaration of winning an exam, the joy of a wedding night, a hot meal after a cold winter, a chance encounter with breathtaking scenery, exhilarating exercise, an immersive game..."

"Joys of all sizes are intertwined, and each kind of happiness has its own unique flavor, making it difficult to pinpoint 'the happiest one'."

Wasim: "Maybe this rule is a deliberate trap to mislead us. Before we go down to the basement, we can mark the way with pebbles and charcoal pencils. If we get lost, we can just follow the marks back the way we came."

Lin Feng shook his head: "My intuition tells me that this rule is correct."

"Actually, the 'happiest thing' can be determined using reverse thinking—don't think about what makes you happiest, but rather think: if you lost this thing, would your life lose most of its color?"

"Continuously eliminate secondary forms of happiness, and what remains that touches you the most is your true happiness."

For Lin Feng, the weddings with his six wives were undoubtedly the most unforgettable.

He was almost certain that that was the happiest thing for him.

Wasim's eyes lit up: "That makes sense, thinking about it that way..."

He was lost in thought.

As a police officer in Pakistan, I have arrested countless criminals over the years.

But the moment that made him happiest was when he first personally pinned a criminal who was threatening civilians to the ground, and the victim's mother held his hand with tears in her eyes and said, "Thank you, officer."

That was the first time he truly felt that his existence could make other people's world a little better.

Nikolai pushed up his glasses: "So, as long as you can think of the happiest thing, you can go straight back to the familiar corridor, and the name-calling part shouldn't happen again."

Lin Feng nodded in agreement: "It's very likely. Reading out names is probably for those who haven't figured out what their happiest thing is."

Derek exclaimed sincerely, "You guys are all so strong... Compared to you, I suddenly feel like my brain is useless."

Wasim raised his hand and patted his thick arm, laughing:

"A brain has its uses, and a big fist has its uses."

"When you encounter someone truly unreasonable, a heavy punch is more effective than ten arguments!"