"No."
Zhang Ze's tone was calm. He knew that the battle with Fang Zai would come sooner or later.
"Very well, then our duel begins."
Fang Zai made an invitation gesture: "You are a guest, please invite me first."
Zhang Ze didn't show any pretense and turned around and walked towards the stairs.
The elevator is the fastest way to reach the first floor, but Zhang Ze knows that Fang Zai will definitely cheat on the elevator, so it is safer to take the stairs.
Fang Zai watched Zhang Ze walking up the stairs and snorted in his heart: "What a cautious guy."
He had really considered just now that when Zhang Ze walked into the elevator, he would immediately use the rules to trap Zhang Ze in so that he could not get out.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Ze was very vigilant and did not take the elevator because he was worried about something happening.
"But it doesn't matter, I have a way to deal with you!"
Fang Zai snapped his fingers: "[Rule 1: Zhang Ze is prohibited from using the rules.]"
Buzz!
The surrounding space trembled. The first rule set by Fang Zai had taken effect, but Zhang Ze didn't know it.
At this time, he was walking towards the 998th floor.
"The stairs here are very long, with more than thirty steps between each floor."
Zhang Ze was observing as he walked, and suddenly he felt something strange, but this feeling quickly disappeared.
"What happened just now?" He looked around in confusion, but didn't notice any changes.
"Is it an illusion?"
Shaking his head, Zhang Ze decided to continue going downstairs.
"There are only 10 opportunities to set the rules, and you can't waste any of them." He thought to himself: "Fang Zai is the rule maker and a master of playing with the rules, so I'd better try to find ways to make sure nothing changes. It is safer to cope with the ever-changing situation.”
"I wonder which floor Fang Zai is now?"
Zhang Ze saw Floor 997 printed on the corridor wall and curled his lips: "This journey is really long. I'm afraid it will take a day and a night."
"Um?"
Suddenly, he saw that the stairs leading to the 996th floor were blocked by a wall!
"What's going on?" Zhang Ze immediately ran over and touched the wall with his hand. He could feel that the wall was very thick and could not be broken with brute force.
“Has this wall always been there, or did it just appear?”
Zhang Ze touched the wall and narrowed his eyes slightly: "It must have just appeared. I guess it must be Fang Zai? He used the rules to stop me!"
Zhang Ze guessed right. This was the second rule set by Fang Zai: Zhang Ze could not go downstairs.
He took his hand back and said to himself: "It seems that I can only use the power of rules to help me get out of the current predicament."
"I want to use the rules!"
Zhang Ze spoke in a deep voice, only to hear the emotionless voice of the mechanical doll.
"Sorry, you can't use the rules right now."
"Why?" Zhang Ze was stunned, his face full of astonishment: "Didn't it mean that everyone has 10 opportunities to use the rules? Why can't I use them?"
"Because you are prohibited from using the rules," the cyborg explained.
Zhang Ze asked a few more questions, but the mechanical puppet kept saying these words over and over again, leaving him speechless.
At this moment, Fang Zai came down from upstairs. He showed a surprised look and said, "Huh? Rakshasa? Why are you still here? Come downstairs quickly, I have caught up with you!"
Zhang Ze stared at Fang Zai without saying a word, he had already figured it out.
"Fangzi, you made the rules, and you forbid me from using them, right?"
"First ban me from using the rules, and then trap me here, one after another, without giving me any chance to make a comeback!"
Zhang Ze glared at Fang Zai and said, "I knew you would do evil in secret!"
"Yes, it's me!"
The corners of Fang Zai's mouth turned up with a sinister smile: "I am the rule! If you fight with me, you are far behind!"
After saying that, he walked directly through the thick wall and headed to the next floor.
"This wall was created by the rules to prevent me from going downstairs. It has no effect on Fang Zai."
Zhang Ze hummed and said, "You think I have nothing to do? Haha, I still have the last trump card!"
After saying that, Zhang Ze took out something from his arms, which he had taken out from his backpack before using the reward.
[Book of Elementary Creation]!
"You forbid me from using rules, so I will use this book to create new rules myself!"
Zhang Ze opened the [Book of Elementary Creation], selected Special Effect 4, and created a rule.
"The cooldown time of [Elementary Book of Creation] becomes 0!"
[The Book of Elementary Creation] instantly glowed with dazzling white light, and then a burst of invisible energy fluctuations spread out in all directions. The new rules formulated by Zhang Ze took effect!
With the foundation of this "basic rule", there are no restrictions on Zhang Ze's future use of the [Basic Book of Creation], he can use it as he pleases!
"Very well, here comes the second rule: all rules that only apply to me are invalid!"
Zhang Ze didn't know if Fang Zai had set other rules for himself. Anyway, after he created this rule, he would never be affected by Fang Zai again.
The wall blocking the road in front of him slowly disappeared, and Zhang Ze could finally move on.
"I wonder which floor this bastard Fang Zai has gone to?"
Zhang Ze snorted and said, "It's rude to come and go without reciprocating. Let me set a rule for this bastard!"
"The Book of Creation will not be used for the time being. Let's use the 10 rules given to me in this duel first. We can't waste it."
"However, it is stipulated that I cannot set the same rules as Fang Zai... Well, so be it."
Zhang Ze shouted to his head: "I want to use the rules! Fang Zai can't use his legs to walk!"
"Hey! If you want to climb, you can!"
Zhang Ze had just set the rules. Fang Zai, who was quickly going downstairs, suddenly felt that his legs had lost consciousness. He suddenly lost his balance and rolled down the stairs, hitting his face heavily. The ground suddenly hit his face and his face was covered in blood.
"What's going on? My legs!"
Fang Zai ignored the blood on his face. He touched his legs and found that he felt nothing at all. His expression suddenly changed.
"Rakshasa! You took away my legs! Damn it!"
At this time, he had already reached the 990th floor, so Zhang Ze could still hear his angry roar.
"You trapped me and I didn't let you use my legs. That's fair."
Zhang Ze smiled and shouted downstairs: "But I think I am still very kind. I left you two arms. You can climb down. Remember to climb quickly, don't let me catch up!"
Fang Zai gritted his teeth with hatred, but he was even more confused: "I clearly prohibit him from using the rules, so why can he still use them? What went wrong?"
Of course he wasn't going to let himself crawl downstairs like a dog, so he immediately applied a new rule, the third one.
"No rules apply to me!"
Suddenly, feeling returned to his legs and he could stand up and walk again.
"Rakshasa, don't be complacent, our game has just begun!"
Fang Zai touched his face. In an instant, the blood and scars on his face disappeared. He said in a deep voice, "I want to make a fourth rule!"
