63: Chapter 63 The Rule Weavers

When they left the Farmhouse, it was already dark.

Chen Mo was driving the pickup truck on the road leading to Highway 17. Lin Wei sat in the passenger seat, gazing at the pitch-black night outside the window.

"Going out this late?"

"I have business," Chen Mo said.

He gripped the steering wheel, his eyes fixed ahead. Within his Time Perception, everything within a fifty-meter radius was clearly visible—the Ghost Shadows hiding in the darkness, the floating time rifts, all under his control.

After driving for about two hours, a fork in the road appeared ahead.

To the left was Highway 17, and to the right was an unmarked path.

Chen Mo slowed down, looking at the path.

In his Time Perception, something was moving deep within that path.

It was large, slow, but very powerful.

【B-Rank Abnormality reaction detected】

【Location: Approximately three kilometers deep into the path】

【Threat assessment: High】

Chen Mo did not hesitate.

He turned the steering wheel and veered onto the path.

Lin Wei looked at him.

"Where are we going?"

"To find something."

The pickup truck bumped along the small path. The road was potholed, and dense wild grass on both sides almost completely submerged it.

After driving about two kilometers, an open area appeared ahead.

In the center of the clearing, something was crouching.

It was huge.

At least five meters tall, like a small hill. Its body was woven from countless rule lines; those lines flowed slowly, and with every rotation, the surrounding air warped.

【Target: B-Rank Abnormality "Rule Weaver"】

【Status: Weaving rules】

【Ability: Rewrite local rules】

【Current rewritten rule: Prohibit Movement】

【Threat assessment: Lethal】

Chen Mo's pupils contracted.

Prohibit Movement.

He tried to lift his foot.

He couldn't lift it.

His feet felt as if they were nailed to the ground, completely immobile.

He looked at Lin Wei.

Lin Wei was also standing where she was, motionless.

"What's going on?"

"Rules," Chen Mo said. "They've been rewritten."

The Rule Weaver turned around and looked at them.

Its face had no features, only a mass of flowing golden lines. Those lines rotated slowly, as if it were sizing them up.

Then it spoke.

The voice came from all directions, as if countless people were speaking at once.

"Intruders."

"Rewriting rules."

"Prohibit Movement."

Chen Mo stared at it.

His Pupil of the Sequence was operating at full capacity.

In his golden vision, the flow of those rule lines was clearly visible—

They emanated from the golden light in the Rule Weaver's chest. Every rule connected it to the surrounding environment.

【Rule rewrite detected】

【Current rule: Prohibit Movement】

【Rule source: Rule Weaver core】

【Solution: Destroy the core, or create a rule conflict】

Create a rule conflict.

Chen Mo's mind raced.

Among his current sequence abilities, one was exactly what he needed.

Rule Interference.

An A-Rank ability that could briefly warp local rules.

If he used Rule Interference to warp the "Prohibit Movement" rule around him into another rule—

Perhaps he could temporarily regain the ability to move.

But only for three seconds.

Chen Mo activated Rule Interference.

Instantly, the space around him began to warp.

Those golden rule lines were forcibly changed in direction.

【Rule Interference effective】

【Current area rule: Allow Movement】

【Duration: 3 seconds】

Chen Mo moved.

He rushed toward the Rule Weaver.

Three seconds was very short.

But in his ten-second Prediction, he had already seen everything within those three seconds—

The Rule Weaver would launch a new rule rewrite when he was halfway there.

"Prohibit Attack."

Chen Mo did not stop.

In the last second, he activated Infiltrator.

Seven seconds of invisibility.

The Rule Weaver was stunned—it couldn't see him anymore.

The "Prohibit Attack" rule landed on him, but he was in an invisible state, so the rule couldn't find a target.

Seven seconds later, Chen Mo appeared behind the Rule Weaver.

He slashed down with his blade.

Striking at the location of the core.

Those golden lines trembled violently.

The Rule Weaver let out a roar.

【Rewriting rules...】

【New rule: Prohibit Invisibility】

Chen Mo's invisibility instantly failed.

But he had already landed two slashes.

The third slash.

The Rule Weaver turned around, and those rule lines lashed out like whips.

Chen Mo dodged to the side, simultaneously activating Eerie Power Burst.

All attributes increased by 50%.

His speed increased instantly.

He dodged those lines and rushed in front of the core.

The fourth slash.

The fifth slash.

The sixth slash.

The Rule Weaver's body began to disintegrate.

Those rule lines lost control and darted in all directions.

The surrounding "Prohibit Movement" rule disappeared.

Chen Mo stood where he was, panting heavily.

Eerie Power Burst ended.

His body began to tremble.

The Rule Weaver was not dead yet.

It stared at Chen Mo, those golden lines surging crazily within its body.

Then it spoke.

"You are strong."

"But not strong enough."

It raised its hand.

The surrounding rules began to re-weave.

【New rule: Prohibit Thinking】

Chen Mo felt his mind go blank.

He couldn't remember anything.

He stood there blankly, watching the Rule Weaver walk toward him.

One step.

Two steps.

Three steps.

Just as it was about to touch him—

Lin Wei fired her gun.

The bullet hit the Rule Weaver, splashing a string of golden sparks.

The Rule Weaver turned around to look at her.

The "Prohibit Thinking" rule only targeted Chen Mo alone.

Lin Wei could still move.

She fired a few more shots.

The Rule Weaver walked toward her.

Chen Mo stood where he was, his mind completely blank.

But he still had one thing—

Instinct.

The Pupil of the Sequence was still operating.

The Eye of Sinister Sight could still see.

Those rule lines, those weaknesses, were all before his eyes.

His body moved.

Not an action after thinking, but instinct.

He slashed his blade toward the core.

The Rule Weaver was unprepared.

The blade cut in.

Deeper.

It let out a miserable shriek.

Those rule lines all lost control.

The "Prohibit Thinking" rule disappeared.

Chen Mo's mind regained clarity.

He looked at the Rule Weaver disintegrating before him.

The final slash.

It collapsed.

【Killed B-Rank Abnormality "Rule Weaver"】

【Obtained: rule core × 1】

【Obtained: sequence fragment × 30】

【Current fragments: 354】

【Over-level kill · Evaluation: Rule Breaker】

Chen Mo stood where he was, panting heavily.

His body was trembling.

That moment just now, he almost died.

If it weren't for that shot from Lin Wei—

He looked at Lin Wei.

Lin Wei was looking at him, her face pale.

"Are you okay?"

Chen Mo shook his head.

"I'm fine."

He walked over and picked up the rule core.

It was small, the size of a fist, with countless golden threads floating inside.

【rule core · B-Rank Materials】

【Can be used to refine rule-type items】

Chen Mo put it away.

He turned and walked toward the pickup truck.

Lin Wei followed behind.

The two got into the car and started the engine.

The pickup truck drove back the way they came.

In the rearview mirror, that clearing grew further and further away.

The Rule Weaver's corpse was disappearing.

Only the remaining rule lines were left, drifting in the air.

Chen Mo gripped the steering wheel, his eyes fixed on the road ahead.

B-Rank.

He had killed a B-Rank.

Although it was over-level, although it was lucky.

But he had killed it nonetheless.

This meant that he had truly become stronger.