Rule-based horrors descend, and terror and chaos set the tone. The Slit-Mouthed Woman asks, “Am I beautiful?” Answer wrong, and you die.
Zheng Yi, a former tax inspector, awakens the [Eye of Legal Reasoning] in the depths of despair and sees that every supernatural horror is a twisted “collection of rules.”
While everyone else trembles in fear, he adjusts a pair of imaginary glasses and shouts at the Slit-Mouthed Woman:
“Stop right there! You’ve been illegally acquiring ‘life energy’ as miscellaneous income for years, and are suspected of serious tax evasion! You are hereby ordered to pay your overdue taxes immediately, accept the penalty, and submit a thorough written statement of remorse!”
From then on, the whole genre takes a sharp turn.
A shady hospital forcing people into labor? The Labor Law will take care of that. Pay all the staff’s overdue social insurance contributions!
A demon mall imposing unfair terms? The Consumer Rights Protection Law strikes hard. We’ll fine you until you’re bankrupt!
When the unfathomable Old One known as the “Overlord” unleashes divine punishment, a “Temple of Law,” forged from legal statutes, already stands behind Zheng Yi.
Holding the Holy Codex of Order, imbued with the authority of eight great rules, he calmly declares:
“Now, in the name of the lawgiver, I shall perform a ‘reverse anchoring of the rules’ upon this world.”
“Final court, in session!”
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