Rule-Based Horror: The Upside-Down Neighborhood

Authors writing online novels on the theme of supernatural tales based on rules should refer to the following rules: 1. Rules-based supernatural tales are always a niche genre, and under normal circumstances, their collection, voting, and other data will be worse than other types. Don't focus too much on the data and let it affect your enthusiasm for writing.

Shennong is here. Well, the protagonist joins the official faction in Chapter 18 not long after the start. The plot is pretty cliché: the protagonist saves an official, and that official is incredibly beautiful—I'm guessing she's the female lead. There's a female lead at the beginning, the protagonist joins the official faction, and then in this strange land, the protagonist is hope.

I really like stories like "The Haunted House" and "Global Collapse," which are essentially infinite flow stories. The key is to avoid official involvement, or at least minimize the official influence. For example, in "Players Are Fierce," players can challenge the official forces. In "Players, Please Get on the Bus," the official forces can't really control the players, only offer minor restrictions. Horror stories need the thrill and suspense of the protagonist's struggle for survival.

I've only read three chapters. Could any expert tell me what to do? In this supernatural tale about rules, why do we hear cries for help outside the door?! I just can't figure it out! This is a supernatural tale about rules! If you open the door in any post-apocalyptic story, I'll understand; at most, I'll call you a saint. But your behavior logic is understandable. But this is a weirdo!

I've always felt that adding a "system" setting to "Rules of the Uncanny" is a rather boring thing to do, as it greatly reduces the "horror element". In my eyes, the strange tales of rules should be stories about ordinary people using their wisdom to survive by following all sorts of tricky, strange, and bizarre rules, where one wrong step means certain death.

What I hate most is when official figures are included in the story. In reality, you can't avoid official figures, so there's no need for a father figure in a novel.

I feel like something's off. Before that woman appeared, the protagonist was clever and quick-witted; after she came along, he became dull and clueless, while the woman, on the other hand, became clever and quick-witted and even fell for his own schemes. What's going on? Did his intelligence transfer?

When a system appears in a story about strange rules, that book is destined to go nowhere. Why do we enjoy reading strange tales about rules? The answer is, of course, we enjoy watching the protagonist, within logically consistent rules, use their intellect to go further from the same starting point, outwitting and outmaneuvering the participants and the supernatural tales. No one and no supernatural tale can violate or defy the rules; the rules are supreme.

I remember seeing someone say that the male protagonist's intelligence to some extent determines the author's intelligence...

I think the inclusion of the female lead in a ghost story is a mistake, as it implies that the protagonist cannot make rational decisions.