【SYSTEM NOTICE】CRYING IN PUBLIC IS FORBIDDEN · EMOTIONAL CONTAMINATION SOURCES WILL BE MARKED · NAME LICENSES RENEW ANNUALLY · THIS TERMINAL ACCESS HAS BEEN RECORDED AND REPORTED TOUPPER CITY · ANY CHALLENGE TO A RULE WILL BE TREATED AS A RULE LOOPHOLE ·

ARCHIVED ACCESS LOG / 07-27-26TERMINAL NO. A0-L9C-0713

A-0 PROTOCOL / ACCESS LEVEL: ILLEGAL

A-ZERO / Rules Auction House

RULES HAVE A PRICE. LOOPHOLES RUN FREE.

RULES HAVE A PRICE. LOOPHOLES RUN FREE.

ENTER AUCTION ENTER AUCTION READ EP01 FOLLOW THE CHRONICLE

VENUELOWER NINE CITY / HALL 09

AUCTIONEEROLD TONGUE

LIVE LOTR-CRY-000

CURRENT BID9,900 L-CREDITS

HOUSE STATUSLIVE / NO WITHDRAWAL

WORLD FILE / LOWER NINE CITY

THERE ARE ONLY RULES.

PUBLIC RECORD · 01

In Lower Nine City, crying, love, life, names, and death can all be priced by the system.

EVERYTHING IS AN ASSET.

Ultra-wide Lower Nine City auction hall: OLD TONGUE leads the sale under a spotlight as dense bidders surround vintage CRTs, analog terminals, corroded pipes, and futuristic barcode scans

RULE LOT ARCHIVE / SIMULATION ACCESS

RULE LOT ARCHIVE

8 RULE LOTS · FICTIONAL BIDDING EXPERIENCE

Inside the Rules Auction House, OLD TONGUE auctions forbidden rules among vintage surveillance equipment, corroded pipes, and futuristic barcode scans — ARCHIVED AUCTION FEED / OLD TONGUE / SIGNAL DEGRADEDDEPTH SCAN: UNSTABLE

ELECTRONIC RULE LOTS / DRAG TO INSPECTLOT 01 / 08

LOT 01 / R-FOCUS-300HOT LOT

PUBLIC PRESENCE +300%

PUBLIC PRESENCE +300%

Within a twenty-meter radius, the chance that people actively look at you increases by 300%.

SCOPE: PUBLIC SPACE · 20 M RADIUS
VALIDITY: 45 MINUTES AFTER ACTIVATION
LIMITS: ATTENTION ONLY; AFFECTION NOT GUARANTEED

STARTING BID27,000 L-CREDITS

NOTICE / ATTENTION IS NOT AFFECTION

LOT 02 / R-CRY-012ZONE PERMIT

LOCAL CRYING PERMIT · 12H

LOCAL CRYING PERMIT · 12H

Within the registered four-square-meter zone, the license holder may cry without triggering an emotional-contamination alarm.

SCOPE: ONE REGISTERED ZONE · 4 M²
VALIDITY: 12 HOURS
LIMITS: EXPIRES ON EXIT; TEARS REMAIN YOUR PROPERTY

STARTING BID4,800 L-CREDITS

NOTICE / EMOTION ZONE REGISTERED

LOT 03 / R-LATE-090TIME-LIMITED

LATENESS INVALID · 90M

LATENESS INVALID · 90M

Access gates, time clocks, and people present will all classify the holder as “on time.”

SCOPE: ONE JOURNEY · ONE PERSON
VALIDITY: 90 MINUTES AFTER ACTIVATION
LIMITS: ORIGINAL TIME REMAINS IN BLACK-BOX ARCHIVE

STARTING BID9,600 L-CREDITS

NOTICE / ORIGINAL TIMESTAMP RETAINED

LOT 04 / R-QUEUE-003ONE USE

LEGAL QUEUE JUMP · +3

LEGAL QUEUE JUMP · +3

Move forward three places in any non-medical, non-evacuation queue; the system rewrites everyone’s queue memory.

SCOPE: ONE PHYSICAL QUEUE
VALIDITY: USE BEFORE MIDNIGHT
LIMITS: ONE USE; ONLINE WAITLISTS EXCLUDED

STARTING BID6,200 L-CREDITS

NOTICE / EMERGENCY LINES EXCLUDED

LOT 05 / R-READ-072SOCIAL WAIVER

NO-REPLY EXEMPTION · 72H

NO-REPLY EXEMPTION · 72H

Messages opened after activation may go unanswered for 72 hours and will be classified as reasonable silence.

SCOPE: PERSONAL MESSAGING SYSTEMS
VALIDITY: 72 HOURS
LIMITS: DEBT, LEGAL, AND EMERGENCY NOTICES EXCLUDED

STARTING BID3,400 L-CREDITS

NOTICE / SILENCE MARKED REASONABLE

LOT 06 / R-STRANGER-006IDENTITY MASK

TEMPORARY STRANGER · 6H

TEMPORARY STRANGER · 6H

People who know you cannot actively identify the holder unless they speak your name from within three meters.

SCOPE: HUMAN MEMORY & PUBLIC SOCIAL NETWORKS
VALIDITY: 6 HOURS
LIMITS: BIOMETRICS, DEBT, AND SURVEILLANCE REMAIN

STARTING BID14,800 L-CREDITS

NOTICE / BIOMETRICS REMAIN ACTIVE

LOT 07 / R-UNDO-001RARE

RETRACT ONE SENTENCE · 1×

RETRACT ONE SENTENCE · 1×

Remove one sentence spoken by the holder within the last 24 hours from witnesses and private records alike.

SCOPE: ONE COMPLETE SENTENCE
VALIDITY: EXECUTES IMMEDIATELY
LIMITS: PUBLIC STREAMS & OFFLINE BACKUPS KEEP A 1-SECOND GAP

STARTING BID38,000 L-CREDITS

NOTICE / ARCHIVE GAP WILL REMAIN

LOT 08 / R-DEBT-048LOW BID

COLLECTION SILENCE · 48H

COLLECTION SILENCE · 48H

Collection calls, pop-ups, and doorstep notices are delayed for 48 hours, with no red alerts shown.

SCOPE: ONE HOLDER & REGISTERED ADDRESS
VALIDITY: 48 HOURS
LIMITS: PRINCIPAL, INTEREST, AND DEFAULT RECORDS KEEP GROWING

STARTING BID1,200 L-CREDITS

NOTICE / DEBT CONTINUES TO GROW

UNAUTHORIZED OBSERVATIONS / EVIDENCE INDEX

OBSERVATIONS

SOURCE UNVERIFIED · EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION PROHIBITED

RECOVERED MEDIA / 09 FILESTHESE IMAGES BELONG TO NO PUBLIC RECORD.CLICK TO OPEN FULL FRAME

A covert frame from behind the bidders: OLD TONGUE conducts the auction in the distance while A-0 watches from a pillar's shadow amid old CRTs and futuristic scan overlays — OBS-01 / AUCTION FLOORREAR AUCTION FLOOR · UNAUTHORIZED RECORDSOURCE: UNKNOWN / FOCUS ERROR 17%

A long-lens view of a District 13 alley: YUZU-07 sits on discarded equipment while A-0 looks back below as barcode scans cross the rainy night — OBS-02 / DISTRICT 13BEFORE CONTACT · LONG-LENS FRAMELENS: 600MM / SIGNAL DEGRADED

A covert alley contact seen past a vehicle: A-0 smokes a cyan barcode cigarette while YUZU-07 displays a stained rule card amid old monitors and futuristic neon — OBS-03 / ALLEY CONTACTEXCHANGE OBSERVED · CONTENT UNCONFIRMEDOBSTRUCTION: 31% / AUDIO NULL

A covert high-angle frame of an emotion inspection at an acid-rain intersection as officers approach a kneeling woman — OBS-04 / PUBLIC ORDEREMOTION INSPECTION · STREET RECORDCAMERA NODE: REDACTED

Inside the auction hall, masked R-13 watches A-0 hiding beside a pillar across the crowd as old terminals and futuristic surveillance light overlap — OBS-05 / VISUAL LOCKMUTUAL VISUAL LOCK · IDENTITY UNCONFIRMEDFACIAL MATCH: DENIED

Extreme long-range surveillance of A-0 crossing a rain-soaked industrial bridge lined with giant old pipes while search craft scan Lower Nine City — OBS-06 / SEARCH GRIDSEARCH GRID · SUBJECT STILL MOVINGALTITUDE: UNKNOWN / TRACK ACTIVE

A hidden camera beneath the auction table captures a mechanical hand transferring a luminous rule card — OBS-07 / RULE TRANSFERLOT TRANSFER · BUYER ANONYMOUSLOT DATA: CORRUPTED

Damaged overhead surveillance shows A-0 entering an underground rule-modification station, where old CRTs, phones, pipes, and cables sit beneath cyan scan overlays — OBS-08 / WORKSHOP ENTRYILLEGAL WORKSHOP · CAMERA NODE LOSTLAST FRAME BEFORE BLACKOUT

Amid the crowd's slow-shutter trails, YUZU-07 stands still in a transparent raincoat and looks directly into the hidden camera through mechanical eyes, framed by old monitors and barcode tracking boxes — OBS-09 / COUNTER-SCANSUBJECT DETECTED CAMERA · WITHDRAW NOWOBSERVER STATUS: EXPOSED

SUBJECT DATABASE / RESTRICTED

CORE SUBJECT FILES

IDENTITY DATA PARTIALLY ERASED BY SYSTEM

ACTIVE / EX

Low-angle Hong Kong film-style file portrait of A-0, slightly right of frame, looking down through exhausted upturned eyes as the crowd streaks behind him

A-0

A-0 / A-0

RULE-LOOPHOLE HUNTER · DANGER EX

IDENTITY SOURCE: ████ · REQUEST ACCESS

MEMORY: NULL

Hong Kong film-style file portrait of YUZU-07 on a rainy street, with camera eyes, a transparent raincoat, and the mechanical breach in her chest against old streets, pipes, and barcode scans

YUZU-07

YUZU / YUZU-07

ANOMALOUS SUBJECT · SYSTEM UNSTABLE

MEMORY: WIPED · REQUEST ACCESS

THREAT: HIGH

Low-angle Dutch close-up of R-13: the left half of his face is a black ceramic reconstruction after a plasma incident, with a single cold-red mechanical eye, a black tactical mask in the foreground, and rain-soaked heavy burn-scarred armor

R-13

R-13 / R-13

HEAVY ENFORCER · THREAT HIGH

HISTORY: BURNED · REQUEST ACCESS

BROKER / RESTRICTED

Restricted low-angle rain-night portrait of OLD TONGUE, with a mechanical eye and segmented metal tongue extending toward the camera

OLD TONGUE

OLD TONGUE / OLD TONGUE

RULE BROKER · TRADING RESTRICTED

IMPLANT RECORD: ANOMALOUS · REQUEST ACCESS

CLASSIFIED

High-angle cinematic file portrait of LIN DU in a sealed black mask and audit armor beside a cold data terminal

LIN DU

LIN DU / LIN DU

AUDIT OBSERVER · CLEARANCE UNKNOWN

DATA RECORD: CONFLICTING · REQUEST ACCESS

8×CRT / ONLINE

Tilted cinematic file portrait of EIGHT-HEAD, with vintage CRT heads displaying red eyes and a black mechanical work suit

EIGHT-HEAD

EIGHT-HEAD / EIGHT-HEAD

ILLEGAL RULE MODIFIER · ONLINE

TRUST: SYSTEM-APPROVED · REQUEST ACCESS

EVENT / WITNESS FILES

EVENT & WITNESS FILES

OUTSIDE THE CORE SUBJECT CLEARANCE SEQUENCE

High-angle cinematic witness portrait of THE WOMAN in the rain at night

WITNESS / ACCESS LIMITED

THE WOMAN / THE WOMAN

AN ANONYMOUS EMOTIONAL SUBJECT IN THE EVENT RECORD

Extreme side-angle cinematic file portrait of THE REGULAR inside the Rules Auction House

BIDDER / ID UNVERIFIED

THE REGULAR / THE REGULAR

AN ANONYMOUS BIDDER WITH REPEATED AUCTION-FLOOR ACCESS

ILLEGAL AUDIO ARCHIVE / LOT A0-09

ILLEGAL AUDIO ARCHIVE

FOUR THEME AUDIO FILES · CONNECT TO THE GLOBAL PLAYER

EIGHT-HEAD theme visual

SUBJECT EIGHT / 8×CRT

FEATURED SIGNAL

EIGHT MINDS ONE BODY

EIGHT MINDS, ONE BODY · LONGDAODAO

00:00SIGNAL STANDBY03:09

LOT A0-09 / STREAMING ONLY

AUDIO RIGHTS / LONGDAODAO UNIVERSE · STREAMING ONLY · DOWNLOAD DISABLED

SEASON 01 / CHRONICLE REPORT / EP 01—10

SEASON ONE · CHRONICLE REPORT

EP01 OPEN · ALL OTHER FILES LOCKED

EP 01 / OPEN ACCESS

THE THREAD STARVATION

THE THREAD STARVATIONWhen the system can execute only one rule, who will be abandoned?
OPEN READING

EP 02 / LOCKED

THE DEAD MAN’S LEDGER

THE DEAD MAN’S LEDGERWhen you take over a dead man’s auction business, do you inherit the ledger—or the debt?
FILE ENCRYPTED

EP 03 / LOCKED

THE COST OF TEARS

THE COST OF TEARSWhen crying becomes a commodity, who owns the tears?
FILE ENCRYPTED

EP 04 / LOCKED

THE HOUND WAKES

THE HOUND WAKESWhen the hound receives two commands at once, will it obey—or bite through the chain?
FILE ENCRYPTED

EP 05 / LOCKED

THE IMMORTAL

THE IMMORTALIf death is a right, is immortality still a reward?
FILE ENCRYPTED

EP 06 / LOCKED

THE MOUTH IN THE MIRROR

THE MOUTH IN THE MIRRORWhen the mirror forces the truth, what are you most afraid to admit?
FILE ENCRYPTED

EP 07 / LOCKED

THE STOLEN NAMES

THE STOLEN NAMESWhen the system deletes your name, do you still exist?
FILE ENCRYPTED

EP 08 / LOCKED

ECHOES OF THE DEAD

ECHOES OF THE DEADAfter a person dies, how many pieces can still be sold?
FILE ENCRYPTED

EP 09 / LOCKED

SITE FOUR

SITE FOURWhat lies buried in the place sealed ten years ago?
FILE ENCRYPTED

EP 10 / LOCKED

THE RIGHT TO DEFINE

THE RIGHT TO DEFINEWhen a city can be redefined, who may press confirm?
FILE ENCRYPTED

ENTER THE FULL EP01 READING TERMINAL →RETURN TO TERMINAL TOP

EP02—EP10: LOCKED · ONLY TITLES, VISUAL CLUES, AND SUSPENSE QUESTIONS ARE PUBLIC.

RULES SAY: EVERYTHING IS AN ASSET.
A-ZERO SAYS: PEOPLE ARE NOT.

RULES SAY: EVERYTHING IS AN ASSET.
A-ZERO SAYS: PEOPLE ARE NOT.LOT 000-A / TRANSFER DENIED

DEVELOPMENT STATUS / ACTIVE FILES

DEVELOPMENT STATUS

Some rules are attempting to leave the archive.

ARCHIVE EDITIONPUBLICATIONMOVING IMAGEPHYSICAL OBJECT

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