No health bar? You call this stunningly beautiful NPC sickly?

Mu Zhixi naturally noticed that her task seemed to be "slightly" different in difficulty from others' tasks.

Are her colleagues being a little too lenient with her? A little too perceptive? Should she put on an act?

The next second, it seemed as if the eerie game had heard her thoughts, and then it played this message in the ears of all the surviving players.

[Friendly Reminder: This game incorporates classic childhood games such as hide-and-seek and Werewolf, aiming to provide all players with the warmest, fairest, and most impartial gaming experience.]

We solemnly promise to absolutely guarantee fairness and impartiality in all interactions between people!

Upon hearing this additional hint, the players were initially taken aback, but then they realized what it meant.

Between people?

What about non-human beings? For example, the Lady No. 1 before us, who seems like a goddess? Or those royal knights?

The way everyone looked at Mu Zhixi became increasingly complicated.

The screams outside the corridor continued, but after the shocking scene before, neither Gu Wenzhou and the others, nor the millions of viewers in the live broadcast room, could feel the slightest ripple in their hearts.

They've become numb.

Mu Zhixi accepted the fact that she was being treated specially in just one second. After watering the strange plant that looked pitiful with "Sanctuary Glimmer", she felt much better.

Mu Zhixi even reached out her finger and gently touched the petals of the face-shaped flower that had already developed golden patterns.

The flower trembled violently, as if overwhelmed with gratitude, wishing it could offer her the entire pot of soil.

"Your Majesty seems to... really like these flowers and plants."

The alchemist appeared not far away at some point. He adjusted his monocle and said, "It is recorded in the scriptures that the Lord personally opened the first Garden of Eden, where all living things enjoy eternal peace. Perhaps, this is the manifestation of divinity."

Mu Zhixi paused in her movements.

Holy Scripture? What Holy Scripture? How come she doesn't know about it?

She maintained a calm expression, but in her heart she had already begun to plan. It seemed she would have to find some time to get the "Catalogue of Forbidden Books in the Great Library of the Holy Land" out as well, so that these believers wouldn't be making up stories all day long.

"What is recorded in the scriptures is only one ten-thousandth of His mercy," Mu Zhixi replied calmly, her words carrying an air of self-righteousness.

"You are right." The alchemist became even more respectful, and then his gaze swept over the group of blood-red knights who were still protecting Mu Zhixi behind them, revealing his arrogance.

"A bunch of pathetic traitors, how dare they still stay by Your Majesty's side?"

Upon hearing this, the captain of the knights' faces immediately darkened, and she tightened her grip on the sword hilt.

However, before she could even refute it.

"Whoosh—" A sharp arrow, accompanied by the sound of piercing the air, shot out of the second-floor window of the villa without warning, its target aimed directly at Mu Zhixi's back.

The arrow came so suddenly that even Gu Wenzhou and the others couldn't react in time.

"Clang!" Just before the arrow was about to touch Mu Zhixi, a crisp metallic clang rang out.

The Blood Knight captain had somehow appeared behind Mu Zhixi, his greatsword precisely deflecting the poisoned arrow.

Immediately afterward, without the squadron leader even giving an order, two more knights, moving like ghosts, leaped up and smashed through the second-floor window, rushing inside.

A moment later, the headless player's body, like a tattered sack, was thrown out of a second-floor window, crashing heavily to the ground and falling silent.

The knight captain then slowly walked up to Mu Zhixi and knelt on one knee again. "Your Majesty, the highest order Her Highness the Princess has given us is to ensure your absolute safety."

"We have the right to take action against any presence that is hostile to you or attempts to approach you."

Her gaze swept over the players around her who were too afraid to approach, and her tone was icy, "What we've done is simply to save you some unnecessary trouble."

"Your Majesty, your mercy is your virtue and the glory of the sanctuary."

"However, it is our duty to enforce Her Highness's iron fist and protect your absolute safety. We are willing to die for our duty."

These words were spoken to Mu Zhixi, but also to everyone present.

The atmosphere instantly turned icy. Only then did Gu Wenzhou and the others belatedly realize that this knightly order was not only there to "invite" people, but also a group of walking, inflexible killing machines.

Mu Zhixi, seeing the perfectly coordinated scene before her, was practically bursting with joy.

This skill of "making the fake real" is practically an Oscar for Best Screenplay tailor-made for her!

With a penchant for stirring up trouble, she decided to add fuel to the fire!

Then, the beauty lowered her eyes and spoke softly in a tone tinged with helplessness and pity, "The other battle groups you mentioned probably won't be able to come."

Upon hearing this, the knight captain looked up abruptly, his blood-red pupils filled with astonishment.

"Your Majesty, what...what do you mean by that?"

"The battle between the Monarch's Sealed Land and the Royal Court's main force is about to end this farce." Mu Zhixi stopped there, not saying more, after all, mystery is always a thing of the past.

These words reached the ears of everyone present with remarkable clarity.

Two completely new terms bombarded Gu Wenzhou and the others, leaving them dizzy and disoriented. He frantically jotted them down in his notebook, feeling like his brain was about to give out.

The astonishment on the Knights' captain's face was gradually replaced by shock and awe. She said, "How could our small advance team have found His Majesty's trail so easily?"

It turns out that all of this was part of the Sanctuary's plan!

They were merely pawns to draw fire, while the real battle had already begun in places unseen by them!

Your Highness, Your Highness, you have miscalculated after all. This Emperor is far more unfathomable than you imagined.

Looking at the self-righteous appearance of the Knights Captain, Mu Zhixi was extremely satisfied. She felt that her acting skills had reached a new level.

But just as she was about to say something more to elevate the "class" of the situation,

She suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Isn't it... a little too smooth?

From the moment we entered the instance, these strange colleagues—whether it was the three S-rank big-eared monsters, the alchemist in front of us, or these knights that were summoned on the spot—were all incredibly cooperative.

The coordination was so good that it was practically an open declaration to everyone – we're in this together!

This won't do!

Her character is a tragic, beautiful, and powerful goddess who is all alone, stranded in the enemy camp, seriously injured, and still worried about protecting a group of burdens!

How is she supposed to continue acting now that you've done this? How is she supposed to keep accumulating faith points?

Mu Zhixi's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

It seems I need to find a way to distance myself from these "colleagues," or at least prevent them from being so "blatant."

At the same time, on the fourth floor of the villa, in a room that had been converted into a luxurious bedroom.

A short-haired young man with an almost otherworldly handsome face, dressed in a black tailcoat and a dark red bow tie, was looking with great interest at a magic mirror in front of him that was pieced together from countless fragments.

The mirror clearly reflected Mu Zhixi and everything that happened around her.

"Interesting, very interesting." The short-haired youth's thin lips parted slightly, his voice carrying a unique magnetism. "A 'variable' unbound by rules actually appears in this low-level instance. What tricks is this bizarre game trying to pull this time?"

He is Ji Xinghui, the leader of the "Mirror Spirit" dungeon, a dark horse who strikes fear into the hearts of countless players on the Myriad Races Ranking for his "deception".

As a top-ranked player known for his strategic thinking, Ji Xinghui enjoys complex situations with information asymmetry the most.

In his view, the more chaotic things are, the more room there is for maneuver.

"Captain, have you found anything?"

Behind him, a petite, long-haired girl wearing a Gothic Lolita dress and holding a tattered rag doll asked softly.

She is Ji Xinghui's regular teammate and one of his trump cards, possessing the rare hidden profession of "Diviner," Luo Shu.