Lucky billion players, you've never seen one before / I can accumulate my own luck

A girl I hadn't seen in a long time came into view.

The girl looked to be around 15 years old, wearing a black and red Lolita dress with many elaborate ornaments.

Her hair was a dark reddish color, tied in pigtails, and she had a cute and delicate face. Her left eye was covered by a white eye patch.

It's Nori!

Princess of the Western Kingdom in Division 001, the second daughter of Queen Charlotte.

Van Shaw also knew his eldest daughter, Melissa.

He hadn't seen either of them for a long time.

Nori definitely wouldn't suddenly appear in this place... It's not that Fan Xiao looks down on her, but anyone who can independently and safely come to this time and space must at least be an A-level player.

The girl in front of me, who's just a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur), is really just a chuunibyou; she doesn't have the abilities she claims to have.

At this point, the answer is quite clear—it's highly likely that Tina used "astrology" to come looking for him again.

Why is Tina always so keen on possessing the bodies of young girls... Oh, Dr. Zhuang mentioned that "Wheel of Fate" is fond of the form of young girls.

Fan Xiao immediately straightened his posture and smiled, saying, "Teacher, what brings you here all of a sudden?"

That's right, Tina is now living inside Nori's body.

Upon hearing this, Tina did not answer immediately. Instead, she bent her petite body slightly and sat down... In an instant, an exquisite wooden chair with carved patterns appeared beneath her.

A white round table appeared in front of her, with a tea set on it.

Two cups of tea had been brewed sometime before.

Tina picked up one of the glasses, took a sip, glanced at Fan Xiao, and said, "Sit down. There are a few things I need to make clear to you, so you don't overthink things."

Nori's voice is very unique... crisp with a slight hint of huskyness, which makes her delivery of cringeworthy lines very atmospheric.

The voice came from Tina's mouth... coupled with Tina's identity and strength... it gave Fan Xiao the feeling that his delusions of a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) had come true.

It's both subtle and novel.

Fan Xiao sat down, picked up his teacup but didn't drink, and asked, "What do you know about this ball of light, Teacher?"

Chapter 767 Traitorous Disciple!!

Tina did not answer Fan Xiao's question immediately.

She put down her teacup and changed the subject: "While you were being schemed against by Dr. Zhuang's A-level counterpart, I helped you stop one of his S-level counterparts."

"A trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain," Fan Xiao took the opportunity to flatter, "Teacher, you certainly won't fall for such a low-level trick. It seems... my strength has already gained a high degree of recognition from you."

Upon hearing this, Tina's lips curled slightly: "A very high degree of recognition... Heh, are you trying to get information out of me and find out how much difference there is between our strengths?"

"That's not true!" Fan Xiaoyi said sternly, "I've known the importance of respecting teachers since I was very young. Teachers and strength are two different things, how can they be confused?"

Tina knew her student was a conman, so naturally she wouldn't believe such nonsense.

She continued the previous topic, saying, "After helping you take down that S-class counterpart, I made a few more trips for you and conducted an in-depth investigation into the current situation of the one-winged creature. Then... I discovered something interesting."

"Oh?" Fan Xiao asked curiously, "What interesting thing?"

Tina's gaze fell on the ball of light in Fan Xiao's hand, and she said, "Theoretically speaking, this thing should be called the 'Heart of a Sub-God.' Detailed information about it involves knowledge of curses; if you'd like to hear it..."

She paused for a moment, then reminded him, "Unfold the 'sealing barrier' I gave you first."

"More knowledge about curses..."

Fan Xiao took out a spherical device that emitted white light from the player's storage space.

However, he didn't activate it immediately. Instead, he glanced at Tina's current body and subtly reminded her, "Teacher, you must have temporarily descended here using an S-rank item, right?"

"The 'me' inside this little girl is no longer connected in real time to the real me."

Tina explained simply, "'Sealing the boundary' breaks the real-time influence of the item; it doesn't negate phenomena that have already occurred. I'll automatically dissipate after I've finished speaking... Understand?"

"How long will the teacher's speech take?"

Fan Xiao asked again.

The ban period can't last too long, otherwise the game company will be able to track it down.

Upon hearing this question, Tina narrowed her eyes, seemingly a little displeased: "The stronger you become, the more timid you become. Excessive caution is a psychological disorder."

"I have things to do and don't want to get entangled with game companies for the time being," Fan Xiao explained.

"Once the game company located my spiritual presence here, they naturally won't send anyone to reclaim the 'Sealed Boundary'."

Tina said something indifferently.

Fan Xiao smiled and no longer hesitated.

The next second, the white light on the sphere in his hand began to burst forth in large quantities.

The power of veto authority radiated outwards, temporarily freeing the surrounding space from the coverage of the evolution game—not that time and space had shifted, but rather that the power of the evolution game was temporarily prevented from spreading.

Seeing this, Tina nodded slightly and asked, "Dr. Zhuang's counterpart in the instance must have taught you a lot about curses, right?"

“Yes, it was sealed before leaving the instance,” Fan Xiao replied.

"You should undo it first," Tina said.

Fan Xiao: "..."

He knew what Tina meant.

If he currently has no concept of "curse knowledge," then the information about "the heart of a sub-god" will likely have to be explained from scratch—meaning Tina will have to give him a crash course since he has no prior knowledge, and do what a real teacher should do.

But knowing is one thing, understanding is another... He just sealed it and then immediately unsealed it... How can it feel so childish!?

Fine, let's just solve it.

Fan Xiao began to work on the blockade inside his brain.

Although he himself placed the seal, it was still quite troublesome to break... Several minutes passed before he finally broke the seal under the influence of the wishes that kept transforming from luck.

Fan Xiao's eyes glazed over for a moment, but quickly returned to normal.

Tina waited a while, until he had almost finished organizing the information in his mind, before saying, "'God' is a life form born from the collective consciousness—this is the conclusion reached by the leader of One-Wing after many years of investigation and experimentation."

“I remember… Dr. Zhuang said that this was considered secret intelligence held by One Wing,” Fan Xiao retorted.

“There are indeed very few super players who know this information; the total number is probably no more than twenty,” Tina said. “One Wing’s goal is to save ‘God’ and promote the world guided by the omnipotent ‘God.’ I’m sure you already understand that, right?”

"Understood." Fan Xiao nodded.

“A long time ago, a super player from One Wing once asked a question—does the way 'God' acts conform to human morality?”

Tina chuckled and said, "In the distant past, when the existence of 'gods' was beyond comprehension, they must have existed as guides for the life forms. However, in the current state of the Evolution Game, 'gods' have been sealed away, and the game company, under the guise of guiding humanity, is exercising ultimate hegemonic rule... Doesn't that sound like a pure 'god' being defeated by the complexities of human nature?"

"That certainly seems to be the case."

Fan Xiao did not deny it.

This kind of storytelling formula is actually quite common.

The monster's true form is human, and the story trope of humans destroying the beautiful world and making everything terrible due to their ugly desires has been overused.

"Yes, it looks very similar. But no one can be sure whether it is or not."

Tina continued, "And this one-winged super player who questions 'God's' style of doing things believes that 'God's' moral values ​​are not aligned with those of humans."

"In One Wing, he was an outcast. In order to achieve a certain purpose, he embarked on an in-depth study of 'God,' and for this purpose, he went outside the game of evolution many times."

"This person... is Dr. Zhuang."

"Now, perhaps the research has failed, Dr. Zhuang seems to have abandoned his original views. He is no longer an outlier in One Wing. His behavior is not much different from other reformist members of One Wing. He also advocates that the world be guided by an omnipotent 'God'."

At this point, she glanced again at the ball of light in Fan Xiao's hand and said with a slight sigh, "If I hadn't known about this thing, I might have thought so. Zhuang Yan is quite a talent."

"Does the teacher know what Dr. Zhuang's purpose is?" Fan Xiao asked tentatively.

"He didn't tell you?" Tina's lips curled up slightly. "My good apprentice, it's already very difficult for me to see through your thoughts. Not to mention that right now, I'm just a fragment of my consciousness."

"Dr. Zhuang only mentioned the 'God Replacement Project' to me; I don't know the details."

Fan Xiao sold Dr. Zhuang without much hesitation.

In any case, he wasn't interested in any of these super-organizations' plans.

"That's pretty much what I guessed."

Tina continued, "Although I don't know Dr. Zhuang... let's just call him Xiao Zhuang. Although I don't know what kind of experiments Xiao Zhuang did outside of the evolution game, based on his past behavior and the results you have, I guess... he probably came into contact with the collective consciousness that was not unified by 'God' outside of the game."

"The entire life cluster consciousness of the evolution game is under the control of 'God'. To contact the cluster consciousness outside of 'God', one can only go outside the game."

"But the collective consciousness is not the same as 'god'. 'God' is a higher-dimensional life form born from the collective consciousness. This birth process, in common sense, cannot be artificially replicated. Otherwise, after so many years, game companies would have already taken control of 'god' instead of only being able to seal it away."

“However… Xiao Zhuang did it, and the ‘Heart of a Sub-God’ in your hand is proof of that.”

"Teacher, do you mean... Xiao Zhuang created a second 'god'?" Fan Xiao asked in surprise.

"To be precise, it should be said that a simulated product of 'god' was created, which I call 'sub-god'."

Tina corrected, "Although there is a world of difference between them and the real 'gods,' to use an analogy... you have experienced copies with rules of simulation and replication, so you should be very clear about the difference between the original and the simulation, right?"

"The 'secondary god' created by Xiao Zhuang can be classified as a similar product."

"And the real 'god'... according to most veteran super players' speculations, besides being born from the collective consciousness, He/She may have another very crucial characteristic, such as... being related to S-class psionic energy, or the 'god' being the so-called S-class psionicist."

Upon hearing this, Fan Xiao wasn't particularly surprised.

He had known for a long time that "God" had a close relationship with S-class psionic energy.

When traversing the node orbit, "God" would often come down to seduce him... clearly showing that he valued S-class psionic energy extremely.

Fan Xiao was curious about something else: "How did Xiao Zhuang create the 'secondary god'?"

"I don't know, but... it should be related to the 'psychic energy collection' that One Wing has been carrying out all these years."

Tina stared at the ball of light in Fan Xiao's hand and said, "'Sub-gods' may not be as good as true 'gods', but they should still possess some of the characteristics of 'gods'."

"This 'Heart of a Sub-God' is a creation of the 'Sub-God.' After it has collected your spiritual power, it will most likely become the blueprint and foundation for simulating S-level psionic energy. As for its other uses... I guess only Xiao Zhuang himself knows."

"Xiao Zhuang probably intends to use it in his 'God-Changing Plan'."

"Replacing a god... replacing the consciousness of a true god with a demigod? I must say, it's a crazy and outlandish plan."

"Does the teacher think this plan can succeed?" Fan Xiao asked.

“Personally, I’m not optimistic. However…” Tina didn’t rule it out completely: “It involves ‘gods,’ which involves the core secrets of the game company. There are too many unknowns. Whether it will succeed or not… there’s no precedent, so there’s no basis for judgment.”

Tina knew almost as much as Fan Xiao about Dr. Zhuang's "God-Changing Plan".

Now that the matter of the "secondary god" has been revealed, the amount of information the two know is roughly the same.

As for how the "secondary god" was born, the details of the "god-swapping plan," and so on, Tina didn't know either.

It seems that the relevant knowledge was protected by multiple S-rank items, and the "Wheel of Fate" was unable to break through this barrier to discover the details.

This also proves from another perspective that Dr. Zhuang is not fighting alone; he has a team behind him.

A massive group consisting of multiple super players.

Fan Xiao stared at the "Heart of a Sub-God" in his hand for a while, then sighed, "This thing seems to have no meaning for me? Xiao Zhuang said he gave me the results, but didn't mention its use..."

"Didn't you want to merge the dungeons?"

Tina offered a suggestion: "You can try to integrate it into the system, using the power of the demigod to draw upon the power of the true god. This should significantly increase the strength of the dungeon rules. Perhaps... you can really create an S-rank dungeon in one fell swoop."

"Um……"

Fan Xiao thought about it and decided that it was definitely worth a try.

Although he kept saying he wanted to fuse an S-level dungeon, he wasn't really confident about whether he could succeed on the first try... The luck he could control at this stage couldn't guarantee a 100% success rate.

In other words, whether it will succeed or not is unknown.

If he fails the first time, he will have to spend a lot of time leveling up in the dungeon.

He would be happy to see the addition of "Minor God's Heart" increase the probability to 100%.

The characteristics of the "Heart of a Sub-God" might even bring some new changes to the dungeon. For example... indirectly reducing the control of some "gods" over the dungeon.

After all, the purpose of a "secondary god" is to replace a "true god," so having this characteristic... seems reasonable, right?

After careful consideration, Fan Xiao decided to adopt the suggestion.

At this point, Tina ended the topic with a single sentence and started a new one: "Alright, let's leave it at that about 'Heart of the Sub-God' and Xiao Zhuang."