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Fan Xiao laughed and said, "Don't adults often use scary stories to frighten children and make them obey?"

"For example, lying will get you eaten by wolves, disobeying adults will get you punished by monsters... and so on."

"Don't you guys think this big-faced monster is somewhat similar to this kind of story template?"

"You mean," Lu Xining asked in surprise, "that this monster originated from a rumor that adults used to scare children? And that the rumor has materialized into a real-world entity?"

Upon hearing the girl's analysis, Du Ruo and Li Jian also showed surprise.

And it was quite surprising.

Fan Xiao met the three people's gazes and said, "The second hint of the game is that we should tell our younger brother a scary bedtime story and try to scare him to tears."

"This tip is a bit strange. Since we don't understand the situation, let's think about the worst-case scenario."

"For example, telling horror stories is actually a trap. The strange things we mention in the story will appear in this town, just like the big-faced monsters that adults use to scare children into obeying."

"..."

Lu Xining frowned and said, "Your guess is quite alarming. If that's true, the later stages of this dungeon will become increasingly terrifying, extremely terrifying indeed!"

"Because every night, we have to tell my younger brother a scary bedtime story. So many players, so many stories, and we have to stay for seven days..."

"If we don't stick together and support each other, all the players might end up here."

"Brother Fan, you...you're just trying to scare me, aren't you?"

Li Jian shrank his neck.

He was even planning to tell that story tonight to scare that brat to death!

"Look at your pathetic self, it's just a guess."

Fan Xiao shook his head: "We'll just be careful not to tell our younger brother any exaggerated stories tonight."

"Moreover, the fact that nothing happened to the younger brother could mean that the younger brother is not considered human. We just happened to deduce that the younger brother is a monster, which makes perfect sense."

Therefore, my guess may not be accurate.

"I've decided that it's somewhat possible. After all, simply telling my younger brother a scary bedtime story is a bit of a strange request, but it makes sense if you link it to the difficulty of a dungeon."

Lu Xining's delicate face turned serious: "In short, when we tell stories at night, it's best not to describe the scary things in the stories as too strong or too aggressive, otherwise if they actually happen, it's like shooting ourselves in the foot."

"I need to scare my little brother to tears, but I can't make it too scary..."

Li Jian sighed, "It feels so difficult. And..."

He looked toward the broken brick house and said, "So that big-faced monster can kill people? I thought it would just whip people with its tentacles, hurting them but not killing them."

"Perhaps it determines the degree of retaliation based on the intensity of your attack."

Fan Xiao speculated: "For example, if you only resist or hurt the townspeople, it will only whip you; but if you kill the townspeople, it may come to kill you."

"You mean," Du Ruo carefully examined the brick house, "that someone in Li Xianqiu's family was killed by that group of players just now?"

"Just go and take a look and you'll find out."

Fan Xiao stood up and walked towards the brick house.

Several people followed behind him.

They quickly approached the hole in the broken wall. Fan Xiaoyi boldly crawled inside, looked around, and found that Li Xianqiu, his wife, and children were still alive.

The three were tidying up the house when they saw Fan Xiao barge in. Li Xianqiu immediately frowned and said, "What, it's you again, little girl? Get out! What are you always asking about? Get out!"

"Uncle Li, I just came to see if you had been beaten to death."

Fan Xiao sighed, "It's such a shame to see you still so full of energy."

"What did you say? What? He was beaten to death?"

Li Xianqiu frowned, then angrily retorted, "Nonsense! This is utter nonsense! Get out! Go back to your own home!"

"Don't you remember what just happened...?"

Seeing this, Fan Xiao shook his head and stopped arguing with the guy. He then crawled out through the hole in the wall.

After seeing Fan Xiao come out, Du Ruo said, "The rest of their family is alive, but the player who was assigned to this house died. I found his body outside."

"I guess he was taken advantage of by those guys who were looting and killing him," Fan Xiao said. "When we came over, we saw him sitting against the wall, covered in blood. Attacking him was like picking up a free prop."

"Apart from the player, no one in the family died."

Lu Xining said, "Your guess just now seems to be wrong? The big-faced monster doesn't determine the degree of its counterattack based on the player's attack level."

"You can't expect the monsters to treat the players as protected beings, right? Just because a player staying at this place was killed, the monsters jumped out to retaliate and kill people?"

"It might actually be true."

Du Ruo said, "After all, the player's current identity is that of one of the 'family members.' Of course, I personally tend to agree with Fan Sha's guess that the rumors will turn into real monsters."

"As for the big-faced monster's two attacks, one of which injured someone and the other of which killed someone, I don't think the difference is very important."

"Now that we know its patterns, we just need to avoid stepping on its landmines."

"Um……"

Fan Xiao did not refute this point.

He was considering another possibility—could it be that no one died just now, but that these townspeople... were simply impossible to kill?

The big-faced monster will only appear and launch a counterattack after the townspeople are attacked, and there is a gap in time in between.

If players want to kill ordinary townspeople, this gap in time is more than enough.

The monster will only appear after that.

By the time it appears and retaliates, the townspeople will already be dead.

Unless... the townspeople aren't ordinary people.

Or rather, not human.

Because it's not human, it can't be killed... Things seem to be getting more and more confusing.

Chapter 116 Dangerous Night

"Perhaps I should find an opportunity to verify these townspeople myself."

Fan Xiao made a decision in his heart.

If the townspeople really can't kill him, then it proves that all the residents of Wangxiang Town are problematic!

This is a very frightening conclusion.

If everyone in the town has problems, and then they all explode... Fan Xiao didn't dare to think any further.

For safety reasons, this matter must be done after Fan Qiqi's cooldown period has passed.

The scythe forged from the original sin of "wrath" endows the Angel of Death with the characteristics of conceptual attacks.

No matter what your abilities are, I can still kill you!

Even the super player "Destroy the Nation" has been injured by the scythe.

Although it was just a minor scratch, it wasn't Fan Qiqi's problem, but his.

Because his mental strength was insufficient, the killing angel's attack power was restricted by him.

But it should be fine for dealing with monsters in D-level dungeons.

After making the decision, Fan Xiao continued to say to his three companions, "Let's go, it's getting late. If we don't go back soon, we might encounter danger after dark."

"We should go back."

Du Ruo nodded.

Before leaving, he glanced into the hole in the wall of the brick house.

Li Xianqiu's family is still alive, but they automatically ignore the "player attack" incident and have completely returned to their normal behavior.

This can no longer be explained by simply being "nervous".

The people in this town are so damn weird!

……

On their way back, Fan Xiao and his companions encountered a few scattered players who were out gathering intelligence.

Knowing that this is one of the most difficult D-rank dungeons, many players have already given up hope of completing the second and third quests.

Survival-type dungeons can be cleared by surviving for a certain number of days.

Many players have shifted their focus from achieving high dungeon ratings to simply surviving.

Of course, this doesn't mean you can beat the game in seven days.

Lying down doesn't mean just waiting to die.

Gathering intelligence and understanding the game's content can help you better avoid dangers and survive.

Fan Xiao glanced at the player panel.

It was already 8:00 PM.

“Let’s part ways here,” Du Ruo said. “I need to go find my colleagues first.”

"Why didn't the four of them go to Li Xianqiu's place?" Fan Xiao asked. "The puzzle in the second part of the information isn't difficult to solve."

"Before I went to Li Xianqiu's place, I contacted them and proposed a division of labor and cooperation."

Du Ruo replied, "I'll be in charge of Li Xianqiu's side, while they'll be responsible for going door-to-door to gather intelligence from the townspeople."

"By the way..."

At this moment, Li Jian suddenly spoke up: "Should we tell the other players the information we deduced? It's the information that the scary bedtime stories we tell at night might become real."

"If other players find out, and everyone consciously tells less scary stories, wouldn't that reduce the danger level?"

"First of all, this is just speculation."

Du Ruo replied, "Secondly, how do you explain knowing so much? By guessing? Won't other players suspect that you found Yan Keke's diary and that's how you know all this? Won't they attack you?"

"Of course, if you really want to tell other players, I won't stop you."

"Besides getting into trouble, spreading information randomly actually has another problem."

Lu Xining added, "If the 'big-faced monster' really evolved from a story about adults scaring children, then why does it have that kind of image?"

"It's understandable that its face is huge, after all, that's its name, but details like its tentacles and attack patterns can't all have been made up by the adults in the town, can they?"

"Who would make up such a detailed story just to scare a child? It's not like I'm writing a novel."

"Uh...you mean..."

Li Jian swallowed hard: "Was it the copy that made it like this?"

"Yes."

Lu Xining said, "The dungeon should actively distort the story, turning monsters into real monsters."

"My suggestion to tell some less scary stories was just in case. I don't know if it will actually solve the problem, but I think it's probably not."

"It's better not to take the risk for an uncertain guess."

"Of course, if you want to tell other players, I won't stop you."

"Actually, it's not much risk, so it doesn't matter if I tell them."

Fan Xiao concluded, "But it's already dark, and we don't have time to notify all the players one by one."

He looked at Li Jian and suggested, "Why don't you shout something here? That way you can avoid contact with the players and avoid danger, while still serving as a notification. It's a win-win situation. Coincidentally, our current location is close to the town center, which is perfect for broadcasting."

"..."

Li Jian suddenly realized: "You three weren't waiting for me to do this, were you? No wonder you didn't mention it, but you came up with a solution as soon as I brought it up."

“You’ve misunderstood,” Fan Xiao laughed. “If this guess is true, even if we don’t say anything, all the players will know after tonight. So… are you going to shout or not?”

"...Go ahead and roar! Only a fool wouldn't do something that makes us safer!"

After Li Jian finished speaking, he actually ran off to shout.

Fan Xiao and the other two quickly moved a distance away from him, standing at a distance and pretending not to know him, acting as passersby who had just been attracted by his shouting.

Just like other players who were attracted.