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

Youbai thought for a moment and asked, "Does the boss want to take revenge on the Dragon God?"

"The Dragon God selection will officially begin in a week, and the winner should be decided in just a few days, which means..."

Fan Xiao waved his hand and said, "The current Dragon God won't even live for half a month. What's the point of me taking revenge on someone who's already been chosen to die? Don't think of me as the kind of petty person who holds grudges."

Youbai asked in surprise, "Then the boss wants to..."

“At most, I’ll just annoy the current Dragon God,” Fan Xiao said. “For example, when I become the winner and inherit the Dragon God’s power, I’ll suddenly reveal my true identity halfway through the inheritance ceremony…”

He grinned. "What kind of expression do you think the Dragon God will have at that time? I think it will be very interesting."

Youbai: "..."

She was no longer surprised.

This is the normal Fan Xiao.

If you can't kill someone, then destroy their spirit.

The entire D05 node is likely to be turbulent from now on.

"Oh, right, I was just joking, don't take it seriously. My real purpose is naturally not that."

Fan Xiao's tone became serious as he said, "The power of the Dragon God is not simple. If we can really obtain it, it will be a great help."

"Originally, I had no intention of taking it by force, but since the Dragon God came to provoke me first, then don't blame me for having designs on the Dragon God's power."

“Boss,” Youbai reminded him, “the Dragon God’s lifespan is very short…”

"It's alright. All the Dragon Gods throughout history died from the collapse of their extraordinary genes. They were unable to surpass their ancestors and could not evolve extraordinary genes that could withstand that ether energy, so they merged into the ether."

Fan Xiao waved his hand and said, "This is not a problem for me. It's just a matter of awakening a few more A-level spiritual energies with attributes such as bearing, restraining, and amplifying extraordinary genes."

“I could even evolve my Dragon God genes to a level that surpasses that of the first Dragon God, thus eliminating any lifespan issues.”

"Dragon God Gene...?" Youbai was taken aback: "Boss, do you have it?"

“No. But it’s not like this thing can’t be awakened on the spot.” Fan Xiao grinned and said, “If you want to fool someone like the Dragon God, you have to use the real thing. Otherwise, a disguise based on castles in the air won’t fool him.”

Fortunately, he had accumulated quite a bit of world fortune.

Although he is not a demi-human player, even if he awakens the Dragon God gene, he cannot improve his evolution through the evolution game, but... he can completely increase the evolution level of the Dragon God gene himself.

When the time comes, his extraordinary genes will be real, and who can say that they are fake?

Youbai: "..."

Fan Xiao is going to sever the Dragon God's legacy from node D05 in one fell swoop... That's ruthless.

While Youbai was lost in thought, he was unaware that Fan Xiao's ambitions went beyond simply seizing the Dragon God's power; he also planned to plunder the A-grade items, game currency, evolution potions, and other resources of the D05 node.

"Boss, what do I need to do in this plan?" Youbai asked.

"Just stay out of it and go do your own dungeon."

Fan Xiao was practically saying, "You're a burden."

Youbai understood and had no objections whatsoever—when the opponent was a being like the Dragon God, she was indeed a burden to Fan Xiao.

Youbai nodded obediently and said, "Boss, then I'll participate in the dungeon here at node D01."

"Yes, she's sensible."

Fan Xiao tossed him a train ticket and said, "I just snatched this ticket from a cannibal player. This dungeon takes a long time, but it's not very dangerous. You can go here."

"..."

Youbai was a little curious about how Fan Xiao managed to snag the train tickets. She had been with Fan Xiao the whole time and hadn't seen him leave her sight at all.

Fan Xiao... is increasingly exuding the same unfathomable aura as Teacher Tina.

It has gradually exceeded the scope of her common sense and understanding.

As for Miss, she'll probably only be able to be "Xiao Yu" from now on.

Miss, you really need to step up your game... Youbai's feelings became somewhat complicated.

However, she didn't show it. After taking the ticket and putting it away, she obediently said goodbye to Fan Xiao and went to the dungeon.

After Youbai left, Fan Xiao summarized what he had gained from the battle with the Dragon God.

The first step was to confirm the strength of the top-tier god-level player and his own strength level.

He's currently at roughly the level of a god-level player, but he can't beat a top-tier god-level player yet... well, he can't beat Tina yet either.

It doesn't matter, though. Tina poses a similar threat to him as the Dragon God. The Dragon God can't do anything to him, he can only repel him. Tina is probably about the same... Well, we can't always use Tina as a hypothetical enemy to measure our own strength.

After all, Tina is a proud and aloof little girl with a delicate and sensitive heart. If you make her cry, things will get out of hand.

Fan Xiao adjusted his mindset.

"Master! Xiao Zhen has found the Mammon player you wanted."

At this moment, Xiao Zhen jumped in and said, "The other party is in a neighboring city 500 kilometers away. He is an A-level cannibalistic player, the kind that's rotten to the core. He is currently hiding from members of the Zoroastrian Cult. His current hiding place is..."

"No rush. Wait a few hours until my injuries have healed, then check and report again."

Fan Xiao gave a word of advice.

His purpose in seeking out such a rotten, rotten A-level player was obviously impure—he wanted to use the "Shield of Substitute Fate" with its ability to steal fate to replace the other person and then go to node D05 with a new identity.

With the dual boosts of "Heart of the Madman" and "Quantum Immortality", the effect of "Shield of Substitute Life" will be maximized. At that time, he will briefly seal the memory of the language information he heard from "A", and he will once again become invisible in the Dragon God's sight.

Of course, this A-level cannibal player is just a temporary measure.

After infiltrating the D05 node, he will find an opportunity to abandon this identity, seize the destiny of a Dragon God candidate, and then participate in the Dragon God selection... Well, he will still look for targets that he can kill without any psychological burden.

After all, he's a good person; we can't let innocent people be killed indiscriminately.

“Xiao Zhen,” Fan Xiao said, changing the subject, “what do you think is the specific operating principle behind the anti-entropy attack that the Dragon God made on me at the end?”

“Master, it’s just a mere arrogant, brain-damaged dragon. It’s not worthy of you calling it a god. I think the brain-damaged dragon must have interfered with you through the concept of ‘past.’” Xiao Zhen replied, “Although anti-entropy has little to do with time travel or reversal, it involves extraordinary powers like etheric energy and mysterious conceptual realms. With these factors combined, the definition of anti-entropy has to be changed.”

"Hmm...that's about what I thought."

Fan Xiao seemed to be deep in thought.

He recalled a piece of information that Fifth Eye had mentioned when introducing the "God Creation Project"—that the Dragon God possessed invincible power within the D05 node.

The entire D05 node is filled with humans possessing the Dragon God's genes, and etheric energy is scattered everywhere. Such a special environment must be of extraordinary significance to the Dragon God.

The Dragon God's "invincibility" might refer to... the Dragon God's ability to "interfere with the past" within the D05 node.

Even if its interference with the past is very limited, even if it only lasts a few days, or even a day or half a day... as long as this power is used in the field of attack, it can still create incredible effects.

Interfering with the past... Fan Xiao was reminded of the "cursed knowledge" that Dr. Zhuang had mentioned—"God" was sealed in the past.

The power of the Dragon God may be related to "gods," or it may be part of a plan by "gods" to break free from the game company's seal.

The fact that the characteristics of the ultimate will are so similar to those of "god" can, to some extent, corroborate this conjecture.

Thinking of this, Fan Xiao tossed a coin and cleared his mental energy... The coin landed heads up.

Your guess was correct.

There really is a connection!

“My mother has now staked everything on me. She has probably almost forgotten about the Dragon God. In that case… I will take control of the Dragon God’s power. My mother will be very happy to know that I have become the Dragon God.”

"And A...it seems to have nothing to do with the letter A node? Speaking of which, A was created by the world nobles of the letter A node. Who first leaked this information? The Dragon God?"

"Knowing about it will lead to being hunted down by the Dragon God himself. No wonder no one in the entire D05 node knows about this. Even if someone outside knows, they will be suppressed and killed once they enter the D05 node... It's pointless."

Fan Xiao double-checked... his guess was correct.

It really was a lie spread by the Dragon God.

After realizing this, his doubts deepened.

Every generation of Dragon Gods is short-lived. No matter what schemes and plots they engage in, it's all for naught. So many generations of Dragon Gods have insisted on pinning the blame on the letter A. What secret are they trying to cover up?

Fan Xiao tried to use luck to obtain information... but failed.

The current luck cap is not high enough.

It seems this information has been tightly sealed off by the Dragon God.

Besides that, there was something else that bothered him—the Dragon God's state seemed... a bit mechanical?

After a series of battles, he could tell that his opponent was not a normal human player.

Normal people would avoid making enemies of someone of his caliber if they could avoid it—unless there's an irreconcilable, deadly feud.

Fan Xiao didn't believe that he was worth the Dragon God's pursuit just because he only knew a little bit of the truth about A... The strong always have some privileges. Perhaps the Dragon God didn't realize his strength at first, but after fighting him, he must have realized that he was not someone to be trifled with.

Under these circumstances, the Dragon God still insists on killing him... unless the Dragon God is such an arrogant and brainless idiot, just like the people at the game company.

But how could someone like that possibly pass the three rounds of Dragon God selection and become the thirty-second generation Dragon God?

"This is really complicated... I'll investigate this secret thoroughly."

Fan Xiao made a decision in his heart.

Several hours passed quickly.

Once Fan Xiao felt that the injuries on his conceptual body had almost healed, he gave Xiao Zhen the order: "Xiao Zhen, report the latest location of that player. We should set off."

……

Node D05.

47. Border City.

Fifth Eye, along with Xia Li and the female android D47, returned to their long-lost home.

Everything in the house was arranged exactly as it was. No dust was stirred up when the door was opened, which shows that D47 had been cleaning the house properly since she left.

Fifth Eye's gaze fell on the counter in her father's entryway, where a photo of her and her father was displayed.

"I am back."

After muttering something to the empty house, Fifth Eye composed herself and asked D47 to go to the kitchen to prepare the food she had just bought.

She was going to host a dinner for her good friend Xia Li at home.

At this moment, neither of them expressed any doubt about Fan Xiao's sudden disappearance—Fan Xiao had an urgent matter to attend to, so he declined Fifth Eye's invitation and left node D05 with Youbai.

In their understanding, this is how things unfolded.

Fifth Eye felt quite regretful, but the other party had urgent business to attend to... there was nothing that could be done about it.

At the dinner table, Fifth Eye forcibly ordered D47 to sit down as well. Then, in a relatively cheerful atmosphere, he told Xia Li about some interesting things that happened in the past, as well as which places in the D05 node were worth visiting.

At the end of dinner, Fifth Eye gave Xia Li a promise, saying that regardless of whether she succeeded or failed in the Dragon God selection, she would take Xia Li to visit her hometown afterwards.

Taking the opportunity, Xia Li said, "Tong, shouldn't you tell me your real purpose for participating in the Dragon God selection?"

"...Was I seen through?" Fifth Eye sighed softly.

“I don’t doubt your willingness to sacrifice your lifespan for node D05, but…”

Xia Li shook his head and said, "There are so many candidates for the Dragon God every year, do we need one more? You must have other reasons for making this decision. I want to know those reasons."

"...You haven't given up trying to persuade me to go back."

Fifth Eye smiled.

Then, she looked towards the entryway—at the group photo on the entryway counter.

She waved her hand, manipulating ethereal energy to teleport the picture frame into her hand.

After staring at her father's face in the photo for a while, she said, "Xia Li, speaking of which... I haven't introduced my father to you yet, have I?"

Before Xia Li could answer, she continued, "Fifth Li, former commander-in-chief of the 47th Border Army, retired S-level player, died in...A's invasion war."

At this point, her gaze fell on the android D47, and she sighed softly, saying, "D47, tell me about the federal government's official records of the '47 Massacre'."

D47 immediately carried out the order.

The cold, mechanical voice recounted a piece of history: "On December 12, 1024 of the Fifth World New Calendar, A's national-level entity suddenly appeared outside the last line of defense of Border City 47 and launched an invasion war."

"The commander-in-chief of the 47th Border Army, Fifth Li, abandoned his post, causing the 47th Army to fall into chaos without command. Throughout the battle, he failed to organize any effective counterattack, which led to A's entity breaking through the defense line and entering the underground world, where it massacred 1314 million border city residents, including Fifth Li and 10 border soldiers."

This incident is known as the '47 Massacre'.

"After the massacre, the federal government's investigation revealed a severely corrupt regime within the 47th Army, headed by Fifth Le. A large number of people involved were dismissed, imprisoned, or executed. Fifth Le became the biggest stain and disgrace in the history of the border defense forces."

"..."