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

"Just say what you have to say. Why are you looking at me like that?"

Lu Xining noticed Li Jian's unusual behavior and frowned, offering a reminder.

Why are you looking at her with such a strange gaze?

"Cough... It's nothing, I have nothing to say."

Li Jian quickly waved his hand.

joke!

Can Brother Fan just say what he did and said for free?

"He meant that a monster had impersonated you to trick us into leaving the house."

Fan Xiao revealed, "It's a kind of ghost that can completely mimic other people's appearance and body, born from stories."

"It disappeared after it failed to deceive us; I couldn't kill it. I suspect it might reappear later, so you'd better be careful."

"Oh, right, it doesn't seem to be very intelligent, so it should be easy to tell."

Lu Xining said, "I feel like you're making veiled criticisms."

"..." Fan Xiao said speechlessly, "You're being a bit too sensitive, really, it's an illness that needs treatment."

"Did you do anything else to that monster?"

Lu Xining observed Li Jian's hesitant expression and asked Fan Xiao, "You didn't do anything lewd, did you?"

"That's it."

Fan Xiao readily admitted, "To confirm its authenticity, I sneakily touched its leg, and its reaction was exactly the same as yours, a perfect imitation. If its intelligence were also up to par, I might not have been able to tell the difference."

Lu Xining: "..."

For a moment, the girl's delicate face showed an unnatural expression, and she subconsciously pulled down her skirt, as if trying to hide her legs.

However, she quickly realized that such a performance was somewhat weak, so she looked coldly at Fan Xiao.

If you're not embarrassed, then it's definitely someone else who will be embarrassed.

Fan Xiao naturally ignored Lu Xining's piercing gaze and continued, "The ghosts and monsters in the story that Li Jian and I told were all distorted in the dungeon and underwent some changes... or rather, evolution. How is the situation on your side?"

"it's the same."

Du Ruo sighed and said, "I originally told a story that wasn't very scary, but my brother wasn't buying it at all. After I found out he was afraid of ghosts, I told him a ghost story about a celebrity who raised a ghost child and became more and more famous."

"In the story, the little ghost did not have the characteristic of actively attacking people, but as a result... as you can see, it was twisted into a real harmful ghost."

"And they would suddenly appear and attack me from time to time, appearing and disappearing like ghosts, making them very difficult to defend against."

"It's pretty much the same here."

Lu Xining said, "In the story I told, I described a shadowy monster called 'Seven Days to Kill,' which does not directly attack people."

"On the first day, it will appear on the street outside your house; on the second day, it will be in your yard; on the third day, it will be at the door; on the fourth day, it will be in the hallway; on the fifth day, it will be at your bedroom door; and on the sixth day, it will be by your bedside."

"Until the seventh day, its movements are extremely slow. On the seventh day, it can move as fast as a normal person until it catches you."

"But even if we catch you, we won't do anything to you, we'll just scare you."

At this point, she gently shook her head and said, "But the copy distorted it, removing the time limit that I specifically added."

"As you just saw, it appeared behind me not long after it was born. Every time I move, it moves and gets a little closer to me."

"Once it gets really close to me, I estimate it will start attacking me."

"Is this so..."

Fan Xiao summarized and analyzed, "It seems that the monsters that appear in horror stories will target the storyteller as their primary attack target."

"Of course, this is not absolute. Take our side as an example. The 'liar' that appeared in Li Jian's story first tried to trick both Li Jian and me into going outside."

“The storyteller has the highest attack priority, but the monster won’t ignore others either, so we need to be careful.”

"What is your purpose in coming to us?" Du Ruo asked. "You're not here to start gathering intelligence right now, are you?"

Don't you think now is the perfect time?

Fan Xiao cautioned, "After tonight, all players will know that horror stories can become reality."

"In order to reduce the difficulty of the dungeon and survive for seven days, I estimate that all players will go crazy and start fighting each other as soon as it gets light tomorrow."

"By then, our intelligence work will be much more difficult."

“That’s true…” Du Ruo nodded: “Let’s get it done tonight.”

"The information we need to search for is simply whether there is an 'older brother' in Wangxiang Township, and whether there is a diary in the school."

Lu Xining asked, "The latter is something we absolutely have to search for, but the former... even if we prove that there is no 'older brother' in this town, and that the 'younger brother' really is a monster in disguise, what's the point for us?"

"Yes, I have."

Fan Xiao laughed and said, "Since my younger brother is a monster in disguise, is it possible that our parents are too? Is it possible that all the residents of this town are monsters as well?"

Even if they are all true, what conclusions can we draw?

Lu Xining asked.

"Well..."

Fan Xiao said, "I have a guess, but the evidence is not enough yet and it needs to be verified. If it is verified, then we will most likely be able to find Yan Keke's notebook directly. But let's not talk about things that haven't been proven yet."

This isn't him being mysterious.

Rather, his guess was too bold; even he himself wasn't sure.

What you say might mislead your companions and sway their thinking.

Once your thinking goes astray, you may miss many real details and thus miss the truth.

So before we verify it, let's try to find common ground while respecting differences.

"Hey, you're just building up people's interest and then washing your hands of it."

Li Jian complained.

“What’s the rush?” Fan Xiao said. “Even if I told you, you might not understand.”

Li Jian: "..."

Du Ruo then said, "Now that you've already killed the old woman with the dried corpse, let's hurry up and get moving. Enough with the idle talk."

"Let's split up. Anyway, the other players don't know that Granny Mummies is gone, so they definitely won't dare to come out."

Lu Xining suggested, "Let's split into two teams. One team will gather information about 'Brother,' and the other team will go to the school to find the diary. Oh, and..."

She asked Fan Xiao, "Is the diary at school?"

"Don't ask me, I don't know right now."

Fan Xiao shook his head and said, "This is just a guess, and it needs to be verified. Since Yan Keke keeps a diary, it means she has been to school, so it would be best to search the school. Maybe my guess is wrong, and you will find it before I do."

“Alright,” Lu Xining said to Du Ruo, “Your Special Affairs Bureau has a lot of people, so I’ll leave the intelligence gathering to you. As for finding the diary, I’ll leave it to Fan Sha and me.”

Li Jian: "..."

So he was never taken seriously by the girl from beginning to end, right?

“Okay, I’ll contact my colleague.” Du Ruo nodded.

At this moment, Fan Xiao suddenly said, "Let's not separate."

"Oh?" Du Ruo asked in surprise, "Don't you always like to split up?"

"These things don't have to be based on personal preference."

Fan Xiao said speechlessly, "Besides, I'm doing this for your own good. In case of any accidents, I can take you all with me and escape by flying."

His concerns were not unfounded.

When Fan Qiqi killed the dried-up old woman, the big-faced monster, and the neck-riding female ghost, he did not receive any spiritual feedback.

This is very abnormal!

Whatever the reason, it's best to be careful about this kind of thing.

If something goes wrong while they're working together, he can lead everyone to evacuate in time.

Fan Xiao said to Du Ruo, "There's no need to call your colleagues for now. The four of us are enough to fight. We can go door to door to investigate. Even if we encounter players who try to stop us, and they are outnumbered, we can still suppress them if we work together."

"I think you could take them all down by yourself."

Li Jian suddenly made a sarcastic remark.

"You have to be given a chance to prove yourself, right?" Fan Xiao shrugged. "Otherwise, if you keep doing nothing, your teammates will be very unhappy with you."

Li Jian: "..."

Du Ruo and Lu Xining didn't say anything about this matter.

They had long suspected that Fan Xiao's terrifying talent had a time limit for use.

The reason Fan Xiao sought them out to work together was probably because his talent was currently unusable.

"Let's go, don't delay. We need to get everything done before dawn. After dawn, this town will be in for a lot of trouble."

Fan Xiao greeted the three of them.

The player's items are bizarre and strange, and now so many terrifying ghosts have been created. It would be too dangerous for him to gather information alone.

One wrong move and it's easy to crash.

Therefore, gathering teammates is essential.

"With the six hours that Qiqi is in cooldown, completing the intelligence gathering should be no problem."

"Once I get the intelligence, I can verify that somewhat audacious conjecture."

"Besides, it'll probably be dawn in six hours, and other players will start making their moves. Why don't we... take advantage of tonight to fish out some players, lure them in, and then eliminate them?"

Several thoughts flashed through Fan Xiao's mind.

He then manipulated the "Dustless Shield" to sweep the three people up and fly them outside.

Chapter 123 You Look Like a Blonde Little Girl with Animal Ears

Because of his night vision, even when flying in the air at a distance from the ground, Fan Xiao was still able to make a very clear judgment about the terrain of the town below.

He quickly located the nearest town resident, manipulated the repulsive force to deflect the direction, and landed with the three of them.

After using repulsive force to open the door, Fan Xiaochao looked inside the brick house.

In the center of the living room, a burly man lay on the ground with a bloody hole in his forehead, from which his brains were spilling out.

Li Jian asked in surprise, "He's... a player?"

“His death was the same as the three players who died at Li Xianqiu’s house before,” Lu Xining judged. “He was probably killed by the Big-Faced Monster.”

"I guess he didn't tell a scary story that met the standard, which violated the dungeon rules, and that's why he got attacked by the big-faced monster."

Du Ruo speculated, "Or perhaps he hasn't told the story by the time allotted."

“All four of us brothers are afraid of ghost stories. I guess this is one of the common characteristics of my brothers, and it is also very much in line with the personality of children.”

Fan Xiao added, "So telling any ghost story will probably scare my brother, it's not difficult. Even if I haven't heard any ghost stories before, I can make one up on the spot, it's not that hard."

"so."

Lu Xining concluded, "This player is probably trying to get away with the storytelling aspect."

"Although the game prompts gave the requirement to tell a story, they didn't say what the punishment would be for violating the requirement. He probably wanted to take a gamble."

"Does losing a bet mean death...?"

Li Jian thought back to how he had once considered getting away with it, and couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Fortunately, it was just a thought at the time, and the desire wasn't very strong.

"Be careful not to harm the 'parents' during the next investigation."

Fan Xiao warned, "Otherwise, we'll also be attacked by the big-faced monster."

After saying that, he went into the house first and checked all the rooms.

The only thing they found were the sleeping "parents" and "younger brother".