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

Some players might even have ulterior motives...

However, Fan Xiao didn't care.

It's as if they trust players from the same faction completely, without any defenses.

Because the repulsive force control range is only a five-meter radius, he had to move around in the pool.

A few minutes later, he came ashore with a large number of scattered bones.

Fan Xiao threw the bones onto the ground at the edge of the pool and pieced them together by feel, quickly assembling nearly ten complete skeletons.

"This skeleton looks...like a dog's."

A refined-looking man walked over and said.

He was followed by four other players.

One player expressed their confusion, asking, "Why are there so many dog ​​skeletons in the pool? Did many people at this school used to keep dogs?"

"Cats and dogs... It's strange. Even if people used to keep cats and dogs, the school has been abandoned for so long, how could the pets have survived? And the dog is dead, but the cat is alive. What's the reason?"

"Cats can protect us, so what is the role of dogs?"

"What use can he be now that he's dead?"

The group started chatting, one after another.

Fan Xiao returned to his companions and said, "There's no projection device here, let's go find our student IDs first."

"What happened to the dog remains?" Mercury frowned. "Nearly ten dogs, it's impossible that they all accidentally fell into the water and drowned."

"Could dogs, like cats, possess some characteristics that could be helpful to us?" Jinna suggested. "Should we bring some remains with us?"

"If you want to bring them, I won't stop you, but..."

Fan Xiao laughed and said, "I suggest you don't do that."

"What did you think of?"

"Mercury asked."

At this moment, Yan Jun, who was not far away, saw the crowd discussing and prepared to come over and join in the fun.

However, as soon as he took a step, he was immediately stared at by Mercury, Jinna, and Luo Hao.

severe:"……"

Never mind, he can just stay cool.

After Mercury and the other two turned their attention back to him, Fan Xiao greeted them and said, "The cat's role is probably to scare away the monsters in the dungeon... Let's just call all the hidden dangers in this school monsters for now."

"So, could the dog's role be exactly the opposite? Could the dog attract the monster's attention?"

"so……"

He glanced at the pile of bones: "That's how they ended up."

"..."

Mercury and his two companions immediately felt a chill.

Fan Xiao's guess was completely unfounded; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it wild speculation.

However... considering that cats can scare away monsters, and therefore cats have lived on, this conjecture seems to have some merit.

If the guess comes true, carrying the dog's remains with you is equivalent to shouting loudly at the monster, telling it where you are.

This can be described as the ultimate act of courting death.

“Of course, speculation is just speculation,” Fan Xiao said. “Whether you believe it or not is your freedom, but I’m not bringing it.”

“Then let’s just ignore it,” Mercury said. “It’s always better to play it safe… Wait!”

Suddenly, he realized something and asked in a low voice, "You deliberately threw those bones on the ground... what were you trying to do?"

"What do you mean by 'intentionally'?" Fan Xiao laughed. "Isn't it just throwing it away casually?"

Mercury: "..."

That guy is so cunning!

This was entirely intended to get other players to take the fall and test the validity of his guess.

Luckily, this guy is a teammate...

"By the way, there's no projection equipment here. What should we do if we see a large number of those 'black and white people' appearing again?"

Jinna looked troubled.

The game's suggested safety precautions include first going to the swimming pool to ensure the 3D projection device is working properly, and then finding and holding your student ID.

Let alone skipping a step, even reversing the order of these steps could potentially cause problems.

"This is an abandoned school. Do you think a school without electricity would have any 3D projection equipment?"

"Even if it's set up, how can the projection device work properly without electricity?"

Fan Xiao shook his head and said, "I guess this device, like the wildcat, is one of the 'sanctuaries' that the instance specifically arranged for us. We can't reason about it using common sense."

"Perhaps certain preconditions need to be met for such a device to appear and work."

"At that time, things that don't make sense will start to work normally."

"What are the prerequisites?" Jinna asked.

"I don't know," Fan Xiao shrugged. "We can only take it one step at a time for now. Let's go find the student ID first."

After parting ways with the group of refined men, Fan Xiao and his group of five headed towards the teaching building area.

The most likely places for students to keep their student ID cards are either in their dormitories or classrooms.

They had checked the dormitory before, and there were no identification documents there.

It's more likely to yield results by going to the classroom than by searching aimlessly like a headless fly.

A short while later, Fan Xiao and his group of five arrived at the teaching building area.

After entering one of the buildings, the five of them started searching from the first floor, eliminating classrooms one by one.

Given the many hidden threats in this instance, none of the five intended to split up.

It took about half an hour to search the entire teaching building.

The five people returned to the first floor.

"How could there not be any?" Jinna frowned and said, "If there are no student IDs in the teaching building, it's even less likely that there will be any elsewhere."

"Didn't we previously speculate that the teachers and students had all turned into those 'black and white people' monsters?"

Mercury speculated, "Could the student IDs... be on these damn students?"

“If so, how do we get them?” Jinna said. “We can’t touch them, and whether they appear or not is beyond our control.”

As they spoke, they turned their gaze toward Fan Xiao.

Even the silent Luo Hao looked at Fan Xiao.

"..." Fan Xiao said speechlessly, "Please, I'm not Baidu."

"What Baidu?" Jin Na asked, puzzled.

“In short,” Fan Xiao said, “student IDs are probably like the projection devices in the swimming pool; certain conditions need to be met before they will appear.”

"If that's the case, I estimate that the crisis associated with the swimming pool and student ID is the most dangerous in this instance."

Mercury said in a serious tone.

The game's six hints reveal three potential dangers.

First, stay away from any creatures other than players and wild cats.

The second method involves hearing a child's laughter and finding the cat within 10 minutes.

The third scenario involves encountering a large number of creatures other than players and wild cats. You need to go to the swimming pool to activate the 3D projection device and then find the student ID.

The first two are not considered dangerous.

Because for D-level players, neither dodging nor finding the cat is difficult.

Only players with overly strong conditioned reflexes like Yan Jun might encounter some unexpected situations.

However, for the last type of danger, the game provides methods to avoid it, but players are unable to do so.

In comparison, the former two are, in some ways... more like an appetizer.

The group silently increased their awareness of the third type of crisis.

"Let's look in other teaching buildings."

Fan Xiao said, "Maybe it's just that it's not available here."

The three nodded.

Fan Xiao then moved to a position twenty meters away and reminded Yan Jun.

The five set off again, heading towards the second teaching building.

Then came the third building, the fourth building...

After searching all five buildings, the five still couldn't find their student IDs.

Unexpectedly, a third piece of black clothing was discovered.

Fan Xiao turned his clothes inside out and saw new information: "Always firmly believe in your common sense! Don't doubt! Don't doubt!"

When you see something unfamiliar, accept it calmly and don't be surprised or astonished!

He showed the clothes to the other people.

The clothes eventually ended up in Yan Jun's hands.

After Yan Jun finished reading, he was about to throw the clothes back to Fan Xiao when Fan Xiao interrupted him, saying, "You can keep them."

"...What do you mean? Have you thought of anything?"

His stern expression immediately turned serious.

Or rather, I'm very worried.

"Look at your cowardice... It's just a guess."

Fan Xiao said, "The investigators were all wearing black clothes, and their clothes were stained with black paint. This is perhaps a detail worth noting."

"You attacked people of different races, so you might be in trouble. Keep a black outfit on; try it on if you encounter danger."

"Ok."

Yan Jun did not refuse and put the clothes into the storage space.

Mercury then said, "The two pieces of information on the clothes are somewhat contradictory."

"On the one hand, it makes us firmly believe in common sense, and on the other hand, it makes us accept the extraordinary with equanimity."

"It's a lot like game hints; you have to be wary and accept things that don't make sense."

“I’ll say it again,” Fan Xiao said, “the reason for the conflict is probably just that the preconditions are different, there’s nothing to dwell on.”

There is food.

Suddenly, Luo Hao, who had been silent until now, spoke up to remind him.

Following his gaze, everyone saw a steaming hot meal on the first dusty desk in a classroom.

"..."

Everyone was on edge.

The first time snacks appeared nearby could be a coincidence.

But if food happens to appear next to you a second time, it would be a bit of a coincidence to think it's just a coincidence.

Something... is watching them!

“That’s going too far,” Mercury said. “Snacks are understandable, but steaming hot food… was it just cooked?”

“Now we can be sure,” Jinna said. “Something has been watching us and occasionally bringing us food. Is it bait? What a cheap bait.”

“Low-class… Don’t forget that our hunger is getting worse.”