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

The experimental data... here it is.

"No wonder you withheld one piece of information when you were exchanging information with other players before."

Jinna also realized what was happening.

They found a total of three black clothes, gave one to Yan Jun, and had two left.

However, when exchanging information in the spacious area in front of the gate, Fan Xiao only took out one black garment and didn't mention the other one at all.

It turns out they had been planning to trap other players all along.

How insidious...

Jinna looked at Fan Xiao and asked curiously, "How are you planning to trick them?"

"What do you mean by 'pitfall'? That's a really awful way to put it."

Fan Xiao said speechlessly, "I already said it was a deal. I revealed some of my guesses to them, and they came with us to the Otherworld."

"Isn't this just throwing out bait to lure people in?"

Mercury's eye twitched: "Where is this a transaction?"

“There’s a difference between this and enticement,” Fan Xiao said. “Enticement is pure deception, while I’m confident I can lead them through the dungeon. So, tell me, are you going to do it or not?”

"Yes! Of course we'll do it."

Mercury ignored Fan Xiao's disdainful look and nodded shamelessly.

In any case, the game "Evolution" strictly reviews players' performance in dungeons.

The dungeon ratings are not given randomly.

Even if a player fulfills all the quest conditions, if these conditions are not achieved by the player himself through exploration, discovery, overcoming difficulties, and completion, then his dungeon rating will not be high.

Therefore, even if they end up helping other players win the game, they will neither suffer any loss nor feel resentful for helping others.

After finalizing the plan, the four immediately took action.

Chapter 171 The Monster with Color Vision Impairment

9 pm.

The teams led by Fan Xiao, the refined man, and the swordsman once again reunited in the spacious area in front of the school gate.

With five players missing and four cannibalistic players turned into monsters, only eleven people remain in the entire Hope Middle School.

Before the first day was even over, the number of players had already dropped by nearly half.

Apart from Fan Xiao and his three teammates, the players in the other two teams all wore worried expressions.

"Are we the only ones left...? The difficulty of this dungeon is a bit beyond my expectations."

The swordsman frowned and said.

“Don’t be so negative,” Fan Xiao reminded him. “The five people who disappeared are not necessarily dead.”

"maybe."

The refined-looking man spoke up: "Now you can tell us what you want with us, right?"

“Cooperation, or rather…” Fan Xiao said, “Transaction.”

"Cooperation?" the sword-wielding player asked in surprise. "Didn't you object when we proposed acting together before?"

"My objections at the time were based on reasonable considerations, so there shouldn't be any problem with that, right?"

Fan Xiao explained, "As for now... I've obtained some intelligence and deduced some of the truth."

"If the plan goes smoothly, achieving the second mission condition and successfully completing the level should not be a problem."

"I would like to invite you all to come together."

Upon hearing this, the refined man and the swordsman did not feel joy, but instead showed a wary expression.

The other players behind them also frowned and began to relax their slightly relaxed attitudes.

Players naturally understand players best.

Players who would selflessly share their walkthrough strategies... there's definitely something wrong with them!

After a few seconds of silence, the refined-looking man asked, "Why do you want to invite us? What benefit would it bring you?"

"I know what you're worried about."

Fan Xiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll explain it clearly."

He recounted how the man-eating players had all been turned into monsters by "it".

Then he revealed some of his speculations about the "two worlds".

Finally, he boasted about himself, claiming that he had found a highly probable way to pass the game.

Once the conditions are verified, we can immediately begin the follow-up plan.

"My invitation to you is certainly not out of goodwill, and I doubt you would believe my goodwill."

Fan Xiao said, "Only if you all go to the inner world with us will the danger shared among each of us be reduced. This is a way of indirectly reducing the danger level of the dungeon."

"I'll come up with the idea, and you guys come along and execute it together. We'll share the strategy for clearing the game. How about that? Would you consider it a deal?"

He had anticipated that the remaining two teams would be wary of him.

Therefore, he planned from the beginning to use an open strategy and not resort to underhanded tactics.

Lay out the pros and cons, and give the players the choice.

Come if you want, get out if you don't.

Of course, this also involves some aspects of language art.

For example, talk more about the "advantages" and less about the "disadvantages".

Then, emphasize your level of confidence to make others subconsciously believe in you.

This approach is far more sophisticated than simple deception.

Lies will always be exposed eventually.

The "truth" often leads people to fill in the blanks with their own imagination.

"You guys are incredibly audacious!"

The swordsman remarked, "After hearing the laughter, you didn't run away, but instead went back to see what happened to those four cannibal players... While it's true that fortune favors the bold, you guys pushed the limits a bit too far."

“It does have its limits,” Fan Xiao said with a smile, “but the gains are substantial, and the result is good, that’s all that matters.”

"You're such a gambler!" commented the swordsman.

At this moment, the refined-looking man chimed in, joining the discussion: "I need time to consider what you're talking about, and I also need to discuss it with my teammates."

"I also need to discuss this with them."

The swordsman said, "Entering the inner world is still too dangerous. Although, according to you, we will inevitably fall in sooner or later, it's safer to do it later. If we go in voluntarily... we need to weigh the pros and cons carefully. We can't just make a decision on a whim now."

"can."

Fan Xiao nodded: "I'm going to verify my guess next, which will take quite a while. So you have plenty of time, you can take your time to consider it."

"Then it's settled."

The refined-looking man said, "After you've completed the verification, let us know. By then, we'll have made our decision."

The sword-wielding player asked, "Do you need our help to verify your guess?"

"If you have the time and energy, please help me keep an eye out for the appearance, age, and temperament of the black and white people you encounter."

Fan Xiao reminded him.

"Black and white people... oh, you mean those strangely colored monsters?" the sword-wielding player said. "I thought they were ghosts."

“It’s just a name,” Fan Xiao shrugged. “You can call it Ghost too.”

After finalizing the cooperation details, Fan Xiao led his three teammates away from the spacious area in front of the gate.

There is no need to act together at the moment.

When 11 o'clock arrives, the three teams must split up and go to find stray cats to seek shelter.

There's no point in acting together before entering the Otherworld.

Therefore, neither the refined man nor the swordsman said anything about the departure of Fan Xiao and the other three.

They followed closely behind, leaving the gate and heading towards the area near the stray cats, wary of the children's laughter recurring.

On the other side, Fan Xiao led three teammates to the experimental building area.

Mercury looked at the somewhat eerie building in the dim moonlight and asked, "What are we doing here?"

"You don't know?" Fan Xiao asked rhetorically.

"Did you say that?" Mercury asked, puzzled. "I don't recall."

Jinna said, "I don't remember either."

"..."

Fan Xiao said speechlessly, "You've all been so silent the whole way, I thought you'd already guessed it..."

"In short, we need to find some dark, enclosed environments next."

"This school doesn't have an underground parking lot, so we'll have to look for a suitable classroom."

"No light...you need a dark environment?"

Mercury seemed to be deep in thought.

Darkness... Black and white people, black clothes, black paint...

These details surfaced one by one in his mind.

Gradually, he guessed Fan Xiao's intention: "I see... You think 'it' can't see black things?"

"It" refers to the dungeon boss, whose form is unseen and whose voice can only be heard.

Fan Xiao corrected, "It's not that it can't see black things, but rather that its vision is based on black and white."

"To put it simply... 'it' is a person with color vision deficiency, whose world is composed of black and white, and perhaps... also gray?"

"Why do you have this guess?" Jinna asked.

"It's very simple..."

Fan Xiaochao explained to his three companions.

The "it" in this instance possesses the ability to interfere with others' cognition and modify their bodies.

Here, let's make an assumption.

Suppose that "it" can only see two colors, black and white, or three colors, black, white and gray.

So for "it", the world of black, white and gray is the "world of common sense" in "its" eyes.

But its common sense is not just common sense.

Because "it" can influence others.

First interfere with other people's cognition, then modify their bodies.

If you stay in contact with "it" for too long, it will lose its color and become what you usually think of as "it".

That's why there are black and white people.

That's why there are black and white monsters.

"Although this is a hypothesis, it is quite possible. The evidence is the clothes left behind by the former investigators."

Fan Xiao pointed out, "The clothes are black, and there are black paint stains on the collar and cuffs."

"From this detail, we can easily deduce that the investigators had painted themselves black to keep their entire bodies black."

"Blacken it..."

Mercury understood: "Because 'it' can only see black, white and gray, as long as you wear black clothes and black pants, and paint your whole body black, and hide in a dark environment... you might be able to avoid 'it's' threat without having to look for a cat."

"If the details match up, your guess should be correct."