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However, he has already taken the medicine, and his injuries are slowly healing.

The only ones unharmed at the scene were Nori and the head maid. They were inside the protective barrier, where the bright light only obscured their vision, while the scorching heat was blocked from the outside.

A talent specifically designed for defense is naturally superior to Vancho's "Dustless Shield" in terms of isolating attacks.

Of course, the "Dustless Shield" is an item that combines offense and defense, and it also allows its owner to fly, making it more comprehensive in terms of performance.

Gawain, enduring the pain, glanced at the fallen head guard, then asked Nori and the head maid, "He must have been affected by something. Did you notice anything unusual about him before?"

“No,” the head maid shook her head and said, “the atmosphere is almost the same as usual, I’m pretty sure of that.”

"So, he was influenced without even realizing it?"

Gao Wen's expression turned serious.

He began to reason, "Being influenced, then manipulated... if nothing unexpected happens, this should be the second kind of danger that will appear at night."

“The manipulated person will attack their teammates, which is the third danger for us.”

"Perhaps it wasn't manipulation."

Fan Xiao drank the healing potion and, while repairing his burns, said, "The captain of the guard used his talent and items. I estimate that his cognition or memory was interfered with, and he subjectively regarded us as enemies and launched an attack on us. He is fighting with 'free will'."

"If he is being controlled by another being, unless it is complete mental manipulation, he should not be able to use his talents and tools."

"As for mind control..."

Fan Xiao shook his head: "Those monsters outside are basically irrational. They just recklessly attack anyone they see. They probably can't do this kind of delicate work."

"Besides, we're still in the lab, under protection, and the monsters haven't broken in yet."

"I suspect that there are rules that interfere with cognition and memory within the instance."

"If that's the case, then the situation is troublesome!"

The head maid's expression changed slightly as she said, "This is an invisible and intangible interference that we have no way to avoid. As a result, our teammates can no longer trust each other."

"Indeed."

Fan Xiao nodded and said, "But you can still trust me. I will not let my perception be interfered with or distorted."

"You...you're quite confident?"

The head maid spoke with suspicion.

Norrie and Gawain were also a little skeptical.

We're all D-level players, so why are you so awesome?

"My mental strength and evolution rate are mismatched; the latter is much higher."

Fan Xiao explained, "If even I can have my perception distorted, then the other players participating in this instance definitely won't be able to withstand it, and the whole team will be wiped out on the first night. And..."

He paused for a moment and then said, "If my perception has really been distorted, you don't need to worry about the follow-up issues at all."

"Why?" Gawain asked.

Fan Xiao laughed and said, "Because by then, the dungeon will definitely become Nightmare difficulty, and it will be almost impossible for anyone to survive. So, you'd better pray that I can stay normal."

Hearing this, Nori blinked.

This is so pretentious!

She really wants to learn!

"...At a time like this, you still have the leisure to joke around?"

Gao Wen said in a serious tone, "Let's all be more careful from now on. Don't get too close to each other. If anyone makes any unusual moves, the rest of us will work together to subdue them."

"However, we must be careful not to actually kill them."

As soon as he finished speaking, a stench of blood filled the air.

Fan Xiao and his three companions turned their heads and looked over, only to find that the battle had ended on the side of the gloomy man's group.

The player whose perception was influenced and who became a "traitor" was directly killed by the gloomy man and the remaining two players.

The player's body was torn in two, which shows how brutal the battle was... no, the battle wasn't brutal at all; it was just a simple act of emotional venting.

Gawain and Norrie frowned.

This group went too far.

Now anyone can be influenced and thus attack their teammates.

No one can guarantee that they will be next.

In this situation, killing the "traitor" directly would definitely exacerbate the crisis of trust and increase mutual resentment.

Because if something goes wrong, you'll die, so who would dare to act together?

These three people probably won't be able to team up anymore.

Of course, this was their own business, and neither Gawain nor Nori had any intention of meddling.

Glug... The gloomy man drank the healing potion, relieving the pain from the wound on his vest.

Looking at his teammate's corpse on the ground, anger flashed in his eyes, and he felt an urge to whip the corpse.

However, with everyone watching, he had to suppress his impulse and turn to look at Fan Xiao.

Fortunately, the other side also lost one player.

If a fight breaks out, they are at a significant disadvantage with three against four.

and……

The gloomy man is very confident in his abilities.

His gaze fell on the numerous name tags hanging on the bodies of Fan Xiao and the other three.

Chapter 203 Resisting the urge to pat his head

The gloomy man guessed that these name tags must have been found inside the laboratory by the four people opposite him.

The fact that these four people carried the badges on their bodies indicates that the badges cannot be stored in the inventory and are exclusive to the instance.

Can't give up!

He planned to use moral blackmail again to force the four people to hand over some things.

If that doesn't work, then resort to force.

If the other side doesn't want to start a fight over this, then they won't object to their "small request."

However, he was having a bad day.

Just as the gloomy man was about to speak and kidnap someone, the laboratory door was suddenly kicked open with a bang.

A large number of mirrors were brought in and pasted onto the laboratory floor, walls, and ceiling.

Upon seeing this, Nori and the others' expressions changed.

The mirror monster has entered the laboratory!

Immediately following, the cheerful voice of a little girl suddenly rang out.

Hearing the laughter, the players in the laboratory unconsciously curled up their lips, the smile growing wider and wider.

It looked as if it was about to tear open completely.

The next second, all the players found that they couldn't move their bodies.

Soon, some people raised their hands and reached for their teammates' necks.

Fan Xiao and his three companions realized that the monster that could only control people's bodies had also entered the laboratory!

The monsters' abilities began to combine and overlap, creating a terrifying effect.

Cannot move;

His lips were stretched wider and wider, almost splitting open;

Knife wounds kept appearing on his body...

Some players were unlucky enough to have their eyes gouged out by a shadowy monster in the mirror, unable to even scream.

There are probably more monsters outside, on their way.

Seeing this, Fan Xiao dared not delay any longer. Following his previous example, he once again created a repulsive barrier of the "Dustless Shield" under his feet, lifting up all four of his teammates, including the unconscious head guard, and preparing to fly away from the laboratory.

Although the body cannot move, the use of props is unrestricted.

The current situation is not a dead end for him.

On the other side, the mirror monster seemed to realize that Fan Xiao and the others were about to escape, and immediately began to intercept them.

A large number of mirrors were seen to have detached from their original positions and moved closer to Fan Xiao and his group of five, seemingly attempting to create a closed space to envelop them.

However, a monster is always a monster.

Lacking rationality and with limited intelligence.

Fan Xiao completely ignored its tactics; the immense repulsive force acting downwards instantly tore apart the laboratory floor.

The five people fell through the large hole in the floor.

After landing on the first floor, Fan Xiao quickly used repulsive force to stabilize himself and his teammates, then accelerated and flew to the left, smashing through three walls in one go before successfully escaping the building.

To avoid being entangled by new monsters, he increased his speed rapidly, and in less than three seconds, he led his teammates into a building next door.

Maintaining high-speed flight, they went from the first floor to the second floor.

Then they went up to the third floor and discovered a new laboratory there.

After using repulsive force to unlock the door, Fan Xiao and his group of five entered the laboratory.

Looking back, they saw no monsters following them and breathed a sigh of relief.

Gao Wen stepped forward and closed the laboratory door again.

Nori had the "Mindless Doll" turn on its eyes and light, and the new laboratory came into view of the four of them.

It's very similar to the previous laboratory, with only minor differences in some details of the layout.

"It's safe for now."

Fan Xiao reminded his teammates, "Our guess is correct. Too many players cannot gather in a laboratory, otherwise the laboratory will lose its protective function for the players."

"A new laughing monster has appeared."

Gawain rubbed his slightly sore lips and said in a serious tone, "The ability is still strange. It has no physical form, only a voice, yet it can make us laugh along with it."

"I reckon if we hadn't escaped in that situation, our mouths would have been stretched to their maximum angle and then split open, our faces would have been ripped apart."

A single monster is easy to deal with.

Even if you find the right method, killing them isn't a problem.

But when the monsters get together, the combined and overlapping abilities of each other produce terrifying results.

Nori and the head maid knelt down beside the captain of the guard and checked his condition.

Just as Fan Xiao said, the other party had indeed simply fainted.

The head maid turned to look at Fan Xiao and asked, "Should I tie him up with a rope?"

“No need,” Van Shaw replied, “I’ll keep an eye on things.”

Nori sighed, "Count, do you have a way to bring him back to his senses?"

"Getting him awake is easy, but restoring his cognitive function... we don't have a method for that yet; we lack information. However..."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Actually, you don't need to worry about this too much."

"Did you find anything?" the head maid asked.

"It's not really a discovery, just a general rule."

Fan Xiao said, "The phenomena in the game all have underlying logic and patterns."

"For example, the monsters attack us because we are now researchers; we can take refuge in the laboratory because the monsters have a psychological aversion to the laboratory and subconsciously resist entering it."

"I think there is a logic and pattern behind the phenomenon of players suddenly becoming 'traitors'. If we can figure out the logic and find the pattern, we should be able to solve this problem."

"Ultimately, it's still a lack of intelligence..."