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

The sun is about to rise.

The two nodded without objecting.

Fan Xiao activated "Dustless Shield," which swept them and their two unconscious teammates out of the hole.

……

Boom——!

Lightning continued to strike from the sky.

Fan Xiao and his teammates flew at an extremely high speed, constantly circling in the sky to avoid lightning strikes.

The sky is the territory of the lightning monsters, and few other monsters can reach this range to attack the player.

In addition, its high-speed movement allows it to evade a group of monsters.

In summary, as long as you maintain high-speed flight in the sky, you will basically only face the threat of lightning monsters.

Of course, the latter's attack power is significantly greater than that of the other monsters.

Without defensive items, being struck by one or two lightning bolts could result in instant death.

Fan Xiao and his group of five could not possibly dodge the speed of lightning.

However, there is a monster behind the lightning, and the monster must lock onto them before it can launch an attack.

Therefore, they were not avoiding lightning, but rather the monster's lock-on.

Because he was carrying four people, Fan Xiao was unable to increase his speed to near the speed of sound.

Under the restrictions, he only managed to dodge about a third of the lightning strikes.

The remaining lightning strikes hit the repulsive barrier of the "Dustless Shield," weakened, and then blasted towards Fan Xiao and his group of five.

Nori took out a defensive item as a second layer of protection.

Gawain also took out a defensive item, but it could only protect himself.

He simply kept manufacturing metal weapons and shooting them out to act as lightning rods, reducing the number of lightning strikes that fell on their heads.

Under these circumstances, the charred and burned marks on Fan Xiao, Gao Wen, the head maid, and the head guard continued to increase.

Norrie was the one who was injured the least.

At one point, the continuous lightning suddenly stopped.

The sun rose.

The repulsive barrier of the "Dustless Shield" suddenly disappeared.

Nori's mindless doll and defensive items, as well as Gawain's defensive items, also disappeared.

The five people fell directly from the sky.

The moment Fan Xiao landed, he rolled forward once to reduce the force of the fall.

Norrie and Gawain instinctively did the same thing.

Although the three of them were in a sorry state, they all landed safely.

The head maid and the head guard fared the worst, crashing to the ground with two loud thuds.

They were jolted awake on the spot and cried out in pain.

Fortunately, the altitude during the previous flight was not very high.

Since the props couldn't be used during the day, Fan Xiao had already made preparations and didn't arbitrarily increase the altitude during flight.

With the evolution rate of a D-level player, falling from this height would only result in minor injuries.

With the help of medication, recovery is quick.

"It's 7:00 now."

Gawain glanced at the player panel and said, "This should be the time for dawn at the research institute."

“That’s just for today,” Nori reminded him. “We’ll have to keep testing the waters tomorrow.”

"Can't you think of something better?" Fan Xiao said. "For example, we can break through the research institute's blockade and leave here today."

As he spoke, he took out a bottle of healing potion from his storage space and drank it.

Norrie and Gawain followed closely behind.

The lightning monster stopped attacking them, and unsurprisingly, their identities have now changed.

After drinking the potion, Fan Xiao and the other two cast observant glances at the head maid and the head guard.

Chapter 206 Fan Xiao's Fear of Insufficient Firepower

"Knight, maid, you..."

Nori's two bodyguards asked, "Do you remember what happened before?"

"..." The head guard frowned and said, "I don't remember. I only remember that I was momentarily disoriented, and then... that's how it is now."

"We've passed out?" the head maid asked. "What happened to our injuries?"

"I see, so the memories from the period of influence are not retained..."

Fan Xiao seemed to be deep in thought.

Nori recounted the events that had transpired to the two of them in detail.

The head maid and the head guard listened quietly while taking out healing potions and drinking them to recover from their injuries.

After Nori finished speaking, they all fell silent.

Perhaps he couldn't accept that he not only held everyone back but also attacked Nori, whom he was supposed to protect.

Of course, neither of them is easily offended.

Once you enter the instance, anything can happen, so there's no need to get caught up in pointless emotional turmoil.

They quickly adjusted their mindset.

The head maid frowned and said, "If they've been infected the first time, they'll definitely be infected a second time. What should we do tonight? And..."

She looked at Gao Wen, puzzled, and asked, "Why are you alright?"

"..." Gawain: "Nolly's alright too, isn't she?"

The head maid said, "Her Highness is different."

So you're implying I'm bad, huh...? Gawain, bothered by the other person's rudeness, replied, "I guess I was just lucky, I don't really know the specifics..."

He repeated the answer he had given to Fan Xiao to the head maid and the head guard.

The head maid was a little suspicious: "Luck... The game hints didn't say that we would definitely encounter three kinds of dangers at night. Maybe we'll only encounter monsters. Could it be... that we really have to rely on luck?"

"It can't be that random."

Fan Xiao shook his head and said, "Gao Wen is fine. I guess it's because he knelt down and begged for mercy before."

“…Brother Fan,” Gao Wen’s eye twitched, “Could you have put it more tactfully? Besides, I only did it because you told me to.”

“You’re focusing on the wrong thing,” Fan Xiao laughed. “Didn’t you hear me? I was saying that kneeling and begging for mercy can prevent your cognition from being disturbed at night. That’s the key point.”

"Is this conclusion accurate?" the chief guard asked.

“Who knows? It’s just a guess,” Fan Xiao replied. “But the possibility is still quite high. Gao Wen is the best example.”

“That’s true.” The head guard nodded.

Gawain: "..."

These people did not mean to insult him.

But why did he feel like he had been insulted?

"So we have to self-harm, admit our mistakes, and apologize at night too..." the head maid said, "It feels a bit awkward to do it."

"When it comes to security, face doesn't matter," the head guard said nonchalantly. "Let's try it tonight."

"By the way..."

Nori suddenly raised another possibility: "If all the players who enter the instance have their perceptions affected and everyone becomes a 'traitor,' wouldn't it be possible for them to live in peace until dawn?"

"It's unlikely that players will be affected at the same time; last night, the effects were staggered."

Fan Xiao said, "Moreover, even if such a situation does occur, it doesn't mean we are safe."

“Players whose cognition is affected may not be able to recognize their own ‘fellows’, and may even kill each other.”

"Even if they can recognize me..."

He paused for a moment, then reminded everyone, "When I was influenced before, I developed the perception that I was the real researcher and the other players were the test subjects."

"So I guess that if the other players' cognition is affected... if the players can't find prey, they might collectively rush towards the monsters in the research institute."

"After all, those monsters were once experimental subjects, so attacking them also fulfills the condition of 'punishing the experimental subjects who ran away'."

"There are no loopholes to exploit..."

Nori gave up on the idea: "Looks like I'll have to wait and honestly hurt myself and beg for mercy on my knees."

"It's you."

While correcting him, Fan Xiao laughed and said, "I can handle it, I don't need it anyway."

“...Count, you are so annoying.”

Nori complained.

Her adorable pout makes you want to pinch her cheeks.

At this moment, the head maid said somewhat awkwardly, "My tools are unusable. How about yours?"

“It’s the same,” Gao Wen said. “Just now, because Brother Fan’s flying device malfunctioned, we fell straight down from the sky, and that’s how you two woke up.”

"Players cannot use items during the day; this is a dungeon rule mentioned in the game prompts."

Nori said, "Fortunately, we all have talents that we can use, so we're not too passive."

“I don’t have any talent,” Fan Xiao pointed to the hat on his head, “I’m a demi-human player, so I’ll have to rely on you guys from now on.”

He smiled at Nori and said, "I hope to receive Your Highness's protection."

"Don't worry, Earl."

Nori immediately adopted a proud posture and said, "As comrades who entrust each other with their backs, I will naturally protect you. You do the work at night, and during the day... it's my turn to use my magic eye."

“Demi-human players also have genetic abilities, and some demi-human players even have genetic abilities that are much stronger than the talents of human players.”

After the head maid finished her introduction, she turned to Fan Xiao and asked, "What is your genetic ability?"

"My mental strength is very high, high enough that I survived cognitive interference."

Fan Xiao replied, "My genetic ability is probably that I am not easily affected by mental interference."

"However, this is a passive attribute and cannot be used as a means of taking the initiative."

"So if a battle breaks out, we'll mainly have to rely on you guys."

What he said was true.

The little angel is a trump card; it cannot be used casually, for using it means large-scale slaughter.

Unable to use props and unable to freely utilize his talents, his strength has been weakened to an unprecedented degree, leaving him only able to fight using his physical abilities and combat skills.

Although his fighting skills were learned through special training that relied on luck, they were at a master level.

However, in melee combat, with his 45% evolution rate, his combat strength is estimated to be on par with a fully evolved D-level cannibal player.

This level of combat capability is above average; the strength is acceptable, but it's not particularly outstanding.

For the first time, Fan Xiao realized his shortcomings.

After we get out of this dungeon, we need to figure out a way to make up for it.

Of course, this passivity is based on his desire for high praise.

If you're only considering surviving for seven days, you can be a little more reckless.

Moreover, he still has 8 days of luck left unused.