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Fan Xiao said, "The Seventh Research Institute is researching psionic energy. In order to prevent experimental subjects from going berserk, they should design special measures to prevent psionic energy."

“Talents are fragments of psionic energy. It’s not surprising that researchers can suppress some of the effects of using talents.”

"Suppress psionic energy..." Nori asked suspiciously, "Is there really such a convenient and all-powerful method?"

"Well... perhaps before this place became a dungeon, the method for dealing with psionic rampage was to attack the test subject himself, such as with tranquilizer guns."

"However, after this place became a dungeon, 'restraining psionic energy' may have evolved into a dungeon rule."

Fan Xiao guessed, "It's not surprising that there are some different rules in the instance than in the outside world."

"Take these monsters for example, do they look like normal researchers?"

"Either they are monsters that researchers have fallen into, or... they are monsters created from dungeons, symbolizing the research institute, with the sole purpose of increasing the difficulty for players."

He looked at the muscular man and asked, "You just said these monsters are stronger than us?"

"Yes."

The muscular man replied, "I've fought them in close combat before. Although they aren't very agile, their defense and attack strength both surpass mine."

"Especially the knives they carried were exceptionally sharp. When they attacked my body, they cut through it like tofu.

"And they are incredibly powerful! My evolution rate has reached the limit for a D-level player, yet I still cannot defeat them in terms of strength."

"I see... The monster represents the researchers, and our current identity, barring any unforeseen circumstances, is that of experimental subjects."

Fan Xiao speculated: "The researchers are adults, and the test subjects are mostly children. It's normal and reasonable that adults are stronger than children."

"Can it be explained this way?"

Nori found it intriguing, so she tried to follow Fan Xiao's line of thought: "So... their knives are so sharp against players because researchers often dissect experimental subjects, and this phenomenon has become a dungeon rule, giving them a special attack bonus?"

"Maybe."

Fan Xiao nodded.

This speculation is not without basis.

By working backward from the phenomenon, the fear and stiffness the subjects experienced upon seeing the researchers may be a conditioned reflex.

It's normal and reasonable for the test subjects to have such a fear reaction, as they are tortured by researchers every day.

In addition, the props also correspond to this.

The test subjects were ordinary people who were selected. Researchers fed them drugs and forced them to evolve into evolved beings in order to conduct psionic experiments.

They are all in the stage of not yet becoming prospective players, and they do not have any items on them.

Therefore, players who are using the experimental subject identity during the day cannot use items.

Among the researchers, there should be some official players, and official players naturally have items.

Therefore, players who are using the researcher identity at night can use items.

Fan Xiao turned his head and looked at the man with the high ponytail and the muscular man: "You two, I remember when we were divided into groups yesterday, your team had four people. Where did the other two go?"

"died."

While drinking a healing potion to recover from her injuries, Gao Mawei said, "One of them died at the hands of a monster, and the other was grabbed by that humanoid monster in the lab this morning and dragged into the glass room. He's probably dead too."

Chapter 208 He Started Having Wrong Ideas

Hearing Gao Mawei's answer, Gao Wen asked curiously, "Are there humanoid monsters in the lab too? Were you chased out of the lab by them?"

"That's right. The environment in the lab changes after daybreak."

The woman with the high ponytail replied, "Not only have all the instruments started operating, but a large number of monsters have also appeared, making it extremely dangerous!"

"I suspect that during the day, we players will enter another research institute space, and the daytime and nighttime spaces are separated."

"In short, we absolutely must not go to the lab during the day! If we hadn't escaped earlier, we might already be torn to pieces by those humanoid monsters."

"The humanoid monster is a researcher. It's normal for there to be researchers in the lab."

Fan Xiao nodded and asked, "Last night, did anyone's perception get distorted, causing them to become a traitor and attack their teammates?"

"Traitor...it seems you've encountered one too."

The muscular man nodded and said, "Not long after the three of us who survived entered the lab, Gao Peng... the one who was captured by the humanoid monster this morning, suddenly attacked us, and we knocked him unconscious."

"Not long after, my consciousness suddenly became hazy... When I woke up, it was already morning."

He glanced at the high ponytail and continued, "According to her, it seems that my cognition was also interfered with, and I became a traitor. She knocked me unconscious, and then woke me up in the morning. Together, we escaped from the laboratory full of monsters."

"That's it."

The girl with the high ponytail nodded.

If it weren't for the fact that this instance was too dangerous, she would have already eaten her two unconscious companions and given herself an extra dinner.

Her choice proved to be correct.

If she hadn't thrown Gao Peng out as a shield that morning, she and the muscular man might not have been able to escape in time, and they would probably have had to pay a much higher price to escape.

That's right, she's a hidden cannibal player.

She had disguised herself when she showed her player ID on her arm earlier.

Fan Xiao looked at the girl with the high ponytail: "So... your perception wasn't interfered with?"

“I have an item that can protect against mental attacks,” the girl with the high ponytail said. “Even in this situation, I almost fell victim to it. Cognitive interference is dangerous! I feel it’s the most dangerous phenomenon in this instance.”

After explaining, she asked in return, "How come you're all alright? None of you were infected?"

“Of course,” Fan Xiao laughed, “but we did the same thing as you, only knocking out our teammates and not using any force. As for this morning… we left the lab early.”

"To leave early... that's a very bold decision," commented the woman with the high ponytail.

"Did you find any name tags in the lab?" Fan Xiao then asked.

“We found them,” the woman with the high ponytail replied. “However, after dawn, all the name tags we collected disappeared.”

"It's disappeared too...?"

Fan Xiao murmured.

After asking all the questions he wanted to know, he turned his attention to other things.

When the humanoid monsters appeared earlier, he noticed a detail—the white work clothes worn by these monsters all had small name tags that seemed to be made of metal.

Fan Xiao took a few steps forward and came to the monsters' corpses.

From the three shattered, charred corpses, he found three slightly worn metal name tags with the numbers 18, 26, and 47 on them.

"Do researchers, like experimental subjects, have their own unique identification numbers?"

With that in mind, Fan Xiao picked up the three metal plaques and walked a short distance further until he reached the corpse of the first dead monster.

As he expected, there was also a name tag here, which he picked up.

Unlike the test subjects' name tags, he did not have any memory fragments transmitted after touching the employee ID badge.

Fan Xiao tried it out, and this thing, like the name tag, couldn't be stored in the player's inventory space.

It seems to be an item exclusive to the dungeon.

An exclusive item with nothing special about it... or rather, he just hasn't discovered anything special about it yet?

Gao Wen and five others walked over and looked at the employee ID badge in Fan Xiao's hand.

"This is the monster... researcher's employee ID badge?"

Gao Wen suddenly had a brilliant idea: "If we wear this on ourselves, can we blend in with those monsters and avoid being attacked by them? There's a saying... if you can't beat them, join them?"

"You think too much."

Fan Xiao shook his head and said, "Last night we were wearing name tags, did that help us avoid being targeted and attacked by those psionic monsters?"

"...Okay, it seems that won't work."

Gawain shrugged.

“It might not be useless,” the muscular man suggested, looking at the name tag. “We can give it a try first.”

Upon hearing this, Fan Xiao glanced at him and laughed, "There are only four work badges. How can we, with seven people, possibly test them?"

After asking all the questions he wanted to know, the high ponytail and the muscular man had lost their value in his eyes.

Moreover, Yan Keke had previously labeled these two as restless and troublesome people, so there was no need to be polite to them.

Now that the items are banned, he lacks a sense of security and has no plans to fish... So, he doesn't want to bother teaming up with people who have ulterior motives.

It's best to avoid it.

“We can decide by drawing lots,” the muscular man suggested. “It’s fair to everyone if we just rely on luck.”

“That won’t do,” Fan Xiao said with a smile. “These are our spoils of war, and they have nothing to do with you. Even if they were to be distributed, you wouldn’t be eligible to participate.”

"...You didn't lift a finger the whole time, did you?" the muscular man questioned. "At least I provided a weakness to the monster. What did you contribute? How dare you claim the employee ID badge was your spoils of war?"

"It's not 'I,' it's 'we.' My teammates killed the monster. This thing belongs to me and my teammates. Trying to confuse us and create conflict won't work."

Fan Xiao said calmly, "Anyway, you won't get any."

"Don't go too far! We're the ones who lured the monster here!"

"What, you think you're in the right to lure the monster?"

"..."

The muscular man looked at the others and said, "Gentlemen, this guy who hasn't done any work is trying to monopolize the employee ID badge. Can you tolerate that?"

“Okay,” Nori said.

“I have no objection either.” Gao Wen nodded.

The head maid and the head guard remained silent, their attitude one of complete acquiescence.

Muscular man: "..."

"Everyone, please stop arguing," the girl with the high ponytail stepped in to smooth things over. "Forming a team requires compromise from each other, we..."

“Wait,” Fan Xiao interrupted her, “Who said I wanted to team up with you guys?”

"..." The woman with the high ponytail frowned and said, "Monsters during the day are difficult to deal with, and it's easy to run into trouble if you fight them alone."

"We have enough people, so we don't need to form a team."

Fan Xiao shrugged and said, "If you want to find someone to team up with, you can team up with other surviving players. We don't need to add any more teammates."

"This is just your personal opinion, and it doesn't represent everyone."

Gao Mawei looked at Gao Wen and the others and asked, "You must all be well aware of the danger posed by the monsters. Currently, the best strategy for the surviving players to team up is to act together. What do you think?"

“I’ll listen to Brother Fan,” Gao Wen replied.

Nori said, "Me too."

The head maid and the head guard maintained their tacit agreement.

All four of them were completely unmoved by reason, clearly already resembling Fan Xiao.

High ponytail: "..."

She couldn't help but frown.

She glanced at Fan Xiao, pondering whether she should find an opportunity to get rid of this pretty boy who was in the "leader" position.

With this guy around, the chances of her infiltrating this powerful team are slim.

Although Fan Xiao is very handsome and may taste quite delicious, when it comes to making choices, one must make the right choices.

She slowly began to have wicked thoughts.

Suddenly, a loud noise came from afar.

There was some commotion at the entrance of two more buildings on the first floor.

Fan Xiao and the others turned their gaze and saw the gloomy man they had encountered the night before rushing out of one of the buildings.

Two cannibalistic players rushed out of another building.

All three had gruesome wounds on their bodies, and their faces were pale, suggesting they were seriously injured.

Fifteen humanoid monsters emerged from behind them!