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

Norrie asked, "Count, what do you think?"

"Similar to you. However..."

Fan Xiao cautioned, "This might only be one of the conditions for passing the test; we may need to meet other conditions as well."

There's something I'm wondering about.

At this point, Gawain voiced his doubts: "The information we collected earlier tells us that all the psionic monsters were dealt with on the day of the mutation, and none of them survived."

"The psionic monsters that are currently active are all relatives of the researchers."

"These people were tricked by a test subject, and that's why they ended up being tortured to death by their own families."

"From this perspective, they... or rather, what they hate might be the test subjects, not the researchers. Would sacrificing our employee ID badges really work?"

"First of all, they may not know the truth, so they will only hate the people who torment them."

Fan Xiao replied, "Secondly, the monster behind the invisible barrier is likely one of the original test subjects, rather than a relative of the researcher."

"Don't forget, not all of the original test subjects died. According to the information we have gathered, eight people are still missing."

"Perhaps the monster was born from among these eight people."

He straightened the employee ID badge in his hand and said, "Alright, let's just try it at the main gate. There's no point in guessing."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the entrance of the research institute.

Gao Wen and his three companions followed behind him.

Upon arriving at the area in front of the main gate, Fan Xiao tentatively took out one of the employee ID badges and threw it forcefully.

Thud—the employee ID badge slammed into an invisible barrier.

With a ripple in the air, the metal plaque shattered right before the eyes of Fan Xiao and his group of five.

However, the game notification... did not appear.

"Throw it all away."

After reminding his four teammates, Fan Xiao threw all the employee ID badges he was holding over the wall.

Gao Wen and his three companions followed suit.

A series of cracking sounds rang out, and all the metal signs shattered into tiny fragments as they bounced off the barrier, like fireworks.

Even after the fireworks ended, the game notification still didn't appear.

"Is that not allowed?" Gawain asked, frowning.

"Could it be that we're thinking incorrectly?"

Nori looked thoughtful.

Despite her young age, she has always shown great independence.

“The idea should be correct,” Fan Xiao said. “As I just mentioned, the employee ID badge might only be one of the conditions. Don’t forget, besides the employee ID badge, the name tag is also an item exclusive to the instance.”

“Name tag…” Gawain sighed softly, “Looks like I’ll have to deal with those psionic monsters again, plus the cognitive interference at night.”

“You should say,” Fan Xiao laughed, “that you’ll have to kneel down and beg for mercy again.”

Gawain: "..."

You can't get over this joke, huh?

"Let's go check out the director's office," Fan Xiao said. "There's still some time before dark, hopefully we'll find something."

Chapter 216 S-Rank Psionic Power

On his way to the director's office, Fan Xiao took a moment to look at the four items he had obtained after killing four players: the one with the high ponytail, the muscular man, the gloomy man, and the shirtless man.

Three of them were of little use to him.

One item is for escaping; you can choose a target, turn your back to it, and temporarily triple your speed.

One is a ranged attack item that can fire concentrated fireballs, just like a mage's fireball spell. When it hits a target, it will cause a large amount of fire to descend and burn the target. It can be used 10 times a day.

With the "Dustless Shield," he can fly directly without running.

With the "blood nobles" around, playing with fire is just one of his abilities.

Therefore, neither of these items was of any use to him.

The third item, however, made his eye twitch – the third item could enhance the owner's "that aspect" of ability.

That's right, it's the indescribable "that aspect" between men and women.

With this item equipped, working for seven days and seven nights straight is not a dream.

This was the first time Fan Xiao had ever encountered such a bizarre prop.

This is the first time I've encountered a player who dares to equip such bizarre items while running a dungeon.

Are they really only thinking with their lower bodies and don't care about safety at all?

He has no use for any of these three props.

Fortunately, they are all small in size, so there's no problem with them gathering dust in storage space.

Once it returns to the 001 section, it might be able to be sold at a higher price to players who need it.

Fan Xiao focused his attention on the last prop.

[Rank D Item - Mentally Ill Patients Have a Lot of Fun]

Rumor has it that in the western suburbs of Rom, there is a small mental hospital that houses patients who are insane but not completely insane. The patients are immersed in their own worlds, occasionally uttering words incomprehensible to normal people, such as "We are all four-dimensional worms..." and "Genius on the left, madness on the right; perhaps the line between the two is more blurred than people imagine."

[Note 1: After equipping this item, you will become a qualified mental patient. Your mind will be very difficult to correct through external forces, but you will also become more paranoid.]

[Note 2: As someone with mental illness, you always live in your own happy world and rarely experience sadness.]

This item comes from a female player with a high ponytail.

Fan Xiao guessed that the reason why the high ponytail wasn't misunderstood last night was thanks to this prop.

but……

His "Child of the Abyss" also has a mental resistance buff, and coupled with his own strong mental power, the combination of the two is equivalent to a powerful B-grade mental protection item, so there is no need to change the item.

"It seems that D-rank players are no longer enough for me."

Fan Xiao sighed inwardly.

They can only be given away as gifts or sold for money.

This is probably the dilemma of a hexagonal warrior.

Because items with various attributes are available, inheriting new items from other players often results in duplicates, making the new items seem somewhat useless.

As for powerful items... players who possess items that even he covets probably won't be easily killed by him.

A short while later, we arrived at the director's office.

Fan Xiao opened the door and led the way inside.

The office was messy, with various decorations, documents, and books scattered around. Although it was clean and there was no dust or trash, it still gave people a dirty feeling, as if it hadn't been cleaned in a long time.

The Seventh Research Institute during the day replicates scenes from the past.

Therefore, judging from common sense, this phenomenon is not very normal.

Of course, it's also possible that the director is a research fanatic who doesn't care about the details of his personal life.

Fan Xiao looked ahead and saw that there was only a desk in the room, with a sofa chair behind it facing away from them.

He walked over to the sofa chair, turned it around, and found a complete humanoid monster corpse lying on it.

The corpse was wearing white work clothes, but unlike the other monsters, it did not have its own employee ID badge hanging on its chest.

This situation...

Either its employee ID badge is lost.

Alternatively, it may have an identity that does not require numbering or arrangement.

Gao Wen and his three companions also approached.

Upon seeing the monster's corpse, Gawain observed the frozen, seemingly terrified expression on its face and speculated, "Could this monster represent the director himself? Who killed it? Another player?"

"How can it be."

The head maid said, "This place is guarded by so many monsters, if it weren't for..."

She glanced at Fan Xiao and then said, "In any case, we should be among the first players to enter this room."

"It's not just this time that players have entered the Seventh Research Institute; I doubt any of them have ever stepped into this room before."

"after all……"

She glanced at Fan Xiao again.

Fan Xiao: "..."

Can't you just say what you want to say?

It looks rather unnatural to watch.

“Just think of this as a reenactment of a historical scene,” Fan Xiao said. “The Dean’s death should have nothing to do with the players; it was caused by the experimental subjects.”

"Okay. His...the cause of death was..."

Gawain's gaze fell on the head of the monster's corpse.

A short blade was deeply embedded in the forehead of the corpse, and bright red blood gushed out from the wound.

Below the short blade, a letter slightly stained with blood was pinned.

"Is someone leaving a message for the players?" Nori asked curiously.

"Perhaps it wasn't meant for us to see."

Fan Xiao pulled out the dagger, picked up the letter, tore off the cover, and unfolded it in front of his teammates.

The letter was well preserved, without any damage.

Gawain, the head maid, and the head guard moved closer to him.

Nori simply nestled her little head against his chest and watched with him.

……

"I'm sorry, everyone. Teacher Zhuang said that today is the last day of the deadline. Me, Xiaoye, Xiaoxue, Xiaodong, Xiaoshe, Ayin, and Dabai, the seven of us have to leave here."

"Don't worry, we're all very happy now. Teacher Zhuang is very kind to us. He not only teaches us knowledge but also gives us psychological therapy. I'm not afraid of those demons at all now!"

"Teacher Zhuang said that I have awakened a mental ability and am qualified to join them. In addition to me, Xiaoye and the others, as my friends, will also go with me to another division, to a wonderful place where there are no demons, only like-minded companions."

"Oh right, I forgot to tell you all this, Professor Zhuang isn't actually a bad person. He has nothing to do with those demons at the research institute. He's a player from another region. Although he provided the theories and plans for psionic research, those were all normal plans. The people at the research institute twisted the experiments like this, which was completely beyond his expectations. He felt very guilty, so he's trying his best to compensate the seven of us who survived."

“I asked Teacher Zhuang about his purpose in coming here. He said that he has been traveling to other game sections for many years, looking for potential users with S-level psionic abilities.”

"S-class psionic energy is the manifestation of the combination of cosmic rules and spirit, with an independent growth system tree. Even without the evolution game, it will naturally become a transcendent existence."

"Teacher Zhuang said that potential S-level psionic individuals, even if their psionic abilities haven't awakened yet and they haven't become evolved beings, will have extraordinary abilities from birth due to the favor of the universe's rules. They are like superpowered individuals in normal human society. That sounds so cool!"

"Unfortunately, I'm only a B-level."

"Don't worry, everyone. I'm not discouraged. Teacher Zhuang said that potential S-level psionic users are extremely rare. Let alone spacetime nodes, even if we expand the scope to a spacetime convergence point, there are probably only a handful. Even Teacher Zhuang didn't expect to actually find one."

"Besides, a potential user is just a potential user. S-level psionic energy doesn't automatically awaken just because the master becomes an evolved being. I've heard that other conditions are required. A potential user might not necessarily be as strong as me!"

Sorry, I've digressed a bit.

"I may never return to this division after this departure, but rest assured, everyone, I have avenged you all!"

“Don’t those demons love to do experiments? I hypnotized them and their families and relatives, and made them experiment on their own children and their relatives’ children. Then, after most of these people died, I released them from the hypnosis and made them remember what they had done.”

"Haha, their heart-wrenching screams of pain are so satisfying to hear! So satisfying! Haha!"

"And that most despicable deputy director, who always clamors that he is doing this for the noble progress of mankind, that he has long since transcended the meaningless morality, that his purpose is great, and that what does sacrificing a few children matter for all mankind?"

“I agreed with his point of view, so I hypnotized him and made him experiment on his twin sons. I made him torture one son to death and the other son into a shadow monster. Then I released him from the hypnosis.”

"His expression at that moment was absolutely priceless! It was hilarious! He was in excruciating pain, hysterical, mentally broken, and furiously yelling that he wanted to kill me, to kill me in the most cruel way. Haha, what a hypocrite! I suppressed my disgust and sent him to the lab table too, letting his colleagues dissect him. It was so satisfying!"

"If only you could see this scene too."