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

Both of them were willing to become friends.

Fan Xiao was quite satisfied with this.

After all, he's now the scapegoat for Fan Qiqi, and his reputation is accumulating negative accusations, which could easily lead to misunderstandings among people who don't know him.

On one hand, they have to take care of the feelings of Fan Qiqi, this fierce little girl, and on the other hand, they have to expand their network of contacts...

The balance between these two is quite difficult to strike.

"By the way, there's a question I've always wanted to ask."

Yan Kening looked at Fan Xiao and raised her question: "Why did you immediately guess that the evil spirit is fake as soon as you entered the dungeon? You even immediately took action based on this guess and forged information at the first opportunity. This level of action... shows that you agree with your guess. What is your judgment standard?"

When ordinary players enter a dungeon and see the word "evil spirit" in the game prompts, along with a background story about the evil spirit, they should logically think about how to survive such a ghostly thing rather than doubting its authenticity.

It's not that we shouldn't have doubts.

It can only be said that the timing was wrong—Fan Xiao was too early, as if he already knew.

"There's no real benchmark for judgment. If I had to say, it would be a matter of personal experience."

Fan Xiao gave an answer that didn't seem like an answer.

"Personal experience?" Yan Kening asked curiously, "Have you been to this type of dungeon before?"

"I've never been inside, I've only encountered these kinds of ghost stories and criminal incidents."

As Fan Xiao recalled, he said, "It happened a few years ago. It was also a case of a hotel hiding a corpse. The victim's body was bricked into the wall. After the body was exposed, strange things happened frequently in the hotel. Then another guest was murdered and was also bricked into the wall. People nearby said that ghosts were harming people. In the end, it was found that the hotel owner did it."

"...Hiding a body in his own hotel, this owner doesn't seem very smart."

Yan Kening made a comment.

"Don't try to understand the thought process of a psychopathic killer."

Fan Xiao smiled and said, "The boss just wants to watch ignorant guests sleep in rooms with rotting corpses; it makes him happy."

"What a strange hobby... How did you know?"

"This is generally how these kinds of people think. Once you've seen enough of them, you can basically guess what they're thinking."

"You've seen a lot?"

"That's it."

"...You seem to have a lot of experience?"

Yan Kening felt like she had something to say stuck in her throat, and she had to get it out: "Aren't you a graphic designer?"

“These two things don’t conflict,” Fan Xiao shrugged. “Graphic design is just a job. Besides work, I also have a life. It’s reasonable to encounter some criminal incidents in my life, right?”

Yan Kening: "..."

"So all I have to do is wait quietly for two days, and I'll be able to clear the game?"

The werewolf asked Fan Xiao.

Fan Xiao nodded and said, "If the dungeon doesn't select another evil spirit."

These words caused the others' expressions to change.

Fan Xiao picked up the Evil Spirit Set from the ground and laughed, "Don't worry, it's unlikely. This 'Evil Spirit Set' is a dungeon-exclusive item and cannot be taken away."

"This also indirectly suggests that there may only be one prop that can impersonate an evil spirit. If we guard it, nothing unexpected will happen."

"Living together and looking after the props together is indeed a good method."

Du Ruo agreed, "Even if a second evil spirit appears among us, without obtaining the 'Evil Spirit Set' and facing three opponents at once, it won't be able to cause any trouble."

"I hope no more evil spirits appear! We've been through thick and thin together, and I don't want to harm my teammates."

Yan Kening sighed softly, revealing her sentimental side.

The werewolf didn't speak, but it was clear that he was also troubled by this problem.

Chapter 32 Return

"Don't worry, I'm just suggesting a possibility; the likelihood of it happening is very small."

Fan Xiao reassured everyone, "In the background story of the dungeon, there is only one evil spirit... or rather, only one murderer who killed and hid the body. If a second one appears, it would contradict the background story."

"I also think there's no need to worry too much about this issue."

Du Ruo revealed previously unknown information: "Based on the intelligence gathered by the Special Affairs Bureau, we came to a conclusion that was roughly a guess."

"Players may have their own good and evil attributes, and the game will not ignore this attribute and assign us tasks randomly."

"For example, in dungeons with clear rules about good and evil, players who are assigned the villain role are usually those whose personality leans towards 'evil'."

Upon hearing this, Fan Xiao showed a surprised expression: "Good and evil attributes... Chaos and Order alignments? That's an interesting concept."

“It’s just a guess,” Du Ruo said with a smile, “but I personally think it’s very likely.”

"It should be true."

Fan Xiao subconsciously reasoned, "The evolution game seems to be backed by a powerful civilization. Civilization represents order, so there's no reason to deliberately cultivate players into morally unstable lunatics, as that would affect the civilization's survival. Therefore, the existence of implicit factional divisions is quite reasonable. But why categorize players? Is it intentionally provoking conflict..."

Fan Xiao fell into thought.

Yan Kening and Werewolf Xu Yao breathed a slight sigh of relief after hearing what the two said.

"I hope nothing will happen."

Yan Kening silently set a goal for herself.

……

Fortunately, the prediction did not come true.

For the next two days, nothing else went wrong at the Jixiang Hotel.

When the game notification that the dungeon was over appeared, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The E-rank dungeon "Lucky Hotel" has ended.

[Player "Seal" Dungeon Rating: A]

[Player "Rabbit" Dungeon Rating: B]

[Player "Ragdoll Cat" Dungeon Rating: C]

[Player "Snow Wolf" Dungeon Rating: C]

Good heavens... is this a zoo?

Fan Xiao forcibly suppressed his urge to complain.

"Rabbit" should be Du Ruo.

"Snow Wolf" is probably the werewolf Xu Yao.

"Ragdoll Cat" must be Yan Kening, she has snow-white cat ears on her head... Could it be that she couldn't resist eating her own Ragdoll cat, so she used this nickname to remember her pet?

"It feels like a zoo."

Yan Kening made a comment.

As soon as they finished speaking, they were teleported to a nearby time-space station.

That is, Rose Street Station.

A time-traveling ticket that includes both the outward journey and the return journey.

Fan Xiao estimated that as long as players didn't die in the dungeon, even if they didn't complete the dungeon quest, returning to their own world partition wouldn't be a problem.

Of course, this only applies to copies without a failure penalty.

Moreover, if you don't complete the dungeon mission, you won't get any rewards—the rewards include time-space tickets.

You can't go to the instance without a ticket.

If you don't enter a dungeon for three months, the game will forcibly teleport you into a high-difficulty dungeon.

It's like sending the player to their death.

While waiting for the bus, Fan Xiao checked his rewards from this dungeon run.

[Dungeon Rewards: One D-grade item, 2 Time Travel Tickets, 3 E-grade Evolution Potions, 3 E-grade Mental Recovery Potions, 3 E-grade Healing Potions, 1 E-grade Truth Potion, 8000 Game Coins]

[Rank D Item - Detoxification Master]

Players skilled in poison often catch other players off guard, creating a supply chain where demand exists. This has led to the development of items that can prevent or resist poison. However, did you know that crafting each such item consumes one antidote master? Please value your life, stay away from other players; no demand, no supply.

[Note: The wearer is immune to all Class D and Class E viruses, poisons, biotoxins, and harmful substances]

[Attention player "Seal": E-rank players can only equip a maximum of 3 items. Any extra items must be voluntarily discarded, or the game system can recycle them for equivalent value in in-game currency.]

Please select the items you wish to discard/recycle.

"..."

I didn't expect there to be such restrictions.

Fan Xiao looked at his four props—the anemic earring (D), the antidote master (D), the arrogant doorknob (E), and the ever-changing magic clothes (E).

After thinking for a moment, he chose "the arrogant doorknob".

This prop has the function of sealing off a room and isolating sound, which is very practical in some respects, but its application scenarios are very limited.

After considering all factors, this is the only option I can choose.

"Who wants the props?"

Fan Xiaochao and the other two said, "I have a prop I need to get rid of..."

He explained the capabilities of the door handle.

Du Ruo asked with a smile, "Are the three item slots in your inventory full?"

"There's a limit to the number of items in the inventory?" Yan Kening asked in surprise.

"Yes, E-rank players can only equip three items at a time."

Du Ruo sighed softly.

Judging from his expression, he must have also given up some props.

"Who wants it?" Fan Xiao asked.

"Don't look at me, I'm not buying it." Du Ruo shook her head: "This kind of prop is not suitable for me."

Yan Kening and Xu Yao, who originally wanted to be with him, gave up their plans after hearing about the "limited number of props" rule.

Door handles may be useful in some situations, but they are not what they need most.

There's no need to waste a slot in your inventory by spending in-game currency.

Otherwise, next time you get a good item, you'll have to rack your brains about what to do with the doorknob.

Seeing that no one wanted the item, Fan Xiao tried to get the game to recycle it to see the value of the E-grade item.

In the end, all I got was 1 game coins.

"A little too little..."

Fan Xiao took the "Detoxification Master" out of his inventory.

To his surprise, like the "Anemic Earrings," this was also an earring-shaped prop.

A pair of black gemstone earrings.

However, it is more powerful than the "Anemia Earrings" and can be considered a "passive" item.

Once activated, the ability to be immune to poison will become a permanent passive attribute for the wearer, and will remain in effect indefinitely.

The "Anemia Earring" is an "active" item.

After activating the item, you need to concentrate and actively use your consciousness to control the blood.

Therefore, when the blood is not manipulated, the prop will enter a stopped state.

The next time you use it, you need to call out its name again to activate it.

This mechanism also prevents Fan Xiao from increasing the amount of blood he can control by constantly bleeding himself out.

Because once the blood is released, it requires constant energy to maintain its shape, rather than being fixed in shape once it is forged into a cold weapon.