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

"I don't have the confidence to beat the three of them by myself."

"Compared to life safety, items and game coins are all external things."

"You see things quite clearly, but..."

Fan Xiao shook his head and reminded him, "Hiring guards is unnecessary."

"In Qingshan Academy, players are students. If a player attacks another player, that's school bullying, and that can get you in jail."

"If they don't think of this, you can remind them."

"As long as you don't violate the hidden rule of 'stopping bullying' and survive until the end of the dungeon, there shouldn't be any problems."

"Uh... this is actually thanks to the dungeon rules," the gloomy man said. "Thanks."

"You're welcome," Fan Xiao said with a smile. "I am a person of good character, and I would never deceive others and make them waste their money."

Anyway, thank you for reminding me.

After thanking him, the gloomy man asked, "By the way, you mentioned earlier that you'd sell the information needed to fulfill the second mission condition?"

“Give up, you can’t use it,” Fan Xiao said. “This method only works for those of us who got in through the school. You’re an undocumented person who sneaked in, so you don’t qualify.”

"……All right."

The gloomy man didn't press the matter further.

After parting ways with the gloomy man, Fan Xiao and his group of five went to the teaching building to look for Himuro Rui.

After searching around, they still couldn't find the person.

Sitting in his assigned classroom, Fan Xiao glanced at Himuro Rui's desk and speculated, "After she moved the desk and chair back to the classroom, she should have gone home. It looks like I can only apologize to her tomorrow morning."

"Just by apologizing, can we really complete the second task, 'atonement'?" Guan Yao asked suspiciously. "Isn't that too easy?"

"Apologizing is indeed simple; the real difficulty lies in escaping from Qingshan Prison, only then can there be a basis for an apology."

Mercury cautioned, "Escape is the hardest part. I feel that the second mission condition is something that even a D-rank player can't achieve."

"The normal way to play is probably to find a place to hide as soon as you are swallowed into Green Mountain Prison, minimize the chance of encountering monsters, and survive for four days steadily."

"No, apologizing isn't always easy."

Fan Xiao shook his head and said, "Anyone can apologize verbally. At most, they can add a bow or kneel. It's easy."

"The difficult part is to be truly convinced and to apologize sincerely."

“Wait a minute,” Mercury retorted, “Is kneeling really that easy? You have to get past your mental block first.”

"It's for survival," Fan Xiao laughed. "It's not shameful."

"Can you kneel down?" Mercury asked curiously.

"What do you mean by kneeling?" Fan Xiao said, "If the ground is dirty, can't I use my pants at the knees to wipe it clean?"

"...You're awesome!"

Mercury gave a thumbs up.

Then he asked, "By the way, is there really a requirement for 'sincerity' when apologizing? If so, then it's a bit troublesome."

“It’s just speculation,” Fan Xiao said. “We’ll see how things go tomorrow.”

"Is it a sincere apology...?"

Guan Yao suddenly murmured something, then sighed and asked, "What do you think of Himuro Rui?"

The second half of Himuro Rui's diary appears in the player's mind in the form of "memory fragments".

Therefore, everyone who has been corrupted by the "memory smoke" in Aoyama Prison knows that the dungeon boss is Himuro Rui.

However, Guan Yao was unaware that the girl she was to apologize to tomorrow was none other than Himuro Rui herself—the former high school girl version of Himuro.

In the memory fragments, Himuro Rui appears as a "rustic girl".

"In my opinion... she's a typical victim of school bullying," Mercury said. "The bullying she suffered left her with psychological trauma, affected her personality, and indirectly ruined her life."

"I think that her tragic fate later on was partly due to her own lack of self-control."

Guan Yao said, "After escaping Qingshan Academy, she has every opportunity to start over."

"With so many opportunities, she could have lived a better life simply by standing up for herself, but she always acted so weak... which ultimately led to her later misfortune."

"Even the friends she made later on actively distanced themselves from her. Sigh... Is there always something hateful about a pitiful person?"

“That’s a complete victim-blaming argument,” Mercury retorted. “We can’t just stand there and talk without understanding the situation. When it comes to Himuro Rui, the most important thing is to put ourselves in her shoes.”

"What do you think?" Guan Yao asked Fan Xiao.

“Me?” Fan Xiao said, “Don’t ask me, I don’t know anything.”

"What's wrong?" Guan Yao asked.

"What else..." Fan Xiao said speechlessly, "You guys are really bold, talking behind someone's back on their turf. Aren't you afraid of being swallowed up in Green Mountain Prison again?"

"..."

Guan Yao subconsciously looked around, feeling a little guilty.

She brought up this topic because she felt a bit angry at their lack of ambition.

She had encountered people with a personality like Himuro Rui, felt sorry for her, felt annoyed by her, and even given up on her.

Therefore, the memory fragments in the latter half of the diary touched her more than others.

"It was just a casual discussion," Guan Yao said, withdrawing her guilty gaze. "It's not that serious, is it?"

"It's always better to be cautious."

Fan Xiao glanced at Guan Yao and said, "If you still can't figure it out, don't leave after the dungeon ends. Go and browse around section 010. I'll give you a book called 'The Great Gatsby'..."

"Whenever you feel like criticizing someone, remember that not everyone in this world has the advantages that you have."

Mercury suddenly said.

“That’s great,” Fan Xiao laughed. “You’ve all learned to answer first.”

Mercury said, "I've read this book before."

"It seems... you're also a player from the 010 division."

Guan Yao looked at Fan Xiao, seemingly lost in thought.

Actually, she had already guessed this after seeing Fan Xiao, Mercury, and Luo Hao get to know each other.

The other person probably knew she had guessed, so they stopped being so secretive when they spoke.

"Fan Kun is a player cultivated by a powerful force, and this Mercury and Luo Hao... must be his servants."

Guan Yao updated her guess.

On the other side, Mercury, completely unaware that he had been identified as a servant, continued to say to Guan Yao, "What I said just now was a bit inconsiderate. You, a young lady from an extravagant family, are unlikely to put yourself in Himuro Rui's shoes."

"You say she has hateful aspects... From your perspective, that's not exactly wrong."

"Don't act like you know me so well," Guan Yao pouted. "Although you're very good-looking, I like masculine and handsome men. You have no chance."

"..."

Mercury resisted the urge to stab Guan Yao to death.

Perhaps because they chickened out, the group quickly stopped discussing the topic of Himuro Rui.

Fan Xiao returned to his desk and sat down, taking stock of the items he had inherited from the three foreign players.

There are three D-grade items, two of which are defensive in nature, making them rather useless to him.

The items I got from the blonde woman, however, look more interesting.

[Rank D Item - The Unruly Demon Wolf]

This is a creature summoning item that can summon 10 demon wolves to fight at once.

Each dire wolf is the size of an elephant or a car, and its strength, speed, and defense are at the top of the D-level evolution rate range.

Most importantly, after all the summoned wolves are killed, you can summon 10 more, with no limit on the number of times you can summon them.

There are no restrictions... that's pretty impressive.

Not only can dire wolves be used as henchmen, but they can also serve as transportation at times. In dungeons, they can be sent to scout out pitfalls and test for danger. When there's a food crisis, they can be slaughtered and eaten indefinitely...

In short, if used properly, it can produce remarkable results.

And... using a demon wolf in battle sounds really cool.

Anyway, he's way cooler than the Rabbit King.

With this in mind, Fan Xiao selected it for the backup items.

Over the next period of time, everyone took out healing potions to repair the injuries they had sustained in Green Mountain Prison, while patiently waiting.

Chapter 309 Goodbye, the past, and my cowardice.

Time slowly passed while we waited.

Around 7 p.m., the female player with the katana came to the door.

Fan Xiao casually pulled out a table and chair, invited the other party to sit down, and said, "I have to say, your luck is really good, or rather... really bad."

"How do you say this?"

The female player with the katana wasn't in a hurry to finalize the information deal, and casually asked a question.

“Since entering Qingshan Academy, you’re the only one who hasn’t encountered any bullying,” Fan Xiao said. “The rest of us were swallowed up by Qingshan Prison, but you didn’t get into trouble. In the end, you even got a free way to stay safely in Qingshan Academy… Tell me, isn’t that good luck?”

"What about bad luck?" the female player with the katana asked.

"Well..." Fan Xiao said rather smugly, "Because you didn't go into Green Mountain Prison with me, you completely lost the opportunity to fulfill the conditions for the second mission."

"Does completing the second mission require entering Green Mountain Prison?" the female player with the katana said. "I can go in now, there's no need for me to go with you."

"If you go in by yourself without me here, you're just asking for death." Fan Xiao laughed. "If you don't believe me, you can try. I won't stop you."

"...It seems you are very confident in your abilities."

"Your subordinate has probably already told you about my abilities."

Fan Xiao glanced behind the female player with the katana; the subordinate who had come out of Green Mountain Prison was standing there.

Before the woman with the katana could respond, he continued, "I'm praising myself now to demonstrate my professionalism and indirectly tell you that I have very detailed information about the dungeon. So..."

Fan Xiao laughed and said, "You should know what I mean, right?"

"I can accept any price as long as it's reasonable."

The female player with the katana nodded.

“I like talking to straightforward people.” Fan Xiao held up two fingers: “I don’t want much, just two hundred thousand.”

"...Is this what you call not wanting more?" The female player with the katana frowned.

"The factors that determine the price of a commodity are often not the value of the commodity itself, but rather the demand for the commodity from others."

Fan Xiao shrugged and said, "You're buying information not for your own personal progress, but to indirectly control and develop this instance."

"The information is sold to you at this price, there is no room for negotiation."

"How do I know if it's worth it?" the female player with the katana asked.

“I can collect part of the money first, and then tell you a small part of the information,” Fan Xiao suggested. “Whether you buy the rest or not is up to you to decide.”

"..."

The female player with the katana thought for a moment, and finally said, "Deal."

"Pleasant to work with."

Fan Xiao smiled.

……

Green Mountain Prison is an uncontrollable instance.

Because the boss in this instance has no reason to communicate with; it's a monster that only knows how to kill.

Nineteen players entered the instance this time.