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

Or rather, it is a small pond.

"Was that you hanging from my room ceiling just now?" Fan Xiao frowned. "Your feet smelled awful and were disgusting. When you suddenly dangled down, you almost sent me flying. How long has it been since you washed your feet?"

"...You are really annoying!"

The female corpse spoke viciously.

"Oh? You're not pretending anymore?" Fan Xiao laughed. "Go on, I can act with you all day."

"...How did you figure that out?" the female corpse asked.

“I’m guessing,” Fan Xiao said. “Fear—that’s the premise for your attack on us, isn’t it? Too bad you’ve chosen the wrong target. Those little tricks won’t scare me. What haven’t I seen before?”

"..."

The female corpse was silent for a few seconds, then, as if resigned to her fate, said, "You are very brave and very clever. What I said before was indeed a lie to you, to plant the seeds of fear."

"I never expected you to be so calm under these circumstances. You're like a freak!"

"Hmph... We're unlucky this time! We ran into a freak like you."

"Hehe, you're really dishonest, little Chi. Even now you're still trying to set a trap for me?"

Fan Xiao smiled and said, "What you said before, I suppose, wasn't entirely false; it was probably half true and half false, right?"

"For example... the statement that we cannot react to unusual sounds is actually a lie. The unusual sounds are secretly created by you. If we do not react, the fear in our hearts will continue to accumulate as various strange sounds stimulate our nerves. Once we exceed the critical point... you will have the opportunity to make your move."

"This is the opportunity for you townspeople to attack, given by the instance."

At this point, he pointed to the ceiling and continued, "For example, lights. The lights must be turned off at night. Your warning should be true."

"If I take that as a lie and try to turn on the lights to find the source of the unusual noise... those dark figures outside will probably swarm in and tear me to pieces, right?"

He deduced that the lights couldn't be turned on based on the behavior of the dark figures outside the window.

The shadowy figures are hostile to the player, yet they cannot break into the house to attack. So... what is their purpose in standing outside the player's guest room?

It's very likely that they're all waiting for an opportunity to attack.

And this opportunity most likely lies in the lights.

Xiaochi reminded him and Li Xian that they shouldn't turn on the lights at night, probably to prevent shadowy figures from stealing their prey from their family.

Now that Xiaochi can't scare him anymore, seeing that her plan has failed, she wants to set a trap for him.

If I can't have it, I'll destroy it!

This behavior is very common.

"You're overthinking it," Koike denied.

"Heh, there's no point in you lying now. I've already figured out most of the rules for this instance. You can't fool me."

Fan Xiao said calmly, "You can't lie—that should be one of the rules."

"So, I won't lie. Do you understand the weight of my words?"

He wasn't lying; he had already deduced the general dangerous framework of this copy.

Ordinary people and players who enter this instance are all prey for the townspeople.

The townspeople here refer to those who do not perform sacrificial rites at home. They... or rather, their true identities are probably ghosts that have returned on past sacrificial days.

After they returned, they stayed in the town of Jiling.

As for why they attack players... Fan Xiao hasn't figured that out yet.

In short, the number of players and ordinary people caught up in the situation is far less than that of these "ghost townspeople".

With too many monks and too little porridge, a fair way to divide the spoils is needed.

Based on the known intelligence, the general division method should be that whichever family has been asked to stay at a hotel has the priority to make a move.

The method of attack is to first scare people, and once the fear is established, the attack can be launched directly.

As for the other "ghost townspeople" who haven't been taken in by prey, they'll sneak out at night to try their luck and see if they can find any bargains outside.

In addition, they must have established other rules.

For example, they can enter a room with the lights on and attack the player directly.

Therefore, to avoid having their prey stolen, the "ghost townspeople" who have taken the player for a night will warn the player not to turn on the lights.

"...You are really, really annoying!"

The female corpse, like an agitated young girl, uttered sounds of hatred.

She suddenly waved her hand and closed the open door.

“Now that you understand the rules, we can’t really deal with you, but your friends don’t know anything yet.”

As the female corpse spoke, the decay on her body faded, and she gradually returned to her normal appearance.

She sneered, "Mom and Dad have already gone to look for him. He can't be as smart as you, can he? He'll be dead soon!"

"Little Chi, you'd better stop with your little tricks. You're still too green to fool me."

Fan Xiao's expression remained calm: "You're closing the door and threatening me, what... do you want me to rush to attack and force you back so I can go and rescue the person next door?"

He paused for a moment, then chuckled, "Are you trying to lure me into attacking?"

"..."

Koike's face immediately turned ugly.

What's wrong with this guy?!

How did you see through everything?

Chapter 353 This female ghost is so easy to fool.

"No need to make such a fuss."

Fan Xiao seemed to have seen through Xiao Chi's thoughts and asked with a smile, "Do you know any information about players and dungeons?"

"..."

Koike did not answer.

“Whether you know or not doesn’t really matter,” Fan Xiao continued. “The amount of information you have won’t affect our judgment. Most players won’t easily attack the creatures in a dungeon, because that could easily trigger a trap. Besides…”

He paused here, as if deliberately trying to pique people's interest.

It's rare to encounter a rather emotional female ghost, who even showed a willingness to communicate, despite not seeming particularly intelligent...

It would be a shame if he didn't take the opportunity to use his words to verify something.

Therefore, he must always keep track of the pace of the conversation.

"Besides what?"

Koike asked, as if urging him on.

Fan Xiao laughed and said, "I have now confirmed that you townspeople do not have the authority to directly attack us; certain conditions must be met."

"Generally speaking, players and dungeon creatures have equal authority to take action."

"If you can't attack us directly, then... we'll have to be careful about the consequences of attacking you first."

He pointed to the dark figures gathering outside the window and said, "Let me guess, if I attack you now, not only can you retaliate directly, but the restrictions on those dark figures outside the window... or rather, those townspeople, will also be lifted, right?"

He's very experienced when it comes to scams in this area.

Because he himself is a dungeon boss.

When designing his own dungeon game rules, he originally intended to hide the rule "cannot attack the real townspeople of Fairy Tale Town" to create a trap for other players.

Once a player shows any aggressive behavior towards the loli characters in his instance, he removes the rule that prevents him from directly attacking the player.

As a result... the game proactively filled this hole by adding the rule "You cannot attack real townspeople" directly to the game prompts.

Fan Xiao could understand the reasons behind it.

After all, his dungeons are too unfair; they can create all sorts of illusions to lure players into attacking.

For example, if the lolis turn into walls and trap the player while they are walking, anyone would instinctively attack them.

Once an attack is launched, whether a player dies or not basically depends on the attacker's mood.

In short, his advantage is simply too great.

In order to smooth out this "imbalance," evolution games proactively added information that was beneficial to players to the game prompts.

Any player with a modicum of sense will be more cautious when making a move after reading the hints.

For example, if someone sees a wall trapping them, they might subconsciously wonder if the strange wall represents a true town resident, leading to hesitation and reluctance to act directly.

"Little Chi is really heartless."

Fan Xiao looked out the window and said, "If so many ghostly things come at once, tsk tsk... even I wouldn't dare to guarantee that I'll survive."

He wouldn't lie now, so this wasn't a deceptive tactic to make Koike careless.

He was afraid of being targeted by the "kite-flying" tactic.

With so many ghosts surging in together, if they cooperate, they might actually be able to take him down.

After all, he doesn't have any tools to help him right now.

"You're overthinking it. Those monsters don't have the right to enter the house."

Koike pointed to the wall on the left and said, "Aren't you worried about your companion? The wall is blocking out the sound, so you can't hear it. Right next door, your companion is being tortured to death by my parents."

"Is that so... No wonder there was no reaction from next door when I made so much noise in my room. It turns out we can't hear each other."

Fan Xiao revealed an expression of "I knew it" in realization.

"..." Koike said provocatively, "Your companion is about to die."

"So?" Fan Xiao asked.

"Aren't you going to save him?" Xiaochi asked back.

"Little Chi, you're not suited to lying."

Fan Xiao laughed and said, "I know my companion's strength better than you do. No matter how you try to lure me into attacking you, it won't work. I won't make a move. You'd better save your breath."

After saying that, he spun around in place and continued, "Do I look like I'm in a hurry?"

"..."

Xiaochi frowned deeply.

After a while, as if she had truly resigned herself to her fate, she said, "We admit defeat this time! When it gets light, you can all get out of our house and find somewhere else to stay!"

“No, I’m not going to leave,” Fan Xiao said. “Unless you’re willing to answer some of my questions.”

"Don't push your luck!" Koike threatened.

“The winner has the right to push his luck,” Fan Xiao shrugged. “I’ve figured out the rules. Anyway, you can’t attack us directly. You can’t do anything to us except scare us. I’m too lazy to bother changing locations.”

"Hmph, are you sure you want to offend us to death?" Xiao Chi sneered, "Don't think the rules are immutable."

“I understand,” Fan Xiao nodded. “You mean that once the Spirit Offering Day arrives, all the restrictions on your actions will be lifted, right?”

Xiaochi: "..."

Has she mentioned this?

She suspected she had amnesia.

"It's so nice chatting with you, little Chi," Fan Xiao said with a smile. "How about you consider my suggestion? If you answer a few questions for me, my companion and I will stay at someone else's house tomorrow."

“Okay,” Koike surprisingly became very agreeable. “I also have a question for you. If you answer me, I will answer you.”

“That’s fair,” Fan Xiao nodded.

“Then let me ask first,” Koike asked, “Why can’t I smell fear on you? As a human being, that’s very unusual.”

"If a monster is to inspire fear, it cannot speak human language."

Fan Xiao replied casually.

"Don't try to fool me!" Xiaochi said. "You weren't scared when I wasn't saying anything before."

“After seeing it so many times, it’s nothing special,” Fan Xiao said calmly. “You’re just making a fuss over nothing.”