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

At this moment, Mercury and Lu Baizhi also approached.

Mercury glanced at Song Qingshan and said in surprise, "You don't seem surprised at all?"

"My brother personally took action, so what's so surprising about this little victory?"

Song Qingshan said matter-of-factly.

"I thought you were just a piece of rubber on the body, but I didn't expect your brain to be like that too..." He didn't say the rest of his sentence.

After all, Mercury was the one who saved him, so he had to give him face.

"Gardenia, come and help me."

Fan Xiaochao waved to Bai Zhi.

"Oh." Lu Baizhi approached with some confusion.

Fan Xiao reached out and rubbed her face with both hands.

It wasn't that he wanted to rub it; he was covering for the little angel.

"Um...that..."

Lu Baizhi's cheeks began to turn red.

“Alright,” Fan Xiao said, “Let’s take these monsters to the sacrifice. We only have a little over an hour left to do this.”

"Oh……"

Lu Baizhi was a little confused as to why Fan Xiao touched her face in public.

It's too embarrassing for people to see; we can do it in private... and we can do even more in private...

Fan Xiao squatted down, picked up the two monsters, and said to Mercury, "Little Mercury, you're the strongest now, so you lift four."

As he spoke, he glanced at Fan Qiqi, who had a satisfied expression on her face, and sighed softly to himself.

He felt that the little angel was becoming more and more outrageous.

She didn't stay cooped up for long; once she came out, she started throwing a tantrum, pulling his hair and kicking his knees. She only calmed down after he touched the pretty girl...

Looks like I need to find some time to give her a good talking-to.

Chapter 360 The little girl is just too cute!

"Sister Lu, so white and white, lift up your two ears."

"After cutting the artery, they cut the vein, and then they just stay still, which is really cute."

"Sister Lu, so white, so white, take off both arms..."

Fan Xiao was on his way, while Fan Qiqi was singing a lovely nursery rhyme.

She sat on Fan Xiao's left shoulder, her two fair and slender legs dangling down and swinging back and forth, her heels constantly patting Fan Xiao's chest, seemingly very happy.

She is not currently in a phantom form. If a player with strong mental power were present, they would see her playful and frolicking, and might even smile knowingly at her innocent and carefree demeanor.

They're just so cute—well, that's probably what people would say.

"Which family should we offer sacrifices at?"

Mercury, carrying the four monsters' bodies, asked Van Shaw as he walked.

“A deceased person’s wish should only be fulfilled once and not repeated, so we need to select eight households.” Fan Xiao replied, “Let’s go to the house where you stayed last night. That lady is a kind person who would not harm others. We can ask her if she agrees to the sacrifice.”

"Didn't you say that after the deceased fulfills their wish, they might become a Buddha?" Mercury said, "Becoming a Buddha... to put it bluntly, means they will disappear and probably won't return on future memorial days. That lady definitely won't agree to that."

"Fan Xiao, how about... we go to another place?" Lu Baizhi said, "After all, we weren't deceived last night, we were safe the whole time. Going to her house to offer sacrifices... it just feels like repaying kindness with enmity?"

"That's why you should ask in advance."

Fan Xiao said, "The residents of Ghost Town are clearly not in a normal state. They were all simple, ordinary people in life, otherwise they wouldn't have become victims of deception."

"If he wasn't some vicious person, why did he kill people without even blinking an eye after he died?"

"For them, becoming a Buddha and disappearing might be a beautiful ending."

"Do you even believe that yourself?" Mercury's eye twitched.

To say "I'll kill you" in such a grand and righteous way, as if you're doing a good deed... Although he doesn't object to doing it, isn't that a bit too shameless?

"This decision is not related to my personal desires, nor am I being hypocritical."

Fan Xiao laughed and said, "After all, it doesn't matter to me whose family I go to for the sacrifice, because I can still complete the mission. I just want to give kind families more options."

"What we consider bad may be seen as a perfect ending by others..."

Here he stopped.

The little angel, dangling her delicate white feet, disappeared onto his shoulder.

The two-minute time limit for her to appear in the world is up. If you want to summon her again, you'll have to wait six hours.

Fan Xiao's sense of security suddenly diminished significantly, which was a psychological challenge for someone with mild paranoia.

Fortunately, he figured out the dangerous patterns of this instance last night; otherwise, he wouldn't have rashly used Qiqi as his ultimate trump card.

"Let's go to the rendezvous point first, and then choose the family to sacrifice," Fan Xiao said. "Perhaps Li Xian and the others have already captured the monster before us and are waiting for us ahead of time."

……

Fan Xiao guessed correctly; Li Xian and his three companions had indeed completed the arrest operation and were waiting for them at the rendezvous point.

After the eight met, they counted the monsters they had; there were a total of fifteen.

Li Xian was somewhat surprised that Fan Xiao and the others had caught ten in such a short time, but he didn't ask any further questions.

After discussing which family would be participating in the sacrifice, the eight people set off.

Their first destination was the family where Lu Baizhi and her two companions had stayed the previous night. Upon arrival, Lu Baizhi explained their purpose to the hostess, who was cooking.

The eldest sister looked surprised, seemingly very surprised that they had found a way to leave the Spirit Sacrifice Town and gathered all the necessary conditions by the second day.

After a moment of silence, she sighed softly, rejected the option offered by Lu Baizhi, and refused to answer any further questions.

Seeing this, Fan Xiao and his eight companions had no choice but to leave.

After learning that the "friendly family" was unwilling to accept the sacrifice, they changed their target and chose a family that would harm outsiders. They ignored the townspeople's refusal and forcibly completed the sacrifice.

This involves killing the "deceitful monster" in front of the deceased's altar and offering three sticks of incense to the deceased.

During this process, they naturally did not forget the rule of "not attacking the townspeople," and even when they were physically driven away and beaten, they did not fight back.

The townspeople are just ordinary people, and the damage they can inflict on players is limited.

With Lu Baizhi, the wet nurse, around, there's basically nothing to worry about.

Everything went smoothly.

The results achieved were also remarkable.

For each family sacrificed, one person among them will receive a game notification that the mission conditions have been met.

It took less than half an hour for all eight people to complete the task.

"Now I can finally relax," Du Ruo breathed a sigh of relief. "Until just now, I was still on edge. I can finally leave now."

Although Luo Hao and Cao Shuai did not speak, joy appeared on their faces.

The large number of ghost townspeople is like a knife hanging over their heads, which will fall at night. Under such circumstances, no one dares to say that they can treat it with a calm mind.

Now that they have completed their mission, they feel a sense of relief, as if they have escaped death.

"Perhaps my previous guess was wrong."

At this moment, Fan Xiao said, "The so-called turning this place into a utopia does not mean helping the dead fulfill their wishes and become Buddhas, but rather making the corrupt and indiscriminate killing people of Ghost Town disappear and restoring peace to this place."

“Those townspeople who are unwilling to kill and who remain kind can continue to stay on this land and reunite with their deceased relatives on the annual memorial day.”

Even if we can only be together for a short while...

"There are so many longings and regrets in this world that are separated by life and death. The very fact that the boundary between life and death has been broken is a miracle among miracles," Du Ruo said with emotion. "Even if they can only reunite for a moment, it is enough to be called a utopia in the hearts of mankind."

“But…only the families of the living townspeople can offer sacrifices, so only the dead worshipped in the homes of the living townspeople can become Buddhas.” Mercury expressed his doubts. “If we want to achieve utopia, the ghost townspeople must also disappear, but they have all hidden the altars. How can we make them disappear?”

"The dead had two wishes: revenge and returning to their roots," Fan Xiao said. "The former won't work for the Ghost Town residents, but there's the latter—bringing back their remains... which just requires completing the third dungeon quest. As more and more players come here and complete the quest, the corrupt Ghost Town residents will eventually disappear completely."

"Contemplating philosophical meanings isn't what we should be doing right now," Li Xian reminded everyone. "There's no need to get too sentimental in a dungeon; we have less than half an hour left for the event..."

He looked at Cao Shuai, Du Ruo, Luo Hao, and Song Qingshan and said, "You should go out now."

“It’s time to go out,” Du Ruo nodded. “It’s a bit of a shame that we can’t participate in your ambush plan. Captain, please be careful. The guild leader of ‘Black Serpent’ is a B-level player and he has two helpers with him. He might not be so easy to deal with.”

"Yes, I know what I'm doing. This dungeon seals out the items, which is a huge advantage for us."

Li Xian replied, "Of course, just in case, after you go out, immediately report the news to headquarters and request more C-level players to come and provide support. Set up item traps in advance in the corresponding area of ​​Wa City."

"Headquarters is currently busy establishing the safe zone, so the terrorists can't mobilize many C-level players," Cao Shuai reminded them.

“Just say it was my request,” Li Xian’s eyes seemed to turn colder: “Those who stir up trouble behind the scenes are the most dangerous, while the obstacles to establishing a safe zone are all in the open. Headquarters will make the judgment.”

"No problem." Du Ruo nodded. "Then we'll be going now."

After saying that, he chose to leave the instance and his figure disappeared from everyone's sight.

Cao Shuai and Luo Hao followed closely behind.

Song Qingshan, who was left behind, looked at Fan Xiao and said, "Brother, I'm leaving first."

“Okay,” Fan Xiao nodded, “Don’t wait for me after you go out. Go back to Ancheng to let me know you’re safe. Before I get back, don’t go to the dungeon or wander around. Just stay home and wait until I’ve finished dealing with the aftermath before you resume your activities.”

Upon hearing this, Song Qingshan showed a look of surprise.

There's something more to what this guy said... What else does he want to do next?

Although curious, Song Qingshan didn't ask any questions since there were other people present, and simply chose to leave the instance.

……

After everyone who was supposed to leave had left, Lu Baizhi suddenly said to Fan Xiao, "Fan Xiao, um... you just used your talent once. Before the cooldown is over, just... stay by my side. I'll protect you."

"Does this count as living off a woman...?" Fan Xiao said. "Don't worry, unless we encounter a large-scale 'scam monster' or players with ill intentions, I'm unlikely to be in any other danger right now."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Li Xian immediately guessed the situation: "You killed quite a few 'deceptive monsters' before?"

“We encountered a monster army before and killed several hundred.” Fan Xiao nodded. “According to our speculation, killing swindlers can accumulate favor with ghosts, so the favor I’ve accumulated is probably about to explode. I suppose even if I run around recklessly on the day of the spirit sacrifice, nothing will happen to me.”

"Do we need to verify it tonight?" Li Xian asked.

He meant choosing a new haunted town family to stay with at night to see if they would be frightened and attacked by those ghostly things again.

This was a bit risky, because they didn't know if the second night would present any dangers that weren't present on the first night.

Survival-type dungeons generally have progressively increasing difficulty.

He dared to make this suggestion because, having already met the first objective, they could leave whenever they wanted.

Basic safety is guaranteed, so it's okay to be a little aggressive.

“That’s exactly what I was thinking,” Fan Xiao said with a smile. “Since we’re already here, it would be a shame not to leave with a high rating. Speculation is just speculation, but verification is essential.”

"Are we still going?" Lu Baizhi asked with some concern.

“The verification will only take one night,” Fan Xiao said. “Zhi Zi, you and Xiao Mo, stay with the same family you have. We’ll meet up again tomorrow. We’ll handle the verification.”

……

The second night passed quickly.

At 8:30 a.m., the four met at the agreed location.

After confirming Lu Baizhi and Mercury's identities, Li Xian said, "Our guess was right. Last night I was scared by the ghost townspeople in the family I stayed with, but Fan Xiao was fine all night."

“Under normal circumstances, I shouldn’t be scared only once. It’s probably because I killed a lot of ‘trickster monsters.’ The danger in this dungeon will decrease as our favorability increases.”

"It's now basically confirmed that killing 'liar monsters' can accumulate goodwill, but the exact number to kill is still unknown."

"No need to confirm, the more the better."

Mercury said, "Even if we haven't accumulated enough, we'll face the threat of ten thousand ghosts slaughtering the town on the day of the Spirit Festival. We can just choose to leave the instance."

"Since we're already here, it would be a shame not to raise our rating," Li Xian said. "For the next few days, we'll continue hunting monsters and try to accumulate enough goodwill. Besides that, there's another matter..."

He paused for a moment and then said, "Let's launch the encirclement and kill plan today. The leader of the 'Black Serpent' organization is a B-level player, so his abilities should be quite strong. He may already have some clues about how to pass the level. We must hurry."

"If they also fulfill the first mission condition, and choose to retreat from the instance in the face of our encirclement and attack..."