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

Li Xian nodded: "Items should be matched reasonably according to one's own talents and fighting style. B-level items are not necessarily better than C-level items."

"When the time comes, let whoever is suitable to use it get it. We'll give the item an estimated value, and the two people who take the item will each give the other person a sum of game coins as compensation. Other items can also be used as compensation."

"If everyone wants them, we can be fair and decide who gets them by rolling dice..."

He paused suddenly, glancing at Lu Baizhi instinctively.

Rolling dice... doesn't seem fair?

He hadn't really believed in the little girl's luck before.

But now that the other side has gotten the intelligence right several times in a row, he has no choice but to believe it.

Perhaps there really are people in this world who are favored by Lady Luck.

Or... does this little girl possess psychic abilities related to luck?

"Let's talk about it after we get out. Let's get down to business first."

Li Xian stopped worrying about how to divide the spoils and focused on controlling the mechanical army to surround and kill the crippled octopus monster and the B-level male player.

The two players were already exhausted and unable to fight back. Under the one-sided attack, they quickly followed in the footsteps of the Black Serpent Organization leader.

The raid was over.

All four were exhausted, and to avoid being targeted by other players who approached after hearing the noise, they quickly left the battlefield.

Chapter 364 I never expected someone with such thick eyebrows and big eyes to be so frivolous?

After returning to the house of the woman they had met earlier, Fan Xiao and the other three gathered in the living room to discuss what to do next.

The residents of Huoren Town go out to work during the day and generally don't return until close to mealtimes.

At this moment, there were only the four of them in the house, and no other outsiders were present.

Mercury breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The important business is finally finished. Shall we stay here or head out?"

"It depends on your personal preference. If you're not in a hurry to level up, you can leave now."

Fan Xiao said, "Of course, I personally don't recommend this kind of slacking off."

"The dungeon rating directly affects the number of dungeons required to level up a player, so it is an extremely important statistic. It is best to do your best to complete the task in each dungeon."

"Anyway, I need this dungeon rating to help me reach C-rank player in one go, so I won't go out for now."

Upon hearing Fan Xiao's words, Mercury suddenly sighed.

He replied, "You can't be so absolute. Every player's potential is limited. Player levels can't keep rising indefinitely. The 001 division has been around long enough, hasn't it? It's the dominant division of the G08 node, but how many A-level players does it have?"

"Sigh, I'm already finding it a bit difficult to participate in C-level dungeons. I need to make a lot of preparations in advance. I can no longer be as brave and diligent as before."

“C-level players only need to participate in the dungeon once a year, so I plan to prepare slowly and take it easy. Getting caught up in the dungeon this time was really too abrupt.”

"Hmm... are you trying to estimate your limits in advance...?"

Fan Xiao nodded, indicating that he understood.

Do your best in every dungeon, shorten the time and number of times you participate, and level up as quickly as possible—this rule only applies to extremely powerful players.

The higher your level, the higher the level of the dungeon you can participate in, and the higher the level of the items you can obtain, resulting in a rapid increase in strength.

However, for players who are not that skilled, this aggressive and meticulous style is not very suitable... or to put it bluntly, it's suicidal.

Anticipate your limits in advance, and then decide your attitude when participating in dungeons based on those limits—it sounds like the "office slacking off theory," but it has to be said that this approach is very safe.

Knowing that you might die if you work too hard, you should naturally keep a calm mind. If you can't get a high rating in a dungeon, then get a moderate rating.

A score of 60 is passing; any more than 1 point is a waste.

While doing so will increase the number of dungeons required for upgrades, it's not without its benefits.

More dungeon runs mean more items, even if they are not high-level items, the quantity is considerable.

Anyway, as time goes by and you participate in more dungeons, your level will eventually go up, so why keep trying to fight?

At worst, it will take ten or twenty years to upgrade from C level to B level.

There are advantages to going slowly.

"Aim high, and you'll achieve something; aim for the middle, and you'll achieve less; aim low, and you'll achieve nothing."

Li Xian gave Mercury a reminder.

"Captain, I was just expressing my feelings; I'm not really going to become a complete couch potato." Mercury shook his head. "Besides... I admit that this famous saying makes a lot of sense, but it doesn't quite apply to players."

Nonsense! People die when you enter dungeons, do you think this is some kind of career advancement project?

If a player sets their goals too high but lacks the necessary skills... isn't that like trying to light a lantern in a toilet?

"Looks like I should start a business of taking people through dungeons; it'll definitely be very profitable."

Fan Xiao looked at Mercury and laughed, "Little Mercury, look, we're about the same level. If you come with me to run dungeons, you'll be basically safe and get a C-rank dungeon rating. I won't ask for much, I'll just charge you 100,000 at a time, how about that?"

"Come on, every time you're involved in a dungeon, the difficulty is exceptionally high!" Mercury curled his lip. "When I go into a dungeon by myself, I handle it very easily. I feel like you're a jinx."

“You’re overthinking it,” Fan Xiao reminded him. “You stop using your brain every time you meet me. How can the difficulty of the dungeon not increase in your subjective perception? You should look for the problems within yourself.”

"Uh...maybe you're right..."

Mercury did not refute this claim.

After encountering Fan Xiao in the dungeon, he really didn't like to use his brain much.

Because you can ask any questions directly and get answers almost always.

You can even be carried to victory without lifting a finger.

"Speak of it."

Mercury suddenly looked suspicious and said, "Why do I feel like your player level is progressing very slowly? You've even fallen behind me now. Given your dungeon rating, this shouldn't be the case."

"Well..." Fan Xiao glanced at Lu Baizhi beside him, then looked away and replied, "I can only say that those who understand will understand, and those who don't understand won't understand even if I explain."

Mercury: "..."

Lu Baizhi noticed the change in Fan Xiao's gaze, and a feeling of joy and warmth welled up in her heart.

So it was to take care of me... Hmm, that makes sense. If I level up too fast, I won't be able to go into dungeons with them.

Fan Xiao is really good.

The girl quickly completed a round of self-strategy.

"The service you mentioned that helps people clear dungeons does exist, and the market size is quite large."

At this moment, Li Xian seemed to be drawn into the conversation by this topic and looked at Fan Xiao to interject, saying, "This kind of model is very common in the 001 division. Wealthy and powerful families or forces will hire outstanding players to help newbies with mediocre abilities but high status to clear dungeons."

"Is this really necessary?" Mercury asked. "There are quite a few safe instances in Zone 001, aren't there? Wouldn't it be better to go to a safe instance?"

"Where do you get a safe copy?" Li Xian countered.

"……All right."

Mercury understood.

The prerequisite for the existence of safe dungeons is that the dungeon boss can be communicated with and cooperated with.

Generally, only powerful factions are qualified to negotiate cooperation with dungeon bosses and offer them satisfactory terms.

In other words, secure copies are basically controlled by the major powers.

It's either the local district government or an organization comparable to a government, such as the Tianzheng Church in District 001.

These organizations are giving benefits to the dungeon bosses, which is obviously not charity. The money comes from the customers, and they will definitely find a way to make money back and make a fortune.

One way to make money is to allow the dungeon boss to open a back door so that the corresponding players can safely pass through.

As the dungeon boss of "Fairy Tale Town," Fan Xiao is also capable of giving other people a portion of time travel tickets, but he doesn't want to reveal the fact that he has a dungeon, so he has never exercised this authority.

This kind of "safety ticket" that guarantees players' safe passage through the game must be expensive, without a doubt.

Buying it two or three times is fine, but expecting to keep upgrading through safe dungeons... tsk tsk, not many people have that kind of financial strength.

Of course, money is only one aspect.

On the other hand, the dungeon rating obtained after clearing the safe dungeon was extremely low, belonging to the lowest level.

Accumulating this kind of rating upgrade... Take upgrading from D to C as an example, it would take at least two or three hundred dungeons.

Yes, two or three hundred... Can a world partition find a hundred safe copies?

Even if we could combine multiple partitions to reach this number and afford such a large amount of in-game currency... it might take five years or more to complete the upgrade.

Novice players from wealthy and powerful families probably don't have the patience to run around continuously for at least five years.

Therefore, the market size for the service of carrying others through dungeons is actually not much smaller than the market for purchasing safe dungeon slots.

Taking people to run dungeons where they had no prior knowledge of the information, the dungeon ratings they received after clearing them were far superior to those of safe dungeons.

The dungeon ratings appear to have only five levels from A to E, but each level actually contains three sub-levels. For example, C can be C, C++, C language... oh no, it's C++, which can be subdivided into a total of fifteen levels. The rating for clearing a safe dungeon is the lowest level—E, without any "+".

Many players who rose from humble beginnings made their money by leading others through dungeons.

"I've heard that quite a few players have successfully won the hearts of some pretty young ladies while helping them run dungeons, thus marrying into powerful families and rising from the bottom to become influential figures."

Li Xian said, "As you know, the situation in the outer regions is very rigid. In most places, players are bound by class distinctions. Unless a player's strength is outstanding enough to exceed a certain limit, they have no choice but to abide by the exploitation and suppression brought about by class rules."

"It's not uncommon for a skilled C-level player to live a poor and frugal life."

"When you go to other developed regions in the future, you can try leading people through dungeons. Maybe you'll hook up with a rich woman or a rich girl. Oh, by the way, if you switch genders, the model is the same. Female players can also achieve upward mobility by winning the heart of a rich young master."

"..."

Fan, Xiao, and the other two fell silent.

"What's wrong?" Li Xian asked.

"...Nothing much," Mercury said with a subtle expression, "It feels a little strange coming from you, Captain, to say something like 'marrying a rich girl'...a sense of contrast?"

He had heard people say that Li Xian was very rich... no, extremely rich!

Could it be that he got his position by dating a rich young girl?

“There are also signs of this industry emerging in our 010 division,” Li Xian said. “Those of you who are interested can take a look.”

"...Captain, are you serious?" Mercury asked.

"Just kidding, trying to lighten the mood," Li Xian said coldly.

"Your expression doesn't look like you're joking at all!" Mercury retorted sharply. "I thought you were talking about this in a serious tone. You've really surprised me."

Suddenly, he remembered something and subconsciously glanced at Fan Xiao.

"You and the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Righteous Church, you didn't meet in this way, did you...?" Mercury really wanted to ask this, but after his gaze fell on Lu Baizhi beside him, he suppressed the urge to create a scene of chaos.

Fan Xiao is a petty guy who takes revenge immediately; you can't afford to offend him.

“Let’s stop joking,” Li Xian asked Mercury, “Are you really leaving early?”

"I have that idea. Even if we meet a mission requirement now and can choose to leave the instance at any time, it doesn't mean we're absolutely safe."

Mercury's expression turned serious: "On the day of the spirit festival, ten thousand ghosts slaughter the town—what a grand spectacle!"

"With so many ghosts and monsters, and supernatural abilities that are all-encompassing, there must be quite a few that can interfere with the mind."

"If you get infected, the 'leave at any time' permission will become a joke, and you might die without even knowing it."

He paused for a few seconds, thought for a moment, and then continued, "Leaving aside the difficulty, this dungeon is the most dangerous one I've ever experienced."

"Whether I leave or not, I'll wait and see how things go."

"If I can accumulate enough goodwill, I'll stay and give it a shot; otherwise... I'll have to leave before the memorial day."

"Don't worry, you've really helped me this time. I can help you out by killing the 'liar monster' and building up goodwill."

Fan Xiao offered, "If anything goes wrong, I'll cover for you. If all goes well, we can get it done tomorrow."

"With your words of reassurance, I can finally relax." Mercury nodded. "What do we do next?"

"Exhume the grave and examine the body," Fan Xiao replied. "But we'll have to wait six hours first."

"Six hours... the cooldown time of your talent?" Li Xian asked.

“Hmm,” Fan Xiao nodded, “Digging up graves can be dangerous, or it can go unpunished. Gambling is never a good thing; you need to have a backup plan.”

If all goes well, after clearing this dungeon, he will upgrade his talent once more, and the cooldown time of Little Angel's Manifestation will be shortened to three hours.