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

It was a kiss...

Just as the girl was feeling anxious and uncertain, Fan Xiao, Li Xian, and Mercury had already moved closer to the nearest ghostly figure.

"Can we really dig it up?" Mercury asked uncertainly.

Li Xian replied, "You'll know once you try."

"Let's talk less and do more. Gardenia doesn't have much time left."

Fan Xiao began digging into the ground.

Li Xian and Mercury each chose a ghostly figure and began digging at its feet.

Anyway, the ghost townspeople of the dead world wouldn't attack them, so they brazenly started working right under the noses of the main characters.

Li Xian even created specialized machinery for detection and excavation, greatly improving efficiency.

Lu Baizhi did not participate in the excavation operation, but focused on helping Li Xian and Mercury recover from their mental abnormalities.

While maintaining her talent, she kept taking drugs.

At that moment, a series of roars suddenly came from inside the abandoned factory.

The factory gates suddenly burst open, and a dense swarm of "deceptive monsters" poured out like a flood. The sheer number of them was enough to make anyone with trypophobia scream, like a locust swarm sweeping across the land.

"You guys keep digging! I'll hold them off."

Fan Xiao immediately stood up: "The fact that these guys are reacting so strongly is enough to prove that we dug in the right spot, and the remains are right below the ghostly figure."

He knew that the massive army of "deceitful monsters" would be the final challenge in this instance.

The favorability rating exempted the Ghost Town residents from attacks, but it couldn't stop the malice of the "Liar Monster".

The latter requires players to overcome it through their own strength.

If they can survive this surging wave of monsters, they will achieve final victory.

Fan Xiao came to Lu Baizhi's side and reminded the girl, "Hold on for two more minutes, then we'll retreat regardless of success or failure."

Without waiting for the girl's response, he activated his talent.

He wanted to create an absolutely safe zone radiating outwards from Lu Baizhi's position, within a radius of 20 meters.

Li Xian and Mercury happen to be within this area, and with his protection, their work will not be affected in the slightest.

At this moment, he is the strongest shield!

The strongest defense is an unmatched attack.

The next instant, Fan Qiqi appeared on his shoulder.

Fan Xiao didn't give any orders, but simply displayed his hostility, and the little angel immediately knew what to do.

"So many...so many..."

"Hahahaha……"

The red-eyed loli made a cheerful sound.

She teleported forward, summoned the Blood Scythe, and with a flick of her wrist, the scythe blade, gleaming with a cold light, sliced ​​through the air, instantly cleaving all monsters within range in half at the waist without a sound, before turning into specks of light and dissipating.

Fan Qiqi leaped slightly, shifted her position, and swung her sickle with incredible speed and precision.

As a being born from Fan Xiao's spirit, she naturally knows everything Fan Xiao knows, including the ultimate combat skills that Fan Xiao unlocked through luck.

Her movements were swift, agile, and elegant, like a dance of death. The red light flashing as the blood scythe swept through the air was like the accompaniment to her dance.

"Don't show your head."

Fan Xiao suddenly murmured something.

Standing to the side, Lu Baizhi thought he was talking to her, and subconsciously lowered her head.

Then she realized that she didn't understand the meaning of the sentence at all, and looked at Fan Xiao with a puzzled expression.

Fan Xiao touched Lu Baizhi's hair and brushed it off.

The object of his command was naturally the little angel.

This land of the dead seems to be cursed, accumulating an unusually strong negative spiritual influence.

Since he can be affected, the materialized little angel will definitely be affected as well.

Although the impact wasn't significant given his mental strength, the little angel was already a collection of original sin emotions and was somewhat insane. If he went even crazier under the influence of negative influences, he might go berserk and kill the surrounding ghost townspeople as well.

At this moment, Fan Xiao only showed hostility towards the charging "deceitful monster," because he was worried that the little angel had attacked the wrong target.

Under no circumstances should you attack the residents of Ghost Town—otherwise, the mission you are about to complete may be in vain.

So, just to be on the safe side, he reminded the little angel to make his head invisible and only let his body materialize to fight.

In this way, she will no longer be affected by any mental interference.

Once the angel is made invisible, it is immune to all interference and observation. Even if its master is affected, the angel will remain lively and energetic.

This was a "headless horseman" tactic he had conceived long ago.

When moving around in the instance, without Yan Keke's psionic energy to protect his consciousness, he would easily be affected if he encountered high-level mental interference.

With this tactic, he doesn't need to worry even if he gets caught in the trap, because when he encounters danger, "Headless Knight" Fan Qiqi will jump out and eliminate all nearby threats for him.

If he's lucky, his enemies might be wiped out in one fell swoop, and he'll be able to regain his senses.

"The remains have been found!"

Suddenly, Mercury shouted a reminder in Van Shaw's direction.

At this moment, less than 10 seconds had passed.

It seems the remains weren't buried very deep, or rather... no one bothered to bury the victims; their bodies were simply left lying around in the wilderness, eventually covered by dust and dead leaves.

Li Xian and Mercury dug for less than 10 seconds and unearthed two relatively intact corpses.

Meanwhile, the machinery created by Li Xian detected other corpses through X-ray scanning and quickly dug out two more.

The four corpses were quickly assembled.

To avoid missing any parts and causing the mission to fail due to the incompleteness of the remains, Li Xian and Mercury did not stop immediately. Instead, they turned over all the soil around the excavation point and searched carefully.

The specialized detection equipment was a great help to them.

Nearly half a minute later, Li Xian finished turning over the soil, put the four corpses into four makeshift boxes, stood up and reminded Fan Xiao, "We can go now. The way out will automatically appear after you touch the corpses."

"OK."

Fan Xiao approached, picked up one of the boxes, and reached through the hole at the top to feel for the corpse inside.

The moment he touched it, a road appeared before him, leading to the hilly area outside the town of Jiling.

It was three o'clock in the afternoon outside, and sunlight pierced through the clouds, shining on the path connecting the two spaces, as if welcoming their return.

Fan Xiao turned his head and looked one last time at the countless ghostly figures that filled the open space and the forest.

Under the dim sky, their expressions were contorted, their eyes bloodshot. The pain that caused their death continued to torment them even after they died, causing them to utter miserable howls and roars.

No wonder all the residents of Ghost Town are ruthless and cruel towards outsiders, showing no mercy whatsoever.

Judging from the current situation outside, it seems that after the residents of Ghost Town kill outsiders, they will gain the right to stay in Spirit Town for a year, instead of just one day on Spirit Festival Day.

In this year, they... no, they were not only able to escape their current state of suffering, but also to live with their loved ones who had long been separated from them by death, and enjoy family happiness again.

Only by killing them can they reach Utopia.

"let's go."

Fan Xiao looked away and reminded his three teammates.

The four of them did not linger. Each carrying a box, they reached out to touch the corpses and left the world where the dead were buried, following the path illuminated by the sunlight.

As their view shifted and the darkness dissipated, they returned to the hilly area outside the town.

To their surprise, the instance did not provide any notification that the quest conditions had been met.

"Uh... I've been busy all day, but it was all for nothing?"

Mercury looked at the box in his hand, feeling a pang of unease.

After a few seconds of contemplation, Li Xian, who was standing next to him, said, "Perhaps we are still missing one last step."

"What steps?" Mercury asked.

“Burial, returning to one’s roots.” Li Xian replied, “We may have to find their graves outside and complete a proper burial so that they can rest in peace in their homeland.”

"These four corpses were dug out from under the feet of four ghosts, which should correspond to their identities one by one. Don't worry, I have memorized what those four ghosts looked like."

Fan Xiao said, "The living people in the town all have portraits in their homes, but the ghost people... their portraits are on their faces. You can find the corresponding family by their appearance, find out their names, and then find the corresponding grave to bury them."

Every grave outside Jiling Town has a tombstone with the name of the deceased engraved on it.

He had noticed this detail before and made some guesses, so after entering the world of the dead, he deliberately memorized the details of the ghostly figures he saw.

I never expected to need it so soon.

"The townspeople here are all dishonest. They've told a lot of lies since day one. What if they give us fake names?"

Mercury asked with slight concern.

“Names are related to the fulfillment of the third task condition,” Li Xian said. “There should be corresponding dungeon rules to prevent townspeople from lying about their names, otherwise this would be an impossible task.”

"Hmm...that makes sense. Evolution games won't allow unfinishable quests to exist in dungeons."

Mercury sighed, "But finding the corresponding grave will be a lot of work. We'll have to visit each one, identify the features, and then ask for the name... Tomorrow is the day of the memorial service, hopefully we can get it done before dark."

"It's not that troublesome."

Fan Xiao smiled and said, "Finding a tomb is like finding a person; you can use tricks. The tomb isn't in another dimension, so it shouldn't be too difficult to find."

"You mean..."

All three of them looked at Lu Baizhi.

Lu Baizhi also realized what was happening, took out the sharpened wooden stick that Fan Xiao had given her from her storage space, nodded and said, "Leave it to me."

After saying that, she tossed the wooden stick into the air.

……

after an hour.

In front of the fourth tombstone.

Fan Xiao steadied the grave soil that had been dug up once, lit three incense sticks in front of the tombstone, and placed them in the incense burner.

The rising smoke drifted before his eyes, and he murmured softly, "Take care."

Dust to dust, ashes to ashes; why should those who are meant to leave stay?

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Chapter 369 The end of the copy

"Now we only have seven days left to survive."

Upon returning to Spirit Town, Mercury remarked with considerable emotion, "This mission was actually the easiest one. I can finally relax tonight. I've been on edge these past few days, and it almost gave me a nervous breakdown."

"Being afraid of ghosts is a psychological problem, it needs treatment, and you just need this kind of game to cure you. Besides..."

Fan Xiao bluntly said, "It's too early to be happy now. Do you remember when we first entered the dungeon?"

"It seems to be in the afternoon," Mercury recalled.

"Yes, it's in the afternoon, not starting at midnight."

Fan Xiao reminded, "The survival time is seven days. According to this calculation, the instance will close tomorrow afternoon."

"And the day of the spirit worship... should start at midnight and end at midnight tomorrow night, barring any unforeseen circumstances."

"The residents of Ghost Town who have returned from the world of the dead will stay until midnight tomorrow. In other words, even if the instance closes, they will still have about seven hours of activity time."

"..." Mercury's expression turned serious: "You mean... the Ghost Town residents might attack us after the instance closes?"

“Not necessarily,” Li Xian joined the conversation. “However, once the dungeon closes, all restrictions will be lifted, and the favorability rating will be useless. Whether they attack us or not depends on their mood at that time, which is something we definitely have to be wary of. I suggest that once the dungeon closes, we should teleport away immediately and not linger at all.”

"Who would want to stay in this godforsaken place? Of course, we'd just leave."

Mercury hates all things supernatural and ghostly.