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

“A D-level player can’t be kept in a prison cell. With just a train ticket, he can escape Zone 010. Then he can fly freely and never come back… So, how do you punish and manage them?”

He hadn't paid much attention to this matter.

Now that Du Ruo brought it up, he casually asked a question.

"Hand over all items and game coins, or you'll be shot on sight. You'll have to serve your regular prison sentences, or you'll be put on the kill list. If you dare to try to escape with a train ticket, you'll be wanted and hunted down as soon as you return to Zone 010 and are discovered."

Du Ruo replied.

Use heavy codes in troubled times.

Currently, the laws against player crimes are not perfect because once players upgrade to D-level, the world map is opened, and they can stay and live in other areas, making it impossible for them to be locked up, and prison bars have become a joke.

Therefore, when punishing criminal players, some extreme methods have to be adopted—such as killing them directly if they disobey.

Handing over all items and game coins is one of the punishments.

Those whose crimes are not serious enough to warrant execution will be given a periodic sentence. This periodic sentence means that after a player is about to enter a dungeon, they are temporarily granted freedom to enter another dungeon, thus resetting the event time limit.

Otherwise, if an E-level player doesn't run a dungeon for three months, they will be randomly teleported into a high-risk dungeon, and they're basically doomed.

For D-level players, it's six months; for C-level players, it's one year.

After finishing the dungeon, come back and continue your imprisonment.

It sounds like it all depends on self-discipline, but that's not the case at all—you'll be teleported back to the station where you entered with your ticket, unless you use a ticket for zone 010. After clearing the zone 010 instance, you won't be teleported back to your original location when you leave the instance.

Otherwise, those who leave the prison will return to the prison.

Unless they are forced to wander outside the city forever and never return to their hometown, they will still have to serve their sentence.

At the same time, stripping all the items can also be considered a kind of "extended punishment".

Without items, the death rate in dungeons will be ridiculously high, needless to say.

It can be said that the cost of committing crimes is very high.

This system of punishment is temporary.

The world zones integrated into the ninth dimension have relatively more comprehensive punishment mechanisms for players, and there is no possibility of escaping with a ticket.

Because merging with dimensions means gaining the game company's approval and obtaining certain privileges within the evolution game.

With the authority granted, the regional government can naturally impose certain restrictions on players.

Once the 010 division is integrated into the Ninth Dimension, this temporary punishment system will be abolished, and players and ordinary people will be able to "enjoy" the same set of laws.

"I heard that there is a 'consciousness prison' in the 001 district."

Du Ruo digressed, saying, "That prison seems to be an A-grade item that can trap the consciousness of people who meet certain conditions in a dream world, and the flow of time in the dream world can be adjusted autonomously, up to a maximum of a thousand times."

"Some players commit serious crimes and will be sentenced to a hundred years in prison, their consciousness imprisoned in a dream prison for a hundred years."

"Although only a little over a month has passed in reality, these serious criminals have basically already suffered a mental breakdown after being released from prison. They become crazy and dare not commit any crimes again."

He said with a touch of emotion, "If only we had one of these props, our current predicament could be perfectly resolved."

"..."

Fan Xiao suddenly thought of his own Fairy Tale Town instance.

Once the dungeon level increases and Yan Keke's spiritual energy improves and she unlocks more abilities, she will likely be able to easily do something similar.

It's equivalent to "Infinite Tsukuyomi".

At that time, he might even be able to take on some "prison business"?

The fantastical creatures in Fairy Tale Town can act as jailers, and he doesn't need to manage them. When he has nothing to do, he can let the fantastical creatures bully the prisoners for fun. Being locked up and humiliated for a hundred years... just thinking about it is terrifying.

After hanging up the phone, Fan Xiao focused on driving and soon arrived in the urban area of ​​Ancheng.

After handing the damaged vehicle to the girl sitting in the back, Fan Xiao got into the car that Lu Xining had hailed, and they headed to her house together.

It was now five o'clock.

Lu Baizhi will be home before 7 p.m.

After thinking for a moment, Fan Xiao set the date for the search for the vice president of the "Tongji Society" for tomorrow.

After he started accumulating good fortune, he encountered a lot of troubles, which made him very irritable. He needed to take a good rest.

In order to get a good night's sleep, I'll probably have to temporarily shut down my superpowers tonight.

While dealing with Lu Xining's teasing, he mentally planned what to do next.

However, before the vehicle even reached its destination, an unexpected event occurred, forcing him to abandon his planned arrangements.

The Badge of Justice... is responding.

The badge is a secondary item and does not occupy an item slot, so he always equips it and never takes it off, waiting for someone to contact him.

After waiting for so long, it's finally here!

Fan Xiao took out the badge of justice from his storage space and affixed it to his forehead.

Several messages immediately came to mind: "Junior brother, this is my badge number. You can write it down."

"I have arrived at node G08 and am currently handling some minor matters. I will come to find you in three days. Where are you located?"

My cheap senior sister has finally arrived.

If he kept dawdling, Fan Xiao couldn't help but wonder if something had happened to this guy.

I wonder what level of player this senior sister is, and whether she can help him keep the 010 division in check.

The person Tina has taken a liking to must be someone extraordinary, right?

Fan Xiao had some suspicions, but quickly suppressed them and started making new arrangements.

My senior sister will arrive in three days to find and deal with the matter of the vice president of the "Tongji Society". It's better to give up on that for now and make time to focus on the relevant arrangements for the assassination operation.

It's time to contact the people on Mammon's side.

Yes, those "siblings born in the same year and month".

With this in mind, Fan Xiao used his mental communication with the Justice Badge to record his senior sister's badge number and sent a message to that number: "I'm in partition 010, the address is..."

"Senior sister, may I ask your player level?"

After replying to his senior sister, he waited.

His question was quickly answered: "Grade A".

That's it!

Fan Xiao's lips curled slightly as he put away the badge and took out the "Key of Mammon"—a red card—from his storage space.

The super player behind "Mammon," "Chaos Tide," possesses the S-rank item "Key to the Gate," a top-level item with spacetime attributes.

Therefore, the practicality of the platform built by "Mammon" and the functionality of the "Key of Mammon" are far superior to those of the "Living Tribunal".

After all, it's a job that matches my major.

The red card allows you to send and receive messages, surf the internet, and even shop online.

Fan Xiao used his mental connection to the cards to find the card number of the "siblings born in the same year and month" and issued assassination requests to the two of them, informing them that the price would be discussed in person, and also suggesting that they bring a few more B-level players to make it look more impressive.

With an A-level player keeping things under control, he wasn't afraid of losing control of "Mammon's" group of lunatics.

Afterwards, they used the "place of the departed gods" to make them forget about the incident, and they didn't even have to pay the commission fee.

Chapter 388: Death without surprising words

Three days to go.

Considering the need to expedite the assassination plan, Fan Xiao abandoned his plan to close the fortune-telling system and get a good rest that night, canceled his plan to ask Lu Baizhi to help find the person, and temporarily said goodbye to Lu Xining.

He needed to make the most of the last three days to gather his luck and get the assassination list out first.

At this point, it's best not to actively get involved in the conflict and create unnecessary complications.

Otherwise, if you really encounter trouble, you'll have to temporarily shut down your superpowers and deal with the situation first, which will delay the time it takes to accumulate good fortune.

Yes, whenever he gets into trouble and a fight breaks out, Van Shaw temporarily shuts down his superpowers.

After all, he didn't want to slip and miss an attack during a fight—this was just a metaphor; as a player, he rarely engaged in close combat and naturally wouldn't encounter such a situation.

But bad luck will cause him trouble in every way, and accidents always happen from unexpected places, so he has to be on guard.

Fan Xiao calmed himself down and went into hiding.

Sharpening the blade and keeping it ready, we await the thunder.

……

late at night.

Headquarters of the Special Affairs Bureau of Beijing.

Inside an office, the light streaming down from the ceiling illuminated the faces of Mercury, Luo Hao, and Cao Shuai, as well as a tall woman dressed in a slightly masculine style with a high ponytail, exuding an air of heroic spirit.

A total of four C-level players silently formed a circle, protecting Li Xian in the very center.

The four men had serious expressions, were on edge, and remained highly vigilant.

At this moment, Li Xian, who was in the middle of them, was sitting in front of the computer with his eyes closed, his breathing weak, and his body motionless, as if he were dead.

This scene has been repeating itself every day for some time now, and each time it lasts about half an hour.

Rank B Psionic - Cyber ​​Ghost.

Its owner's consciousness can freely intrude into any electronic device within 1000 meters, like a hacker unrestricted by physical rules.

This characteristic extends further to the point that consciousness can completely invade the network world through a certain device.

Just like the name of the psionic manga, Li Xian will become a humanoid ghost that travels through the internet, obtaining any confidential information from networks around the world.

Furthermore, his body can also be digitized, entering electronic devices and then emerging from another device, moving at the speed of fiber optic transmission and electromagnetic wave propagation.

At this speed, his consciousness cannot react in time; he can only determine the entrance and exit equipment in advance to achieve point-to-point transfer.

Li Xian rarely uses this ability.

Because his mental strength was insufficient to sustain the expenditure.

Even though his current evolution rate has reached the pinnacle of C-level players, if his body data is digitized and entered into the network, his current mental strength can only support him for less than a minute at most.

After that, he will fall into a state of extreme weakness.

Therefore, when using the "deep dive" feature, he usually only lets his consciousness invade the network, leaving his body outside, which consumes far less energy.

However, at this moment, his body was in a vulnerable state and he needed someone to watch over him.

Otherwise, if he were attacked, it would be dangerous if his consciousness did not quickly return to his body.

Soon, half an hour passed, and Li Xian opened his eyes.

“That’s enough,” he said. “Relax.”

"Captain, how's the investigation going?"

Mercury stepped forward and asked curiously.

The other three also turned their attention to it.

Li Xian, meeting the gazes of the four, said, "We have basically gathered all the information about the forces behind the scenes, and we have also investigated the names of some of the people involved."

"What we need to do now is to clear up the situation in the country and stabilize the domestic situation."

"As for those abroad... they're not just eyeing Fan Xiao, but also the safe zone we're building. Friction has already begun, and they've fought each other in secret many times. Sooner or later, a large-scale conflict will break out, and we'll settle all our old and new grudges then."

"Who's stirring things up domestically?" Cao Shuai asked.

"The main body is the Tongji Association. The recent uproar on player forums, both overt and covert, was all orchestrated by them."

Li Xian replied, "The Tongji Society has united many people, including some members of our Special Affairs Bureau."

"Other large domestic player organizations have gotten involved to some extent, but not deeply. At most, they just want to befriend Fan Xiao and cooperate with him."

"However, once the waters get muddy, members of the same player group are not of one mind. The higher-ups each have their own plans. This time, we only need to deal with the most radical group and then slowly guide the situation."

"And members of our Special Affairs Bureau?" Cao Shuai was somewhat surprised.

“The problem of the mole was exposed before,” Mercury sighed. “It’s quite normal that someone was involved this time; it’s just a good opportunity to clean things up.”

"It wasn't an inside job, just a difference in ideology."