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

Players are not very willing to participate until they can compare which of the two dungeon missions is more difficult.

Fan Xiao had anticipated this, and it wasn't surprising.

It's normal to not give up until you reach the Yellow River.

He addressed the group, saying, "Let's move out after 3:20 pm tomorrow. During that time, especially at night, we should stay together and not separate."

“Of course,” the handsome young man said, “Everything is unknown tonight, wouldn’t it be stupid to split up and act separately?”

At this moment, Nelong asked Fan Xiao, "Brother, once the plan begins, how do you intend to lure King Caesar into hell?"

"Show off your power in front of the people, flaunt your strength, create a great momentum, expose your identity as a 'demon race', and lure him to chase after us."

Fan Xiao thought for a moment and then added, "Of course, you can also massacre civilians if you want; that would probably attract more attention."

"But I won't try it anyway. If I don't kill anyone, there's still room for maneuver. If I kill someone and the punitive expedition fails... I'll be punished by King Caesar afterwards."

“Let’s play it safe then,” Neilong nodded. “Let’s just stay here in Longxi Village tonight. If we go back to Baiyin City, we might be forced to fight again.”

……

After discussing the plan, the group randomly found a family in Longxi Village and borrowed a room.

The ordinary people in this instance are very friendly to the players... or rather, to the mercenaries.

They will generally comply with reasonable requests and will not refuse.

Fan Xiao found a corner in the room, sat down, closed his eyes, and pretended to sleep to rest.

Not far away, the hooded girl would glance at Fan Xiao every now and then, as if she had something to say.

After learning that the true King Caesar might have been educated into a "good person" like the Demon King Carmen, she felt a slight resistance to the plan to subdue him.

But she couldn't go back on her promise so easily... and she was in a hurry to leave the instance... In addition, Vanmida was a cannibalistic player who had no psychological burden when killing good people, so he probably wouldn't care about her dilemma... With too many thoughts in her mind, the hooded girl thought for a while, and finally sighed softly in her heart and chose to remain silent.

Van Meadows was right when he said that there is no such thing as a perfect solution that can cover all aspects.

She's in a hurry to get out, so she has to pay the price.

Meanwhile, Fan Xiao, who was pretending to sleep with his eyes closed, was not actually resting; his mind was very active at that moment.

"These idiots... well, except for Junior Sister, do they really think that King Caesar is so easy to deal with?"

He chuckled inwardly.

Behind the evolution game is a super civilization, and civilization represents order—so dungeon quests generally won't make things difficult for players based on their personality.

For example, he wouldn't give a kind-hearted player a mission to kill good people—yes, he's talking about himself.

He reached this conclusion a long time ago.

Anyway, from the preparatory player to the C-level player, he has never encountered a dungeon mission that would make things difficult for him.

Even in "Werewolf" type dungeons, the "werewolf" role is usually played by players from the Chaos faction.

He had no intention of killing Caesar, the true king.

However, the "Destroy the True King Caesar" instance quest was assigned to all players regardless of faction.

Something's a little... off.

Either Caesar, the true king, is acting strangely.

Or... the so-called "elimination" might not refer to "killing," but rather to some other condition...

Fan Xiao couldn't think of an answer for a while, so he could only use a clumsy method—organizing the players to test the waters together.

That's right, he even fooled the hooded girl; he never told the truth from beginning to end.

After all, no one would willingly be used as a tool.

As for what to do if the test fails... he genuinely believed that, given the friendly nature that Caesar had been cultivated in, as long as he hadn't killed any ordinary people, the other side would most likely not kill him, at most severely injuring him and locking him up.

Besides that... his confidence comes from his little angel.

The A-level talent "Angel of Slaughter" has awakened to such an extent that it is almost perfect, and it might even evolve into an S-level talent... Fan Xiao felt that he now had some confidence to be arrogant, and he no longer needed to think twice or worry about too many things when doing things.

"And numbers..."

Fan Xiao slightly opened his eyes and glanced at the number "7" on the back of his right hand. He felt as if a sword was hanging over his head, ready to fall at any moment.

This is also why he agreed to the suggestion from the player with the samurai head.

He also wanted to figure out how the crisis corresponding to the numbers on the back of his hand would arrive.

Does the number gradually decrease as the number of days passed, or... is it reduced in some other way?

He didn't want to be tricked at a crucial moment.

Moreover... figuring out the meaning behind the numbers might unlock the mystery of the dungeon.

Slightly calming himself, Fan Xiao sat still, keeping his nerves on edge, patiently waiting for the crisis of the night to arrive.

The other players also remained on high alert.

However, to everyone's surprise, the night... passed just like that.

Yes, it just passed by without any major incident.

Forget about danger; apart from the chirping of insects, there wasn't a sound outside at all.

As sunlight streamed through the windows into the room, the players, who had been highly focused and tense all night, finally relaxed a little, their expressions somewhat dazed.

It's as if the "extremely dangerous at night" warning in the instance is a joke.

"Wait! The game hints can't be completely unfounded."

Suddenly, Fan Xiao's eyes flickered as he recalled a detail—after being swallowed into the dark space representing hell, he glanced at the time on the player panel, which happened to be nighttime.

The dark space is indeed dangerous, given the number of monsters... but it doesn't seem to be extremely dangerous?

"Could it be... that the night refers to the night in hell, and not the night in the real world?"

"But what's the point of this hint? Whether Hell is dangerous or not is obvious at a glance..."

"No, that's not right... The prompt says that nighttime is extremely dangerous, while daytime is safe? Or that it's not dangerous at all? For example... most monsters hibernate during the day and only become active at night?"

"What does this message really mean?"

In an instant, a multitude of guesses flashed through Fan Xiao's mind.

But it seems like they're all missing something, unable to clearly explain all the logic.

Players still have too little information about Hell, and no way to obtain it... The doubts are growing.

Fan Xiao glanced at the back of his right hand; the number on it was still "7," unchanged overnight.

Chapter 419 As expected of me, terrifyingly freakish.

"What happened? Nothing happened?"

The handsome young man looked at the sunlight streaming in through the window and said with a mixture of surprise and doubt, "Could it be that we were lucky... and that's why we didn't encounter any danger?"

"They've all gathered together; it's impossible for everyone to be lucky, right? It's probably because it's only the first night. After all, the requirement is to survive for seven days, and this is just the beginning, so it's not too difficult?"

"Hard to say."

"By the way, when I went into Hell before, I noticed the time, and it showed that it was nighttime. Hell is indeed very dangerous... So the 'extremely dangerous at night' warning refers to Hell, not the outside world?"

"Now that you mention it... I've been paying attention to the time, and it is indeed nighttime in hell."

The players began to share their opinions and discuss why they hadn't encountered any danger that night.

It's not that they're cheap or that they need to encounter some danger to feel better... it's just that the unknown situation makes everyone's nerves taut.

The handsome young man listened to the discussion and pondered for a moment.

Suddenly, a thought struck him: "Do you think... the timelines of hell and the outside world might be reversed?"

"It is not a coincidence that the outside world is daytime and hell is nighttime; it is simply the way it is."

"The nights in hell are dangerous... but what about the days? Those monster armies are active at night and then hibernate during the day?"

"If that's the case, then if we enter Hell at night, will we avoid encountering those monsters?"

"Hmm...you make a good point, maybe we can give it a try?"

"We can't try it, can we? We're supposed to use the monster army to fight against the true King Caesar, how can we try it?"

"Try it again if the campaign fails."

"You freaking... the plan hasn't even started yet, and you're already talking about failure? What the hell?!"

Everyone chimed in with their own opinions, and all sorts of guesses flew around.

Seeing that they couldn't reach a conclusion, they subconsciously turned their attention to Fan Xiao.

Fan Xiao was the initiator of the punitive expedition plan, so he might have different opinions.

"Let's keep things as usual."

Facing everyone's gaze, Fan Xiao shook his head and said, "Hell and the outside world are not simply black and white reversed; you've overlooked the flow of time."

"Two minutes in hell would be half an hour outside, with a time flow of approximately 1:15, which is why night and day are separated. This is a normal phenomenon."

"You want to wait until daytime in Hell before you act... Ha, when I entered Hell yesterday, the time inside showed 9:30 PM. Assuming it gets light at 6 AM, we'll probably have to wait... almost five more days."

"..."

The handsome young man scratched his head, looking slightly embarrassed.

He really overlooked the flow of time.

“You’re right, let’s keep things the same.” He nodded and said, “We definitely can’t wait five days, and we need to use the monster army to fight against Caesar the True King. There’s no point in going in during the day.”

"The campaign won't begin until after 3:20 PM," the samurai-headed youth asked Fan Xiao. "What are your plans now?"

“Yes,” Fan Xiao grinned, “it just depends on whether you dare to go.”

"What?" The handsome young man became interested. "What dangerous plan do you have?"

Upon hearing this, Nei Long and the others, including the hooded girl, all turned their gazes toward Fan Xiao.

"Well, it's... a little dangerous."

Fan Xiao nodded and said, "I originally planned to use the danger of the night to speculate on what kind of crisis corresponds to the number on the back of my hand, or to gather more information."

"The dangers in the dungeon often have a corresponding logic; they are crises, but also opportunities to unravel the mystery."

"Nothing happened that night... The plan has completely failed. To get information, we'll have to ask the key figures in this instance world. For example..."

He paused for a moment, then said, "For example, the high-ranking members of the Demon Race."

"Are you crazy?!" The handsome young man exclaimed in surprise. "The higher-ups of the Demon Race would never obediently answer our questions, and attacking them... wouldn't that cause trouble?"

"It might not necessarily go wrong; I think it's feasible."

After hearing Fan Xiao's words, the samurai head pondered for a moment before saying, "We're attacking the demon race, and King Caesar probably won't interfere, since his only protectors are humans."

"Moreover, judging from his attitude towards players, he not only doesn't care, but he also kills players who have killed humans. Well, the players are labeled as demons, which is equivalent to killing demons."

“I know, I’m not referring to the true King Caesar.”

The handsome young man reminded his teammate, "Have you forgotten about the Demon King Carmen? The Demon King is on par with the True King, so their strength must be roughly the same. If we go to the Demon Realm to cause trouble, are you sure the Demon King won't take the opportunity to kill us?"

Upon hearing this, Fan Xiao and the hooded girl exchanged a glance instinctively.

Whether Carmen, the Demon King, will interfere in the affairs of her own kind is hard to say.

When the survival of their race is at stake, the Demon King may intervene.

However, once their strength is exposed, these players... or rather, mercenaries, will also be identified as members of the Demon Race. At that time, if some minor friction occurs between the "Demon Race" and the Demon Race, given the conflict between Carmen Demon King and his own race, they might ignore it.

As long as they don't go too far, it's fine.

The only thing to be careful about is that players who cannot use items may not necessarily be able to defeat the higher-ups of the Demon race.

If forcing them backfires... that would be a bit awkward.

Of course, neither Fan Xiao nor the hooded girl were too worried about this.

They were all very confident in their abilities.

“I think we can give it a try,” the hooded girl suddenly said. “The Demon King might not care.”

"What...what is the basis of your judgment?"