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

The two relaxed their tense nerves a little.

"We've finally survived a day safely, but considering the time in Hell, plus the time we spent there, and the time from the last reincarnation... at most, it's only been a few hours. We still have more than six days left..."

Fan Xiao said with a sigh, "This is the most difficult dungeon I've ever experienced."

"Same."

My junior sister is very sparing with her words.

Fan Xiao glanced at her and reminded her, "You should choose a secret to tell me. If something unexpected really happens this time, I will go to hell at the last moment and leave a message."

"..."

The hooded girl fell silent.

I'm feeling conflicted.

Which secret should she tell the other person so that, after the other person reveals it, she can give them a certain degree of trust, even though they don't know each other at all?

“If you don’t know which one to choose,” Van Shaw suggested, “then tell me your sexual fetishes, such as… how you feel excited, both physically and mentally, when you are treated.”

"..."

The hooded girl glanced at him, then vanished from the spot.

In the blink of an eye, Fan Xiao found himself pinned to the ground by a girl, the sharp tip of a short sword pointed directly at his eyes, seemingly ready to plunge in at any moment.

"Try saying it again."

The hooded girl straddled him, her tone indifferent yet unusually cold.

Chapter 433 Conversation with Carmen the Demon King

Seeing that the hooded girl was on the verge of exploding, Fan Xiao remained lying flat and shrugged slightly, saying, "Don't get excited. It was just a joke. You're so boring... cough, I mean, aren't you a bit too serious? You look like a well-behaved girl."

The hooded girl stared at Fan Xiao with cold eyes for a while.

Then, she sheathed her sword, stood up, and left, warning, "If there's a next time, I'll take out one of your eyes."

“You have quite the temper,” Fan Xiao stood up and grinned. “But… I advise you not to do that.”

"Now that you're scared, watch your mouth."

"That's what the hooded girl said coldly."

"Do I look scared to you?" Fan Xiao laughed. "I'm just thinking about your safety."

Upon hearing this, the hooded girl ignored her.

She'd seen plenty of stubborn people... but this was the first time she'd ever met someone who was not only stubborn and shameless, but also fearless.

There's nothing she can say to this kind of scoundrel.

Fan Xiao persisted, saying, "Don't take my words lightly. I don't care if you make a few more simple threats like that. But if you actually poke my eye... well, you might be in mortal danger, I'm not kidding."

The hooded girl didn't even glance at him.

Fan Xiao's lips curled up slightly as he continued, "Your ability is similar to a time-stopping effect, right? That's indeed a very powerful ability, giving you a strong first-strike advantage. I estimate that this ability could be rated A in the game."

"However... when players fight, there is a compatibility issue between abilities, and A-level abilities are not as rare as you think."

"..."

The hooded girl turned her head and looked Fan Xiao in the eye for the first time.

This guy... doesn't seem to be bragging?

Everyone already guessed that she might have A-level abilities, yet she's still so confident... Could it be that he does too?

"What is your talent?" the hooded girl asked.

"If I really told you, would you believe me?" Fan Xiao asked rhetorically.

"Didn't you say that you've always been used to telling the truth since you were a child?"

The hooded girl said in a cold tone.

“That’s right, I’m telling the truth.” Fan Xiao nodded and said, “But whether you believe it or not is up to you.”

"So what is your talent?" the hooded girl asked disdainfully.

"Psychokinesis".

"Psychokinesis cannot stop time."

"So you really are time-stopping?"

"..."

"Right."

Fan Xiao said thoughtfully, "You immediately rejected the conclusion that 'the outside world is fake,' which is clearly abnormal."

"If your ability can create an effect similar to time stop... in a world where time stops, all real-time mental interference will indeed be ineffective against you, and the real world will be revealed before your eyes."

"..."

The hooded girl was silent for a few seconds before changing the subject, saying, "Since you're worried that your ability might retaliate and hurt me, you can choose not to say such nonsense and not to provoke me."

"Sigh, there's nothing I can do, that's just how I am." Fan Xiao sighed. "Words don't come from the heart. What I usually think, I sometimes let slip unintentionally. Heh... that's just my nature, please bear with me."

I don't want you to dislike me, but what if you happen to like me because of some kind of suspension bridge effect? ​​Besides, I just hope that you can hate me but also tolerate my harassment. Is that so hard...? Fan Xiao got down to business and said, "Alright, let's get back to the main topic. You have to choose a secret to tell me."

"Quiet!" the hooded girl frowned. "I'm thinking about it."

After thinking for a moment, she said, "If this reincarnation really fails, when you meet me again in the next reincarnation, just say..."

She paused, then lowered her voice and said, "Cassandra, stop shirking your responsibilities."

“Cassandra… is that your name?” Van Shaw asked.

The hooded girl fell silent and did not answer.

Fan Xiao asked curiously, "What responsibility are you trying to shirk?"

The hooded girl pulled her hood down a little.

Fan Xiao then asked, "You..."

Shut up! Aren't you annoying?!

The hooded girl couldn't take it anymore and shouted angrily.

Fan Xiao put his right index finger to his lips, making a "shh" gesture, and reminded them, "Don't speak so loudly, or you'll disturb the twin sisters."

"...Mind your own business."

The hooded girl lowered her voice and gave a warning before falling silent.

Fan Xiao also abandoned the idea of ​​continuing to bother the other party and began to ponder.

"It sounds like... my junior sister is in some kind of trouble in the real world?"

"Uh...isn't this a bit too coincidental? Tina...could she be sending me here to take advantage of my vulnerability and play the hero? No...no, she only received a destiny revelation through an S-rank item, so she probably didn't set this many traps for me."

"This can't go on. I need to think of a way to help my junior sister resolve her troubles while still making her continue to dislike me..."

After some thought, Fan Xiao realized that this task was quite difficult to accomplish.

My junior sister is too young... and being young often comes with a certain tendency to be romantic, making it easy for her to develop feelings for people who have helped her.

"Hmm... We need to understand the whole picture before we can start planning. There's no rush."

With that thought in mind, Fan Xiao cleared his head, stopped thinking about the matter, and focused his attention on clearing the dungeon.

He turned his gaze to the wooden houses along the river in the distance and began to observe them quietly.

At this distance, given the evolution rate of a C-level player, it's possible to hear the two sisters' conversation.

At this moment, they are talking about a rather girlish topic—about the true King Caesar.

Lina: "Melissa, do you think... we should tell Caesar our true identities?"

Melissa: "Sister, Father told us not to tell anyone. He wants us to live normal lives and not get caught up in the vortex between the Celestials and the Demons. Sister, don't you always tell me that? Why are you suddenly asking this question?"

Lina: "Caesar is different, he's Dad's good friend. And... and with the identity of the Demon King's daughter, it's... and it's more of a good match."

Melissa: "...Sister, Brother Caesar and Dad are friends. Do you think he would accept the love of his friend's daughter?"

Lina: "Uh, you're being too bold with your talk of courtship, Melissa!"

Melissa: "...So, love really does turn people into idiots. Can't you get the point of what I'm saying, sister?"

On the other side, both Fan Xiao and the hooded girl were somewhat surprised after hearing this conversation.

Did the true King Caesar not know the true identity of these twins?

"It seems that in their eyes, we mercenaries aren't even considered human beings," Fan Xiao said with a sigh. "They told us directly about our identities, which we can't tell anyone else."

"This further confirms the outside world's conclusion that history is repeating itself."

The hooded girl analyzed, "Because they are people from the past, players probably don't exist in their eyes. However, based on the basic logic of how the world works, they will make some normal responses to the players' contact."

“Our previous assumptions were wrong. Caesar didn’t know they were the Demon King’s daughters.” Fan Xiao rested his chin on his hand, deep in thought. “I just wonder if True King Caesar knew that two years ago the Demon King went to avenge his wife?”

Upon hearing this question, the hooded girl fell into deep thought.

Soon, Fan Xiao gave himself the answer: "The true King Caesar... is very likely to have been kept in the dark all along."

"Given Carmen's kind nature, he may have concealed his true reason for wanting to take action in order to avoid causing his only close friend to fall into deep guilt."

"Hmm... He probably gave a reason like 'someone he knew was killed, so he wants revenge'."

"So...King Caesar chose to stop it because he was unaware of the situation?"

"That's what the hooded girl guessed."

Fan Xiao shook his head: "Don't be too optimistic. If our guess is correct, and this really is history..."

"Then, the Demon King's daughter will die, ultimately leading to the war between the two kings. Since the two kings have begun their death battle, there's no reason for the Demon King Carmen to continue hiding the truth. In order to get Caesar to step aside, he will most likely reveal the truth."

"But our dungeon mission is only to eliminate the true king Caesar... In other words, the result of the battle between the two kings was that Carmen died, Caesar survived, and then Caesar somehow turned this world into hell."

He concluded, "King Caesar will stop King Carmen no matter what, even if he knows that Lina and Melissa are the Demon King's daughters."

"Your statement is too arbitrary," the hooded girl frowned.

"maybe."

Fan Xiao did not refute, but sighed softly, "There is not a single clue in Hell that can confirm my guess. My deduction... now seems a bit like a castle in the air. Therefore, I need to witness history with my own eyes to see if I am right or wrong."

"There is one more doubt."

The hooded girl reminded him, "If in Caesar's true mind that Lina and Melissa are not the Demon King's daughters, then... in what capacity do they remain by the Demon King's side without arousing Caesar's suspicion?"

"Didn't you say before that the Demon King often adopts war orphans and sends them to church cities?"

Fan Xiao speculated, "I guess in the eyes of the true King Caesar, these twins are also war orphans. The Demon King is only taking them in temporarily and will send them away sooner or later."

"Um……"

The hooded girl thought about it for a while and found that the logic made sense, so she stopped worrying about it.

This is just a minor error in speculation, and it doesn't affect the overall situation. Whether it's corrected or not doesn't matter.

The two quickly fell silent, stopped talking, and focused on their surveillance and wiretapping work.

And so they worked... all night long.

……

Outside time, 8:00 AM on the third day.

Fan Xiao and the hooded girl were very patient, continuing to observe the riverside wooden house from a distance.

The twin sisters are already up and busy preparing breakfast.

The cabin was piled with food, and it was easy to get water from the nearby river. They could even go fishing when they had nothing to do to improve the taste of their meals. For modern people, this kind of mountain life without the internet might be so boring that it would be despairing, but for the twin sisters living in this era, it was quite enjoyable.

After all, in this era, many people can't even get enough to eat, and their mindset makes them easily satisfied with the status quo.

Wait until 8:30 in the morning.

Suddenly, a deep voice sounded behind Fan Xiao and the hooded girl: "Mercenaries, what are you doing hiding here?"

"..."