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

She seemed to dislike it when people joked about such sad things.

"Seeking meaning in the past is meaningless. Happy endings are false; they are used to vent and satisfy the emotions of us 'modern people'."

Fan Xiao said calmly, "We did everything we could, and this outcome... is acceptable, so..."

He glanced at his junior sister and said, "Why don't you smile?"

"abnormal!"

The hooded girl gave a look of disgust.

"...No, what I said just now was perfectly normal, okay?" Fan Xiao said speechlessly, "You can interpret this as flirting? What kind of dog is in your head... cough, I mean, you misunderstood just now, I was actually comforting you."

Faced with the hooded girl's undisguised murderous intent, he had no choice but to change his words on the spot.

After all... he had just used up his talent, and it hadn't cooled down yet.

If his junior sister attacks him at this moment... he'll really be in trouble.

There's no way around it; the advantage of a time-stopping ability is simply too great.

Fan Xiao decided to behave himself as much as possible until the cooldown of the Killing Angel was over.

Thinking of this, he changed the subject, saying, "I used to think that by killing all the high-ranking members of both races and stopping the war between the two kings, we could achieve a happy ending... Well, a false happy ending, so that the true King Caesar could resolve his inner conflict when he wakes up."

"But we haven't received any notification that the mission was completed, so this guess was clearly wrong. To untangle the knot in Caesar's heart, we still need to take further action."

"What method do you suggest we use?"

"..."

Because she rarely encountered such a pervert asking her questions, the hooded girl didn't react for a moment.

However, she quickly suppressed her surprise and began to think seriously.

About ten seconds later, she said, "Tell him what Carmen, Lina, and Melissa said at the end? Tell him they finally found peace?"

“Those words were said to us,” Fan Xiao shook his head, “and the cause of the cycle of reincarnation is Caesar himself. He would probably feel even more guilty after hearing them.”

"Don't you know a lot of things?" the hooded girl said expressionlessly. "Go and talk to him."

"To offer guidance... that depends on what state Caesar is in."

Fan Xiao revealed a thoughtful expression.

He's actually quite good at providing psychotherapy, but there's no magic bullet in psychotherapy; you have to choose your approach based on the patient's specific situation. Right now... it's hard to say.

He glanced at his junior sister and, seeing that her attention had been diverted and her killing intent had subsided, he made a few perfunctory remarks and ended the topic prematurely.

Finally, after flying for about five minutes, the two managed to get back to the entrance/exit area.

Fan Xiao looked down and surveyed his surroundings. Sure enough, the entrance and exit had disappeared. However, he unexpectedly saw the twelve players, including Nei Long, fighting.

It's surprising that these people are still alive... After observing them carefully, Fan Xiao said, "They don't seem to have been affected by the mutation; they're just... simply fighting monsters?"

"That's how it looks."

The hooded girl also looked surprised.

While pondering and analyzing, Fan Xiao said, "In terms of the result, although these people acted very poorly before, they successfully helped you hold off Caesar for two minutes."

"Even if this wasn't their original intention... they did play a significant role in the plan to massacre the high command."

"Perhaps, the dungeon will reward players with different levels of contribution."

He paused for a moment, then concluded, "And their reward is... no longer being corrupted by the aberration, but only enduring the physical attacks of these alien monsters."

"Could it be..."

The hooded girl thought for a moment and suggested another possibility: "Is it because the true King Caesar's main personality consciousness has awakened?"

“Given Caesar’s true character, he wouldn’t make such obvious discrimination.” Fan Xiao shook his head: “Look at us, we’re neither affected by the aberration nor attacked by monsters, but they only occupy one of those categories… I think this is more like the rules and mechanics of a dungeon.”

The hooded girl did not refute further.

The answer to this question meant nothing to her.

Fan Xiao said, "If we follow this pattern... if we had chosen the 'Build a Tomb of Guilt' option, we might be like them now, only able to obtain the buff of immunity to aberration erosion."

"Hmm...this also fits the conditional statement that 'the Tomb of Guilt can provide a certain degree of protection'."

"Although we are immune to mutations, we still have to fight the monsters."

"..."

The hooded girl glanced at the endless hell, then at the time on the player panel—3:01 AM.

Although they have already entered this instance and gone through three cycles, in reality... according to the actual time in Hell, they haven't even finished one night.

The situation is basically clear: the time spent in hell will be counted as normal "survival time".

In other words... all the time, they've only been in this instance for less than 6 hours?

It will take more than 6 days to complete the first dungeon quest.

Fighting an almost endless number of monsters for six days... it would definitely be mentally exhausting. You wouldn't even need to use it for one night. Your talents and spiritual energy would probably be depleted and become unusable. It would take at least half a day to recover.

You must use props to assist yourself in order to withstand this endless siege.

The hooded girl subconsciously glanced at the five items she was equipped with... It seemed like she could make it through?

"Do you think you can pull through?"

Fan Xiao glanced at the hooded girl.

"..." Hooded girl: "None of your business! I don't want to talk to a pervert like you right now!"

She was furious that a pervert had guessed what she was thinking!

“Hey… if you actually adopt the ‘building a tomb of guilt’ plan, you’ll have to pray… well, pray that no powerful monsters appear.”

Looking at the land covered with grotesque monsters, Fan Xiao said with a touch of emotion, "The ability of the true king Caesar to split flesh and blood to create monsters is actually very powerful. Look at these bizarre monsters... I reckon he can probably manipulate genes at will."

"However, he doesn't seem to know how to use it. The forms of these monsters are very chaotic. They must have been created without being given any genetic direction, which is why their strongest attack is only aberration and erosion."

"Sigh... what a waste of this ability to mass produce troops at the ultimate level."

He came up with a concept—a swarm of insects.

If Caesar the True King possessed sufficient knowledge and experience, he could probably build an army of alien monsters capable of continuous evolution.

Even without the aberration, the threat level of Hell will increase significantly.

Just look at the power of the second form awakened after the demi-human and cannibalistic players evolve into B-level players... and you'll know that the gene-based gameplay can actually be quite terrifying in the end.

If the true King Caesar were to imitate the genes of the Demon King Carmen and create life... even if he couldn't create life forms that could control the elements of nature, just gaining that physical power would be terrifying enough.

"These monsters must be the work of the alternate personality of the true King Caesar."

The hooded girl said, "The alternate personality is a collection of his negative consciousness, which is inherently chaotic. Do you expect such a personality to create a highly efficient army?"

"Didn't you say you wouldn't talk to me?" Fan Xiao pouted. "Why are you talking to me again?"

"..." Hooded girl: "I just think you've got something wrong with your head! You're actually thinking of deliberately increasing the difficulty. If Caesar the True King really created an invincible army, what good would that do you?"

“It’s just a side note,” Fan Xiao shrugged. “Why are you taking it so seriously? Tsk, how boring.”

"..."

The hooded girl held back.

The dungeon is almost over, let's wait a little longer...

What she didn't know was that Fan Xiao actually had the same thought in his mind.

"Wait a little longer. Once the dungeon is over, tie her up and take her to see Yu Xue Zhao. That will complete my mission."

Thinking of this, Fan Xiao shifted his gaze from the hooded girl and began to look around, searching for anything unusual in Hell—mainly looking for the figure of the true King Caesar.

The hooded girl also began searching around.

The sooner she finds Caesar the true king and resolves his inner conflict, the sooner she can leave—she's in a hurry to get things done, so she won't let her saintly heart get the better of her and worry about the dangers faced by other players.

Normally, she probably wouldn't mind lending a hand.

But now, the monsters are almost endless, and she doesn't have the time or energy to deal with them... Attacking monsters also carries the risk of losing protection and being counterattacked.

Moreover, she and the pervert have indirectly helped these players by giving them all a layer of "immunity to mutation" protection in the dungeon, providing them with a basis for clearing the dungeon.

This is already more than enough when dealing with strangers.

Players are not a vulnerable group.

Both remained silent and began a thorough exploration of the surrounding area.

Fan Xiao even took out all the fresh blood that he had previously stored in "Nana's Suitcase," condensed it into tools, and began to dig deep into the ground to explore underground.

In the outside history, the true King Caesar eventually fell beneath the lighthouse.

Then, the distortion and contamination spread outwards in all directions, originating from the lighthouse.

Even the "gate" connecting hell to the outside world was opened in this location.

From this perspective, if the true personality of the real King Caesar were to awaken, he should also appear here... It's just a question of what form he would take.

With this hypothesis in mind, Fan Xiao spent several hours searching the entire surrounding area.

It even went dozens of meters underground...

As a result, nothing was accomplished.

He couldn't find anything unusual.

Could I have guessed wrong?

Fan Xiao frowned slightly, pondering new possibilities.

Just then, the hooded girl, her face slightly weary, appeared beside him in a flash and went straight to the point, asking, "Have you found anything here?"

“No,” Fan Xiao shook his head. “I’ve dug three feet into the ground… no, thirty or forty meters, and I haven’t found a thing. What about you?”

"Same."

The hooded girl frowned.

How could I not find it?

Fan Xiao put the blood back into his suitcase, rested his chin on his hand, and looked thoughtful.

He thought of a new possibility.

At that moment, his eyes caught a faint light.

The two looked up at the same time, gazing into the distance, and saw a faint glimmer of dawn slowly appearing on the horizon.

Its daybreak.

Chapter 446 Clearing the Dungeon

As dawn broke, Fan Xiao temporarily stopped looking for work.

Nighttime is extremely dangerous—this is a game warning.

So what changes will occur after daybreak that reduce the level of danger?

He began to observe carefully.

"The monsters are all retreating."

The hooded girl glanced into the distance.

One by one, the alien monsters that were fighting Nelong and the others burrowed back underground and then fell silent, as if they had fallen asleep again.

Fan Xiao turned his head and looked towards the horizon, where the first ray of sunlight quickly descended upon the earth.

At this moment, something wonderful happened.

In the distance, the scorched, weed-covered earth seemed to be melting, or rather, dissolving, like ice and snow under the sun.

Its dissolution rate is very fast, as if the earth is collapsing and the ground is rapidly disappearing.

A short while later, Fan Xiao heard the sound of waves crashing against the rocks on the shore.

After the scorched earth melted, the sea below was revealed.

The seawater wasn't blood-red, but its original azure blue.