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

"It's alright, but I can't just reveal my purpose here," Fan Xiao said with a smile. "I hope we can both succeed."

"Then... I'll take Mr. Van Helsing's kind words."

The shadowy figure nodded, then asked, "My student just said she was coming to see you... You and she seem to have a good relationship?"

"We've only known each other for a short time," Fan Xiao shook his head. "Miss Huiying, are you worried I'll steal your student?"

“That’s not what I meant,” the shadowy figure explained. “My student rarely has much contact with people she’s just met, but she just said she wanted to come and find you… I was just curious and asked a question. Mr. Van Helsing, please don’t mind.”

To be honest, she didn't really want Cassandra to have too much contact with her fellow member of the organization.

However, if she were to bring it up herself, it would inevitably pique the curiosity of her compatriot.

If this man develops the idea of ​​secretly investigating, then things will get a little complicated.

To keep everything appearing normal, she couldn't even proactively remind Cassandra not to have any contact with the man... This unexpected visit was truly troublesome to handle.

The shadowy figure continued, "I still need to assist the Holy Sword Alliance's operations, so I'll stop here for now."

"Mr. Van Helsing can move around freely at the A9 base for now. After the Holy Sword Alliance's operation is over, I will have someone arrange accommodation for you."

"If you don't mind, I can use the dungeon rules to create a 'remorseful image' for you, so you can contact me anytime..."

She explained the concept of "guilt photos".

Upon hearing that his memories would be involved, Fan Xiao naturally refused outright.

Are you kidding me?! Would he really let this dark figure probe his guilty memories?

It's hard to say whether he has such a thing or not... cough, the main thing is that he's not sure if this dark figure will take the opportunity to probe all his memories.

One issue is that the disguise will be exposed.

on the other hand……

Is something as important as memory something that people can just touch casually?

It has to be said, those members of the Holy Sword Alliance are really carefree!

Next, Fan Xiao asked the shadowy figure some other questions, mostly common-sense questions about the 019 partition.

For example, information about the A1 base and the A-level player in the 019 division.

Then, he received the somewhat unexpected information that "that A-level player has retired."

The first A-level player to emerge from a region is usually a fierce individual who has fought their way out of the initial brutal jungle environment. Their abilities are absolutely outstanding—just like the founding emperor who conquered the country, whose abilities are naturally incomparable to those of his descendants who inherited the family business.

Players like this usually have high ambitions and are not satisfied with just reaching rank A.

As a result... he retired shortly after becoming an A-level player?

Ah this...

"It seems the A-rank dungeons are far more brutal than I anticipated..."

Fan Xiao learned a lesson from this intelligence report: Don't be arrogant, and be cautious in your conduct.

From this perspective, his "persecution complex" is not actually a mental illness, but rather a positive quality.

Slightly calming his wandering thoughts, Fan Xiao and the shadowy figure parted ways for the time being.

Considering that it might arouse the other party's vigilance, he did not directly ask the shadowy figure for information about his junior sister—the shadowy figure's initiative in asking him about his relationship with his junior sister made him instinctively sense something unusual.

So he took a conservative approach and didn't actively inquire.

Originally, he planned to play the role of a lustful fiend, have the shadow arrange women for him to satisfy his desires, and then take the opportunity to imply that his junior sister had a good figure... He wouldn't directly say that he had taken a liking to his junior sister, as the shadow would most likely see through the lie, and he couldn't deliberately lie.

Even without lying, one can gradually piece together a "lie" by telling various incomplete truths.

but……

Since the shadowy figure's attitude towards his junior sister was a little strange... or maybe he was just overthinking it, and she was really just asking that question out of a senior's perspective.

In short, out of caution, he changed his intelligence-gathering strategy.

Chapter 464 Girl with Cat Ears

Nine p.m.

After thoroughly searching Charles's manor and looting several nearby mansions, Vanshaw had Alpha transform into flesh and blood, carrying large bags of food he had gathered, and flew with him to the outside of the black walls of the A9 base.

"Time to distribute the food."

"Come all over."

"Line up."

Fan Xiao placed all the packaged food on the ground and called for the elderly people outside the base to gather and line up to receive the food. He didn't believe he was the one making the calls, as it was a slightly embarrassing thing to do, so he naturally had Alpha do it for him.

It has to be said that Alpha is an exceptionally useful tool.

Although he lacks intelligence, this can be compensated for by giving him specific instructions.

Some things that he couldn't do himself could be delegated to Alpha... It could be said that he was growing increasingly fond of this artificial life form girl.

Soon, elderly people from outside the North Gate area began to gather here.

Upon seeing this, the guards at the city gate stepped forward, intending to stop the riot... or perhaps to seize the grain, but were driven away by a single glare from Fan Xiao.

It wasn't that he lacked martial ethics and directly unleashed the player's aura and killing intent on ordinary people... He had no shame and directly activated the item "Blood Duke," using his gaze to charm these guards, temporarily confusing their minds and making them dazed and confused.

Using eye contact to charm and bewitch is one of the functions of the C-grade item "Energetic Contact Lenses". This item, combined with vampire items, has created the current "Blood Duke".

However, this function is too weak to be of any use to him, and it is only useful for ordinary people and E-level and D-level players. It is not as useful as "God's Land" at all... Therefore, he rarely uses charm in battle.

"Young ladies, you all seem to be unfamiliar faces? Are you new to A9 base?"

An old man approached Alpha and kindly reminded him, "Distributing food... such things should be done within one's capacity. Base A9 is different from other places; life isn't easy there..."

"This old man."

Alpha handed him a bag of food, then instinctively asked, "Why are you practically drooling, yet you're reminding me not to share too much? Isn't that what you call hypocrisy?"

"..."

The old man held the bag of food, paused for a moment, opened his mouth as if to speak, but ultimately held back and left the spot silently.

He was a little confused about the girl's approach.

Alpha tilted his head: "Grandpa, you're so rude! Why won't you answer my question?"

"..."

The old man quickened his pace and started jogging.

Seeing this, Alpha ignored him and handed a bag of food to the old man who was second in line, asking, "Grandpa, you're dressed so poorly. Why don't you wear something warmer? You're so old. If you catch a cold and don't make it through, you'll just die."

"..."

The second elderly man hesitated, then paused, then hesitated again, thinking for a few seconds... not knowing what to say.

He quietly chose to leave.

Seeing this, Alpha handed the food to the third elderly woman in line.

The old woman took the grain and left without stopping.

Alpha tilted his head and called out to her, "Grandma, why didn't you say thank you? Oh, I see, you're one of those vulnerable people who think it's only natural for others to help them, right?"

"..." Forced by the words, the old woman had no choice but to turn around and say, "Young lady, I just... don't quite understand your behavior. Anyway, thank you, and thank you to this person as well..."

“This is Lord Van Helsing,” Alpha immediately introduced. “Remember to use the honorific ‘Lord’.”

Fan Xiao: "..."

"Take your time sending them out, and remember to treat their injuries while you're at it."

After giving Alpha a few words of advice, Vanshaw silently left the spot.

Speaking of which... shouldn't he modify the underlying instruction code of this artificial intelligence?

If this continues, I feel like this little guy will keep offending people, and then most of the blame will fall on his head.

After all, Alpha clearly looks like a minor.

When minors make mistakes, especially when cute little girls who are often seen as victims of "beauty justice" make mistakes, the blame is usually placed on the parents' failure to properly guide them.

"..."

Fan Xiao was silent for a few seconds, then thought about it and decided against it.

If the underlying instruction code is modified arbitrarily, and a bug occurs in Alpha's consciousness operation, causing it to collapse directly... this artificial intelligence will probably be gone.

Even if a second one could be created, it would be a new individual, no longer her original self.

From this perspective... he still has to cherish this "daughter".

Hopefully, Alpha won't turn out badly.

Fan Xiao temporarily moved away from the grain distribution site.

The reason I did this was twofold: first, to strengthen my persona and make it easier to continue fooling my junior sister; second... since I was just idling around anyway, doing some good deeds wouldn't hurt.

Although the Holy Sword Alliance will certainly make proper arrangements for these elderly people after taking over the A9 base, this is not a reason for him to ignore them and do nothing.

Soon, Fan Xiao entered the outer city area of ​​the base and headed straight for the slave auction platform he had seen in the afternoon.

In ten minutes, he destroyed the slave den, killed those who deserved to die, freed the slaves, and distributed some of the money he had collected to them before sending them home.

After finishing these tasks, Fan Xiao went up to the top of the black city wall and looked down.

In the outer area below, Alpha was still distributing food to the elderly people who were constantly gathering.

Every time she delivered a bag of food, she would take the opportunity to ask the recipient a slightly sensitive... or rather, slightly insulting question.

Distributing grain was clearly a good thing, but she turned it into a bullying act—giving people some grain and then insulting them, as if she were exchanging benefits for other people's dignity, like a rich second-generation with no morals playing games with people and making fun of them.

The key point is that she herself had no malicious intent whatsoever.

She did this without realizing it.

This is a bit scary!

As Fan Xiao watched, he couldn't bear to watch any longer.

then……

He looked away and stopped looking.

He turned his attention to the survival tool he had obtained from Charles.

[Rank B Item - Puppet Master]

This is a very powerful substitute item.

The principle is somewhat similar to the Substitution Technique in the Three Body Techniques of Naruto, but the effect is much more powerful.

Using this tool, a puppet can be created each month. When the owner is in a state of "physical death", the puppet will switch places with the owner and bear the damage suffered by the owner, allowing the owner to return to normal.

Moreover, it is a passively triggered type, which makes it extremely precious.

There are only three restrictions.

First, only one puppet can be made per month; second, a new puppet cannot be made before the old one is worn out; third, one must ensure that one and the puppet are in the same space—it is currently uncertain whether spatial blocking props can isolate the puppet's effect, and this needs to be tested... Fan Xiao speculated that it is highly likely that it can be blocked.

The first two restrictions determine that this item can only allow its owner to die twice in a short period of time.

There are quite a few shortcomings, but... Fan Xiao is still quite satisfied.

Substitute items are quite rare, giving players a chance to turn the tide in a losing situation.

There was one thing he was suspicious of but couldn't be sure of—whether Charles was killed because the little angels' attack exceeded the item's trigger conditions, or because Charles was transferred to the instance and, because he was separated from the real world, the puppet's effect wasn't triggered?

Before leaving Charles's mansion, he found a puppet in a hidden basement in a side hall. That basement was very difficult to find; if he hadn't guessed in advance that Charles had hidden something in the side hall and searched with the attitude of "digging thirty meters deep," he probably wouldn't have found that secret room.

It has to be said that Charles was quite adept at surviving.

The puppet he found had been rendered useless after its owner changed, becoming just a lump of wood—but its existence proved that Charles had once had a chance to die in someone else's place.

In the end, this guy still died.

There are two possible causes of death—the little angel and the dungeon space isolating the item's effect—but Fan Xiao doesn't know which one it is.

Verifying this kind of thing would come at a high cost and be quite taxing on players...

Fan Xiaoyu sighed softly to himself.