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

Huiying looked over one by one.

Two sisters lying in a pool of blood;

The missing Kyle and Ellie, and Cassandra's other nominal family members;

One by one, friends and companions have passed away;

Dickens, lying on the ground, only his mangled body remaining;

A large number of fearless warriors charged forward, shielding Cassandra from the torrent of attacks, and the Holy Sword Alliance members were torn to pieces.

Van Helsing, whom I had made an appointment with...

As if the past had come to life, the memories of guilt had materialized into a tangible phenomenon.

The next instant, Huiying's pitch-black body melted away.

It was infused with a great deal of guilt-ridden memories from the surrounding area.

In every memory, there is an image of Cassandra sitting on the ground, her hands covering her head, her face buried between her legs, adopting a defensive posture.

Cassandra's consciousness seemed to be scattered, trapped in different prisons of guilt.

Thump—her body fell to the ground.

Then, all the memories from the surrounding area flooded into her motionless body and merged with her.

The human psyche is divided into three parts: the id, the ego, and the superego.

The "id" represents the subconscious, desires, and instincts.

"Self" represents one's usual way of thinking and is responsible for handling things in the real world.

The "superego" is conscience and inner moral judgment.

At this moment, Cassandra's "self" is trapped in memories of guilt and unwilling to wake up.

The immense guilt overwhelmed her will to survive and her instincts, shutting down her "true self."

Only her "superego" was still functioning.

The echoes woven into the memories of guilt then follow Cassandra's memories to the depths of her mind—the mental space where the "superego" resides.

All around was pure white.

In the very center of the white space, Cassandra, representing the "superego," the part of conscience and morality, stands there with her head bowed, her eyes vacant, like a helpless little girl.

Huiying slowly walked up to the little girl.

Cassandra sensed someone's arrival, but did not look up.

Lacking her own overall planning and thinking, she can only offer simple, logical responses at this moment.

"Teacher," she called softly.

"I'm going to shut down your last vestige of consciousness."

Huiying said, "From now on, you and I are one. You will not die, nor will you lose your player identity. You are just trapped in the memories of guilt. The space in your consciousness is empty, and I will occupy it. Your spirit and body will be completely under my control."

"From now on, I will be both a dungeon boss and a player with A-level psionic energy."

“I will kill Shash Sen for you, I will save Division 019 for you, I will give everyone a proper burial for you, I will live a wonderful life for you…”

"I'm sorry, teacher, I've let you down." Cassandra kept her head down.

"..." Huiying said, "I am the one who should apologize. I have been scheming against you and using you, and I have been scheming against and using the Holy Sword Alliance. Now... it's all over."

"In short, I won't drag you down anymore, right? I won't kill the people around me anymore, right?"

"...You didn't implicate anyone! You never hurt anyone! It was I who plotted behind the scenes, it was I who cooperated with the enemy, it was I who sent Holy Sword Alliance members who wouldn't have died to the enemy's blade, it was I who deceived Dickens, it was I who gave strong mental suggestions, causing a large number of members to die to save you, and it was I who schemed against Van Helsing, leading to his battle with Sash Sen... All your guilt is not your fault, it all comes from my arrangements..."

After speaking excitedly to this point, Huiying paused.

She fell into a long silence.

After a long while, looking at the girl who was still bowing her head, she murmured in a low voice, "Rest in peace."

……

Fan Xiao appeared on an empty street.

The surrounding area is an old urban area, with buildings that look quite old.

This is a copy of Echoes, not some other random copy—Fan Xiao deduced in his mind.

That old silver coin, Huiying, actually had members of the Holy Sword Alliance lying in wait for him outside the A1 base in advance... Because his attention was all on Shash Sen, he didn't notice this and fell for it, being transferred into the dungeon.

The teleportation from the instance cannot be stopped by any item. Even if he escapes into the mirror world, he will be pulled over—even Shash Sen's A-grade item cannot seal it, let alone the B-grade item "Mirror".

Fan Xiao carefully looked around and, finding no one, immediately flew out of the little angel's belly, transforming from a burrowing worm back into human form... well, outwardly human, but in reality, he quietly separated his flesh and blood and burrowed underground.

At the same time, Fan Xiao gave the little angels an order: "Go back first, I need to conserve my mental energy to prepare for the dangers ahead."

With no enemies around, the little angels couldn't be of much use for the time being, and they were also a huge drain on mana... In order to conserve some mental energy to use the item "Mirror," he could only let them return to his mind first.

"Fan Xiao, you stingy bastard!"

"Fan Xiao, short and fast!"

"Fan Xiao, three centimeters..."

The little angels started cursing.

The time they have to come out and have fun in the real world is extremely precious to them.

Now he's about to be deprived of his kidneys by his owner... The little angels all surrounded Fan Xiao, kicked him once, and then disappeared from the spot.

Fan Xiao was speechless. Could this be considered a backlash of abilities?

She's obedient, but she's prone to losing her temper.

While mentally complaining, he took out mental recovery potions from his storage space and gulped down several bottles.

During his mental recovery, he left his original position and explored his surroundings.

A short while later, his player panel suddenly popped up, notifying him that the dungeon had opened.

"So fast? It seems that Huiying has murderous intent towards me... My unexpected encounter with Shash Sen was probably a staged act by her."

Fan Xiao quickly made a deduction in his mind.

Could it be that my identity has been exposed...? Hmm, that's quite possible.

However, after the dungeon opened, he was less worried.

If a dungeon boss is too powerful, the game will restrict it from attacking players directly. Players will only gain the right to attack after meeting certain conditions.

Take, for example, his "Fairy Tale Town".

Fan Xiao calmed down and looked at the dungeon description on the panel.

Chapter 478 Vancho's Great Discovery

The "Mone Tower" dungeon is now open.

[Background Information: In widely circulated mythology, to the right of the Underworld lies a swamp with flowing clear spring water, which is the divine realm of the goddess Mneta.]

The goddess who governs memories controls the Fountain of Memory.

The human psyche is divided into the id, ego, and superego. The id is the subconscious, instinctive desires, and the underlying layer of the psyche that carries memories; the ego is born from the id, representing thought and subjective consciousness, and resides in the middle layer of the psyche; the superego is the sublimation of personality, the manifestation of conscience and morality, constraining the id and ego, and is located at the highest level of the psyche.

Those who drink from the Fountain of Memory will retain a part of their true self forever.

Joy is fleeting, sorrow is enduring; such is life.

Everyone has a deeply unforgettable past.

【hint:】

1. Behavior must be consistent with one's identity.

2. Behavior must not be consistent with one's identity.

3. Please face, accept, and transcend your past.

[Instance Quest:]

[1. Survives for three days]

2. Find your "true self"

Fan Xiao was a little surprised after reading the dungeon description.

He survived for three days... He had asked his junior sister, and Huiying was a B-level dungeon boss.

A B-level dungeon... with a three-day survival period, seems a bit too easy.

Of course, it's also possible that the danger here is extremely high, and even though it's only three days, it's actually very difficult to survive.

Alternatively, this place is similar to his Once Upon a Time Town, which is essentially a "relaxation" type of "amusement park" instance, and it's easy to complete.

Whether it's difficult or dangerous depends mainly on whether this dungeon boss causes trouble.

“Moneta, the goddess of memory, the Fountain of Memory can preserve a part of a person’s true self forever.”

"The id is the subconscious, the underlying layer that holds memories... Does that mean some memories are permanently retained? In what form?"

"The last part of the background introduction should be hinting at the preserved memories, which are related to pain... Myths seem to be just a figurative metaphor. The city I am in now is not like the right side of the underworld, nor are there any swamps or memory springs. These should all be hinting at the characteristics of the dungeon boss's abilities."

Fan Xiao immediately thought of the "photo of guilt".

Each member of the Holy Sword Alliance has a photo of guilt—a photo created by reflecting each member's guilty memories.

It's like permanently fixing the memory.

Guilt... this is indeed a memory associated with pain.

Could this be the origin of the ability to project images?

Fan Xiao immediately deduced a lot of information.

This should be a dungeon related to "past guilty memories," with even the game hints directly reminding players to "face, accept, and transcend their past."

I just don't know in what specific form things related to guilt will manifest themselves.

Fan Xiao felt a vague sense of unease... Did he even have such a thing as "memories of guilt"?

Subconsciously, he examined his past and felt somewhat uncertain.

If I were to give an example, it would be something like...

"Today, a large number of innocent civilians probably died at Base A1. They were all indirectly killed by the conceptual damage I created by summoning Qiqi... I feel so guilty."

"What? These are all casualties caused by Shash Sen's transfer of damage? They have nothing to do with me?"

"Oh, that's okay."

Although making jokes about innocent people who died unjustly is somewhat inappropriate and carries a sense of disrespect for life, Fan Xiao has to admit that, judging by his own personality, this is probably how his style and tone would develop.

He was unaware of Shash Sen's abilities, so he "aided and abetted the evildoer," causing a tragic incident of casualties.

To say that he doesn't mind at all would be a lie—really, no joke. As a person with a great personality and noble character, his heart could not be so cold-hearted.

However, he did not kill the people directly. The person who harbored malice and transferred the injuries, causing the deaths of a large number of people, was Shash Sen.

He wouldn't take the blame for Shash Sen's crimes upon himself, and therefore wouldn't feel any remorse.

As the person who made the kitchen knife, someone used his kitchen knife to kill someone, so he has to bear part of the sin of murder... What a joke, he's not that sentimental.

This small detail reveals a larger truth... His character is evident.

It seems quite difficult to make him feel guilty.

Fan Xiao was a little worried that he would just be a bystander in this instance.

Of course, this is not the key.

The key question is whether he will be targeted by the copy because of this "anomaly"?

After thinking about it for a few seconds, he stopped caring about it.

I almost forgot... that old bastard Huiying was actually targeting him!

He wants to complete the game, but the difficulty is estimated to be much higher than that of other players.

They might even encounter Huiying himself coming to assassinate them along the way.