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Fan Xiao immediately became extremely alert.

This instance looks a bit strange—the strangeness mainly lies in the first two game prompts.

The behavior must conform to one's identity, yet it cannot conform to one's identity... It sounds contradictory.

However, Van Xiao did not have too many doubts about this.

He had encountered a similar situation before in the D-level dungeon "Hope Middle School".

In that instance, after entering the inner world, players will be assigned the identity of a "student" and must do things in accordance with the identity of a "student," such as attending classes on time and eating in the cafeteria at mealtimes, otherwise they will be noticed and attacked by the monsters in that space.

However, the identity of "student" cannot be maintained for too long, otherwise one will be assimilated into that otherworld and truly become a "student" there, forever trapped there.

It's a dilemma: doing it is wrong, and not doing it is also wrong.

If you can't find a way to exploit the loophole, you'll definitely die in that instance.

The current "Mone Tower" instance... Fan Xiao estimates that the situation is likely to be similar.

He was a little cautious.

"My current identity... is still unknown. Let's explore the surrounding area first."

With that in mind, Fan Xiao searched his surroundings.

The nearby streets and buildings are somewhat old, but not the whole city is like that. The urban area in the distance looks much better, befitting the environment of a bustling metropolis.

The city was deserted. Fan Xiao spent nearly an hour flying north to explore the city's boundary area—that is, the boundary of the instance—but he still couldn't find any living people.

This place seems to be a ghost town.

The water and electricity systems are functioning very well.

But he did not find its source.

There are many such phenomena that defy the laws of physics in the dungeon, and he had encountered them many times before, so he didn't investigate them too much.

Fan Xiangxiang, seemingly defying all superstition, sprouted wings from his back and flew swiftly, searching the entire city along the other three directions.

Aside from buildings and streets, he found nothing.

Forget about the dungeon quest "finding one's true self," he can't even find a single person now.

"No one from the Holy Sword Alliance, no Cassandra, no Ticket Players... Did Echo only bring me in? Where is she hiding herself?"

Fan Xiao seemed to be deep in thought.

The other world, multiple layers of space... there are many possibilities, and he cannot determine which one it is for the time being.

However, it is certain that this instance has more than one level of space.

To this day, he still doesn't understand his "identity" or what he should do.

Perhaps, like with "Hope Middle School," this restriction only appears when players enter the inner world or other spaces.

Of course, it could also be related to the time of day.

For example, you may not have an identity during the day, but you will have one at night.

Waiting like this is advantageous to him.

Once the three-day survival period is over, the instance will close, and he will be able to leave.

“Huiying has shown me considerable malice, and my identity has most likely been exposed. Although I don’t know how she figured it out, I will treat her as an enemy for now. As my enemy, she certainly won’t let me have it easy.”

Fan Xiao began to speculate.

He had previously deduced that Echo simply didn't want him to get close to Cassandra, so he suggested that Cassandra go into a dungeon.

Then, because the junior sister was thinking about him... or rather, Van Helsing, she invited him to the A1 base before going into the dungeon, wanting to go sightseeing with him... Yes, the main purpose was to go sightseeing.

This is evident from the fact that his junior sister took him directly to Xier Park and shared her past.

This logic is very reasonable and has no flaws.

However, he was hunted down by Shash Sen at Base A1!

This unexpected turn of events made Fan Xiao realize that his speculation was flawed—he had been outmaneuvered due to a severe lack of intelligence.

Within the Holy Sword Alliance, the only person who could influence Cassandra's behavior is probably Echo.

Therefore, this could not have been done by an "insider".

It's most likely that Huiying is plotting against him.

His identity must have been exposed. But... how exactly was he exposed?

Fan Xiao found this puzzling.

Could something unexpected have happened?

The only reason why Huiying could see through his identity so quickly is probably... that Dr. Zhuang contacted Huiying.

Dr. Zhuang certainly knew the information about the members of the One-Winged Organization, so it wouldn't be difficult to determine that he was an imposter.

With Yan Keke not by his side and lacking any mental abilities, he was unable to equip the "Bird Angel Medal" as a secondary item.

If Dr. Zhuang knew his medal number and contacted him, he would not respond...

Uh... could it really be just a coincidence?

"Assuming this is the case, then Huiying has probably received Dr. Zhuang's orders to kill... or capture me alive?"

"Is she trying to delay me for three days so that Dr. Zhuang can come and deal with me personally? No... the uncertainty is too high. There are differences in the flow of time between different zones, not to mention different nodes. It is impossible to accurately predict when Dr. Zhuang will arrive. It may be a day later, or it may be a month later."

"So... is my current safe situation because Huiying is busy with something and doesn't have time to deal with me for the time being?"

"What could be more important than dealing with me? Is this guy really that arrogant? Isn't he afraid I'll take the opportunity to kill her?"

Fan Xiao made a bold guess, somewhat narcissistically.

What he didn't know was that this unfounded conjecture actually... turned out to be correct.

Huiying's entire focus was on Cassandra, and she really didn't have time to pay attention to him.

The dungeon boss is currently on strike, and the game is operating under the most basic rules, making it the easiest dungeon.

Fan Xiao pondered for a moment, and then, based on the intersection of his previous exploration routes, pinpointed the central location of the entire city.

Faced with an empty city, he couldn't find any clues related to clearing the level, so he could only act according to general reasoning logic—that there might be unexpected information in the center of the instance.

Soon, Fan Xiao walked through the old streets and arrived at the gate of a welfare home.

Orphanage...?

A sense of déjà vu came to his mind.

It wasn't the sense of déjà vu from the "Battle of Two Cities" instance, but rather... he was reminded of his past experiences.

It appears to be a welfare home, but in reality, it is a research institute.

He had encountered this situation once in a dungeon.

After calming himself down a bit, Fan Xiao leaped over the orphanage and began exploring its interior.

Three hours have passed since he entered the instance.

The previous search had taken him a lot of effort.

The cooldown period for Little Angel's abilities had passed, and since there were no restrictions on item usage in this dungeon, he became bolder.

To Fan Xiao's surprise, there really was something fishy going on inside the welfare home!

After digging through the floors of all the rooms on the first floor, he found a hidden passage beneath one of the rooms.

After passing through the hidden passage, he arrived at a huge underground research institute.

No wonder the buildings of this large welfare home are so sparsely spaced on the ground, with a great distance between them, and there are also a lot of facilities for visitors.

The welfare home even has different buildings and sports facilities to cater to various courses, such as academic classes, experimental classes, and physical education classes.

This was the largest welfare home Fan Xiao had ever seen.

It's about the same size as a large school.

So it turns out... it was all for the convenience of building a large underground research institute?

Fan Xiao carefully explored the research institute and saw many cutting-edge experimental instruments, some children's photos, information materials, and a "psychic energy development laboratory" similar to the "Seventh Research Institute" in the dungeon.

On some of the lab benches, he also found a lot of bloodstains that had turned black.

Click—I stepped on a group photo.

Fan Xiao reached out and picked it up, his pupils slightly constricting.

The photo shows a young woman with a dozen or so children.

The young woman's body curves looked exquisite... Fan Xiao felt a sense of familiarity, and after a brief recollection, it seemed somewhat like the body curves Huiying usually displayed.

Among the dozen or so children, there was a little girl who looked... somewhat like Cassandra!

Chapter 479 Back to the past?

"Echoes of the past, Cassandra...?"

Fan Xiao revealed a thoughtful expression.

Considering that this place was a large research institute, Jin was somewhat surprised and astonished, but an almost certain guess emerged in his mind—Huiying had been a person in this research institute, and Cassandra... was an experimental subject.

In this way, Shash Sen's previous "tiger-like" behavior can be explained.

Because Cassandra is very likely not his biological daughter at all.

“Cassandra told me she has a dozen or so siblings, and there are a dozen or so children of different ages in this photo… uh, what a coincidence?”

Fan Xiao did not believe it was a coincidence.

He continued speculating and concluded that the dozen or so children of Shash Sen were very likely the experimental subjects in the photo.

Previously at Base A1, one of Shash Sen's subordinates suddenly betrayed him and risked his life to save Cassandra... Vanshaw looked in the photos and found that the oldest child looked somewhat similar to the deceased "traitor".

His conclusion is very likely correct.

However, there is a point of doubt here.

In the D-level dungeon "Seventh Research Institute" that he had visited, the test subjects that Dr. Zhuang collected were generally 12 years old or older, and all of them were forced to become evolved beings during the experiment before awakening their psionic abilities.

One must first become an evolved being before awakening psychic powers—this is the absolute order.

If the situation reverses, or if someone awakens psionic abilities without becoming an evolved being... then it means that an S-class psionicist has been born.

Cassandra clearly only awakened her psychic powers many years after the experiment was completed.

Something's not right here.

This information contradicts somewhat the intelligence he obtained from the "Seventh Research Institute" copy.

To find the answer, Fan Xiao continued to explore the research institute.

This time, he focused his investigation on various research materials.

To Fan Xiao's surprise, the process went very smoothly.

Just like when we were exploring the terrain, we encountered no obstacles or surprises.

Looking at the large pile of information he had collected, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Sometimes when things are going too smoothly, you should consider whether you've fallen into a trap.

Of course, there are other possibilities besides traps.

Just as he had guessed, Huiying was indeed too busy to pay attention to him right now.

Alternatively, the information in these materials may not be very important and may not be helpful in clearing the dungeon, so they may be made public for players to see if they want.

Anyway, watching it won't give you any advantage.

"It's possible that both are true..."

Fan Xiao composed himself slightly and began to carefully read the research materials in his hand.

After skipping over a large amount of research data, he quickly pieced together the whole picture of the original research event from the materials.

At this point, his doubts were resolved.

In short, there are two methods for the "one-wing" artificial psionic experiment.