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

He tried to find the answer to this question from the psionic "Book of Akasha"... but failed.

Just as he couldn't awaken a psionic power with the same attributes, effects, and essence as the dungeon's rules, he couldn't directly obtain much information related to the dungeon boss, Echo.

This is probably a way for this instance to protect the Echoes.

Or rather, this is the privilege of the Echo.

His current S-rank psionic power was derived from the rules of the instance—things that the rules prohibit at the underlying logic level are things he naturally cannot interfere with.

So he could only guess.

such as……

Just like how he took over the identity of the rampaging teenager after dealing with him.

It's very likely that Echo also integrated Cassandra's main consciousness into the current "alt Cassandra" in a similar way, and then used the dungeon rules to completely suppress and bind Cassandra to this memory world, making her a part of history.

In technical terms, it means that Cassandra's "ego" was integrated into her "id".

The main consciousness, capable of thinking, is trapped in its memories and cannot escape... somewhat similar to a person in a vegetative state.

At the same time, because her spirit has been usurped, Cassandra can no longer connect to a complete spirit and use her psychic powers and other abilities to overcome her current predicament.

If she wants to break through this barrier, she can only do so by letting go of the past, accepting it, transcending it, and embracing the future.

This really tests one's character.

Given Junior Sister's temperament... well, we can't expect too much from a 16-year-old girl.

After all, she has so many bad memories.

In short, this is his guess about the "sealing method" of the Echoes.

As it turned out... the "smaller version of Cassandra" who had merged with Cassandra's main consciousness did not recognize him.

That's really strange...

Could it be that Cassandra, like him, was assigned the identity of a passerby in the "id" realm?

"Probably not... The original self is clearly a product of the dungeon's rules. If it's integrated with the passerby's identity, wouldn't it wake up on the spot once the dungeon closes and the rules become invalid?"

"But integrating into oneself... is like being trapped in a dream of memories. I'm afraid that even after the rules become invalid, the state will still not change."

Fan Xiao immediately dismissed this possibility.

Junior Sister's memories have been altered... That's highly unlikely.

"Van Helsing" is also an important part of Cassandra's guilt, and Huiying shouldn't make any random changes. If she makes any mistakes, all her years of hard work will be wasted.

Moreover, memory modification isn't that omnipotent.

Otherwise, Echoes wouldn't have used a series of real-world actions—including forming the Holy Sword Alliance, sending its members to their deaths, etc.—to create a great deal of guilt in Cassandra.

Fan Xiao guessed that the emotions brought about by false memories were probably not that intense or real, and that they probably wouldn't be able to form a "realm of self" in this instance.

Moreover, the "realm of self" itself will compare itself with reality one by one according to the rules of the copy - without this characteristic, his "realm of self" would not reveal all the truths from 9 years ago.

After all, he had long forgotten that memory.

Based on this theory, if Cassandra's memories contain false elements, then once she arrives here, she will learn the truth, and the false parts will be exposed.

Therefore, everything must be true.

Both of these possibilities have been ruled out.

Only...

Fan Xiao recalled the large number of spatial fragments he had seen before.

Each fragment represents a memory of guilt.

So, could the junior sister's "self" have been divided into many parts and integrated into different worlds of guilt?

Because it's incomplete, I don't recognize him anymore?

At that moment, Cassandra spoke up, pulling Van Shaw back from his reverie: "Um... should I get to know you?"

The girl gave Fan Xiao a strange look.

He's quite handsome, but the things he says are really strange.

"Wait a minute!" she suddenly realized. "I have urgent business to attend to. Let's talk about this overly friendly gentleman another time!"

After saying that, she left quickly.

Fan Xiao suddenly grabbed her and asked, "Are you going to save those two sisters?"

"..." Cassandra looked surprised: "How did you know!?"

"Oh? You have this memory, but not the one after that..."

Fan Xiaoming suddenly realized: "So that's how it is..."

"What do you mean?" Cassandra's wariness intensified. "You seem to know something...? No! I don't remember anyone like you here... Who are you?"

Fan Xiao did not answer immediately.

His guess was correct—the junior sister's "self" was indeed divided into many parts and integrated into different worlds of guilt.

Moreover, judging from the current conversation, the junior sister in this world probably only has memories that extend back to the time when the two sisters died.

She was unaware of what happened afterward.

From her perspective, the specific experience was roughly as follows: her companion suddenly died, but fortunately, the world inexplicably went through a cycle, and she traveled back in time, gaining a chance to make amends. However, she couldn't use her psychic energy and other powers, so she could only rush to the scene of the incident.

This is not memory alteration, but simply a "split" of the main consciousness.

"Let go! I need to save people!"

When Cassandra saw that Van Shaw did not answer for a long time, she immediately struggled to get up.

"Ha..." Fan Xiao sneered, "Stop struggling, Cassandra. Look at yourself, stupid, ignorant, and trash. You're nothing but a piece of trash starting from a high point. Who do you think you can save?"

"……What did you say?"

Provoked by these words, Cassandra seemed to recall unpleasant memories and immediately became extremely angry and agitated.

Unfortunately, she had lost her power and was unable to resist or break free from her opponent.

Fan Xiao looked at him with disdain and said, "Just telling the truth. What, did I hit a nerve?"

"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, your stupid and incompetent behavior disgusts me."

"I really couldn't stand it anymore, so I had to come out and clean up the mess you're in."

"What...are you saying?" Cassandra snapped. "Let me go!"

"You'll soon find out what I'm talking about."

Fan Xiao grabbed Cassandra's arm tightly and teleported with her.

The next moment, the two arrived at a street corner.

Cassandra paused, looked ahead, and saw her two teammates surrounded by a group of people.

Rat-a-tat-tat—a dense barrage of bullets shot out, heading straight for the two sisters.

Cassandra immediately forgot about Van Shaw and was about to rush forward to rescue him, disregarding her own safety... Suddenly, all the bullets froze in mid-air, bound by the "space solidification" field, unable to advance an inch.

*Snap*—Fan Xiao snapped his fingers.

The next second, everyone who attacked the sisters exploded, blood spurting out, and they were dead beyond any doubt.

"See? This is the way to deal with the enemy."

Fan Xiao glanced at Cassandra with disdain and said, "With your cowardly and pathetic personality, you dare to start a revolution? You should take a good look at yourself and end your daydreams as soon as possible."

"thanks, thanks……"

Cassandra was so emotional that the tension in her heart relaxed, and as if all her strength had been released, she suddenly knelt down on the ground.

Looking up at Fan Xiao, her eyes welled up with tears: "Thank you... thank you for saving them, sob sob..."

She actually cried...

I'm fucking trying to provoke you!

Fan Xiao: "..."

At this moment, the two sisters who had been rescued cast a cold, hostile gaze at Fan Xiao, as if they were two completely different people.

Fan Xiao's actions triggered the premature onset of the "true self's" malice towards him.

Fan Xiao met the gazes of the two sisters and looked back.

Thump, thump—two sounds of falling down rang out.

The two sisters fell to the ground at the same time.

Cassandra, who was immersed in joy and gratitude, was startled: "You..."

"They just fell asleep."

Fan Xiao glanced at his junior sister, becoming even more certain of his previous guess.

The miniature Cassandra before me has indeed merged with a portion of the main consciousness of the real Cassandra.

Otherwise, she would most likely have cast a hostile glance at him, just like the two sisters, wanting to eliminate him as an outsider.

Only players will stop attacking other players.

Cassandra stood up, jogged over to the two sisters, squatted down, and reached out to check on their physical condition.

She had indeed just fainted... She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, turned her head, and gave Fan Xiao a somewhat puzzled look: "This... Mr. So-Come-To-Be, why... why are they suddenly showing such a hateful expression?"

"You'll find out soon enough."

Fan Xiao didn't answer, keeping him in suspense, and changed the subject, saying, "Little trash, let me ask you something. In the realm of normal people, what kind of person do you hate the most?"

"What kind of people do I dislike?"

Cassandra found it very strange, but answered the question truthfully anyway: "Domineering, barbaric, and rude people? And... I don't like lecherous people either."

"Is it……"

Fan Xiao used his psychic powers to confirm that these words were true.

His gaze then fell upon Cassandra's body, and he began to scrutinize her freely.

Cassandra felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze and instinctively crossed her arms over her chest, asking, "Why...why are you looking at me like that?"

"I helped you save someone, shouldn't you... pay me some reward?"

Fan Xiao gestured very clearly.

"..." Cassandra was at a loss: "You... what kind of reward do you want?"

"I think... Oh? It seems there's no chance in this world. I'll leave it for next time."

Fan Xiao looked around and found that a large number of players had surrounded him, all of them low-level players.

Through his psionic abilities, he also discovered that many of these players were members of the Holy Sword Alliance.

In this world, we can no longer take the same radical approach as before—that is, cleaving the planet in two.

Fortunately, Zone 019 is not large, with only ten bases, and the size of the bases is not comparable to the super city of Zone 001.

As for the monsters outside the base... a wide-area attack will suffice to wipe them out.

Solving the crisis here is quite simple.

The next second, a phantom image of a little girl with white hair and silver eyes appeared next to Fan Xiao.

It is the guardian angel derived from the rules of the instance.

The appearance of the guardian angel means that he has gained an invincible defense—at least until his mental energy is exhausted, he will not be able to break through the defense.

This defense is even stronger than the "Gate Between Two Realms".

The surrounding players began to attack Fan Xiao.

Fan Xiao ignored them and strolled leisurely around the base, despite the overwhelming defenses.

Wherever he goes, people there fall into a deep sleep.

Dream weavers.

The dormant plague.