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

"No, stay calm, act like an older sister. Besides, it's not even certain if it's him."

Gu Hange composed herself a little.

As her mind calmed down, her deep red hair turned back to its original ink color.

Chapter 496 Sister's Going to Give You a Scare

Most of the Holy Sword Alliance members at A9 base were teleported into the instance by Echoes during the previous "Shash Sen Siege Operation" and then sent to A1 base to their deaths.

Those who remain are all low-level players who were completely useless in the original operation. They have all gone into hiding and even gave up the control of the A9 base that they had just acquired.

With the shadows and the upper echelons all gone, they alone cannot retain power.

This indirectly increased the difficulty of searching for Gu Hange.

Fortunately, her "Sincerity Mirror" worked very well. When she arrived at the specific location of Base A9, the mirror quickly helped her narrow down the target's location to the meter level.

As long as we can find members of the Holy Sword Alliance, and learn some information about Van Helsing through contact and interaction with them, we can establish a causal connection.

In this way, the "Mirror of Sincerity" can work along this faint causal line and directly obtain more complete information about Van Helsing.

Originally, Gu Hange was interested in Van Helsing, but not particularly concerned about him.

She went to see Dr. Zhuang before, partly to gather information and see if Van Helsing had come out of the instance—Dr. Zhuang possessed a tool that could lock onto the real-world location of a person using their name as a medium.

Every so often, Dr. Zhuang would double-check.

Upon hearing that Van Helsing was still in the instance, she completely lost interest in partition 019 and prepared to leave for node G08.

As a result... what happened to Dr. Zhuang next caught her attention.

Riots, coffee spilled on you, getting caught up in man-made disasters... troubles come one after another, one after another, seemingly without end.

It all started with that private duel between gamers outside the café...

Gu Hange smelled a familiar scent.

Although she had been away from her hometown for a long time, the things related to her adorable younger brother were as vivid as if they had happened yesterday; they remained deeply etched in her memory.

Many years ago, Fan Xiao was like this, always getting involved in all sorts of troublesome events for some inexplicable reason.

At first, it's just minor bad luck, but the dangers become greater as time goes on... and eventually, you might even face a life-or-death crisis.

Of course, this slight sense of déjà vu wasn't enough to make him take it seriously.

Dr. Zhuang may simply have encountered some bad luck.

Alternatively, he may have been influenced by an enemy using a talent or item with a similar effect.

There's no way you could directly associate it with Fan Xiao.

However, if we add a few prerequisites—Van Helsing comes from her hometown, Van Helsing has already noticed Dr. Zhuang's existence and is in an adversarial relationship with him, and may take action—the situation changes dramatically.

Perhaps it was because of the overwhelming longing, Gu Hange couldn't help but make a guess... Could Van Helsing be Fan Xiao?

Fan Xiao is born with a strange characteristic: no matter how dangerous the event he gets involved in, he always survives. If this is not a coincidence but the result of an ability, then Fan Xiao is very likely to be a legendary S-class psionic potential user.

Unawakened fragments of potential users often go berserk, acting indiscriminately towards both friend and foe—although she didn't understand the characteristics of S-rank psionic energy, she figured this possibility existed and was quite reasonable.

Therefore, it makes sense that Van Helsing was associated with the destruction of nations.

Taking advantage of the convenience of the S-class item "Wheel of Fate," the Destroyer of Kingdoms frequently travels to different time-space nodes and regions to recruit talent for the "Living Tribunal."

I've visited quite a few of the less desirable zones.

If the Kingdom were to meet her special younger brother, it would naturally not let him go and would definitely recruit him into the organization as if he were a precious treasure.

Thinking of this, Gu Hange became somewhat angry.

How dare they steal her brother!

If it weren't for the fact that each of the three super lolis was an extremely powerful fighter, she would have definitely gone and killed them...

"No, we can't rush it. We need to confirm it first."

Gu Hange raised both hands and lightly patted her cheeks to cool down her excited thoughts.

The temperature in the surrounding area, which had dropped, began to return to normal.

Because of this speculation, she became extremely concerned about Van Helsing's affairs—from passively waiting for Dr. Zhuang to confirm the results, she took the initiative to search for him.

Therefore, she didn't care about revealing that she also possessed advanced detection tools.

A short while later, Gu Hange, holding the magic mirror, followed the navigation and arrived at the entrance of a small alley next to the outer city street.

After entering the alley, the four people who had been following her also followed, no longer sneaking around or hiding their sinister intentions, and directly appeared and surrounded her.

The attackers were four men, all of whom possessed strong mental auras and were undoubtedly players.

Their eyes held an undisguised burning desire.

With most of the Holy Sword Alliance members gone, the A9 base is in a state of chaos more than ever before.

For a woman of Gu Hange's stunning beauty to walk on the street without any attempt at concealment is like a lamb entering a tiger's den.

Gu Hange stopped and looked at the four men who had surrounded her, her face showing no fear.

Upon seeing this, the tall, burly man at the head of the group sneered, "Looks like you really are a player, not afraid of us at all... Heh, beauty, you're from out here, aren't you? Well then, we'll have to teach you a lesson today, show you that even with a player's identity, it's still very dangerous for a beauty like you to wander around outside in A9 Base!"

"Yes, you'll encounter bad people like us!"

"Ha ha……"

The four of them burst into unrestrained laughter.

With the original ruling class gone and the Holy Sword Alliance no longer controlling the A9 base, their players can act with impunity!

They've been doing that these past few days.

If you walk along the river often enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet eventually...

"Sorry, I'm not in the mood for playing games today."

With a smile, Gu Hange said to the four of them, "They're currently searching for their relatives, so... would you please just fight each other directly?"

*Thud*—The young man on the left plunged a short blade into the side of the tall, muscular man.

The latter turned his head, astonished, and said, "Rand, you..."

"Hey, I've wanted to kill you for a long time!" the young man laughed viciously. "Why is it that you always get to go first when there's something to gain? We're all equal, and I'm going to be the boss for once!"

"Yeah, we're all equal! What gives you the right to boss me around? Just because you're older?"

"I'll do whatever I want!"

"Fuck you..."

The four immediately began attacking each other due to their various grievances.

For a time, different types of props were used to assert their presence, creating quite a commotion in the alley.

People nearby heard the commotion; some kept their doors and windows tightly shut, not daring to cause trouble, while others peeked out, eager to see what was going on.

Buzz—the magic mirror vibrated.

Following the directions, Gu Hange glanced into the distance and, through the obstruction of the corner wall, saw five people quietly approaching to observe the situation.

A slight smile played on her lips, and her body vanished from the spot in an instant.

When she reappeared, she was already behind these people.

Thump, thump... The four players who were still fighting where she was standing suddenly all showed painful and contorted expressions and fell to the ground.

Their bodies quickly became shriveled, and their mental responses weakened rapidly... In less than a few seconds, their bodies shrank together like dehydrated corpses, their surfaces covered in wrinkles.

Crack—the four mummies shattered, disintegrating into a pile of black ash within seconds, which was then scattered by the wind.

Frost had formed on the ground at some point, and snowflakes began to fall from the sky again, causing the surrounding temperature to plummet.

The five Holy Sword Alliance members who quietly approached to observe the situation felt a chill run down their spines—both physically and mentally.

The bizarre deaths of the four players opposite them filled them with immense terror.

They recognized the four people; two of them were C-level players, and they were killed without any resistance...

All five members stiffly turned their heads to look at Gu Hange, who had moved to the position behind them, their lips trembling slightly.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here to chat with you."

Gu Hange said gently, "I know you are members of the Holy Sword Alliance. Tell me about Van Helsing and Alsenel. Just tell me whatever you know, even trivial information is fine."

"..."

The people being watched trembled.

Seeing them trembling with fear, Gu Hange kindly reminded them, "You'd better behave and cooperate with me, or else..."

She pretended to be angry and said, "If you can't use your mouth, I'll tear it to shreds for you."

“…I know, I know Van Helsing!”

"I know it too!"

"Whatever you want to ask, we'll tell you! We'll tell you everything..."

The group replied in a flustered and anxious manner.

After the mental interference from the echo disappeared, the members of the Holy Sword Alliance returned to normal and learned what fear was.

Or perhaps they realized that the crisis they were facing this time was quite extraordinary...

……

ten minutes later.

Gu Hange bid farewell to the five members of the Holy Sword Alliance.

She gleaned some basic information about Van Helsing and Cassandra from these five people.

If it were simply a matter of gathering intelligence, there would be no need for such a complicated process.

Although she has not awakened any spiritual abilities, as an A-level player, she does not lack advanced spiritual items that can interfere with the mind and read the memories of a selected target.

The important thing is the behavior of "inquiring" and "interacting" itself—they can establish causal relationships.

With preparations complete, Gu Hange took out another exquisite mirror from her storage space.

She wiped the mirror repeatedly with a handkerchief, murmuring, "Magic mirror, magic mirror, tell me, is Van Helsing the most handsome man in the world?"

"Yes, Master, he is a thousand times more handsome than you."

The magic mirror spoke in human language and responded.

After the guidance was completed, Gu Hange began to make her request: "Tell me his location."

"He's not in this section."

"Tell me where he went."

"He went into the instance."

Which instance?

"First we went to 'Mone Tower', then we went to another instance."

"another?"

"This is not a copy of this section, Master. Please do not make things difficult for Jingjing. Jingjing does not know either."

"Oh."

Gu Hange asked about something else: "Is that his real face?"

"No, he was pretending."

"I want to see his true face."

"He hasn't shown himself here. He mainly wants to know, so he has to go to this location."

On the smooth mirror surface, a coordinate system appeared, with a helpful navigation arrow below it.

Following the guidance, Gu Hange left the A9 base and the desolate city area surrounding the base, and continued moving forward until she finally stopped in a wasteland.

She has arrived at the location indicated by the coordinates.

At this moment, the mirror of the "Magic Mirror of Sincerity" changed again.