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

"You came back first, Teacher Zhuang."

Gu Hange went to the next table, sat down, and greeted them.

“You’d better stop calling me teacher,” Dr. Zhuang sighed. “Working with you… is truly a complicated matter. The success rate of this operation was clearly over 80%, but your stubbornness completely distorted it.”

“This can’t be blamed on them,” Gu Hange said with a gentle expression. “If Teacher Zhuang hadn’t been holding back and not putting in any effort, how could they have escaped?”

“You seem to have a misunderstanding about my power,” Dr. Zhuang shook his head. “Although I am an S-class player, I focus my energy on academic research. I am not outstanding in terms of combat power. I just have a higher level of mental strength than an A-class player.”

"Teacher Zhuang is really joking," Gu Hange said with a smile. "He is clearly a top-tier S-level player, only one step away from becoming a super player, but he insists on pretending to be an ordinary S-level player... He even deceived his former students. How outrageous!"

“You have a high opinion of me,” Dr. Zhuang sighed. “If only I truly possessed that kind of ability, many things would be much simpler to handle. For example, this time, how could I have failed?”

"hehe."

Gu Hange chuckled softly.

She didn't actually know Dr. Zhuang's actual abilities; she was just curious and wanted to test him out of curiosity.

Unable to discern the truth from the other party's reaction, she simply changed the subject and brought up another matter, saying, "Teacher Zhuang, aren't you afraid of bad luck coming your way by appearing so openly outside?"

“Misfortune that doesn’t pose a fatal threat can actually strengthen one’s mindset,” Dr. Zhuang replied. “Sometimes, looking at things from a different perspective can turn bad things into good things.”

"Is that so... How are Teacher Zhuang's preparations going?" Gu Hange asked, "Regarding that idiot lady."

“We’re just waiting for her copy to close,” Dr. Zhuang said. “Once it’s closed, I can pinpoint the copy’s exact coordinates based on our pre-arranged plan.”

“That silly young lady’s psionic abilities are quite unique,” ​​Gu Hange reminded him. “She should be able to transfer out of the instance before we search for the past.”

"Don't worry, I've thought of that too."

Dr. Zhuang said, "Cassandra's psychic energy is indeed very special. But even the most special psychic energy requires mental energy to activate. If the mental energy is exhausted, the psychic energy will naturally be temporarily unusable."

"It seems that Teacher Zhuang has dispatched some very powerful players to Miss Stupid's instance. They've never even heard of such a person before. They really like to hide their talents."

Gu Hange understood the hidden meaning in Dr. Zhuang's words.

She immediately said, "After we catch Miss Stupid, Teacher Zhuang, don't take her away right away. They need her as bait to lure Fan Xiao over."

“You weren’t cooperating with me before,” Dr. Zhuang asked. “Why should I cooperate with you?”

Even if Gu Hange didn't say anything, he would still carry out the bait plan.

Because at this moment, in his mind, testing Fan Xiao was more important than taking Cassandra away.

After all... an S-rank psionic potential user is the ultimate target of "One Wing"!

If Van Chau is indeed the one in question, then the "One Wing" project can take its most crucial step.

"Teacher Zhuang, there is no such thing as a perfect plan in this world. Everything has a probability of failure."

Gu Hange said, "What if Miss Stupid isn't subdued by the players you sent and manages to escape... you'll need their help to catch her again."

"..."

Dr. Zhuang was silent for a few seconds, then finally sighed and said, "Fine, let's do it your way. I hope you can do a good job this time."

"Well... it's a pleasure to work with you."

Gu Hange smiled.

……

Partition 019.

A9 Base.

Inside an inconspicuous house, Yu Xuezhao habitually used a precision control device to signal the female homeowner to cooperate in tearing open a black paper doll and silently reciting the corresponding incantation to complete the coordinate-providing ritual.

This is the 18th time she has provided coordinates in the past two days.

The paper doll that Fan Xiao had given her was almost completely torn up.

In the past two days, in addition to her own rituals, she has also been urging a surviving member of the Holy Sword Alliance she captured to conduct repentance rituals from time to time and contact her junior sister—she is monitoring the status of the "Mone Tower" instance in this way.

Yu Xuezhao didn't know if her junior brother could reach the 019 section before the "Mone Tower" instance ended.

If that doesn't work... she'll be in a very passive position.

"Sister Yu, Brother Fan is back!"

Suddenly, the gates of Fairy Tale Town swung open, and Yan Keke appeared before Yu Xuezhao.

Fan Xiao followed Yan Keke out. Li Xian followed behind him.

"Senior sister," Fan Xiaochao nodded to Yu Xuezhao in the room, "The preparations are complete, we can start the war ahead of schedule."

Chapter 506 The Second Creation of a Maid

"Starting the war ahead of schedule..."

Yu Xuezhao wore a thoughtful expression, as if guessing what methods her junior brother had prepared.

Intelligent people are accustomed to thinking about problems on their own, which makes their brains more and more flexible.

"I called for help."

Fan Xiao seemed to have seen through Yu Xuezhao's thoughts and took the initiative to say, "The helper will appear at Base A1, but the way they will appear... I can't be sure about that either."

"Next, we just need to keep an eye on the movements at Base A1. If anything unusual happens, we'll take action."

"Before that... well, I need to do some preparatory work."

"Are you sure Dr. Zhuang and your sister are at Base A1?" Yu Xuezhao asked.

“Their target is us, and our target… besides them, is Shash Sen of Base A1.”

Fan Xiao replied, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket. If they fail to capture Junior Sister, Shash Sen will be a secondary bait. I don't think they will overlook that."

“Hmm… I’ll take care of keeping an eye on Base A1.” Yu Xue Zhao nodded slightly. “If you need to prepare anything else, you should do it now. Junior Sister’s instance has been running for two days now, it should be ending soon.”

“Okay,” Fan Xiao nodded, “Then I’ll have to trouble you, Senior Sister.”

“By the way,” Yu Xuezhao confirmed, “Are you sure the helper you called can help us? In the previous battle, Dr. Zhuang did not use his full strength. His strength may be stronger than we thought.”

"He's probably plotting against Gu Hange because he's worried about Gu Hange abandoning him after using him," Fan Xiao laughed. "Don't worry, Senior Sister, we've got all the combat strength we need, it's just..."

He paused, then added, "The helper I called has no direct employment relationship with us and doesn't know us. He's most likely a stranger."

"How this helper will assist us in dealing with Dr. Zhuang, and whether he will turn against us after assisting us... In short, everything is unknown, so we may have to be flexible."

Yu Xue Zhao: "?"

"Are you looking for a stranger or a helper?" Yu Xuezhao's eyes seemed to be asking this question.

Fan Xiao assured her in a rather mysterious tone, "Senior sister, don't worry. We will be helped—this is definitely a done deal, without a doubt."

"The only uncertainties are the way the other party will help and how subsequent events will unfold."

"For us, dealing with Dr. Zhuang is the most important task. Everything else is secondary. We can deal with it simply as needed. There is no need to control everything."

Two days had passed in zone 019, but in his subjective time, due to the strange flow of time, a month and three days had passed.

During this month, his bad luck and Tina's good luck switched places, which made him accumulate luck faster.

Roughly speaking, he accumulated about a month and a half's worth of luck.

As a consequence, the E-rank item "Decapitated Silver Serpent" can only be used once more.

A month and a half—that's an incredible amount of luck, but even so, he couldn't wish for Dr. Zhuang to die in some kind of accident.

For example, a planet suddenly collapsing or something... well, that's a bit of an exaggeration.

Whether it's S-level players who are harder to kill, or Dr. Zhuang who is harder to kill... he wasn't quite sure.

Intelligence is still too scarce.

Left with no other choice, he could only make a wish with relatively broad conditions—he didn't require the external player to be of a certain level, strong or weak, good or evil in character, or when they would arrive... At the same time, he didn't ask whether the external player would obediently leave after helping out.

His wish was simply to join forces with them to take down Dr. Zhuang.

If you're not lucky, you can only compromise, blur the limitations, and leave everything to fate.

Otherwise, if all those conditions were added... to such a detailed extent, it would be no different from wish fulfillment, and even two months of good luck wouldn't be enough to stop it.

"Everything about the foreign aid is unknown; the only certainty is that they can be of help..."

Yu Xue stared at Fan Xiao for a few seconds, but ultimately gave up asking questions and chose to trust him directly.

After all, pressing further might involve my junior brother's psychic secrets, so we should avoid discussing that.

Even in its unawakened state, the effect of S-class psionic energy's prerequisite abilities surpasses that of A-class psionic energy—it may not be as powerful as A-class psionic energy in direct confrontation, but its essence and its scope of influence are unmatched by the latter.

Her junior brother possessed the ability to convince her.

"I will keep a close eye on Base A1."

Yu Xuezhao said, "Go ahead and make your preparations. If anything happens, contact us through Fairy Tale Town."

"I will temporarily cover up Dr. Zhuang's investigation with A-level items. The cover will only last for 24 hours, and the cooldown period is very long."

"Whatever you do, you have to hurry up."

"Let's take action now."

Fan Xiao temporarily bid farewell to Yu Xuezhao and left the house with Li Xian and Yan Keke.

He was initially worried that once he arrived at Division 019, Dr. Zhuang and Gu Hange would immediately come looking for him—both of them had powerful backers and were likely well-equipped to track down their targets.

Now that his senior sister had the props to protect him, he felt much more at ease.

Of course, we still need to be vigilant.

Hopefully, foreign aid will arrive soon.

Fan Xiao composed himself, looked at Yan Keke, and asked, "Keke, how are the preparations for 'Alice in Wonderland' going?"

“Thirty residents of the illusion have already materialized. Within the area covered by the dungeon entrance, we can summon them at any time to gang up on the enemies,” Yan Keke replied. “The remaining residents will have to wait; time is of the essence…”

"No rush," Fan Xiao comforted him, "This is a long-term project. Our enemies are not only Dr. Zhuang, but we will definitely encounter many more in the future. Let's accumulate experience slowly."

"Hmm!" Yan Keke nodded, then asked worriedly, "Brother Fan, will this kind of trick... really work on Dr. Zhuang?"

"When a person is at their wit's end, they may be broken by a single straw."

Fan Xiao cautioned, "The more methods you have, the higher the success rate and the margin for error of your plan will be."

"Given the right conditions and timing, there is a possibility that Dr. Zhuang could be eliminated by this move."

"Have more confidence in Fairy Tale Town. This kind of mass troop production skill is only just beginning."

"Well... I'll head back now and get back to work!"

Yan Keke clenched her two small fists, her clear eyes filled with enthusiasm.

Fan Xiao originally wanted to advise her to take a rest, but after seeing this scene, he felt a little embarrassed to say anything that might dampen her enthusiasm.

He simply nodded and said, "Remember to balance work and rest, don't overwork yourself."

"I will be careful, and I will also remind everyone to be careful."

After replying, Yan Keke prepared to return to Fairy Tale Town.

Suddenly, she remembered something else and quickly reminded Fan Xiao, "By the way, Brother Fan, the game hasn't been redesigned yet after Fairy Tale Town was promoted to C-level. Almost ten days have passed in the town, and the game only gives us one month to finish."

"Don't worry, I'll remember." Fan Xiao said, "I'll design it after this is over, it'll be C level... We need to revise those simpler challenges earlier."

A C-level player is just one step away from becoming a high-level player. Generally speaking, players at this level have some influence in their respective regions.

Joining some small player groups can help you become a core member and gain access to a lot of resources.

In other words, C-level players are much richer than D-level players!

Therefore, the cost of "going through the back door" to enter Fairy Tale Town would have to be several times higher.

Financial resources are often linked to status and reputation—Fan Xiao thought to himself, he couldn't let the more noble C-level players lose face in Fairy Tale Town.

What? You can use a backdoor to safely pass the game by spending 1 game coins?

So cheap, damn it... who do you think you are?!

This old man has plenty of money!

"Hmm. I need to give the ticket players a chance to show off their wealth. There are probably not many dungeon bosses like me who think about the players in everything they do."

Fan Xiao was so moved by his own words that he almost cried.