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

"Ten?" Marcus guessed. "Ten... C-grade items?"

He had heard that dungeon bosses could also use items, but they didn't have as many item slots as players.

Fan Xiao: "Hehe."

"Ten B-grade items?" Marcus continued to ask.

Fan Xiao smiled without saying a word.

Marcus frowned.

After automatically ruling out the possibility of ten A-grade items, he shifted his focus to money and blurted out, "It can't be ten billion game coins, can it?"

"Congratulations, you got it."

Fan Xiao clapped his hands.

Marcus: "..."

Li Zhenghao in the team couldn't help but say, "Are you kidding me?! A C-rank dungeon is worth a billion game coins? Are the residents of Fairy Tale Town crazy for money?! A bunch of lunatics!"

"Brother Fan."

The invisible Yan Keke pointed at Li Zhenghao and said, "He's a player from the Chaos Side, and his emotions... are so evil!"

Upon hearing this, Fan Xiao chuckled and said, "My dear customer, business is based on the principle of voluntariness. If you are not willing, we will not force you."

"You've given us a random number!" Li Zhenghao frowned. "Where is the owner of your Fairy Tale Town? Let your owner come out and talk to us! What right do you, a mere staff member, have..."

"Shut up!"

Marcus quickly pulled Li Zhenghao back and apologized to Fan Xiao, saying, "I'm sorry, he was impulsive. His words don't represent our views."

"However, a billion... that number is indeed a bit exaggerated."

"Here are 40,000 game coins. Please give us four silver services first."

"Thank you for your kind review."

Fan Xiao nodded.

He then pressed four buttons on the table.

Four tickets flew out of the carousel—three for the "Holy War" and one for the "Battle of the Two Cities".

The ticket to the "Battle of Two Cities" flew into Li Zhenghao's hands.

"..." Li Zhenghao frowned and said, "Why is mine different from theirs? Did you do something wrong? You took the money and then cheated me!?"

“Guest,” Fan Xiao smiled, “which attraction you will be drawn for is random. The Silver Service can only improve your luck; it cannot directly determine the outcome.”

"Then give me my money back!" Li Zhenghao said angrily. "What kind of bullshit talk is this about luck! This is blatant cheating!"

“This customer,” Fan Xiao said, his smile fading, “is non-refundable and non-exchangeable once purchased.”

"you……"

Li Zhenghao almost took action directly.

But remembering the warning in the game's notification, he had to suppress his anger.

Marcus glanced at Li Zhenghao, a look of disdain creeping into his mind.

South Korea is unreliable; they sent an idiot to team up with them, and he almost dragged them down with them.

He glanced at the ticket in his hand. Holy Spirit War... The difficulty of the six projects is about the same. He wondered how dangerous the Holy Spirit War was.

At this moment, Qingxingdeng suddenly stepped forward and stuffed a large stack of game coins into Fan Xiao's hands.

"Gold service, thank you."

Fan Xiao was a little surprised.

After accepting the money, he smiled and said, "You have excellent taste, sir! Have a pleasant trip."

After they had walked a distance, Marcus asked Aoandon, "Was that necessary? This is considered an additional personal expense, and it won't be reimbursed when we get back."

“It’s safer to buy insurance,” said Qingxingdeng. “I suggest you buy one too, it will give you more peace of mind.”

It's not that she lacks confidence.

She just had a feeling... that they seemed to be targeted?

Whether it's a misperception or not, having some kind of guarantee will always give you peace of mind.

"It's just a C-rank dungeon!" Li Zhenghao sneered. "Online reviews say it's only moderately dangerous, yet you've wasted so much money. 10 is no small sum... Ha, Miss is something else."

He seemed to be very angry.

His teammates' act of sending money to Fairy Tale Town made him even angrier.

Aoandon smiled slightly and said, "Perhaps you are right. I just think safety is the most important thing."

"Humph……"

Seeing that his punch had landed on cotton, Li Zhenghao said nothing more and turned to walk towards the entrance of the "Battle of Two Cities".

Marcus looked toward the gate of the "Holy Spirit War" and said, "That guy isn't a good candidate for exploration work. He's already getting a bit out of control. Let's ignore him and go."

Chapter 520 Holy Grail War?

After all the players who had received their tickets left, only the tattooed man and the dark-skinned man remained in the plaza in front of the gate, idly waiting for night to fall.

Since the two had chosen the "lazy" approach, they naturally wouldn't go looking for trouble by investigating the details of the six game venues.

They went straight to the large roundabout area, approached Fan Xiao, and started a conversation, asking him all sorts of information related to the dungeon.

Fan Xiao naturally had little patience to entertain players who were unwilling to spend money but wanted to take advantage of others.

"Excuse me, gentlemen, it's time for me to go home. Goodbye."

After saying this, he immediately conjured an illusion, causing the large roundabout and shops to disappear from view.

Both the tattooed man and the dark-skinned man looked surprised upon seeing this.

What time is it that they're already off work?

Do you not even bother to pretend when facing someone who hasn't spent any money?

So realistic?

After the initial surprise, the tattooed man suddenly felt a sense of panic.

"Oh no!" he said, frowning. "I didn't expect the staff here to be so unfriendly to people who didn't pay. Not only do they not answer questions, but now they're not even bothering to pay attention to us."

"What's so bad about it?" the dark-skinned man said nonchalantly. "This dungeon is such a money pit, the staff definitely won't just make a quick buck and leave. Sooner or later they'll come back and offer their services."

"Oh?" the tattooed man said in surprise, "I thought you didn't care about the ticket."

"Heh, do you think I'm stupid?"

The dark-skinned man sneered, "The ticket price is secondary; paying for safety is the most important thing!"

"Good steel should be used where it counts. Don't you think it's the most worthwhile thing to spend money on mandatory projects that will come at night?"

"Going out and actively participating in projects now is like taking off your pants to fart."

“They’re probably pursuing something different,” the tattooed man guessed. “The first one to leave, that pretentious woman, was after a high rating. The other two teams… seem to be more like they’re conducting an investigation than simply clearing the dungeon.”

"Why bother with all that?" the dark-skinned man said. "I guess they're players from this region, and they have some ideas about their region's dungeons. This kind of thing is very common; every region wants to develop safe dungeons."

"Hmm...that's about what I guessed." The tattooed man nodded. "Since it has nothing to do with us, let's not get involved."

……

"Brother Fan, that dark-skinned man is especially wicked."

Yan Keke said to Fan Xiao, who was stretching, "That tattooed player is from the Order side... How strange, he looks so fierce."

“It’s pretty normal,” Fan Xiao said. “Look at the things he got tattooed, like the third eye and shrimp veins… a complete mess. It’s obviously a decision he made when he was out of his mind, and it will definitely become a black mark on his history.”

I'm so eccentric... should I use this name for the next dungeon?

Fan Xiao's thoughts began to diverge.

He and Yan Keke overheard the conversation between the tattooed man and the dark-skinned man.

It must be said that the dark-skinned man does have some brains, but not many.

Forced games at night are more dangerous—it’s not hard to deduce that.

Giving up the initiative and passively waiting for night to fall is undoubtedly foolish and arrogant—the dark-skinned man probably thinks that the forced game at night can be made easier by spending money, allowing him to pass the game smoothly.

Fan Xiao could only say... this guy guessed correctly, but not entirely.

The mandatory game on the first night is definitely the "Haunted House"!

The "Haunted House" project is completely controlled by the Evolution Game, and even as a dungeon boss, his ability to interfere is very limited.

Even the monsters that escape from the "House of Horrors" pose a threat to the residents of Fairy Tale Town—these monsters will not attack the residents of Fairy Tale Town on their own initiative, but if the residents offend them first, they will be met with a fierce counterattack from the monsters.

Of course, with Yan Keke around, these kinds of mental monsters aren't actually that threatening.

If a player purchases the Gold Service before nightfall, the little girls in the fairytale town will provide close protection for a period of time.

The real challenge isn't the monsters that come out of horror stories into reality, but the horror stories themselves—in the "Haunted House" project, the horror stories unfold in the form of dreams, forcibly dragging the player's consciousness into the dream to experience bizarre events.

This dream is very special; it will cause the player to lose their powers and become an ordinary person... or rather, to revert to their childhood self and experience the most frightening stories from their childhood, forming a bizarre world.

The activation of psychic powers and talents will not be prevented, but these powers cannot extend into dreams unless the player possesses abilities related to "consciousness" and "dreams".

Otherwise, the effects of the ability will only manifest around the real body and will not help the self in the dream.

Once a player is killed by a monster in a bizarre dream, they will suffer mental death.

That is, brain death.

Of course, this design has compromised the game's balance, so the game has added restrictive rules—there must be various patterns to follow in the eerie world. As long as you can quickly calm down, pay close attention, find and make good use of the patterns, you can avoid... or kill and seal various eerie monsters.

Once dawn breaks and the dream time ends, the surviving players will wake up.

At that time, the monsters in the dream, whether or not they have been killed by the players, will come into reality and continue to attack the players from time to time. When the monster kills the player who created it, it will turn its hostility on the remaining surviving players.

And these monsters are impossible to kill!

Even if it's erased by the little angels, it will reappear at night.

They can even sneak into other game areas to ambush players.

They will only disappear when the replication ends and the replication rules stop running.

On the fourth night, this process will repeat itself—yes, the game that randomly appears on the fourth night is still the "haunted house".

At that time, the player's terrifying dreams will create a new batch of monsters.

One of the dungeon missions is to survive for seven days.

The further you progress, the more dangerous your situation will become.

Fortunately... as I said before, with Yan Keke's dedication to her studies, these monsters that have come into reality can't actually cause much trouble.

The real challenge lies in helping players who have purchased the Gold Service escape danger within the terrifying dream world. The residents of Fairy Tale Town can enter the player's terrifying dream world with their consciousness, but they are in the same situation as the player and cannot exert any special powers. Their only advantage is that they will not be attacked by monsters and will automatically acquire the abilities and characteristics of monsters, as well as the rules that monsters need to follow.

To help players escape danger, the only option is to use "information cues," providing them with crucial information so they can get through the dream on their own.

As for whether players can understand the hints... their stupidity is their own problem, not the fault of the people in Fairy Tale Town who take money and do nothing.

This is the uncontrollable danger in this instance.

If Fan Xiao, the dungeon boss, intentionally makes things difficult and goes directly into the dream world of the "Horror House" to cause trouble... players without some skill will basically have no chance of survival.

Of course, not every player will experience the "haunted house" on the first and fourth nights.

If the player is currently experiencing an activity that has not yet ended, the system will prioritize that activity and automatically avoid forced games at night.

This is the benefit of actively obtaining tickets and participating in game activities.

Players who choose to stay in the square and passively wait for night to fall may seem to be saving themselves effort, but in reality... well...

Want to be like Lin Chong, the Leopard Head?

No money to play NMB!

This isn't Fan Xiao intentionally targeting players; the "Haunted House" project was forcibly added to the game, and it has nothing to do with him.

The other five were designed by him personally.