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

Ten days... He accumulated ten days' worth of good luck and seven days' worth of bad luck.

During the time the instance was open, he kept his psionic powers active until yesterday.

Because if this continues, it won't just be a few simple minor misfortunes.

Perhaps Du Ruo and the others will "accidentally" discover his identity.

They might die in the instance because they didn't receive timely rescue.

Perhaps some trouble is already brewing outside Fairy Tale Town, and once the instance closes, it will drag Fairy Tale Town into it...

The unknown is always nerve-wracking. Now that most of his acquaintances are around, Fan Xiao doesn't try to deliberately kill himself.

Ten days' worth of luck is enough.

Lu Baizhi is inherently lucky, and it's highly likely that she and he will have a mutually beneficial relationship.

Finding the other person is not difficult.

Therefore, he wouldn't need to use the "headless mercury serpent" that Tina gave him this time.

"Brother Fan, have a safe journey."

Yan Keke stepped forward with concern and straightened Fan Xiao's collar.

She looked just like a mother seeing her child off… It must be my imagination, Fan Xiao thought.

After putting on his crimson shawl—the "blood armor"—Fan Xiao said to Yan Keke, Himuro Rui, and the others, "While I'm gone, if the dungeon opens, you should focus on having fun. Don't try to make too much money, lest you provoke a backlash from the players."

“Yes,” Yan Keke nodded, “I only make two million each time before stopping.”

Fan Xiao: "..."

Oh dear... has he led people astray?

……

Fan Xiao was never truly worried about Lu Baizhi's safety.

The luck that had been lingering around her for 12 days protected her life, increased her good fortune, and made her happy every moment... It was extremely difficult for her to pose any fatal threat.

Fan Xiao even felt that it wouldn't be a problem for Lu Baizhi to smoothly advance to the A-level player level, or even become one of the best A-level players...

Therefore, he was quite curious about why Lu Baizhi hadn't returned after so long.

The attacks against Dr. Zhuang have been over for many days now.

Now that the crisis is over, her luck shouldn't continue to hinder her return.

Unless... she encounters some "trouble" that is in her favor.

"If I'm fast enough, could I get there in time to benefit from Bai Zhi's presence?"

Fan Xiao's thoughts began to wander.

He just lingered there, not going in... He meant he wouldn't go into Lu Baizhi's inner circle to grab the best benefits.

With this thought in mind to kill time, he opened the door, left Fairy Tale Town, and teleported himself to another node.

He didn't know which node it was exactly.

He used up all his luck over the past 10 days to make a wish—to get a train ticket to the district where Lu Baizhi was currently located.

When he came to his senses, Fan Xiao found himself in a train station area.

Multiple time-space trains stopped in front of multiple constructed platforms, and a large number of players left the carriages and poured into the station, making the surrounding area crowded all at once.

This appears to be a station that blends different zones, with numerous checkpoints located at the edges. Passing through those exits would lead to a safer area of ​​the city.

Fan Xiao's sudden appearance did not disturb the others.

These days, the phenomenon of "disappearing from the sky" in train stations is not uncommon, because players who choose to teleport directly back to the station from the dungeon usually follow this pattern.

Fan Xiao blended into the crowd and was completely inconspicuous.

"Old Qian, I heard that the G02 node has a partition that's going to merge with the Ninth Dimension soon. You came to see us in such a hurry, it's not just about this, is it?"

Just then, a voice came from behind.

Upon hearing this, Fan Xiao immediately caused an eye to grow from the back of his head, which was covered by his hair, and looked behind him.

The speaker was a young man wearing glasses, whose appearance gave off a cool vibe.

The burly man standing next to the bespectacled youth replied, "Hey, it's so much easier talking to smart people! A lot of good things will be created during the merging of partitions and dimensions. Interested in going to take a look together?"

"Hasn't this news already been spread far and wide?" the bespectacled young man frowned. "If we rush over now, we'll be too late to catch the shit."

“The integration process isn’t something that can be done overnight; it takes quite a while.” The burly man shook his head. “Going to take a look won’t hurt us. Let’s go. There are tickets for that district being sold on the black market today. Let’s go buy a few.”

Chapter 527 The Rumored Method of Creating S-Rank Items

The soon-to-be-established fusion zone... benefits... buying tickets on the black market... Fan Xiao quickly gleaned key information from the conversation between the bespectacled youth and the burly man behind him and made a judgment—Lu Baizhi should be in that zone.

This conclusion was not reached through reasoning; such absurd thinking cannot be called reasoning.

He first determined the outcome, and then he started to think about the connections.

He made a wish to obtain the corresponding zone's train ticket, and then, as soon as he came out of the instance, he encountered this conversation... This must be a coincidence arranged by luck.

Fan Xiao immediately had the idea of ​​checking the memories of the bespectacled young man and the strong man.

This node is within the influence range of Fairy Tale Town, and it is here that one can open the dungeon door and connect to Yan Keke's spirit.

Of course, to avoid causing trouble, he did not take this action immediately.

The train station is a mixed bag, with so many players gathered together, including low-level and high-level trains. The train conductor might even be a retired A-level player... To be on the safe side, there might be quite a few among these people who can see through his illusions.

Using the power of dungeons right now isn't very safe.

Let's talk about it after we get into the city.

Thinking of this, Fan Xiao became obedient and stood still for a few seconds.

After the bespectacled youth, the burly man, and another female player who was with them walked ahead of him, he quietly followed them.

The surrounding area was filled with the noise of voices, and various advertisements were playing on the screens erected all around, making it difficult to keep up with the visuals.

The broadcast of a welcome message made Fan Xiao realize that this was the G03 node 001 partition.

He immediately activated the "Flesh and Blood Ancestor" psionic power, forging his player ID to gray and making two small bumps appear on his forehead, giving him a "prominent and dignified" appearance.

Upon arriving at the exit, Fan Xiao followed suit, registering simple information and displaying a fake number—except for the color, he disguised the node and partition numbers to match the current node.

The machine scanned his body and, after confirming that the bumps on both sides of his forehead were not fake, issued him an ID card and let him pass.

To be honest, the accuracy of this kind of detection is not high, and it can only bully lower-level players.

Skilled players have a lot of unusual items, making it easy for them to evade this detection system.

Before knowing how this region treats cannibalistic players, Fan Xiao didn't disguise his player ID as black... well, he'd gotten a bit used to pretending to be a cannibalistic player.

After leaving the station and entering the city, Fan Xiao took advantage of the three people ahead of him not being able to leave in a taxi to connect to Fairy Tale Town. Using his new ability from the "Land of Delusion," he began to examine their short-term memories in the form of illusions.

A cursory review of short-term memories has minimal impact on the mind and is unlikely to attract the target's attention.

To uncover more memories, one must delve into the depths of the other person's mind, which will inevitably lead to exposure.

That would be tantamount to starting a war.

Soon, he found the information he wanted—the partition that was about to merge with the ninth dimension was the 011 partition of the G02 node.

And in the city where he was at this moment, there was a black market selling duplicate tickets for this section.

Due to its scarcity, the price of tickets for this section has been driven up many times over, and demand is increasingly exceeding supply.

The three bespectacled youths were among the earlier players, and all three were at the C-level.

According to the burly man's estimate, if they entered now, their chances of successfully buying train tickets were still quite high.

At the same time, entry into the black market requires a "ticket".

The black market, naturally, is not a legitimate place and is openly restricted by the authorities.

The official G03 node 001 partition is now collecting tickets for that partition. The black market is now competing with the official market for business and is at risk of being shut down at any time. You have to buy tickets as soon as possible.

The burly man in front of them happened to have a ticket to the black market, which allowed him to bring several acquaintances in with him.

After thinking about it, Fan Xiao gave up on the idea of ​​directly grabbing tickets.

Directly seizing by force is too outrageous and goes against his noble character and high moral standards.

And so... he created some illusions and added them into the memories of the three of them.

In the illusion, he had a disguised identity—Fan Taozai. He and the bespectacled youth came from the same district. On the train, because they were sitting close together, they chatted for a while and found that they had similar interests. So they chatted all the way. Although they spent very little time together, their relationship was quite harmonious.

After finishing the memory alteration, Fan Xiao stepped forward and patted the bespectacled youth on the shoulder: "Hey, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to run into you here."

The bespectacled young man immediately turned around warily, casting a scrutinizing gaze at him.

The burly man and the female player next to him also reacted immediately.

All three of them sized up Fan Xiao, and were taken aback when they saw his appearance.

The burly man asked in surprise, "Brother Fan? What are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to be participating in a dungeon?"

“What you said on the train earlier has piqued my interest.”

Fan Xiao, in a very familiar manner, said, "I've been thinking about it. Since we're going to run dungeons anyway, why don't we go to the black market together and buy a ticket for the G02 node 011 partition dungeon? We might even get some unexpected benefits."

"Oh?" The burly man laughed, "Welcome, welcome. We're in dire need of teammates right now."

The bespectacled youth nodded and said, "It's better to team up with more people; it's safer. There are quite a few players heading to that zone this time, and I guess the zone itself is starting to get chaotic."

"It's gotten chaotic?" Fan Xiao asked in surprise. "Isn't it only when a region forms a unified government that it can qualify for dimensional integration?"

"That's it."

The bespectacled youth nodded: "The large number of scattered players from other regions entering the game can only cause limited chaos, and they can be easily suppressed by the local forces."

"However... I suppose the other merged partitions of the G02 node are also sending players to the 011 partition to deliberately cause trouble."

"With the influence of multiple forces, it's not easy for local forces to maintain a stable environment."

"Making trouble?" Fan Xiao asked.

“…Brother Fan,” Glasses said speechlessly, “did you just get internet at home?”

“I don’t have the energy to pay attention to these things,” Fan Xiao sighed. “My family… well, never mind, I won’t talk about it.”

"Hey," the bespectacled youth said resentfully, "you've piqued my curiosity, and then you're not going to say anything... are you just going to leave me hanging here?"

"Don't pry," the burly man patted the bespectacled youth on the shoulder, trying to smooth things over. "Players have things they don't want to remember, that's perfectly normal."

“It’s not that I can’t talk about it,” Fan Xiao’s face darkened. “My family had an accident, and I was involved with cannibalistic players… For the past few years, I’ve been busy with revenge, and I’ve only recently been able to finally find some peace.”

"..."

Upon hearing this, all three fell silent.

The bespectacled young man never expected that he had stepped on the other party's landmine.

He was about to apologize when Fan Xiao continued, "Let's get back to business."

The three of them quickly and tactfully changed the subject.

The burly man stepped forward and explained, "The game company provides each node with various resources—fantasy materials, time-space train operation rights, retired player positions, etc.—in roughly fixed quantities."

“Every merged partition within a node can participate in sharing this pie… Brother Fan, you should understand what I mean?”

“I understand,” Fan Xiao nodded. “With one more person taking a slice of the pie, the existing integrated zones will receive less benefit, so they will definitely try to sabotage us behind the scenes.”

“Yes,” the burly man said, “This kind of thing is prohibited by the game company in the open; it can only be done in secret.”

"A large number of outside players, the covert forces dispatched by various fusion zones, and the local forces of Zone 011... the collision and friction between these three forces will inevitably lead to chaos."

The bespectacled youth cautioned, "When we go to the 011 district, we need to stick together for warmth and always be highly vigilant."

"Xiaotian is right, we need to stick together. You're from the same division as us, so we know each other well and it's safer to team up with you."

At this moment, the female player with bangs standing on the far left said, "Originally, we planned to recruit players on the black market to go to the same dungeon and be teammates."

"You guys are really brave!" Fan Xiao commented. "These days, who would dare to team up with strangers when they're out and about? Going alone is safer than doing this."

“You can’t say that,” the burly man laughed. “If we don’t take the initiative, where will we get our connections and networks? Maybe we’ll get lucky and snag a big shot right away.”

"You're really good with words," Fan Xiao praised.