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"It looks like she's bleeding."

It asked in surprise, "But why doesn't it hurt at all?"

"You're big, so small wounds won't hurt you."

While coaxing him, Fan Xiao took out a piece of smoked jerky from the feeding bag: "Here, it's time to eat meat."

"Oh fine."

Upon seeing the smoked jerky, the minotaur's initial doubts were quickly dispelled, and he took the jerky and began to gnaw on it.

After it finished eating, it handed Fan Xiao a "good friend badge".

"Come on, let's do it again."

Fan Xiao smiled.

"Alright!" roared the minotaur. "I'm going to win this time!"

Bang!

"You lost, eat the meat."

Fan Xiao took out the smoked jerky.

Bang!

"You lost again..."

……

After leaving the area enclosed by the wooden fence, Fan Xiao looked at the three badges in his hand and sighed, "Kids are so easy to fool."

The minotaur was never actually hit in the head and bled.

Fan Xiao separated a bit of blood from his "Blood Blade" and, through the action of impact, manipulated the blood to stick to the head of the minotaur.

He fooled them three times in a row.

The badge was obtained so easily.

He then kept his promise and played a few more rounds with the Minotaur.

Right now, the minotaur is huddled in a corner of the wooden fenced field, rubbing its horns and forehead with its horse hooves while questioning its existence.

I guess I'll be going to be withdrawn for a while.

Fan Xiao took out two badges and handed them to Lu Baizhi and Lu Xining respectively.

After taking the badge, Lu Baizhi couldn't help but voice her doubts: "This minotaur says its name is Chen Xiao... That's clearly a human name. Why would Director Chen give an animal a human name?"

Generally speaking, when people name their pets, they choose cute or funny names.

Characters like Big Yellow, Little Black, Second Pig, and Fat Tiger.

This was the first time she had encountered someone directly using a person's name.

“Perhaps this wasn’t the name Director Chen chose,” Lu Xining said. “Didn’t we suspect these animals were all children before? Chen Xiao… perhaps that was originally the name of this minotaur. And…”

She frowned slightly and continued, "They both have the surname Chen...maybe this Minotaur is actually a relative of Director Chen."

"...It shouldn't be possible, right?"

Lu Baizhi's expression turned grim as she said, "Director Chen wouldn't go so far as to use her own family members for experiments, would she?"

"Who can say for sure?"

Lu Xining shook her head: "Don't forget this is Star Memory Corridor Station, Division 004. Even if something like this really happens... it's not impossible."

"I think Director Chen treats these animals very well."

Fan Xiao suddenly said, "Maybe they became like this not because of Director Chen, but because Director Chen has been the one taking care of them all along."

"Take care of me...?"

Lu Xining said, "Your statement... seems to fit the background information of the dungeon better? It also fits the speculation that these animals are Director Chen's relatives. Taking care of relatives is naturally a sincere act."

"In this way, it is not Director Chen who turns the children into animals, but external factors."

“Sister, we don’t need to investigate the truth,” Lu Baizhi reminded her. “We just need to focus on the dungeon quest.”

"Right."

Lu Xining nodded: "Collect the badges and fulfill the wishes of the children... that is, the animals. We should focus on these two things. The truth is not important."

"Not always."

Fan Xiao cautioned, "How can we determine what the children's true wishes are without knowing the truth?"

"Are you denying their desire to play games?"

Lu Xining asked.

Before Fan Xiao could answer, she suddenly realized something and said, "No... are you still doubting the conclusion that 'animals are equivalent to children'?"

"All of them."

Fan Xiao said, "There's too little intelligence. I don't recommend drawing conclusions now. We should wait until tonight."

"We need to go to the staff dormitory tonight."

Lu Xining said, "If we want to gather intelligence tonight, we'll have to hurry up and collect the badges. However... I estimate that the chances of collecting them all today are very small, unless we include robbery in the count."

"Sister, we have a total of six badges now."

Lu Baizhi suggested, "Tonight, we can concentrate all the badges in one person's hands, and that person can go out and gather intelligence first. How about that?"

“That’s a good idea,” Fan Xiao laughed. “There’s no trust issue between us, so it doesn’t matter who has the badge.”

"Then let's proceed according to this plan."

Lu Xining agreed, saying, "Collecting 10 is indeed much easier than collecting 30. Just two more games will do."

The three chatted as they walked, and arrived at the new signboard.

Lu Baizhi looked at the contents of the sign and said, "This time we'll go to... the long-necked donkey's place."

……

Besides the long-necked donkey, Fan Xiao and his two companions also visited the places where the bear, dog-headed beast, horse-riding game, and dolphin-whale game were located, and played five different games.

They were competing in high jump against a long-necked donkey;

Arm wrestling with a bear;

Compare the dice with the dog-headed beast;

Compare a horse to a 1000-meter sprint;

Compete with dolphins and whales in the 100-meter freestyle.

Aside from rolling dice to determine the winner, Fan Xiao participated in and won everything else.

When competing with the long-necked donkey in a high jump contest, Fan Xiao used the "Dustless Shield" to make himself fly, pretending to jump. Each time, he "jumped" only slightly higher than the long-necked donkey, giving it the illusion that he could win the next round. This made the donkey, as if it had become addicted to gambling, play three rounds in a row, and lose all three.

When arm wrestling with Yiji Xiong, Fan Xiao used both "Vampire" and "Dustless Shield" simultaneously, leveraging 300% of his physical attributes and supplemented by cannonball-like repulsive force to forcefully win the game.

Instead of sprinting 1000 meters on horseback, he flew close to the ground.

He also won the 100-meter freestyle against dolphins and whales thanks to his "dustless shield".

With three D-grade items at his disposal, Fan Xiao is basically at a level that surpasses E-grade players.

These interactive games were all of moderate difficulty for him.

When it came to rolling the dice to see who was bigger, Lu Baizhi joined in, shaking the dice until the dog-headed beast began to question its existence.

15 badges, easily obtained.

When leaving the dog-headed beast's territory midway through, the dog-headed beast called out "Big Brother" to Fan Xiao, who was encouraging him to cheer up.

Her childlike, innocent voice was so soothing to listen to.

Chapter 81 Start fishing

eight pm.

Following the instructions on the sign, Fan Xiao, Lu Xining, and Lu Baizhi headed towards the "employee dormitory" mentioned in the game prompts.

Players must stay in the staff dormitory between 9 PM and 8 AM.

Nobody knows what will happen if this copy rule is violated.

Fan, Xiao, and their companions, lacking any reckless spirit, naturally intended to abide by the rules and check in obediently.

Moreover, just in case, they allowed a full hour to get to the staff dormitory.

This way, even if something unexpected happens, such as a battle with another player that delays things, it won't have any impact.

"Chen Xiao, Chen Qingquan, Chen Lie, Chen Ran."

As Lu Baizhi walked, she said, "There's also Qiu Ze and Qiu Ping. Except for the first chimpanzee, whose name we didn't ask, we asked about the other six animals. Not all of them have the surname Chen."

"This is normal."

Lu Xining said, "We are just speculating that these animals have a close relationship with Director Chen. They are not necessarily all Director Chen's children. He couldn't possibly have so many children by himself."

"But if it's just related by blood, the scope is much broader. Perhaps all of Director Chen's relatives and friends have become animals in this zoo."

"Uh...did Director Chen offend someone?"

Lu Baizhi's eye twitched slightly.

Friends and family have all been turned into animals... How tragic is that?

There's a contradiction in your guess.

Fan Xiao suddenly reminded him.

Meeting the gazes of the two sisters, he said, "If these animals are really Director Chen's relatives and friends, they couldn't all have been children before they turned into animals, could they?"

"Therefore, we can only conclude that after they turned into animals, their intelligence regressed to the level of a toddler, and even their voices became childish."

"But then... can they still be considered true 'children'?"

"Right, before they turned into animals, many people were definitely adults. Do they really fit the definition of 'child'?"

Lu Baizhi also felt it was somewhat far-fetched.

If these animals don't count as "children," wouldn't it be a waste of their time to foolishly run around and play games with all the animals?

"It's just a guess, I didn't say it was definitely accurate. And..."

Lu Xining turned her gaze to Fan Xiao: "Director Chen is genuinely taking care of these animals—you were the one who raised this point, I'm just speculating based on your direction."

"In my original view, Director Chen's role was that of a mad scientist. The zoo was originally an orphanage, and he was using the children from the orphanage for experiments."

"This guess fits the current situation very well, and there are no contradictions. I think it is very likely."

"Perhaps... Director Chen possesses both of these personalities. People are complex and not so stereotypical."

Fan Xiao smiled and didn't continue the argument.

Because of a lack of information, everyone was basically relying on guesswork.

Since it's all guesswork, it's normal to have differing opinions.

Fan Xiao changed the subject, saying, "The staff dormitory is far from the main entrance of Xingyi City Zoo. It seems that the two places are intentionally separated."

"Did you notice it too?"

Lu Xining nodded: "Perhaps Director Chen is trying to hide something. Maybe the secret of this zoo at night will be revealed near the main gate, so he needs to send us far away."

"Of course, this could also be a deliberate attempt by Director Chen to mislead us."

"The solution is simple: we just need to secretly follow Director Chen, keep watch over him all night, and see where he goes."

The three have earned 21 badges.

Enough for two people to move around at night.

"Since we're going to follow Director Chen, why are we going to the staff dormitory?" Lu Baizhi asked. "Wouldn't it be better to just go and follow him now?"

Upon hearing this, neither Fan Xiao nor Lu Xining said anything.

Seeing the two of them silent, Lu Baizhi thought for a moment and suddenly realized, "Sister, you...you're going to steal other players' badges?"