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

This is the hidden truth behind this instance.

However, simply finding the truth is useless; they're not here to play a puzzle game.

The second condition for completing the mission is to fulfill the children's wishes.

So...where did the children go?

Lu Baizhi also noticed this and said, "Many of those animals on the ground were probably adults before they became animals. They probably don't fit the definition of 'children'?"

"Could it be... that we should select the animals that were once children from among these animals?"

"I'm afraid even Director Chen might not be able to select all the correct answers, right?"

“There’s no need to pick them out. If their wish is to play games, they can just play with all the animals. The ‘children’ will naturally be included. And…”

Lu Xining cautioned, "Whether they are the children we are looking for is still uncertain."

Based on Fan Xiao's speculation, the real children must be those children in the orphanage who were used as test subjects for drugs.

But they died many years ago.

Now only a few broken bones remain, abandoned in a dusty room.

If "children" truly refers to children in an orphanage.

So, how can this "wish" be fulfilled?

Psychic?

Dragon Ball?

Reincarnation in dirty soil?

Lu Xining asked Fan Xiao, "What is your definition of a child?"

"What's there to worry about? The child is naturally one of those children from the orphanage."

Fan Xiao said, "Fulfilling children's wishes may not mean that we, like Santa Claus, fulfill the wishes of living children."

"The wish here may also refer to a last wish."

"or……"

While hurrying along, Fan Xiao turned to look at the Lu Xining sisters and asked a rather philosophical question: "Do you believe that the soul remains after people die?"

"It's better to believe it's true," Lu Xining said, "but isn't your reasoning a bit far-fetched?"

"The theory of the soul is just a digression; whether it's far-fetched or not is irrelevant."

Fan Xiao shook his head: "But the last wish is a highly probable speculation, it just depends on whether you believe it or not."

As they spoke, the three of them returned to the corridor near the archives room from before.

Looking ahead, all the doors to the rooms were open; Fan Xiao and his two companions had not erased any traces after their previous investigation.

They'll only be coming to this instance once, and there's basically no chance of interacting with it again, so naturally there's no need to make it as detailed.

Lu Xining took a few steps forward and peered into the first room.

The oddly shaped bones are still left there.

There are also many other rooms.

She turned to Fan Xiao and asked, "When people die, their lights go out, and everything comes to nothing. What were their wishes in life?"

"possible……"

Lu Baizhi answered on Fan Xiao's behalf: "They just want to leave this place."

"Individual wishes are uncertain, but there are wishes shared by the collective..."

Fan Xiao said, "Just like Zhi Zi said, these children may just want to escape this place that causes them pain and go out to see the world."

"so."

Lu Baizhi guessed, "If we take these remains and leave the zoo, will that fulfill the second mission condition?"

"This should be."

Fan Xiao nodded: "If it doesn't work, then we'll stick to the previous plan and go play games with those animals again."

“Okay,” Lu Xining nodded, “There are quite a lot of remains, so we may have to make a few more trips to move them.”

"Don't worry, I brought a bag."

Fan Xiao took out several nylon bags from his storage space.

Lu Xining took it, unfolded it, and found that it was an extra-large size.

"..." Lu Xining: "What did you put in your storage space?"

"This is a matter of personal privacy."

Fan Xiao also opened the nylon bag and walked towards a room, saying as he went, "Stop asking around and get to work."

Seeing him say that, Lu Xining could only suppress her curiosity.

The three of them went from room to room collecting bones, putting all the visible bones into bags.

Many of the skeletons were scattered, with pieces missing here and there, making it impossible to piece them together into a complete shape.

Moreover, it contains a large number of oddly shaped bones, making it impossible to determine their origin.

To piece together these bones according to the children's identities in life, and to create complete skeletons... for Fan Xiao and his two companions, this was essentially an impossible task.

So they could only do it roughly, putting all the bones together and planning to process them all at once.

Hopefully, these children won't mind.

The three of them spent about ten minutes collecting all the bones they could see.

If an ordinary person were to do this job, the eerie atmosphere created by the underground corridor and dark room would probably scare them to death.

However, Fan Xiao and the other two were all players who had blood on their hands and had seen a lot of bloodshed, so they weren't afraid.

Even Lu Baizhi didn't seem nervous at all.

Fan Xiao guessed that she probably thought of the children's past experiences and felt compassion, and was doing these things with a sacred feeling.

"Let's go check out other places."

Seeing that the tidying up here was finished, Fan Xiao suggested, "The underground research institute is very large, and there should be more rooms with skeletons than just this one."

“The hole you dug isn’t very big. If you put the bag in any more, it might get stuck and you won’t be able to get it back to the surface.”

Lu Xining suggested, "Let's turn back first and then come down."

"It's alright, I'll just widen the opening later," Fan Xiao said. "It's better to finish this kind of thing in one go."

"also."

Lu Xining nodded.

After making their decision, the three of them each carried a large bag of bones and left the research institute, heading in other directions.

Chapter 86 The Furious Headmaster Chen

Because collecting the remains required checking every room in the research institute, Fan, Xiao, and their companions' work was progressing slowly.

It took them more than an hour to explore most of the research institute.

By this time, the three men's nylon bags were already filled with bones.

Some bones were too big to fit in the bag, so Lu Xining had to summon a puppet to drag them along.

Fan Xiao also used the "Dustless Shield" to lift up some of the skeletons.

There is still the eastern region that has not been explored.

Fan Xiao estimated that Director Chen should be there.

However, they did not rush there immediately. Instead, they first gathered the remains below the dug-out hole before heading towards the eastern area.

There was no other way; there were just too many skeletons scattered everywhere.

So many problems that Fan Xiao had to abandon his original plan and turn back.

When the three arrived at the research institute area in the east, a metal gate blocked their way.

The entire corridor was blocked off and impassable.

Fan, Xiao, and the other two exchanged glances, and at the same time, the same thought popped into their heads—Director Chen should be right behind them.

"What should we do?" Lu Baizhi asked. "Should we break down this blocked door?"

"Do you remember the player who attacked the wooden door of the hut at the zoo entrance at the very beginning of the dungeon?"

Fan Xiao deliberately reminded him loudly: "He kicked the door and flew backward as if he had kicked himself."

When Lu Xining and her sister heard him raise his voice, they immediately understood what he meant.

Lu Xining then raised her voice, almost shouting, "Principal Chen can control 'reflection damage' to fall on us. Destroying the door might lead to a trap. Why don't we destroy the walls and smash all of them down!"

"Ah? Isn't this bad?"

Lu Baizhi suggested, "Why don't we tear up the floor here and dig a tunnel?"

“We could also sabotage the power infrastructure,” Lu Xining suggested again. “This gate might be electronically controlled; if we disrupt the circuitry, maybe it will open by itself?”

"Better say goodbye."

Fan Xiao retorted, "I reckon Director Chen is inside. What if there are traps he's set up all over the walls, floors, ceilings, and electrical wiring? How about... he likes to block the door, right? Let's use some props to seal this place off so he can't get out either?"

"good idea!"

Lu Xining replied, "However, simply sealing this place is too monotonous. Let's try to destroy it first. If there is any backlash, then it's not too late to seal it up."

"Alright!" Fan Xiao shouted, "Then let's get started!"

After the three finished speaking, they began to deliberately create some loud noises.

Fan Xiao kept banging on the door.

Lu Baizhi kept banging on the wall.

Lu Xining manipulated the Three-Body puppet to perform the bunny dance.

A moment later, a roar suddenly rang out from behind the door: "Enough! Don't go too far!"

The door that had blocked the corridor suddenly disappeared.

This appears to be a prop.

Director Chen's figure came into view of Fan Xiao and the other two.

“You don’t seem surprised at all that we’re here.”

Looking at Director Chen, Lu Xining suddenly said, "So you really knew we were following you... no, not all the players following you could break through the strata to get here. You should be able to pinpoint our exact location, right?"

"It's like you're stuck in that little hut by the door all day, but you know exactly where all the dead players' bodies are."

"Director Chen."

Fan Xiao then asked, "Are you the dungeon boss for this instance? Dungeon bosses have the authority to know the players' locations?"

Director Chen did not answer their questions.

He no longer had the calm expression he had during the day.

A hint of anger appeared on his face, which was covered in fine wrinkles.

"Get out of here!"

Director Chen took a step forward and angrily rebuked.

Fan Xiao and the other two were not intimidated by his imposing manner, after all, they had already guessed that Director Chen could not attack the players.

Even if you guess wrong or something unexpected happens, you can always exit the game and run away.

The three of them could be said to be fearless.

"You think I'll just leave because you tell me to? Are you trying to teach me how to do things?"

Instead of retreating, Fan Xiao bypassed Director Chen and tried to walk into the research institute.

Seeing this, the Lu sisters followed suit and quickly went around it as well.