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

However, compared to the simulation in the virtual world, this behavior can only be considered "cute".

……

2 p.m.

Fan Xiao and Ying left the library and headed towards the school.

Just a few kilometers away from the school, Fan Xiao was surprised to find that... two more flesh-and-blood creatures had appeared in the school.

He immediately activated his psionic powers and shared his senses, carefully checking everything... It turned out that the two cannibalistic players who had been taken to the detention center by the law enforcement team yesterday had returned.

They're back so early?

"One day... no, less than a day! I asked the enforcement team yesterday and confirmed that they would be detained for at least several days. How could they be released early? Could it be that the time calculation is different?"

Fan Xiao's mind started to wander.

Although he placed fleshy creatures on the two people for monitoring, this monitoring was proactive rather than passive.

If he doesn't actively connect with flesh and blood creatures and share their field of vision, he won't be able to obtain real-time intelligence.

There are many potential dangers in the dungeon, and he can't keep his attention focused on the cannibalistic player all the time.

Therefore, he did not immediately realize that the two had left the detention center.

According to his plan, he intended to wait until tonight to conduct the second observation.

Unexpectedly, those two guys had already returned to school.

"Be careful," Fan Xiao reminded Ying, who was standing next to him, "There might be a fight later, so stay close to me."

"..." Sakura said, "I can only stop using my talents and items that involve mental power. My combat power is not zero. I can still use other items."

"The battle I'm referring to is the possibility that we might be besieged."

Fan Xiao then began to speak.

cherry:"……"

Ah this...

She's being superficial!

She then remembered that Fan Xiao had been planning to rob the rings once everyone else had collected them.

As Fan Xiao's teammate, she will definitely be implicated.

With her talents and some items unusable, she was indeed struggling to cope with the onslaught from other players.

"Don't be nervous. I just said there might be a battle later, it's not certain," Fan Xiao reassured them. "We need to see how many Rings of Love they've collected first. If not enough, we can just play along for now. If they have enough... there's still the voting process, isn't there?"

After saying that, he teleported into the school.

Sakura followed closely behind.

Upon arriving at the track and field area, Fan Xiao spotted the two cannibalistic players—Gentleman Mo and Smiling Man Ma Da.

They were trying to pick up female students on the track and field.

There are three classes of students having physical education class here.

"So...they know the way to pass the level?" Sakura frowned and asked, "Who told them?"

That's right, she also discriminates against cannibalistic players and has no interest in playing with them.

It would be best if those two cannibalistic players died in the dungeon... She had this thought in her mind to some extent, but she didn't show it openly.

On the other side, Lang Mo and Ma Da also noticed the arrival of Fan Xiao and his companion. They temporarily gave up trying to chat up the students and walked over.

As they drew closer, Lang Mo's gaze fell upon Fan Xiao, and she sneered, "Brother Fan, what you did yesterday was really underhanded! Not only did you not stand on our side, but you also used the tactic of feigning death to incite conflict, forcing us to fight... Aren't we teammates? Is this how you treat your teammates?"

"You're all B-level players, who hasn't backstabbed before? There's no point in saying this." Fan Xiao grinned. "I just wanted to see what the consequences would be if the players started fighting. You guys just happen to have a conflict with that princess, isn't that a coincidence?"

"Hmph! Are you stupid or arrogant? Without teammates, you're going to face all those human players alone?" The smile on Mada's face vanished. "I'm starting to doubt your identity. Are you a cannibalistic player or not?"

"Obviously, I'm not." Fan Xiao shrugged. "Even if I were, so what? Who says cannibalistic players have to stick together? When there's an opportunity to verify the danger of a dungeon, what do teammates matter?"

"...Do you think we can't do anything to you just because players can't fight each other privately?" A slight look of anger appeared on Mada's face: "Although the laws of this instance prohibit fighting,... mental interference is not a restriction!"

"Oh?" Fan Xiao chuckled. "So, you have a decent mental interference tool?"

"...What, you're trying to take advantage of me?" Mada almost laughed out of anger: "Go ahead and try!"

"Don't be so impatient, I just did what everyone else would do."

Fan Xiao suddenly took the initiative to show weakness, saying, "I don't actually have any ill will or hostility towards the two of you. I was only stirring things up before because of the issue, not because of the person. No matter who the target is, I would still stir things up."

"We're all B-level players, who would pass up the opportunity to verify the danger of the dungeon? It's all about profit. There are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. We don't really need to have conflicts over such trivial matters."

"You've probably already gotten information from other players about how to obtain the Ring of Love, right? Did the person who gave you that information mention the collaboration plan I proposed?"

Just as the smiling man was about to say something, the gentlemanly man Mo suddenly reached out to stop him.

Lang Mo looked at Fan Xiao with a slightly wary expression and replied, "We don't know anything about this cooperation, and no one has told us about the Ring of Love."

“No need to be coy,” Fan Xiao laughed. “There are only nine of us in this instance. That princess won’t give you a friendly look, and Ai Yuan wants to curry favor with me, so the only person who would tell you information is… Tai’an. Hehe… Could it be that Tai’an wants to cooperate with you so that he can seize control of the plan from me at a crucial moment?”

"...No wonder you were the first to find a solution; you're indeed very clever," Lang Mo said. "From what you're saying... what, you want to cooperate with us too?"

“Why not?” Fan Xiao said, “I told you, I have no hostility towards you; I only value and pursue interests. Besides…”

He paused, then feigned weakness again, saying, "You and I are both members of the Mammon, would I really try to assassinate you? I don't want to be hunted down by the other Mammons."

"..."

Lang Mo and the smiling man exchanged a glance.

Finally, Lang Mo said, "Cooperation isn't out of the question. If we stay in this godforsaken place any longer, we'll be assimilated sooner or later. We can trust you one more time..."

“No, you don’t need to believe me,” Fan Xiao said with a smile. “You only need to believe in mutual interests, and now our interests are aligned.”

"What exactly do you want to do?" Lang Mo asked. "So that we'll vote for you when we elect our representatives?"

"It's so convenient talking to smart people!" Fan Xiao maintained his smile and said, "By the way, how many Rings of Love have you collected?"

“There’s only one,” Lang Mo replied. “We’ve only been back at school for a short time.”

“Having one is already pretty good,” Fan Xiao said. “There are probably not many people holding the Ring of Love in this school, so the number of rings that can be provided is limited.”

Ma Da, the smiling man, is of average appearance, but Lang Mo is quite handsome and has a gentlemanly demeanor.

This is also why he is willing to continue deceiving the other party.

In this instance, players with high visual appeal are more likely to collect the rings.

“Now that you mention it… it is indeed getting harder and harder to collect.” Lang Mo frowned and said, “We got this one not long after returning to school. Now more than three hours have passed, we have expanded our target group and agreed to date more than a dozen people, but we still haven’t obtained the second ring. Collecting the Ring of Love is a tedious task, and it will probably take a lot of time.”

"That's why I suggested we collect 10 rings first to complete the third dungeon quest and make this dungeon safer," Fan Xiao said. "After that, no matter how long we stay here, we shouldn't be assimilated anymore. Those who haven't cleared the dungeon can continue collecting rings here much more safely. However..."

After a pause, he revealed his purpose: "Once all 10 rings are collected, it's no longer up to me who will be responsible for taking Professor Chen to the fourth floor to be the first to try it out."

"Let me be blunt, I want to be the first one!"

"But that princess is very strong, and her two teammates are also quite strong. I probably can't compete with her."

"At that point, I'll have to voluntarily hand over all the intelligence to her..."

He shook his head: "I proposed this cooperation plan not so that others could benefit from it."

“You’re talking about the worst-case scenario,” Lang Mo said. “Maybe the first floor of that city lord’s building only requires 10 rings for all of us to pass? If that’s the case, then we won’t be in competition.”

“It’s possible,” Van Shaw said, “but… do you believe it?”

"..." Lang Mo said, "As long as you don't cause any more trouble, we can vote for you."

Fan Xiao smiled and said, "It's a pleasure to cooperate with you."

……

After leaving the track and field, Fan Xiao walked towards the teaching building.

Sakura, still concealed, followed and asked, "Why cooperate with them? Why not just rob them once we've collected all the rings?"

"Have you forgotten about the enforcement team?"

Fan Xiao warned, "Straightforwardly robbing is illegal and will definitely attract law enforcement, causing unexpected problems in the plan. Therefore, robbery is the last resort."

"If we can gain representation through a voting process and get other players to voluntarily hand over their Rings of Love, then voting would be much better."

cherry:"……"

She felt that Fan Xiao had influenced her thinking.

If Fan Xiao hadn't mentioned robbery, she wouldn't have subconsciously ignored the existence of the law enforcement team.

It's all Fan Xiao's fault!

"Do you think they'll honestly vote for you?" Sakura cautioned. "They're cooperating with Tai'an, and they're probably up to their own agenda. Cannibalistic players can't be trusted."

"It was just a casual move," Fan Xiao said nonchalantly. "Hopefully they'll know what's good for them."

If they don't know what's good for them...

"Let's go."

Fan Xiaochao reminded her, "We should also change our perception and move closer to Professor Chen's theories. This is the foundation for completing the second instance mission. By the way, you should have some items that allow you to give yourself suggestive suggestions, right?"

“There’s a D-rank item with this effect, and you can even set the duration of the hint effect.” Sakura asked, “Do you have it? If not, you can use it first…”

At this point, she suddenly stopped, realizing—how could Fan Xiao possibly lack props?

This guy went from being ruthless at E-rank to B-rank, slaughtering countless players along the way, and probably has several baskets full of inherited items.

Finding one item from so many props that can slightly interfere with the mind... is incredibly easy!

……

at the same time.

Lang Mo, Ma Da, and Tai An met up in a small alleyway outside the school.

Tai'an frowned and asked the two cannibalistic players, "I saw you talking to him, what...did you say?"

“He wants to cooperate with us,” Lang Mo said bluntly. “He wants to gain representation in the voting process and be the first to try something new.”

"You agreed?" Tai'an frowned even more deeply.

"It's just a pretense. That guy betrayed us once, how could we possibly help him gain control?"

Lang Mo smiled and said, "Don't worry, we will naturally do what we promised you."

"However... the three of us combined only have three votes, while that princess also has three votes, so it's a tie with us."

“You’re one vote short of winning… We have to win over Ai Yuan.”

“That woman is too arrogant! There’s no way to win her over.” Tai’an frowned and said, “I’ve tried a few times, but she just ignores me.”

That's right, Tai'an also wants to be the first to try something new.

However, he did not make this decision out of a sense of audacity.

On the contrary, he was driven by cowardice—if he could get a better dungeon rating, he would need to run fewer dungeons to level up and become an A-rank player faster.

Nowadays, "player retirement slots" on the G08 node are extremely rare, with only one slot available for each player. For a B-level player like him, with no background or connections, to obtain a retirement slot... the price he has to pay is unbearable.

If he were an A-level player, it would be a different story; obtaining a retirement spot would be very easy for him.

Even several merged partitions of the G08 node would extend olive branches to him, offering him their spots voluntarily.

As for going to other nodes... there's no place for him on this node, so who would care about a B-level player from out of town on other nodes?

Therefore, in order to survive longer, he must do everything he can to improve his dungeon rating each time, thereby reducing the number of dungeons he needs to run and becoming an A-level player as soon as possible.

Then, retire on the spot!

When the crisis of the dungeon is over, he will be able to live longer and enjoy life for longer.

Tai'an continued, "Winning them over is definitely not going to work; we'll have to use force."

“This instance does not prohibit mental interference between players. I have a B-grade mental interference item, and with a binding item... it shouldn’t be difficult to get her to obey us temporarily.”

“I also have a mental interference item,” Lang Mo said, “but it’s a lower level than yours. If we bind her first, and then both of us activate the items together to increase the interference, the success rate will be higher.”

“Let’s do it this way,” Tai’an said. “We’ll make our move after school. After school, the students will all go home, and if they want to continue collecting the Rings of Love, they will definitely spread out. That will be our opportunity to strike. Otherwise, if we make our move at school, it will be too loud and easily expose our cooperation.”

“Okay,” Lang Mo nodded, “Let’s proceed with this plan for now.”

I'm warning you one more time!