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

He's not without a temper!

"..." Fan Xiao's eye twitched: "Don't go too far!"

"Just kidding."

Melissa's tone was nonchalant.

If she were the only one in this instance... she might actually give it a try.

Now... she still has some self-respect; she wouldn't abandon her principles for an operation with a very low chance of success.

Fan Xiao composed himself, then turned his gaze to the first floor of the City Lord's Tower and said, "Let's go straight in. The first floor is occupied by the young Professor Chen, who possesses the power of exile."

"Remember! You all need to pay attention to the beauty numbers on your foreheads at all times. If the numbers remain unchanged, it means that 10 rings can guarantee that all of us can pass the level."

"If the numbers drop, don't hesitate, teleport out immediately!"

"If our appearance score drops to zero, we'll be banished?" Melissa asked. "What exactly will happen after we're banished?"

“It will disappear. But it won’t disappear immediately; it will just lose contact with everything around it and slowly disappear,” Fan Xiao said. “If you don’t have any special abilities to deal with that state, disappearing is only a matter of time.”

He speculated that the principle behind the disappearance was based on the observation effect.

Perhaps the players didn't really disappear, but rather became unable to exist because they lost their observers.

At that time, he tore everything apart with the "Breaking Limit" of the Angel of Death, forcibly returning to the City of True Love.

If you summon only one little angel, make it materialize, and then stare at it... will its disappearance stop with this observation? Well, even if that works, it won't truly bring it back, so it's meaningless.

Unless one possesses A-level defensive capabilities, capable of withstanding the power that banishes them.

The "Book of Curses" he was equipped with was indeed A-grade, but unfortunately, the power of banishment itself didn't pose a threat to the player; the threat lay in the subsequent disappearance. In other words, banishment wouldn't trigger the "Book of Curses'" page-based damage-shifting function.

He still lacks a guardian angel who can counter all attacks.

"...This is truly a dangerous power."

Melissa silently took out a makeup mirror from her storage space and looked at her forehead.

Appearance rating: 8.

A beauty in the making, with a promising future... She nodded almost imperceptibly.

Others followed suit and took out mirrors.

After the group of seven made their preparations, they headed towards the city lord's tower.

Arriving at the gate, Fan Xiao gently pushed it open, and the gray gate opened without any resistance.

A gray light suddenly shone out, instantly enveloping the entire square.

Everyone felt a sudden chill, a sense of loneliness rising within them, gradually leading to a state of negativity and depression that continued to deepen.

Professor Chen was the only one unaffected.

Fan Xiao held up the 10 heart-shaped rings in his hand, and a faint, colorful halo shone down, instantly relieving his depression and restoring his normal state.

The others didn't receive the same treatment; they instinctively stepped back and moved away from the gate.

My "appearance score" has dropped!

Melissa shouted from behind, "We can't get through! We have to get out of the square immediately!"

"Wait for my message outside."

Fan Xiao reminded them, and then walked forward with Professor Chen.

As I walked, scenes flashed by like a revolving lantern in the gray light.

Those were Professor Chen's memories as a young boy... or rather, Professor Chen's memories from his student days.

Studying, achieving excellent results, continuing to study, achieving even better results... it's wonderful. But placed within a love story that celebrates youth, it seems too monotonous and uninteresting.

There's nothing worth mentioning.

Professor Chen watched all of this silently without saying a word.

After the memory images disappeared from the gray light, he and Fan Xiao went to the second floor.

The floors are black.

The figure of the young Professor Chen appeared before Fan Xiao and the middle-aged Professor Chen immediately.

A strong urge to self-destruct surged within Fan Xiao, and his desire to commit suicide grew ever stronger.

He quickly raised the ring of love he had received from Mitchell Sinderson... but it didn't work!

Fan Xiao frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then threw the ring in his hand away.

Professor Chen, a young man, took it immediately.

A rainbow-like radiance suddenly emanated from the ring, shining upon Professor Chen and gradually dissolving the thick black clothing he wore.

It also dissolved the dense, dark blackness that had settled around it.

Professor Chen, the young man, glanced at Fan Xiao, then closed his eyes and melted into the colorful halo.

Only a sigh escaped at the end, spreading throughout the building before quickly dissipating.

I don't know what he was sighing about.

"You're right, he really is me."

Standing next to Fan Xiao, Professor Chen said, "I did have a period of confusion in the past. Did I really yearn for a perfect girlfriend like Mitchell back then...? Perhaps it was out of a desire for revenge after being deprived of love."

He said with a touch of melancholy, "People who are starved for love crave to be loved by a perfect person in order to heal themselves. Unfortunately, people can only save themselves; a perfect person doesn't exist... Let's go."

After saying that, he walked into the receding darkness and soon reached the end.

Then, colors greeted him.

Mitchell Sinderson's life was about to unfold.

That color represents an extreme—the extreme of being loved.

Because of her stunning good looks, Mitchell grew up surrounded by an abundance of love.

The constant influx of colors creates a comfortable, warm immersion environment, making one want to immerse themselves in it.

Perhaps because Mitchell himself wasn't there, this floor was no longer challenging, and Fan Xiao and Professor Chen quickly broke free from the "feeling of being loved" and continued walking forward.

It is pointless to indulge in false fantasies and escape from oneself.

The path to self-redemption must begin with accepting your true self.

Professor Chen led Fan Xiao forward, and they soon crossed the colored floors and arrived at the last floor.

The floors are pure white.

Here, Fan Xiao saw a memory scene similar to that on the first floor—a pure white projection showing Professor Chen's inspiring figure as he achieved success in various fields.

However, unlike the first layer, the memories in this layer do not evoke feelings of depression or grayness.

On the contrary, they bring joy and a sense of great acceptance.

Professor Chen stopped in his tracks.

Beneath his feet, pure white began to surge and spread outwards.

It gradually spreads from the fourth layer down to the three layers below.

Soon, pure white covered the colors, black, and gray.

Greater love encompasses lesser love.

Self-redemption transcends the original sin of physical appearance.

The white light then spread outwards, bursting out of the square, and its warmth swept across the City of True Love, changing the world and dispelling the distorted rules.

Amidst this shock, Professor Chen, seemingly blending into the pure white, turned around and said to Fan Xiao, "Thank you, young man."

At that moment, Fan Xiao received a game notification.

You have fulfilled all mission requirements and perfectly cleared this dungeon.

[The dungeon rules will undergo a change soon, and it will officially close in 1 hour.]

It will close in 1 hour... So, does that mean everyone else has also cleared the game?

Fan Xiao looked away from the pop-up player panel, turned to Professor Chen, and asked, "Have you gained the upper hand?"

“Yes,” Professor Chen said, “this city is distorted based on my extreme ideas from my youth. At that time, although I had summarized the theories, I did not have a heart of tolerance.”

He shook his head: "The world is complex, and not everything can be determined by a single theory. There are many individual cases outside of theories, but I couldn't see them when I was young because of emotional problems... or rather, he chose to actively ignore the individual cases, and that's where the distortion of the city comes from."

Fan Xiao looked around.

The city tower has melted into the all-encompassing white, leaving only the plaza behind.

He asked curiously, "What will this place... become in the future?"

"Now that I've summarized the phenomenon and raised the questions, I naturally have to offer solutions to help others out of their predicament. Otherwise, wouldn't I be creating unnecessary anxiety?"

Professor Chen smiled and said, "We have to admit that not having outstanding looks brings an original sin, making love a luxury. However, people can actively choose their own path, love themselves, and not be passively drowning in the whirlpool forever."

He answered Fan Xiao's question with a remark: "Love may be a luxury, but a colorful life is not; it can equally favor everyone."

Chapter 610 Junior Sister Returns

After a brief chat with Professor Chen, Fan Xiao took his leave—the instance would officially close in an hour, meaning the other players had benefited from his help and completed the third instance quest together. The two cannibalistic players were likely already teleported to the station, intending to escape. He needed to subdue them before they boarded the train and probe their memories for information.

Before leaving, Fan Xiao asked Professor Chen a question: "Where will this instance drift to next?"

"After the new dungeon rules are generated, the way True Love City operates will change drastically. Many things will be modified, and the game will have to be redesigned. It will take some time to do these things."

Professor Chen replied with a smile, "To avoid being disturbed by the player forces in this area during this time, I will have the instance temporarily drift away from this land."

"However, I will not leave this partition or this node in the short term."

"Once the dungeon update is complete, you can come visit me."

At this point, he handed a heart-shaped ring to Fan Xiao, reminding him, "This is the ritual item for the random entrance to this instance. You only need to touch it together with someone of the opposite sex to provide me with your real-time coordinates, and then I can pull you in."

"Any person of the opposite sex is fine?" Fan Xiao asked after taking the ring.

“Yes, any member of the opposite sex,” Professor Chen nodded. “There are no conditions that require love between them.”

……

After teleporting from the instance to the nearest station, Fan Xiao activated his psionic energy to sense the surroundings and quickly received feedback from the nearby "blood armor"... Hmm? There are two pieces?

One of them should belong to Sakura, but the other... whose is it? Did a member from another branch happen to come by?

Fan Xiao looked towards the other end of the bustling station.

Both pieces of blood-stained armor were moving in that direction and had already left the station, traveling a considerable distance along the spacetime track.

He immediately used his psionic powers to connect with the two pieces of blood armor that were in motion, causing eyes to grow on them, and then activated the vision-sharing feature with flesh and blood creatures.

He soon learned the answer—the other person… was Yin!

Junior Sister is back so quickly?

Fan Xiao was slightly surprised.

"mirror."

After regaining his senses, he muttered to himself and quickly teleported in the direction the blood armor had moved.

Besides Sakura and Silver, he also sensed the flesh and blood creatures he had left on the two cannibalistic players, which were moving in the same direction as the Blood Armor.

Without a doubt, the specific situation was that the two cannibalistic players chose to leave the dungeon the moment they completed the quest, and were then chased by Melissa and the others who had also chosen to teleport.

Waiting for the train takes time, and under the same conditions, it won't be easy for them to escape successfully. Faced with Melissa and the others' pursuit, they have no choice but to take a risk and escape along the tracks... which led to the current situation.

Two seconds later, Fan Xiao made a new decision—to abandon the use of the prop "Mirror" and instead have the little angel carry him flying.

With everyone having teleportation items, it's practically the same as no one having any... Melissa and the others probably thought they could catch up with the two cannibalistic players by fighting a war of attrition.

Grade B teleportation items generally have various flaws. Some are linked to mental strength, with the number of teleportations depending on how long the player's mental strength can last; others simply limit the number of teleportations that can be used each day.

Furthermore, the movement distance of B-grade teleportation items is generally not very far, fluctuating around a few hundred meters.

This makes it possible to pursue the enemy through a war of attrition.

In this situation, if he takes a straight path, the speed of his flight using the little angel far exceeds that of a B-grade item.