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

Hunter Mansion.

In the elegant office, a rather handsome middle-aged man sat comfortably in his office chair, his gaze fixed on the 3D projection in the center of his desk.

He was none other than Ao Cong.

At this moment, Ao Cong is having a 3D projection call with his subordinates.

Although he was at home, he dressed as if he were in a public place, appearing very proper, in a suit and tie, with his hair slicked back and meticulously styled, exuding a gentlemanly aura.

It's clear he's a man of principle.

Once the 3D holographic projection took shape and revealed the subordinate's half-body projection, Ao asked, "How's the investigation into Mammon's matter going?"

“Boss, we spent 500,000 game coins to buy all the information about the Mammon member ‘Young Fan Zunshi Zhongdao’ from one of the Mammon members.”

The phantom figure respectfully responded to Ao Cong's question.

Just yesterday, the Mammon player who was collaborating with White Shoulder Badge suddenly contacted me, saying he wanted to sell some important intelligence.

Mammon is a free organization, and its members can privately engage in cooperation, whether deep or shallow, with various forces in the major fusion zones.

The cooperation includes intelligence trading, as well as accepting mercenary jobs such as delivery and murder.

The Mammon platform has strong connectivity, and real-time intelligence from each partition can circulate throughout the entire node network almost instantly—Mammon naturally possesses a huge intelligence network.

Player factions across all the major merge zones highly value this point, making secret cooperation with Mammon inevitable.

When faced with profit, the madness of the Mammons can be ignored and disregarded.

Therefore, even the white shoulder badges of the organization that maintains order have a cooperative relationship with Mammon in private... not with the entire Mammon, but with some individual Mammon members.

Through this channel, the people with white shoulder patches learned the contents of the post made by "Youth Fan"... It seems that the Mammon members are deliberately spreading this information, as if they want to make a big fuss.

The member with the white shoulder patch immediately reported this intelligence to Ocong, which alerted Ocong and made him take it very seriously. He immediately issued an order to conduct a detailed investigation into the intelligence related to the Mammon member "Young Fan".

He sensed that someone extraordinary had arrived at node G08.

In the 3D projection, the intelligence that the white-strap members had purchased a second time was gradually presented to Ao Cong in the form of pictures and text.

This includes his "youthful" identity and a terrifying record of victories.

And the numerous replies to the other party's latest post.

As he watched, Ao suddenly stood up from his seat, his eyes widening slightly.

Ah this...

What did he see?!

As the events that occurred at node G02 were revealed one by one, Ao Cong became increasingly uneasy.

He killed A-level players, then staged a counterattack against their combined attack, forcing everyone to cower in fear, not daring to show their faces. In just three sentences, he extorted 40 billion game coins from the A-level players… What the hell?! When did such a bizarre character appear on G-Node?!

Most importantly, this guy seems to have wandered over to their G08 node.

Moreover, as soon as they arrived, they brazenly began extorting money, openly stating that they wanted to rob them, without even pretending.

The tone of the post...it was as if he would come knocking on my door the next second if I didn't transfer money to him.

"What an arrogant guy! He dares to cause trouble at the G08 node. Doesn't he know his own limitations?"

Ao frowned slightly.

Soon, he saw his own information appear in the projected post.

Holy crap... someone released his detailed information too!?

Who is that bastard?!

Who did this?!

"How come I'm so low-key, yet Mammon's people still have their eyes on me? I haven't offended them at all..."

Ao frowned even more deeply and began to ponder whether he should first raise 10 billion yuan as a reserve.

Yes, he was mentally prepared to give the money.

Although he had just verbally belittled this "young man," his true feelings were still quite honest.

Is this a formidable opponent who could fight back against six A-level players?

If he is unfortunately chosen by the other party... then 10 billion will be his lifeline.

"Why would a player like this appear in a lagging node? It doesn't make sense... Could it be that they came from a higher node to play? Like the previous annihilation of a nation?"

As Ao watched the projection, he couldn't help but recall what had happened a few months ago—the mass murder of a large number of powerful and influential people.

Even Alan Roman, the current head of the Roman family and a candidate for pope of the Orthodox Church, died in that incident.

And the culprit... according to his guess, was the destruction of the country.

Having guessed this, he stopped all his investigations.

He avoided the person who was suspected of being involved in the destruction of the country like the plague, and dared not touch him at all... If he wasn't afraid of revealing that he knew about it, he would even have wanted to withdraw the bounty on the person who raised the luan.

Faced with these two formidable figures, he had no choice but to take the initiative to shoulder the pressure from the aristocratic faction, and to feign compliance while secretly resisting, mainly by slacking off and procrastinating.

Even now, the aristocratic faction hasn't given up on avenging the dead nobles... mainly because they feel it's a loss of face, a challenge to their authority and status. Therefore, they've been trying to use the A-grade item with the white epaulettes to investigate this matter thoroughly.

These idiots have no idea how serious this is!

Would he let an idiot have his way?

Most importantly, he can't proactively remind these idiots that this matter involves the destruction of a country... Does he dare to do that?

Putting aside the fact that these are just his guesses, even if they were true... damn it, would he dare to say it?

If things escalate and reach the ears of the destroyed nation... even if the other party has already left the G08 node, they can probably still kill him from a great distance.

Ao felt incredibly scared whenever he thought about this.

This is something that has been troubling him recently.

He kept thinking about whether he should find a decent scapegoat to blame the aristocratic faction and make them quiet down a bit...

"Boss, how should we handle this?"

At this moment, the subordinate in the phantom asked a question.

Ao shook his head slightly: "I thought it was just a new thing the Mammons came up with, but I didn't expect it to involve such a powerful person... Send a few players to the G02 node to find out if this is true."

"In addition, send the relevant information to the other A-level players in Division 001. If this is true, it is not something I can decide alone."

"Are there really players that powerful?" the subordinate asked somewhat fearfully. "Could it be an S-rank player coming to node G..."

“The possibility is very small. It should be an A-level player,” Ao Cong said. “The strength gap between players of the same level is huge, even to the point of being able to kill instantly. A-level players are just rare at the lower levels. What you see as invincible may not be so from another perspective... Remember! Don’t pay too much attention to this matter. Don’t take any action against that ‘young man’. Just inform the other A-level players of the information.”

"Yes."

After the projection meeting ended, Ao Cong looked out the window, appearing somewhat preoccupied.

Princess Melissa's restless behavior, the sudden arrival of a powerful player... things haven't been peaceful lately.

There's always a sense of impending storm.

I hope nothing really happens.

"I'm already quite transparent, so this young man shouldn't be targeting me, right?"

Ao was somewhat unsettled.

After much deliberation, he decided to first raise some funds.

So he called his finance team and made some arrangements.

After doing all this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and left the conference room.

It was almost dinnertime, and he had to spend time with his family.

Although he had been an A-level player for a long time and held a transcendent position in Division 001, his lifestyle hadn't changed much. His vast mansion housed numerous family members.

Which bastard posted his information in that "young man's" post... Hmph, he better pray he doesn't catch him!

On the way to the restaurant, Ao became increasingly angry whenever he thought about that post, and could only temporarily recall other things to calm himself down.

When he arrived at the restaurant, he found that his cousin, who had gone out in the afternoon, had returned at some point and was playing with a black paper doll in her hand.

Upon his arrival, his cousin glanced at him without even greeting him, then looked away and turned to her daughter.

The daughter understood and reached out to pinch the piece of paper her mother handed her.

Tear—the two tore the paper in half.

When Ao first saw this scene, he felt a little confused, but soon he sensed something was wrong and a strong sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart.

It seems something bad is about to happen.

The next second, as if the restaurant were haunted, the sounds of children's laughter filled the air.

Chapter 617: The props used by the guild leader to escape?

Laughter... The restaurant was filled with laughter that could be heard but not seen.

These sounds came and went, sometimes near, sometimes far, intermittently. They sounded cute, but the atmosphere they created was extremely eerie, making people feel a little uneasy.

A faint sense of crisis lingered in his mind, and Ao's nerves tightened, feeling a long-lost tension.

The indoor lights flickered on and off. After the third flicker, Ao's pupils contracted as he realized that all his family members in the restaurant had disappeared.

It's gone...!?

Looking around, Ao suddenly felt a little anxious.

Haunted... He's an A-level player, so naturally he wouldn't have such a naive idea.

It's clear that an uninvited guest has visited him, using some kind of power to envelop the restaurant and relocate his family... or perhaps he is the one who was relocated.

The fact that his cousin and her daughter tore apart the paper doll together just now should be one of the conditions for activating this strange ability.

Using talents and items usually doesn't require this much trouble. The act of tearing the paper seems more like some kind of coordinate-anchoring ritual in a random dungeon… Could he have already been drawn into a dungeon?

The location has changed, but I'm still in the restaurant... Could the restaurant be some kind of mental interference?

He's an A-level player after all, so there's very little mental interference that can affect him... The opponent's strength is likely similar to his, also an A-level player!

Ao Cong immediately thought of the "young man who respected his teacher" mentioned in his subordinate's report.

He has no enemies in the 001 partition and has not had any conflicts with anyone in the G08 node. No A-level player would want to attack him for no reason.

The enemy is very likely that "Young Fan," after all, this guy has openly boasted that he would extort money from A-level players.

Damn it... How could he be so unlucky? He actually got chosen by them?

There are many A-level players in G08 node, so why was he chosen?

What makes him think he's worthy of it? What merit does he possess?

"..."

Although he wanted to curse inwardly, Ao didn't have time to dwell on that. He quickly and cautiously probed, "Mr. Fan, I have prepared the money you requested. We have no grudges between us, and there is absolutely no need for any conflict... We can sit down and talk, what do you think?"

The ID name is "Young Fan"... It should be fine to call him Mr. Fan, right?

Meanwhile, in the palace castle of Fairy Tale Town, Fan Xiao, sitting on the throne in the audience hall, paused slightly after hearing what Ao Cong said, and stopped his frightening act.

He felt slightly speechless.

Damn it... This guy knelt down way too fast!

At this moment, Ao Cong was standing in the hall below the throne steps of the audience hall—the mental interference released by Yan Keke and the other lolis enveloped him, and what he saw was not the hall, but the restaurant as before.

Yan Keke's psionic energy is A-level, so it naturally doesn't only work on B-level players.

As long as the other 35 lolis lend their mental energy to Yan Keke, the latter can construct an illusion that even an A-level player cannot see through.

However, this method is very energy-intensive and cannot be sustained for long.

At this moment, Fan Xiao also lent his mental energy to Yan Keke so that the little girl could maintain the illusion for a longer period of time.

He originally planned to use the illusion to create a supernatural scene, first scare Ao Cong, give him a warning, and then ask for the props after demonstrating his own power.

As a result... before he even exerted any force, the other person knelt down first.

It feels like punching cotton... that's really unpleasant!

He was speechless, but also a little surprised... How could Ao Cong have guessed his identity?