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

Ao Cong's figure disappeared from the spot amidst Fan Xiao's applause—he was sent back to the original restaurant.

The conversation, which had a rather mysterious atmosphere, came to an end.

Chapter 619 Obtaining the Third A-Rank Item

Warm-toned lighting filled the restaurant, and Ao, who had returned, looked around.

When he saw that his cousin and other family members were all safe and sound in the restaurant, the weight that had been hanging over him was lifted.

Many A-level players, because they can live a long time, don't value offspring as much, and their sense of family becomes weaker and weaker... He is not included in this group.

He is a family man.

As soon as Ao appeared, everyone in the restaurant gathered around and asked him why he had suddenly disappeared.

Knowing that Ao was equipped with teleportation items, they all assumed he had suddenly left for some reason and did not consider any other possibilities.

Ao offered no further explanation, allowing his family to continue misunderstanding...

"Wait a minute!" he suddenly asked, "You mean... ten minutes have passed?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"..."

Ao suppressed his shock and did not reply.

Ten minutes... but his perceived time was only six minutes!

With the mental strength of an A-level player, it's impossible for him to be wrong about his senses.

A instance that has just connected with the real world cannot have a different time flow rate from the outside world if it is not activated.

There's only one reason why the time doesn't match up—his sense of time has been interfered with!

He thought six minutes had passed, but in reality, ten minutes had passed.

Mr. Fan used psychological intervention to deprive him of four minutes of subjective experience... What a terrifying psychological intervention method!

"A player who can cause such a ruckus at node G02 is definitely not someone to be trifled with..."

Ao recalled what Fan Xiao had said to him before they parted, when he gave him the black paper doll—he would know how to use the doll when he got back.

Now that he's back at the restaurant, how do you use him...?

As soon as the question arose in Ao's mind, the corresponding memory surfaced—finding someone to tear the paper together and silently reciting a spell together.

"..."

Ao realized that he had gained a small piece of information memory.

His shock intensified, almost reaching the level of terror.

Damn it... He's a veteran A-level player!

He also equipped himself with three conceptual defensive items that could stack their effects... so how exactly did he get hit?

Is this reasonable?

With even greater apprehension, Ao sighed softly to himself.

His gaze fell on his cousin and niece, and he asked, "Have you encountered anything like this before...?"

He paused halfway through his question, swallowing back what he was about to say.

Perhaps it was because of his recent experience that he couldn't calm down, but he subconsciously wanted to find out more about Mr. Fan in the real world... How did he become so bold?

He immediately abandoned that idea!

"What happened?" my cousin asked, puzzled.

"...It's nothing, you guys go ahead and eat. I have something to do, so I won't be able to keep you company tonight."

After greeting everyone, Ao quickly left the restaurant.

His cousin and niece had absolutely no memory of their unusual behavior of tearing up the paper... They must have forgotten the basic information related to the ritual after it was completed, and didn't even realize that they had become abnormal.

That really is... a mysterious method of mental interference!

In terms of manipulating people, they can be described as having complete control.

If someone with this ability becomes an enemy, it would undoubtedly be a nightmare.

Ao was once again glad that he had given in from the beginning.

However... as strong as Mr. Fan is, the chances of him successfully winning over the heart of "Truth Overcomes All" are probably still very small.

The best proof is that "the truth transcends everything," and there has been no movement at all these past few days.

Thinking of this, Ao took out his communication device and took the initiative to contact the intelligence reconnaissance team he had dispatched—the five people from Svina who were investigating Princess Melissa's outing.

Mr. Fan is about to steal the props, which are now equipped by Siweina, whom he sent out... To avoid giving outsiders the impression that he voluntarily gave away the props, he has to distance himself from this matter.

In other words, it would be more in line with Mr. Fan's expectations to have the props returned to where the white epaulettes were kept first, and then have them taken away by him.

"Suddenly stopping Svina's investigation is an unusual move. I need to come up with a reason... Hmm, I can send a life-type artifact to cause a big commotion at the city's manufacturing plant to attract the attention of the White Shoulder Badge. Then the White Shoulder Badge will send someone to ask me for permission to use the artifact, and I'll have an excuse to let Svina and the others come back first."

"Therefore, I need to contact Svena first and show her my strong desire for information about Princess Melissa's outing, so as not to be suspected by anyone that I am staging the incident myself."

"I usually pay close attention to the movements of various major forces, so my arrangements... are perfectly logical."

Ao silently devised a plan for the future.

He can have someone else create a crisis so he has a reason to bring the props back and investigate the "new incident".

In this process, as long as Mr. Fan snatches the prop during the prop handover, he can perfectly extricate himself from the situation.

He could even publicly complain that it was a conspiracy against him.

He said someone deliberately created chaos to scheme against him and took advantage of the situation to steal their department's prized props.

Then... he can also randomly pin the blame on a lucky viewer in section 001.

Royal families, aristocratic factions, the Catholic Church, capitalist forces... all can be contacted!

Anyway, no one will suspect that he is the one who is actively giving away props.

Hehe, he's the victim!

After all, no one with a sound mind would doubt that an A-level player would voluntarily give away items that originally belonged to him.

Would anyone actually think of such a stupid logic?

Thinking of this, Ao felt at ease.

First, contact Sivina and act out her and her team members' actions. Then, contact Mr. Fan and remind him of the right time to steal the props. Finally, let another faction take the blame... Perfect!

Finally, he could say goodbye to the hot potato that was "truth trumps everything".

"BOSS."

Soon, the 3D projection call began.

The three-dimensional silhouette of Svetlana's upper body appeared on the small projection device in the middle of the desk.

Sitting in his office chair, Ao nodded slightly and asked, "How's the investigation going?"

This matter involves Princess Melissa, who is backed by the royal family. "Truth trumps all," and to avoid further trouble, she is unlikely to cooperate.

Only one day has passed, and Ao has absolutely no expectations for the progress of the investigation into Svena's team.

He's already preparing to act!

Whenever Svetlana reports that progress is not going well, he will berate her harshly and show his eagerness for information about Princess Melissa.

He is quite confident in his acting skills.

In order to better survive in this world, he cultivated all his abilities to an extremely high level.

"Boss, we've made a breakthrough!"

Svetlana replied with a slightly excited tone.

Ao Cong: "?"

What……?

Did he hear wrongly?

Svetlana didn't notice that something was slightly off about Ao Cong's gaze.

She was secretly thrilled at the moment. To put it another way, it was like a primary school student who had finished all his homework and was suddenly selected by the teacher to check it... Could there be anything more thrilling than that?

Sveina continued, "I don't know why, but the intelligence gathering capabilities of 'Truth Over All' were exceptionally good today. We obtained the intelligence almost as soon as we arrived at the station where Princess Melissa caused such a commotion."

"Princess Melissa went out for revenge. Six months ago, a friend of hers in her social circle died at the hands of cannibal players while running a dungeon. Princess Melissa found the two cannibal players and chased them to the train station, where she executed them."

"You mean, 'Truth transcends everything' is a good match..."

Ao suddenly changed the subject halfway through his sentence: "You mean you were lucky today and stumbled upon a time when the props were working exceptionally well?"

"Yes."

Svetlana nodded.

Was the BOSS focusing on the wrong thing? She found out about Princess Melissa so quickly, yet the BOSS didn't praise her... Sveina suppressed her slight regret and continued to report: "Besides Princess Melissa, 'Truth Overcomes All' also showed us additional information."

"It has discovered a target with white epaulets. The person seems to be related to Princess Melissa, but it is not clear who it is yet. The person's name is not marked above their head."

"Right now, I and the others are tracking that target. We've returned to Roman City from the Royal City of Xilun, and we should have results soon..."

"and many more!"

Ao was startled and quickly interrupted, "What did you say? What name is marked above your head?"

“‘Truth transcends everything,’ indeed. In the images it presented, the names of Princess Melissa and others were marked above their heads, and it was because of this that I quickly understood the ins and outs of the matter,” Svina replied.

Ao Cong: "..."

unusual!

Very abnormal!

How could this snobbish piece of trash possibly cooperate like this?

For a player of Sivina's caliber, he could easily take her down with a single basic attack. What makes "Truth Overcomes All" so fond of her?

And that mysterious target who wasn't labeled... uh, doesn't it sound like this dog prop is deliberately leading Sivina and the others to actively seek out the other party?

No way?

Could it be... such a coincidence?

Ao Cong thought of Mr. Fan, who had just left not long ago.

The other party had barely arrived at Division 001 when "Truth Overcomes All" reacted so proactively and unusually...

"..."

After Ao Cong figured it out, his heart became heavy.

Unexpectedly, he actually encountered the phenomenon of dog props actively choosing their owners!

This Mr. Fan is much more terrifying than he anticipated!

Its power... has probably only shown him the tip of the iceberg.

Even just this tip of the iceberg was enough to terrify him.

Ao's emotions suddenly became complicated. Besides a great deal of awe, there was also a tiny bit of... lemon-flavor.

Although he was initially approached by the "Truth Overcomes All" super A-grade tool, he knew clearly that he had only been chosen as a "deliveryman."

This item wants to come with him to the backward node and live a safe life.

This can be seen from his treatment of the prop – he was often treated perfunctorily.

He's so jealous!

"I'm probably overthinking it. This Mr. Fan is just a bit stronger than the average A-level player. At least he can't instantly kill the A-level players who are besieging him at the G02 node... He's just average, with some skills, but not much. Truth Beyond Everything probably just wants to take advantage of him for free, just like he took advantage of me back then."

Once Ao realized this, his mindset immediately calmed down.

Of course, he could think about it, but he knew exactly what to do.

As expected, Siweina and the others were deliverymen who went to deliver props to people.