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

If I actually said that, I'd probably get a good kick to the knee.

"Even while my body was unable to react, monsters still approached me... Tsk, this third dungeon quest is really dangerous."

Fan Xiao sighed inwardly.

In this situation, if you don't have teammates by your side, you won't even know how you died.

It seems that this is a task that can only be completed through teamwork.

Fortunately, the Legion resided in his spirit.

"Find another monster, don't kill it, control it."

Fan Xiao glanced at the little angel's pouting lips, ignored her, and issued a new order.

The next second, the number of little angels increased to sixteen, instantly accelerating him to supersonic speed as they broke through to the upper floors.

Compared to searching for monsters on the original floors, it's natural to keep going upwards, as the probability of encountering monsters is much higher—this has always been the case when going up and down.

Sure enough, after passing through just two floors, a new monster appeared before Fan Xiao's eyes.

*Pfft*—The little angels rushed over immediately and severed the lower limbs of the enormous monster, which were its thick, waving tentacles.

This is a monster with a black fleshy upper body and octopus tentacles on its lower body. It is extremely large and floats in the air.

After its tentacles were severed, the monster fell to the ground. A crack appeared at the bottom of the black fleshy ball, resembling a mouth, from which came a bizarre scream that was completely different from that of a normal creature.

Fan Xiao didn't bother to study what the monster's abilities were; instead, he stared at the translucent tube on top of its fleshy ball and approached it.

As it approached, its body rapidly compressed and deformed, shedding its bones and leaving only a mass of cells.

These cells eventually fused together to form a long, thin worm that was even thinner than a translucent tube.

The insect suddenly burrowed into the thin tube.

The next second, Fan Xiao's vision shifted, and a luxurious palace came into view... into the insect's eyes.

Boom—the insect exploded.

Tiny, invisible cells diffused into the air.

At the innermost step of the palace stands a towering throne. The back of the throne is made of pure metal, extending irregularly upwards to the same height as the dome, looking extremely strange.

The long, wide throne back was covered with a dense network of wires and pipes, some inserted into the floor, others connecting to unknown places further back. The ends of these pipes were semi-transparent, as if they were piercing into the void.

The moment Fan Xiao saw this throne, he deduced a conclusion—this was the Gene Throne.

It's definitely true.

By breaking it, one can find the key to unlock Samael's "Gate of Memory" from the fragments.

This throne is probably the only thing in this dungeon that can be destroyed by players.

On the throne sat a middle-aged man with a very strong and angular face.

His attire was impeccable, his posture refined, even elegant, yet he exuded a wildness... no, the wildness didn't originate from the middle-aged man himself, but from the throne behind him.

There seems to be a subtle connection between the two.

The middle-aged man was Samael.

When Samael saw the long worm that appeared in the palace through the gene connection channel, he almost got goosebumps out of biological instinct.

What kind of strange ability is this... Transfiguration?

Was it really necessary to turn it into something so creepy?

When he saw the bloody worm disappear... he immediately tensed up.

What are spider keepers most afraid of? Of course, it's waking up one day to find that the spiders in their culture container are gone.

He has this mentality to some extent now.

After suppressing his discomfort, Samael called out to the empty hall, "Your Excellency must also be doubting how smoothly you cleared the level, right? That's right, those harmless monsters that delivered information to you, including the owner of the safe house, were all arranged by me."

"This is my compensation and apology to you. It was my mistake to bring you here so hastily."

“I do not want to be involved in any conflict of interest related to One Wing, whether it is an internal or external conflict. I hope you can give me some face.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Fan Xiao's figure materialized inside the palace.

Looking at the figure on the throne, Fan Xiao revealed a rather surprised expression: "You... there's something wrong with you."

"What do you mean?" Samael frowned.

“You don’t seem like the same person as the Samael I know,” Fan Xiao said thoughtfully. “Are you perhaps a fake?”

"When the hell have I ever known you..." Samael's eyes flashed with anger: "Sir, I've said enough. Decide whether you stay or leave."

"Oh, by the way, as a show of sincerity, I'd like to remind you of something... all your two enemies have already gone out to get reinforcements."

"If you linger here any longer, when you get out, you'll be facing a whole host of B-level players gathered from all over Star Memory City!"

Huh? There's actually such a good thing... Fan Xiao confirmed, "You mean, the reinforcements they went out to get are B-level players from Star Memory City?"

“That’s what they said,” Samael reminded again…or rather, warned, “You should go!”

"I'm suddenly not in a hurry to leave anymore."

Fan Xiao grinned and said, "I'm a little curious about your condition. You don't quite look like the Samael I remember. Could it be that this instance... has two Samaels?"

"What do you mean?"

Samael became somewhat irritated by the other party's serious tone.

"Oh? Judging from your reaction..." Fan Xiao retorted, "You don't even know that there's a world of your own memories below this floor, do you?"

"What kind of memory world?"

Samael's frustration grew stronger: "What are you talking about?!"

"I see."

Fan Xiao understood: "You are the Gene Throne... or rather, you are the embodiment of Samael's obsession and fanaticism with genes. No wonder you and the chair behind you are so closely connected; you are one."

At this point, he had finally figured out the truth about the two memory worlds below.

This further solidified his suspicions.

The scenes of memories that appear on the gray path on the right are Samael's true memories.

That is, the world of memories where genetic modification technology does not exist.

In that world, Samael was still poor, but he had a brilliant mind and was among the top students in his school.

However, due to the favor of the school beauty Juno, and the fact that the school bullies couldn't stand Samael, a bean sprout, being more popular than them... Samael's fate was exactly the same as that of the Samael in the world of genetic modification technology who had no talent whatsoever.

They were subjected to the same level of bullying.

When a normal person is bullied, they either become so fearful that they shrink back, or they harbor hatred and think about taking revenge when they get the chance.

In addition to having these thoughts, abnormal people may also develop some rather obsessive ideas after reflecting on the incident.

For example... in the real world of memories, the bullies who harassed Samael did so out of pure jealousy.

Jealous of Samael's outstanding talent, excellent academic performance, and the favor of the school beauty, he was the center of attention.

So, aside from personal grudges, if... if we could eliminate this jealousy at its root, wouldn't bullying stop and the world become a better place?

To eliminate jealousy, you must eliminate the gap in talent.

Talent comes from genes.

That's why Samael was so obsessed with genes, and when he grew up, he became a doctor dedicated to researching genetic modification technology and founded the paradise that he later created.

Of course, being bullied alone would not give rise to such a strong determination to be "great, glorious, and righteous".

Something else probably happened afterward that completely affected Samael, to the point that it drove him to madness.

"Gene modification technology is a mature technology that Samael accumulated and perfected after he founded the park, using a large number of innocent people who were deceived as test subjects to conduct continuous human experiments. It is something that appeared much later."

"In the memory world below the floor, in the genetically modified world that extends out along the gray path on the left, the genetic technology existed long before Samael was born, which clearly does not match the intelligence information provided by the dungeon."

"So the left path is false, and the right path is true... No, the left path isn't entirely false either; it reveals another possibility for the world—that even in a world where humans can choose their own genetic talents and customize their own lives, it is still full of injustice, jealousy, violence, discrimination... and the discrimination has even escalated significantly."

"This fake world shouldn't be shown to me... or rather, it shouldn't be shown to the players. It's meaningless to show it to players who aren't directly involved... It should be shown to Samael, who is obsessed with genes. It's telling Samael that the root of injustice in the human world doesn't stem from genetic talent. The obsessive pursuit of genetic modification, believing it can make everything better, is a flawed theory. Therefore, Paradise can never achieve equality for everyone."

“There is no true equality in this world either… The floor below is a dream of consciousness… The key can unlock the next part of the dream… Only by destroying the Gene Throne can we get the key… So that’s how it is. The paradise created by genetic obsession has led to an even more unequal world. Therefore, destroying the Gene Throne, which is its symbol, and this Samael in front of us is a link to opening up a world of true equality.”

"True equality... probably only exists in dreams."

Fan Xiao quickly went through all the intelligence details in his mind and found that they all matched up.

This must be the truth about the dungeon.

Thus, the solution for completing the third instance quest was also revealed.

It wasn't the joking thought he had before, about slaughtering all life and letting death embrace everyone equally... Well, doing so does seem to be a method, except for being a bit insane, it's not wrong otherwise.

"What do you mean, 'one body'?! What nonsense are you spouting?!"

On the other side, Samael, sitting on the Gene Throne, was enraged by the information mentioned in Fan Xiao's words.

He didn't know why he was so angry... he was just angry!

Consumed by rage, he lost all rational thought and composure, launching an attack without hesitation.

A tsunami of lightning appeared inside the palace, followed by a purple, poisonous mist, black corrosive waves... Hundreds of life-stripping phenomena appeared one after another inside the palace, forming hundreds of negative buffs that could instantly kill a B-level player, and they continued to appear and stack.

Boom! Inside the palace, which was filled with various attacks, a blood-red wave suddenly surged up.

It was a constantly writhing sea of ​​blood.

After being attacked, the monsters in the sea of ​​blood began to adjust their genes, and then released lightning, poison, corrosive waves... One negative phenomenon after another appeared, but they were too weak and were swallowed up by Samael's attack waves in less than five seconds.

Samael's roar echoed throughout the palace: "So that's how it is... So your ability is to control flesh and blood at the genetic level, and you actually dared to imitate me? How laughable!"

"How can your superficial imitation of extraordinary genes be equivalent to anything?!"

"You've already unleashed your ultimate psychic power once, and you can't possibly use it a second time anytime soon. Die!!"

Boom... The negative phenomenon attack field below the steps was suddenly torn apart by a red flash.

Fan Xiao appeared before Samael completely unharmed.

Samael's eyes widened, and terror appeared in them.

"It's just a test to see if it works, what are you getting so worked up about?" Fan Xiao said with a disdainful look, "Who told you I only have one kind of psychic power?"

Yes, he was just trying to steal Samael's genetic database and combine it with the "Bloody Hand Progenitor" to unleash countless genetic superpowers to enhance his combat strength.

Unfortunately, he was overthinking it.

B-grade psionic energy is ultimately just B-grade psionic energy, with a very clear upper limit—no matter how he imitates it, he can only imitate normal genetic changes, and cannot make normal genes evolve into extraordinary genes like those in the bodies of demi-humans and cannibalistic players.

He can mimic a large number of electric eels discharging electricity in a sea of ​​blood to inefficiently attack enemies, but he cannot interfere with celestial phenomena or summon lightning from the sky at any time.

Van Shaw accepted this limit.

In any case, the strength of the "Flesh and Blood Progenitor" does not lie in attacking.

"Impossible! Where did you get the extra mental energy to use the second spiritual energy's ultimate limit...!!"

Faced with this incomprehensible phenomenon, Samael almost roared out loud.

In his view, without using the Breaking Limit, it would be impossible to easily withstand his attack using only the normal operation of psionic energy.

He mobilized the power of the entire Gene Throne.

The entire power of the instance was used to deal with just one player... How could this be the result!

Even if the opponent has A-level defensive psionic energy, they just fought three A-level players, so where would they get extra mental energy...?

“You are not the Samael I am looking for.”

Fan Xiao ignored the destroyed sea of ​​blood and climbed the steps one by one: "This meaningless battle should end."

Boom! The steps were torn into hundreds of pieces, and the genetic throne on them began to collapse downwards.

Vanshaw burst out of the flying debris, surrounded by hundreds of cherubs, and attacked Samael, who refused to leave his throne.

From the moment Samael was forced to become a live target, the outcome of the battle was no longer in doubt.

He tried his best to protect the Gene Throne, but in the end, he and the throne were cut into pieces.

With lightning speed, Fan Xiao scooped out a spiral-shaped key that emitted a ghostly blue light from the shattered fragments.

This key... is like an enlarged genetic code.