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

"Oh, right! I also discovered something!"

Beifeng continued, "Tuzheng told me before that the first man-eating player, the Ferocious God, encountered an enemy with the same type of power as him, who was undoubtedly his counterpart."

"Not long after, Tu Zheng and I also encountered our respective counterparts. This situation, even if we were to flatter you, could hardly be called a coincidence."

"Our counterparts must have the ability to pinpoint our location! Perhaps it's achieved through the dungeon rules."

"If we encounter another enemy of the same type alone, our chances of winning are very slim! So from now on, we'd better stay together at all times and never get separated! Being separated could mean instant death!"

"We were acting alone all day before we gathered at the library, and we didn't encounter any other beings in the same location," White Cat guessed. "Could this precise location tracking have a time limit? For example, is it only effective at night?"

“Uh… I haven’t really paid attention to that.” Beifeng shook his head: “Maybe so.”

"What happened to Tu Zheng in the end?" Xia Li asked.

“He must be dead,” Beifeng replied. “Under those circumstances, it’s impossible for him to have survived.”

“Let’s go take a look!” Xia Li said. “The danger is much lower if the four of us go together. Once we get there, I can confirm whether Tu Zheng is dead or not.”

Beifeng nodded, indicating that he had no objection.

He came here seeking help and trying to curry favor, so naturally, everything was up to Xia Li's decision.

The four of them acted quickly and soon arrived at the perimeter of the police station.

The police station was as quiet as before. The recent battle had taken place in another area and had not alerted the ordinary people inside.

Xia Li carefully sensed the soul's aura using her psychic powers, then shook her head: "Dead."

"Uh... including that big, fierce guy, two are already dead!" White Cat showed a fearful expression like a quail: "It hasn't been long, and two have already died. That Feng Siman said this dungeon wasn't dangerous, that there were quite a few players who could clear it and leave alive... wait! Players, leave alive... uh, could those who left be those counterparts?"

A chilling thought crossed her mind: "Do you think those players who left might have been replaced by their counterparts?"

"Replacing... is certainly a possibility."

Xia Li frowned, seemingly lost in thought, and said, "There is no conflict between us and our counterparts. In any case, we certainly don't have any grudges against each other."

“They must have a reason for attacking us.”

"If killing us would allow them to take our place, gain player status, escape the constraints of the instance, and achieve freedom... that reason is certainly enough for them to take action."

The room suddenly fell silent.

This speculation is quite shocking.

It's like a horror story; you go to a dungeon and come back a completely different person.

Xia Li looked at Fan Xiao, who had been keeping a straight face and not participating in the discussion since the beginning, and asked curiously, "Fan Jin, have you discovered something? What are you thinking?"

I've discovered that this already incredibly difficult dungeon has likely undergone a new level of difficulty upgrade, turning into a nightmare-level dungeon, probably because of me... Fan Xiao thought to himself.

The mournful wind truly brought him bad news!

Forget it, we'll deal with it as it comes. There's no need to scare ourselves unnecessarily for now.

Moreover, he doesn't really agree with the concept of isotopes.

Fan Xiao replied, "I'm thinking about the issue of 'identity crisis.' The 'identity crisis' and the 'character intrusion crisis' are perhaps essentially the same kind of crisis."

"The work has been invaded...the same crisis?" Beifeng was taken aback and asked, "Oh right, I forgot to ask, how is the verification of Mary going?"

"The verification is complete, and the results are exactly as we guessed. It is indeed the work Mary that has invaded the real world."

The person who answered this question was Xia Li.

She then looked at Fan Xiao and asked, "You mean... the so-called counterpart is very likely also a character in the work?"

"It's just a guess, and it still needs to be verified."

Fan Xiao said, "Generally speaking, the crisis mode of a dungeon will follow the same big framework and the same plot background, showing the wholeness. This also makes it easier for us to gradually deduce the truth within the framework. And the work invading reality is a very good big framework."

"If we isolate the isotopes and treat them as separate crises, it would be rather chaotic. I can't think of any way to embed them in the background story of this instance. That would just feel like a deus ex machina."

"Therefore, we can assume that the isotope crisis is an extension of the work intrusion crisis, and is essentially the same kind of crisis."

"From this perspective, we can draw a conclusion—this instance uses us players as a blueprint to create a corresponding number of 'player-created characters,' and there may even be 'secondary creation stories' to match them."

"Our identity as players in this instance is very likely that of the 'author'. We might as well investigate this direction thoroughly."

“Oh? That’s an interesting guess.” Xia Li said in surprise, “If that’s true, we will obtain a lot of information about the enemy. That’s a very good direction for our investigation.”

Fan Xiao suddenly looked at Bei Feng and asked with a serious expression, "You said before that Tu Zheng, in addition to having the ability to control lightning and fire, also has the ability to detect things?"

“Yes,” Beifeng nodded, “but he didn’t tell me exactly what his abilities were. I tested him, and his detection abilities are probably not high-level; the information he can detect is very limited.”

"So, has the counterpart of Tu Zheng... or rather, the fan-created character, ever demonstrated any exploratory abilities?" Fan Xiao asked.

The answer to this question is very important!

This is crucial to whether this dungeon can be successfully cleared!

If the fan-made character of Tu Zheng only has the ability of "thunder and fire", it proves that the setting of this type of character will only be based on one of the player's abilities, and will not copy all of the abilities.

In that case, there's still a chance to pass the test.

If not... then we can only leave it to fate.

“This… I didn’t notice.” Beifeng said uncertainly, “It seems… not, right? Detective abilities don’t have any outward manifestation, and I’m not sure if that counterpart has mastered them.”

"Is that so... Never mind, let's find a place with internet access first and do some research online."

After Fan Xiao finished speaking, he abandoned the idea of ​​continuing to the police station and turned to walk back.

On his way here, he saw an internet cafe.

Xia Li and the other two noticed a change in Fan Xiao's aura; he was no longer so inconspicuous and revealed a sharp edge.

Xia Li was somewhat surprised. White Cat, however, remained calm, as if he had expected it. Bei Feng was completely confused; it seemed Xia Li wasn't the leader of this group?

The three, each with their own agendas, followed Fan Xiao.

A short while later, the four arrived at the internet cafe.

Xia Li exerted slight mental intervention on the people in the internet cafe, granting them temporary free internet access, and took some gold from his storage space, leaving it on the counter.

As expected of a Zoroastrian, he knew to give money even in this situation, which shows his perfect personal morality.

Fan Xiao remained silent, not speaking to Xia Li and the other two, and focused on searching for information about the characters in the work online.

He temporarily ignored the fan-created characters, "Fierce God" and "Tu Zheng," and handed over the search for these two characters to Xia Li and the other two.

He himself, on the other hand, was completely absorbed in searching for himself.

He has four kinds of psychic powers.

S-Class Quantum Immortality;

S-Class Twin Angels;

Grade B - Progenitor of Flesh and Blood;

Grade B - The Wind of Nothingness

He thoroughly investigated each of the four types of psionic energy and the four directions of his search.

Simply put, it involves listing the functional details of each of the four abilities, and then comparing them one by one with characters from works that have similar abilities to see who is more like oneself.

There are quite a few works in this dungeon world.

There are countless works in the four fields of animation, comics, games, and novels.

During the search, Fan Xiao began to understand why this instance was called "Thoughts of the Four Worlds".

It might be referring to ACGN... which is the fantasy world within the four fields of animation, comics, games, and novels.

Of course, it's also possible that he's overthinking it.

After about half an hour, Fan Xiao finally found the answer he was looking for.

—Fan Xiaoxiao.

The character is a detective girl with fantastical abilities.

It comes from a novel that mixes elements of mystery, fantasy, action, and romance—"Fan Xiaoxiao and Gu Hange".

Chapter 704 Fan Xiao: Even I, a pervert, think it's perverted.

Upon seeing the character's name and the title of the work, Fan Xiao felt disgusted and speechless.

Did he have a gender change?

Okay, okay! Is this how you play it?

It’s really yours!

As expected, Fan Xiaoxiao is his fan-created character.

According to the description, the other party's ability is consistent with the effect of the incomplete version of quantum immortality. It can accumulate luck by suffering misfortune, and can also accumulate a small amount of misfortune and transfer it to others, or even to inanimate objects.

Fan Xiao's mood tightened again.

The potential for making wishes through luck is very high, but this ability is not suitable for combat... no, you could even say it has absolutely no direct combat power.

At least that's the capability of the incomplete version.

Perhaps only when quantum immortality is fully awakened will it reveal its terrifying offensive capabilities.

However, he became nervous.

To be honest, he would rather face the damaged version of the "twin angels" than the "quantum immortality".

If you can't beat the former, you can run away. But the latter... its all-around ability after it develops is just too strong. Not only can you not beat it, but you can't even escape it.

No matter how fast you run, can you outrun a combination of spatial, tracking, and blocking abilities?

Fortunately, according to Fan Xiaoxiao's character description, her mastery of quantum immortality... no, in the story's setting, her ability is called "Destiny".

Her "destiny" isn't so abnormal that she can awaken any ability she desires. In terms of manifestation, it's similar to his prototype, currently only having the ability to control luck and misfortune.

This is good news.

Fan Xiao then took a closer look at the world setting of "Fan Xiaoxiao and Gu Hange" and found that although the work involved fantasy combat elements, the extraordinary powers in it did not exceed the scope of ordinary humans by much.

This is also good news.

In this work, there are some lucky individuals among humanity who are born with a superpower.

Fan Xiaoxiao awakened to "destiny".

By the power of destiny, she can acquire a host of top-tier skills that ordinary people can master, and she can share her good fortune with others while transferring a certain amount of misfortune to her enemies.

Like her real-life counterpart, Fan Xiaoxiao's childhood was also filled with misfortune. Her uncontrollable superpowers constantly brought her various misfortunes, and since she couldn't die, her life before high school was filled with the tragic colors of a protagonist in a sadomasochistic novel.

Apart from having her sworn sister Gu Hange by her side, her life can be described as utterly miserable and wretched.

Her life only began to change after she came to complete control of her abilities in high school.

Of course, this is only part of the transformation.

Because she had been caught in the rain herself, she always wanted to hold an umbrella for others—perhaps because of this mentality, Fan Xiaoxiao, after gaining control of her abilities, began to use her powers to help others and do work similar to that of a superhero.

In this story, there are many super criminals who use their superpowers to commit crimes, and Fan Xiaoxiao becomes part of the group that uses her abilities to fight against them.

But "Destiny" has little direct combat capability.

To deal with these criminals, she has to constantly accumulate luck, constantly suffering misfortune, and fighting with her luck and her "maximum level of ordinary human skills".

Misfortune brought her many bad experiences, and the ugliness of human nature was constantly exposed to her, causing her to suffer both physical and psychological torment.

Fortunately, she endured it all in the end, and her heart became even more resilient and noble through the trials.

Overall, this is a work that leans towards the theme of tormenting the protagonist. It tells the story of sin and evil, good and truth arising from the intersection of human destinies. The story is quite profound, with a slightly dark style, somewhat similar to the style of DC Comics.

However, due to the trend of abusing the protagonist and the prevalence of "angst-filled" content, this work has a small fan base and low discussion level, making it a relatively niche work.

Upon seeing this, Fan Xiao's tense nerves relaxed a little more.

Fortunately, Fan Xiaoxiao's personality is a replica of his earlier self.

Back then, he idolized Batman and acted as the "Dark Knight," using his superpowers every day to fight crime and punish evil. He was quite youthful and passionate, with a touch of innocent naiveté.

In other words, Fan Xiaoxiao is a good person in the general sense.

You could even call him a wonderful person!

A truly good person wouldn't easily betray their beliefs and kill innocent people for personal gain just to gain freedom.