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

As expected, the other person had already disappeared into the street.

He flew directly into the air, surveying the surrounding area, but couldn't find the other person.

"Pity……"

Fan Xiao slightly restrained the murderous intent surging in his eyes.

The man with glasses was probably telling the truth.

The secret to immortality is to have ordinary people in Ancheng die in his place.

If he wasn't mistaken, this should be the effect of the high-level items brought by the group from Xingyi City.

I just don't know if this item can only be used on one person, or if it can be used on many people.

Judging from the current extent of the disaster, the latter is more likely.

Otherwise, the Special Affairs Bureau, with its large and powerful force, wouldn't have collapsed so quickly, dragging Ancheng into such a major event.

Fan Xiao originally planned to summon Fan Qiqi to see if he could kill the bespectacled man with a scythe.

The damage inflicted by the scythe is conceptual; it's equivalent to conceptually wiping out a person. Whether that advanced item can be effective against such an attack remains to be seen.

However, now that the other party has escaped, he can only give up for the time being.

"The experiment not succeeding may not be a bad thing. If Qiqi's sickle works, it would be best to wait until those people gather together and wipe them out in one fell swoop."

"Or, we could find that high-level item and have Qiqi destroy it directly."

"This item should be in the hands of the leader of this group of players. I need intelligence on his location."

After clarifying his direction, Fan Xiao took out his phone and contacted Du Ruo.

No one answered the phone.

He immediately abandoned the phone call, flew into the air, looked down at the streets below, and quickly searched for members of the Special Affairs Bureau.

The disaster affected a wide area, impacting the entire surrounding region.

Fan Xiao searched for people while killing monsters.

The monsters were all transformed from people from Ancheng, but he didn't hesitate much when killing them.

For some unknown reason, all the ordinary people in the surrounding area collapsed to the ground, looking like lambs to the slaughter in the face of the monster.

Hesitation will only lead to more deaths.

Ten minutes later, Fan Xiao finally found Du Ruo and the others outside a tall building.

"You came."

Du Ruo looked tired and had many injuries.

The other three players who accompanied him weren't much better off.

"You didn't bring your phone?" Fan Xiao reminded him. "I called you, but no one answered."

"It was damaged in the battle before, and there wasn't time to replace it with a new one."

As Du Ruo replied, she shook the walkie-talkie in her hand.

"How is the situation?" Fan Xiao asked.

"Not optimistic."

Du Ruo sighed, "The other side suddenly launched an attack before we could take action."

"Judging from the current situation, they should be possessing two high-level items."

"The first item's effect is to cause the people of Ancheng to be injured or die in their place. Of course, it may not be the entire area of ​​Ancheng; there should be a range limitation, and the number of people it can affect may also be limited. However, we currently know nothing about this."

"The second item is an item that can make people with an evolution rate of less than 10% fall into a coma. As you can see, the people in the surrounding area have all fainted."

"There's another item that seems to be able to turn ordinary people into monsters. Of course, this could also be the effect of a potion."

"The entire army that entered this area to clear out the monsters and evacuate the unconscious civilians all passed out without exception."

"We can only send E-level players with an evolution rate of over 10% to do the rescue work temporarily. But... these people from Star Memory City are taking advantage of their immortality to hunt our players separately. We can't attack them proactively, otherwise it would be equivalent to killing civilians. If we encounter them, we can only run... Damn it! This is really frustrating."

The situation had gotten so bad that even the usually refined and easygoing Du Ruo had started swearing.

"Turning ordinary people into monsters is an effect of an item, created by a player who wears glasses," Fan Xiao reminded him.

"You've encountered this before?" Du Ruo asked expectantly, "And how did it go?"

“We can’t kill them,” Fan Xiao sighed, “and we dare not. Being unable to attack them is indeed troublesome… By the way, what are you all doing guarding this place?”

As he asked the question, he glanced at the building not far away.

Du Ruo replied, "The leader of the group of players from Xingyi City should be inside. We have surrounded this place from six directions. As soon as we receive the order from above, we will attack immediately."

"So," Van Shaw asked, "you've found a way to deal with that prop?"

"No."

Du Ruo shook her head: "But since it's a prop, it should have a range of applications, right?"

"The higher-ups have decided to use a clumsy method: first, to transfer all the people outside Ancheng out of the city. As for the inner area, which is our area, ordinary people will faint as soon as they enter due to the effects of the items. We can only transfer a large number of players with an evolution rate of over 10% from other cities to help carry the unconscious people out."

"Once everyone has finished moving, we'll storm this building and quickly wipe out those players."

“It’s too slow,” Fan Xiao said. “This approach may solve the problem, but it will also kill a lot of people.”

"That's why it's a clumsy method."

Du Ruo shook her head and said, "The scope of advanced items is too wide, and this is the only method that works at the moment."

"Perhaps we can try a different approach."

Fan Xiao suddenly said.

Du Ruo's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Do you have a better solution?"

“Items do have limitations on their use; otherwise, there would be no need to classify them into different levels.”

Fan Xiao said, "If keeping ordinary people out of the item's effective range solves the problem, then wouldn't the reverse be true?"

"in turn……"

Du Ruo thought for a moment and then understood: "You mean, directly take action to stop this group from Xingyi City, instead of letting the people leave?"

"Yes."

Fan Xiao nodded: "What we need to transfer are not the ordinary people of Ancheng, but the group of players in Xingyi City. They are fewer in number, so it is easier to transfer them. This way, it will be much more efficient and fewer people will die."

"Do you even need to say that? If we could do it, we would have done it already... Wait!"

Du Ruo's face showed surprise: "You can do that? How did you do it? A space-sealing artifact? A space-transfer artifact? Artifacts involving large-scale spatial interference can't be low-level. Don't tell me you have one?"

"No. My answer is actually very simple; you're overcomplicating it."

Fan Xiao gave an unexpected answer: "Why not just drag them into a random instance?"

"..." Du Ruo: "You can actually do something like that?"

"You can try it, but there's no guarantee."

Fan Xiao laughed and said, "I've been having a lot of bad luck lately. It's not impossible for me to get caught up in a random instance after just a few steps. Maybe they'll just happen to get dragged into it by me."

"Betting on bad luck... Are you serious?" Du Ruo's eyes twitched.

"There's no harm in giving it a try, and if it works out, everyone will be happy."

Fan Xiao shrugged: "Wait while I make a call."

After saying that, he took out his phone, ready to call Lu Baizhi.

Suddenly, the cell phone rang.

It was Lu Xining calling.

Fan Xiao was taken aback. After answering the call, he asked, "Xi Ning, is something wrong?"

"Something's happened in Ancheng! Come quickly!"

Lu Xining's slightly anxious voice came through the phone.

"..." Fan Xiao: "Don't tell me you're also near the Special Affairs Bureau."

"Judging from your tone... it seems you're here too." Lu Xining said, "I had an appointment to trade evolution potions today, and I just arrived at the Special Affairs Bureau. I didn't expect to run into something like this... By the way, where are you right now?"

After Fan Xiao reported his location, he said, "Since you've been dragged into this, you should come too. More people mean more fighting power."

After ending her call with Lu Xining, Fan Xiao dialed her sister's number.

Lu Baizhi answered the call quickly.

Fan Xiao cut to the chase: "Go ahead and curse me!"

"what?"

"Use your most wicked thoughts to curse me into being dragged into a dangerous dungeon."

"..."

Lu Baizhi's slightly flustered voice came through the phone: "Fan Xiao, are you alright? Are you... are you under a lot of pressure lately?"

"I'm perfectly fine, hurry up."

"But, wickedness... I can't do it."

"You can change your prayer to another one, but if you pray for me, I'll get dragged into a dangerous dungeon."

"Does this... does this count as praying for blessings?"

"If you think it counts, then it counts."

"Hmm... okay, I'll try my best."

Lu Baizhi's voice was filled with conflict.

Asking her to do this kind of thing is indeed a bit too much for her.

After hanging up the phone, Fan Xiao put away his phone and said to Du Ruo, "It's all settled. Let's wait for the results."

"...Isn't this too simple?" Du Ruo asked. "Is it really reliable?"

"Don't worry, even if it doesn't work, I have a final solution."

Fan Xiao replied mysteriously.

Chapter 103 Weird Sound

at the same time.

The lobby on the first floor of the building the Special Affairs Bureau was preparing to storm.

On the floor, numerous translucent threads wriggled and clustered together, resembling horsehair worms, forming a massive clump of threads that evoked a strong sense of unease.

Although it looks strange, it is actually a B-grade item.

Moreover, its function is considered extremely rare among B-grade items.

Its name is "Life Returns to the Source".

It connects ordinary people in the surrounding area with players in Star Memory City through causal lines invisible to the naked eye.

It turned the former's life into a supply for the latter.

The two leading players from Star Memory City are standing guard next to "Life Returns to the Source".

Among them, the man with exposed arms and a burly, tall figure was none other than Qian De, the leader of the task force for this operation.

The man next to Chandler with a frivolous smile was the team's vice-captain, named Sen.

Besides the two of them, there were four other players guarding the lobby not far away, ready to deal with any emergencies.

"An hour has passed, and apart from the previous surprise attack, there has been no new movement outside."

Sen Chao Chandler asked, "Captain, they seem to have calmed down?"

"Having failed to conquer it on their first attempt, and now knowing the effects of 'Life Return to Origin,' they probably won't dare to make any more rash moves."

Chandler sneered, "The players in this division are all out of their minds. They have a kind of self-sacrificing spirit, willing to bleed for ordinary people. Of course, that's a good thing for us. However..."

He paused, then complained, "They are also very disciplined and organized, making me feel like I'm fighting an army, not a player. They're very tough to deal with!"