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

Although "Void Wind" is a B-level psionic ability, because it abandons offensive capabilities, it can only reach the depth of some A-level abilities in the field of concealing, shielding, and eliminating traces.

Fan Xiao was quite confident in this barrier.

Next, they will launch a surprise attack on Cinderella, and they need to make many preparations in advance.

The most important part of this was Fan Xiaoxiao's cooperation.

As previously speculated, battles between players and fan-created characters would accelerate the extent to which the work infiltrates reality, allowing the characters to regain their original powers more quickly.

Therefore, when fighting Cinderella, the best approach is to avoid engaging in combat with fan-created characters.

Otherwise... if Cinderella gets stronger and stronger as the fight goes on, that would be a bit ridiculous.

To achieve this, Cinderella would have to be lured away separately, opening up another battlefield.

This task should be left to Fan Xiaoxiao.

Fan Xiao tore off his hair tie and began making contact...

……

Black Rock City.

Luxin District, Suibian Street.

Inside a luxurious manor, in the red-carpeted atrium corridor, Fan Xiaoxiao, who had just come out of the restroom, was maneuvering her wheelchair forward.

Thanks to a stroke of luck, she secretly had a conversation with Fan Xiao in the restroom and finalized the next battle plan.

At this moment, she was on her way to Cinderella's temporary residence.

This manor was seized by Cinderella and is currently being used as a temporary base.

The original owner of the manor has been killed by Cinderella... yes, killed. Only a few staff members remained to serve the fan-created characters gathered here.

Cinderella, she doesn't even bother to pretend anymore.

Fan Xiaoxiao was slightly lost in her memories.

When Cinderella first brought these characters from her work to reality, she adopted a very peaceful and easy-going attitude, like a hero who was genuinely speaking out against their manipulated fate, or a selfless angel who came to help them.

Now, this angelic disguise has shattered, and its brutal nature is beginning to be revealed.

In just one meeting, two characters who had lost their usefulness were killed on the spot, solely as a deterrent and to make an example of them.

Cinderella has made her stance clear to them—I'm going to threaten you, so shut up if you disagree.

Fortunately, these characters whose prototypes are still alive have value, so Cinderella won't do anything to them.

If something has value, then you can use that value as a basis to engage in a certain degree of equal communication with the other party.

This is also the basis for her plan to lure the other party into being alone and then launch a sneak attack.

Just then, four figures approached Fan Xiaoxiao from behind.

Fan Xiaoxiao stopped her wheelchair, turned it around, and looked at the four people behind her, asking, "Is there something you need?"

The four people closest to each other are Cat, Doctor Bei, Feng Long, and Wolf.

“We’re recruiting teammates,” Feng Long asked bluntly, “Are you coming?”

“Recruiting teammates…aren’t we teammates now?” Fan Xiaoxiao retorted.

“I don’t have time for your idle chatter. You know what I mean.” Feng Long frowned and said, “Everyone knows what the nature of that previous meeting was. Do you really think that guy will keep his promise and stop restricting us when the time is right?”

"The key point is not whether she will keep her promise, but that we have no way to refuse."

Fan Xiaoxiao ignored Feng Long's impolite tone, maintaining a calm demeanor, and said slowly and deliberately, "The initiative is not in our hands. The difference in strength is there, and we cannot overcome this obstacle. Anything we do will be in vain. Moreover..."

She kindly reminded her, "Cinderella doesn't depend on us. She's always been bringing characters from her works into reality, and if she continues doing this, she'll probably achieve her goal."

“She noticed us yesterday and imposed restrictions on us. In other words, we weren’t part of her initial plan.”

"You should understand what this means, right?"

If it wasn't in the initial plan, it means that we can do without them, even if they're not there.

Even if they possess some characteristic that Cinderella cannot ignore, so what?

The other party may tolerate some of their minor acts of rebellion, but they certainly won't let them take advantage of their kindness.

Especially given Cinderella's behavior so far... provoking her is not a wise move.

"You call yourself the protagonist of a work?" Feng Long said with a gloomy face, "You have no ambition at all!"

“Our works are of different types,” Fan Xiaoxiao said with a light smile. “Mr. Feng Long’s works emphasize a style of passionate and aggressive action, while mine… leans towards a darker style of strategic combat.”

"Hmph, watch your tone!"

Feng Long realized that the other person was being sarcastic.

Having just recovered from his injuries, it was not advisable to take action, so he resisted the urge to teach the woman a lesson.

“Let’s go. If she wants to be someone’s lackey forever, let her be one.”

Feng Long glanced at his companion beside him, then left the corridor.

Cat, Doctor Bei, and Wolf did not immediately follow and leave.

Fan Xiaoxiao asked the three of them curiously, "Are you really planning to secretly plot against him? Feng Long is only arrogant now that Cinderella has left the mortal world."

“We can’t stay passive forever,” the wolf warned. “Whether Cinderella’s goals conflict with ours is an unknown, and we can’t afford to gamble on that.”

“We have to do something eventually,” Dr. Bei said quietly, his tattoos twitching. The surrounding sounds were muffled. “Besides, we’re not exactly following him to our deaths. Having a target ahead of us might help us test Cinderella’s limits.”

"You don't have many forces that you can bring in to cooperate, could it be..." Fan Xiaoxiao guessed, "that you are planning to join forces with outsiders?"

"I can't tell you the detailed plan unless you join," Dr. Bei refused to answer.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, are you really planning to do nothing?" The short cat stepped forward, her innocent eyes filled with doubt: "That guy agreed to send me back to my own world after it's all done, but... I feel like he's lying!"

Seeing how seriously the elementary school student was speaking, Fan Xiaoxiao couldn't help but ask curiously, "How did you figure that out?"

"This is the Nine Lives Cat's intuition!"

The cat raised its tail and replied rather smugly.

“Ms. Fan, please keep this a secret for us,” Dr. Bei said. “If you change your mind later, you can come and find us.”

Fan Xiaoxiao shook her head: "Don't worry, we're on the same side. I won't tell anyone about this."

"However... I don't think your little tricks can fool her."

"When she returns from the world of her work, remember to be careful not to give anything away... or rather, don't go too far."

"Okay! Kitty got it!"

The elementary school student nodded.

She really liked Fan Xiaoxiao's quiet and gentle aura.

After the three finished speaking, they left the corridor and caught up with Feng Long, who had walked away.

Fan Xiaoxiao then turned her wheelchair around and moved closer to Cinderella's temporary residence.

At this moment, Cinderella is pulling people into the world of her story and has not yet returned to reality.

She planned to go to the other party's temporary residence to wait, so that she could start the plan as soon as possible... No, not just the plan, she felt that Cinderella had a similar aura to her, which made her more concerned.

……

The waiting time did not last long.

Around 10:30 in the morning, Cinderella returned to the manor.

The sound of the door opening rang out, and Fan Xiaoxiao, sitting in her wheelchair, looked ahead. Her vision came into view a figure dressed in bright silver light armor paired with a deep red battle skirt. The skirt hem was above her knees, revealing her slender, fair legs.

The next second, Fan Xiaoxiao met those golden eyes.

Cinderella has golden hair and golden eyes, and her temperament is dignified, noble and unapproachable. Her delicate face, which is indifferent to emotions, gives people a sense of ascetic beauty.

Fan Xiaoxiao couldn't help but think of the first time she met Cinderella. At that time, Cinderella had a smile on her lips and her attitude was as friendly as could be.

But once they entered the real world, they turned their backs on them.

"I guessed you would come looking for me. Coincidentally, I also need to talk to you about something."

Seeing Fan Xiaoxiao in her room did not surprise Cinderella.

She walked over naturally, sat down on the nearest sofa, and looked at the other person, saying, "Tell me about your business first."

"..."

Fan Xiaoxiao was a little surprised.

She paused, then said, "What exactly is your purpose? Stop trying to fool me with the excuse that you're trying to change the fate of the characters in the story."

“I investigated your behavior in the real world, and it’s clear that it has nothing to do with your purpose.”

"Some creators have even been killed by the characters they created. Without the source, how can they change their fate?"

"Are you questioning me?" Cinderella's voice lowered.

Fan Xiaoxiao continued to gaze at her calmly and said, "The degree to which a person cherishes their life is basically proportional to how satisfied they are with their life."

"The better and more fulfilling a person's life is, the more they want to live on. On the other hand, people who are not doing well in any aspect of their lives are not very attached to life."

"If you're trying to use Xiong Li, Tu Aotian, and Feng Long as examples to warn me..."

Her indifferent expression revealed a nonchalant attitude: "Then you may be disappointed."

"Is it……"

Cinderella stared at Fan Xiaoxiao for a while, but couldn't see any fear in her eyes.

After a few seconds of silence, a slight smile suddenly appeared on her cold face: "It seems you're serious. Fine, my purpose isn't a secret. The reason I didn't tell you was simply to prevent any accidents. Since you insist, telling you won't hurt."

With her right leg crossed over her left, she propped her chin on her hand and continued, "Changing your fate temporarily, or achieving complete freedom, which would you choose?"

"...What do you mean?" Fan Xiaoxiao asked.

"That's what it means."

Cinderella said, "Let's talk about changing fate first. Changing the setting of the work in the real world to get rid of the controlled fate is actually meaningless, because everything will be restored after the time is over."

"Will it...recover after a certain time?" Fan Xiaoxiao asked hurriedly, "When?"

"Our world is essentially a game world."

Cinderella's gaze turned slightly cold as she said, "When outsiders enter, the game begins, and the fictional world and reality will become intertwined; when all the outsiders die or leave, the game will end, and everything will return to normal."

"At that time, we will be forcibly repatriated to our respective worlds, and all traces we left in the real world will be erased and cease to exist."

"No matter what you change in the real world, it will all disappear completely after the game ends, and even your memories of that time will be gone. Changing your fate has never been meaningful from the beginning."

"Our memories will disappear too?" Fan Xiaoxiao immediately seized on the key point: "What about yours? Will they disappear? This time... how many times have you invaded reality?"

"It's easier to talk to smart people. My memory does indeed remain."

Cinderella replied, "My ability to travel between worlds was granted to me by this world after the game started."

"So far, the game hasn't been started very often, so I haven't intruded into reality very often either."

“And each time, I failed, defeated by the death of outsiders.”

"Once all the outsiders are dead, the game will end, my interdimensional travel privileges will be taken back by this world, and I will be forcibly sent back to my own world, just like you."

"So... you're not planning to change your fate this time?" Fan Xiaoxiao asked. "Then what do you want to do? Complete freedom... is that your new goal?"

"Yes."

Cinderella said, “The outsiders have corresponding characters from the game, which are you. As long as you kill the outsiders, you can acquire their identities. After the game ends, you can leave here as their identities and completely escape the fate of being controlled. Unfortunately, there are only a limited number of such freedoms available.”

"What I want to do this time is to give freedom to every character in the work who is controlled by fate."

"Bringing in a large number of characters is the foundation for achieving this goal. My arrangement for you to engage in harassment battles against outsiders is also to accelerate this process."

"How exactly do you plan to achieve this?" Fan Xiaoxiao asked. "Could it be that you can bring in other outsiders to increase the number of free slots?"

Cinderella shook her head and said, "The entry of outsiders is not under the jurisdiction of this world, and I do not have such authority."

“My approach is different—to gain more world access and change the rule that everything will revert to normal after the game ends.”

"I already have the method. You can't help with this, so... just follow my orders for now."

"I need to know the specific method!" Fan Xiaoxiao said.

“The time is not right yet, and I cannot say.” Cinderella shook her head. “This is going against the world, and the obstacles are far beyond imagination. I am not yet certain of success. If I fail this time, I can wait for the next time, but if the method is revealed, the world may make corresponding adjustments and impose a blockade. So… only I can know the specific method.”