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"Now that she has the power of infinite energy... the power of this ultimate move has not only far exceeded its original limit, but she should also be able to use the ultimate move as a basic attack, right?"

"The second decisive battle will definitely be more difficult than the first one."

"This is easy to solve; just keep the battlefield in the real world."

Fan Xiao spoke up to reassure people, saying, "Before the rules of the present world are crushed by the rules of the world of formation, suppression and weakening will continue to exist, at most the effect will gradually diminish."

"But no matter how much it is weakened, all supernatural powers will be suppressed indiscriminately, and we are no exception, nor is Cinderella."

"Even if Cinderella's true strength far surpasses ours, in the real world, our upper limits are roughly the same, and even if there is a gap, it certainly won't be too large."

"Cinderella's only advantage is that she can squander her spiritual energy without restraint. And... I guess her infinite power can only be considered 'pseudo-infinite' rather than true infinite."

"Pseudo-infinite?" White Cat asked, "What do you mean?"

“True Infinity means that her body contains real, infinite energy, and its existence is comparable to a universe in scale and magnitude,” Fan Xiao explained. “To use an analogy… you can imagine a universe shrunk to the size of a human body.”

"..." White Cat couldn't help but complain, "This... is too abstract."

"Yes, it's very abstract. If she really has this kind of infinity, we don't need to fight anymore. She can destroy the entire instance with just a thought."

Fan Xiao continued, "As for the fake Infinite, either her mental power recovery speed is unbelievably fast, far exceeding the consumption speed, so her mental power is inexhaustible no matter how she uses it; or... her mind is connected to this instance, and the entire instance is continuously supplying her with power."

"Whichever of these two, it means that there is a limit to her attack output."

"Therefore, even if the rules of the present world are crushed and the suppression and weakening disappear, we don't need to worry about her suddenly becoming incredibly strong."

The ability to use mental power infinitely does not equate to an unlimited output of mental energy—it's like a water pipe connecting to a massive reservoir. While it may be invincible in terms of mana, the amount that can flow out per unit of time is limited by the pipe's diameter, so it cannot be considered truly invincible.

Otherwise... if it were truly infinite power—that is, "infinite spirit" plus "infinite output"—a simple energy release attack would be comparable to the Big Bang.

Who comes without flinching?

"She's definitely a fake Infinite."

Xia Li said confidently, "True Infinity should be able to easily burst the present world; it's impossible for it to be suppressed."

"However, her strength at her peak... judging from the setting of her work, was still quite strong. Now, with the addition of power that can be manipulated infinitely, we need helpers to defeat her."

"In the first battle, we suffered a crushing defeat. We tried everything but couldn't force her to retreat. Her final departure was due to her own madness and overreaction."

"If we want to launch another campaign, we must find a lot of helpers who can counter her. At the very least, we need to block her time manipulation and defensive capabilities again."

At this point, her gaze fell on the pendant in Fan Xiao's hand: "Fortunately, it can help us."

Everyone understood the meaning behind Xia Li's words.

That is... to recruit people from the world of the work!

Cinderella could shake, and they can shake now too.

A small number of people can't win, but a large number of people might be a different story.

"Looking for outside help in the work..." Beifeng sighed, "It turns out that the correct solution was already given in the Kabbalah myth. We defeat Cinderella just like the gods defeated Merlo."

"We can find foreign players, but the situation isn't that optimistic."

Fan Xiao reminded everyone, "Don't forget the information Cinderella mentioned before—it's not just our fan-created characters who can gain freedom by killing players; characters from other works also have this privilege, they just don't know it yet."

"Since this copy crisis mechanism exists, it's only a matter of time before it starts operating."

"We must be very careful when recruiting foreign players. It's better to recruit ten fewer than to recruit one wrong one."

"besides……"

He looked down at the pendant in his hand and continued, "We have two missions in this instance: one is to survive, and the other is to save the world. Completing only the first one will allow us to clear the instance and leave."

"With this pendant, if we simply want to survive, it won't be too difficult. We just need to use it to hide in the Creation World. The Creation World contains a large number of Manifestation Worlds. If we hide well, it won't be easy for Cinderella to find us."

"So... now it's time to choose. Do you choose to simply survive, or do you choose to save the world?"

He paused, then assured them, "Saving the world is not mandatory; it's entirely voluntary. If you choose to live, I will send you to one of the worlds in this story and conceal your information and presence with the 'Wind of Nothingness.'"

According to information from mythology, the real world and the worlds of various works exist independently of each other. In mythology, information from the celestial realm flows into the material world, forming the myths that are passed down by humankind.

Based on the correspondence that "the celestial realm equals the world of the works, and the material world equals the real world," the current works must be in the same situation.

In other words, the destruction of this world will not lead to the demise of other worlds.

Therefore, hiding in other worlds to survive is a viable option.

Or... this is the correct way to complete the first instance quest.

As for whether Cinderella knew this... if she was indeed responsible for concealing the mythological information before, then she must have already deduced the causal relationship between the present world and the work based on the mythological information.

If it wasn't her who did it... that would be more interesting.

If she hadn't done it, she couldn't possibly have known this; she probably still believed that destroying the present world would destroy the entire world.

Intuitively, Vanshaw believed that the matter of the hidden myth had nothing to do with Cinderella.

After all, it's hard to explain the difference in luck over those two weeks.

Either there's a bug in the instance's operation.

Or... there's another cunning guy hiding behind the scenes, fooling everyone.

Fan Xiao's words caused everyone except Lily to fall into deep thought.

The level of danger in this instance was unprecedented in their lives.

If before they were thinking about completing the game smoothly and getting good ratings, now their instinctive thought is more focused on survival.

As for Lily... in the world of magical girls, the word "give up" never applies when it comes to saving the world.

To Fan Xiao's surprise, the first player to speak up was actually Bai Xiaomao.

She hesitated for less than two seconds before saying, "Whatever Brother Fan Jin chooses, that's what I'll choose. I'll listen to everything you say."

The second one is Xiali.

She glanced at Lily, then looked away and said to Fan Xiao, "Hiding doesn't necessarily mean you're safe. I prefer to keep the initiative in my own hands."

After she finished speaking, Beifeng asked Fan Xiao, "Mr. Fan, are you preparing to save the world?"

“That’s right,” Fan Xiao nodded and said truthfully, “For some reason, I have to get a high rating for this instance.”

"Are you confident?" asked the mournful wind.

"There is some," Fan Xiao said, not giving a definitive answer.

“Then… count me in too.” Beifeng sighed, “We’ve come this far, and splitting up now would actually be more dangerous.”

Specifically, it would be more dangerous to leave Fan Xiao and act alone—he now understands clearly that Fan Xiao is the key player in this team!

Even Cinderella, who was completely unbeatable by players, had her spirit dampened by Fan Xiao's actions. If she were to retreat now and choose to act alone... she would probably end up like Alice, her fate entirely dependent on the mood of the dungeon boss.

What Beifeng didn't know was that Bai Xiaomao saw things more clearly than he did.

So the cat was the first to express its opinion, deciding to act even faster than the Xiali.

According to Cat's speculation, the players who died in the previous dungeons were probably killed by fan-made characters and characters from other works.

As for Cinderella... she probably never attacked the players from beginning to end. She can only be considered a hidden dungeon boss who is only thinking about destroying the world and will not engage in direct combat with the players.

In other words, Cinderella won't even have a chance to make a move before all the players die.

Once all the players die, the instance will close, and the characters that killed the players will take their place and leave the instance to continue exploring the evolution game—this corresponds to the information that Von Smann shared at the beginning.

This means that many players who entered this instance did not die, and the survival rate in the instance was very high.

Even without Cinderella's intervention, and with the dungeon running on easy mode, survival is almost certain, let alone in this hellish mode.

No, it's not just Hell Mode.

There is still one unresolved question: why was the essential clue for clearing the game in the very beginning, the true mythological information, hidden at the very start?

White Cat thinks the answer to this question... should be that Cinderella has a problem.

Over several cycles, Cinderella's accumulated experience increased, indirectly raising the difficulty of this dungeon to the highest level of A-rank dungeons, thus leading to this unexpected turn of events.

The difficulty was already so high that there was almost no chance of survival, and now it's even more difficult, it's simply unbearable for anyone to live on.

Instead of clinging to a powerful figure, she was thinking of splitting up... Wasn't that just courting death?

"This young veterinarian is still hesitating... He's really young."

Seeing Beifeng's reaction, the white kitten couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

At this moment, Fan Xiao turned his gaze to Lily and smiled, "Lily... I won't ask you anymore, you'll definitely choose the latter."

“Of course!” Lily said firmly.

"Since everyone is okay with it, let's go together. Oh, right, we should also remind Von Smann and the other two."

Fan Xiao made a decision.

The tablet in his hand, in addition to being able to connect to the official information system, also contained information and setting sets for all works in this world.

Originally intended as preparation to avoid encountering characters from other works, this information has unexpectedly found a new purpose – with this data, we can quickly determine which world we are currently in after traversing different worlds.

Fan Xiao looked at Bei Feng and said, "Lead the way."

Sorrowful Wind nodded, activated his psychic powers to control the tattoo, and it transformed into a large, jet-black dog.

As soon as the big dog appeared, it twitched its nose and began tracking the scent, leading everyone toward the location of Feng Siman and his two companions.

About half an hour later, Beifeng said, "We're almost there, just ahead, about 3 kilometers away. They're changing positions quite frequently."

“That’s normal,” Xia Li said. “After all, the destruction of Blackrock City happened, and now both players and fan-created characters are probably on edge.”

"Stop!"

Suddenly, Fan Xiao spoke up to remind everyone.

Everyone stopped and turned their attention to him.

Under everyone's gaze, Fan Xiao reached into his pocket and pulled out... an old-fashioned mobile phone.

"Mary...!?"

Xia Li was startled and subconsciously reached into her pocket.

He also pulled out a mobile phone.

"We've been targeted again? How can it happen again..."

She felt a little strange.

Others followed her example, and as a result... except for Lily, everyone took out their phones, without exception.

The next second, the phone rang at the same time.

Knowing that refusing to answer would be pointless, everyone picked up the phone.

Four cold, loli-like voices rang out, greeting the audience while announcing the distance.

"..."

Fan Xiao put away his phone and suddenly turned his gaze southward.

The sky gradually darkened.

A sense of danger emanated from all directions.

The little white cat, with its tiny body tucked in, sensed several approaching dangers with its extraordinary perception.

The next second, the ground suddenly began to undulate, and in the blink of an eye, a large number of sharp spikes, like thrown spears, suddenly pierced towards Fan Xiao and his group of five.

Among them, the earth spikes aimed at Lily and Xia Li were blocked by the Love Magic Armor and the psionic "In the Name of Love" respectively, and the two were unharmed.

The earth spikes aimed at the white cat were torn apart by the wind blades that she created with a wave of her hand.

The Sorrowful Wind had already donned the armor of a tattooed, armored beast for protection.

A little angel appeared beside Fan Xiao, and all the earth spikes shattered in the wind and disappeared before they could even get close.

However, the attack did not end there.

The earth spikes seemed more like a test. The next second, the massive block of ground beneath the five people broke in the middle, revealing a huge crack that unleashed a terrifying suction force, pulling them towards the group.

Xia Li transformed into a battle spirit form, becoming immune to physical attacks.

Lily radiated the light from her heart-shaped magic armor, absorbing the suction force from the giant fissure in the earth.

Just then, a large number of fireballs suddenly appeared out of thin air all around, floating in mid-air... Boom, boom, boom—the fireballs exploded one after another, like bombs, spewing out huge waves of fire, which rolled and formed a sea of ​​fire, rushing towards Fan Xiao and his group of five.

"My friends, I'd like to borrow something from you... your lives!"