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

"Dangers are everywhere in the dungeon, but players are safe until those dangers occur."

"So it is both dangerous and not dangerous."

“Impossible!” Sakura denied the claim, “The Saintess reports to the church every time she goes into a dungeon. Even if she had to keep it from the church for some reason, she certainly wouldn’t hide it from me.”

Her brows furrowed, and she said in a serious tone, "This time, she disappeared suddenly, without any prior warning!"

"Players are in Roman City and cannot be randomly drawn into dungeons. Unless it's a dungeon like yours, boss, where you can use yourself as a coordinate to forcibly open the dungeon door next to you."

"But if that's the case, then it's not a random disaster, but a man-made event. Someone wants to harm the Holy Maiden!"

"Hmm... There's indeed no risk of being caught up in random dungeons within the safe zone." Fan Xiao nodded and asked, "Does the Holy Maiden have any enemies?"

"As far as I know, no..."

At this point, Sakura suddenly paused.

After observing Fan Xiao's expression, she continued, "The Saintess's greatest enemy is Alan Roman and the various forces that support him. But these people... you have basically killed them all."

"Alan Roman...that's a name I haven't heard in a long time."

Fan Xiao recalled the scene of his first large-scale killing spree using the Fairy Tale Town instance... it was quite memorable.

He then asked, "Apart from that, are there really no other enemies?"

"As far as I know, there aren't any more." Sakura shook her head.

"Before she disappeared, was there ever a moment when she left your sight?" Fan Xiao asked.

"..." Sakura was speechless, but on the surface she replied with a normal expression: "The Saintess and I are not together all the time. Even if the guards give up their holidays, the people being protected also need their own private space."

Chapter 747 The Ancient Super Player War

"Private space, huh..."

As Fan Xiao pondered, he offered his own speculation: "She either left the Roman City area while handling personal matters alone and happened to get caught up in the instance."

"Or, she was targeted by a player who had access to a dungeon because of her beauty, and that player pulled her into the dungeon in Roman City."

Although players with instances are few, the number is still considerable when the scope is expanded to the entire node.

I wouldn't dare say there are ten thousand, but... there are definitely several hundred.

Among these hundreds of people, there are likely those like him who can open the door to the dungeon to their side... or perhaps the other party's dungeon ritual is different, but through some ingenious design, it can achieve the same effect.

After making a few simple conjectures, Fan Xiao shifted his attention away from reasoning.

His reasoning was merely a habitual gesture.

He also did not intend to find the saintess and figure out the truth by gradually tracing the clues.

No need.

With his current level of strength, these minor details can be completely ignored.

If he wants to find someone at node G08, then he will definitely find them!

If we can't find it... don't even think about it, it must be Dr. Zhuang's doing!

"Because of her beauty..."

Sakura fell silent, unable to refute this point.

For some reason, as time went on, the saintess became more and more perfect... probably because of her psychic powers.

"Don't worry about this, let me handle it," Fan Xiao said.

"Could it be... that you have other suspicions?"

Sakura sensed something was wrong.

If it's just a minor problem, her involvement won't cause any problems.

Unless… Sakura suddenly thought of something—Fan Xiao had mentioned before leaving node G08 that Dr. Zhuang was very likely to come here.

"Oh? It seems you guessed it too." Fan Xiao noticed the change in Ying's eyes and said, "You don't need to worry too much about this. It's either a regular problem or Dr. Zhuang's design. The two possibilities are about 50/50."

"If it really is Dr. Zhuang... are you confident?" Sakura asked.

“Yes, and it’s not small.” Fan Xiao said without any modesty, “I’m not going to see Dr. Zhuang now not because I’m afraid of him, but simply because I find it troublesome. But if he comes to me on his own initiative… the situation will be different.”

He wasn't lying about that.

If Dr. Zhuang had the protection of an S-rank item, it probably wouldn't be easy for him to find it—he just thought the search was too troublesome, not that he was afraid of fighting.

On the contrary, he was quite looking forward to the battle.

According to his original plan, he intended to raise his evolution rate to the S range before going to see Dr. Zhuang—his mental limit had always increased faster than his evolution rate, and by the time his evolution rate reached S, his mental limit would probably be close to the limit of S-level.

With this level of mental strength, using "One's Own Luck" should not be too difficult to break through the information protection of S-level items.

At that time, he will only need a thought to know where Dr. Zhuang is.

With another thought, he could teleport through the dungeon and unleash his ultimate skill at point-blank range... No, even without teleporting, he could still cast a powerful appraisal spell at point-blank range.

Are you scared? I'm asking you, are you scared?

This is his ideal scenario.

The less-than-ideal scenario is that Dr. Zhuang prepared a plan in advance and then came looking for him... well, that's relatively undesirable.

At this moment, he was not afraid of a sudden encounter.

Fan Xiao said to Ying, "If a battle really breaks out, having you by my side will distract me. So..."

"I understand." Sakura nodded. "Then... I'll leave it to you."

……

After parting ways with Sakura, Fan Xiao activated his luck lock and began searching for the location of the Saintess.

The result... went surprisingly smoothly.

No, it wasn't entirely unexpected. After all, without the cover of advanced power, he could find people almost instantly.

What truly surprised Fan Xiao was that the place where the Holy Maiden disappeared was not outside Roman City, but... inside Roman City.

On Wayne Street in the slums.

This surprised Fan Xiao a bit.

Could it be that the Saintess is really being targeted by players who have dungeons because of her beauty...? No, that's definitely possible.

After all, the saintess was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen—without exception.

She was unnaturally beautiful; her features, face shape, figure... everything was perfectly matched, making her seem less human than a work of art meticulously designed and created by God.

It's the kind of thing that would instantly inflict a charm debuff on an ordinary person with just one glance.

She had never gotten into trouble before, probably because she had a tool that allowed her to see the future. This not only allowed her to avoid all kinds of malice, but also enabled her to thrive in the world.

Everything had been fine until now, so why did something unexpected happen this time?

Thinking of this, Fan Xiao took out a coin and tossed it up.

The coin landed heads up—this means the instance the saintess is involved in has not yet been unlocked.

After separating from Sakura, he confirmed with a coin that the Saintess was indeed involved in the dungeon incident.

"If it's not activated, then it's simple."

Fan Xiao directly communicated with "Star Shift" and, with the help of Luck Lock, opened a spatial portal in front of him—connecting to an independent spatial instance located at this coordinate.

Before the instance is opened, it is an alternate dimension that can be invaded from the outside.

Generally speaking, the higher the dungeon level, the larger the size of the alternate dimension, the more robust the dungeon rules, and the higher the difficulty of invading.

Some of the larger B-rank dungeons are even comparable to a world partition.

Once you reach an A-level dungeon... except for some special cases, they are generally larger than a single section.

The A-rank psionic dungeon "Thoughts of the Four Worlds" is far larger than a single zone, and its rules are incredibly complex. The difficulty of invading it is self-evident; it is probably comparable to a typical S-rank dungeon, and its difficulty of invasion is likely much greater than opening a portal between two world zones.

Fan Xiao didn't sense any danger, which proved that the instance that involved the saintess wasn't of a very high level.

It's probably only a B grade at best.

So... just as he expected, the portal opened wide.

With a single step, he stepped from reality into the virtual world.

Looking around, Fan Xiao realized he was on the outskirts of a park in a modern city.

There's also a fountain nearby, which shows that the city's infrastructure is quite good.

Besides him, there were nine other people outside the park, emanating mental fluctuations belonging to B-level players.

Five male players and four female players were divided into three teams.

One of the teams, dressed in uniform with white epaulettes, consisted of three people and was led by a female player.

The female player was a young woman with black and red highlights in her hair. She wore loose, comfortable clothes and was more robust than the average woman, seemingly exuding a heroic air. However, her expression gave off a languid vibe, creating a slightly contradictory impression. Her appearance gave Fan Xiao a sense of familiarity; he seemed to have seen her before… That’s right! Wasn’t that Sivina, Ao Cong’s habitually lazy subordinate?

Fan Xiao remembered.

When he first obtained "Truth Over All," it was Sivina who led the team to "deliver" it to him.

Afterwards, he used Yan Keke's psychic powers to modify the memories of Sivina and her team, and in the process, he also glimpsed some of their experiences.

Fan Xiao looked to Siweina's side—next to her was a young man wearing a hood, a B-level subhuman player with canine superhuman genes, and Siweina's direct subordinate.

This dog-eared youth had an incredibly keen sense of smell. When Fan Xiao modified his memories, he sensed that the other party had remembered his spiritual aura... or rather, remembered the spiritual aura of the "Lotus Raiser," the kind that would allow him to recognize him immediately upon meeting again.

The other party is not making any move now, probably because they can't see through his ability to disguise his destiny.

It seems that the additional ability of the "Shield of Substitute Life" is quite powerful.

The remaining member of the White Notes team was someone Fan Xiao had never met before. He was probably Si Weina's new subordinate and had silver hair... Let's call him White Hair.

The remaining two teams also consisted of three members, each led by a man and a woman.

The male player leading the team was burly and carried a giant sword on his back... well, let's call him Brother Swordsman.

The female player leading the team was beautiful, with a curvy figure, dressed provocatively and sexily, and had the air of a boss... let's just call her Boss.

Siweina, Jianrenxiong, and the Big Sister... all three teams looked at the suddenly appearing Fan Xiao and observed him carefully.

Subsequently, many people frowned.

"A C-rank player? How come a C-rank player is here too?"

"Probably just an unlucky guy who got caught up in the dungeon."

"So this is a random instance? But... why did it only pull one person?"

"Why think so much? Just control him and ask him questions. Does a C-level trash dare to resist us?"

Discussions started.

At this moment, Fan Xiao, because he was born with the fate of a C-level cannibal player, was also emitting a C-level mental fluctuation.

He himself did not deliberately disguise his outward demeanor.

At this moment, Brother Jianren fixed his rather imposing gaze on Fan Xiao.

Upon seeing this, Sivina frowned and gave a look to each of her two subordinates beside her.

Afterwards, the three of them quietly distanced themselves from the others.

Svina glanced at the player carrying the greatsword and cursed inwardly, "What an idiot!"

When a random instance invites players, how can it only invite one person?

This was the first time she had encountered this in all the time she had been running dungeons.

This C-level player might have forced his way in... in other words, a veteran pretending to be a weak newbie.

Svetlana, being a habitual slacker, had no intention of meddling in other people's business.

Stay away to avoid getting involved.

On the other side, just as Swordman was about to threaten Fan Xiao, the player panel suddenly popped up.

The dungeon "The Perfect Person" is now open.

[Background Information: Legend has it that 150 years ago, two veteran super players, "Chaos Tide" and "Omnipotent Lord," fought a great battle due to their ideological differences.]