As for the phrase "people who live in the past are depressed"... the saintess never mentioned her past to anyone in Whale Fall, including her boss who was often the one being verbally attacked.

Based on the clues in the instance, it can be inferred that the saintess's past may not have been perfect, which is why she is simultaneously bound by the "past" and the "future," preventing her from living peacefully in the present.

She has a perfect appearance—a physical perfection.

However, her soul has two major flaws: the "past" and the "future".

Therefore, the dungeon quest "find the most perfect person" most likely does not simply refer to finding the saintess in the dungeon world.

Finding the person is only the basic requirement; helping them overcome their emotional deficiencies and achieve both physical and spiritual perfection is probably the true meaning of this quest.

In other words, a perfect person does not yet exist; players need to actively create one.

As for the "Ten Commandments," factors related to them will likely appear as various crises in this instance, serving as challenges in the game.

Based on common story patterns, Fan Xiao started thinking from the perspective of dungeon design and came up with a lot of hypothetical information.

This is one of his more adept ways of solving the mystery of dungeons—using story tropes to solve the puzzle.

Of course, just thinking about it isn't very meaningful.

There are many story tropes, and depending on the complexity of the factors incorporated, there will be various changes in the plot design. So even if you guess the information that best fits the current situation, you still need to go through the levels one by one to verify it.

If any step goes wrong, all previous guesses need to be discarded, and the entire process needs to be reviewed and guessed again.

but……

For Fan Xiao now, verifying his guesses doesn't need to be so troublesome.

He took a coin from the player's storage space and tossed it into the air.

His mental energy was instantly depleted and transformed into luck.

The coin bounced a few times after hitting the ground and then stopped.

Face up.

This proves his guess was correct.

This is the truth about dungeons.

"Well, it seems the Holy Maiden really is in trouble. Her mental issues are even being presented as a dungeon quest... There's a high chance something has happened to her."

Fan Xiao sighed softly.

His correct guess did not bring him much joy.

After all, these guesses all come from "off-site intelligence"—if he didn't know there was such a person as the Holy Maiden beforehand, didn't know her basic information, and didn't know about the existence of the "predicting the future" item... it would be impossible for him to guess the truth out of thin air.

In other words, he entered the instance with crucial intelligence.

This cheating behavior will affect his dungeon rating after he clears the game... an A-level rating is impossible.

This situation will slow down his progress in becoming an A-level player.

There is only one solution...

Blow up this dungeon too!

A newly formed B-level dungeon, judging from its size, is only the size of a super city, and the complexity of its rules is still unclear... Judging from these factors alone, although it's difficult to destroy this dungeon, it doesn't seem particularly difficult... Hmm, I can give it a try.

Unfortunately, we can't try it now.

He currently does not know the specific relationship between this instance and the Saintess, or what it is.

Rushing to destroy the instance could very well result in the destruction of the Holy Maiden as well—and this possibility is not only real, but quite significant!

Therefore, he needs to understand the pros and cons before he can prescribe the right remedy.

Fan Xiao couldn't help but look at the city in front of him.

The next second, all ten of his fingers fell off and landed on the ground. After wriggling and expanding, they transformed into ten figures of different appearances, including men and women, and varying in height, weight, and build.

After his fingers were restored to normal, Fan Xiao gave orders to the ten figures: "Almighty Lord, Chaotic Tide, Monotheistic Church, Pursuit of Nature—you will focus on these four factors, disperse to various parts of the city to conduct intelligence gathering, and come to me before dark to report."

The super player battle mentioned in the background description of the dungeon is probably not just a background element, but more likely an intelligence hint—Fan Xiao made this guess and used luck to make a judgment.

The result was... the guess was correct.

Therefore, he issued this order.

Ten figures, standing ramrod straight, knelt on one knee to receive the order. They did not reply, remaining silent as they quickly left the spot and dispersed to various parts of the city.

Fan Xiao then took out a wooden stick from his storage space—yes, he planned to use the stick to find the location of the Holy Maiden in this instance.

Logically speaking, finding the Saintess is the most basic and crucial part of the dungeon quest. You would need to clear certain levels, obtain dungeon access or items, and use their functions to find her from the vast sea of ​​people.

But... who told him to be so illogical right now?

Be a little capricious; you can be a little capricious in how you complete dungeon quests.

"Let's try to find the person directly first."

Fan Xiao threw the wooden stick.

Suddenly! He keenly sensed a gaze upon him and examined himself.

This unusual feeling came quickly and went quickly, disappearing soon after.

Fan Xiao felt that everything had returned to normal, as if the strange gaze he had just received was just his imagination.

Did he trigger some dungeon rule?

"Could it be... a god's name?"

Fan Xiao seemed to be deep in thought.

When he gave the commands to the flesh and blood creatures, he uttered the name "Almighty Lord".

Could the problem be here?

The next second, Fan Xiao took out a coin and tossed it – heads up.

Your guess was correct.

Fan Xiao's lips curled up slightly... Interesting.

According to the background information of the instance, the Almighty Lord fell 150 years ago.

These days, calling him by his name can still get his attention... It seems that this instance has replicated an omnipotent ruler... Well, most likely a super low-end version.

After all, this is a B-level dungeon, and the level cap is fixed. No matter what, it's impossible to create a seasoned super player as a link in the chain of danger.

"So, the main crisis in this instance is related to the Almighty Lord..."

"The Almighty Lord who fell 150 years ago still exists... a figure from the past... The dungeon hints mentioned the frustration of those living in the past... Could this be the world of the past?"

"Or rather, at this stage, I am... situated in the past, as defined by the instance?"

Fan Xiao made a simple deduction.

Then, as was his habit, he tossed a coin... heads up.

Your guess was correct.

"Things really do seem to come from the past..."

Fan Xiao felt a mix of emotions.

At this point, he had roughly figured out the correct way to complete this dungeon.

It's highly likely that history will repeat itself, creating the correct future timeline.

That is, to defeat the "Almighty Lord" and complete the broken history of the "Trials of the Ten Commandments".

Then, the fragments of the "Trials of the Ten Commandments" transformed into the "Ten Commandments," and the first Roman collected three of them, took them back to his hometown, and founded the church.

Then... a girl with perfect looks joined the church, received a ring, and began her story.

This young girl is the saint from the past.

In other words, the "most perfect person" in the dungeon quest is located in a future time period. To find her, you must first complete the history described in the background introduction and put everything on the right track.

The death of the "Almighty Lord" is the beginning of everything—a beginning that will most likely be started by the players.

After making these deductions, Fan Xiao tossed the coin again... heads up.

The speculation is correct.

The solution to pass the test was revealed by him flipping a coin.

In this speculation, the only information he was unaware of was the correct method to defeat the "Almighty Lord".

As for the method... it doesn't really matter to him.

With his current strength, he can most likely just charge straight through... flip a coin... yeah, he can just charge straight through.

His strength is worthy of the title "pseudo-invincible".

However, Fan Xiao has no immediate plans to act rashly.

"Although the saintess has to be found in the future timeline, the saintess who joined the church has already gained the ability to see the future. According to the two major flaws of the saintess pointed out in the dungeon, the saintess during her time in the church should be suffering from the future flaw."

"And the flaws of the past... may lie in the present timeline."

Fan Xiao made a conjecture, and then... flipped a coin... and the prediction was successful.

So the task remains the same—find the saintess first.

Find the saint of the "past" of this era.

His gaze fell on the wooden signpost that had just fallen to the ground...

……

at the same time.

Svetlana's team breathed a sigh of relief when they realized that Fan Xiao was not pursuing them.

It seems we've overcome this hurdle.

"Today is absolutely terrible...!" Svina complained, "We just entered the dungeon and encountered such a terrible enemy... Boss, sigh, our luck is just unbelievable."

"Captain Si, you're very knowledgeable, can you tell his approximate player level?" the dog-eared youth asked in a low voice.

"I didn't realize that, but... to be able to subdue nine of us B-rank players in a single exchange, leaving us completely defenseless, that's some skill..."

Svina said seriously, "Even our BOSS couldn't do that. He might be even more powerful than our BOSS!"

Subduing and killing are not the same thing.

The former indicates that there is still room for maneuver, which is obviously much more terrifying.

Their boss, Oz, certainly has the ability to kill them all, but to say that he could subdue them in a single encounter... is highly unlikely.

"This is an unexpected situation... Captain, we need to speed up the dungeon investigation!" White Hair reminded, "The sooner we gather intelligence, the sooner we find a way to clear the dungeon, and the sooner we get out of here! Being in a dungeon with such powerful players is giving me the creeps!"

“No,” Svina shook her head, giving the opposite decision: “We can speed up our intelligence gathering, but leaving the instance…we’ll wait until the big boss leaves before we go, absolutely not before him! You two must remember this!”

"Uh...why?" The white-haired man was taken aback.

The hooded youth answered on behalf of Svina: "Because they escaped in advance, they would likely be killed beforehand. That... big shot brought up the Saintess's disappearance to us without any attempt to hide it."

"Do you think the big boss is certain that we won't dare to tell anyone, or... is the big boss planning to alter our memories after clearing the dungeon, making us forget the relevant information?"

"I even... forgot about the information about this copy."

"..." After a few seconds of silence, the white-haired man said, "If it were me, I would choose the latter."

"Hmph, at least you've got some brains now!"

Sivina said coldly, "I only transferred you to work under me because you're clever."

"People outside misunderstand us white shoulder patches, thinking that most of the members in the bureau are good-for-nothings who only take money and don't know how to do their jobs, are negative-minded, and slack off all day long."

"In reality..."

She curled her lip: "How could laymen understand the essence of slacking off with white epaulets? How could they understand the wisdom of our BOSS?"

"We only touch it when it's appropriate, and as for how to determine when to touch it... that wisdom is the essence of the white epaulettes."

"Little Bai, watch carefully and study hard. I have high expectations for you."

White Hair asked, "Does Captain Si mean we should just let that big shot alter our memories without any resistance?"

"Oh?" Svetlana nodded in satisfaction: "You're learning pretty fast."

"..." The white-haired man said helplessly, "Captain Si, is this... really okay? This involves altering memories!"

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