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This can't go on!

During this time, I need to stay away from Lucia.

Otherwise, being obsessed with indescribable things every day... is outrageous, absolutely outrageous!

"Sakura, if you really want to know something, stay with me tonight."

Lucia suddenly said.

Fan Xiao: "..."

Fan Xiao stood up, straightened his collar, and said to the two men, "You two are to handle the church's affairs yourselves."

"Don't worry, if you run into trouble, this hair tie on my wrist will break."

"My rescue team will arrive as soon as possible."

He shook his left wrist.

It was adorned with a delicate little hair tie, and if you brought it close, you could smell a faint fragrance—its original owner was Lucia.

Vanshaw has made a wish—that the hair tie will break whenever Lucia gets into trouble.

If such a troublesome situation were to arise, he could eliminate the troublemaker in an instant, from everyone's sight, by using the "Eye of Truth" in conjunction with the "Judgment of Inevitable Annihilation".

Safety is very well guaranteed.

Sakura glanced at the hair tie a few more times, her eyes remaining as cold as ever, revealing nothing of her mood.

"Boss, don't make too much noise." She reminded him, "If Duke Kane dies, the noble faction will be in chaos, and the entire 001 district will be in turmoil for a while."

"...Can you please stop assuming I'm going to kill someone when you think about this?" Fan Xiao said speechlessly, "I'm just going to resolve the issue. At most, I'll threaten the other party a little."

Sakura had been giving him the feeling of being a "secretary" for a while, reminding him to be mindful of his behavior from time to time.

Did the simulation of the future traumatize her?

“Oh,” Sakura said, “Boss, remember to take stock when you’re threatening someone. If you really want to kill them, you can just swap their memories and turn the Duke into someone else.”

"……gone."

Fan Xiao didn't want to talk to her anymore, so he activated "Shifting Stars" and opened a spatial portal in the living room, connecting to the outer area of ​​Duke Kane's mansion—he didn't open it directly inside the mansion because he wanted to test whether there was any sense of crisis.

Despite his current strength, he still maintains a basic level of caution in his actions.

Hmm... the crisis sensor isn't giving any feedback, which means there's no danger.

Fan Xiao stepped out and entered the spatial portal.

……

A11 node.

Partition 011.

This is a fusion zone with a social structure that is slightly biased towards Central European style.

However, the science and technology here are not backward, but rather very advanced.

The city's architectural style, while retaining a sense of history, perfectly blends in a sci-fi atmosphere, creating a unique aesthetic that is both contradictory and unified—this architectural transformation has spread across the entire planet and even extended into outer space.

Viewing the 011 area from space is like looking at an alternate world that blends elements of science fiction, swords, and magic.

Because of this unique style, this place has become a famous tourist area of ​​the A11 node, attracting players and ordinary people from the entire node to come and go... No, not just this node, people from other nodes also frequently come and go in this area.

In nodes starting with the letter A, there are basically no non-merged partitions.

Each node is equipped with a massive number of spacetime tracks, creating an incredibly advanced spacetime transportation system.

Some important hub cities in certain zones have also spent enormous resources to set up fixed teleportation devices that allow direct communication between them... However, the cost of using these devices is extremely high, making them unaffordable for most people and players.

There's a similar spatial device in Zone 011... well, something like it.

As an "unofficial, wild space device," it has the powerful effect of forcibly connecting all partitions of the A11 node, making it more powerful than most space devices created by the official authorities.

I've heard that its creator is "Chaos Tide".

As for why this device appeared in this zone, and why it wasn't taken away by a powerful player and placed in their own backyard... there's only one reason.

This is the hometown of the "destroyed kingdom".

It is the place where the Miss of the Destroyed Kingdom was born and raised.

As a way of giving back to her hometown, she donated the device to Zone 011.

The 011 partition has long since replaced the 001 partition with the A11 node, becoming the new dominant partition.

The game company's attitude towards this is... to turn a blind eye.

The game company naturally didn't want to see the hometown of the "Destroyer of Nations" develop, since the hometown of a wanted criminal becoming more and more powerful would damage the company's reputation.

The company did indeed engage in some underhanded tactics that affected the development of the 011 division.

They even sent small teams to cause trouble.

As a result, all the troublemakers were assassinated... well, the kind of assassination where their bases were wiped off the map along with the land itself.

If these "assassinations" happen too often, who can withstand it?

The game company is strong.

But its strength lies in being a large collective, not a one-man show.

To keep fighting a veteran super player in order to deal with a small division... is not in the collective interest.

Over time, the matter was simply dropped.

After that, Miss Destroyed the Country left her hometown and never appeared in the 011 section again... In a way, it can be considered that she and the game company each made a concession and gave each other a way out.

Of course, the lady who destroyed the country only left on the surface.

In fact, when she went on trips... or rather, when she got tired of carrying out the "talent recruitment" mission of the Court of Life, she would secretly go home to rest.

For example, right now, she's in section 011.

Inside a historic manor.

The destruction of the kingdom... oh no, it's Tina who is sitting at the white marble table in the central garden, quietly reading a book.

The old butler stood to the side and, seeing that Tina's teacup was empty, offered to refill it.

Perhaps because she was in her hometown, Tina's attire was rather casual—she wore only a dark-colored silk dress that resembled a nightgown, revealing her fair forearms and slender calves.

Although she was dressed casually, her tea-drinking movements were quite elegant.

It wasn't an artificial elegance, but a natural and effortless grace. It's easy to see that she must have received etiquette training in her childhood.

She has... well, the air of a dignified aristocratic young lady.

If we ignore her nickname and common attack methods.

At one point, Tina suddenly stopped flipping through the book, her gaze shifting to her small, fair wrist—on which had been bare, a strangely shaped bracelet with a silver base suddenly appeared.

Its shape... resembles a snake.

It is very similar to the secondary item "Decapitated Mercury Serpent" that Fan Xiao once obtained.

However, this bracelet looks more exquisite, with more perfect details, and even the snake's scales are lifelike, as if they might come to life at any moment.

And... this snake was not headless.

Its head was directly biting the tail, with no gaps or gaps, making it very complete and reminiscent of the ouroboros.

Chapter 758 Tina, the Cosmic Explosion Master

The silver serpents connected end to end—this bracelet, the same color as Tina's hair, is the manifestation of the S-rank item "Wheel of Fate" in the material world.

Reaching the S-rank level for an item is equivalent to a materialized miracle itself.

The focus is on the miracle, on the concept.

Its material form is more like a projection.

This is also why the "Wheel of Fate" does not usually reveal its physical form—because it is essentially without physical form.

At this moment, the "Wheel of Fate," which had been projected, began to share the information it had collected with Tina.

This was also Tina's own request—not long ago, she had the "Wheel of Fate" operate at full capacity to gather intelligence, focusing on two key areas.

One is information about the more skilled players who went to node G08;

The other is information about the current situation of Fan Xiao and those close to him.

Because of this request, "Wheel of Fate" has been bothering her at unpredictable times every day for some time now.

This S-rank item is exceptional in its authority over "intelligence gathering in the human world".

However, because he was so outstanding, the host had to endure a barrage of information during the reporting phase.

To date, every time Tina uses a tool to conduct intelligence gathering, she adds a bunch of restrictive preconditions beforehand, such as locking onto locations, times, and the range of people involved.

Otherwise, with the overwhelming flood of information... even if her mental strength and information processing speed could keep up, her patience would be completely worn out.

Humans cannot function as coldly as machines.

To some extent, this can be considered a "side effect" of using the "Wheel of Fate".

Fortunately, with her tireless training, this prop became increasingly intelligent.

They were already able to proactively sift through the vast flood of information, extracting the key points she wanted to hear and reporting them to her.

"Lucia Rosa, the 'Glass Cannon' who's all talk and no action, was rescued from a suddenly created B-rank dungeon by Van Shaw, a madman who's always been obsessed with overthrowing his master and is extremely disrespectful to you. To please that madman, Lucia Rosa changed her name to Lucia Van. She even changed her name for a mere madman; she has absolutely no integrity..."

"By accumulating dungeon ratings, Madman Fan Xiao exchanged for the C-rank talent 'Eye of Truth,' and using his incompletely awakened S-rank psionic energy in conjunction with the talent enhancement opportunities granted by the evolution game, he completed his talent into a full A-rank psionic energy. Madman Fan Xiao is becoming increasingly arrogant, and the difficulty of gathering information about him is also increasing..."

"The madman Van Shaw and Lucia Van had a wild night. Lucia Van is finally no longer a glass cannon, no longer the trashy saint others call her. They went wild from night until noon the next day, two shameless bastards who only know how to indulge in lust. Such depraved people are not worthy to be your students, Master..."

"Good heavens! That madman Fan Xiao actually called your top student Yu Xuezhao 'Little Yu'! Who does he think he is? He's getting more and more outrageous. If he dares to call you 'Little Yu' today, he'll dare to call you 'Nana' tomorrow. You must teach him a lesson, Master..."

"That arrogant Fan Xiao actually dared to attempt to create an S-rank instance through fusion! He's utterly ignorant of his own limitations. This mere arrogant student dares to think he can stand on equal footing with you, his teacher. This kind of madman deserves to be taught a lesson..."

"The madman Fan Xiao used the super-A item 'Star Shift' to open a spatial portal, connecting to the outside of Duke Kane's mansion. He planned to directly threaten Duke Kane to stop causing trouble..."

Hearing this, Tina suddenly murmured, "Lucia's revenge, the search of the noble wife and her father, the father's confidant's identity implicated Duke Kane, the Duke is a member of the Twilight Council, and has an A-level dungeon as a backer... Fan Xiao went to find Duke Kane to warn him... Xiaoming, do you think there are any problems with this conflict storyline?"

"It makes perfect sense, there's absolutely no problem."

"Is it……"

After a few seconds of thought, Tina ordered, "Check Duke Kane's information."

The Wheel of Fate is a conscious tool.

Or rather, S-class items generally possess their own intelligent consciousness.

"Wheel of Fate's" harsh and sarcastic personality did not begin after she met Fan Xiao.

This prop has always had this style since its creation.

Aside from showing her utmost respect as her master, she generally held a contemptuous attitude towards everyone else... well, especially towards Fan Xiao.

As for the reason... it's probably because this "good student" of hers has always harbored thoughts of "subordinates rebelling against superiors".

Even without the aid of props, she could easily see through Fan Xiao's true nature.

Just the fact that this guy dared to use a name that flirted with her on the Mammon forum shows that he's not exactly a decent person, ha...

Besides enjoying looking down on people, "Wheel of Fate" also likes to give others insulting nicknames.

Tina did try to correct it at first, but after several attempts and finding no effect, she gave up and left it to its own devices.

On the other hand, this kind of prop with a certain personality is quite interesting.

This added a bit of fun to her tedious intelligence-gathering work.

"Duke Kane, leader of the noble faction in G08 node 001 district, and one of the thirteen members of the Twilight Council..."

Duke Kane's basic information was quickly reported by the Wheel of Fate.

This information is all that Tina already knows, so there's nothing more to say.

After the personal information was reported, "Wheel of Fate" began to mention Duke Kane's recent situation: "...After presiding over the secret meeting of the noble faction, Duke Kane returned to his study and sat quietly all night. When it was close to noon the next day, he wrote an unknown message on a piece of paper with a pen, and then went to the hall in the mansion where guests were received, and waited quietly."

Tina asked, "What message did he write?"

"Unknown. Unable to be traced."