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

Fan Xiao's thoughts wandered for a moment.

He quickly dismissed the thought.

After all, there's no real danger.

As long as there is a spiritual consciousness remaining, he can recreate the physical body at any time.

I'm too lazy to worry about such trivial details.

Soon, the Fifth Justice announced a major piece of news: "After a vote by the representatives of the Federation and approval by the final will, starting from the 33rd Dragon God Selection, the supporter system will be completely abolished. Candidates can only participate in the assessment alone and cannot bring helpers to participate in the first round of selection."

"I protest!"

Among the candidates, Fifth Eye suddenly stood up and voiced his objection: "Why not hold a general meeting beforehand and let all citizens vote on such an important decision?"

“Announcing such a decision suddenly before the official start of the Dragon God selection... I have the right to question its fairness.”

"Fifth Pupil, your protest is invalid."

The Fifth Justice's imposing gaze pierced through the crowd and landed on the Fifth Pupil: "This decision has been analyzed and confirmed by the Final Will and has been approved for execution. What, are you questioning the Final Will's judgment?"

"..."

Fifth Eye fell silent.

What's done is done, and there's no going back.

The border guards found her two powerful allies—two human A-level players with auxiliary-type psionic abilities… but it seems they can’t count on them.

The danger of the first round of selection had exceeded her expectations.

She needs to be more careful from now on.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the trust organization completely controls and manipulates the ultimate will.

Especially in the dungeons after they are opened, the Trust's interference with the final will will be reduced to a minimum.

This is her chance!

Once you become the Dragon God, all your difficulties will be resolved!

the other side.

Fan Xiao, who already knew about this decision, was naturally not surprised... He was now one of the Trust's own people, and all the candidates except for Fifth Eye were his brothers and sisters.

The purpose of the trust organization's actions was to eliminate all unexpected factors—if Fifth Eye were to bring in a powerful ally from the Zoroastrian organization, it would introduce many variables into what was originally a sure thing for the Dragon God selection.

Nowadays, everyone is fighting without any helpers, and the means of combat are all based on ether energy... In this situation, numerical superiority will become an absolute advantage.

Even Fan Xiao couldn't have imagined that Fifth Eye could come up with any way to turn the tide.

This is almost certainly a losing situation!

Unless she can cheat.

"All backups ready!"

Fifth Justice raised his voice: "You have 20 minutes left to adjust your state. The countdown begins in 10 minutes. All candidates will enter the hibernation pods and dive deep into the Fifth Divine Realm. The first round of the Dragon God selection officially begins."

"Remember! You bear the responsibility of inheriting the power of the Dragon God and protecting the future of humanity."

"Please make sure you demonstrate your most valiant, fearless, and noble warrior qualities. Ultimately, the will will judge your actions and give you the fairest evaluation."

……

20 minute later.

All 26 candidates for Dragon God, including Fan Xiao, entered the hibernation pods.

10 minute later.

Fan Xiao felt a force pulling him through space and time—this was the method used when the instance was pulled in.

He is no longer the same person he once was. Faced with the forced transfer of instances, he now has two ways to resist: either use the "Holy Sword of Physics" to physically transform the pulling force of the instances and destroy it; or activate the "Body of Heavenly Dao" to merge into all things, making it impossible for instances to detect his existence.

Even the teleportation ability of an S-rank dungeon can't do anything to me... Fan Xiao felt a surge of emotion.

He did not resist.

The transfer was completed quickly, and he noticed that his field of vision had changed.

He arrived in a space filled with a deep blue light and sat on a monotonous, tall throne.

His body was no longer made of flesh and blood, but had become a sacred body constructed of etheric energy.

He has obtained... the power of the Dragon God!?

"So I've become the Dragon God..."

Fan Xiao glanced at the pop-up player panel; the interface was not the standard dungeon information interface.

Only two lines of text were displayed.

Congratulations! You have become the 33rd generation Dragon God.

Your mission is to protect all of humanity in the Fifth World.

[Note: Time erases everything]

"..."

Fan Xiao felt a little confused and his memory was a bit muddled.

Following his instincts, he activated the ultimate power of the "Holy Sword of Physics" and amplified it with "Quantum Immortality," physicalizing his own conceptual body along with a nearby conceptual region.

Under the gaze of the "Eye of Truth," he quickly saw discordant and incongruous places—strange colors attached to his conceptual body and the surrounding conceptual realm, defining his concepts.

"Qiqi."

Fan Xiao murmured.

The next instant, the little angel appeared and precisely swung his scythe, annihilating those abnormal colors.

Soon, Fan Xiao regained consciousness and understood what had happened.

The rules of the dungeon affected his mental memory and consciousness, adding three more layers of erroneous cognition to him.

The first layer of understanding made him firmly believe that he had perfectly passed the three rounds of selection and inherited the power of the Dragon God—the events that happened during this period, the details of those memories, were all perfect and without any loopholes.

The second layer of cognition is quite interesting. It is not some kind of false memory implantation, but rather an infinite amplification of his regret over a past experience, to the point that he desperately wants to make up for it immediately.

It was as if this experience had become a nail, driven deep into his heart.

The third level of cognition is to make him ignore the content on the player panel and treat it as unimportant.

He started by stacking negative buffs... just like his delusional divine kingdom, which strips players of their names at the start.

The strength is quite high.

Although it's not as insane as his copy.

Fan Xiao, having recovered, tried the communication tool... and it worked!

The fact that the S-rank dungeon didn't restrict the use of items... is it because this dungeon is only open for the Dragon God selection assessment?

Fan Xiao brought up the item panel and took a look—

[Items: Demon of True Knowledge (Super A), Shifting Stars (Super A), Shield of Substitute Life (Super A), Heart of the Madman (Super A), A Dream of a Thousand Autumns (Super A), A Landscape Like a Painting (Super A), King of Daydreams (A)]

All seven items are usable!

Among them, the two super A-grade items, "A Dream of a Thousand Autumns" and "Landscape Like a Painting," were obtained from Jin Ken after he controlled Jin Ken's consciousness.

Of Jinken's eight item slots, only two are Super A-grade items, while the rest are A-grade... This is something he finds quite disdainful.

He's a veteran candidate for King of Mammon, yet he only has two Super A-grade items, which is worse than an A-grade player. It's utterly shameful!

It seems this guy isn't very popular in Mammon, and is probably not the strongest candidate.

However... even a small mosquito is still meat, and Fan Xiao accepted the result after a short while.

After all, the effects of these two super A-grade items are quite good, which can be considered as a supplement to his weakness - well, his weakness is defined differently from others. Simply put, he does not have any elemental spiritual power, and this elemental domain is his weakness.

Among them, the effect of the super A item "Eternal Dream" is to weave dreams at will, allowing targets within range to instantly enter the dream, and the flow of time in the dream can be freely controlled, and a portion of the damage in the dream will be projected into reality.

It is similar in effect to "Tsukuyomi", but has more functions - the dream can project the target's memories in the form of dream images, so that all the details of the target's memories can be viewed, and the target's memories can be manipulated by deleting, adding or modifying the dream images.

At the same time, the words spoken by the prop owner to the target in the dream will act like a mental imprint or a forced command, becoming a strong mental suggestion that interferes with the target.

This is considered a super A-grade item for mind manipulation.

The second super A-grade item, "Landscape Like a Painting," belongs to the space-time system—unlike "Shifting Stars," its main focus is on creating space, rather than interfering with existing space.

It can permanently create the space depicted on a "picture" as a medium.

The definition of "image" here is very broad; it simply means any flat surface with a pattern on it. Even an image reflected in a mirror can become a medium for creating space.

The only drawback is that it can only create inanimate objects, not life.

For example... give it a painting like "Along the River During the Qingming Festival," and it can easily recreate Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, but... it will only recreate an empty city.

This is its first function, which can be simply called "Painting Like the Landscape".

Its second function is reflected in its prop name—it can launch a dimensional reduction attack, turning three-dimensional space into a painting.

In a way, it can be considered a sealing skill.

Or perhaps it's called... a two-dimensional foil?

Unfortunately, the spatiotemporal range of single-stage performance interference is not as exaggerated as that of a two-dimensional foil.

"Six super A-grade items, for an A-grade player... that's passable."

"The effect of 'Landscape as Beautiful as a Painting' can be considered as encompassing the King of Imagination. It's time for this A-grade item to retire."

"Perfect timing, the S-rank item is coming."

Fan Xiao quickly gathered his scattered thoughts.

At this moment, the knowledgeable loli took the initiative to materialize from Fan Xiao's mind.

She was just about to remind Fan Xiao to pay attention to the dungeon rules when she saw... Fan Xiao had already recovered.

What a great master!

The rules of a mere S-rank dungeon are like a tickle to the master!

Surprisingly, this instance does not restrict the use of items.

Of course, it doesn't matter if there are restrictions. Now, the highest authority over the super A item "True Knowledge Demon" is with Fan Xiao. No matter how the dungeon is restricted, True Knowledge Loli will not be forced offline.

The knowledgeable loli moved closer to Fan Xiao, seemingly on guard against something—she knew that an unseen, dangerous ghost often lurked within a 10-meter radius of Fan Xiao.

She often feels a cool little hand touching her cheek... She endured these fears and is now almost used to them.

Anyway, since the owner is there, the ghost lady will at most touch her, but won't do anything to her.

Although being watched by an unseen being, and not knowing what might happen to her, made her uneasy and felt a chill, she eventually got used to it.

Even her master has been won over by her!

Miss Ghost Fan Qiqi, one day she'll win me over!

“Master, this instance constructed using the Fifth Divine Realm is rather strange.”

The knowledgeable loli activated her reconnaissance ability, quickly completing the intelligence gathering, and said to Fan Xiao, "Beyond this space is a replica of node D05: the Bohai megacity, the surrounding central urban area, the border defense line... everything is exactly the same, including the people living outside, who have also been replicated. And... the other candidates are all gone. Judging from the reconnaissance feedback, they are in a different time and space from their master."

"The Fifth Divine Realm is a spiritual world, probably a dream world with a very high degree of realism."

Fan Xiao observed his surroundings for a moment and said, "At least with my magic eye, it's hard to tell the difference between this place and the real world."

"The other candidates are probably in a similar situation to me right now."

"In this instance, we are given the identity of 'the 33rd generation Dragon God'. However, due to the influence of the instance rules, we cannot subjectively recognize this. Instead, we will treat this identity setting as a fact that has already occurred."

"As for dungeon quests..."

He glanced at the panel again and said, "It should be to protect humanity."

At this point, he glanced at the knowledgeable loli.

Xiao Zhen immediately understood and re-entered his mind.

Fan Xiao then attempted to use the power of the Dragon God—that is, the unimaginably vast etheric energy—to propel the conceptual realm and the spatial concept onto himself, thus completing the transfer.

The next instant, he left this mysterious blue space-time and appeared in the outside world.

Just as Xiaozhen said, outside is... node D05.