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Xia Li suddenly suggested another possibility: "For example... we should actually focus our efforts on rewriting the setting of the work."

"Although we can't find any works about Cinderella, we can... create a work about her and release it to rewrite her character profile."

"By making her appear weak, we can gain the upper hand in battle."

Upon hearing this, Fan Xiao did not refute it this time.

The campaign against Cinderella has indeed encountered significant problems.

To reiterate, the imbalance is severely lacking!

Something must be wrong!

The choice was between starting the war early or focusing on rewriting the story's setting... He initially leaned towards the former, believing that choosing the latter was simply courting death. Once Cinderella fully developed and regained her original power, they would be left with no choice but to wait for their demise!

But now... the process and outcome of this operation have deviated too much from his expectations, as if choosing to start the war prematurely was a mistake, and he's a little unsure what to say.

So he didn't object.

After thinking for a moment, Fan Xiao said, "From your perspective, the reasons for launching this operation might seem a bit far-fetched."

"However, from my perspective, this battle is necessary."

"Because... I have a guess here. Although the result is not certain, the possibility is not small, and I intuitively think it is correct."

"This conjecture is also one of the main reasons why I rejected and abandoned the plan to rewrite the story's setting, and instead went straight into the final battle."

"What guess?" Xia Li asked.

Lily and the kitten also turned their gazes toward them.

Now that things have come to this, Fan Xiao is no longer worried that revealing his thoughts might mislead others. He began by asking a question: "Do you remember the second instance hint?"

"What you see as the truth may not be the truth," the white kitten said.

Fan Xiao nodded and continued, "This hint is reminding us not to be fooled by certain 'superficial truths,' as the real truth may be quite the opposite."

"After entering the instance and investigating the work intrusion crisis, we instinctively came to a conclusion—the world of the work was born from the work in the real world, so as long as we rewrite the plot and setting of the work, we can affect the characters of the work, strengthening or weakening them."

"There is actually no evidence to support this conclusion. It is just that it comes from our habitual way of thinking, so we instinctively feel that it is correct and have never doubted it."

"if……"

He paused, then became more serious and said, "What if this conclusion is the so-called 'surface truth'? Could the real situation actually be the opposite?"

"The other way around...?" White Cat asked in surprise, "Does Brother Fan Jin mean that the world of the work comes first, and then the work itself?"

Fan Xiao ignored her overly familiar, childish address and answered affirmatively, "Yes. Do you think it's possible that the works in the real world within this instance are actually projections of other worlds?"

"For example, some major events happening in other worlds are somehow projected into the real world, captured by some people, and then created?"

"It's not that the world of the work was born in this world, but rather that information from other worlds flowed into this world and became the work?"

"If this causal relationship holds true, then rewriting the settings of existing works would be meaningless."

"Because of this line of thinking, I believe that rewriting the setting of the work is a bait thrown out by the original author to mislead us from beginning to end. If we really focus all our efforts on this and ignore Cinderella, letting her run wild... in the end we might not even know how we died."

"..."

This reverse conclusion left everyone speechless.

But upon closer examination... its logic is sound and it has some basis.

First of all, they now know that Cinderella's ultimate goal is to destroy the world. Based on this, it is imperative to launch a decisive battle to defeat her ahead of schedule!

If left unchecked, the difficulty will skyrocket over time.

Therefore... rewriting the setting of the work does indeed seem like bait to lure players in the wrong direction, which can be regarded as a manifestation of the crisis level and difficulty of the dungeon.

Secondly, their investigation revealed that the process of the artwork's intrusion into the crisis went smoothly, with almost no obstacles encountered.

Considering this crisis as a premise, it is only natural to devise a plan to rewrite the setting of the work and thus affect the characters.

If this dungeon is difficult, the correct strategy shouldn't be obtained so "naturally".

The lack of difficulty itself implies difficulty.

This means the player made a mistake somewhere.

However, due to ingrained thinking, no one noticed this.

Now, reminded by Fan Xiaoyi, they all felt as if the fog had been cleared, and their thinking suddenly became much broader.

After comparing the existing information and situation, Xia Li and Bai Xiaomao pondered for a while and both gave this conclusion a certain degree of approval.

Xia Li murmured, "If this is the truth, then rewriting the setting of the work really makes no sense."

"Mr. Fan, are you saying that Lily's world isn't a fictional world designed by someone else, but a real one?" Lily asked Fan Xiao.

"Your world... must have been designed, designed by the copy based on Xia Li's experiences."

Fan Xiao said, "However, this doesn't mean it's fake; it just means its creation method is a bit unusual."

"According to my conclusion, your world, like the worlds in other works, has the opposite causal relationship with the present world."

"Rewriting the work 'Magical Girl Lily' will not have any impact on you."

Lily felt somewhat comforted after hearing this answer.

This at least shows that her fate was not controlled by others' pens, but rather was determined by her own life.

“No wonder…” White Cat suddenly realized, “No wonder Brother Fan Jin has never been interested in the plan to rewrite the original plan… He thinks that conclusion is correct.”

You have no stance of your own, do you...? Fan Xiao wanted to complain, but was too lazy to do so.

Xia Li affirmed, "If it were before, I would have doubted this conclusion."

"After the battle with Cinderella, I think this conclusion is the real truth."

"Cinderella is already this strong at this point in time. If we let her use players and fan-created characters to do dirty tricks, accelerate the intrusion, and speed up the recovery of character power... in five days, she will probably be truly invincible, and we will no longer have any chance."

"that is……"

She murmured, "I wonder if Cinderella knew about this conclusion?"

"I don't think she knows."

Fan Xiao argued logically, "If her goal is simply to physically destroy the world, with the power she currently possesses, she could do it alone. Bringing in characters from other works would be like taking off her pants... it would be creating trouble out of nothing."

"But if her goal is to destroy all worlds, including the world of her work, then her actions make sense."

"She believes that the world of her works originates from the real world, so she intends to let the rules of other works collide with the real world and destroy the real world from the level of rules—the key is to destroy it from the level of rules, leaving nothing behind. I guess she probably can't do this on her own; she has to rely on the extraordinary rules of the worlds of each work to crush the real world."

"When the source of the present world is gone, the world of the work will also be gone."

"So...she was actually doing something pointless?" Xia Li grasped the key point.

“Perhaps,” Fan Xiao said, “but in any case, the real world will be destroyed by her actions. Saving the world in the dungeon mission may refer to the real world.”

He paused, then sighed and added, "Our mission is roughly to protect the real world from the perspective of rules. So... even though Blackrock City has now been wiped off the map and millions of lives have been lost, the instance hasn't judged that our mission has encountered any problems."

"...That's a really unpleasant conclusion."

Xia Li also sighed softly.

If everything weren't restored after the dungeon ended, she probably wouldn't be able to contain her anger right now.

He was angry at Cinderella's cruelty, and also angry at his own incompetence.

At this moment, Fan Xiao summoned the player panel, glanced at the time, and then said, "My mental strength has recovered somewhat, and I suppose yours is about the same."

"The lack of a specific timeframe for Cinderella's return is a huge concern."

"We still need to act quickly. Let's focus our next task on intelligence gathering about Cinderella and the mythology."

After a pause, he ended the discussion with a single sentence: "Let's go."

……

Although they needed to expedite the investigation, Fan Xiao and his group of four did not abandon their caution and act too hastily.

Cinderella is gone, but the traces she left behind still exist in the world—Fondsman, Wolf, and Sharon are still under mental control.

I just don't know if it's recovered yet.

To avoid danger, Fan Xiao suggested that they first find a place to recover their mental strength before searching for Feng Siman and the other two.

Even if an accident leads to a battle, they will be able to quickly suppress the enemy.

The suggestion was approved by Xia Li and the other two.

They weren't overly worried about the safety of von Smann and the other two.

The direct attack that destroyed Blackrock City was the massive firepower that Cinderella unleashed first—that firepower broke through the spatial blockade and swept across the entire Blackrock City in an instant, leading to the city's destruction.

Aside from the world-ending flood, Cinderella's other attacks didn't actually cover a large area; they were only aimed at a few of them.

In other words, the only aftermath crisis that Beifeng, Fengsman, and the other two encountered was the widespread firepower.

The riverside park was still some distance from Vonsmann and his group, giving them time to react and preventing them from being killed by the gradually weakening firepower as it spread out.

This is probably the same for player-created characters.

I wonder if Alice, who was imprisoned by Cinderella, is alright...

To Fan Xiao and the others' surprise, instead of them looking for someone, Bei Feng came looking for them all by himself.

The previous battle had been so intense that Beifeng's heart had been in his throat for a long time.

Now that the fighting has stopped for a while, he couldn't stand it any longer, so he released his big dog to follow the scent and teleported over through the wormhole of the phantom beast.

Upon seeing Fan Xiao and the others, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, you're all alright... Looks like we won?"

"We won... I wouldn't say we won."

Upon hearing this, Xia Li explained the situation in a rather somber mood.

Having lost a capable comrade, she really didn't want to feel any joy in the face of such a victory.

After listening, Beifeng remained silent for a while before finally choosing to drop the subject.

He wasn't familiar with Fan Xiaoxiao; they'd never even met. He couldn't possibly empathize with her situation, and saying more might only lead to making a mistake.

He then changed the subject, saying, "So that devastating firepower came from Cinderella... When I sensed the danger, I ran away with Von Sman and the others."

"Although the three of them were under mind control, their instinct to escape did not seem to have been erased."

"We left Black Rock City and headed to the nearby Cang City. Shortly after arriving, the mental state of the three of them, including Feng Siman, returned to normal."

"It's back to normal? Are you sure?" Xia Li's tone was slightly excited.

When Cinderella traveled to the world of the story, the mental control over the three people, including Fonsman, was still present—which means that whether Cinderella is in the real world or in another world, it does not affect the operation of her power.

Now that mind control has failed, does that mean the effects of other powers have also failed?

"It seems that the active expulsion in the mortal world is not only to prevent Cinderella from entering, but also to expel the traces of power she left behind."

Xia Li thought of it.

What she cared about were the crucial pieces of information that the other party had concealed!

“I’ve confirmed this several times,” said Beifeng. “The chances of them playing me are extremely small.”

“Hmm… so we have three more helpers now,” Xia Li said. “I was originally planning to take advantage of Cinderella’s banishment to break the mind control on the three of them, but now… it saves us a lot of trouble.”

"Let's investigate Cinderella's works first!" Fan Xiao said decisively.

What Xia Li thought of, he naturally thought of as well.

The group of five acted quickly and found the nearest internet cafe.

In Cangdu City, the destruction of Heiyan City is already known.

This is no less than a major earthquake!

Ordinary people felt like the sky had fallen, and the whole city was in chaos.

Fan Xiao and his group of five naturally didn't care about these things. After entering the internet cafe and using their mental interference abilities to control the situation, they began investigating the intelligence.

To their surprise—they actually found it!

The title of the work, "I was reincarnated into another world as the son of God, but unexpectedly fell into the Demon King of Sin and Punishment," is hard to describe.

Its main character is Cinderella.

Chapter 724 The Woman Favored by God