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

No one refuted Lily's words.

It is now certain that Cinderella told a huge lie about her purpose.

This person doesn't care at all whether her fate is being manipulated... Given the treatment she receives in her own work, what else does she need to care about?

Even the gods are her biological fathers, spoiling her rotten and letting her run wild in the human world, while constantly cleaning up her messes of world destruction... If she's still not satisfied, then she's truly shameless.

As for her empathizing with other characters and wanting to help them escape their fate... come on, given her current behavior, it's good enough if she doesn't take the opportunity to kick someone when they're down and mock them.

Expecting her to sacrifice herself for the greater good is wishful thinking; you can dream about anything.

Perhaps in the past, Anjing would have chosen to help everyone.

But Anjing is already dead.

The Cinderella who remained was a demon king.

His life was full of twists and turns, and fate played tricks on him.

Moreover... changing a work in reality has no impact on the world of that work.

This can already be considered a piece of confirmed information.

……

4:20 PM.

Volcano County, Kaiming Road Garden Community.

With Xia Li's help in hypnotizing him, Fan Xiao and his group successfully infiltrated the residential area and found Gan Xia hiding at home.

Chaos is raging throughout the entire instance world right now, and very few people dare to venture out.

Most people can no longer care about work; those who can avoid it by going home have basically chosen to go home.

Fan Xiao and the others did not waste time getting to know Gan Xia from the beginning. With Xia Li's social skills, the group of five quickly gained Gan Xia's trust.

Just like the story Mensa told her, Gansha was a very beautiful person.

No wonder she became the object of jealousy for the "Bad Girl by Nature".

In this world, whenever love and romance are involved, there is an underlying rule: those who can find true love are basically only good-looking.

Having experienced the "City of True Love" instance, Fan Xiao's level of agreement on this point has reached an unprecedented level.

The most essential thing about love is that it stems from genetic attraction—which is why in Mensa's story, the boy that the naturally bad-blooded girl liked fell in love with Gansha.

The world of love is so unfair. Sometimes, the person you like from the bottom of your heart and pursue relentlessly for years is indifferent to you. Perhaps at some moment, under the right circumstances, they will be moved by your efforts and develop a little affection for you.

But... as soon as he sees the person whose genes attract him, the person whose looks make his heart flutter, he will fall in love with them at just one glance, and discard any feelings he might have for you.

The male or female god you couldn't catch up with for three years were won over by someone else in three days... Tsk tsk, that sounds pretty mind-boggling.

Ordinary people can only feel helpless and swallow their bitterness when faced with such a situation. But a spoiled young lady who has never suffered any injustice since childhood naturally cannot tolerate it.

Gan Xia didn't have to do anything; with just her face, she was the dream girl of countless male students at that school.

As the price for this face, she was targeted by the original sin of jealousy.

So... could this global catastrophe be considered to have been caused by good looks?

"You're getting a bit carried away..."

Fan Xiao shook his head, suppressing his emotions, and said to Xia Li, "Let's get straight to the point. Let her talk about whether she secretly contacted An Jing after the 'An Jing bullying incident' happened."

"Hmm, it seems we're on the same page. I'm also a bit puzzled as to why Cinderella didn't kill her."

Xia Li naturally harbored no hostility towards Gan Xia; she was simply curious about this matter.

Without delay, she immediately gave orders to Gan Xia.

Gan Xia, like a puppet on a string, slowly recounted the events of the past.

It turns out that... in private, without Mensa's knowledge, Gan Xia had indeed taken the initiative to contact An Jing.

Although she was too traumatized by the bullying to fight back against the naturally bad girl, she secretly reached out to Anjing and offered her whatever help she could. She wasn't so incompetent as to lack even that basic sense of responsibility.

Although not as brave as An Jing, she also possessed the perseverance of the weak.

For example, she would help Anjing treat some bruises and swellings, search for her discarded schoolbag together after school, and accompany her to a place to vent during holidays... She never apologized to Anjing directly because she didn't dare; she was afraid that a simple "I'm sorry" would lead to a complete break and deep resentment. However, her remorse was consistently reflected in her actions.

The two even developed a friendship because of this interaction.

It must be said that An Jing is a generous and friendly person who can distinguish who her real enemy is and does not take her anger out on Gan Xia because of her own experience.

Because of the watchful eye of the naturally wicked young lady, Gan Xia doesn't have many opportunities to interact with An Jing in private.

However, her persistence has consistently proven to her that she has not betrayed anyone.

She was simply too weak to resist.

“That girl… her family background is terrifying. She explicitly threatened Anjing that if she dared to tell her family, she would bankrupt them.”

Even though Gan Xia was being manipulated, her voice still trembled slightly: "At school, the other students and teachers pretended not to see it. Even the teachers were afraid of her and went along with her. We... we didn't dare to tell our families."

"Fortunately, we were already in our third year that year, and we only had to endure a few more months to graduate. Anjing and I discussed it and decided to transfer to a high school in a remote location after graduation, to escape these people and start a brand new school life together."

"But... two months before graduation, their bullying intensified. They stripped Anjing naked in the bathroom and even planned to get boys to watch..."

Even as her voice trembled slightly and the fear from her memories resurfaced, resentment still rose in her eyes: "This time, Anjing couldn't hold back and fought back fiercely. In the scuffle, she accidentally broke that guy's left hand... After that day, the bullying led by that guy ended."

"Two months later, that girl returned to school with a long scar on her left arm, and... her gaze towards Anjing was even more terrifying."

"Quietly told me in private that she was very scared, saying that the guy might go crazy and do even worse things to her..."

"So, Anjing told her family about this and is planning to ask them to help her transfer schools?" Xia Li asked.

“Yes,” Gan Xia said in a heavy tone, “just a few days after that, Anjing’s father and sister were in a car accident…”

Her voice became extremely agitated: "It must have been that guy! She's a demon! A demon...!"

"Then... Anjing's mother passed away in the hospital."

“I…I secretly went to see her. She had become very haggard and taciturn.”

"I tried to comfort her, but she wouldn't listen to me. She chased me away, threw the birthday present I gave her on the floor, and told me not to come to her again because she hated me."

"I...I can feel it, she hates me..."

As she said this, Gan Xia's body trembled slightly.

It seemed that recalling this past event took a lot of effort for her.

She was probably afraid to recall An Jing's hysterical outburst—not afraid of being hurt, but because that memory carried too much guilt, enough to crush her.

Seeing this, Xia Li sighed softly and used her spiritual energy to soothe Gan Xia's mental state.

Fan Xiao seized on the key point and asked, "What was the birthday present that An Jing threw out? Is it still there?"

“It was a keychain pendant. I… I didn’t have much money at the time, so this was the only gift I could afford,” Gan Xia replied. “When I left the ward, I took the pendant with me. I was thinking… I was thinking that once she felt better, I would go back to her and give it to her again, but I never expected…”

Her eyes welled up with tears.

Little did they expect that farewell would be their last.

At that time, she couldn't even afford a cell phone, so she naturally didn't know about cyberbullying.

By the time she learned about this from gossip among other students at school, Anjing had already committed suicide.

She lost the friend who saved her forever.

After that, Gan Xia graduated and fulfilled her promise alone—escaping those demons and going to another remote high school to start a new life.

She didn't forget An Jing, worked hard to get into a prestigious university, and chose to study law.

She wanted to do something.

Unfortunately, 10 years have passed, and she can't do anything about it.

She was facing a behemoth beyond her imagination.

“Let us see that birthday present,” Fan Xiao said.

Gan Xia went to her bedroom and took out a delicate little box from the drawer of her bedside table.

After returning to the living room, she handed the box to Fan Xiao.

Fan Xiao took it and opened it. Inside lay a key pendant shaped like a peace charm, with red rune patterns of unknown meaning on it.

Fan Xiao took the pendant out of the box.

The moment his finger touched it, his player panel popped up automatically, displaying three lines of information—

Player "Seal" obtains exclusive dungeon item: Longing Across Time

Lost friendships, 10 years of longing, burning emotions, the resilience of the weak... It may not be able to heal despair, but it can certainly create hope.

[Note: By possessing this pendant, you can travel through time and space, alone or with others, to other worlds.]

Chapter 728 The Correct Way to Clear a Level

Fan Xiao and his group of five quietly left Gan Xia's home.

After coming out, Fan Xiao showed the key pendant to the others and let them touch it.

Everyone received a notification.

Lily included.

In other words, characters in the game can also use this dungeon-exclusive item, not just players.

“It seems our thinking was correct,” Xia Li said. “The appearance of this item proves that our previous speculations were all correct.”

At this point, there were no more doubts about this instance for them... except that the true mythological information had been concealed from the beginning.

"A longing that transcends time and space... the authority to travel between worlds... Cinderella's ability to travel between different worlds must mean she possesses similar... or the same authority."

White Cat speculated.

The moment they touched the item, its specific uses and limitations came to mind—it allowed the holder to travel from the real world into the world of the work… no, it can no longer be described as the “world of the work”.

According to the descriptions in the Kabbalah mythology within this instance, the world of the work is the Formation Realm, which does not depend on the present world for its existence, but is an independent world.

This key pendant allows them to travel from the material world to the formation world.

Thus, the plan to defeat Cinderella became clear—to recruit people from the primordial realm.

Let's gather enough characters from the series to gang up on Cinderella!

This also aligns with the mythological story of the gods forming an alliance to defeat and seal away the evil god Merlo.

The only downside is that the pendant's ability to traverse between worlds doesn't allow for precise locking of world coordinates, and there's a one-minute cooldown period after each use before it can be used again.

Once activated, it's uncertain which world you'll be transported to; it's random.

Only the coordinates of worlds that have already been traversed will be recorded.

In other words, the act of using a pendant itself carries considerable risks.

For example... by accident, you might randomly travel to the world where Cinderella lives, and then just happen to run into her head-on... In the realm of the morphological world, there is no such thing as suppression or weakening in the real world. If such an awkward situation really happens, the player will have to face Cinderella at her peak.

A Cinderella at her peak... her unparalleled spiritual power alone would probably be enough to crush a large number of people.

Meeting her is basically equivalent to the game being over.

Moreover, the possibility of accidentally running into the BOSS is actually not small—the probability is small, but if you go through a lot of times, you will eventually get caught up in it.

Often walking by the river, how can there not be wet shoes?

Fortunately... such hidden dangers can be avoided through luck.

Three days have passed since Cinderella was banished from the world.

Fan Xiao has accumulated more than three days' worth of good luck.

And more than three days of misfortune.

If you use luck and bad luck together properly, the cost of making a wish will be reduced, which should be enough to handle this situation.

“Besides traversing realms, Cinderella also possesses unlimited spiritual power,” Shirley added. “Both of these abilities were not in her original design.”

She sighed softly, "It seems that the only permission we players can obtain is the ability to travel between realms."

"Speaking of which... I've been wanting to ask this before, can infinite power really be defeated?"

White Cat doubted, "The present world suppressed Cinderella, which is why we were able to fight her in the previous battles. Otherwise... in the story, she only needs to play the fourth horn to reverse day and night, stretching a moment into a whole day."