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

"The 'one-wing' approach of using any means necessary to achieve its goals is a legacy issue. I've spent a lot of time correcting this, and now we're seeing initial results."

“The One Wing members you met in Star Memory City don’t represent One Wing. They are more like… conservatives who need to be corrected.”

“I’m not particularly interested in the internal affairs of One Wing,” Fan Xiao steered the conversation back on track, asking, “So… you’ve taken over all the core members of the Twilight Council?”

"They're all bad people. Sacrificing themselves for the greater good is actually what elevates their remaining value." The black-haired youth laughed. "They harbor a lot of malice towards you, especially that speaker. He hates your actions in destroying Star Memory City and is even thinking of... capturing your confidante to vent his anger."

“Oh, then they really deserve to die.” Fan Xiao replied naturally, “Xiao Zhuang, shouldn’t I thank you?”

"No need for thanks. I only took over their territory for my own plans," the black-haired youth said. "Of course, if you want to think that way, that's fine too. Consider it a gift from me to express my sincerity."

He paused, then asked, "How's this gift? Is it enough to make up for our past grievances?"

"Have we had a grudge?" Fan Xiao asked back, his tone ambiguous.

"Of course, there's no such thing as you and me. Each of us is an individual, possessing our own independent thoughts. We're just pursuing the same goal," the black-haired youth said. "The S-rank counterpart who has ties to your past was killed by you... oh no, ultimately by Gu Hange at node G06. However..."

He shook his head and said, "It's hard for ordinary people to understand and accept our situation. They usually see us as the same person. So... whether there's a grudge or not depends on your mood."

"No way, Xiao Zhuang, have you become this humble now?" Fan Xiao asked in surprise.

"You can interpret it that way," the black-haired youth said nonchalantly, "Being able to reconcile with an S-rank psionic potential user is worth any price. You could even kill me right now if you wanted. Of course..."

He sighed, "If I could, I would still hope to survive. Just like I said before, we are all independent individuals with our own thoughts, which naturally includes... the instinct to survive."

"Hehe, your way of speaking, so touching and compassionate... you must have used a lot of psychological tactics, right?" Fan Xiao said calmly, "These tricks don't work on me. I advise you to use them less often, otherwise if you use them too much... you might have to find someone else to talk to me."

Black-haired young man: "..."

"Let's talk about your invitation method again," Fan Xiao continued, pressing for answers. "Was the Saintess instance event bait you set up to lure me in?"

"It is indeed bait, but you've misunderstood the cause and effect."

The black-haired youth explained, "The hatred between the saintess and her father is an objective fact, and the conflict between her and Duke Kane after she took revenge is also an objective fact."

“My ‘Duke Kane’s counterpart’ is a complete imitation of the real Duke Kane in thought and behavior.”

"In other words, even if Duke Kane hadn't become the same entity, the Saintess incident would still have happened, and I... just took advantage of this objective event."

At this point, his tone became wistful: "Bypassing the 'Wheel of Fate' monitoring is not so easy. Although my identity has been disguised, my actions will not."

"So... I have to make my actions completely consistent with the logic of the corresponding character, and then use the events that will objectively happen to lead you to the place I have prepared."

"In a way, it's not 'I seduced you,' but 'you found me.'"

"As for the Saintess's copy..."

He shook his head: "The rules of the evolution game are not something I can interfere with; that instance was created on its own."

“I understand,” Fan Xiao nodded, then asked, “But… are you so sure I’ll fall for the bait of the Saintess incident and come looking for you?”

“I have used more than just this one objective event.”

The black-haired youth laughed and said, "To welcome you, I have laid out many baits, and the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Righteous Sect is just one of them."

"However... I originally thought you would find the bait somewhere else, but I didn't expect the saintess to be the one who won the lottery in the end."

"It's true... even heroes can't resist the charms of a beautiful woman."

He then suggested, "Since you like women, why not... join One Wing? If you want, we'll provide you with all sorts of beauties, so many that you'll never get tired of them."

"Although they may not be as perfect as your saintess, they are not much different from your other confidantes."

"How about this proposal?"

“Then you’ve misjudged me,” Fan Xiao grinned. “My desires in this area aren’t that extreme. I don’t specifically seek out women for the sake of seeking women. I accept fate, the connections that are pieced together by chance. After all, I’m someone who submits to the arrangements of luck.”

Upon hearing this, the black-haired youth smiled and did not insist on this point.

He was just joking.

Whether Fan Xiao is telling the truth or lying, and whether Fan Xiao is lustful or not, he cannot be forced to make an important choice by beauty—this is something he can judge from the current few conversations.

If an S-class psionic potential user is really that easy to deal with, he might be disappointed.

After all... anyone can use their beauty to win someone over, it's not just one-winged.

Only those who come together under the same ideals can be called partners, companions, and teammates.

Only then can one give trust.

"Is there anything else you'd like to ask?" the black-haired youth asked.

“Yes,” Fan Xiao said, “I want to know your real purpose. What else do you want besides talking?”

“My purpose is to talk,” the black-haired youth said. “Or rather, my purpose is to help you understand One Wing and our philosophy through conversation.”

He paused for a moment, then asked, "So, I wasn't lying, was I?"

“I use this trick of yours all the time,” Fan Xiao said. “Telling only part of the truth to confuse the other party, thereby achieving the purpose of the lie. Xiao Zhuang, you didn’t state your full purpose just now, did you? The conversation was indeed your purpose, but only… one of your purposes?”

"..."

The black-haired youth sighed and said, "I didn't tell you everything. But my other purpose has little to do with you and has no impact on you. It's a personal purpose of mine."

“Oh, that’s true,” Fan Xiao said. “What is your personal motive?”

The black-haired youth shook his head: "Since it's a private matter, it's naturally not something I can just say casually. Unless... you're willing to become my companion, then telling you wouldn't be a problem."

"So mysterious?" Fan Xiao asked, "You'll never tell us, no matter what?"

“The condition is what I mentioned,” the black-haired youth chuckled. “I will only tell my companions because… this matter cannot be revealed casually. In the Evolution Game, there are all sorts of ways to gather intelligence, and if you want to hide information, you have to speak less.”

"Is it……"

Fan Xiao quietly switched "Quantum Immortality" from an active state to a passive state, and then... sensed how much luck it would take to obtain Dr. Zhuang's hidden purpose.

The answer is... less than two months, but very close.

This surprised Fan Xiao quite a bit.

To need such a huge amount of luck just to find out the other party's hidden purpose... Goodness, this is a big secret!

It seems that Dr. Zhuang used special methods to implement a very high level of information blockade targeting his intended information.

It's possible they used an S-rank item to seal it with heavy force.

Does the S-rank item "Jade Record" have this function?

Or... does Dr. Zhuang have other teammates or companions who possess S-rank items?

With that in mind, Fan Xiao abandoned the idea of ​​delving deeper and asking further questions.

The other side is unlikely to easily tell him the information they've gone to such great lengths to block.

As for becoming each other's companions... Dr. Zhuang surely doesn't believe his verbal promises.

Anyway, once his mental limit is greatly increased in the future, he will be able to obtain information directly through luck.

He wasn't in a hurry to find out sooner or later.

Moreover... after Dr. Zhuang finishes discussing what he wants to say, he can capture the other party, control him, and then hand him over to Coco after the dungeon ends, so that Coco can use "Delusion Kingdom" to explore it.

They might just find it directly.

So, Fan Xiao quietly switched "quantum immortality" from a passive state to an active one.

"Since you don't want to say it, forget it."

Fan Xiao said nonchalantly, "I'm not really interested in your personal motives... Tell me, what exactly do you want to talk to me about in private?"

“Of course, it’s an invitation for you to join One Wing,” the black-haired youth said.

Upon hearing this, Fan Xiao asked in surprise, "You really think I would join you...One Wing?"

"Even if I really join, it'll just be for the sake of having a status."

"Does this... mean anything?"

His surprise was genuine.

He was genuinely puzzled by this.

Does this mean that after joining One Wing, they will be forced to undergo some kind of ideological imprinting?

"What I mean by joining is not simply joining an organization, but rather involves the issue of ideological alignment."

The black-haired youth said, "Fan Xiao, have you ever wondered why super players like to create all sorts of strange, cross-node large player organizations?"

“For example, Mammon emphasizes pursuing one’s natural instincts.”

"For example, the Tribunal for the Living, which hopes to reform society through assassination."

"For example, the One-Winged One advocates managing and planning a perfect world on behalf of the gods."

Do you think... these pursuits are very unrealistic and seem somewhat pretentious and empty?

“You can just state your conclusion,” Fan Xiao urged.

"Judging from your reaction... it seems Miss Christy didn't tell you the true significance of the super organization's existence."

The black-haired youth said, "No... maybe you've grown up too fast, and she hasn't had a chance to tell you yet."

After all, his strength is almost at the level of a super player in about a year. Even if you take a rocket, you can't do it that fast!

He had witnessed firsthand the extraordinary nature of S-class psionic potential users; it truly lived up to its legendary status.

The black-haired youth continued, "The reason why the ideals upheld by the super organization seem grandiose and unrealistic is because... they are divine, not human."

"Divinity...?" Fan Xiao asked, "What do you mean?"

"Once players collect the three major items, achieve a 100% evolution rate, obtain an S-level item, and complete an S-level dungeon, they will be qualified to embark on the path to godhood."

The black-haired youth revealed the world of the super players: "On the path to godhood, S-level items are cross-node guides that gather the power of ideas... or rather, beacons that gather divinity; S-level dungeons are models of a divine kingdom that absorb and purify divinity; and the energy-based body resulting from a 100% evolution rate is the basic shell for fusing and purifying pure divinity."

"The more divinity a super player controls, the more psionic concepts they can attract, contain, and fuse with, until they reach the end of this path—to completely control a concept, to control such a materialized miracle, or rather… to control a godhood."

"Godhood is a materialized concept of authority. It can be used to unleash spiritual power... No, at this stage, it can be called 'divine power.' The difference between power and spiritual power is huge. This is the main reason why game companies allow disobedient veteran super players to roam freely—not because they don't want to suppress them, but because the cost of suppression is too high, and the effort is not enough to keep up with the reward."

"This is the path to godhood."

"It's also the upgrade path after becoming a super player."

At this point, he gave an example: "After Miss Christie arrived at node G08, she must have used the 'Gate Between Worlds' in front of you, right?"

"'The Gate Between Worlds' is an exclusive privilege of S-rank dungeons, and can only be used in areas that can connect to S-rank dungeons. However, when Miss Christy came to node G08, she didn't make a big fuss or control her own dungeon to float over as well."

"Fan Xiao, haven't you ever wondered... how she, being at node G08, managed to connect to her own instance across numerous nodes and use the 'Gate Between Worlds'?"

Without giving Fan Xiao much time to think, he gave the answer directly: "Because she has already condensed a divine spark."

"The essence of divinity is the embodiment of conceptual authority. Although it has a physical form in the material world, it represents an ethereal concept that is not bound by time and space."

"Therefore, the divine essence can break the limitations of time and space and temporarily accommodate an S-level instance with an exaggerated time and space scale."

"In this way, Miss Christy can take her copy with her wherever she goes."

"After she arrived at node G08, she probably placed her copy on this node, and when she left, it was re-accommodated and taken away with her."

"I see... Teacher Tina is quite capable." Fan Xiao said with admiration, "Then let's call her Nana again after a while."

Black-haired young man: "..."

He was truly impressed by Fan Xiao's sharp tongue!

"Can't an S-rank instance run across all time-space nodes?"

Fan Xiao's question brought the black-haired youth back to his senses.

After suppressing the rare urge to complain that had arisen in his heart, he shook his head and said, "The only thing that can exert the power of interference across all time and space nodes is an S-class item. And that is also why S-class items can act as 'beacons' to guide divinity."

"How difficult is the Path to Godhood?" Fan Xiao continued, "Are there many super players who have condensed a divine spark?"

“Very rare. To use the terminology from your hometown… well, extremely rare.” The black-haired youth said, “You should have heard of the more famous Divine Realm players.”

"Three super lolis?" Fan Xiao asked.

"Loli... Apart from Miss Christie, the other two have existed for quite some time. The most mysterious one, 'Chaos Tide,' is even rumored to have existed five hundred years ago. As for the term 'Super Loli'... I wonder which busybody came up with it."

The black-haired youth shook his head: "Most S-rank items have their own consciousness. Perhaps 'God' showed some wicked humor when creating them. In short, some S-rank items are rather... eccentric in terms of their consciousness and personality."

"For example, the consciousness of this item, such as the 'Wheel of Fate,' the 'Key to the Gate,' and the 'Azure Sword,' is madly in love with... the girl."

"To subdue, dominate, and use them, you must show them the manner they prefer, and only then can you sign a contract with them."

"..."

"The higher the level of the props, the more unique they become..." Fan Xiao thought to himself.