Chapter 1 Warehouse

The Sacrificial Wine, who was being hunted by John Joyce, was currently in a closed-down appliance store warehouse.

He didn't turn on the lights, but sat on the floor, using the light of a flashlight to indifferently sew up the deep, bone-deep wound on his calf with a needle and thread in a crude manner.

In front of him lay a player who had been shrunk into the shape of a pumpkin and had steel nails stuck all over his head—it was Martin, the teammate of John Joyce he had encountered earlier.

A few minutes ago, he was about to continue chasing John Joyce, but was stopped by the Mobile Task Force and had to choose to give up and escape.

The deep wound on his calf was left by Xing Hechou, the captain of the Mobile Task Force Second Squad.

The Sacrificial Wine hastily stitched up the wound, wrapped several layers of bandages tightly around his calf, and took out a tube of dark green reagent, which he jabbed into his shoulder.

This tube of dark green liquid was the Ephemeral Flower Type-3 reagent.

It could greatly stimulate human potential, not only making the user sharp-eared and sharp-eyed, with perfect recall and quick thinking, but also more confident, with speech and behavior that seemed like a different person.

It could also comprehensively enhance the user's physiological skills. Even the weakest otaku could instantly become incredibly strong, move like the wind, and be comparable to a superhero in a movie.

The only two drawbacks of Ephemeral Flower Type-3 were that it had to be extracted from a large amount of Ephemeral Flower Type-2 reagent, and that it was extremely addictive.

This dependence was not only physiological, but also psychological.

Once the use of Ephemeral Flower Type-3 was stopped, the recipient would instantly regress from "superman" to "mortal," and could clearly feel their thinking becoming clumsy and dull, and their body becoming weak and unbearable.

The huge gap made it difficult for people to leave the Ephemeral Flower Type-3 reagent. Even some senior cadres within the Ephemeral Flower Organization could not get rid of it.

*Pa ta,*

The Sacrificial Wine put the empty reagent tube into his backpack inventory, stood up and jumped a few times, completely unconcerned about the blood seeping through the bandages and dripping down.

This level of minor injury could quickly heal with the help of his body's self-healing ability and the Ephemeral Flower Type-3 reagent.

*Kuang dang—*

The sound of animals crawling came from the ventilation duct above the appliance store warehouse. With a "clang," the vent grille was easily smashed open, and the head of the Butler, along with a string of his own limbs and torso, "crawled" over.

"Tsk tsk, the Mobile Task Force is still ruthless. Even after entering an emergency situation, and most of the elite agents have been transferred to the Qianhua Road temporary stronghold,

they can still squeeze out people to hunt us down."

The Butler said with a strange laugh, piecing himself back into human form, except that he was missing his right hand. "Fortunately, we acted separately and ran fast.

By the way, give me back my right hand."

Just now, the two of them were being chased by Xing Hechou's team. The Butler had deliberately removed his right hand and thrown it to the Sacrificial Wine before they separated, waiting to find his teammate after escaping by following the sensation between the organs.

Without saying a word, the Sacrificial Wine took out a dirty hand from the bottom of the nearby shelf and threw it over—before sitting down on the ground, he had casually used this hand to sweep the dust off the floor.

"You're later than I expected."

The Sacrificial Wine said indifferently, "Were you delayed?"

"Yeah." The Butler nodded, mysteriously taking out a crushed miniature surveillance camera from his backpack inventory. "On the way here, I took some time to take a look at the city-wide surveillance,

and found that the Special Affairs Bureau was using Skynet to look for a man wearing a cape, so I went to the park where he had been before and found this surveillance camera.

See if you can use a ritual to locate him."

Among the members absorbed by the Ephemeral Flower Organization, there were many extremely powerful and wealthy businessmen. The network of relationships these dignitaries possessed was enough to help the Ephemeral Flower Organization do many things.

For example, setting up a small, hidden, automated surveillance network in major cities around the world.

Senior members like the Sacrificial Wine and the Butler had the authority to call up this "pirated Skynet."

On the way, the Butler had deliberately detoured a large circle, taking the lead over the Special Affairs Bureau, and obtained the miniature camera that Li Ang had left in the park before the first barrier shrinkage was completed.

Faced with the Butler's expectant gaze, the Sacrificial Wine silently took the camera that was completely broken into parts, closed his eyes, and fell into meditation.

One of the Sacrificial Wine's skills was to use items used by others, and use the sense in the dark to predict the location of the other party.

The aura attached to this camera could probably only last for about an hour,

but in this mission, it was completely enough for the Sacrificial Wine to roughly grasp the other party's location.

After a long time, he opened his eyes and said indifferently, "Northwest direction, about a twenty-minute drive."

"So close?"

The Butler licked his lips, quite eager to try. "How about we go hunt them down? Doing this kind of thing under the Special Affairs Bureau's nose would definitely be interesting."

The Sacrificial Wine glanced at him sideways and said coldly, "Prioritize completing the mission."

"I know, I know." The Butler grinned, rubbed his sharp fingernails, letting his fingertips be cut open with wounds. "Isn't this exciting?"

The mission mentioned by the Sacrificial Wine not only referred to the regular "Moon God's Crown" mission issued by the system, but also the mission entrusted to them by the upper echelons of the Ephemeral Flower Organization.

As early as two weeks ago, the senior leader of the Ephemeral Flower Organization had obtained the news of the upcoming Fog Realm anomaly in Qianhua Road from the Prophet, and had specifically formulated a plan to use the Fog Realm anomaly to realize a certain prophecy and complete the mission of the Ephemeral Flower Organization.

"Why is the moonlight virtuous, dying and then growing again,

What is its benefit, the jade rabbit is in the belly,

What does not die, what do the giants guard,

The dragon chariot rides the thunder, leaving the cave and heading east"

The Sacrificial Wine silently recited the content of the prophecy in his heart, and a trace of firmness flashed in his eyes.

This Moon God's Crown mission can be said to have been planned by the Ephemeral Flower Organization under the guidance of the Prophet.

The history of Ephemeral Flower was more ancient than the outside world believed. Their understanding of the Killing Game system far surpassed that of any other organization—

The system would automatically generate related missions based on some equipment and props left by ancient players.

As long as there were written records about ancient players, they could rush to the scene in advance, and easily activate and generate specific missions before modern players stumbled upon them by chance, and excavate the legacy of ancient players.

For example, this time's Moon God's Crown.

Of course, the ultimate goal of Ephemeral Flower and the Sacrificial Wine was not the crown itself, but the "thing" wearing the crown.

That, wearing the crown, relying on the Fog Realm to guard the last mirage dragon in the world guarding the Demon Imprisonment Cave.

The Sacrificial Wine looked in the direction of Qianhua Road and murmured to himself, "Calculating the time, the first barrier is about to complete its shrinkage."

"Yeah,"

The Butler curled his lips indifferently. "I'm really disappointed. Apart from us, it seems that no other team has seen blood."

[Player "Si Wenbin" has been killed by player "Grievance Demon"]