Lord of the Mysteries

“These dried mushrooms don’t look… very delicious.” Rozanne looks at the bag of dried mushrooms in my hand seriously for a few seconds before replying hesitantly.

It’s obvious that she’s a little embarrassed to say that the mushroom looks dry and black—it causes alarms to go off, and it can hardly whet up an appetite. After all, I’d offered it out of kind intentions.

Hehe… I take this opportunity to change the topic.

“What’s your drink called?”

Rozanne immediately turns around and picks up the beverage bottle on the table. She says with a smile, “This is it! The design looks cool, right?”

The beverage bottle has a streamlined design with a footprint theme. The name is:

“Reporter.”

That’s different from mine… I politely compliment, “Looks good.”

Rozanne twists the cap that has been opened a long time ago as if she’s preparing to take a sip.

I instinctively want to stop her, but after opening my mouth, I realize that I don’t have a reason.

Furthermore, a third of the Reporter beverage is gone. This means that Rozanne has already drank it. There’s no point in stopping her now.

Gulp… Rozanne lowers the bottle and twists the cap back on.

“It doesn’t taste bad. Try it.”

“Okay, okay,” I say perfunctorily.

Rozanne doesn’t urge me any further. Instead, she points at the remaining beverage bottles in the plastic bag.

“You can also switch bottles.”

“No need, there’s no need,” I reply without hesitation.

Either way, I don’t intend to drink it. It doesn’t matter if I switch it or not.

After two seconds of deliberation, I look at Rozanne and probe, “How do you feel after drinking it? Any special sensations?”

“Special sensations? Do you think this is a drug? Erm, it’s moderately sweet and refreshing. The fragrance will definitely be better after chilling it.” Rozanne says, a little pissed.

She doesn’t look like she’s lying… This means that she probably didn’t obtain superpowers from the Reporter beverage… I subconsciously survey my surroundings and realize that my fellow colleagues have more or less drunk some of Rozanne’s beverages, but none of them show any signs of abnormality.

don’t even appear dazed or

picked last time has a special effect? I wonder if that’s considered being lucky or not… I quickly control my doubts and wave the

need to get down to

me stop you.”

the Instigator beverage in front of me and fall into

prepare for taking pleasant gulps of water.

curious about what the liquid inside looks

I pour all of the Instigator beverage into my

That definitely isn’t 500 milliliters! I

usually can’t hold the entirety of

be quite a bit of

and it’s quite enticing… I carefully observe the liquid in the mug and

no different from anything

something into the mug to

throw? I look around when I suddenly get

Those dried mushrooms!

I plan on eating, so I can use it

am a

tear open the packaging and throw the black dried mushrooms into the dark blue liquid,

aren’t any changes. I’m starting

chat group. I

my work and raise my head,

I see

and tender mushroom with red star

I glance over

of a palm. Its skin, no—its surface is so tender and supple. On the cap, there are

hell is this?

the cap moves upwards as though it has lifted its

red stars that

I look at it, and it seems to

seconds later, the mushroom reaches out its many “hands,” and using the

it jumps to the floor and wildly

F*ck… I’m still confused.

a problem: All

subconsciously, I stand up and chase after

the fusion of the Instigator

to resolve this accident I caused, as soon