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.

appear dazed or

if that’s considered being lucky or not… I quickly control

need to get down

Don’t let me stop

my seat, I sit down. I look at the Instigator beverage in front of me and fall into

my large mug meant for drinking water. This is something I prepare for taking pleasant gulps of water. I open the

don’t plan on drinking this beverage, I’m curious about what the liquid inside

pour all of the

isn’t 500 milliliters! I can’t help

isn’t small, but it usually can’t hold the entirety of a 550-ml bottle of mineral

quite a bit of

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

from anything else,

something into the mug to see

throw? I look around when I suddenly

Those dried mushrooms!

something I plan on eating, so

really am

black dried mushrooms into the

I’m starting to think that

messages come from my work’s chat group. I

and raise my head,

I see a

mushroom with red star

over and

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

is

moment, the mushroom sways and the cap moves

red stars that look like eyes

it, and

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

the

F*ck… I’m still confused.

I discover a problem: All of the Instigator beverage

I stand up and chase after the

product from the fusion

to resolve this accident