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

wonder if that’s considered being lucky or not… I quickly control my doubts and wave the Instigator beverage in

need to get

let me stop you.” Rozanne waves her

I sit down. I look at the Instigator beverage in front of me and

I use my large mug meant for drinking water. This is something I prepare for taking

what the liquid inside looks like, and whether it contains

all of the

isn’t 500 milliliters! I can’t

hold the entirety of a 550-ml bottle

quite a bit

quite enticing… I carefully observe the

is no different from anything else, at

thought, I decide to throw something into the mug to see if there

when I suddenly get a

Those dried mushrooms!

I plan on eating, so I can use

really am a

any hesitation, I tear open the packaging and throw the black dried mushrooms

any changes. I’m starting to think that I’m

from my work’s chat group. I

I finish my work and raise my

I see a

tender mushroom with red star dots

over and discover that it’s growing in my

size of a palm. Its skin, no—its surface is so tender and supple. On the cap, there are mushrooms of the same breed, just like its hands

the hell is

and the cap moves upwards

two slightly larger red stars that look like eyes

and it seems to be

its many “hands,” and using

the next second, it jumps to the floor and wildly runs

F*ck… I’m still confused.

discover a problem: All of the

subconsciously, I stand up and chase after

it’s a product from the fusion of the Instigator beverage

resolve this accident I