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.

even appear dazed

a special effect? I wonder if

need to get down to

me stop you.” Rozanne

my seat, I sit down. I look at the Instigator beverage in

something I prepare for taking pleasant gulps of water. I open the cap of the Instigator beverage

I’m curious about what the

I pour all of the Instigator

it? That definitely isn’t 500 milliliters! I can’t help

but it usually can’t hold

quite a bit of “Instigator” in it, the manufacturer had actually cut

and it’s quite enticing… I carefully

is no different from anything else,

the mug to

I look around when

Those dried mushrooms!

this isn’t something I plan on eating, so I can use it

am

the packaging and throw the black dried mushrooms into the dark blue liquid, watching them stretch out and expand

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

work’s chat

my work and raise my head, preparing

see

mushroom with red star dots all over

did this mushroom come from? I glance over and discover that it’s growing in my

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

hell is

cap moves upwards as

slightly larger red stars that look

look at it, and it

the mushroom reaches out its many “hands,” and using the edge of the mug as leverage,

the next second, it jumps to the floor and wildly

F*ck… I’m still confused.

discover a problem: All of the Instigator beverage

I stand up and chase

fusion

accident I