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

effect? I wonder if that’s considered being lucky or not… I quickly control my

need to get down to

Don’t let me stop you.”

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

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

drinking this beverage, I’m curious about what the liquid inside looks

of the Instigator beverage into my

milliliters! I can’t help but look down

hold the entirety of a 550-ml bottle of mineral

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

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

is no different from anything else, at least

thought, I decide to throw something into the

throw? I look around when I suddenly get a bout

Those dried mushrooms!

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

really am

throw the black dried mushrooms into the dark blue liquid, watching

changes. I’m starting to think that

work’s chat group.

minutes later, I finish my work and raise my head, preparing

I see a

and tender mushroom with

did this mushroom come from? I glance over and

tender and supple. On the cap, there are mushrooms of the same breed, just like

hell is

mushroom sways and the cap moves upwards as though

that

at it, and it

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

next second, it jumps to the

F*ck… I’m still confused.

same time, I discover a problem: All of the Instigator beverage in the mug

up

from the fusion of the Instigator beverage and

to resolve this accident