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

wonder if that’s considered being lucky or not…

get down

Don’t let me stop you.” Rozanne waves her hand

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

seconds, I use my large mug meant for drinking water. This is something I prepare for taking pleasant gulps of water. I open the cap of the Instigator beverage

curious about what the liquid inside looks like, and whether it contains

the Instigator beverage into

definitely isn’t 500 milliliters! I can’t help but look down on this

usually can’t hold the entirety of a 550-ml bottle of

to be quite a bit of “Instigator” in it,

it’s quite enticing… I carefully

different from anything else,

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

I look around when I

Those dried mushrooms!

isn’t something I plan on eating, so I

really am

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

changes. I’m starting to think that

chat group.

and raise my head, preparing to stretch

see a

with red star

glance over and discover that it’s growing in my

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

the hell is this? I’m

and the cap moves

larger red stars that look like eyes meet

I look at it, and it seems to be

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

jumps to the floor and wildly runs towards the

F*ck… I’m still confused.

discover a problem: All of the Instigator beverage in the mug

subconsciously, I stand up and chase after

product from the fusion of the Instigator beverage

accident