Entering November, the weather grew increasingly cold.
Work at the Amber City Investigation Bureau was very relaxed—at least, it was for Yue Shi.
Director Tang Zhuhe usually didn't manage much. The Special Operations Section could outsource missions to local non-official transcendent organizations; as long as the problems were solved smoothly, the director didn't care what methods were used.
Recently, Yue Shi had taken a liking to using 【Insight】 to re-observe his living environment.
He saw Ling Xun's supernatural power, 【Enchantment】. It could not only enchant objects—temporarily or permanently changing their essence and granting them states beyond the ordinary—but it could also enchant living beings!
Yue Shi also observed his short sword named ██. Previously, he couldn't see the true name of this short sword, but now that he had stepped into Rank 3 and obtained a god-tier auxiliary ability like 【Insight】, things were different.
In the vision of 【Insight】, information about the ██ short sword surfaced: when Yue Shi held the blade, its name was 【Martial Husk】, and it possessed four properties—
「Instant Enlightenment」: Any living being (regardless of race, age, gender, or original foundation) will, at the moment of physical contact and gripping this blade, obtain a massive, refined, and systematically complete amount of martial arts experience and combat instinct.
「Self-Choosing Master」: This blade is not a dead object; it contains a pure combat will that actively seeks a perfect vessel capable of satisfying its endless thirst for battle.
「Foreign Path」: The combat experience gained by the wielder is not a martial path they have comprehended themselves; it will stifle the growth and development of their own true potential.
「Experience Addiction」: The wielder will develop a dependency; once the blade is lost, the unearned martial experience and combat instincts will immediately fade, leaving behind a massive mental and physiological withdrawal reaction.
The negative effects of this short sword were more serious than Yue Shi had imagined. Fortunately, he hadn't used it frequently before.
During the noon break, Yue Shi returned to the staff dormitory, placed the short sword in a box, and tucked it under his bed.
Previously, his strength was insufficient, and he needed the martial arts provided by this blade to make up for his lack of offensive output. Now that he was Rank 3, he no longer needed such a poisonous shortcut.
He could, however, consider giving the blade to someone else as a gift.
As Yue Shi was putting the sword away, his gaze inadvertently swept over two other items he had collected—a set of keys and a bottle of 「Potential Potion」.
The keys were brought out from the Qingshan Sanatorium, and the 「Potential Potion」 was something Yue Shi had snatched from the pursuers of Lab 0.
He instinctively took a look with 【Insight】.
【Key with Peculiar Rule Power】: Can open specific doors.
【Abnormal Creature Serum】: Upon consumption, dual physical and mental mutations will occur, consuming the sanity limit and life limit to obtain a permanent increase in all attributes.
Hmm?
The component of the 「Potential Potion」 was actually serum?
Yue Shi put everything away with a serious expression.
When he went to work in the afternoon, Ling Xun sent a file in the work group chat.
Yue Shi opened the file and browsed it quickly. It mainly mentioned a few things:
"【The Reveler】 is about to pass through Amber City."
"The latest type of 「Healing Potion」 developed by the Investigation Bureau headquarters has passed clinical trials. The cost per bottle is as high as 10 million, and it is currently in short supply."
"The spread of 「Holy Mother」 contamination has widened; Holy Mother believers have been discovered in more than thirteen cities."
"Unknown anomalies have occurred in the forbidden zone 【Mysterious Garden】; it is suspected that high-level plant-type supernatural creatures have entered the Chaos Zone."
"What is 【The Reveler】?" Yue Shi asked.
Bai Wanyang looked toward Ling Xun with equal confusion.
Ling Xun's expression was gloomy. "A big trouble tossed over from Chijing City. An out-of-control transcendent. When he was first discovered, the Chijing City Investigation Bureau tried to contain him, but they failed miserably."
"So, the Chijing City Investigation Bureau decided to expel 【The Reveler】. After driving him away, they washed their hands of the matter entirely. Currently, 【The Reveler】 is wandering through the Chaos Zone. He has passed through several cities, but he was only passing by; he didn't enter the cities or cause significant losses."
"Now that 【The Reveler】 is about to pass by Amber City, we need to prepare countermeasures in advance."
After hearing this, Bai Wanyang grumbled, "The Chijing City Investigation Bureau is really something. They couldn't solve the problem, so they passed it on to other cities. Isn't that just too unethical?"
Ling Xun gave a cold laugh and intended to join in the complaining, but then he thought about it—the Amber City Investigation Bureau wasn't much better than the Chijing City Investigation Bureau; they were both quite lax...
Subsequently, he described the basic intelligence on 【The Reveler】 to everyone.
"The origin of 【The Reveler】 is unknown; no one knows who he used to be. When he first appeared, a team of mysterious transcendents of equally unknown origin, carrying top-tier equipment and weapons, tried to capture him, but they failed."
"As soon as anyone comes within a hundred-meter range of 【The Reveler】, they instantly lose their reason. they will laugh incessantly, dance, jump around, and sing loudly, as if they are reveling in a holiday banquet. His code name comes from this."
"Worst of all, these driven-mad people will stay by the side of 【The Reveler】, becoming part of his strength. Especially those transcendents among them—they can still use their supernatural powers to help 【The Reveler】 deal with outsiders."
"Currently, 【The Reveler】 is accompanied by about a hundred people, wandering aimlessly on foot. During this process, some non-official transcendent organizations sent people to investigate, but in the end, none of them were spared; they all became madmen by his side. Since then, no one has dared to approach him."
Ling Xun pulled up a photo of 【The Reveler】 taken on-site, but everyone discovered that 【The Reveler】 in the center of the photo was just a blurry black shadow that could barely be seen to have a human-like shape.
The other people around this blurry black figure, however, were photographed very clearly.
Ling Xun explained, "The true body of 【The Reveler】 is difficult to observe. Even people at the scene cannot see his specific appearance clearly; they can only see the mad people surrounding him."
"The good news is that, based on the current situation, 【The Reveler】 himself does not have a strong intent to attack. As long as no one takes the initiative to provoke him, he won't be a threat for the time being. The bad news is that the range of influence of 【The Reveler】 is slowly expanding."
"Regarding this, does anyone have any thoughts or opinions?"
Bai Wanyang was the first to raise his hand to speak. "Let's consider the worst-case scenario first. If 【The Reveler】 enters Amber City and we can't contain him, what do we do then? Follow the Chijing City Investigation Bureau's example and lead him to another city? Or just disband and run for our lives?"
Ling Xun curled his lips into a smile and said with full confidence, "Don't be afraid. If that really happens, the director will step in."
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