The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle
Chapter 418 - 269: See You Again, Totem!_2

So, they wouldn't be able to find out what kind of existence the person behind Superpower Seven really was.

"Anyway,"

"Every week, some place would have an incident, a team would be sent on a secret mission, and then there would be no sign of life."

"For the outside world,"

"They would believe that the team sacrificed themselves fighting a threat."

"And then the A-rank superhumans from the upper echelons would take care of the threat, earning the gratitude and cheers of countless people."

"But in reality, everything was just because... they were experimenting with these potions, trying to perfect them, while creating special Dark Ones..."

"And now."

Bearded whispered, "We need to take the first step, which is to eliminate one of their core A-rank teams. After all, anyone A-rank and above is a member of Superpower Seven's sinful gang, no exceptions."

After all, only their people could get into the upper levels.

"What's the specific plan?" Bai Yilin asked softly.

"According to our informant, they will depart from the headquarters, transporting a batch of special cargo to a key research location. We need to take them out quickly, disguise ourselves as them, enter that place, and destroy everything within," Bearded said sternly.

"If we do this, our other teachers in various locations will be able to take action and break this enforced tranquility."

The young man paused, "This idea is good, but it won't be that simple to disguise ourselves as them."

"...Of course, it's simple."

There was another person from Organization X beside them who stretched out his hand, "I can make you look like any person for a short period."

The next moment,

His appearance changed into Bearded's, then into Blondie's, and into Bai Yilin's.

"That settles it then, there shouldn't be any problems."

The young man nodded, glancing at Bai Yilin with curiosity. This guy had been silent all this time and was frowning slightly as if pondering something.

When the time for action approached,

He walked over to Bai Yilin.

"Brother Bai, were you startled just now?"

"?" Bai Yilin paused briefly.

"That Totem..."

The young man smiled gently, "I thought it might have something to do with the Abyss Church..."

They were no rookies; according to Paradise's setting of Pollution Value, every instance they experience has a tiny chance of encountering related incidents.

And once they do... it means both rich rewards and Pollution Points, and unimaginable, inescapable dangers.

After all,

In some instances, defeating the boss meant complete closure, and the chance of returning to that instance, to that world, was almost zero.

But,

Once they conflict with any force of the Abyss Church, any world they have invaded, their names would appear on the Universal Bounty List, and any related worlds would face the danger of being hunted by the Abyss believers.

That was the reason they would react so seriously whenever they encountered a Totem.

After all,

The influence of the Abyss Church could be said to truly span the Ten Thousand Realms.

"Exactly," Bai Yilin murmured softly, "That pattern looked somewhat dark and evil. This might not be so simple."

The young man nodded, looking towards Bearded and the other two, "They're hiding something."

He patted Bai Yilin's shoulder, "Anyway, this is the Nightmare Team; we have to give it our all."

Bai Yilin didn't respond but watched the young man walk away as he fell into deep thought.

He had been thinking, remembering, as if he had seen that pattern somewhere before... or at least something similar.

The first person he thought of was Su Buxian.

"Brother Su, he seems to have several small patterns on him, including the weapons he used in the dueling ground, but that must be tattoos and personal preference."

After entering the game, one could maintain their original appearance while altering about 20% of it, like skin surface patterns.

So...

Having those modifications is normal; it would be weird not to have made any changes. Not to mention female players using beauty filters, even brawny men would make their biceps look a bit larger, even though it wouldn't enhance their attributes.

"That guy..."

Bai Yilin's eyes twitched slightly, fragments of memory seemingly capturing something.

It was that bespectacled man... On his puppet, there seemed to be a similar pattern on its back.

At that time, she didn't recognize it, but now, on closer inspection, there seemed to be some resemblance, yet there were differences.

"It seems that we can only get the answers from the elder behind them." Bai Yilin looked at the men with goatees and others.

The others aside, what they said, although somewhat concealed, was true.

And the various items collected from that place did indeed come from various worlds, but she always felt those items were somewhat ancient, or had never been seen.

But.

The most important point.

Was that those Spirit Coins, a world that hasn't had contact with the outside, how could it possibly produce such a quantity of Spirit Coins? Moreover, based on her observations, these Spirit Coins were likely only a small part of their stock.

That elder possessed great wisdom, a remarkable and elusive aura, and moreover... intuition!

Intuition made Bai Yilin instinctively feel that they had only touched the surface, that the true main quest had not been fully unveiled, that the true appearance of this world had not yet been encountered.

And even more crucially.

Damn it.

Where had Brother Su gone?

"We're ready." The woman's serious voice came through, "I've seen their convoy set off. They're taking a deserted path, and there are five ability users with them."

"No rush, let them drive for a little while, drop their guard and get some distance from headquarters before we move."

Their expressions were tense.

After all, this was also an important operation for them, involving their fates.

Nothing could go wrong.

...

"Quick, quick, quick!"

On the other side, the pharmaceutical factory.

The captain roared low, his military knife already stained with copious amounts of blood and flesh.

These monsters surged around them, assaulting them with speed, killing intent, and fatal attacks of all sorts.

Everyone roared fiercely, retaliating against the attacks, narrowly escaping encircling traps after each wave.

They continued running toward the third level underground.

"These monsters are getting stronger. Next, on the third level, can we really..." A newbie, bloodied and trembling, spoke.

They had fought bravely, but they were losing hope. With more and more monsters, more powerful means of attacks, they always felt they were standing on death's horizon, the next step could send them plummeting.

"Shut up!" The captain snorted coldly, "Anyone who wants to give up can just throw their weapons away and quit, we don't need you."

"Who's giving up!" A long-haired young man exploded, his Spiritual Energy swelling with a barely discernible surge.

"I swear, I will uncover everything here!" Du En's eyes were bloodshot, swinging with all his might at the incoming monster.

Su Qi also paused, stabbing a monster to death with his guide cane, "Good, everyone's spirited, I'm satisfied."

The captain gave him a sideways glance; that was his line to say.

From the beginning, he had a sneaking suspicion that something was off. Every time they faced various difficult and fatal sieges, they would always turn the tide. They had managed to escape successfully without paying the price in lives.

Now he took another look at Su Qi, this guy... didn't have a single drop of blood on him.

But he could no longer concern himself with Su Qi.

These monsters exhibited remarkably strong combat abilities, and each seemed to vary, seemingly bearing the self-talent and potential of people injected with Potions.

More so, every time they killed a monster, the fluids from the monster's body seemed to be absorbed by other nearby monsters, becoming stronger and stronger.

He had already felt the terror of these Potions.

It was unimaginable what exactly this factory was researching, and the source of its funding must be incredibly vast.

And Su Qi saw even more.

His attention was on Du En, whose rate of growth surpassed the monsters, and the trend was still on the rise!

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