Nick Fury picked up the small vial, glanced at the bright red blood inside, then gave Coulson a meaningful look. "You know what to do."
Coulson nodded with an awkward smile. On the way to Saint Vangansa, he could run some tests—and conveniently pocket part of it. Leaving a single drop for the Tree of Knowledge in Saint Vangansa to test would be enough.
"What if..." Carter Slade said thoughtfully, "what if your blood really works?"
"Impossible. Absolutely impossible." Aaron spoke with complete confidence. He had not given this bottle of blood willingly; its only purpose was to fool idiots.
Nick Fury: Was that polite?
Just then, the system notification suddenly rang out in Aaron's mind.
"The host has triggered a new System Mission. Please check the mission panel promptly."
Aaron's mouth twitched as he looked at the phantom Tree of Knowledge on the screen, immediately forming a few suspicions.
"Open the mission panel."
Close the Gate of Hell; Mission reward upon completion: 3000 Magic Points; no penalty for failure; accept?
Holy shit!
Aaron could not help cursing internally.
To be honest, he did not want to accept this mission at all, but... the system was offering too much!
Based on the fixed sign-in locations of the main body and the Thoughtform, he could only get four Magic Points a day. Three thousand Magic Points would save him two years of effort, and the price was merely a drop of blood.
The temptation was immense, and the difficulty was not particularly high, but the risk was genuinely fatal.
Who knew how many people across the universe were watching Saint Vangansa? Three thousand Magic Points were not worth taking such a huge risk for. If it were thirty thousand, he might be willing to gamble.
"There's no need to