The Hidden Rat's Threat and the Metamorphosis Phase

After Yu Yuan left the master guest room at the Motel, every trace of Star-Lord vanished with him.

Yu Yuan now had a rough idea of how Star-Lord had approached the Hideout without a sound.

Most likely, he had either used an item that granted invisibility or a title ability like Concealment from Yu Yuan's [District Shadow].

He also understood that as the players launching Invasion Wars climbed higher in rank, they would become harder and harder to deal with.

Oddities were not as scarce as he had imagined. What was truly scarce were the powerful ones that could make the Curio Rankings.

Among veteran players, unranked oddities might not even be much of a secret anymore.

With that in mind, Yu Yuan took out the [Truce Token] he had obtained from the beginner's chest.

He activated it.

[Truce Token activated. Truce duration: 7 days]

With that notification, Yu Yuan no longer had to worry about player invasions for the time being.

He looked at [Defense—Spiked Trap] on the virtual light screen.

It was time to build it. Star-Lord's appearance had stirred a fresh sense of danger in him.

He also needed to put his spoils to use.

The Underground Laboratory beneath Johnk Zoo.

The Command Hall.

"We've detected the Hidden Rat again. It appeared for 3.6 seconds, this time at the Olais Hotel in 11th Block."

"The Beast Tamer just arrived at Red Bank Park, where the Hidden Rat was previously spotted. He found a corpse that had been mostly eaten. The remains have been confirmed as the python that escaped from the Zoo," a technician reported to the hall.

"That Hidden Rat is evolving too fast. Its rate of evolution has broken every experimental record we have."

"Damn it! After swallowing so many spiritual organs at