Entering the Instance: Scarlet Preferred

The cafeteria was crowded, mostly with warehouse employees, but also quite a few delivery suppliers.

The food at the cafeteria was quite good, and the prices were cheap, so many delivery suppliers chose to eat there.

Of course, many restaurants had also opened outside the logistics park, and their businesses were equally booming.

After all, when he started working here two years ago, Scarlet Preferred had only just moved in, and the area was deserted. Forget restaurants, there weren't even many convenience stores around.

Now, the street behind them was lined with nothing but restaurants.

Furthermore, there were a large number of mobile vendors near gates 1, 2, and 3 of the logistics park.

It could be said that the main warehouse of Scarlet Preferred alone supported countless people.

Mu Rufeng and Uncle Liu got their meals and found an empty table to eat.

At this moment, Mu Rufeng was so hungry his limbs felt weak, so he ate quickly.

In just seven or eight minutes, he had finished a large plate of food.

Uncle Liu opposite him had only eaten about a third.

As Mu Rufeng stood up, preparing to get another bowl of Winter Melon Soup, he suddenly felt a jolt in his heart.

What did he see? An umbrella, a black long-handled umbrella, was right by his feet, no more than half a meter away.

"Uncle Liu, take a look, is there anything by my feet?" Mu Rufeng said, his voice trembling.

"What's wrong? A mouse? A cockroach? I don't see anything. Did you step on some dropped food? Is it sticky?" Uncle Liu glanced down and replied.

"Brother, do you see anything by my feet?" Mu Rufeng asked a young man eating nearby.

The young man heard him, looked at Mu Rufeng, then glanced down and said, "There's nothing here, what's up?"

The hot weather, the noisy cafeteria, the crowded people, brought Mu Rufeng no warmth at all.

At this moment, he felt an icy chill from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head. He was so cold.

"N-nothing, nothing. Uncle Liu, eat slowly, I'm going ahead."

After speaking, Mu Rufeng turned and quickly walked towards the exit of the cafeteria.

Mu Rufeng walked out of the cafeteria and looked around, but didn't find the black umbrella. Did he feel relieved?

No, he didn't.

Mu Rufeng directly took out his phone and dialed 110.

If you have trouble, call the police.

But, would calling the police help? Mu Rufeng was extremely conflicted at the moment, should he dial or not?

It seemed only he could see the umbrella; others couldn't.

Mu Rufeng decided to dial!

"Wooo wooo, wooo wooo, wooo wooo~!"

Suddenly, the sound of police sirens could be heard from a distance.

Mu Rufeng focused his gaze and saw four or five police cars entering the logistics park through gate one.

Behind the police cars was a Mercedes-Benz MPV, and further back, two ambulances were following.

"What's going on?" Mu Rufeng instinctively wanted to go and check it out.

He didn't need to call the police anymore; there were police officers over there.

"Holy crap, you guys better check the group chat, there's some juicy gossip."

"Hurry up, it'll definitely be deleted soon."

"Damn it, is it real or fake? Another one died?"

"Wow, it's real, so disgusting, I can't look at this."

"Holy hell, who is this? What happened?"

Outside the cafeteria, employees were gathered in small groups, chatting, smoking, and chewing betel nuts.

Suddenly, they all took out their phones, and their expressions changed.

Mu Rufeng immediately took out his phone as well.

As a formal employee of Scarlet Preferred, he had joined many work groups.

The group chat was flooded with information, completely overwhelmed.

Mu Rufeng watched carefully, quickly scrolling through the chat history.

After scrolling for a minute or two, Mu Rufeng finally found a video.

Mu Rufeng clicked on it and his eyes immediately narrowed, his scalp tingling.

He saw a balding middle-aged man slumped over his desk, appearing to be sleeping in his posture.

A steel bar had directly pierced the back of the middle-aged man's head from above.

On the back of his head, there was also a large gash, with a lot of blood flowing out, but no white brain matter was visible.

Mu Rufeng didn't recognize this person.

He glanced at the message below again and then knew that the leader handling the affairs of the two deceased drivers was this bald uncle, Wang Kun.

Upon receiving this information, Mu Rufeng unconsciously swallowed and felt even more panicked.

He vaguely guessed if these deceased people were all related to this black umbrella.

And now that he had seen the black umbrella, was it his turn next?

Mu Rufeng stopped dwelling on it and strode towards the office.

Those police cars were parked over there, and there would be absolutely no problem finding the police if something happened.

However, after only a few steps, a familiar black shadow appeared in Mu Rufeng's sight again.

"Splat!"

Mu Rufeng's right foot had already stepped on the black umbrella.

The umbrella appeared very suddenly, giving Mu Rufeng no time to react.

When Mu Rufeng stepped on the umbrella, it instantly turned into a black smoke and spread upwards along his right foot.

When Mu Rufeng reacted, the umbrella had strangely appeared in his hand.

Moreover, his right hand was holding the umbrella handle, with his thumb pressing on the switch.

"Gah!" Mu Rufeng wanted to let go of the umbrella.

But he found that his hand was not obeying his commands, as if he had lost control of his palm.

No, he hadn't completely lost it; his thumb could still move.

His thumb could still move, what did that mean? Was it asking him to press the switch and open the umbrella?

Mu Rufeng wanted to run to find Uncle Police, but his feet also became immobile.

The only things that could move were his head and his thumb.

"What to do? What to do?" Mu Rufeng breathed heavily, forcing himself to calm down.

Just then, suddenly, a figure passed through his chest.

It was a short girl wearing a warehouse vest, and she looked quite cute.

The key wasn't that she was cute, but that she had passed through Mu Rufeng's body.

What did this mean? It meant that Mu Rufeng, like the black umbrella, could no longer be touched by others?

Mu Rufeng tentatively shouted a few times around him, but found that despite so many people nearby, no one responded.

"Press? Or not press?"

Mu Rufeng already had the answer.

He had no other choice.

"Splat!" A crisp sound.

The black umbrella opened directly.

The moment the umbrella opened, a ball of black smoke emerged and enveloped Mu Rufeng.

Mu Rufeng instantly lost consciousness.

[Entering Instance: Scarlet Preferred]

[Instance Type: Solo]

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