He was a newly born ghost, not very strong. Being bullied was a minor matter.
What he feared most was other anomalies seizing an opportunity to catch and eat him.
So, he set his sights on the powerful Dorm Manager, Li Jiao.
With his shameless persistence and honeyed tongue, he won Li Jiao over in short order and became her lover.
Afterward, Li Jiao used her connections to forcibly secure Wang Kun a Vice Supervisor position in the Liquor Warehouse.
In the span of one night, Wang Kun went from an anomaly brimming with vitality to one whose ghostly energy had been severely depleted.
The Dorm Manager was truly someone capable of sitting still and sucking steel dry.
After learning all this, Mu Rufeng was sincerely filled with admiration.
Sure enough, as long as someone had talent, they could eat well anywhere.
Unfortunately, Wang Kun's thigh had been taken out by him.
Soon, three minutes passed.
Mu Rufeng's figure abruptly vanished from where he stood.
The real world.
Location: Gaoxing Logistics Park.
Time: July 16, 2023, 19:07:33.
Just as usual, many cargo trucks came and went, loading and unloading goods. Quite a few employees also headed toward the street vendors outside the Logistics Park.
The only difference was that, centered on the cafeteria, everything within a fifty-meter radius had been enclosed by a temporarily erected wall.
A cordon had also been set up one meter outside the wall.
A guard booth had been erected every twenty meters, each staffed by men in black suits.
The nearest warehouse was only twenty meters from the wall.
From time to time, employees glanced this way, seemingly wanting to know what exactly had happened here and why the area had been sealed off.
There was no one inside the wall, but a large tent stood near its edge.
Inside the tent were many screens displaying surveillance footage of the area within the wall and the Logistics Park's three gates.
"It's been a whole day, and this kid still hasn't come out. I'd say he has some skills," said a man around thirty.
"True. If he didn't have any skills, his corpse would've come out long ago." A female college student who looked barely twenty nodded.
"This is a newly appeared instance. We need to be prepared."
"If Mu Rufeng can return alive, that would be best. We can ask him for intelligence and invite him to join our department."
"If a corpse comes back, we need to get the medium immediately. Perfect timing—I should be entering an instance soon myself," said a man who looked only twenty-seven.
"Who knows how difficult this newly born instance is. Team Zhou, don't capsize in a gutter. Otherwise, I'll gladly accept your captain's seat," Cheng Youlin said with a chuckle.
"Hehe, even if Team Zhou capsizes, the captain's position won't be yours. No matter what, I'd still rank ahead of you," Qu Lianhong said.
"You? Just an utterly ordinary little girl?" Cheng Youlin said disdainfully.
"Big Mouth Lin, say that again if you've got the guts!" Qu Lianhong immediately flew into a rage.
Qu Lianhong was very beautiful, absolutely at the level of a campus belle.
Her skin was fair, her features exquisite, her brows and eyes picturesque.
She had a slender figure and elegant bearing, exuding confidence and intelligence from head to toe.
But the one fly in the ointment was that she had an A-cup chest.
So she hated it most when people brought up her A-cup chest. Even the phrase "utterly ordinary" was enough to make her stomp in fury.
"What? Was I lying?" Cheng Youlin said with a grin.
Bang!
"Do you believe I'll tear that mouth of yours apart?" Black energy surged from Qu Lianhong's body as she slapped the solid wooden table before her.
A deep palm print had actually been left in the hard wooden tabletop.
"I surrender, I surrender!" Seeing this, Cheng Youlin put on a frightened expression and raised both hands in surrender.
"Hmph!" Qu Lianhong snorted coldly, but ultimately did not make a move.
"Alright, alright. The moment you two meet, you start bickering every single day."
"Why do I feel like you two are one of those bickering couples from TV dramas? Don't tell me you'll end up falling for each other someday." Team Zhou said with a chuckle.
"Even if I went to jump off a building, I'd never fall for this guy," Qu Lianhong said disdainfully.
Cheng Youlin did not care in the slightest.
"I only need one more instance to level up, but I still hope he can come back alive," Zhou Wen said.
Beep beep beep beep~~!
Suddenly, a burst of urgent beeping came from a strange device nearby.
"He's back." Zhou Wen's gaze sharpened. He immediately rose to his feet and walked out of the tent.
Cheng Youlin and Qu Lianhong's expressions also changed slightly as they swiftly followed Zhou Wen out of the tent.
A cloud of black smoke slowly emerged in the open space not far ahead.
Ordinary people could not see this kind of smoke. Only players like them who had entered instances, as well as reserve players selected to enter instances, could see it.
The three exchanged glances, then took up triangular positions and surrounded the spot completely.
Thin black energy also rose from their bodies.
Several seconds later, the black smoke dispersed, replaced by a man.
A man wrapped from head to toe in charred black bandages, with only his eyes exposed.
"An anomaly?" Qu Lianhong was slightly startled. She then raised her hand and instinctively threw a punch.
"What's going on?" The instant Mu Rufeng regained consciousness and opened his eyes, he saw an extraordinarily beautiful woman punching toward him.
A charred black bandage extended from Mu Rufeng's body, winding along Qu Lianhong's arm toward her body.
"Stop, stop! He's alive." Zhou Wen lightly stamped his foot, and two shadows extended outward, directly connecting with their shadows.
Mu Rufeng was unable to move, and Qu Lianhong was likewise unable to move.
However, the bandages on Mu Rufeng's body were unaffected.
With Qu Lianhong unable to move, they wrapped around her upper body in the blink of an eye, then rapidly spread toward her head and lower body.
"It stinks! It's disgusting!" Wrapped in those charred, reeking bandages, Qu Lianhong immediately shuddered in revulsion.
"Hm? It's actually an item. Kid, it looks like your luck is pretty good."
Zhou Wen smiled slightly at the sight, then raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
In an instant, a ball of flame appeared, thick black smoke rising from it.
The moment the flame appeared, it moved toward Qu Lianhong.
The bandages seemed extremely afraid of the flame. They swiftly withdrew from Qu Lianhong's body and wrapped themselves around Mu Rufeng once more.
"Mu Rufeng, hello. Let me introduce myself. I'm Zhou Wen, Action Captain of the Wancheng District Branch of the Changsha City Relevant Department."
"These two are team members Cheng Youlin and Qu Lianhong." Zhou Wen dispelled his ability and spoke.
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