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Yunding Mountain, west side, dense forest.

Jack flipped down the three-meter-high wall, landing as silently as a cat.

He whispered into his headset: "Eagle's Nest, this is Ghost One. We have breached the outer defenses. Repeat, we have breached the outer defenses."

A calm voice from the command center came through the headset: "Roger that, Ghost One. What's the situation inside?"

Jack raised his hand, and the four team members behind him filed in and quickly spread out into a defensive formation.

He swept his tactical flashlight around, a hint of disdain on his face: "Just like the intelligence, a bunch of decorations. The infrared sensors are civilian models from three years ago, and the grid voltage is so weak it couldn't even electrocute a squirrel. The security for these rich people is a joke."

"Don't be careless, Jack," the only female member of the team, the hacker codenamed "Banshee," warned. "Our target is a legendary item; we can't judge it by common sense."

"Got it." Jack waved impatiently and turned off his flashlight. "Infiltrate as planned. Reach the main building within twenty minutes. Remember, we are ghosts; leave no trace."

Five figures dressed in optical camouflage quickly disappeared into the thick darkness of the night.

They moved quickly, their years as mercenaries giving them a thorough understanding of stealth and evasion.

After walking for about five minutes, Jack stopped.

Something's not right.

"What's wrong, boss?"

"It's too quiet." Jack listened intently, his brow furrowed. "Not even the sound of insects chirping."

The entire forest was deathly still; even the wind had stopped.

A sudden thick fog swept in from all directions without warning, instantly engulfing them.

"Damn it! What kind of weather is this?"

"Banshee, analyze the air composition immediately!" Jack growled.

"No, boss! All the equipment is malfunctioning! GPS, compass, thermal imaging... it's all just static!" The banshee's voice was tinged with panic.

"Keep formation! Back to back!" Jack made a quick decision.

But when he turned around, there was nothing behind him.

The teammates who were just following him have all disappeared.

"Black serpent? Rock? Banshee? Answer me!" Jack's voice echoed in the thick fog, but there was no response.

Only his own voice sounded so hollow, so distant.

……

Living room of Genting Villa No. 1.

Li Haotian leaned back on the sofa, holding a glass of iced cola. On the huge holographic screen in front of him, five images were displayed.

In each frame, there is a red dot that seems to be spinning around in place like a headless fly.

"Boss, the 'Poseidon' Guild, a top 20 mercenary organization globally. These five are their elite squad, 'Ghosts,' specializing in infiltration and assassination." Su Wan stood to the side, her pupils flashing with blue data streams. "Should we eliminate them immediately?"

"No rush." ​​Li Haotian took a sip of cola. "The garden has just been renovated, so we should let the guests have a look around first."

He lightly tapped his finger on the virtual keyboard on the armrest.

"Activate Mode Two: Visitor Horror"

On the screen, the pale gold runes representing the "Absolute Territory" law flowed faster.

……

In the thick fog.

Jack felt like he was going crazy.

He walked in one direction for at least ten minutes, guided by his senses.

Then, a familiar street lamp appeared in front of him.

On the lamppost, there is a small cross-shaped mark carved with a knife.

He had carved that mark himself five minutes earlier, for positioning purposes.

"A ghost wall?" An absurd thought popped into his mind.

He refused to believe it, changed direction, and started moving again.

Ten minutes later, the street lamp with the cross-shaped scratches appeared in front of him once again.

A chilling coldness crept up his spine and down to the top of his head.

Just then, faint footsteps could be heard coming from the mist.

"Who?!" Jack suddenly raised his gun and aimed it in the direction the voice came from.

A tall figure was faintly visible in the mist.

I couldn't see the face clearly; I could only make out a blurry outline.

"Black Snake? Is that you?" Jack called out tentatively.

The figure did not answer, but slowly walked towards him.

The footsteps grew closer.

Jack's heart was beating faster and faster.

He suddenly switched on the tactical flashlight on his gun, and the blinding beam of light instantly tore through the thick fog.

There was nothing under the beam of light.

But the footsteps seemed to be right next to his ear.

"ah--!"

Jack completely broke down. He pulled the trigger and started firing wildly at the empty space in front of him.

The muzzle flashes in the thick fog, like a dance accompanying some unseen demon.

the other direction.

Rock, the squad's heavy gunner, was leaning against a large tree, panting heavily.

Like Jack, he also encountered a maze-like situation.

Just when he was about to despair, he saw the "banshee".

The "banshee" was squatting on the ground with her back to him, her shoulders trembling as if she were crying.

"Banshee, great! I've found you!" Rock was overjoyed and ran over immediately.

He was about to pat the other person on the shoulder.

The "succubus" slowly turned her head.

That's not a human face.

That face was distorted, covered with countless compound eyes, and the corners of its mouth were stretched into an inhuman arc.

The pupils of "Rock" shrank to the size of pinheads.

He didn't even have time to let out a scream before that face swallowed his head whole.

In the living room.

Li Haotian looked at the screen and saw that four of the five red dots had turned gray, representing death, due to infighting and mental breakdown.

Only one red dot remained, stubbornly still moving.

That's Captain Jack.

"He has good mental fortitude; he's managed to hold on until now," Li Haotian commented.

He put down his Coke cup and pressed the virtual keyboard again.

"Activate Mode 3: Dust Collection."

Jack, shrouded in thick fog, had already emptied his last magazine.

He was like a mad beast, wildly pounding the air around him with the butt of his gun.

Suddenly, his feet lost their footing.

It felt like I had stepped into a swamp and was sinking rapidly.

"No--!"

He lowered his head in fear.

They discovered that what they were standing on was not land at all.

Instead, it was a huge, living mouth made up of countless black tentacles and sharp teeth.

The screams abruptly stopped.

On the screen, the last red dot also turned gray.

The entire Yunding Mountain returned to that eerie silence.

Li Haotian stretched and said to Su Wan, "Tell Liu Hu to take disinfectant and several large black garbage bags to the woods west of the back garden."

Su Wan nodded: "Okay, boss."

"Oh, right," Li Haotian added, "have them strip all the equipment off the corpses. Even though it's junk, they might be able to sell it for some money after cleaning it up."

"clear."

Su Wan turned around and went to contact Liu Hu.

Li Haotian picked up the remote control, ready to watch a different movie.

Just then, the black cat Xiao Hei on the sofa suddenly opened its silver vertical pupils.

It silently jumped onto the coffee table and touched the holographic screen in front of Li Haotian with its paw.

On the screen, an encrypted communication window that had been forcibly intercepted popped up.

That was a last message that Jack had just sent from the military terminal he was carrying, but hadn't had a chance to send out yet.

Target: Poseidon Guild's Supreme Command Center.

The content consists of only one line.

[Target confirmed. Energy characteristics of the ancient god's relic match. Coordinates locked: Cloudtop One.]