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Li Haotian stood in front of the washbasin, watching the rushing water.

The sound of water was no longer just noise to his senses.

He can "feel" the pressure of water flowing through the pipes and can "distinguish" the subtle material differences between each pipe.

You can even "taste" the extremely small amount of chlorine in the water, which is the smell of the water treatment plant.

This is the effect of synchronizing the "Honeycomb Mindset" with reality.

His senses, centered on himself, formed an invisible network covering the entire villa.

"Haotian? What are you doing in there? The water's turned up so high."

Su Wan's questioning voice came from the walk-in closet, accompanied by the buzzing of a hairdryer.

"It's nothing, just contemplating life."

Li Haotian casually replied and reached out to turn off the tap.

The world fell silent instantly.

He looked at his face in the mirror, then walked out of the bathroom shirtless and barefoot.

Su Wan was wearing a silk nightgown and was drying her still damp long hair with a towel.

When she saw Li Haotian come out, she asked with some concern, "Are you alright? You didn't look well when you came out of the game."

"What could possibly be wrong?"

Li Haotian walked to the bedside, picked up the old phone, and glanced at the message again.

The bishop has his eye on you; watch out for the water.

He tossed his phone back onto the bed and sank into the soft mattress.

"Someone sent me a weather forecast saying it would rain soon and reminded me to be careful."

……

In Donghai City, somewhere underground.

You can't feel the day and night cycle here.

The air was cold, and only the server indicator lights blinked monotonously in the darkness.

A man dressed in a pristine white priest's robe is standing in front of a huge floor-to-ceiling window.

The view outside the window wasn't a landscape, but a giant petri dish, in which an indescribable, writhing mass of flesh and blood was immersed in a dark blue liquid.

The man held a classic-looking wine glass in his hand, gently swirling the deep red liquid inside.

Before him, a dark figure knelt on one knee, head bowed, respectfully presenting a mobile phone.

On the phone screen was the reply sent by Li Haotian.

Tell him to drink more hot water.

The calm on the face of the man in the priest's robe slowly faded.

His lips twitched slightly.

Click!

The crystal wine glass was crushed into pieces in his hands.

Sharp shards of glass pierced his palm, and blood mixed with red wine dripped from between his fingers onto the smooth, mirror-like floor.

But he seemed not to feel any pain.

"He... is laughing at me."

His voice was soft, but it carried an barely suppressed rage.

"He treated the gifts of our Lord as a joke."

The dark figure kneeling on the ground lowered its head even further, its body trembling slightly, not daring to make a sound.

"Since he likes water so much."

The man in the priest's robe raised his bleeding hand and slowly wiped it with the handkerchief in his other hand.

"Then let everyone in the city bathe in this 'holy water' with him."

He turned around, looked at the kneeling figure in black, and gave the order.

"Launch the 'Fog City' project."

"I hope that when the sun rises tomorrow, every drop of water in this city will be filled with the mercy of our Lord."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

The shadowy figure's voice was hoarse, like two pieces of sandpaper rubbing together.

After receiving the order, his entire body transformed into a flowing shadow, silently merging into the ground and disappearing from sight.

The bishop looked out the window at the writhing mass of flesh in the petri dish, and his face regained its sickly calm.

"Soon, very soon we will no longer need these shoddy experiments."

"Top-tier talent..."

"That is the most perfect container."

……

Suburbs, No. 3 Waterworks.

It was already late at night, and only a few dim streetlights were on in the factory area. The patrolling security guards were dozing off in the guardhouse.

A figure, like a ghost, vaulted over the two-meter-high wall and landed without making a sound.

He was wearing a black, tight-fitting wetsuit and a gas mask, revealing only a pair of eyes that gleamed with a crazed light.

His ID is "Water Ghost".

He skillfully avoided all the surveillance cameras, moving silently like a snake to the side of the reservoir.

The huge open-air reservoir, like a calm lake, reflects the twinkling stars in the night sky.

This place stores drinking water that supplies nearly one-third of the urban area of ​​Donghai City.

"Drink up, everyone drink up."

The water ghost let out a suppressed laugh, like that of a night owl.

"Feel the Lord's grace, you filthy lambs."

He took a sealed test tube from a tactical pouch at his waist.

The test tube contained a dark blue liquid that emitted an eerie glow under the moonlight.

He unscrewed the cap and poured the entire tube of liquid into the calm reservoir.

The dark blue liquid, upon entering the water, seemed to come alive, spreading rapidly before disappearing.

The entire process is colorless and odorless.

After doing all this, the water ghost glanced at the huge reservoir one last time, as if admiring its masterpiece.

He turned around and, just as he had come, disappeared silently into the night.

……

The living room of a villa in the sky.

Li Haotian was sprawled on the sofa, idly switching TV channels with the remote control.

A melodramatic urban romance drama is playing on TV.

"This acting is not as professional as Chen Xue's."

Li Haotian pursed his lips and muttered a complaint.

Su Wan carried a plate of sliced ​​fruit out of the kitchen and placed it on the coffee table.

She glanced at the TV, then at Li Haotian, and hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

"Speak if you have something to say." Li Haotian said without turning his head.

Su Wan picked up her tablet, tapped a few times, and handed it to Li Haotian.

"Haotian, look at this."

On the screen, there was an emergency pop-up window displaying local news from Donghai City.

The bright red title is very eye-catching.

[Urgent Notice: A large-scale outbreak of gastroenteritis symptoms has occurred in multiple areas of the eastern and northern parts of our city, suspected to be due to water source contamination. Residents are advised to stop drinking tap water!]

"Um?"

Li Haotian finally looked away from the TV. He glanced at the tablet, then looked up at Su Wan.

Su Wan's face turned somewhat pale.

"This is a notification I just received; it started about ten minutes ago."

"The symptoms are collective diarrhea and lethargy, which are very similar to food poisoning, but the scope of the outbreak is too large, and everyone is pointing to the tap water."

Her voice trembled slightly.

"Haotian, that text message... 'Beware of water'... They... they really dare to poison the entire city's water supply?!"

Li Haotian remained silent.

He turned off the noisy television.

The entire living room fell silent instantly.

He picked up his phone from the coffee table and turned the screen on again.

The warning message and his reply still lie there quietly.

"I can't afford to play this game."

Li Haotian leaned back on the sofa, looked at the ceiling, and said softly.

"So you're just going to flip the table like that?"

There was no anger in his tone.

More than anything, it's a feeling of...unpleasantness at having my peace and quiet disturbed.

He had initially thought that the other side would send a stronger assassin, or cause some trouble in the game.

He even came up with the script.

As a result, the other party did not play by the rules.

They launched a full-scale attack on the entire map.

Seeing him like this, Su Wan was extremely anxious.

"Our villa has an independent water supply system, so we should be fine, but... but this is the whole city! How many people will die?"

Li Haotian sat up from the sofa.

The languor and displeasure on his face slowly faded away.

Instead, there was a chilling silence.

No one will die.

He looked at Su Wan and said.

"They don't want to kill, they want to create panic, they want to force me out."

"See, it worked!"

He stood up and picked up his coat.

Are you serious?

He seemed to be talking to thin air, or perhaps to himself.

"Then I won't be sleepy anymore."

As he put on his coat, he took out his phone and dialed a number.

The call was answered quickly.

"Qin Yue."

"It's me, Li Haotian."

"Here's a big reward for you, want some?"