Seeing the appearance of the strange thief joker, Zheng Buzheng, who was burly in Taoyuan Company, raised his eyebrows.

He clenched his fist slightly, then released it, repeating it several times, until finally his palm was flat on the table.

"Where's the goods?"

On the side, Hirst Lee, who wears dark-framed glasses on a hooked nose and has a pan-Western Sea ancestry, asked.

The thief Joker didn't bring any boxes or containers, and came with his bare hands.

"When the deal is done, you'll know where it is."

Joker said with a smile as he lifted his monocle.

"Hehe, we're just worried about an accident."

The boss of Gujing Industry, the "smiling tiger" Lin Guang's eyes were sharp, looking at the man in a dress.

Obviously, the strange thief Joker is not a novice, he will not be stupid to come directly with the abyss relics to participate in the transaction, so that the illegal organization can directly kill people and sell goods, if it is not for the news obtained from above, Darmstadt has indeed lost an unregistered cultural relic, Lin Guang would have thought that the strange thief Joker is ready to empty the gloves of the white wolf.

"Don't worry, I'm a good person."

The thief joker spread his hands.

“”

The three bigwigs of the illegal organization were slightly silent.

At this time, the hour hand was approaching eleven o'clock, and in the sound of the time, there was a commotion on the dock outside.

Tian Hong, who was ambushed on the roof of the factory next door, had yellow eyes, and she saw the picture of the dock clearly with her beastly vision and the capture of smells.

I saw a small wooden boat floating down from the upstream, there was no one on board, only a box.

"Report, no upgrader has been found, he has adopted a contactless transaction, please pay close attention to the movements downstream."

Tian Hong reported in the communicator.

And Lao Huo, who was walking into this abandoned factory area, glanced at each other and nodded slightly.

As expected.

They judged that the upgrader was very stable, and this transaction would definitely not show up so easily, and would definitely take some means to avoid it, so in combination with the situation, they came to the conclusion that the upgrader might use the dock to ship trade.

He used some means to lower the boat upstream, put the Abyss Rainbow in the boat, let the members of the illegal organization get it, and then let the illegal organization put the money and the abyss relics in the boat, and went straight downstream, all without showing his face.

Of course, in the case of using this technique, the upgrader would definitely not be too far away from the dock, so as not to have an accident on the way, and he also needed to personally confirm the authenticity of the abyss relic, so Lao Huo asked Fan Zhe to wait downstream of the dock to find the traces of the other party.

As for Tian Hong, it was a second-hand preparation, used to deal with the possibility that the upgrader might have guessed Lao Huo's layer, deliberately faked the illusion that he was downstream, and would actually show up in person.

"Boss, it's goods."

A member of the illegal organization came in with the box, placed it on the table, and opened it.

There were ten bottles of black potion inside, Bai Ge glanced at it, and immediately confirmed that this was the Rainbow of the Abyss.

There are labels on the potion, with words such as [Rigoletto], [Warlord], [Hunter], etc., and it is clear that these are the second-order prototypes corresponding to the Abyssal Rainbow.

The bosses of the three illegal organizations glanced at each other, and the next moment, Lin Guang's mobile phone rang.

"It's me, yes, yes, I've confirmed it."

His smile disappeared, and he put down the phone with a serious expression and spoke.

"The boss said, put the money and the abyss relics on the ship, let the monster thief joker also get on the boat, go downstream, and the other side will tell the monster thief joker the recipe face to face."

Hearing Lin Guang's words, the other two were slightly surprised, but as for the strange thief joker, they were not in a hurry.

"No problem."

He stood up and took a suitcase from someone from the illegal organization—the money paid to the thief Joker.

"Where's your goods?"

Zheng Buzheng raised an eyebrow.

"It's not about you."

The thief Joker smiled, said a word, then lifted the box, walked out of the factory, and threw out a playing card while going out.

"It's a pleasure to work with."

The playing card circled an arc and landed on the table, and it was the clown card with the image of a stick figure of a thief.

However, when everyone's attention was drawn to the card, no one noticed that the hand in which the rogue joker threw the card was lightly grasped, as if he had grasped something.

Fan Zhe waited near the lower reaches of the docks, hiding in the darkness with a crowbar in his hand, like a thug everywhere.

"I saw that the pigeons were on board and were moving downstream."

Tian Hong's voice came from the communicator, and for the sake of prudence, they did not directly call Bai Ge's name, but called him by a code name like "pigeon".

"Roger."

Fan Zhe looked upstream along the flowing Jingjiang River, and soon, he saw the figure of the strange thief Joker.

"Is it around here?"

Fan Zhe looked around, trying to find the trace of the ascender.

However, when Fan Zhe saw the small boat moving slowly and was about to come to this side-

The boat is gone.

"The pigeon is gone, the boat is gone, repeat"

Fan Zhe hurriedly whispered, and at the same time, the things that had been ignored for a while were finally noticed.

That ascender is good at creating "labyrinths"!

Whether it's a school building or an abandoned factory area, he can create an infinite corridor where things within a certain range can't leave!

"I'm afraid he used his ability to turn this section of Jingjiang into a circular labyrinth"

I see!

Fan Zhe understood everything in an instant.

Originally, he thought that the ascender was using some means to drop the ship upstream and wait to receive the money and abyss relics downstream, but now, he knew that the other party had not left the upstream at all!

The Ascender created an infinite corridor on the river, so that as long as the ship drifted down and reached a certain distance, it would naturally return upstream!

This is a way of trading using the Ascender's abilities!

However, the scope of the labyrinth is so large?

"Don't worry, this is expected, Ai Lian and Tian Hong will deal with those members of the illegal organization, Fan Zhe, you continue to stay where you are, and I will go find the pigeons."

Lao Huo's voice came from the communicator, and at this time, from a distance, there was a siren.

"What?"

Chen Chuchuan habitually stays in the police station today, since the appearance of the strange thief Joker, his rest day seems to have been stolen, fortunately, his wife is considerate of herself, but she is a little hard-working daughter, and she has not seen her father for several weeks.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, Chen Chuchuan, who was still sorting out the information on the Darmstadt case, just wanted to go outside to smoke a cigarette to relieve the pressure, when his mobile phone rang.

Caller ID: 10000.

"Tonight, right now, there is a large-scale illegal organization assembly and trade in the factory area of Gangbuk District."

The phone from the Abyss Relic Affairs Department was not Chen Chuchuan's familiar voice, but the voice of a man who had undergone certain changes.

"The illegal organization is related to the Abyss Relic?"

Chen Chuchuan was stunned, when did the Abyss Relic Affairs Department take care of the affairs of the illegal organization?

Or is it that, as Chen Chuchuan expected, the strange thief Joker really had an affair with an illegal organization, and the unknown cultural relics of Darmstadt that were stolen were about to get rid of tonight before they were caught by the Abyss Relic Affairs Department by the pigtails?

"Please bring enough men and police with you, they may be carrying a lot of guns, that's all."

Without answering Chen Chuchuan's question, the man immediately hung up the phone.

"Xiao Xu, call someone quickly!"

Chen Chuchuan looked at his mobile phone, hesitated for only a second, then took his coat and walked out of the conference room.

It has nothing to do with him as an ascender or anything, but it is his job to deal with illegal organizations.

"Huh?"

Bai Ge noticed the changes in the surrounding scenery and quickly discovered the problem.

"Did you use the maze to make a trade?"

He stood up with the box in his hand, and in the perception of the strange thief, there seemed to be no one else in this area.

No, not without others.

Although there are no flaws and blind spots, Bai Ge is still holding the [Picture Poor Dagger] in his hand at this time!

In his field of vision, a red light bloomed from the shore, Bai Ge put down his suitcase, rowed the boat, approached an abandoned dock, tied the boat with a rope, and walked to the shore.

Staying in the boat was like a live target, Bai Ge chose to play better on land, and of course, he didn't forget to leave a playing card on the boat.

It's the same abandoned factory, with only monster-black factories, machinery in disrepair, and dirty streets.

"You surprised me."

A voice sounded, and no men, women, or children could be heard, only a faint sense of mockery echoed in it.

"Escaped my trap twice, I have to say, you are still the first."

It was difficult for Bai Ge to perceive the other party's location just by his voice, but the vision brought by [Picture Poor Dagger] could still guide him to move towards the location where the red light was.

"But alas, you can't escape the third time."

Listening to the other party's words, Bai Ge found that the starry sky was a little strange.

The surrounding factories seem to have gotten a lot taller, obscuring the starry sky, no, it's not getting taller, it's Bai Ge getting smaller!

He was surprised to find that he had become a cat, and everything around him had become huge, whether it was the rusty machinery, the gloomy factory building, the weeds in the corners, and even the ants on the ground.

And the red light that represented the ascended one was getting farther and farther away, and it was getting bigger and brighter.

This is an unprecedented experience, and at the same time, Bai Ge also confirmed one thing.

The body of the Ascended One is around here!

Because this is a completely different ability from the labyrinth, and the influence of the abyss relics on the outside world is mostly only one manifestation, therefore, the appearance of two abilities at the same time must represent the existence of the ascendant!

It's just that there really is an upgrader who can make others shrink at will?

Bai Ge was puzzled.

The next moment, a huge spider appeared in the corner.

The spider was the size of a hound, its long legs were covered with thick black bristles, its mouthparts squirmed, and its eight eyes seemed to have noticed Bai Ge.

Although it is just the appearance of an ordinary spider, once it is enlarged to this size, it is a little scary.

At the same time, around Bai Ge, huge ants, flies, and mosquitoes all gradually appeared, and for these insects, Bai Ge seemed to behave quite deliciously.

He grasped the dagger in his hand and glanced at the most threatening spider.

"What the feeling of this suddenly becoming a jungle adventure movie"

Between self-deprecation, Bai Ge suddenly rushed forward, and in his field of vision, the flaws and blind spots of spiders, as well as the most fatal weakness, were presented!

The spider with a premonition of danger also seemed to be aware of Bai Ge's intentions, and its eight legs suddenly moved.

It jumped.

The jumping spiders that can usually be seen everywhere are extremely hideous at the moment, attacking Bai Ge.

The psychological composure of the shadow archetype helped Bai Ge stabilize his mind, so that he did not have the mood of timidity in the face of this monster, he did not hurry, and dodged the spider's pounce by a fraction of a second, and at the same time, the invisible dagger in his hand flipped over, pierced, and withdrawn, and in one go, viscous body fluids splashed out, and the spider immediately began to twitch, curled up, and finally shrank into a ball and fell to the ground.

"I see."

Bai Ge found a problem just now when the spider was approaching.

That is, in his field of vision, the size of the spider does not change!

In the distance, it was the size of a hound, and in the near distance, it did not appear larger, and it was still the original size.

"Perspective?"

He quickly thought of a possibility.

When he was in art class at school, Bai Ge had heard such a concept, which is commonly known as the near big and far small.

When an object is close to the human eye, the object will appear very large, and when the object is far away from the human eye, it will become short, and the brain will judge the true distance of the object by this situation and the previous impression of the object, or vice versa.

That is to say, under normal circumstances, a pigeon flying in the sky is the size of a bottle cap, if people see a pigeon flying in the sky but the size of a bottle, the first reaction must be that I understand the truth, but why is this pigeon so big.

And if it is applied to Bai Ge's current situation

"It's not that I'm getting smaller, it's that these things are getting bigger?"

He felt like he had the truth of the matter.

If the rule or concept of near-big, far-small, is exploited by the ascenders of the creator's archetype, then the spiders on the ground will become as large as they are in front of them, and the mosquitoes in the air will be as conspicuous as monsters.

And Tao Xuanran said that those who ascend to the third order have the ability to change the structure of the surrounding environment to a certain extent, and with the influence of the second order on other people's senses, it is enough to achieve such an effect, which is through the eyes, deceiving the brain!

Moreover, this deception is not just an illusion, Bai Ge can clearly realize just now that if he is pounced on by that spider, it must not be just an illusion, he is very likely to be bitten, sucked, and lose his life!

In Bai Ge's eyes, the world that has lost the rules of perspective is so crazy!

Bai Ge didn't feel anything before, but now that he thinks about it, the battles between different ascenders are really completely different, and they can't be underestimated at all.

The most basic ability of this creator archetype is probably only to confuse the vision of a certain area, causing problems with the perspective rules of near and far small, but he has unearthed such a usage, giving people the illusion that they will be killed by bugs.

It's tricky.

Bai Ge looked at the insects that were getting closer and closer, creatures that could be trampled to death with one foot in the past were now able to devour themselves, for most people, such a way of death must be very humiliating.

But

"I already know how to crack it."

Bai Ge whispered, holding the dagger in his hand and closing his eyes.

In an instant, in Bai Ge's perception, those creatures that were gradually approaching had no breath.

Only the distant chirping of insects can be heard clearly.

The illusion created by the rules of perspective will naturally not affect the brain as long as you don't see it with your eyes!

This is also the trouble with this ability, the vast majority of human perception sources are eyes, but under this ability, vision will bring great trouble, if you want to avoid it, you have to give up vision, and thus fall into greater passivity.

What's more, it's not clear if this ability only affects perspective, or if all things whose intensity decays with distance can affect it, but if so, then not only vision, but also hearing, and the temperature perceived by the skin, will be problematic.

However, hearing the insect chirping in the depths of winter, Bai Ge confirmed that the sound would not be affected, and it seemed that this ascender could only interfere with vision, well, was it a certain painter?

As an ordinary person, now in an unknown darkness with their eyes closed, their actions will inevitably be restricted.

But Bai Ge is not an ordinary person.

Not to mention that [Strange Thief] itself is good at acting in the dark night, [Thief's Eye] is not impossible to use with your eyes closed.

Coupled with the ability to break through the weaknesses brought by the [Poor Dagger] in his hand, it can be said that in the case of concentration, there is almost no difference between Bai Ge closing his eyes and opening his eyes.

He briskly walked through the street, heading towards the red light that he perceived as the ascender, throwing cards at intervals.

In the dark vision, Bai Ge found that the streets and houses were quietly changing, if he opened his eyes at this time, with the influence of perspective, it was estimated that he would be completely trapped here, if coupled with the power of the infinite corridor, Bai Ge would really be unable to fly.

Bai Ge probably understood the fighting style of the creator prototype upgrader, that is, to use the complex terrain and the area he prepared to fight positional battles with the opponent!

So from another angle, as long as the opponent is pulled out of his pre-prepared position, the combat effectiveness of the creator prototype upgrader will be greatly reduced.

"It's a pity that Ai Lian is not here, otherwise she will wash the ground three times with her artillery first, and there will be no traps in any position."

Bai Ge thought to himself, but it was a pity that he seemed to be ordering a single combat mastery, otherwise he would also want to feel the happiness of the phobia of insufficient firepower.

Despite the constant changes in his surroundings, Bai Ge was able to find the right path, and soon, he found that the location of the ascender was close at hand.

Holding the dagger in his hand, Bai Ge jumped onto the roof, and then broke the window and rushed into the long-abandoned factory.

Whew—

With a flick of the left hand, the two cards flew towards each other's location.

Rather than using cards to defeat the enemy, he was going to use it as a test to see what other abilities the opponent had, to test his melee combat abilities, and to get the ascender moving, as the trajectory of moving objects is easier for the Eye of Thieves to capture!

At the same time, Bai Ge opened his eyes, wanting to confirm the other party's appearance.

However, Bai Ge could only see that in the place where the ascended person was, there was only a stone statue made of clay sculpture, lifelike, standing here!

Hit the trick? Hallucination?

Bai Ge could see that the crimson light in the open eyes of the stone statue was dimming, and it maintained the posture of opening its hands, emanating an ominous aura from the stone statue.

But Bai Ge didn't find anyone hiding in it, this stone statue just had a humanoid feeling, like a real person across the wall, and after directly looking at it, it didn't have any ability to disguise.

"Stand-in?"

Bai Ge threw the dagger in his hand, and the invisible blade stabbed into the chest of the stone statue along a trajectory that only Bai Ge could perceive, and without hesitation, Bai Ge immediately used the ability of [Stealing] to take the dagger back.

I saw that the stone statue that had been stabbed to the point seemed to have lost its last support, and its original vivid appearance became rough, and quickly turned into a puddle of clay sculptures, which collapsed, and the red light in his eyes was completely dimmed.

All around, the original eerie atmosphere disappeared.

"Is this ability capable of creating a stand-in for long-range projection of other abilities?"

Bai Ge pondered.

In other words, the upgrader seemed to anticipate that the thief joker would not complete the deal so easily, and even predicted that the other party would come here, so he set this setup.

"It's a trap!"

Bai Ge did not hesitate, and when he sprinted towards the door with all his might, the appearance of a card with a king of hearts appeared in his mind.

Almost at the same time, the clay sculpture suddenly expanded, causing the air around it to become scorching.

Bai Ge's figure blurred, and he disappeared directly into the scorching air of the factory.

[Disappearing Magic]!

After swapping places with the cards located outside the factory, he did not hesitate, and the appearance of the card of the 9 of the plum blossom came to his mind.

At the same time, in the abandoned factory, the expansion and distortion of the clay sculpture suddenly stopped for a moment, and Bai Ge disappeared again.

Bang –

Only then did a storm burst and burst from the clay sculptures, flames engulfing the cards, shockwaves collapsing mottled walls and splattering rubble and rubble.

The factory exploded, and the flames and smoke rose to the sky, and Bai Ge had already used the [Disappearing Magic] twice at this time, and came to the edge of the explosion, just in case, he also left one use of it.

When he ran to the dock, he could see that the money in the boat was gone, and the infinite flow of the river seemed to have returned to normal.

"Is it a feint or is it a mean?"

Bai Ge was vigilant around, and at this time, a voice suddenly sounded.

"Earth, my enemies!"

He turned around and saw that Lao Huo, who was dressed like an uncle going to square dance, was raising a hand and closing it gently.

In the distance, in the shadow of a house, the concrete floor suddenly seemed to be distorted by some powerful force, and the whole thing was retracted, and Bai Ge could see that there seemed to be a figure struggling there.

"Flames, listen to me, burn everything!"

Lao Huo waved his left hand, and the dazzling fire was like a long snake, spreading towards the figure from his side, however, the moment it touched the other party, the flames seemed to be engulfed.

"Huh?"

Behind Lao Huo, in the void, the flame snake suddenly came out, seemed to be misled, and headed towards Lao Huo himself!

It's the Infinite Corridor!

Bai Ge thought that the Ascender had transformed this place into the space of the Infinite Corridor, and they seemed to be trapped!

Before he could help, he felt a sense of sluggishness, and his thoughts and movements all became jerky and difficult, as if he was in the cement that was about to solidify.

"What is this?"

His gaze slowly turned to Lao Huo.

Obviously, Lao Huo was also affected by this inexplicably, and his movements were a little slow.

But he seemed to break free quickly, and spoke in a deep voice before the flaming serpent touched him.

"Running water, protect my body."

Whoop -

I don't know where countless waves suddenly came out, surrounding Lao Huo's side, devouring the flame snake, and everything seemed to have happened.

Bai Ge took a few steps forward, the sluggish feeling just now disappeared, as if it was just an illusion, he looked at Lao Huo, who was standing still and lingering in the water.

So handsome

This is the painting style of the ascender that Bai Ge yearns for, uh, except for the old clothes.

Bai Ge sighed with emotion, but also recalled one thing, this is the infinite corridor!

Could the sluggishness just now be a sign of entering the Infinite Corridor?

"Lao Huo, we seemed to be trapped just now"

Bai Ge reminded.

"Don't worry."

Lao Huo smiled and waved his right hand lightly.

Click-

The sound of something breaking sounded in the space, and Bai Ge saw that the surrounding scenery blurred, and that feeling of stagnation was quickly replaced by the normal world.

It's just that Bai Ge noticed that the guy who was originally bound didn't know when he had escaped, leaving only the broken wall and a piece of paper with strange patterns on the ground.

The first time Bai Ge saw the paper, he clearly recognized it.

It was an abyssal relic.

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