While the giant ship resumed normal navigation after emergency rescue, there were some undercurrents surging in other corners of the Glory Star World:

Somewhere in the United States, there is a huge hole more than 50 meters underground**.

Dozens of humans, dressed in gray robes and hoods, unable to distinguish their shapes, sat silently around the long table.

In the flickering light of the long candle lit on the table, the mysterious man at the top spoke slowly:

"As you can see, our great cause has just undergone an unexpected change."

Through the deliberately suppressed and somewhat strange voice, it was barely possible to distinguish that it was an adult man.

As he spoke, the eyes of all the gray-robed men under the hoods of the people present were deliberately or unintentionally deflected towards a huge "altar" in the center of the secret room.

The altar itself originated from a natural boulder in this underground cavern, carved by someone else, as if it were made of countless filthy things.

A salty, dark red gushing of blood poured from the top of the altar, staining the eerie sculpture with a layer of blood.

In the entire secret room, the only thing that looked a little technological was probably the "light screen" embedded in the cave wall behind the gray-robed man who was the leader.

It's not accurate to describe it as a light screen, which is just a similar appearance, but the substance inside that actually makes it glow is a dark red liquid.

Combined with the seemingly never-ending flow of blood on the altar, the filling of the "light screen" is not difficult to guess.

The content displayed on the screen is simple, with a void at the far left, an indescribable mass at the far right that seems to be a mixture of countless tentacles and eyes, and the main part is a "progress bar" with a faint red glow.

The reason why the atmosphere in the entire underground cavern chamber was so solemn was simple, the progress bar, which had been growing slowly and steadily since their first meeting, had regressed a small step 15 minutes ago without warning!

Although the amount of regression is about 2% compared to the progress that has already advanced by more than 70%, and it is almost impossible to detect it if you don't look closely, it is indeed a decrease.

This situation had never happened even once in the past few years, but just now it appeared under the noses of the gray-robed people.

The strange voice of the gray-robed man at the head of the Black Goat ...... sounded again: "We will have someone find you a suitable vehicle to go to the Great Lord's sleeping place to check what is happening." ”

On the side of the long table, a gray-robed man hurriedly stood up when he heard this: "For the great cause, C'Thun! ”

"Also, Hound Dog," the leader continued to order, "I feel the call of the Lord, it needs more sacrifices, and it seems that the rice country has sensed something this year, and they have contacted the Golden Alliance, just in case, fresh sacrifices can be found in the south or north." ”

When the leader mentioned the word "sacrifice", several muffled moans came from the corner of the underground cavern's chamber, but they could not be seen too clearly because they were only lit by candles on the long table.

I could only barely make out that there seemed to be several masses of inhuman, strange and strange unknown beings piled up in the corners, and several slender transport pipes flowed with dark red liquid, from the darkness in the corners all the way to the altar in the center of the secret room.

Another gray-robed man known as the "Hound Dog" was also difficult to distinguish under the cover of his robe and hood, but in the face of the arrangement of the leader in the secret room, his response was also very decisive:

"For great causes, C'Thun!"

……

Gold Alliance, Union Island, Central Region.

President Androni logged into his Battle.net account as usual, intending to go to Glorystar's Battle.net forum to see if there was any new news.

When his gaze swept over the Glory Star symbol in the upper left corner of the Battle.net platform, the right hand of the president, who was holding the mouse, couldn't help but pause slightly.

"Huh? How does it feel...... Today's glory star seems to be a little brighter than usual? ”

"This is a version update, and even the logo has been redrawn?"

The next moment, the chairman still opened the forum as usual, without thinking too much.

"It's probably an illusion, it is estimated that it is the effect of the computer's contrast refresh, which is understandable, understandable."

……

Huaguo, Shanghai, Pearl Wharf.

Wang Luoran still drove his ferry car, which had carried the "god of fate", and brought a man in a black windbreaker and a peaked cap to the container storage area.

"Cash on delivery, bypass the customs of the forest valve and exempt this batch of things from the boss You are not simple to transport in, a total of two million, credit card or cash?"

This is Wang Luoran's "main business", a real snake, helping some "customers" in need, mixing inspections and transporting some things that may not be able to see the light.

The man in the black trench coat didn't make a sound, and motioned for Wang Luoran to help him open a container at hand.

"Bang!"

When the door is opened, it is not a simple cargo stored inside.

It's more than a dozen other mysterious people who are dressed almost the same as the black trench coat!

One of them held two lockboxes in his hand, walked in front of Wang Luoran silently, opened the lid of the box with a "click", and stacks of red banknotes were neatly stacked inside.

Wang Luoran's eyes suddenly lit up: "It's done!" Thank you boss for taking care of the business, you have my contact information, we have the opportunity to cooperate and then contact Ha! ”

Except for the man in the black trench coat who stepped forward and stretched out his right hand to shake Wang Luoran slightly, the more than ten mysterious people who walked out of the container remained silent and did not make a sound.

Wang Luoran's professional habits made him subconsciously like to observe something, and his eyes inadvertently swept over the white and slender palm of his "boss" this time, and keenly noticed something on the other party's right wrist.

"Huh? Boss, your tattoo is quite individual...... Why is this skull still glowing green......"

As soon as the words came out, Wang Luoran didn't realize his gaffe, but the atmosphere nearby suddenly froze.

Five minutes later, when the man in the black trench coat led the other mysterious people out of the dock, there was an inexplicable additional member of the team who was "helped" forward.

"Don't make a noise, this time the purpose is to go to the adventure trial area to seek gains, deal with the encirclement and suppression of the Shadow Council, and don't make any extraneous branches." The black trench coat lowered his voice and instructed his companions around him: "If anyone reveals his identity, he will kill himself in time, and don't expose the information of the organization!" ”

Beside his right hand, which had just retracted into his clothes, several crystals emitting purple light were slowly dissipating due to the cessation of the exercise and the loss of mana energy supply.

……