That night, Makiyama Hayada gathered all the members of the Defense Society and checked everyone overnight, but no other shadow people were found.

This is not unexpected, since the forces on the opposite side know that they have been exposed, even if there are still people mixed here, they will definitely ask people to withdraw in advance.

As for the inspection method, the light source is used to rotate quickly above a person's head to observe whether the shadow changes are in accordance with the laws of physics.

Even if those shadow people can take the initiative to adjust the direction of the shadow, under this kind of high-speed and irregular inspection, it is impossible for human control to keep up with the speed of change of the light source, and it will definitely reveal flaws!

After learning that someone from another world had infiltrated their high-level positions, the Japanese government finally paid attention to it, and hurriedly asked various departments to use the methods provided by the exchange group to conduct self-examination overnight.

In the past, players have always used skins to blend into the aborigines, and from the player's point of view, there is not much real feeling, until now it is really mixed into humans by creatures from other worlds in a similar way, and many people feel how terrifying this is.

This large-scale self-examination did find out something, although it did not directly catch other shadow people, but a small number of staff members disappeared inexplicably tonight, and this is a very high probability that the shadow man who escaped in advance.

At the same time as the Japanese side is conducting a self-examination, the Defense Agency has also started a meeting with the representatives of the exchange group to discuss how to deal with the incident.

Mu You did not participate in the specific meeting process, said to the Blood Emperor and the others, and returned to the accommodation arranged by the reception center in advance.

On the one hand, because of this kind of diplomatic conference, it is the same with him or not, and on the other hand, he has his own meeting to attend tonight.

It's Wednesday again, and we're in the early hours of the morning.

Mu You rested in the room for a while, and when it arrived at twelve o'clock, he went to the meeting on time.

There were no important external matters to discuss at this meeting, but focused on solving the internal problems of the Mystic Society.

This time, only nine people came to the twelve positions, and the missing ones were Taurus, Gemini and Scorpio.

Regarding the matter of the Scorpion, after Mu You eliminated the Z Realm Walker last week, he had already informed the other members that the crystallization of the Scorpion was now in his hands.

At that time, Mu You didn't say much explicitly, but some smart members of the association had already guessed that he had said that the crystals would automatically find an heir after the death of the mystic, but it was just an excuse, and the crystals would not automatically leave after the death of the host, but would be obtained by the slain.

This point, in fact, can be seen from the time when the Z Realm Walker entered the meeting last week: after the Z Realm Walker killed the Scorpion, he directly obtained the Scorpion Crystal, and then he also threatened to hunt other people's Crystals.

In other words, it is not difficult to understand that a person can inherit multiple crystals at the same time, after all, this thing is originally a complete piece.

So at this meeting, Mu You didn't hide it anymore, and made it clear that the crystals of the Twins and Scorpions were in his hands, and the purpose of what he said at the beginning was just to avoid team infighting.

However, after so many meetings and last week's events, the character and character of the members present have been tested, and he believes that the remaining ten members of the meeting are familiar enough with each other and have reached a high level of trust that will no longer betray and harm each other.

In addition, there is another important reason why Mu You chose to directly announce this information, that is, the existence of the 'Black Magic Club'.

According to the information left behind by the strange thieves, it seems that this special organization has developed a low-level replacement for the mystical crystal, and it is the kind that can be mass-produced.

Mu You wasn't sure how far this substitute could go for the time being, but as long as this thing had the ability to store and transform natural magic, it would have the opportunity to complete their own crystallization for everyone in the room, which was much more efficient than their infighting.

Therefore, when Mu You announced the news, he also announced the information about the Black Arts Club, and assigned a task to each member, so that everyone could find clues and information about this club. Next, this mysterious black magic organization will become the focus of the association's strategy!

After the meeting, everyone began the week of card exchange as usual.

Mu You's side took out a new card this week: 'Shapeshift', which is the black magic converted from high-level spatial magic shapeshifting.

The Dark Magic version of Shapeshifting still instantly switches the position of itself and nearby targets, but with an additional effect: this swap is not affected by other magic effects.

The original shapeshifting and transposition will not be activated when encountering some forced blocking magic effects, such as the Ice Wall Technique, such as the Water Prison Technique, and some spatial and magic blocking partitions, and the targets that are blocked behind this type of wall will not be able to lock the Shapeshifting Transformation.

And after becoming black magic, there is no such limitation, that is to say, no matter what kind of predicament Mu You is in, as long as there is a target within the casting range, he can instantly change the situation between himself and the target.

Don't look at it as a simple additional effect, but it has a very practical use, for example, he can now lock himself in the water dungeon in advance, and then swap places with the enemy, which will instantly become an enemy and be imprisoned by him.

In the same way, in a place like the undersea prison, it would have been much easier for him to know this spell in the first place, and he could easily escape by directly finding a target outside the prison to swap targets.

This card is very popular, but unfortunately it is a high-level card, and it is not easy to exchange out, because the number of high-level scrolls flowing out is very small, and it is not easy to convert high-level black magic.

Fortunately, I was lucky this time, and in the end, I got a high-level scroll from Libra's hand, and it was also a space system.

[Spatial Restraint: After activation, the surrounding space within a radius of five meters will be restricted, so that the creatures within the range will be instantly gathered together. 】

According to Libra, this scroll was going to trade with Scorpio last week, but he didn't expect it to be a Z Realm Walker, so it was delayed until now.

And the content of this scroll also made Mu You quite surprised, the space is closed, this spell is actually Liu Chen's 'Closing Spell', the actual effect he has experienced many times, it can be said to be a monster farming skill!

Mu You has been greedy for this spell for a long time, and now he has finally started one, and now that he has a space crystal, he can also transform this spell into black magic when he turns around.

A moment later, the meeting ended, and Mu You returned to his room.

Although he only got a scroll this time, it was a spell that suited him very well, Mu You was in a good mood, turned on his phone, looked at the group of the exchange group, and after confirming that there was no situation, he logged in to the game.

[You appeared, in the southern area of the underground factory.] 】

[As soon as you approach this area, you will hear the laughter and noise of many children, and it is clear that there are many people living in this area, and there are many of them. 】

[You drive into the South District, and find that the architectural layout here is almost the same as that of the North and East Districts, with living areas, accommodation areas, amusement parks, and canteens, but the difference is that the buildings here look much newer than the other two districts. 】

[Walking around the southern area, I found that this area looks like a large nursery school. You see a lot of children here, judging by their height, most of them between five and seven years old, gathered in the playground, laughing happily and chasing each other. 】

[A little boy notices you, and his eyes light up as if he had found some novel toy.] 】

[The little boy runs towards you, tugging at the mechanical rainbow above your head, while shouting into the distance: "Come and see, this robot is lazy!"] ”】

More children are running towards you, and you are surrounded by a herd of bear children. 】

You feel a bunch of small hands groping around on you. 】

[Someone stole a gear part from your waist......]

[Your crawler walker has been kicked crooked......]

……

“emmm……”

Mu You had a black line and hurriedly traced back.

The bear child is so scary, he didn't fold in the hands of the shadow people, but was discovered by these bear children.

[You go back in time and speed up to escape the scene before the little boy approaches you......]

Mu You hurriedly controlled the game character to escape, and was relieved until the game prompted 'The little boy gave up chasing you'.

was devastated here, and Mu You finally understood, no wonder the previous Luke complained that the robots always broke so fast, not because of the defective products sold by the seller, but because they were all damaged by these bear children!

In fact, Mu You has also explored another piece of the East District in the past two days, there are also some children living in the East District, generally around 7 to 10 years old, but the children there are a lifeless image, there is no laughter in the area, and there will be no children who use the robot as a toy casually, all the children follow the rules, every move is cautious, and even the game text uses the words "twilight" and "numbness" to describe the children there, it seems that everyone has experienced a lot of desperate events.

In comparison, these children in the South District are more like they have just come in, have not experienced any setbacks, and still maintain their innocence and vitality. It's hard to imagine what this group of children have gone through in just one or two years to make such a big difference......

Shaking his head, Mu You continued to explore in the southern area, avoiding children as long as he met them on the way.

After wandering around like this for two or three hours, he finally discovered a special place.

[You see a library appear in front of you.] 】

[This is a place for children to read and borrow here, and there are thousands of books in it, but almost all of them are children's books. It's one of the least favorite places for children, who certainly prefer to stay in the playground rather than reading, and only a few children who like to read only occasionally visit it. 】

Finding a library, which is full of children's books, Mu You is of course not interested, but in a place like a library, it is easy to have 'clues'.

[You drive into the library and find that there is no sign of anyone else in the entire library, except for a robot that is about to be scrapped at the door acting as a librarian.] 】

[You drive into the library in the shape of a cleaning robot, but the old robot administrator at the door ignores you and lets you enter to clean.] 】

[You sneaked up on the bot administrator from behind!] The robot, which was already about to be scrapped, could not withstand such a fierce toss and immediately fell into a state of paralysis. 】

[You damaged the bot manager's 'recording loop' and disposed of the scene, pretending to be a sign of being destroyed by a bear child.] 】

After killing this administrator, Mu You switched back to the vampire skin and began to cast a search spell in the library, searching for clues from Louise.

After searching from the first floor to the sixth floor on the top floor, Mu You finally made a discovery.

[You have found an item related to Cordel Louise.] 】

[You follow the guide and look for it, and finally on the top floor of the third row of bookcases against the wall, you remove a dusty book. 】

[This is an old fairy tale book, with an unattractive cover and a clichéd story, making this one of the most unpopular books in the entire library, and it can be seen from the thickness of the dust on the surface that no one has borrowed it for a long time.] 】

[But you find a note that has been stuffed into the book.] 】

[Fragment of Louise's diary.] 】

【…… Our escape plan failed! Mianmian was right, all of this was a trap they had set up. At the moment of being caught by the administrator, everyone stopped breathing, and despair and fear spread in the hearts of each of us...... I had decided that if I failed to escape, I would kill myself immediately, but it wasn't until it happened that I realized that I couldn't do anything at all, I was a coward, I couldn't face the fear of death, and I had a group of friends...... Including me, the dozen or so children who escaped were taken as examples and sent to the unknown West Side, where they were punished for a day and a night...... Here, more than a dozen of us were thrown into a large pond with dense Gu worms in captivity...... Countless insects crawled and bitten on us, and it was extremely painful...... But what scared me more than the bugs was on the platform in front of me, where there seemed to be something terrifying, staring at us like a beast that had found a delicacy, dripping and panting heavily...... It reminds me of the legend of the 'monster' that I first heard...... I've never felt so close to it in so long......

——5/8】

Another diary fragment, this time the fifth, is connected to the story on the fourth page of the last time, this group of children really failed in their escape operation, and they were arrested and taken to the West Side to be punished, and the punishment was actually to throw them into the pool of Gu cultivation......

Mu You sighed, and his thoughts returned to the contents of the diary.

In this diary, the word 'monster' is mentioned again, and it seems that there is something in captivity in the western part of this underground factory.

Let's not mention what this monster is, another point that Mu You noticed was the 'Gu Pool'.

A pool dedicated to raising Gu, which immediately reminded Mu You of the Gu nemesis 'Golden Silkworm' that he had heard about before.

This kind of silkworm is said to only be born in places where Gu worms gather, and if you want to talk about the place with the highest concentration of Gu worms, it must be this kind of Gu pond!

After two full days of exploration, Mu You now has a basic understanding of the layout of this underground factory: the three districts in the southeast and north are all places where the children they captured live and live, one is new, one is old, and the other is abandoned, which also symbolizes the three states of the children here.

The Central District is where the 'Administrators' live, and Mu You has met at least five Administrators with shadows there.

The only thing left to explore is this mysterious West End.

Next, whether it was to find the golden silkworm that might exist, or to continue to search for Louise's diary, Mu You decided to break into this western district.

(End of chapter)