Chapter 1

Fang Senyan was panting heavily. He leaned against the nearby column, wiping sweat and blood from his face.

Sweat trickled down his spine, tracing a dirty path and seeping into his wounds, causing a burning pain.

Van Te's corpse lay just three meters away.

Fang Senyan had to admit his earlier tactics were a miscalculation.

He'd figured that if Van Te couldn't overwhelm him, then even if they traded blows, one axe for one sword, he'd outlast him. But Fang Senyan quickly realized that combat wasn't a math problem, and the sums didn't work out that way. Van Te was in his prime, probably had some advanced basic ability like Two-Handed Weapon Mastery or Two-Handed Sword Mastery. Not only was his damage output significantly higher, but his swordplay flowed like water.

Barely two minutes into the fight, Fang Senyan realized something was wrong. Although he had more health than Van Te, Van Te's damage and reach were far superior. And he was focusing his attacks on Fang Senyan's legs. If they kept trading blows, he'd end up with a crippling injury! He was already slow, and that would only make things worse.

Of course, Fang Senyan was in this predicament because he hadn't used his trump card, "Ambition." If he did, his lack of burst damage would be instantly fixed! And once the enemy knew about "Ambition," they'd be much more cautious, giving him a clear advantage.

But just as Fang Senyan was wondering whether to use "Ambition," help arrived! Van Te was roaring, raising his two-handed sword to attack, when a scorching bullet flew from afar and hit his wrist with a *pop*! The sword went wide, slicing past Fang Senyan's left shoulder and leaving a deep gouge in the ground!

It was Mogansha's incredible battlefield control! Clearly, that shot disrupted Van Te's rhythm, and Fang Senyan easily dodged and returned an axe blow. Mogansha, dueling Das on the rooftop, could still spare the attention to help, showing he had a clear advantage in that fight.

Then, Fang Senyan spoke a serious sentence,

A sentence that struck at the heart of Van Te.

"Dan Ni's seed should be on you."

That sentence immediately extinguished eight-tenths of Van Te's fighting spirit!

Van Te was used to charging ahead, crushing enemies with his high Strength of 28! He would kill them in three or two strikes, but his berserk ability was used up, and his Strength couldn't give him extra crushing damage over Fang Senyan! Therefore, he inevitably entered an unfamiliar war of attrition. Over time, the bloodlust and savage, rebellious style faded.

Fang Senyan's words made Van Te think of Dan Ni...

"Dan Ni's seed is still on me! It's her only hope for resurrection!"

Fang Senyan didn't say the words, but Van Te thought them! So the desire to retreat grew in Van Te's heart, but his two-handed sword was designed for attack, not defense. Fang Senyan noticed Van Te's retreat and didn't press too hard, just making sure he couldn't leave easily, and constantly forcing him towards open ground, making it easier for Mogansha to ambush him from afar.

The Banks gang must have left an escape route when setting up their ambush. Van Te was heading towards an unremarkable little house on the east side of the battlefield. But as he approached it, Mogansha, who should have been dueling Das on the building in the distance, appeared in a window twenty meters away! His golden AK spat out blinding flames!

Van Te was stunned by the sudden attack. He gritted his teeth and tried to run, but Fang Senyan rushed forward and slashed his thigh with an axe!

Van Te was only ten meters from the little house, but those ten meters became an insurmountable barrier! He swung his two-handed sword furiously, but Fang Senyan stepped back, and Mogansha rained down AK bullets. Whenever Van Te tried to advance, Fang Senyan would grab him and hold him tight.

So Van Te died. Someone like him, who charged forward, found that once he wanted to retreat, his own disaster began. Van Te was deliberately made for his team, his strengths were very obvious, but his weaknesses were also very prominent. With teammates, they could make up for his shortcomings, but if he was alone, he would fall into a deadly situation if his weakness was caught.

Fang Senyan leaned against the wall for a while, picked up the blood-red key that Van Te dropped, took a deep breath, and looked up, smiling at Mogansha:

"Well done, you took care of Das? To be honest, you deserve eighty percent of the credit for this key, come and get it."

Although they were in the corner between two buildings, and the surviving contractors outside couldn't see inside, Mogansha stood twenty meters away, looking around warily, and said with a complex look:

"Das escaped, that guy's ability is really good, the magic barrier doesn't seem to work on him... You know, I'm the leader of the Remote Group of the Symbiosis Society."

Fang Senyan shrugged indifferently,

"I heard Gree—may God bless his soul—say that seventy-two hours ago. So what?"

"So, if I tell you that I've received messages from Metal Mentor and Nu, would you believe me?"

Fang Senyan said:

"I believe you, what did they say?"

Mogansha said:

"They'll arrive in five minutes."

Fang Senyan's face changed:

"What are you trying to say?"

Mogansha was silent for a moment, then retreated behind cover:

"My Perception is 18, and I also gained an ability called True Insight. I can collect combat data from other people."

Fang Senyan said calmly:

"I see. So you can check combat records without me noticing... No wonder you changed so much. So what do you want?"

Mogansha's answer was a bit surprising:

"I don't know what your purpose is, and I don't want to know, but I don't want to be your enemy. If you promise not to attack me, I got an item: called Special Floo Powder, which can be used when not in combat. It will immediately take me to Hogwarts Express 5972, which is docked at Platform 9 and ¾, and I can immediately begin the operation of returning to the Nightmare Space. I definitely won't meet Metal Mentor and them and reveal your secret."

To return to the world at this time, you must board the Hogwarts Express. Mogansha said that, so he obviously intends to return to this world immediately and not get involved in this matter. In fact, for Mogansha's calculations and scheming, exposing this matter at this time would be the stupidest thing to do if he wanted to harm Fang Senyan. He should have hidden this matter without saying a word. Just drag it on for two or three minutes, wait for Metal Mentor and Nu to come, and then secretly expose this matter! He would naturally have a full advantage. From this, it can be seen that Mogansha is indeed sincere in not wanting to be Fang Senyan's enemy.

Of course, there is another possibility that Mogansha has already betrayed Fang Senyan to Metal Mentor and them, and now he is turning around to show his goodwill to Fang Senyan—this seemingly comprehensive approach is actually the most stupid, because as soon as Fang Senyan meets Metal Mentor and them, there is a high possibility that he will expose Mogansha's lies! This will inevitably lead to both parties despising and guarding against Mogansha. Based on the shrewdness Mogansha has shown so far, it is unlikely that he would choose this approach.

Fang Senyan had long considered the possibility of someone seeing through his attributes. Although no one in this world can view other people's combat information, there are exceptions. He had long speculated that someone might be able to check his attributes. According to the current rules of space, the person most likely to have this ability must be a remote physical attack professional, because Perception is their secondary attribute in addition to Agility!

Therefore, when he was attacked by the Banks gang, Fang Senyan deliberately delayed, hoping that the more remote physical attack professionals in the Symbiosis Society died, the better. However, his main purpose was to fish in troubled waters, to see if he could get a share of the pie in the process of Metal Mentor plotting the Philosopher's Stone. If the remote professionals of the Symbiosis Society were all dead here, then it would not meet this expectation.

Furthermore, if Fang Senyan didn't take action all the time, then even if Mogansha and his group died, he wouldn't be confident that he could deal with the remaining members of the Banks gang with just those few system contractors. He just didn't expect the small probability event to really happen:

Someone in the Symbiosis Society actually possessed this ability, and even survived the chaotic battle. It was undoubtedly a small probability event, but fortunately, for some reason, Mogansha actually gave up his loyalty to the team and refused to be Fang Senyan's enemy!