Picking Up Supreme Treasures in the Dream Realm

8:00 AM.

Ryan was softly humming "The Glory of Carmenia Shines Upon the World" as he leisurely walked into the office building.

He was a senior staff member at the Carmenia company's Ying Sang branch.

Although the title was "senior staff member," his work was outrageously easy.

Every day, it only took a few minutes to routinely reply to some emails, and the day's work was done.

The rest of his time was spent drinking coffee, surfing the internet, or chatting with local staff.

Ryan really enjoyed chatting with the female staff, especially when he saw their admiring gaze.

Occasionally, he would invite them to have dinner together, and then... well, you know.

These obedient and cute Ying Sang women usually wouldn't refuse the noble invitation from Carmenians.

Soon.

Ryan stepped into the branch office.

Miss Mei Hui's graceful figure immediately caught his eye.

Ryan showed an exaggerated smile: "Good morning, Miss Mei Hui, you look even more beautiful today."

His gaze flickered, aiming at a certain position.

So he didn't notice the blank expression on Mei Hui's face.

"Good morning, Mr. Ryan!"

Meihui responded with a sweet smile.

As Ryan walked past the front desk, he secretly planned to invite Miss Mei Hui again in a few days.

Hmm, to enhance the relationship.

Ryan entered his office and sat in his luxurious office chair.

He glanced at the doorway, feeling a bit odd.

Usually at this time, the adorable secretary, Miss Kayako, would be eagerly bringing him a cup of freshly brewed coffee.

At this moment.

A hoarse voice suddenly echoed in Ryan's mind: "Stop looking, Kayako won't be coming."

Ryan was startled, his whole body tensed up.

The hoarse voice spoke again: "Should I call you Mr. Ryan, or Ryan the intelligence officer from JICA?"

Ryan's right hand instinctively reached towards a hidden compartment under the desk.

But just as he moved slightly.

His right hand froze.

Because the hoarse voice sounded again: "Mr. Ryan, there's no point in grabbing the gun."

Ryan was drenched in cold sweat, frantically trying to think of a countermeasure.

The voice directly resonated in his mind, making him immediately think of a certain type of person — Superpower User.

Ryan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked, "Who exactly are you? Where are you?"

The hoarse voice didn't respond, instead it continued: "I'm very curious, what task are you responsible for in Ying Sang?"

Ryan forced out a smile: "Just a regular intelligence gathering task."

The hoarse voice chuckled: "Even Ying Sang's intelligence department doesn't know about your existence; is it really just a regular task?"

Ryan's heart skipped a beat, and a guess unconsciously emerged in his mind.

Could the other party be sent by Ying Sang?

Since the Ying Sang people discovered his existence, they had every reason and motive to investigate him.

After thinking this through, Ryan started to feel confident that the other party wouldn't dare do anything to him.

The reason was simple.

He was a Carmenian.

And Carmenia was Ying Sang's "father"!

Otherwise, why would they hide their identity and not dare show their face?

Ryan immediately put on an arrogant demeanor: "I advise you..."

But just after uttering three words.

He was cut off.

The hoarse voice added a hint of coldness: "Do you really think I won't dare touch you, is that it?"

Just as Ryan was about to speak, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right hand.

He let out a miserable scream, looked down at his right hand, and found that four fingers had mysteriously vanished.

Leaving only a thumb.

From now on, all he could do was give a thumbs-up.

A bizarre event occurred.

The blood kept gushing from the severed fingers, then disappeared mysteriously, and no one knew where it went.

After two seconds.

The blood stopped flowing.

The hoarse voice sounded again: "Mr. Ryan, you'd better scream less, or you may never be able to scream again."

Ryan was in so much pain that his face was drenched with sweat, and he bit his teeth hard, not daring to make a sound.

He didn't realize that a vintage wooden carving, in stealth mode, stood quietly at the upper right corner of his desk.

The Buddha Face on the surface of the wood carving gazed greedily at the unlucky Ryan.

It was indeed the Deceitful Artifact.

This guy's four fingers had naturally been devoured by it without any courtesy.

In fact, due to its extreme desire for flesh and blood, Deceitful Artifact really wanted to gobble Ryan up in one bite.

If it were with its previous master, Deceitful Artifact would definitely have done so without hesitation.

But the current master was too terrifying; it didn't even dare bite off one extra finger.

At this moment.

The hoarse voice spoke again: "Mr. Ryan, just now your right foot seemed to be a bit restless!"

Ryan's face changed dramatically, and fear flooded his eyes.

Just as he was being bitten off four fingers, he endured the pain and quietly stretched out his right foot to kick a small object at the table leg.

This was a signal device used for emergency rescue.

On the desk.

Buddha Face's eyeball moved slightly, looking towards a nearby lark.

This was the overseer of his master.

Also the "mouthpiece" of his master.

Buddha Face immediately sent a stream of information to the lark: "Honorable Master, the bait has already sent out the signal.

"But the bait is not behaving loyally, please allow me to administer a slight punishment."

Yang Fan's response came quickly: "How do you want to punish him?"

Buddha Face's tone was full of urgency: "I can eat his right leg."

Earlier, it had tasted fresh flesh and was now eager to try more.

Yang Fan was a bit speechless: "You call that a slight punishment?"

Buddha Face fawningly said: "The Master makes Ryan behave obediently, his right leg dares to be disobedient, I feel it has no purpose anymore."

It tactfully added: "I am willing to make one move in exchange."

Yang Fan thought for a moment and agreed: "Okay, but don't let him die, he still has other uses."

Buddha Face happily agreed: "Great Master, I shall follow your will!"

The guy's address had changed from "Honorable Master" to "Great Master."

The next second.

"Ah~"

Ryan let out an even louder scream.

His right leg disappeared below the knee out of thin air.

A large amount of fresh blood spurted wildly.

The Deceitful Artifact greedily swallowed the blood, with Buddha Face showing a trace of intoxication.

After several seconds.

It remembered the Master's words "don't let him die," and reluctantly stopped the bleeding for Ryan.

*

Ten kilometers away.

Inside the base.

After the rescue signal was sent out.

It was only half a minute.

The office of the base's highest commander, Ronald, was knocked.

A major pushed the door open and said urgently: "Commander, Mr. Ryan is in danger."

Ronald's eyes showed a bit of confusion: "Who is Ryan?"

The major quickly replied: "A senior intelligence officer sent by JICA, also Councillor Michael's biological brother."

When Ronald heard "JICA," his expression didn't change much.

But when he heard "Councillor," his face immediately became serious.

Ronald stood up abruptly, cursing: "Damn JICA, I said before, this experiment shouldn't be conducted in Ying Sang."

The major nodded: "The Ying Sang people might have detected it."

This guy changed his tone: "But Mr. Ryan cannot be left unrescued, otherwise Councillor Michael will definitely give us trouble."

If it were just an ordinary intelligence officer, then if he died, he died; at worst, JICA could send another one.

But the Councillor's influence is too great, if not rescued, the entire base will be in trouble.

Ronald thought for a moment and commanded: "Deploy the base's superpower user team!"

The major saluted: "Yes!"

*

Hejia City.

In a warehouse in the West Suburb.

Yang Fan, through the eyes of the lark, watched the painfully contorted face of Ryan.

He chuckled softly: "Didn't expect to find a big fish this time."

Over the past few hours.

He used the wood carving's memory reading ability to trace from a person remembered by the wood carving, finally finding Ryan by following the clues.

From the current situation, this guy harbors quite a few secrets.

Yang Fan had an idea: "This guy cannot be killed, I must let him fall into the hands of the Ying Sang people."

The purpose of doing this is, of course, to provoke, no, it should be to help the Ying Sang people see the real face of the Carmenians.

He looked at Buddha Face's eager appearance and shook his head amusingly.

Although the Deceitful Artifact is very sinister, it must be said that this thing is extraordinarily useful.

In a certain sense, the wood carving possesses the powerful ability of "comprehending language."

It can understand any language and communicate with any race.

In short, this Deceitful Artifact is an unreservedly super translator.

After a while.

Yang Fan calculated the time: "The base is not far from the office, at the speed of a superpower user, they should be able to arrive within fifteen minutes."

He quietly issued the order: "Da Ao, Er Ao, prepare for action!"

"Ao!"

"Ao!"

The two gibbons started howling.

This is a carefully set trap.

Ryan thought he was the target, not knowing that he was merely the bait.

Yang Fan plans to use this guy to lure out the Carmenians' superpower user team.