Siheyuan: A master brewer starts with a jar of bone-strengthening wine!

because--

"Ding-dong! The Super Brewing System has triggered a hidden achievement: Prosperous Career! Reward: One sip of the [Hidden Wine Vat], 888 RMB in cash!"

"It has been stored in your personal wine cellar. Please check it at any time!"

"A hidden wine vat?"

It sounds so catchy!

While exchanging pleasantries with the two men, he secretly diverted his attention to the system interface—

"Enter the wine cellar."

Whoosh! My consciousness sank, and suddenly everything became clear.

In the corner, there was a large, pitch-black vat.

A scan with divine sense revealed the following information:

[Invisibility Vat]: Specially designed for brewing invisibility wine. Take a sip and instantly become invisible; effective for a limited time.

Tip: Want to become visible? Just silently say "appear" in your mind.

Enough talk, let's get started!

Splash—100 jin of raw pulp is poured in.

Then put the jar into the time-wine jar.

This thing is amazing, it speeds up the machine by 359 times!

What used to take 24 hours can now be done in five minutes!

"Ding! Invisibility Wine is complete!"

The wine was ready, but he didn't rush to drink it.

After all... what if they suddenly become transparent after drinking it, scaring Yu Liansheng and Xu Damao so much that they wet their pants? That would be a real mess.

"Deputy Section Chief Yu, I need to go out for a bit. I have something urgent to take care of." Liu Dong said with a smile as he stood up.

"Go away! You go about your business!" Yu waved his hand repeatedly to see the guest off.

He kept walking, going downstairs, turning a corner, and heading straight for the restroom.

Before we even got there, we stopped halfway under an old locust tree next to the warehouse.

I looked around—nobody was there.

He gulped it down in one go. *Gulp*

A soft sound, like swallowing a breath of cold air.

Liu Dong looked down—oh dear, his arm was gone! He turned his head again, and his leg was gone too! His whole body was as if it had been erased by an eraser, from his fingertips to his heels, completely gone! Even his shoelaces, trouser seams, and collar had evaporated, leaving nothing behind.

From the outside, the spot where he was standing was just empty air; there was nothing there, not even a shadow.

"What the hell?!"

He blurted it out, and even he was stunned by his own voice.

It's truly invisible! It's not hiding behind a tree or in a corner; it's completely and utterly out of sight!

He took two steps forward—thump, thump, thump…the sound of his footsteps was clear.

Well, even if you can become invisible, the floor will still creak when you step on it. Want to be completely silent? No way.

In the blink of an eye, a line of numbers appeared in the lower right corner of my vision, ticking down:

59:28

59:27

59:26

Hey, sixty minutes to go! One sip of wine, and you're set for an hour!

Below it was a small box with two words written on it: "Cancel".

The moment a thought arises, it instantly manifests, as swiftly as turning a light on or off.

"Brilliant!"

Liu Dong was delighted; this thing was even more exciting than magic tricks!

--Snapped!

My body felt light, and I was lifted into the air!

Since no one could see him, he simply hovered in mid-air and swaggered around the steel rolling mill.

Although the clothes were not visible, the sound of the wind whistling through the air could still be heard—the fabric was tearing through the air with a whooshing sound.

Of course, if you speed too fast, your eardrums will explode from the buzzing. That's not the alcohol's fault, it's the laws of physics at work!

Being invisible does not mean disappearing from the world. It means "you're blind," not "I'm gone."

After completing one lap, he landed steadily on the factory's concrete floor, stomping his heel without even raising a dust cloud.

This skill was practically tailor-made for him!

Especially flying – before taking off, we had to look left and right, calculate the wind direction, and choose wild and barren slopes, for fear of being photographed and broadcast over a loudspeaker.

Now?

First, become invisible, then take off. Fly however you want, you don't even need to choose a route!

And it's not just flying—eavesdropping on the scheduling meeting in the next workshop? Sure!

Sneaking into the supply and marketing department to tamper with the delivery slips? Perfect!

Even... hehe, casually "borrow" two baskets of the three steamed buns that the cafeteria chef just made? No problem!

So refreshing! So invigorating! So cool!

I was feeling great when my stomach started to feel a little full, and my belly button started to stick up.

He touched his stomach, then turned and rushed to the toilet.

The public toilet at the steel rolling mill is long and narrow, stretching as far as the eye can see, with a row of more than twenty stalls, all of them concrete squat toilets.

As soon as I lifted the curtain and went inside, I heard the sound of rushing water mixed with some rustling noises.

someone!

It was an acquaintance—Liu Haizhong, the notorious "veteran slacker" of the compound, was perched on the innermost burlap sack, a cigarette between his left and a tattered old book in his right, his lips twitching as he read.

The entire toilet was foggy, filled with smoke and smells.

Liu Dong didn't say anything, but slowly strolled in.

Tap, tap, tap...

Unhurried and deliberate, each step accompanied by a distinct sound.

With pointed ears amidst his bangs, he gets all flustered as soon as he hears it!

"Who?!"

He hurriedly tucked the book into his waistband, stubbed out his cigarette, and stubbed it out on his shoe—his movements were as swift as a startled badger.

I looked up and around—nobody was there!

"what?"

Where are they?

He stretched his neck out very long, and his eyes darted around.

Liu Dong deliberately avoided showing his face, instead circling around behind him, to his left, and diagonally in front of him.

Shh...shh...

Shake—shake—shake—

The hairs in his bangs stood up completely while he was squatting on the toilet.

The footsteps were clearly right in front of me, but there was nothing there, not even a ghost in sight!

Click.

jingle.

Two crisp sounds.

He froze abruptly—the voice sounded so familiar!

The sound of the belt buckle hitting the metal buckle is the classic prelude to a man unbuckling his belt!

And... right there in the pit on his left!

It was probably no more than half a meter from the tip of his nose!

"Who?!"

"Who on earth is there?!"

No one answered.

pat-

With a tremor of his hand, the precious little yellow book slipped from his fingers and, with a "plop," plunged straight into the cesspool, splashing up a speck of muddy water.

"My book!!"

His heart clenched, and he almost fainted.

slam-la-

The next second, a line of water appeared out of nowhere!

Three feet tall, slightly curved, perfectly straight, it poured precisely into the pit on the left with a "whoosh".

Liu Dong was dumbfounded:

"Holy crap? Alcohol can make you invisible, even if you're wearing clothes and shoes, so why doesn't pee make you invisible too?!"

The column of water hung in mid-air, like a transparent whip or a living snake, making people's scalps tingle.

"ah--!!!"

Liu Haizhong was speechless on the spot, his soul seemed to fly out of his body, and his mouth was so wide open that it could fit two duck eggs.

Liu Dong couldn't hold back his laughter; his shoulders trembled, and his wrist slipped—

Sizzle!!

A stream of heat, perfectly directed, sprayed directly onto his face.

"Aaaaaahh ...

"Ouch--!"

He didn't even bother to grab a tissue, and before he'd even finished wiping his bottom, he jumped out of the stall, still holding half his pants up, and slammed into the door frame with a bang.

As a result, he tripped, his trouser leg got caught on the heel of his slipper, and he slipped on the spot, his head hitting the red painted pillar in the corridor with a "thud," and he saw stars.

But he didn't care about the pain at all. While frantically pulling up his pants, he took off running, his voice hoarse from shouting, "Ghost! There really is a ghost!!"

"There's a ghost squatting in the toilet—!!"

"Ouch—it bared its teeth at me and sprayed water!! It peed all over my face!!!"

His hair was disheveled, the hem of his shirt was sticking out, his belt buckle was dangling, and he was barefoot, wearing only one shoe while the other was nowhere to be seen. He looked exactly like a sparrow that had just been struck by lightning, and he rushed straight out of the toilet.