The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

The clone that Song Gua swapped to the slums, let's call him the Invisible Guy.

The invisible man glanced in the direction of the monster from afar.

"Old thief, it seems Wang Miao has arrived. I see a lot of ice walls."

"It must be him. The level matches. He arrived so just in time. It seems the monster we just encountered was the non-Earth creature he told me about before..."

Suddenly, the invisible man lowered his voice and said nervously, "Someone has spotted me."

The invisible guy has met someone.

Standing in front of the Invisible Man was an old man in a black trench coat, with a special life fluctuation detection device exclusive to the Special Bureau on his right eye.

The invisible guy hadn't actually deactivated his invisibility yet, but the other person was standing in the middle of the road, staring at him with a strange expression and smiling.

"Stop trying to hide, I can see you. This is the new version, it has thermal imaging capabilities."

The old man in the black trench coat pointed to his detector.

"Old thief, what do we do?"

Song Gua closed his eyes and searched for the Invisible Brother's memories.

I saw the old man in the black trench coat.

do not know.

Because of the previous arrest by the Special Bureau, Song Gua had a thorough understanding of the organizational structure and members of the Special Bureau in Yunshan City.

He was certain that there was no such person in the Yunshan City Special Affairs Bureau.

"From out of town? And with such a high rank, level 64! Came specifically to catch bandits?"

Song Gua felt that the old man had nothing to do with the monster from before.

It was because his detection equipment detected the clones he released that he came looking for them.

"Ask him what he wants to do."

The invisible man deactivated his invisibility and said in a high-pitched voice.

"Who are you? Why are you blocking my way?"

A slight smile appeared on the old man's wrinkled, gaunt face.

"Don't be nervous, and don't try to change your voice. I'm not interested in who you are."

It's not like we're here on behalf of the Special Affairs Bureau to arrest you, although your life fluctuations are indeed abnormal.

However, according to the latest discussion results from the General Administration, for those deviating within 10 units, no order is issued to proactively apprehend them.

"Then what brings you here?"

"I need something from you."

"That's ridiculous. How could a level 21 newbie like me possibly have anything that a level 64 pro like you would even look at?"

"I wasn't referring to the props in 'The Cleric,' but rather..."

The old man in the trench coat pointed to the pitch-black sky.

"An object from outer space."

"UFO? I don't own such a thing!"

"Stop pretending, it's a dark artifact! You bandits must have one. Give it to me!"

Dark artifacts?

Song Gua quickly realized that he must be referring to the Dark Balance!

Pretend you don't understand.

The invisible guy had a nonchalant and carefree demeanor.

"You old geezer, you've been reading too many novels! Dark artifacts? I'd rather have the Dark Bible! How outdated!"

The old man's face turned sinister, but a strange smile still lingered on his lips.

"bass!!"

The blade flashed by.

The invisible man's arm flew off, splattering blood.

"Holy shit!!! You old bastard, you ambushed me!!"

The old man in the trench coat had his hands behind his back, his fingers twitching, and a short knife that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere hovered around the invisible man.

"Take me to your bandit leader, or I'll slowly slice you to pieces! Heh, don't try to resist; your movements are slower than a snail in my eyes."

A faint black mist swirled around the old man in the trench coat; it was unclear whether this was a status effect granted by some skill or something else entirely.

The invisible man clutched his severed arm, gritted his teeth, and whispered a message.

"You old bastard, don't come to save me! We can't beat this guy. I've lost my arm, I'm useless now. Let me blow him up!"

The invisible man activated his self-destruct skill, and heat began to rise from his body.

Then, with a loud roar, he activated a dash skill and quickly approached the old man in the trench coat.

"Huh!!! Huh?"

The invisible guy was halfway through his advance when he suddenly realized that he had stalled.

The dash skill was interrupted.

Even the self-destruct skill was canceled for some reason, and it also went into a one-minute cooldown period.

"Can this thing be cancelled?"

I had the impression that it was not allowed.

There is no cooldown period.

They've already self-destructed, why are they still waiting for a few more rounds of cooldown?

The black mist around the old man in the trench coat ahead grew even thicker.

"I've heard about your special skills. Don't even think about using self-destruction on me. Just take me to the other bandits. I know the Dark Artifact isn't on you!"

The invisible man launched into a tirade of profanities, not repeating a single swear word.

If you can't beat them, all you can do is curse.

Song Gua, far away in his rented room, frowned deeply.

Actually, the Invisible Guy lost his arm, but there are ways to restore it.

However, Song Gua couldn't get him out of there either.

At most, it's just a matter of swapping positions twice to get a different clone standing there.

Someone always has to make a sacrifice.

"Why is this old man so certain that we possess a Dark Artifact?"

"Great wisdom prevails," said the wise man.

"Is it because we defeated the world boss?"

"It's possible that we might only be level 20 or even level 10, yet still be able to solo a world boss."

Based on the mechanics of the game "Professionals", it is definitely impossible to do so.

The old man concluded that we had used the power of the Dark Relic.

But...why didn't he agree with Yue Sheng that there were high-ranking professionals among the bandits?

The brilliant strategist did some analysis.

"This guy works for the Special Affairs Bureau and is always dealing with strange phenomena. His way of thinking and doing things is probably different from that of people in the law enforcement team like Yue Sheng."

"I guess so."

At this moment, the invisible man is being tortured.

The old man in the trench coat was determined to follow the clues and find the source.

He kept torturing the invisible man from a distance with that short knife, cutting him until his body was covered in blood and gore, and his tattered Taoist robe was completely stained blood red.

Song Gua and his clones couldn't bear to look at him.

"Still won't talk? Ha, you've got guts. Looks like you'll get a chance to taste what extreme pain is like..."

The old man in the trench coat was shrouded in black mist, and a terrifying aura emanated from him.

"Who goes there!"

Just as the old man was about to take further action, a loud shout rang out.

"Click click click..."

The ice bridge unfolded in mid-air, and Wang Miao glided across it at high speed.

At this moment, his life fluctuation detector showed that the old man in the trench coat had a life fluctuation of up to eight thousand!

"Even taller than the mutant beasts! Could they be Dark Star people? Have they already managed to enter Earth?!"

From the moment the old man in the trench coat launched his attack, Wang Miao's detector began to sound an alarm, and the alarm index continued to rise.

Wang Miao was only slightly delayed because he didn't want the mutant beast to escape.

He rushed over immediately after his team members trapped the mutant beast.

The old man in the trench coat raised an eyebrow and glanced at Wang Miao, who had just arrived. Upon noticing the detector on the latter's face, he cursed under his breath.

"Damn it!"

A large cloud of black mist rose from beneath his feet, obscuring the face of the old man in the trench coat.

He seemed to not want Wang Miao to see his face.

The old man in the trench coat took a step forward, his figure flashing, and arrived next to the invisible man. He grabbed him and was about to take him away.

"Self-destruct!!"

The invisible man roared, and steam rose from his body.

The old man in the trench coat snorted coldly.

"Idiot! I told you that trick won't work!"

The heat dissipated.

The invisible man's lips curled up, and his body began to emit heat again!

"I wonder if your skill rollback ability has a cooldown?"

"What?!"

The first time the invisible guy emitted steam, it wasn't because he was using self-destruction, but rather it was a special effect of another professional skill.

If you look closely, you'll find that it's different from the steam produced by a spontaneous explosion.

The old man was in a hurry to leave with his people and didn't look closely.

The skill that the invisible guy is using right now is self-destruction!