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

"Click click click..."

After discovering a huge fluctuation in dark energy, Wang Miao glided across the ice bridge that stretched across the sky and kept solidifying forward, all the way to the Third Guardian City.

He was the first to arrive.

Now, Wang Miao has reached level 45 thanks to the support policies from the Special Bureau of the Capital and the experience books from Glory City.

It can be said that his upgrade speed in the past six months is faster than it has been in the past ten years.

All of this stemmed from Wan Jianyi's promotion of him.

Wang Miao is a conscientious, responsible, and dedicated person, and now he has been entrusted with a task by someone who has shown him kindness.

Therefore, even knowing that it is dangerous to go to the place where the Dark Artifact was made alone.

He still didn't want to waste a single second, fearing that the Dark Artifact would disappear again.

"We finally managed to get them to show their tracks; this time we must find out their purpose..."

When Wang Miao arrived at the Third Guard City, he saw the bandits retreating from the city.

Yue Sheng stood on the Purple Abyss, writing something in mid-air.

Wang Miao slid across the ice bridge and landed behind Zi Yuan, causing Zi Yuan to shiver.

"Oh my god! What's that chilly thing?!"

Wang Miao apologized to Zi Yuan, and then went to Yue Sheng's side.

"Captain Yue!"

"Team Leader Wang, you must be here for the Dark Artifact."

"Exactly! They've made their move?"

"Hmm, all talk and no action."

"What do you mean?"

"They made quite a commotion, but it seems like they didn't accomplish anything."

Yue Sheng recounted the scene that had just occurred above City No. 3, where a bronze mirror covered the entire city.

It was also mentioned that the Dark Gold Seal was restraining him.

This indicates that the Dark Relics' actions this time were planned and premeditated.

"So, Team Leader Wang, do you know what they're up to?"

Wang Miao pondered for a moment.

Before entering the Beijing headquarters, he did not have access to the database of Dark Artifacts' abilities.

Once he entered the headquarters, he would have the authority to view a portion of it.

"From your description, that thing in the sky should be the Dark Bronze Mirror. It didn't do nothing; it probably mirrored a group of people."

"Mirroring a group of people? Like the Zhao family cloning mutant beasts, can he replicate humans?"

"That's roughly the idea, but the mirror image created by the bronze mirror might possess some strange abilities... Sigh, it's my responsibility that I failed to detect their actions in Glory City in time. We might be in big trouble."

Yue Sheng patted Wang Miao on the shoulder.

"Those are a group of beings who wield the power of rules; they are a huge problem in themselves, not your responsibility."

Wang Miao looked down.

"What are those bandits doing now?"

Yue Sheng paused for a moment, then said.

"Once again, they've shown the world through their actions that you shouldn't mess with them, or the consequences will be severe."

"?"

Wang Miao shook his head.

"Regardless, the bandits have grown stronger again. Judging from their size, there are at least several thousand of them, and they've all reached level 40... Captain Yue, don't you find it strange that the bandits always seem to be at very similar levels, like they're leveling up together?"

Yue Sheng said, not really caring.

"Really? I hadn't noticed. Is there any particular saying about it?"

"I've only discovered this pattern; I have no idea what's behind it."

"Heh, these guys have a lot of secrets. If we keep harping on them, it'll never end."

"yes……"

The bandits who withdrew from Guard City No. 3 headed towards the misty area in the direction of Shining Leaf City.

"Ouch, ouch..."

"Stop pretending! Yue Sheng saw right through your act, he just didn't say anything!"

"What? Impossible! I can portray an injured person with five aspects, nine layers, and more than twenty expressions. I deserve an Oscar. Yue Sheng would be here to help me up. How could anyone tell I'm acting!"

"You've got to be kidding me..."

"Stop adding unnecessary drama, speed things up, meet up with Fog Bro and the others up ahead, then enter the fog zone and wait for the old thief to retrieve them!"

The bandits split into three groups.

More than two hundred people returned to the main city to continue grinding reputation.

Led by Brother Wu, they searched the surrounding area for the Dark Artifacts, but now, having found nothing, they prepared to join forces with Brother Gui and the others to retreat together.

The last group, naturally led by the battle-hardened Ghost Brother and Nanfeng, retreated from City No. 3 after their "defeat".

Actually, Ghost and his friends wanted to go clubbing in City 3 to celebrate their great victory in the revenge war.

But considering that they were the "defeated" side, doing this might put Yue Sheng in a difficult position, so they decided to give up and go back to their headquarters to start jumping around again.

Ahead, we entered a sparse woodland, where a winding stream flowed through the area, with the downstream section leading to Shiningleaf City and the upstream section to Glory City.

At a bend in the river, the three groups of people saw each other across the water.

Ghost Brother was taken aback.

"Huh? Why are there three groups of people?"

Brother Wu was stunned the whole way.

"What the hell? Why are there two westerly winds and two southerly winds? What happened to the rule that cadres can't just wear hoods? What kind of training is Brother Huo's new recruit training course?"

The extra westerly winds, southerly winds, and the thousands of hooded figures around them were naturally the mirror image bandits.

They were heading from the direction of Shining Leaf City towards Guard City No. 3 when they happened to run into Ghost Brother and Mist Brother's group.

Mirror Ghost saw Ghost Brother carrying a large machete, looking quite imposing, and touched his own body.

No weapons.

The dark bronze mirror only reflects the person; it cannot reflect the contents of the backpack.

So, Mirror Ghost picked up a tree branch from the ground, slung it over his shoulder, and mimicked Ghost Brother's mannerisms.

"Huh? Why are there three groups of people?"

Behind Mirror Ghost Brother, Mirror South Wind said to Mirror Ghost Brother.

"Idiots! They're imposters! They're fake bandits!"

Ghost Brother angrily swung his large cleaver.

"These knock-offs are trying to play the victim? Hey! Where are you guys from? What are you trying to do, with so many of you cosplaying as us bandits?"

The mirror image ghost also imitated the ghost brother by shaking the branch.

"Cosplay? That's hilarious! A cosplayer calling us real bandits cosplayers? I'm so pissed off!"

Ghost Brother was furious.

"Hey! Holy crap, I've never seen such an arrogant knockoff! You should really go underground and ask what happened to the three members of the Berserker Guild who impersonated us, and the hundreds of people the Zhao family arranged to steal the mutant beasts!"

Song Gua has fully understood the situation on site through memory synchronization.

He tried calling the group on the local network, but received no response.

"They're not one of us, but they don't seem like fans either. Fans who dress up like us shouldn't keep emphasizing that they're the real deal. Could it be...?"

After thinking for a moment, Song Gua switched places and arrived at the scene, facing the thousands of "bandits" on the other side of the river, and went straight to the point.

"Gentlemen, are you mirror images?"

Mirror Ghost Bro chuckled.

"What a joke! A mirror image person actually asked me if I'm a mirror image person? Idiot! You're the fake ones, we're the real ones!"

As they were talking, Mirror Ghost Brother didn't notice that a wisp of almost imperceptible mist came to the back of his head, transformed into a pair of hands, and with a "plop," removed his hood.

A bloody, fleshy head of a westerly man was displayed before everyone.