In this gamble, any spells and abilities targeting the gambler will lose their effect, even trying to scan with a scanner gun won’t work.

But using abilities to interfere with the card game is feasible, and he had fully verified this in his two battles of Guess the Coin.

With Chen Xuan now having five ability slots, he didn’t need to move the Lotus Cloud Sect’s three-piece set to piece together the combination of Decomposition and Re-Fusion with the Seed of Flesh and Blood.

And the cost of flipping the table was that the Seed of Flesh and Blood fell directly to Level 1!

This thing is really resilient.

In an instant, the blue hand twisted, the translucent skin turned outwards and fused with the playing cards. Instead of blood water, countless black bugs spewed out from within!

These bugs were half like centipedes, half like bedbugs, scattering all over the table, making Chen Xuan feel utterly disgusted.

"What did you do?" Gustav was stunned, "What did you just do—!"

Shouldn’t it be his J being smashed to pieces next?

This game was supposed to be enforced! How could this guy block it!?

Crack...

Before Chen Xuan could retort, a shattering sound suddenly came from beneath his feet—countless cracks like cobwebs spread across the ground, covering the entire palace in mere seconds. Then the surrounding scenery shattered like glass, and he found himself back in the third-floor office.

"Damn, my ability!" Gustav roared angrily, "No, this is impossible!"

"Wow~" Chen Xuan couldn’t help but let out a low exclamation. He knew that Forbidden Abilities had grudges against each other, but he didn’t expect the effect of Decomposition and Re-Fusion to be so good. He originally just planned to disrupt this game, but seeing the other party so agitated, perhaps even his abilities were destroyed!

Knowing the enemy is a Wanderer who lives by harming others, he saw no need to hold back.

Chen Xuan kicked this foreign man out of the office and then summoned four Thousand Thoughts Swords, stabbing at him head-on.

Gustav’s body instantly turned into a cloud of smoke, scattering away, letting the Qi Sword strike air.

"Ich werde dich töten!"

In anger and exasperation, he couldn’t help but burst out in his native tongue.

"Sorry, not in the shop, I can’t understand!" Chen Xuan had no intention of entangling with him, rushing out of the office and heading straight for the elevator. The Dimensional Limit Mechanism was precisely aimed at this person, so even if he didn’t make a move, the mechanism would treat him as an enemy.

The immediate priority for Chen Xuan was to find Liu Shuyue and then use invisibility to leave the mechanical park quietly.

He could certainly teleport himself back to the shop and then summon Liu Shuyue there, but doing so would mean Liu Shuyue suddenly disappearing in front of a salesperson and a test-driver, inevitably drawing the attention of the Mechanical Officer to this anomaly.

Chen Xuan took out his phone to check and found that the red dot representing Jiang Siqi had already entered the park. There were also several missed calls in the communication record, obviously from Lin Qing who noticed something was wrong.

He should have enough time, he thought to himself. At most just two minutes, and he could get from the building to the test drive area.

The Execution Team would most likely prioritize this building as a search object.

With any luck, they could pass by each other.

However, as soon as the elevator doors opened, two creatures looking human but with scythe-like hands suddenly rushed out, startling Chen Xuan.

Almost instinctively activating the Divine Eye Technique, he barely avoided the slashes of four Bone Scythes—the scythe blades swept past his clothes, slicing into the marble floor, leaving a crack an inch wide.

If an ordinary person were ambushed like this, they’d probably be hacked to pieces!

And these creatures were wearing work uniforms of Five Rings Heavy Industries.

Impossible...

Chen Xuan suddenly heard rustling sounds coming from behind.

Turning around, he found that all the doors in the corridor had been opened, and more than a dozen mutant employees came out. Their eyes were rolled back, their steps stiff. If not for their forearms splitting open at the base to form sharp scythes, they would be indistinguishable from zombies.

Gustav stood among these people, glaring at Chen Xuan with a ferocious expression. His body size had doubled compared to before, with his head nearly hitting the ceiling. His suit was torn, exposing grayish-brown scales beneath. His face had also changed, with deeper eye sockets, rhombus-shaped pupils, and fangs growing out of the corners of his mouth, looking every bit like a vampire.

Of course... calling him a demon wouldn’t be inappropriate.

Unfortunately, he was still bald on top.

Additionally, he truly transformed this place into a lair, not just the general manager, but even all the other employees of the company were turned into puppets under his control.

...

"Report, the Logistics Team has sealed off all entrances and exits of the park."

"The Xiao Team can visually see the target."

"The Diamond Team is in position."

Everything was orderly in Honglian’s earpiece as messages from each group came through. After the Dimensional Limit Mechanism’s personnel secretly surrounded the Five Rings Mechanical Garden layer by layer, she was the first to step forward towards the rumored "White-clothed Immortal."

Accompanying her was only Wang Qianduan.

This was also the intention of the team leader, Xiao Canong.

When Xiao Canong learned that a person possibly related to the Masked Woman appeared within the garden, his tone didn’t show much surprise. He only gave two instructions: first, on-site command would temporarily be under Honglian’s charge, and second, Wang Qianduan would engage in the first contact. If Wang Qianduan deemed the person non-threatening, then everyone would stay put, continuing to prioritize capturing the original target.

In other words, Xiao Canong preferred that they catch the Wanderer.

So Honglian prepared for two possibilities. She and Wang Qianduan pretended to be ordinary guests, approaching the White-clothed Immortal for a chat. If Wang Qianduan made no indication, they would leave like regular persons, reverting to their previous search formation, with teams entering the garden to hunt for the Wanderer’s whereabouts.

If Wang Qianduan felt the White-clothed Immortal needed to be contained, then the Red Lotus Team would take the lead in the attack, with the Xiao Team supporting and the Diamond Team evacuating the scene.

With the element of surprise and a group of over twenty against one, even if the opponent was highly skilled, there would be no escape.

Honglian reached into her clothes as she walked, unlocking the safety on the specially crafted mechanical handgun.

"Senior Wang, may I ask... what is your ability? Why did the team leader entrust you to gauge the threat level of the White-clothed Immortal?"

"No need to call me Senior, just my name will do. The team leader asked me to go, and it has nothing to do with abilities." Wang Qianduan’s response was as indifferent as always.

"Then what is it related to?"

"The experience that comes with age."

Honglian was speechless; was this suggesting she was still too inexperienced?

Yet she found it hard to believe.

Someone like Xiao Canong... did not seem the type to base judgments on age and experience.

Their target was less than fifty meters away, and the "White-clothed Immortal" seemed completely unaware of the duo’s approach, still chatting enthusiastically with a sales associate.

At this distance, Honglian could barely connect her with the figure in the video; the difference in appearance and demeanor was stark. Who knew how much Jiang Siqi admired her idol, recognized through a fence outside the garden?

Just as Honglian was about to start a conversation, an ear-piercing scream suddenly emerged from her side!

She was taken aback, turning to see another group of customers fleeing in panic, a person fallen to the ground with blood staining their back.

Standing in front of this person was a sales associate, her gaze vacant, her hands drenched in red, her forearms lacking fingers, replaced by sharp Bone Scythes, resembling a mantis’s predatory limbs!

What was happening?

Still somewhat bewildered, Honglian noticed the sales associate shifting her gaze onto her. The next moment, the woman suddenly propelled herself forward with lightning speed, thrusting her hand straight toward Honglian’s chest!

So fast!

Honglian was astounded; despite nearly thirty meters between them, the woman only needed three strides—was such a stride distance even possible for a human? She reached for her gun but was obviously a beat too slow—even if her eyes could keep up, her body might not react in time.

At this moment, Wang Qianduan forcefully pushed her! 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

The two rolled to the ground, the sales associate passing right between them.

Honglian wouldn’t miss this chance again; while rolling, she drew her gun and shot, the tranquilizer dart accurately hitting the target.

However, the woman only hesitated for a moment, then pulled out the needle and lunged at them again!

Tranquilizer ineffective?

"Report, the Xiao Team is under attack! The enemy is... a mutated humanoid!"

"The Diamond Team reports chaos in the hall, should we intervene earlier?"

Her earpiece received rushed warnings from colleagues.

Honglian’s heart sank. Could it be that this company only appeared normal, while in reality, it had been completely infiltrated by the Wanderer?

By this time, the terrified screams and pleas of ordinary people were escalating; mutated employees were visible everywhere.

The situation had taken a sharp turn; actions that were orderly moments ago had now spiraled out of control.

Why are they mutating? Is this the Wanderer’s ability? How many mutants are there? If all the company’s permanent staff were included, merely imagining such a dire scenario made Honglian shudder. Weighing the numbers on both sides, who was hunting whom wasn’t guaranteed!

Could this be another trap targeting the Dimensional Limit Mechanism?