Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

Zion wanted assurance—he wanted something that would definitely save him from all this mess. However, he knew that his life was in Zachary's hands. He was not in the position to get livid. If he wanted to live, he would have no choice but to take a gamble. He sighed as he thought of this. After some careful consideration, he decided to take his captor's side and tell him everything he wanted to know. "I report to Elder Alisa. I keep in touch with the organization through her."

'Elder... Alisa?' Zachary was momentarily shocked. Alisa turning into one of Moon Shadow's elders was something he did not see coming. When he composed himself, he asked, "How do you contact her?"

"I don't," Zion answered straightforwardly. "She is the one who contacts me each time. I have no avenues to reach her."

"Does she send a secret code when she wants to contact you?" Zachary asked further.

"Yes," Zion answered as he nodded. He continued, "Every time she intends to discuss something with me, she would send someone to give a code to me—something that only I could decode. Then, I'll go to the place she indicated in the said code."

"Hmm, you're lucky. It looks like you still have some use to me. I can't kill you now," Zachary told Zion as he furrowed his brows.

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chary rubbed his temples. This was starting to cause a headache. He had to guarantee that the poison array would not cause a single injury or casualty. If it did, his intentions to immobilize the array would be futile.

'I have to find more people who could help me. To ensure that these helpers can move in the poison array, I have to refine some antipoison pills first, ' Zachary thought as he rubbed his chin. Now that he knew where the poison array could be found, he personally visited its location.

He acquired a handful of its poison powder samples and brought them back to the system for research and analysis.

Once he gave them to Mimi for analysis, he had learned that it was specially-crafted toxin. Although it was not potent enough to cause fatality to its victims, it would surely make the warriors lose their fighting power. It would also allow the infected individuals to turn into living puppets if they were doused in the poison for a long time. Through time, they would eventually lose their consciousness, making them easy to control and manipulate.

"This plan is worse than I thought! It's terrifying! I can't let Elva and the others with her risk their lives. I must warn them..." Zachary clenched his fists and left the room in the dark.