Lucius looked at Luna and smirked. "Let''s see what''s contained in their brain. Luna, took them out."

    Luna stepped forward and smirked. She took out three boxes that were filled with three brains. She placed them on the table and turned to Lucius. "Here they are, Master."

    Lucius leaned in and opened the box. He smirked as he turned to the system. "Hack these brains and extract their memories directly to me."

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    [Hack Initiation: Memory Transfer]@@@@

    [Target: Three Disembodied Brain]

    [Effect: Extract and Transmit All Memories to User]

    [Cost Required: 30,000 Hack Points]

    [Status: Executing...]

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    Liora stood nearby. She folded her arms and was expressionless. "Their secrets better be worth it."

    Luna stepped back and turned to Liora. "They will be, Liora. They are ordinary people, so their secrets will be worth it for us."

    Lucius then gripped the table''s edge. He gritted his teeth as the pain shot through his head as the memories were being transmitted to him.

    A moment later, Lucius smirked as he got what he wanted from them. "It''s done. Their memories are mine."

    Luna tilted her head. She was curious about what her master found. "What did you find, Master? Is it interesting?"

    Lucius turned to her and smirked. "They are trying to gather legendary materials of the Red Dragon."

    Liora was a bit surprised and stepped closer to Lucius. "A Red Dragon? Just hearing the name... it''s clear this isn''t an ordinary beast."

    Lucius turned to her and smirked. "Of course it is. It is a dragon after all. From what I get, their mission is to gather all of the Red Dragon materials so they can get the Red Dragon Blessing."

    Lucius glanced between them and smirked. "Well then. Let''s not waste time anymore."

    Lucius turned to the system and smirked. "Begin the absorption. Extract most of the blood essence, but leave enough to maintain its color and aura."

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    [Hack Initiation: Blood Essence Absorption]

    [Target: Red Dragon]

    [Effect: Extract 80% of Blood Essence while Retaining Physical Appearance and Aura]

    [Cost: None]

    [Status: Executing...]

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    The blood essence inside the vial began to change, but the changes were not visible. To other people, this vial looked the same as before.

    Lucius smirked as he looked at his hack points. He smirked as he got another jackpot. His hack points had been filled by a lot.

    Lucius then turned toward the vial again and smirked. "Perfect. The bait had been set."

    Luna stepped forward and studied the vial. "It doesn''t look any different. The color, the aura. It''s flawless. They won''t suspect a thing."

    Lucius turned to Luna and smirked. "That''s what your plan is, right? They''ll think they''ve found exactly what they''re looking for. But too bad for them. I have already absorbed most of it."

    Liora crossed her arms and looked at the vial. "So what''s next, Master? Do we wait for them to come, or do we take the vial to them?"

    Lucius smirked as he turned to face them both. "We follow the plan. Let them come to us."

    Luna tilted her head and smirked. "And when they do come. What will we do, Master?"

    Lucius stepped closer to the table and smirked. "When they come, we will follow them back to their base. It''s easy to follow plan."