Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 162 - 160: Between Madness and Sanity

Chapter 162: Chapter 160: Between Madness and Sanity

Having himself kidnapped wasn’t because he was itching for a fight or looking to loosen up.

There was a deeper reason, he wanted to further enhance his abilities.

The two times he was on the brink of losing control, he had demonstrated greater strength than in his normal state, so he wanted to master that state.

But in those two instances, he was nearly out of control. He wanted strength, but not at the cost of losing control, hence he concocted this unconventional solution.

He sought ordinary people to torment him, to actively make himself angry and get hurt, yet without completely losing himself.

He believed that what made him stronger was not madness, but a tipping point between sanity and insanity.

That’s why he deliberately weakened himself and orchestrated this kidnapping.

Of course, a normal person wouldn’t think this way.

"Laugh? Laugh your head off!"

Scarface slapped Wen Wen hard across the face, the force potent and the sound sharp, his hand turning red while Wen Wen’s cheek barely reddened.

However, the smile on Wen Wen’s face didn’t change, to Scarface, it seemed like mockery.

"Hit him, hit him hard, use all the strength you usually reserve for bullying others, I refuse to believe this kid can still laugh after that."

Behind him, the remaining thugs eagerly stepped forward, picking up various torture devices and generously using them on Wen Wen.

Because his physique wasn’t very strong at that moment, these torture devices really hurt.

So much that Wen Wen wished he could crush their skulls with his bare hands!

But Wen Wen held back, even though he was experiencing excruciating pain!

Even though Wen Wen had arranged this torture himself, a rage he couldn’t calm was rising inside him.

"Kill them, kill them all."

"Can’t kill, I haven’t found..."

"How would Scarface’s blood taste, I wonder..."

"Keep your cool... must stay logical!... What is logic?"

...

Whips, branding irons, all sorts of brutally extreme methods were used on Wen Wen, making his mind grow increasingly hazy.

At first, he screamed in agony, clenching his teeth and enduring.

Latter, he started smiling again, and the more he smiled, the more deranged it became.

How thrilling this was!

The varying degrees of pain and the various expressions of the thugs were somewhat fascinating to him.

"Laugh, you damn still laugh, are you mad?"

Scarface grew furious; the boss had requested that Wen Wen be made as miserable as possible, and this continuous laughter was unacceptable.

The boss had only two demands, one was not to touch Wen Wen’s right hand, and the other was to make him suffer as much as possible, otherwise, they would lose money!

He took out a small knife and pressed it against the corner of Wen Wen’s mouth, slightly madly growling:

"Laugh, laugh for me again!"

Under the influence of Wen Wen’s smile, the mental state of the thugs also became unruly, their methods turning more and more brutal, and now there wasn’t an inch of intact skin on Wen Wen’s body.

"Hehe, I’ve decided, even though you’re ugly, I still want to introduce you to a beauty." Wen Wen said seriously, eyes wide.

Slash!

Scarface ran his dagger across Wen Wen’s cheek, slicing open the corner of his mouth and then the other side as well.

No matter what, Wen Wen was now always smiling.

"Since you love to smile, just keep smiling!"

Furiously, Scarface threw the dagger on the ground, and then the punishment escalated.

In the inhuman punishment, Wen Wen’s eyes turned red over and over again, only to return to calm each time.

It lasted for over four hours, and although they had tortured Wen Wen beyond recognition, the thugs had not seen the expression of despair they were hoping for.

Instead, it was they who were exhausted.

Wen Wen kept smiling, his laughter growing louder and more sinister.

His laughter was wild and seemed somewhat terrifying.

"Boss, he’s not a lunatic, is he?"

A thug leaned in close to Scarface and said with a trembling voice.

Even for them, hardened and ruthless as they were, it was their first time seeing someone like Wen Wen.

They had dealt with tough guys before, but those were only tough in words.

But they had never seen someone like Wen Wen who could still laugh like this after being practically reduced to a cripple.

This laughter wasn’t the kind of despairing laughter, but rather one that could only be emitted by someone extremely excited.

"Thank you, I’ve found the critical point."

Wen Wen said with a wind-leaking mouth, somewhat unclear in his speech.

"Indeed, only through practice can one truly approach the truth, between madness and sanity, there exists such a wonderful state."

Wen Wen squinted his eyes, his expression hazy, as if half asleep yet immersed in something.

The thugs glanced at each other, feeling a chill in their hearts.

Scarface made a slicing motion across his throat, and one thug grabbed a dagger aiming for Wen Wen’s heart.

Now, they would rather lose some money than see Wen Wen’s smile; his demeanor had already guaranteed them nightmares.

Accompanied by Wen Wen’s laughter, his wounds moved with his shaking body, more terrifying than any horror movie.

Moreover, from some point on, the room had been enveloped by a mad atmosphere, immersing the thugs as well.

Only now did they calm down, sweating cold sweat from fear.

But, accompanied by two not-so-loud snaps, the thug sent to kill Wen Wen froze in motion, still holding the dagger.

Scarface walked around and noticed a red freezing needle on the thug’s forehead!

The needle melted from the thug’s body heat, turning into blood trickling down.

Then Scarface woodenly looked towards Wen Wen, his eyes nearly falling out.

The blood flowing on the floor from Wen Wen began to float, coagulating into a blood ice blade, which directly cut the ropes, setting Wen Wen free.

At that moment, there wasn’t an inch of intact skin on Wen Wen.

But it was this very Wen Wen that caused the thugs’ legs to tremble in fear.

They wanted to run, but found the door had been frozen shut, completely unopenable.

"Are you... Are you even human?" Scarface asked, trembling.

"Hehe, what does it matter whether I am human or not? You are human, but what you have done to me, could humans really do that?"

Wen Wen tapped his right wrist twice, then his entire demeanor underwent a drastic change.

Red veins around his eyes protruded, and both of his eyes were entirely red.

Through his sliced-open cheeks, one could see four sharply lengthening fangs growing in his mouth!

But soon, they could see no more, as Wen Wen’s cheeks healed, and the rest of his body also visibly recovered at a rapid pace.

The separate pieces of flesh and blood slowly wriggled back to Wen Wen’s body, allowing him to rapidly regenerate.

During the regeneration process, Wen Wen touched his cheeks and said with slight disappointment:

"Hiss, why do I feel like it was more comfortable when it was leaky on both sides..."