Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 177 - 175 Corrupted District

Chapter 177: Chapter 175 Corrupted District

Having donned the protective suit, Wen Wen was ready to breach into the already mutated district.

Although entering here was dangerous, not everyone was qualified to do so; only Disaster-Level superpower users capable of independently handling complex situations could enter to search for the source.

Calamity-Level superpower users venturing inside might even be assimilated by this eerie environment and become an enemy hindering the Association.

Therefore, all the Calamity-Level superpower users, as well as more than half of the Disaster-Level superpower users, were distributed around the district, with their main task being to prevent the monsters from escaping.

"Although I agreed to enter, I still feel there’s a psychological barrier," Wen Wen sighed, standing outside the district.

From the air to the soil, down to every corner here, it all gave Wen Wen a very bad feeling, several times worse than the last time he went into the sewers.

After all, Wen Wen knew what was in the sewers—no matter how disgusting, it was just excrement at worst.

But here, anything could be present.

Wen Wen walked to the edge of the Corrupted District and looked inside; the first thing he saw was a circle of ground covered with ice crystals.

This ring of ice crystals emitted an astonishing Cold Qi; an ordinary person could get frostbite just by touching it, a product of the Supernatural Power.

"Is this Bing He’s ability? The entire edge of the Corrupted District is wrapped up in this thing, just like a real river of ice..."

It was precisely because of this ’river of ice’ that the corruption had stalled; otherwise, the place where Wen Wen stood now would have long turned into a ghostly abyss.

"Bing He is Disaster Level, Yan Biqing is also Disaster Level, but the gap between them is too big!"

No matter how much Yan Biqing adjusts his physical properties, ’Bing He’ could freeze an area the size of a parking lot with a wave of his hand—what could you possibly do against that?

Due to the large span in strength, the Assimilation Realm is generally divided into four smaller realms: Lower Sequence, Middle Sequence, Upper Sequence, and True Sequence, which already has some characteristics of the ’True Self’ level.

Superpower users like Yan Biqing, who have just stepped into the Assimilation Realm, are generally at the Lower Sequence level.

However, there are some superpower users with special abilities who, upon entering the Assimilation Realm, are at the Middle or Upper Sequence level right away—it all depends on talent.

Speaking of which, with the astounding destructive power of high-level superpower users, the Hunters Association can still keep the vast majority of normal people completely ignorant of the superpower world—the Memory Eraser is truly indispensable.

Crouching down for a jump, Wen Wen leapt seven or eight meters, directly over the river of ice, finally stepping onto the ground of the Corrupted District.

The ground felt soft, as if stepping on mushrooms covered with spider webs, and inside the mushrooms, there seemed to be a roach, thin-skinned and bursting with filling at the slightest pressure—it was quite revolting.

"I’ll have to wash my clothes again when I go back..."

Wen Wen crouched down to observe, discovering that the substance on the ground resembled a mixture of plants, flesh, and insects, but he couldn’t discern exactly what it was.

It wasn’t just the ground; every building was covered with this substance, and dark green mucus could be seen everywhere.

"Lin Zheyuan said that there have been no Calamity-Level monsters found here for the time being, so it should be relatively safe...but I always feel somewhat uneasy," Wen Wen mused.

Since the corruption spread irregularly, the source might be anywhere in the district.

That was also the reason why the Demon Hunters who previously entered to investigate had gone without a trace; over a hundred villas, along with some residential buildings on the edge of the district, each location could potentially be the source.

And Wen Wen could sense that the monsters inside every building were not weak.

To thoroughly inspect this area, it would likely take a considerable amount of time.

Unidentified green substances were present in the air, and even though he was wearing a mask, Wen Wen still felt the place was filthy.

He had only walked a short distance inside when he heard painful moans coming from a small green area.

Wen Wen stopped in his tracks, pondered for two seconds, and then headed in that direction.

In such an environment, it was unlikely that any normal person would have survived, but Wen Wen wanted to see what kinds of monsters were lurking here.

He had only taken a few steps when several monsters sprang out of the bushes and rapidly charged toward Wen Wen.

Wen Wen quickly drew his Pack of Wolves, adjusted it to shotgun mode, and with one shot, all the creatures lay on the ground motionless.

"Too weak... If all the monsters here are this standard, they can hardly be considered a big problem..."

Only then did Wen Wen take the time to observe what these monsters actually looked like.

Some were clumps of mud mixed with green flesh and plant roots, others giant insects with human legs, and there was one with a human torso, but its limbs were grotesquely shaped.

But these monsters weren’t large, resembling twisted small-scale creatures formed from human flesh fused with whatever else.

Although their appearances were bizarre, Wen Wen could still sense a hint of familiarity from the style of these creatures.

It was the lost host Ge Du that he had once pursued!

"Could these monsters be related to Ge Du? But it’s already dead."

Before Wen Wen could catch his breath, the bodies of the few fallen monsters began to wriggle eerily, their limbs slowly moving together as if to form a larger twisted creature.

"Bullets can’t kill them? Now that’s troublesome. Is the firepower from Pack of Wolves not enough?"

Wen Wen drew out Blazing Tiger, wanting to take a shot at this yet unformed new creature.

Before he could attack, a bird-shaped flame flew from the sky and landed directly on the indescribable mass, burning it to a crisp in just a few moments.

Then, Wen Wen saw Gong Baoding approaching.

"You’re here too?"

"Could I really stay away from something like this?"

Gong Baoding sighed. He was supposed to leave Furong River City for another appointment in a few days, but such a significant incident had occurred just at this time.

"These small creatures aren’t very strong, and neither are the ones they fuse into, but their life force is perverted. They can revive after a while unless sufficiently destroyed."

"Besides that, what else do you know?" Wen Wen asked.

"Not more than you do, I just got here myself," Gong Baoding said, shrugging his shoulders.

"My children... You killed my children..."

A strange tone interrupted their conversation, and from the greenery, a twisted monster slowly crawled out.

This monster was an upward-facing man, his limbs unnaturally bent behind his back, holding him up as he moved.

His body had swollen to several times its size, with various strange substances accumulated on it, making him resemble an enormous crocodile.

"Wait... you say we killed your children, were those little monsters your children? But you’re a man!" Wen Wen said incredulously as he gazed at the man.