Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 188 - 186: The Source of Corruption

It was like a divine sword of punishment descended from the heavens, piercing through this corrupted world, its Catastrophe Level pressure causing all living creatures in the vicinity to feel an immense strain.

This was unlike the incident at Furong River Amusement Park, where only a Catastrophe Level being intended to descend; this time, they were facing a direct attack from a Catastrophe Level force.

Aside from Gong Baoding, who became somewhat excited, the conditions of Yan Xiu and Lin Lu were greatly affected, so much so that Yan Xiu was suddenly kicked away by You Han, his mask showing a human-like expression of spitting blood.

After all, their strength was still too weak.

The power of Catastrophe Level, even if not targeting them deliberately, still exerted enormous pressure on them.

Outside the Corrupted District, Bing He’s hand trembled, and a splinter of ice fell from his hand, piercing an unfortunate monster straight through.

"This aura, isn’t it the very Catastrophe Level being I was investigating?"

"He’s actually taking action directly against the source of the corruption?"

"My suspicions were indeed correct; this being harbors good intentions toward the real world, his last release of aura was to warn us that a disaster was about to break out in Furong River City."

Then, he gazed in the direction of the Corrupted District, smiling.

Regardless, having a presumably benevolent Catastrophe Level being was a good thing for the Association.

After all, among all the Association’s "True Self" superpower users, there were only eight Judicators.

...

After Liao Jiaxin’s death, Wen Wen immediately emerged from the Sanctuary, deliberately controlling it not to affect the surroundings of his disappearance point.

The scene was chaotic, Liao Jiaxin’s limbs had disappeared without a trace, completely destroyed.

The black Energy flow still stood firm in the villa, putting pressure even on Wen Wen, who had released the attack.

The power of the Catastrophe Prison Warden was fine, except it lingered too long; if not intentionally restrained, the energy would dissipate only after a long time.

But this also brought a benefit: as long as the black cross remained, people outside dared not enter the villa, greatly facilitating Wen Wen’s actions.

The deterrent power of a Catastrophe Level being right in front of them was somewhat stronger than that of beings above Catastrophe Level arranged casually.

If the arrangements of the Evil God couldn’t continue smoothly, they would stop there.

However, the existence of a Catastrophe Level in the real world, just with the notion, had the power to erase a city from the map.

The word "Catastrophe" in Catastrophe Level wasn’t said in vain; it truly represented the ability to trigger a major disaster with individual strength!

The capabilities of each Catastrophe Level being were nearly akin to the deities in ancient myths from various cultures!

Wen Wen knew nothing of the outside situation, but he could guess it consisted of nothing but shock after shock.

Taking advantage of the absence of disturbances, he casually dismantled the basement door and entered the basement.

In fact, as a detective, Wen Wen knew some techniques of lock-picking, but nothing was as satisfying as brute force.

The deeper he went, the more Wen Wen felt the atmosphere turn eerie, as if an immensely evil entity was watching him.

Strange whispers echoed continuously in his mind; it was as if his sanity was gradually disappearing, and dark, chaotic desires began to grow.

The short flight of stairs felt like traversing a dragon pool or tiger’s den to Wen Wen.

"No, I can’t go on like this, I might lose control... What on earth is down here?"

Wen Wen gritted his teeth and activated the badge of the warehouse manager, which made him feel slightly better.

"There might be some will of something below, it’s dangerous to proceed like this, even if it’s fine this time, there will be problems next time,"

"Moreover, relying on the badge alone is useless, I could still go mad, I need to think of a more reliable method."

Wen Wen entered the Sanctuary, changed into the robe of the Catastrophe Prison Warden, and first changed his appearance, so that the entities inside couldn’t remember his face.

Then, Wen Wen wrote a few lines on his left hand, which were the actions he would take shortly.

Finally, he switched to a curly-haired baboon physique, emerging from the Sanctuary.

While in the state of a curly-haired baboon, Wen Wen’s intelligence was not high, but the risk of losing control was minimized, and low intelligence had its benefits.

Indeed, after coming out, the babble still existed, but Wen Wen’s mood was very stable, showing no signs of losing control.

Then he looked at his left hand, memorizing the lines he had written.

Although the curly-haired baboon’s intelligence was low, he could still follow instructions; though it might be unreliable, that was the only option.

Continuing onward, he encountered nothing peculiar, and the weird murmurs grew louder, but Wen Wen treated them as music, even enjoying the sound.

Then, Wen Wen saw the scenery of the basement, which was overwhelmingly green, the space of the basement completely filled with a substance resembling green cotton.

Thinking it over, Wen Wen directly dismantled the wooden door, fashioned two wooden bars, and used them to push aside the cotton-like material.

But after only a few swipes, the wooden bars disappeared completely, and even the handles began to deteriorate and vanish.

Wen Wen discarded the wooden bars and, after some observation, realized that they were being devoured by extremely tiny and transparent insects, rapidly consuming the wood and causing it to disappear.

"Really, these big shots from the Inner World, why do they all like to use insects to protect important things? It’s disgusting," Wen Wen said, scratching himself a couple of times.

Then he spat, snapped his fingers, and released Cold Qi. In moments, the temperature dropped to that of a severe winter, causing the insects to lose their activity.

Then, taking advantage of the weakened insects, black chains spiraled out, pushing all the cotton material aside and revealing the center of the basement.

It was only then that Wen Wen learned what the source of the corruption was.

It was a green, semi-transparent mass of flesh about two meters in diameter, or rather, an embryo.

Inside the embryo, something was faintly gestating, resembling a human but with a head similar to that of an octopus.

On the exterior of the embryo, some already blurred and deformed human body parts were visible, the center featuring a face of despair.

This face was familiar to Wen Wen—it was the Bewitching Clown Grandi!

"Since you fled in utter defeat in the sewers last time, I haven’t seen you, I never thought you would end up like this,"

Although an enemy, Wen Wen felt somewhat poignant upon seeing Grandi’s plight.

The first time they met, that guy was incredibly impressive, standing at a distance, and almost buried Wen Wen there just through his abilities.

But now, he had become an Evil God’s seedbed for gestating something.

Wen Wen’s reflections stopped there; under the curly-haired baboon physique, he couldn’t think too much further.