Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 199 - 197 Phantom Colored Cigarette Holder

Chapter 199: Chapter 197 Phantom Colored Cigarette Holder

Zhangsun Jing’s face was marked with a mix of fury, resentment, regret, and other emotions to the extent that his body was nearly at its limit, yet he was still forcibly practicing his knife skills.

Losing his abilities had utterly shattered his mindset; asking how to strengthen himself at this time seemed somewhat inappropriate.

After leaving the backyard, Wen Wen felt an additional touch of emotion in his heart.

The path of a Demon Hunter is like walking on thin ice, where any day, a slight oversight, an accident, might cause a fall into an icy cave, never to resurface.

Indeed, losing abilities could be considered lucky compared to ending up like Grandi, which was the true tragedy.

...

Back in his own office, Wen Wen started searching for information on his computer.

Without asking Zhangsun Jing, he could find information from other sources.

After entering his Demon Hunter number and verifying his identity, Wen Wen logged into the Demon Hunter website.

Ever since he officially joined the Hunters Association, Wen Wen had abandoned the detective websites, because the content related to supernatural powers on those sites was nothing compared to the wealth of information on the Demon Hunter website.

On this website, Wen Wen could learn everything he was authorized to know.

For example, the characteristics of common monsters and some criminals wanted by the Demon Hunter Association, and he could even purchase supernatural items and special ritual materials from this site.

Of course, whether gaining knowledge or buying items, one needed to use the internal currency of the Hunters Association, Demon Hunting Coins.

Information and materials for the Exploration Realm, supernatural items, and the like generally would be under a thousand Demon Hunting Coins.

Items from the Mastery Realm would usually be under ten thousand Demon Hunting Coins.

The ones from the Assimilation Realm were much pricier; Wen Wen even saw an itch-scratcher priced at nine million Demon Hunting Coins...

As for items from the ’True Self’ Realm, Wen Wen hadn’t seen any at all.

The two guns that Gu Panxi had helped Wen Wen purchase were bought with Demon Hunting Coins, valued at ten thousand Demon Hunting Coins.

Now, after a series of contributions through missions, Wen Wen had over five thousand Demon Hunting Coins in his possession, which made him fairly wealthy among Demon Hunters, as he was indeed very diligent in carrying out missions.

This time, Wen Wen planned to see if there were any swordmanship training secret manuals for sale on the website; it was better to buy a complete set directly than asking around.

With a simple search, Wen Wen found a plethora of similar manuals.

The names were quite imposing, with titles like Sword God Technique, Evil Warding Sword Manual, and Secret Sword Techniques of XXX; furthermore, their prices were quite affordable, with the most expensive being just under a hundred Demon Hunting Coins.

To say these items were fake would be premature, but most people couldn’t achieve anything by practicing from these manuals.

For superpower users, these items were actually of little value.

At most, they served to fulfill a childhood fantasy of being a hero; an ordinary superpower user, practicing from these items for ten years, wouldn’t benefit as much as from developing a new skill on their own.

After carefully selecting among them, Wen Wen chose a volume titled "Hunters Association Basic Sword Technique." He didn’t lack high-end items; what he lacked was the foundation.

After the payment was made, the sword manual was downloaded to his computer, and then Wen Wen transferred it to his phone and continued browsing.

And indeed, he stumbled upon some interesting items.

For instance, a weapon named ’Buddha Gatling’, which with each fired bullet was accompanied by a Buddhist True Word, capable of dealing explosive damage to most monsters.

Unfortunately, the price was too high at over thirty thousand Demon Hunting Coins, which was beyond what Wen Wen could afford.

There was also a Beast Tamer’s notebook, originating from the legendary Demon Hunter in the Golden Eagle District, affectionately known by everyone as Master Feng Bei.

Master Feng Bei had captured many monsters without harming them, instead conducting rigorous training to make them his assistants on the journey of Demon Hunting.

This notebook is priced at three hundred Demon Hunting Coins.

"Is this really useful? If I were to buy it, Tao Qingqing, Hu Youling... hehehe."

Don’t get the wrong idea; Wen Wen just wants them to run errands for him, nothing untoward.

"Tsk tsk, so many people have bought it. Seems like there are quite a few like-minded individuals in the Association."

Then, Wen Wen opened the comment section of the notebook and found it was full of bad reviews.

"Everyone, don’t buy this. It’s a scam. I wanted to tame a Lycanthrope, but it turned into a Teddy person instead!"

"My octopus monster, after training it with the method on this thing, clings to me all day and won’t come off. It’s so annoying!" This was a comment from a female Demon Hunter.

"The day after I used the method in here, my butt really hurt..."

...

Wen Wen stroked his chin and said, "Why do I want to buy it even more after seeing these bad reviews? These comments couldn’t be planted by the seller, could they?"

Fortunately, Lin Zheyuan walked in just in time, stopping Wen Wen’s evil hand and saving the Sanctuary’s monsters from misfortune.

Lin Zheyuan sat across from Wen Wen and tossed him a box.

Wen Wen caught the box and asked, "What’s this?"

"Do you remember, last time you gave me a bunch of materials from monsters?"

Wen Wen nodded. Of course, he remembered; Lin Zheyuan still owed him a reward for those things.

"I sent those materials to the Beihai Province branch, and they sent back the reward yesterday. That’s what you’re holding. I told you before, rewards are uncertain, so don’t complain."

Wen Wen pouted and complained, "The way you say it, it doesn’t sound like anything good..."

He opened the box and found an antique-looking cigarette holder inside, which didn’t seem particularly special at first glance.

Lin Zheyuan pointed to the cigarette holder and explained, "This is a Containment Item, called the phantom colored cigarette holder."

"Containment Item? The provincial Association is really generous, giving me a Containment Item for just some junk?" Wen Wen picked up the cigarette holder, playing with it fondly.

"Containment Items have different levels too, not all of them are dangerous or precious. Most Containment Items just have some magical attributes with little use."

Wen Wen rotated the cigarette holder in his hand a couple of times. It was probably one of those Containment Items Lin Zheyuan mentioned, of not much use.

Lin Zheyuan explained, "You can’t actually use this cigarette holder for smoking, but it can change colors and shapes according to your will. Just put it to your lips and inhale, and smoke will enter your mouth. This smoke can also change color and shape."

"And then what?" Wen Wen continued to ask.

Lin Zheyuan spread his hands and said, "That’s it."

Wen Wen stopped rotating the cigarette holder and said dryly, "That’s it?"

Lin Zheyuan nodded, "Yes, that’s it."

"...You might as well have gotten me an 8848 phone; that would have been more impressive."

After saying this, Wen Wen put his mouth to the cigarette holder and blew out a puff of smoke, which condensed in the air into a strange shape, a big middle finger.

Lin Zheyuan couldn’t help but laugh and cry, waving his hand to disperse the smoke.

Wen Wen, sometimes, can be as temperamental as a child, really leaves one speechless.