Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 235 - 233: Before the Storm

Chapter 235: Chapter 233: Before the Storm

In a skyscraper in Shengjing City.

A middle-aged man, slightly balding, sat in his office, lecherously watching his secretary handle documents.

The secretary was tall, with a fine facial structure, and wore a pair of black-framed glasses—a standard model of a white-collar beauty.

However, the middle-aged man had lustful thoughts but lacked the courage to act on them, and he sneakily looked only when he could; whenever the secretary looked up, he hurriedly averted his gaze.

Everything seemed normal, except it would have been even more normal if there wasn’t a white flood dragon coiled up behind the man.

The flood dragon carefully held a cigarette as thick as a forearm with its large claws, and enjoyed puffing out clouds of smoke.

The smoke exhaled coursed obediently into the ventilation duct, ensuring no one else could smell it.

The middle-aged man’s surname was Ye, and his name was Ye Haimo. He was the president of the Hunters Association in the Capital District, and the general staff members all referred to him as Elder Ye.

Suddenly, a red telephone on the secretary’s desk rang, causing Ye Haimo to furrow his brows.

In his office, there were three telephones: black for regular affairs of the Hunters Association, white for personal matters, and red, which only rang during emergencies.

So, he quickly picked up the phone.

"Elder Ye, a Demon Hunter with an unidentified identity called, saying they knew the location of the Profane Blood headquarters. I’ve confirmed there’s no danger in transferring the call."

In the main headquarters of the Capital District, any unidentified phone call had to be answered initially by an operator with special abilities, as a safety precaution.

It is known that not only was Yan Biqing’s ability related to communication devices, but other superpower users could also utilize such devices for various activities.

"Really?"

Ye Haimo suddenly became alert. He had long wanted to clamp down on the menace of Profane Blood.

"Transfer their call to me."

Moments later, a slightly strange voice came through, eerily similar to that of a well-known kidney-shaped face comedian—it was indeed Wen Wen’s disguised voice.

"Are you the president of the Association?"

Ye Haimo said in a deep voice, "I am Ye Haimo."

Hearing Ye Haimo’s voice, Wen Wen nodded to himself; he had heard it before in an audio file on a website.

With Wen Wen’s ability, he could only verify so much, so he replied, "I know the location of the Profane Blood headquarters. This information should be worth quite a reward."

Ye Haimo immediately inquired, "You will not be short of rewards, but I need to verify your identity."

Wen Wen shook his head, "No, I won’t reveal my identity until you have actually destroyed them."

Before the deed was done, Wen Wen could not fully trust anyone. Moreover, if his identity was discovered, he would definitely be monitored during the operation, preventing him from rescuing people.

Ye Haimo furrowed his brow and said, "How can you ensure that what you’re saying is true and not a trap set for the Association?"

Wen Wen pondered for two seconds and said, "... well, everyone in Profane Blood is a fool, and the deity they worship is a fool!"

Ye Haimo was taken aback; this was indeed a crude and straightforward method. If the person was associated with Profane Blood, uttering such words would mean nothing but instant death, and their soul would be endlessly tortured.

Even for those merely cooperating with Profane Blood, this was fraught with peril.

Nevertheless, Ye Haimo still massaged his temples with a headache, "You are too bold. Even if you have no connection with Him and you’re not invoking His name directly, speaking in such a manner is still risky."

Although the Evil God wouldn’t most likely notice such an insult—only a ninety-nine percent chance—if He did, it would no longer be a minor issue because it constituted a direct insult.

"If I didn’t say it like that, you wouldn’t believe me, right?"

"Tell me everything you know, but let me make it clear, I can’t totally trust your word, so we will have to wait for the results."

After exchanging information, Ye Haimo began to pace around the office. After some thought, he asked the white dragon behind him, "Does Immortal Xun have time to make a move?"

The white dragon shook its head, "Immortal Xun is suppressing a Ghost God in Capital Feng and cannot get away any time soon."

The Immortal Xun they were referring to, was named Xun Ying, the only Judicator in the Hunters Association of the Capital District, possessing the strength of the True Self Realm, equivalent to a Catastrophe Level monster!

He liked to call himself a Sword Immortal, and his abilities were even superior to those of the mythic Sword Immortals, hence he was generally known as Immortal Xun.

If Xun Ying could make a move, just one person could flatten them all!

"Then it is going to be a bit more troublesome, but it’s not without a solution."

The female secretary asked from the side, "Elder Ye, do you need to find out that person’s background?"

Ye Haimo shook his head, "We’ll check it after the fact; the fewer people who know about this, the better."

Then he said to the female secretary, "Send the second special investigation team to Yanling City to conduct an investigation. Have the first and third special action groups on standby, and then... begin recruiting unassigned Higher-order Hunters!"

...

The actions of the Hunters Association were undeniably swift; the nature of their work determined that they couldn’t afford to dawdle before taking action, since monsters wouldn’t wait for them to finish deliberating before they started killing.

Thus, the report Ye Haimo received in the evening saw, by early the next morning, several regular tourist-like team members, unsuspected by anyone, arrive in Yanling City and covertly investigate Lishui Villa.

Their method of investigation was even more secretive and cautious than Wen Wen’s, to the extent that Lishui Villa had no clue they were being investigated, in this regard, the special investigation team was much more professional than Wen Wen.

Following that, later the same night, hundreds from two special action teams, along with a dozen Hunters, quietly arrived in Yanling City.

With numerous Supporters coordinating, the evacuation operation proceeded smoothly without alerting Lishui Villa.

...

After completing his report, Wen Wen had been waiting for headquarters’ personnel to arrive.

He concealed his Qi, ran outside Lishui Villa, and left a few Puppet animals outside to observe the situation.

The easily discoverable himself, meanwhile, hid inside the Sanctuary.

As long as he stayed here, the moment the Hunters Association made a move he would know immediately, not missing the best chance to rescue.

He hadn’t waited long when he saw countless figures, similar to Supporters but better trained and better equipped, silently encircle the entire Lishui Villa.

This somewhat astonished him; he had thought the Association would act after a couple of days.

However, this was also expected, how else could the Hunters Association suppress the secret organizations across the Federation without such capabilities?

Those supporters made no attempt to hide their tracks, for hiding so many people was impossible.

From their mode of operation, it seemed they wanted a quick battle, to attack directly before those with Profane Blood realized what was happening.

Once everyone was in position, without wasting any time, the action began immediately; four superpower users stood at the four corners of Lishui Villa, inserting a white rod-like object into the ground.

Then, the rod-like objects emitted a towering pale light, and four such lights linked together, forming four huge wall-like membranes that isolated Lishui Villa.

This membrane couldn’t prevent people inside from escaping, but it could isolate all sounds and movements from within, such that even a brawl within the membrane wouldn’t be noticed by ordinary people outside.

Wen Wen, controlling a rat, observed as a blond superpower user stepped on the Puppet Rat’s tail and picked it up.

"Captain, there’s something here spying on us."

Then, Wen Wen saw a tower-like burly man approach, reach out, and directly squash the Puppet Rat flat.

Inside the Sanctuary, Wen Wen twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Go ahead, squash it. You only killed one, but I still have several more outside..."