Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 273 - 271: Negotiating Terms

Chapter 273: Chapter 271: Negotiating Terms

The more he fought, the more furious the Monster Wen Wen became, his strength and speed were constantly rising slightly, but his attacks became even more unpatterned.

Wen Wen shook his head, feeling as though he was somewhat bullying the creature, and decided it was time to end the battle.

So, he thrust the steel reinforcing bar into the ground, then, with his fists and feet blurring like afterimages, prepared to strike directly at the Monster Wen Wen’s midsection.

Each punch landed on his elbows, armpits, and the roots of his thighs, and after a dozen punches, Monster Wen Wen was so weak in the limbs that he could no longer swing his fists.

Then, Wen Wen’s right hand turned pitch black as the Catastrophe Gloves appeared, and a green data stream wrapped around his fist like ribbons, punching Monster Wen Wen right in the chest.

After a loud bang, Monster Wen Wen’s chest caved in, and he was sent flying back, crashing through several walls before coming to a halt.

Without pausing, Wen Wen pulled out the rebar, turned sideways, stepped forward with his right leg and bent his left in a bow stance, his right hand gripping the rebar aimed at Monster Wen Wen’s chest, his left hand supporting the end of the rebar.

He would not give his opponent any chance to breathe, he was determined to completely crush him in one go!

Although the rebar was not a sword, which greatly affected Wen Wen’s combat capability, within the Nameless Swordsmanship, there existed a sword technique that could be executed even with a rebar.

That technique did not require a blade!

With a simple buildup of power, Wen Wen’s body surged forward with such velocity that he broke the sound barrier, and just as Monster Wen Wen was regaining his footing, the rebar pierced through his chest.

It was more than a puncture, with the rebar as the epicenter, about fifteen centimeters in diameter of flesh and blood around his chest were torn away by this thrust.

The name of this move was Heart-Piercing Style!

After piercing through the chest, Wen Wen pulled out the rebar and was about to pierce through his skull.

But just then, a shrill scream made Wen Wen stop, as a little girl with a ponytail, shackled in chains, stood in front of him.

Wen Wen frowned, seeing himself commit such an act, he felt somewhat disgusted.

"I even more refuse to acknowledge you as me, have you fallen to such depths?"

Monster Wen Wen got up, looking at Wen Wen with a cynical laugh, "Heh heh... coward, do you think I still, like you, have so many meaningless baselines and pride in my heart? We have long been different!"

Then he sneered again, saying, "However, I truly did not intend to use her to block you; I just wanted to discuss a condition with you."

"You must have realized by now that you cannot kill me here, so why not put down the weapon and talk about how to leave this place?"

After realizing Wen Wen’s strength far surpassed his own, Monster Wen Wen changed his strategy. Fighting Wen Wen head-on was the most foolish approach, better to use Wen Wen to achieve his own objectives.

Wen Wen coldly replied, "Didn’t you say this place was interesting?"

Monster Wen Wen shook his head, "As interesting as a place might be, staying here for over half a year gets tiresome. I want to leave this place."

"Do you know the way out?"

Wen Wen raised an eyebrow, the iron bed might be related to leaving this place, but he didn’t know how to operate it; if he lied down and did not wake up in the real world, he might be trapped here forever.

So, knowing another way out was very useful for Wen Wen.

Seeing Wen Wen seemed cooperative, Monster Wen Wen relaxed a lot and continued to explain to Wen Wen:

"You must have seen that metal plate, right? The gray world outside the psychiatric hospital exists in a different dimension from our reality, and this psychiatric hospital itself is in yet another dimension. Can you grasp that?"

Wen Wen nodded, meaning the psychiatric hospital is just an independent space within that gray world.

"This psychiatric hospital is actually an arena. The victor of the gladiator fight becomes one of the countless minions of the Sovereign of Death. If you help me win, the confinement of this psychiatric hospital and the outside world will disappear, and you’ll have the chance to escape to that gray world."

Wen Wen scoffed, "Escape to that gray world? What difference does it make from being here? It’s still no return to reality anyway."

"No, no, no..." Monster Wen Wen wagged his finger, "In the last six months, I’ve been observing that gray world. I’ve seen monsters from that gray world enter the real world!"

Could it be possible to enter the real world... Could that be the Gray Mist Layer?

A glint of hope shone in Wen Wen’s eyes. If it was the Gray Mist Layer, there might indeed be a possibility of returning to the real world, then he squinted and asked, "If I help you, what can you offer me in return?"

Monster Wen Wen laughed loudly, "Giving you a chance to leave is already a big gift, plus I can hand over these two individuals to you."

"That’s not enough; these are just extras," Wen Wen said, unsatisfied.

"Then what do you want..." Monster Wen Wen’s laughter abruptly stopped, but now that Wen Wen held the bargaining power, he had no choice but to listen to Wen Wen’s unreasonable demands.

Wen Wen’s mouth curled into a smile, mirroring a semblance of his opposite self: "I want what you acquired when we parted!"

...

Following the scent he had previously recorded, Wen Wen navigated through the psychiatric hospital.

After some wrangling, Wen Wen finally made a verbal agreement with Monster Wen Wen—to help him complete the gladiator fight and leave this place.

Anyone who died once in this arena would be resurrected as a gladiator.

There were two conditions for a gladiator to ultimately win: the first was to kill enough other gladiators, and the second was to have the fewest deaths among all gladiators.

Monster Wen Wen met the first condition, but not the second. Besides him, there were two other monsters who became gladiators and had not died since.

One was the Blood Handprint Monster, and the other was the Food Madman whom Wen Wen had encountered before.

This was also the reason why Monster Wen Wen capitulated after almost being killed by Wen Wen; once Wen Wen killed him once, whichever of the two other monsters died first, the other would be the ultimate victor.

Monster Wen Wen planned to kill the Blood Handprint Monster, while Wen Wen was to kill the Food Madman.

During the negotiation, Wen Wen also obtained plenty of other information from Monster Wen Wen, gaining a better understanding of the whole situation.

From the moment Wen Wen arrived in this world, he had already been half-mad. Then, in his unclear state of consciousness, he opened that iron bed.

Then, something indescribable inside the iron bed wrapped around Wen Wen’s body as if constructing something on him, and then he passed out.

When he awoke, Wen Wen’s body had split into two—one lying on the bed and the other kneeling underneath it.

The Wen Wen under the bed just watched helplessly as the Wen Wen on the bed gradually faded away, unable to leave regardless of how he moved on that bed.

In the end, he fell into complete madness in this hellish place...