Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 329 - 327: Successful Rescue

Chapter 329: Chapter 327: Successful Rescue

"Whew... I was a bit careless; this place is indeed more dangerous than I had imagined. I also don’t know how that pervert is doing now."

Sifumo leaned against a tree, slightly out of breath. He had only just entered this area when he was attacked by an enemy.

He could handle an average Disaster Level monster, but the attacker had at least the strength of a Middle Sequence Disaster Level. Caught off guard, he had almost failed to escape.

The assailant proclaimed himself the ’Toad Prince,’ a monstrous toad wearing a crown.

Its body secreted a slimy toxin, and its tongue could strike with unimaginable speed. In comparison, the previous Underground Palace Monster’s tongue was completely insignificant.

He placed his hand on his abdomen where there was a deep wound, but it gradually began to heal, as if invisible threads were stitching it up.

Then, he gritted his teeth and said, "Since you couldn’t kill me with one attempt, it’s going to be difficult for you to kill me now."

"However, that monster is only a prince... According to the information, the highest authorities here are the ’Warlord King’ and the ’Ice Queen,’ and at a level similar to the prince is a ’Black Blood’ princess. There is also a very mysterious ’State Preceptor’..."

"If the prince is Middle Sequence, then the king—could he be Upper Sequence!"

"This place is too complicated, just the two of us, that pervert and I, definitely cannot handle them alone. We need to call for reinforcements..."

The injury on his abdomen was completely healed, and he stood up and walked in the direction of the ’Royal Palace.’ According to the intelligence, an innocent Female Demon Hunter had been imprisoned there, the same one who had revealed the situation of this town. Therefore, before leaving, he planned to rescue her.

Behind him, on the tree, hung the corpses of three enormous fattened pigs.

They were the Monster combo ’Three Old Sows’; these creatures had tried to attack Sifumo while he was weak and injured, but he easily captured them and extracted a lot of information through interrogation.

...

It was dinner time again, and Jiao Xinlei was being fed by a Faceless Maid. She was always uncooperative, but the maid made sure she ate everything every time.

At this moment, her mood was very anxious because she had already guessed the true identity of the mastermind behind the scenes, and the situation here was far more complicated than it seemed. The two Rangers who came to handle the event knew nothing about the circumstances, and they could blindly walk into traps!

If these two Rangers failed, then without the next batch of reinforcements arriving, this place would turn into Hell on Earth!

Time and again, she had tried to struggle, but the locks on her could suppress her Supernatural Power, preventing her from breaking free.

Just then, she noticed a few lines of text on her dinner plate.

"I’ve unlocked your shackles. After you eat the meal in front of you, you will regain all your abilities, and then you can escape. The escape route is on the back of the dinner plate."

"After escaping, find a place to hide. In at most one day, everything will be over."

Jiao Xinlei’s eyes widened, she could hardly contain her emotions, but she quickly calmed down. This was the first time she cooperated fully with the Faceless Maid’s feeding.

The Faceless Maid’s face lacked any features, so she couldn’t see the written words. She thought Jiao Xinlei had finally given in!

As the food was swallowed, Jiao Xinlei felt her power indeed returning. The food contained a detoxifying agent, and there were only she and this maid, who wasn’t even at Calamity Level!

Dark energy released from between Jiao Xinlei’s fingers, twisting in the air to form a pitch-black raven. The raven silently landed on the Faceless Maid.

Then, the raven pecked fiercely at the maid’s head, created a bloody hole, and burrowed hard into her body; the maid struggled a few times before losing her life.

This raven was Jiao Xinlei’s power—’Bird of Death.’

Initially, she could only see others’ deaths, but later she managed to control a pitch-black raven to kill her enemies.

However, the method the crow used to kill was somewhat disgusting, so Jiao Xinlei generally did not like to control it to attack enemies.

After using the crow to fetch the shackles, Jiao Xinlei took out a tray, turned it over, and saw a map with a line of text that told Jiao Xinlei all the monsters on that path had been led away beforehand.

"These things seem to have been left by that man, but why does he want to save me when he is clearly the mastermind behind all this? Why help me..."

"Could this be another one of his schemes? No matter, now this is the only path I can take, I can only take it one step at a time."

...

"Tsk tsk, this couldn’t possibly be a trap, could it? Why is there a completely safe path to the target I’m supposed to rescue..."

Sifumo stood in the corridor stroking his chin. After his investigation, it seemed like there really were no monsters guarding this path, but that made him consider retreating.

If there were enemies here, he would not be scared, but the current situation made him feel like there was a big conspiracy waiting for him.

"Guess it’s just your bad luck. I really can’t take the risk in this situation, sorry."

As he was about to leave, Sifumo suddenly sensed the presence of another superpower user approaching him. He hid in a corner and watched the person emerge.

Then he discovered, the woman in the white dress, cautiously trying to escape, was his rescue target, Jiao Xinlei!

"Hiss... what exactly is going on here, are they planning to ambush me?"

After checking repeatedly, Sifumo confirmed there were indeed no other ambushes, so he appeared in front of Jiao Xinlei.

Jiao Xinlei almost screamed, filled with despair. Wasn’t it said that there were no enemies here?

"Shush, don’t make a sound. I’m a Ranger here to rescue you," Sifumo said, putting his finger to his lips.

"You’re a Ranger!" Jiao Xinlei’s eyes widened as she rapidly said to Sifumo, "I have some information to tell you."

"We’ll talk when we’re in a safe place."

Sifumo picked up Jiao Xinlei and quickly left the way they had come. They hadn’t gone deep into the Royal Palace, so they stopped after running a distance.

"Now you can talk."

Jiao Xinlei hurriedly said, "The monsters here are stronger than they seem. There are not just one or two Disaster Level monsters; it’s best to ask for higher-level help."

Sifumo nodded and said, "Hmm, I know."

Jiao Xinlei paused, then continued, "The squad leader of Songtao City, Song Ling, is an accomplice to these monsters. Many monsters obey his orders, and he’s informed those monsters of the Association’s intelligence. You have to be careful."

"Hmm, I know that too." Sifumo smiled. He enjoyed the feeling of having full control of the situation.

"How do you know everything?"

Jiao Xinlei hesitated, then continued, "Also, although I don’t understand what’s going on, Song Ling has never harmed me, and it was he who rescued me!"

"What?"

Sifumo’s eyes widened as he looked at Jiao Xinlei, a scenario he had never considered.