Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 331 - 329 Source of Strength

Chapter 331: 329 Source of Strength

Song Ling lightly tapped the ground, and a plant sprouted up, which he comfortably sat upon while speaking to Wen Wen, "You wouldn’t mind me sitting while talking, right? Also, don’t disdain me for not getting you a chair, even if I did, you might not dare to sit on it."

Wen Wen snorted coldly, tacitly consenting to his action.

Thus, Song Ling cleared his throat and began explaining to Wen Wen, "You should know that the souls of ordinary humans, after death, enter the other side of the Gray Mist Layer and become food for some monsters."

Wen Wen nodded, having visited the inner layer of the Gray Mist Layer, he naturally knew what scenes were like there.

"You should also know that Superpower does not appear from thin air nor does it vanish into thin air, all the Superpower in the real world originates from the Inner World."

Wen Wen nodded again, Zhu Qipei had also told him these words before.

"In the Inner World, the souls of the dead monsters return to the source of the soul, and their Superpower merges into the world, being absorbed by other monsters after a complex cycle."

Song Ling leaned slightly forward, smiling at Wen Wen, "But in the real world, there is no source of souls, Superpower does not merge into the world, so have you ever wondered, where do the souls and Superpowers of superpower users or monsters who die in the real world go?"

Wen Wen was startled, guessing somewhat what Song Ling wanted to say.

"Superpower users who reach the Assimilation Realm and monsters of Disaster Level, their powers do not vanish; even in death their souls do not dissipate!"

"At the time of their death, most of their strength dissipates into the air, affecting the surrounding objects, while the damaged souls, carrying a part of the origin of their strength, drift in a void world until a suitable person to receive the origin is born. I personally call those damaged souls with the origin of power ’Seed of Power.’"

"The persons suitable to receive Seeds of Power are superpower users?" Wen Wen couldn’t help but interject, having never heard such a theory before.

Song Ling nodded, showing an expression that Wen Wen was teachable.

"You are correct, all superpower users’ strength originates from the gifts of predecessors, and as their abilities gradually strengthen, their forms also become similar to the source of their power, which is known as the Assimilation State!"

"But as power gradually increases, so do the hidden dangers. The growth of homogenous power nourishes the damaged soul, allowing it to grow step by step. When it has grown to a certain extent, the two souls will vie for control of the body, with the victor taking control of the body, and the loser will fall into a deep slumber within the depths of the soul, eventually fading away."

"You must have also encountered this situation, though you only thought it was a demon influencing your acquisition of strength."

"Since the original owner of the power is actually dead, the struggle usually ends with the new master victorious. However, those with a weak mind always exist, hence the phenomenon of ’fallen’ occurs."

Song Ling tapped the chair lightly, and a young shoot sprouted from it, then squirted a fragrant juice into his mouth.

He was somewhat parched having said so much.

"What I just explained is the true nature of the Assimilation Realm. There are five stages for superpower users, each stage name holds its meaning."

"Exploration is discovering the gift, Mastery is using the gift, Assimilation is becoming the gift itself, and ’True Self’... True Self means completely shedding the influence of the gift giver, possessing strength that is entirely one’s own, which usually requires the strength of ’Catastrophe Level’ to achieve."

After listening to Song Ling’s lengthy discourse, Wen Wen remained silent for a long while.

"If the Catastrophe Containment Facility is Wen Wen’s ability, then until now, Wen Wen is still at the stage of ’Mastery’ because he is merely using the facility’s power."

So when the day comes that he is about to ’step into’ the Assimilation Realm, does he need to struggle for control of the facility with a soul of unimaginable power?

At the thought of this possibility, Wen Wen felt a chill, then dryly said to Song Ling, "Your words indeed broadened my perspective, but you’ve said so much, are you trying to tell me that the ’original owner’ of this power was a good person, so I should trust you?"

Song Ling shook his head, "It’s not like that. I’m not Song Ling, but I’m also not the original owner of the power. I am an existence in between the two."

He took a deep breath, and then his skin slightly turned green, his eyes became slightly elongated, and his ears somewhat pointed.

"This is what I look like now. I am neither human nor monster; our two souls have perfectly merged together!"

This appearance of Song Ling reminded Wen Wen of what he had heard from the Female Demon Hunter at the Hunter Association in Songtao City that Song Ling was kinder to those black dogs than to them.

Previously, Wen Wen had thought Song Ling was just a pet lover, but now it seemed his kindness to those mixed-breed puppies was because they were ’of the same kind’."

Song Ling took a deep breath and said to Wen Wen, "Because of this, wherever I reveal my true identity, be it among monsters or in the human world, I am just an outcast."

"That’s why I created Fairy Tale Town, because I wanted to create a world where humans and monsters can coexist, so that at least I could find a place to belong!"

"Since Fairy Tale Town is your creation, what help do you need from me? You must be here to get rid of me," said Wen Wen.

From Song Ling’s words, Wen Wen could sense that his obsession with a ’place to belong’ was probably unusual, so people like himself who were set to destroy another’s haven, were probably his enemies.

Song Ling shook his head: "When I first transformed into this state, I was very confused, until I encountered this group of monsters; only then did I find a direction to move forward."

"They come from the Inner World, a royal family in a city-state, who fled to the real world after losing a competition with a race called ’Terrifying Towering Ape’."

"At first, they were very cautious, fearing to harm any humans, worried about being targeted by the Hunters Association. But such a group of powerful monsters in my jurisdiction, if unchecked, would certainly lead to a great catastrophe."

"Thus, I signed a contract with them for three years. I vowed to help them adapt to the real world and ensure to the best of my ability that no Demon Hunters would attack them, allowing them to blend into this world after three years."

"In return, they were to stay in Fairy Tale Town, disguise themselves as employees of the amusement park, and were not allowed to kill any of the humans who visited Fairy Tale Town."

After hearing Song Ling’s words, Wen Wen was silent for a while; he had never been to the Inner World, but he roughly knew its nature, and truly, three years was not enough to erase the monsters’ innate tendencies.

After all, in the Inner World, monsters like Zhu Qipei were just as rare as perverts like Wen Wen in the real world.

"You failed, didn’t you?"

Song Ling sighed, "Yes, I failed..."