Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 337 - 335: Farce

Chapter 337: Chapter 335: Farce

Wen Wen and Jiao Xinlei exchanged greetings and said, "We can catch up later, but the urgent matter right now is..."

Before he could finish, the entire Fairy Tale Town began to shake, just like an earthquake.

In the sky, at a visible speed, the atmosphere darkened and hexagonal ice barriers began to envelop the entire town. Through the cracks in the ice, red fog intermittently seeped in, shrouding Fairy Tale Town in a dim haze.

Sifumo immediately covered his nose, while Wen Wen revealed a meaningful expression.

This red fog shared some similarity with his Frenzy, but its potency was much weaker, probably needing to combine with the Witch Bugs inside those humans to achieve the purpose of driving them mad.

And for Wen Wen, every cell in his body was leaping with excitement from this red fog!

A barely detectable trace of Frenzy fluttered around Wen Wen, rapidly absorbing the red fog here and growing swiftly.

Although Wen Wen noticed this change, he did not stop the expansion of the Frenzy.

This power was inherent to him and quite useful. Originally, he possessed only enough to influence ordinary people, with limited augmentation for himself, but now he was more than happy to let the Frenzy grow stronger.

Due to the similar colors, Jiao Xinlei and Sifumo did not notice the Frenzy on Wen Wen.

Jiao Xinlei looked gravely at the sky. As the changes intensified, various distorted apparitions faintly appeared in the air. The scene she had hastily seen in the mirror behind her own reflection was exactly what was before her now!

"This is the chaos I mentioned earlier. Xinlei, find somewhere to hide first and try not to breathe this air. ’Great Detective,’ come with me, and I’ll explain the situation as we go."

Seeing the fog, Wen Wen knew it was no longer appropriate to delay.

No one understood the nature of Frenzy better than he, who possessed it, and the interest of the red fog should be similar to that of Frenzy.

In the beginning, because of enhanced abilities, the residents of Fairy Tale Town should be less affected by this fog, but in the later stages, as they inhaled more and more fog, they might indeed turn on each other.

Then the two tacitly headed toward the ’Royal Palace.’

Sifumo followed behind Wen Wen, pondering. Although Wen Wen made a show of holding his breath, Sifumo sensed that Wen Wen didn’t seem to care whether the air was problematic.

At this moment, he had many other thoughts, but he did not share them with Wen Wen.

...

Li Yan had been living in Fairy Tale Town for these days, living the life he had always dreamed of.

Everything was provided at his fingertips; whatever he wanted, he got.

He knew there might be a problem here, but he had been avoiding thinking about it, for he believed that painful truth was less preferable than pleasurable falsehood!

So as long as he could keep enjoying himself here, what did it matter if there was some conspiracy?

The pleasures he enjoyed in Fairy Tale Town, he couldn’t afford even if he sold his kidneys.

For instance, the woman currently sitting in front of him, deep in thought as she played Go with him—if outside, he couldn’t even dream of touching someone like her.

This woman, named ’Qingri,’ was a Flower Spirit with gorgeous petal wings, dressed in exotic shorts and a skirt, with flower wreaths emitting fragrance on her arms, legs, and atop her head, more dazzling than the most beautiful star on television.

They played Go, and the loser had to accept a punishment, unconditionally fulfilling a request from the winner, whether it was doing laundry, cooking, or singing and dancing.

By the way, Qingri wasn’t very smart, so she always lost.

At this moment, Li Yan was thinking about his next move while considering what he should have Qingri do this time. Bored with bold ideas, he now preferred something more artistic.

Suddenly, Li Yan felt something was off. There was an itchy sensation on his back as if something wanted to emerge.

The sensation was unbearably painful, so he violently tore his shirt open at the back, creating two slits. Then, two things extended from the shirt, and he finally felt a bit of relief.

Turning around, he saw a pair of wings on his back, huge like petals, identical in shape to Qingri’s wings!

"I’ve grown wings, doesn’t that mean I’ve become like Qingri?"

"Could it be that Qingri forcefully keeping us in town was to make me like her? Perhaps, this is what love is."

Li Yan was moved by his own thoughts and looked up emotionally at Qingri.

But he was horrified to discover that Qingri, too, had undergone a change, though hers was not as pleasant.

Her wings shriveled and fell off, her smooth skin turned rough, her hair began to fall out, and her slender and beautiful figure became bulky and strong. A beard grew on her previously beautiful face, and she was still in the same clothes, her chest noticeably larger.

"You, you, you..."

Li Yan shuddered with fright. Why had his dream lover suddenly turned into this monstrous appearance?

What he didn’t know was that the Flower Spirit race, regardless of age or gender, all looked the same. Thus, once they lost their racial characteristics, it was completely unpredictable what they would turn into...

The Flower Spirit Qingri noticed her own changes as well and covered her face, emitting a harsh... no, a robust scream.

Li Yan felt even more helpless after hearing the sound, which confirmed that Qingri was a man!

While Li Yan had just fallen into heartbreak, the Flower Spirit Qingri looked at him with eyes full of hatred; she felt Li Yan had stolen her powers.

As for her feelings towards Li Yan... for a Flower Spirit whose essence was to peddle foot massages with cries, could she possibly fall for such an ugly man?

It was merely enforced by her superiors, just to complete a mission.

Now, with her powers gone, she disregarded everything else, picked up a fruit knife, and stabbed towards Li Yan’s heart, aiming to kill him in one blow.

But the present Li Yan was different from the past. His mind had not reacted yet, but his body had already dodged the attack.

At that moment, all Li Yan knew was to flee; he simply couldn’t understand why Qingri, who had been so tender just a moment ago, was now violently confronting him.

He had no intention of resisting, because the current Qingri looked terrifying, making him naturally feel outmatched.

Li Yan was inherently timid. Even if he suddenly gained powers, he didn’t know how to use them.

Just as Qingri was about to stab Li Yan to death, suddenly the sky turned dim, and a red mist drifted into Li Yan’s nose. He instantly halted, his face showing a determined look, deftly dodging Qingri’s dagger and grappling with her.