Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 377 - 375: Museum of Curiosities

Chapter 377: Chapter 375: Museum of Curiosities

In the southwestern hinterlands of the Capital District, Chongshu Province, on a winding mountain road outside Qingchuan City District, a black sports car sped between seas of bamboo.

Bamboo was everywhere, and the air had a faint fresh scent of bamboo.

Wen Wen, as usual, sat on the roof of the car, enjoying the breeze, his hands incessantly moving on the Demon Hunter console, auctioning off some items on the Demon Hunter website that he no longer needed.

For instance, the Ice Armor that was stripped from the Ice Queen, whose abdomen part Wen Wen had shattered. To be able to sell it, Wen Wen simply modified it into a crop top...

Besides the armor, Wen Wen, who often took advantage of missions to reap benefits, had way too many items to sell.

To sell them without a loss, he always monitored the market trends. If similar products increased in price, he raised his prices too; if they decreased, he followed suit—from his competitors, always one Demon Hunting Coin cheaper.

In short, it was very entertaining to play this way on a boring road trip.

Indeed, Wen Wen could have flown here faster, but he wanted to train his strength on the road, which is why he opted to drive here; after all, driving was not Wen Wen’s job, he just needed to enjoy the process.

Seeing that they were approaching Qingchuan City District, Wen Wen climbed back into the car from the window, curiously looking at the roadside.

It was his first time in Chongshu Province, and he was excited about some things here.

First was the legendary hellish spicy hotpot, which reportedly delighted from head to toe after eating.

The second was to see the Iron-eating Beast!

The Iron-eating Beast was a uniquely adorable animal from Chongshu Province and the most popular pet species throughout the entire Federation, bar none.

With a body resembling a bear and a black-and-white pattern, looking like a cuddly black and white meatball, an adult was merely the size of an ordinary dog, fed on bamboo and very clingy—simply a perfect pet.

Unfortunately, it was hard for them to survive outside Chongshu Province, causing many residents from other districts to doubt their very existence.

The Qingchuan Municipal Government once announced that as long as certain conditions were met, the government would distribute Iron-eating Beasts as pets for free, so much so that many girls married into Qingchuan City, which hence became known as the City of Iron-eating Beasts!

Seeing the fluffy black-and-white meatballs all over the roadside, Wen Wen felt his soul purified a bit. So, he asked Three Cubs to stop the car, walked to the roadside, picked up a reared meatball, and started to vigorously rub it.

"Why call such a cute creature an Iron-eating Beast?"

An old man by the roadside said to Wen Wen, "It is said that in ancient times, Iron-eating Beasts were big and strong as oxen and could bite through metal, hence the name. Our Capital ancestors’ main enemies in those days fought on these beasts."

Wen Wen looked doubtfully at the meatball playing with its toes and said, "Fight on these things?"

The old man chuckled and said, "So he failed, huh..."

After playing with the Iron-eating Beast, Wen Wen got back in the car, casting a disdainful glance at Three Cubs—why wasn’t his own pet an Iron-eating Beast!

Three Cubs, on the verge of tears, thought, Why don’t you let those meatballs drive!

...

The car stopped at the Federation’s Premier Museum of Curiosities, the place Wen Wen had come to explore.

The museum covered a large area but looked somewhat run-down and had few visitors.

Of course, this so-called "Federation’s Premier Museum of Curiosities" is not actually the federation’s premier. It is merely named that.

Wen Wen had researched this museum online and discovered that it was essentially a place that went bizarre lengths to attract eyeballs, and the fact that it hadn’t closed down yet was a miracle in itself.

After spending fifty yuan on a ticket, Wen Wen stepped into this widely criticized museum, which, including him, had only three visitors in this batch yet still provided them with a tour guide.

As the three entered, the first exhibit astounded Wen Wen.

"Hello visitors, I am your tour guide, Qiao Kun. Everyone knows that after resin drops and gets buried underground for millions of years, under the influence of pressure and heat, it forms a fossil, which is known as amber."

"Amber often contains insects or fragments of plants and animals. Now, in front of everyone, is the second largest piece of amber in the federation, named ’Ancient Giraffe!’"

After finishing with an enthusiastic tone, Qiao Kun waited for the exclamations of surprise from Wen Wen and the other two visitors, but found they were all expressionless, as they were already too exhausted to criticize.

Because behind Qiao Kun stood a giraffe, clearly encased in a crystal!

Wen Wen rolled his eyes. Was this museum treating them like monkeys?

How large would a tree have to be to encase a giraffe in resin? And how foolish would a giraffe have to be to allow itself to be encased?

Wen Wen shook his head; now he understood where all those bad online reviews came from. He pointed at the giraffe and said, "You said this is the federation’s second largest, what else could possibly be bigger than this?"

Qiao Kun proudly said, "The world’s largest piece of amber is also in our museum, that exhibit is named ’Ancient Tyrant Dragon!’"

Now, Wen Wen was completely speechless. To think he had hoped to find any clue about Wen Rui in such a ridiculous place was truly naive. Perhaps Wen Rui had been stunned by this ridiculousness and decided to stay here for a while...

However, since he had already spent the money, with the intention of seeing how mentally challenged this place could be, Wen Wen still followed the tour guide through the entire course, only to feel his intelligence was insulted.

Things like 150 million-year-old human footprints, a watch excavated from 3000 BC, an alien corpse wrapped in tin foil, and the Tyrant Dragon encased in amber were all there to see.

At least these had actual physical items to see; others, such as the ’Cursed Mask’ or ’Black Death Virus,’ had empty displays with only seemingly impressive descriptions...

"This spear once killed the first ’Saint Heir’ of the Creator God and retains incredible power..." Towards the end, Qiao Kun pointed at an exquisitely made long spear.

Wen Wen was too stunned to mock any further; if he was not mistaken, the spear that killed the Saint Heir was still preserved in Glory Church as a symbol of its military deterrence.

The style was not this type of modern craftwork, but a rusty, sacred-looking old iron spear...

"Sigh... I must have been out of my mind to come here for a visit." Wen Wen shook his head, preparing to leave.

With a slight sneer, Qiao Kun said, "Visitor, do you think our collections are all fakes?"

As Wen Wen walked away, he said, "Perhaps these things are real to you, so I’d rather not shatter your illusions."

Saying this, he left the museum without stopping for another moment, as every additional second felt like too much.

After all the visitors had left, Qiao Kun straightened up, exuding an indescribable aura that Wen Wen certainly wouldn’t consider common if he had seen it.

Qiao Kun, with a smirk, muttered to himself, "Senses can deceive you, information can deceive you, common sense and experience can also deceive you, but knowledge doesn’t."

"Only the ignorant would treat this place as a joke and just leave like that, it’s your loss..."