Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 379 - 377: Zhangsun Jing’s Melancholy

Chapter 379: Chapter 377: Zhangsun Jing’s Melancholy

In the corridor ahead of Wen Wen, a man stood by a window, cradling a bowl of instant noodles, draped in a white wolf pelt coat, his eyes filled with melancholy.

"Are you... Zhangsun Jing?"

The man turned around, and Wen Wen’s first thought was that he had mistaken someone else.

The original Zhangsun Jing was handsome and brimming with confidence, never giving up even after losing his Superpower.

But the person before him now had a face swollen like a Pig Head, with a hint of despondency in his eyes.

"Who are you?" Zhangsun Jing slurred.

Recognizing his voice, Wen Wen confirmed it was indeed Zhangsun Jing and said to him, "I’m Wen Wen, we should have met in Furong River City."

Although Zhangsun Jing had become a Containment Officer, he actually had little to do with Wen Wen, barely retaining a slight impression of him.

"Aren’t you a Demon Hunter from Furong River City, are you in Qingchuan City on a mission?" Zhangsun Jing asked, putting down his bowl of noodles.

Wen Wen smiled and said, "I’m no longer a Demon Hunter from Furong River City, but a Ranger, and I’m indeed here on a mission."

"Does it have anything to do with the Little Dragon Knight?" Zhangsun Jing’s eyes lit up as he said through clenched teeth, "It must be, now in the entire Qingchuan City, no one besides him is worth the Rangers’ mobilization!"

"You seem quite familiar with this matter?" Wen Wen asked curiously, perhaps he could get some important information from Zhangsun Jing,

"Of course I’m familiar!" Zhangsun Jing pointed to his face and said, "This mess I’m in is all because he beat me up! If you’re going to catch him, please be sure to take me with you, I’m the one in the entire Qingchuan City Hunters Association who knows him best!"

"Alright then, I’m heading to eat now, do you want to join me?" Wen Wen invited Zhangsun Jing.

Zhangsun Jing hesitated as he looked at his bowl of noodles but followed Wen Wen anyway; he had eaten instant noodles earlier in a rush to catch Little Dragon Knight, but now that a Ranger was dealing with him, it’d be good to eat something else.

Sitting at the table, Wen Wen chatted casually with Zhangsun Jing while eating, getting a simple understanding of his situation.

After regaining his Strength, Zhangsun Jing didn’t want to return to Bing He’s Ranger squad, so the Association assigned him as an ordinary Demon Hunter in Qingchuan City.

Life in Qingchuan City was relatively more peaceful, but he still hunted Monsters actively, and his skills had improved significantly, everything going smoothly until he came across the Little Dragon Knight.

The Little Dragon Knight appeared two months ago, seemingly a powerful hot-blooded troublemaker. At first, the Qingchuan City Association didn’t think he would be difficult to take down.

But when they actually began the pursuit, the guy turned out to be unexpectedly tricky to deal with, not only very strong but also mysteriously escaping from the traps they had set.

If it weren’t for the fact that both sides didn’t harbor significant malice, the Demon Hunters of Qingchuan City wouldn’t just end up covered in dust, but would suffer heavy losses instead.

After failing twice, the people of Qingchuan City abandoned the idea of capturing Little Dragon Knight themselves and reported it to the main Association, waiting for a Ranger to deal with the troubles caused by the Little Dragon Knight.

Only Zhangsun Jing persisted, repeatedly hunting Little Dragon Knight on his own, but each time he was brutally beaten, ending up with his current Pig Head visage.

"If you all couldn’t handle him together, why bother suffering alone?" Wen Wen asked, picking up a strip of duck intestine and popping it into his mouth.

Zhangsun Jing sighed and said, "I just feel that he’s a lot like me before, knowing that he won’t end well, yet still stubbornly persevering."

"He might think that perseverance is courage, but not everything can be resolved by persisting; giving up is sometimes the best choice. I’d like to talk to him, but he’s never given me the chance."

Zhangsun Jing’s expression was filled with sorrow; he wanted to help that person but had no opportunity to do so.

Wen Wen knew that Zhangsun Jing had lost his abilities for a while, and during that time, he desperately engaged in activities related to monsters, hoping to regain his Supernatural Power.

But he was also aware that luck only happens once, and it was his former teammates who finally stopped him.

He didn’t hate his opponents, because he would have done the same if he were in their position.

Now, through the gaze of Little Dragon Knight, he could tell that he seemed to be in the same state as he once was.

"Let’s leave the reflections here for now, tell me how I should deal with that Little Dragon Knight," Wen Wen said.

Zhangsun Jing nodded and replied, "Finding him isn’t difficult, in Qingchuan City, wherever there’s trouble, he’s likely to appear, but the hard part is how to capture him."

"Is he that strong?" Wen Wen asked curiously.

"It’s not just that he’s strong, he seems to have a strange intuition, sensing dangers before they happen, which makes catching him not so easy."

"Additionally, his equipment, though flamboyant, is..."

The two of them continued exchanging information about Little Dragon Knight while eating hot pot, and time slipped away bit by bit.

...

In a cozy bedroom, a young man, 1.8 meters tall, kneeled in front of a mirror, looking at his body.

Strong and fluid muscles covered his body, each muscle capable of flipping a sedan, but these muscles were now trembling nonstop from severe pain, with sweat continuously flowing down.

"Endure... endure! As long as the will is strong enough, anything can be endured!"

The young man bit on a towel, emitting a low and suppressed growl from his throat, and after a full ten minutes, the pain finally stopped.

He stood up, washed the sweat off his body, opened the wardrobe, and took out a red tight suit.

"Only three years left... What shall I do next? The right choice would be to stop here, or... no, I don’t want it that way!" He tossed the tight suit back into the closet and lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling, lost in thought.

His name was Xiong Ying, and he was a Grade 12 student, well... not anymore.

He dropped out of school a few months ago because of a terminal illness, and he hadn’t gone back to school even after recovering.

He was supposedly convalescing at home, but in reality, he often went out to ’do righteous deeds.’ Indeed, he was the Little Dragon Knight whom Wen Wen was seeking to catch.

Four months ago, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, and even with the best treatment, he was given at most another six months to live.

After undergoing two months of treatment, he resolutely decided not to waste his last moments on a hospital bed, wanting to go out and explore instead.

To eat food he had never tasted, see sights he had never seen, visit places he had never been to.

His first destination was places like karaoke bars and arcades, which as a ’good student’, he had always steered clear of. But at the end of his life, he wanted to see them.

However, some people are just not cut out for such places, so he didn’t complete his plan but ended up at the only museum in Qingchuan City he had never visited.

The Federation’s Premier Museum of Curiosities!