Catastrophe Containment Facility -
Chapter 399 - 397 The Disappearing Museum
Chapter 399: Chapter 397 The Disappearing Museum
The auntie clenched the wad of money, then looked at Wen Wen, hesitated for quite a while, sighed, and walked over to Wen Wen’s side, taking away several unopened bottles of alcohol.
"Even if you’re rich, kid, you can’t just splurge like this," she admonished. "An auntie makes as much as she sells; what kind of thing is this?"
"And you shouldn’t drink like this. Ruining your health at such a young age would break your parents’ hearts."
"Heh... heh..."
Wen Wen let out a sneer. He didn’t make any strange expressions, but it sent a chill down the auntie’s spine as if she were sitting next to a venomous snake choosing its victim. However, the feeling was fleeting.
"Since you were willing to come and advise me, you should take this money... Besides, my body won’t be ruined by drinking, and I don’t have parents to worry about me!"
With that said, Wen Wen didn’t continue to drink. Instead, he opened the Ranger Terminal and accepted the newly released mission concerning the anomaly in Qingchuan City, then left the restaurant.
It wasn’t that the auntie’s words had persuaded him; it was rather that drinking no longer served any purpose for him, and he had other things to do.
As one of the Rangers closest to Qingchuan City, it was only natural for Wen Wen to take on this mission. It would enable him to legitimately go to Qingchuan City and take care of things.
After all, the city had ended up like this because of him, and he couldn’t just leave it unattended.
The testimony of the auntie and other people in the restaurant could also confirm that Wen Wen had already left Qingchuan City when the incident occurred.
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Xiong Ying successfully stalled the tyrannosaurus and, through the use of his Desperate Burst ability, even managed to repel it.
However, his face grew increasingly despairing as all the members of the Demon Hunter squad were trapped by the Demon God, and one after another, creatures with auras similar to or even stronger than the tyrannosaurus scattered into the surroundings.
If no one stopped them, they would cause a tremendous disaster. With Xiong Ying’s capabilities, it was already hard enough to stop the tyrannosaurus, let alone the others—even if he fought with all his might, it just wasn’t possible.
Just as Xiong Ying was about to reach his limit, the red flowers and the giant Black Cross above the museum disappeared into thin air. Then, the entire museum was enveloped in red light.
At the same time, red specks began to emerge on the bodies of the monsters, growing denser and more numerous until they connected into a film that kept expanding over the creatures.
The rampaging Containment Items grew agitated as the red specks appeared on them, but to no avail. Once a monster was enveloped by the red film, the red light outside the museum would tremble, and then the creature would be dragged into the museum by an invisible force.
The tyrannosaurus that Xiong Ying fought against, as well as the Demon God tormenting the Demon Hunter squad members, also began to show red dots on their bodies.
From near to far, every Containment Item that had escaped the museum was ultimately retrieved by the museum.
After claiming back all of Qingchuan City’s Containment Items, the museum shuddered once, then again, but no matter how it trembled, nothing flew back.
The Demon Hunters stood dumbfounded, watching the museum tremble like it was seized with epilepsy, as an awkward atmosphere circulated in the air.
Inside the museum, a woman in a sailor outfit frowned tightly. Unless it was a normal gift, nothing from the museum should be missing, but this time two items had failed to return!
Although they weren’t important items, losing items was a serious matter in the eyes of the Scholar Association’s professors, entirely different from not losing anything.
Wen Rui appeared before the woman in a strange manner and asked coldly, "Why haven’t we relocated yet?"
Swallowing hard, the woman replied, "Two Containment Items... are missing."
"Have any important items gone missing?" Wen Rui raised an eyebrow and asked, his expression bearing a resemblance to Wen Wen’s.
"Two items are missing. One is just an ordinary Disaster Level containment item, and the other... is a secret tome," the woman said to Wen Rui somewhat nervously, aware that everything here was very valuable.
Wen Rui’s face was expressionless, and after a few seconds of silence, he said, "No need to pursue it any further, since it’s Professor Qiao’s son who will take the blame. Let’s leave."
The woman nodded, muttered a few words to herself, and the huge museum gradually became transparent before disappearing into thin air.
The Demon Hunters, who were watching the museum intently, seemed not to have noticed its disappearance and naturally turned around, celebrating their victory.
Only Xiong Ying looked at the empty space with puzzlement in his eyes, full of questions about where the museum had gone.
Whenever the existence of the Mystery Museum was about to cause a sensation, it would disappear, and all traces of its presence, both physical and in memory, were erased!
Only those above Disaster Level who had some connection with the museum would harbor doubts about this kind of disappearance.
The museum would open again in another city within the Federation, and no one in that city would notice the sudden appearance of a new museum.
The existence of the Mystery Museum and a few other special buildings was known only to the upper echelons of the Hunters Association and some powerful figures within secret organizations, and even they would have difficulty locating the museum again.
For this reason, the museum seemed so elusive, that even Wen Wen, as a Ranger, did not know it existed.
As the strange items disappeared one by one, the Demon Hunters sighed with relief, and Xiong Ying, who was flapping his wings mid-air, also showed a smile.
Although he hadn’t played a significant role, the disaster had been averted, and he could relax for a while.
As the thought of relaxing crossed his mind, Xiong Ying felt his strength being drawn into his heart, and, unable to maintain his transformed state, he fell from the sky.
Zhangsun Jing saw this and bit his lip before leaping high into the air to catch Xiong Ying.
Then, the people from Qingchuan City’s Association gathered around.
They were very concerned about Xiong Ying’s condition; if it hadn’t been for his intervention, the consequences of the rampaging Tyrannosaurus reaching a densely populated area were unimaginable.
And they knew before they arrived that if Xiong Ying took action again, he might die!
Xiong Ying, lying on the ground, had his heartbeat slowing down, his muscles gradually atrophying, his hair turning white rapidly, and beginning to fall out.
Seeing this, Zhangsun Jing’s face turned ashen, feeling useless at the moment.
As a Demon Hunter accustomed to seeing his kind die in the fight against monsters, he might not have felt such strong emotions if a Demon Hunter lay here instead.
But Xiong Ying was not a Demon Hunter, just a high school student who had acquired his strength a little over two months ago. Seeing such a young kid sacrifice himself, Zhangsun Jing felt a bitter taste in his heart.
However, when Xiong Ying had withered to the point of being unrecognizable, the transformation stopped abruptly, and Zhangsun Jing’s face lit up with ecstasy.
Xiong Ying was extremely weak now, but he had not died!
And deep within his heart, there seemed to be a burgeoning vital strength brewing!
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