Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 424 - 422 Change of Plan

Chapter 424: Chapter 422 Change of Plan

As the dense fog cleared, the state of the village once again transformed.

Those infected who had stayed outside, the batch with the most severe conditions, had all turned into small sea urchins and disappeared along with the groups of urchins.

While the remaining infected saw the sea urchin-like growths on their bodies increase significantly in size.

The townspeople who had hidden in their houses opened their doors, beginning their true lives.

Only at this time did they live like people, by day they were merely puppets controlled by the virus.

The changes in their bodies were minimal, it seemed that as long as they didn’t go out at night, the progression of the sea urchin transformation could be delayed.

But whether it was close contact with the sea urchins or the water mist that exacerbated the sea urchin transformation, Wen Wen didn’t know.

After regaining their will, the entire town was shrouded in sorrow, filled with arguments, crying, and pleading. Beneath the incurable disease, humanity was actually incredibly fragile.

Compared to those who had already turned into sea urchins, perhaps these patients who were still holding on were in even more pain.

However, Wen Wen was not in the mood to explore the ecology of the town. He was more concerned about Wu Wang’s Puppet underling, Wen Wen was very curious about how Wu Wang had gotten involved in this epidemic.

After the Golden Sea Urchin retreated, the shadowy figure walked back to a certain residence with practiced ease, as if returning to his own home.

If he wasn’t Wu Wang’s Puppet, seeing his exhausted state, Wen Wen might have thought that he was actually fighting monsters to protect the town.

But since he was associated with Wu Wang, it was uncertain what schemes he might be harboring.

After fighting continuously for two hours, the shadow was quite exhausted and thus went straight to bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Sleep, play games, fight monsters, sleep... This was the entirety of the shadow’s life in this town for over a dozen days.

Perhaps due to the comfort of the past several days, he wasn’t very vigilant. After all, aside from him, the entire town was filled with ordinary people transformed by the sea urchins; who had the ability to attack him?

But after he fell into a deep sleep, Wen Wen had already quietly entered the house, observing the layout of the place.

There was a computer desk in the living room with a game controller plugged in, numerous snacks on the desk, and a small box of walnuts.

From these small details, it seemed he had been living here for some time and even had the mood to play games.

It seemed that Wen Wen had missed him while searching the town during the day because of his low presence.

Stealthily watching the shadow who lay on the bed, Wen Wen began to hesitate, unsure whether he should get involved in this messy situation.

This shadow seemed defenseless lying on the bed, but if he didn’t utilize his monster physique, Wen Wen actually didn’t have the confidence to take him down.

Wu Wang’s Puppets were notoriously difficult to deal with, as proven by the fact that this guy had fought the Golden Sea Urchin for two hours previously.

However, if he activated his monster physique, then Wen Wen’s plan to not use his monster physique for a month would be broken.

"Biyi Town has given me enough of a shock already, but I still can’t awaken my powers. Continuing like this may not yield any results, so I should take care of the matter at hand first," he thought.

After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Wen Wen decided to deal with the shadow and the Golden Sea Urchin first. Awakening his ability would have to wait for another breakthrough.

If he could save a few thousand people in this town, then starting his awakening plan over wouldn’t matter.

Thus, he finally activated his monster physique once more, and dense black hair began to spread out...

...

Weisu had already been in this town for over half a month, after he was attacked by a lunatic who enjoyed gaming and was transformed into this pitch-black figure.

The transformation ritual was interrupted halfway, so not only did he retain his personality, but he also inherited part of that person’s memories.

Although the memories weren’t complete, they were enough to help him avoid being hunted down.

But now, with his neither human nor ghostly appearance, he couldn’t return to the life of normal people, not even feeling comfortable living as a gaming otaku.

And in that person’s memories, there was only one way for him to return to normal: the key lay in this seaside town!

Inside that huge sea urchin, there was something that could transform him back to normal, so he actively planned and tried various methods, but could never defeat the Golden Sea Urchin.

He had faced off against the Golden Sea Urchin more than ten times, but not once had he managed to even scratch its surface!

Today, just like always, he fought with the sea urchin and then peacefully went to sleep.

When he woke up it would be time to start a decadent life filled only with eating, drinking, going to the toilet, and gaming.

But this time, his sleep seemed different; he had been asleep for just over ten minutes when he felt a sense of unease at the bottom of his heart, as if something terrifying was about to happen.

So he hurriedly opened his eyes and found darkness before him.

It was late at night, and darkness was to be expected, but the darkness he saw was not the normal night scenery, but densely packed black hair!

Weisu reacted quickly, with pixel blocks coalescing into a red longsword in pixel art style in his hands.

With a light swing of the longsword, a fireball struck those hairs, and flames burst forth.

"It’s just hair, it shouldn’t withstand being burnt..." Weisu looked expectantly at the flames, hoping to see the hair break apart.

But although the hair turned red from the burning, there was no sign of it breaking!

This isn’t hair, it’s wire, right?

Next, Weisu tried various methods, switching the weapons and equipment on his body constantly, but he was helplessly wrapped up by those hairs, becoming a black dumpling with only his head exposed.

The burning hair tightly coiled around his body, emitting a sizzling sound, and the stench of flesh being scorched.

Only now did he clearly see who his enemy was.

It was a man with small eyes and a sinister expression, holding his snacks and watching his struggle with interest, as if watching a play.

From beginning to end, it was only his hair that acted, yet Weisu couldn’t do anything about it.

Wen Wen straightened the snack bag in his hand, poured all the remnants inside into his mouth, then crumpled the wrapper into a ball and threw it at Weisu’s face, asking:

"You’re Wu Wang’s gaming Puppet, right? Your ability is quite interesting, being able to ’crunch, crunch’ produce so many weapons. What’s the principle?"

Weisu bit his lip and didn’t reply to Wen Wen’s question; he wasn’t about to reveal the secrets of his abilities to the other party.

"Not talking? Fine, be that way. So stingy." Wen Wen pouted and complained, then said to Weisu, "Tell me, what vile things have you done this time you came to this town?"

Weisu looked at Wen Wen, thoroughly confused, and said, "Brother, do we know each other?"

The expression on Wen Wen’s face suddenly froze; he couldn’t have caught the wrong person, could he?