Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 426 - 424: The Final Battle with the Sea Urchin

Chapter 426: Chapter 424: The Final Battle with the Sea Urchin

"I didn’t want this, I never thought it would turn into this!"

Weisu’s expression collapsed as he spoke, "I just spread a virus here that is not very harmful. It takes at least two months for the virus to be fatal, and as long as it is treated in time, no one will die within that period."

"But I don’t know why it turned out like this, their transformation into sea urchins really has nothing to do with me!"

Weisu felt very innocent; he was just a homebody who liked games and didn’t want to become the culprit poisoning the entire town.

Wen Wen’s face was stern as he kept his gaze fixed on Weisu. Now all the clues were connected—the virus spread by Weisu was the cause of Biyi Town’s accumulated resentment.

And Weisu, this person, was not worthy of sympathy. Since he had done it, he must take responsibility for his actions!

After triggering the epidemic, his first reaction was to stay here to kill the Golden Sea Urchin to regain his own appearance, not to seek a way to end the epidemic. Just for this reason, he deserved to die.

Moreover, judging by the computer and snacks in his room, he didn’t seem to feel any guilt.

Therefore, Wen Wen did not plan to let him out; Weisu would spend the rest of his life in the Sanctuary.

The casualties caused in this town were far greater than those caused by many monsters in the Sanctuary, and Wen Wen would not treat him specially just because he was a human.

Wen Wen asked in a cold voice, "The conditions are the epidemic and the bait; the epidemic is the virus you released, what is the bait?"

"The bait... is using the blood of plague patients to set up a special ritual, and then pile up the bodies of sea urchins in the center of the ritual into a sixty-six-centimeter pyramid..." Weisu said despondently.

"So, how can we end this epidemic?"

"I don’t know, I have no idea." Weisu wept as he shook his head.

Seeing him like this, Wen Wen genuinely wanted to send him to Hu Youling right away, the unpredictable kind, but even taking his frustration out on Weisu would not solve the epidemic.

Thus, Wen Wen continued to inquire about clues, trying to find a way to resolve the epidemic: "Will the Golden Sea Urchin appear again tomorrow night?"

"It will... as long as the bait is there and the epidemic has not ended, every day from midnight to two o’clock in the morning, the Golden Sea Urchin will come ashore."

Having understood all the information, Wen Wen left the Sanctuary; he prepared to ambush that sea urchin tomorrow night!

Hopefully, by killing it, this terrible epidemic may end.

As for his one-month-long awakening journey, it could pretty much end now.

Simple stimulation was not going to awaken Wen Wen; he still had to find other methods.

...

In the following day, Wen Wen revisited the town once more.

First, he found the Sea Urchin Pyramid that Weisu used to summon the Golden Sea Urchin; the pyramid was stacked inside an underground room at the town center.

The entrance to the basement was sealed with cement, which Wen Wen easily shattered to enter, and there he saw the Sea Urchin Pyramid emitting an unusual aura.

After half a month, this half-meter tall Sea Urchin Pyramid showed no signs of decay, the peculiar strength of the ritual protected it.

According to Weisu, the purpose of this ritual was to attract sea urchins.

The ordinary sea urchins were actually also attracted by this ritual, but Weisu had sealed off the area, so ordinary sea urchins couldn’t enter, and he only needed to prevent the Golden Sea Urchin from reaching the town center. The Golden Sea Urchin would appear every night.

Had he not been so underpowered, he would have succeeded by now.

After some thought, Wen Wen began to set up materials around the ritual. Having read the Book of Thunder, he knew how to arrange supernatural traps that could release lightning. Although they were not powerful, they could be used to achieve certain specific purposes.

The setup process was simple; Wen Wen only needed to remotely trigger them, and the lightning would destroy the ritual.

Wen Wen didn’t currently intend to destroy the ritual. If he did, the Golden Sea Urchin would no longer come, and then he would have no clues about how to cure the plague.

If, after killing the Golden Sea Urchin, there was still no improvement in the epidemic, then he would attempt to destroy the Sea Urchin Mountain to see the effects.

After emerging from the basement, Wen Wen moved a large rock to seal the entrance, to prevent the small sea urchins from mistakenly entering and prematurely destroying the ritual.

He then went to closely observe the condition of the infected.

What he saw this time was completely different from before. Previously, he looked for excitement, so he focused on the dark side of the town, but now, wanting to save the town, he saw more positive things.

He discovered that the infected were just vulnerable ordinary people. They too found their spines ugly and repulsive, and they despaired for their future, but in the face of all this, they lived on bravely and did not give up hope.

Those who weren’t strong simply stayed on the streets at night and could end their pain forever...

During the day, the infected townspeople fell into a daze. They only acted under the virus’s compulsion when they saw the uninfected, attempting to infect them with the virus.

But even though their bodies were not under their control, they still had feelings, as evident by the sadness and tears in the eyes of the infected.

After a complete investigation, Wen Wen was determined to solve the epidemic. He sat on the roof of a house closest to the sea, waiting for the arrival of the Golden Sea Urchin.

In the meantime, Wen Wen studied Weisu’s abilities in detail. His ability was to bring weapons and armor from video games into reality!

Weisu had a special gaming account that could log into any game, and any weapons and armor acquired with this account could be made real using Weisu’s ability. This was also one of the reasons why Weisu was obsessed with games.

However, limited by his own powers, the equipment he materialized was not as powerful as it was in the games, and the attributes they carried were mostly simple elemental properties.

Abilities like one-hit kills, which were perverted, simply could not be realized.

Manifesting equipment required a continuous consumption of Weisu’s special energy, so the stronger the equipment, the more intense the energy consumption.

It was a very interesting and powerful ability, but limited by his own strength, it wasn’t much help to Wen Wen’s powers.

But this ability was godsend for cosplay, and Weisu, the collector, had a full set of equipment for every game character he could name.

Wen Wen stood on the rooftop, transforming into the Filth Demon King one moment and the Star Warrior the next, thoroughly enjoying himself...

After playing with all of Weisu’s inventory, the midnight bells tolled, signaling the imminent arrival of the Golden Sea Urchin.

The huge sea urchin, glowing orange-gold and radiant, emerged from the water and slowly crawled ashore. Each of its spikes was as thick as a stake, shimmering with a golden metallic luster, signifying immense strength.

And Wen Wen, having adopted a monster physique, instinctively sensed this guy’s strength... Disaster Level Middle Sequence!

However, unlike the obviously supernatural Sea Urchin Clan, this Golden Sea Urchin seemed to be just a powerful animal; it did not have intelligence similar to that of humans.

It was somewhat like the tyrannosaurus sealed in amber at the Mystery Museum...