Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 474 - 472 Demon Spirit Village

Chapter 474: Chapter 472 Demon Spirit Village

"Elder Zheng, didn’t you prefer not to startle that ’Mystic Detective’? Assigning him directly to a mission in the Qi Ling Mountain, isn’t that somewhat improper for the procedure?"

Investigator Yin Hu, who was puzzled, looked at the old man fishing by the lakeside. In fact, he was a Ranger from the same batch as Wen Wen and had ranked first in the second assessment, performing better than Wen Wen and Sifumo.

The old man slightly smiled and said, "The disturbance at Qi Ling Mountain this time is not ordinary. The beasts there somehow got provoked and suddenly rioted, and just relying on the nearby Rangers won’t salvage the situation, so transferring him over is in line with the procedure."

"I’ve personally reviewed every case he’s handled. The records are quite intriguing, you might also want to take a look. I’m very curious about what changes will occur there after sending him," he said.

This old man was the Deputy Chief Investigator of the Capital District. He was the one who had transferred Yin Hu from the Rangers.

He believed Yin Hu was a very talented young man, who might be able to take his position after fully maturing.

Moreover, he was truly curious about what exactly the depth of Wen Wen was.

Even though Wen Wen showed no relation to the Black Cross and had alibis multiple times, among all suspicious candidates, Wen Wen had the highest overlap with the Black Cross’s scope of activities.

This was enough to make the elder suspect Wen Wen.

Whether Black Cross was genuinely friendly or harbored hidden schemes, he wanted to probe into Wen Wen’s background.

...

The moment Wen Wen got off the plane at Furong River Airport, he was taken away by a team of supporters, not even given a chance to revisit old places, indicating the urgency of the situation.

On the plane, Wen Wen had read the details of this mission.

Basically, the barrier of the Qi Ling Mountain Range had suddenly failed, and many beast-type monsters had already run out, with even more monsters possibly causing trouble at any moment.

As a result, several nearby cities were all under martial law. Although the cities were not locked down like Hua Shan City, the hidden dangers were much more significant.

Wen Wen, who had personally been to Qi Ling Mountain, knew the high density of monsters there.

If those monsters really dispersed completely, the surrounding cities would suffer greatly, and that would be one of the milder consequences. Such a quantity of monster groups, once scattered, would be hard to capture again, and the destruction they would cause would be continuous.

The possibility of monsters escaping had been anticipated by the Hunters Association long ago, and they had prepared emergency plans accordingly.

However, the biggest issue was not those monsters but the ’Demon Spirit Village’ that had settled in the center of the Qi Ling Mountain Range, which had suddenly drawn swords against the Association!

In fact, the relationship between Demon Spirit Village and the Hunters Association could be considered friendly. It was indeed because of Demon Spirit Village that the Qi Ling Mountain Range had become a sanctuary for beast-type monsters in the Capital District.

Unless it was a monster with extremely severe crimes, the Hunters Association generally would not pursue those that fled into Qi Ling Mountain.

In return for tolerating the existence of this sanctuary, Demon Spirit Village had the obligation to maintain the stability of the massive group of monsters in the Qi Ling Mountain Range.

This task had always been well-performed by Demon Spirit Village until a few days ago when a change happened, and they filled with inexplicable hostility towards the Hunters Association!

Facing the current situation, the Hunters Association needed to do two things.

The first was to try to mend the relationship with Demon Spirit Village, and the second was to prevent the monsters of the Qi Ling Mountain Range from wreaking havoc.

As for why not to use force to suppress Demon Spirit Village...

It is indeed because of the strength of Demon Spirit Village. If they did not possess considerable strength, they would not be able to dominate the thousands of monsters throughout the Qi Ling Mountain Range.

Apart from the younglings, every villager in Demon Spirit Village possesses at least Disaster Intermediate Sequence level strength, while the village chief and several village officials each have Disaster True Sequence strength!

This is already comparable to the number of powerful individuals in two or three provinces of the Capital District!

With such strength, having always been quite friendly and even having helped the Hunters Association handle problems before, the Association did not want to break with them. However, if the situation were to continue this stalemate, the Hunters Association would not be afraid to fight.

Soon, Wen Wen was led by the Supporters to a temporary camp outside the Qi Ling Mountain Range.

This camp had been set up as a command center and had already gathered dozens of Rangers.

Among these Rangers were indeed some familiar faces: Qiao Feiya, Miao Miaomiao, Hidden Thorn, Sifumo, and so forth...

The circle of Rangers isn’t too big, so it’s quite normal to see acquaintances at such a major event.

On a high platform stood Xun Qing and two other True Order Rank powerhouses, whose main task was to control the overall situation without taking action lightly.

Once enough people had arrived, a Demon Hunter began using a megaphone to explain the situation. Once all the Rangers were informed of the real-time circumstances, tasks were immediately distributed.

Like Wen Wen, the Rangers had already learned enough on the way, and repeating it all was just a waste of time.

Wen Wen’s assigned task was to block a vital passageway in and out of Qi Ling Mountain, repelling all monsters attempting to leave. There was already a team of Demon Hunters stationed there, but their strength alone was not enough to stop the monsters of Qi Ling Mountain.

You must know, the monsters here are not just at the Disaster Level; there was also a Catastrophic Dragon-like terrifying creature!

Accompanying Wen Wen on this mission was a woman in striking red attire, codenamed ’Flame Sparrow’!

Time waits for no one; the sooner they got there, the less of a threat there would be.

On the way, Flame Sparrow’s expression was very excited, even somewhat ferocious and perverted, rubbing her hands together repeatedly, seemingly eager for a massive battle.

Wen Wen recognized her expression, for he occasionally felt the same; it was truly an expression of sheer anticipation for battle.

If it had been the old Wen Wen, he would have similarly donned such an expression, but now he only felt excitement for evenly matched opponents.

But her expression being perverted was one thing; she also occasionally shot out flames, scorching the areas they landed into a mess. If not for retaining some sense, she probably would have caused a forest fire.

Although Wen Wen was understanding, he still couldn’t tolerate it anymore and thus said, "Miss, could you stop playing with fire? This is a serious and just mission, and the way you are acting makes us look like villains going to commit murder."

"I can’t help it!" Flame Sparrow licked her lips and then looked at Wen Wen with slight excitement, "Why don’t you find some fun?"

"I meant no comparison... it’s just that playing with fire can lead to bed wetting." Wen Wen took a step back and said, realizing now how others felt when facing him.

"Tch, boring man." The woman clicked her tongue, and then actually stopped setting fires, instead clawing at the ground as they passed, doing some damage each time.

Wen Wen sighed to himself, "I see now, this woman just can’t keep her hands still!"