Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 489 - 487: Brief Conversation

Chapter 489: Chapter 487: Brief Conversation

After a brief couple of sentences, no matter how much Wen Wen called out in his heart, the voice did not sound again.

However, Wen Wen’s right hand started to feel warm, and the Catastrophe Gloves automatically appeared, giving Wen Wen a sensation similar to the prior occasions at the Sanctuary when he upgraded by absorbing energy.

Looking at Bai Cang, covered in multicolored energy, Wen Wen suddenly realized—the Catastrophe-Level energy emanating from Bai Cang might be the reason that voice appeared.

The Sanctuary had always coveted power at the Catastrophe Level or higher.

But such power was elusive and even if encountered, Wen Wen usually had no way to obtain it under normal circumstances.

But now, here was an entity with Catastrophe-Level strength, yet comparatively ’weaker,’ the Sanctuary certainly couldn’t let this opportunity slip.

With the backing of the Sanctuary, Wen Wen felt more confident. He smiled at Bai Cang and said, "Consider the previous battle merely a prelude, and now the main event begins!"

Bai Cang furrowed his eyebrows and said, "Are you insane? Wasn’t the earlier fight enough for you to see the disparity in strength?"

Hiding in the shadows, Chief Investigator Zheng Diao’s eyes gradually brightened. Facing a desperate situation and not seeking external help but choosing to continue the battle indicated that Wen Wen had a backup plan.

Was this backup plan related to the mysterious expert, "Black Cross"?

Chief Investigator Zheng Diao was quite eager to see what would happen next. He had not interfered in the whole incident at Qi Ling Mountain, aiming to uncover the details about Wen Wen.

In his view, the mysteries surrounding Wen Wen were far more significant than this Qi Ling Mountain incident.

After all, the Qi Ling Mountain incident only involved the residual strength of a Catastrophe-Level expert, whereas Wen Wen was directly connected to a free-moving, mysterious Catastrophe-Level expert!

Bai Cang was no fool. Seeing Wen Wen’s renewed vigor, a sense of caution arose in him.

He clenched his right hand and a twisted, five-colored Dragon Spear appeared in his hand. Then, he hurled the spear towards Wen Wen.

The energy spear tore through everything in its path. Bai Cang intended to probe from a distance first, to see what changes had occurred to Wen Wen now.

But if Wen Wen couldn’t withstand even this attack and died, that too would be a desirable outcome.

Watching the approaching spear, Wen Wen extended his right hand, posing as if to catch the spear barehanded.

Bai Cang’s pupils contracted. Had his brain been damaged by the previous attack? Previously, he couldn’t completely block his attack even with a shield, and now he intended to catch it barehanded?

But then, the shocking event happened—the spear hit Wen Wen’s palm, and instead of causing even a ripple, all its energy surged into Wen Wen’s hand.

Then, Wen Wen extended his left hand and a similar spear shot out, only this time the color changed from multicolored to golden.

Bai Cang swung his weapon, scattering the incoming attack, then said, "So this is your trump card, absorbing the attack and then releasing it back?"

"To think such an attack could defeat me, you must not think highly of me."

"The attacks you absorb, upon release, become much weaker. They pose no threat to me, not to mention, you can absorb energy attacks, but what about physical attacks?"

Wen Wen did not respond to Bai Cang’s comments. What had really happened, only Wen Wen himself knew.

Normally, the absorption capability of the Catastrophe Gloves depends on Wen Wen’s own capacity to absorb energy; they can only absorb power of the same level, which would typically be useless against Bai Cang.

But now, behind the gloves was the insatiably hungry Catastrophe Containment Facility—even Catastrophe-Level power could be absorbed if you do not resist.

The attack that was previously shot back, the reason its power was greatly reduced was not because Wen Wen lacked the ability to counter the original attack, but because the Sanctuary had absorbed the Catastrophe-Level Strength from the spear!

Seeing that Wen Wen’s trump card was this method of absorption and release, Bai Cang no longer hesitated. The battle between him and Wen Wen was likely to attract other superpower users, and too many people gathering would put him at risk.

So he resolutely charged towards Wen Wen, while Wen Wen, with his left hand behind his back, only extended his right hand to face Bai Cang.

Now, in the fight with Bai Cang, it was not actually Wen Wen, but the Sanctuary’s desire for the Catastrophe-Level Strength within Bai Cang!

This desire was enough to intercept the arrival of a Catastrophe-Level Expert, enough to shred a barrier that could seal a Catastrophe-Level Expert!

Just a Bai Cang, was simply not enough.

Bai Cang’s spear pointed repeatedly, and Wen Wen’s hand clumsily slid around in front of his body, yet he blocked all of Bai Cang’s attacks!

Now, it was not just Wen Wen’s hand but a spherical range around the hand that could absorb Catastrophe-Level Energy, he just needed to generally protect the area in front of him to block all of Bai Cang’s attacks.

Continuously having his energy absorbed, Bai Cang quickly realized something was wrong. Around Wen Wen, it was like a black hole, all his energy was being sucked into that dark hand.

Apart from Wen Wen and Bai Cang, Chief Investigator Zheng Diao also looked solemn. The ability Wen Wen was displaying was definitely not that of a Mid-Sequel Ranger.

Moreover, the aura produced when he absorbed energy vaguely resembled the remnants of the Black Cross aura he had found at various scenes before!

He was definitely linked to Black Cross!

Bai Cang realized that if he continued the fight, he might be completely drained, so he made a swift decision to move away from Wen Wen, planning to fight from a distance, but he found that at this moment Wen Wen had his eyes tightly closed, not moving at all.

At this time, Wen Wen’s consciousness had arrived in a mysterious space, standing in the center of the Black Stone Hall, looking up at a figure in a black robe sitting on the throne.

There wasn’t a single sound in the black hall, which somewhat oppressed Wen Wen, so he shrugged and grumbled, "So this is my consciousness space, all black, you really lack style."

The figure on the throne did not react to Wen Wen’s words, very aloof.

Wen Wen touched the back of his hand resentfully and then said, "You said you could let me complete Assimilation, how do I complete it, by fighting you?"

The black robed figure looked at Wen Wen disdainfully, although Wen Wen couldn’t see his face, he knew he was being scorned.

"After you go out from here, you can complete Assimilation."

"That simple?" Wen Wen asked in surprise, "I heard that reaching the Assimilation Realm requires a struggle over control of the body, are you willing to just hand over all your power to me?"

"Assimilation... too weak!"

"You’re not nearly qualified yet to compete with me for strength."

After the black robed figure finished speaking, Wen Wen’s body began to dematerialize, Wen Wen knew he was being expelled from this space, which meant this brief conversation was ending.

"Wait, we finally meet and you don’t want to say more?"

"When you step into the Catastrophe Realm, we will meet again..."

When Wen Wen had completely disappeared, the Black Stone Hall once again fell into silence, the shadowy figure remaining silent for a long while, then suddenly let out a light laugh.

"To think they named my power Dark Matter, that really is... quite an unflattering name..."