Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 613 - 602: Tian Family Town

Chapter 613: Chapter 602: Tian Family Town

"Fuck, damn dog thief!"

In one courtyard in the town, a middle-aged uncle wearing a black cotton-padded jacket, his hair thinning, was loudly cursing, struggling to drag a corpse... a dog’s corpse.

His family name was Tian, ranking third in his household, and people in the town called him Third Master Tian. Half an hour earlier, his dog started barking wildly, as if it was alerting him to something.

However, Third Master Tian didn’t pay much attention. There were quite a few stray dogs in town; it might just be one of them cursing out another. The dog he kept in his yard couldn’t fight with the outside ones, so swearing at each other had become routine.

Everything was normal until Third Master Tian heard a howl, which alerted him that something was wrong. He dashed out of the house with a kitchen knife, only to find his dog foaming at the mouth, close to death.

Third Master Tian’s first thought was that a dog thief had struck. There were no external injuries to the dog; only a Poison Dog Needle could kill a large breed that quickly.

Too bad he didn’t catch the thief. Otherwise, he would make sure they entered Tian Family Town vertically and left horizontally. Last year, a small thief who came to town to steal got his limbs broken by a group of townspeople after being cornered.

After a bout of swearing, Third Master Tian sighed and intended to drag the dog to the tree in front of his house for burial.

"Thank goodness my daughter and that wife of mine went back to her mother’s house. Otherwise, they’d be crying and wailing here again."

"What kind of drug did that bastard use? My dog feels like it’s filled with sinkers; I can hardly drag it."

Third Master Tian’s dog was a large merle shepherd, weighing nearly thirty kilograms, considered a big fellow among pet dogs. But pulling it now felt like it weighed at least eighty or ninety kilograms.

"Your dog didn’t die from the poison," a somewhat eerie voice said to Third Master Tian.

"How did it die then? There’s not a single wound on its body... who’s talking?" Third Master Tian suddenly broke out in a cold sweat; there was no one else around, and he didn’t recognize the voice.

The eerie voice rose again, as if right beside Third Master Tian’s ear: "Guess where I am?"

"I’ll be damned if I guess," Third Master Tian quickly picked up the kitchen knife, trying to look fierce to embolden himself.

"If you don’t guess... then it’s not fun anymore."

The shepherd that lay on the ground unsteadily got to its feet, walked over to Third Master Tian, and tilted its head to look at him.

Now Third Master Tian realized that the voice he had heard was coming from the dog.

"How can a dog talk? Did my dog become a spirit? Or am I hallucinating from anger?" Maybe because of the excessive shock, Third Master Tian felt calmer than before.

The dog’s mouth split open, as if it wanted to vomit something. Despite his fright, Third Master Tian leaned in, curious to see what the dog might spit out.

Then, he saw a hand emerge from the dog’s mouth... a hand covered with suction cups!

Third Master Tian was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, his legs as if filled with lead, unable to run no matter what.

Then he watched, wide-eyed, as a terrifying figure crawled out from the dog’s mouth—a muscular man about 1.8 meters tall with red skin, his rough skin covered with octopus-like suction cups.

The muscular man emerged from the small dog’s mouth without the dog showing any external damage. The dog had been so heavy because he had been hiding inside its body.

The man grinned viciously at Third Master Tian and said, "Guess where I’m going next?"

...

The town where the Mystery Staircase is located is called Tian Family Town, but not many Tian families actually live there.

It’s said that the town was originally named Heavenly Stone Town, with a giant rock that fell from the sky at the center of town. The townspeople considered the rock to be auspicious, so they used it to name the town.

But over two hundred years ago, there was a major earthquake that caused many houses in the town to collapse, and the large rock toppled over, crushing several people.

The townspeople believed that this huge stone had brought disaster upon them, so they dug up the "Heaven Stone" and used it for building houses...

With the stone gone, the town could no longer continue to be called Heavenly Stone Town, so they changed it to Tian Family Town.

Three Cubs drove into the town and stopped at the entrance of an inn.

Wen Wen, who had been lying in the backseat, lifted his head from Tao Qingqing’s lap, stretched lazily, opened the car door, and got out, "Having something to rest your head on sure beats lying on the car seat.

Indeed, Tao Qingqing was also in Wen Wen’s car, and Wen Wen had been resting on her thigh all the way here.

Wen Wen once promised her that when she transformed to a certain extent, he would take her out to be his assistant.

After seeing her activity report, Wen Wen knew the time was about right; as long as she could control her bloodlust, Wen Wen didn’t mind letting her move about.

Tao Qingqing got out of the car. The sunlight was slightly glaring, and she instinctively shielded her eyes, but she quickly realized that she no longer detested the sunlight.

Although the sunlight had never harmed her, it used to make her feel uncomfortable all over, so she had never exposed herself to sunlight since becoming a vampire.

She stood greedily at the entrance of the inn, savoring the feeling of sunlight on her face.

"Alright, stop standing at the doorway like an idiot, you’re embarrassing me."

Having said that, Wen Wen walked into the inn and addressed an old lady who was cracking sunflower seeds at the counter, "I want the best room you’ve got."

"Just one?" the old lady asked, sizing up Tao Qingqing.

"Yes, just one."

Wen Wen said matter-of-factly, as the Hunters Association would reimburse him for his stay at the inn, but Tao Qingqing didn’t have this privilege, so he only booked one room.

"Where am I supposed to sleep then?" Tao Qingqing asked timidly.

"If there’s a sofa, sleep on the sofa; if not, sleep on the floor. If you’re not satisfied, roll back to the Sanctuary to sleep," Wen Wen said curtly, avoiding the old lady’s gaze and speaking softly.

Tao Qingqing sighed helplessly; as long as Wen Wen didn’t send her back to the Sanctuary, she’d be willing to sleep even on the ceiling, let alone the floor...

"By the way, what’s going on over there?"

Wen Wen pointed in a direction and asked. Looking through the window, he saw a family holding a funeral, with two women, one older and one younger, crying their hearts out.

As a major customer renting the most upscale room, the old lady didn’t hide anything from Wen Wen.

"That’s Third Master Tian’s place. He had a fight with his wife a couple of days ago, and she took their daughter back to her parents’. Who would’ve thought that Third Master Tian would lose his mind and climb up an electric pole and jump off to kill himself..."

"Are you sure it was suicide?" Wen Wen asked with narrowed eyes.

The old lady, continuing to crack sunflower seeds, said, "A bunch of us saw it with our own eyes yesterday morning. He climbed up to the top of the pole and jumped down himself; there’s no doubt about it."

"He must have been driven mad by rage. When he jumped down, he was even grinning. It gives me the shivers just thinking about it," she added.

Wen Wen laughed, "If it’s suicide, that’s easy to deal with. If there were a murderer around here, I wouldn’t dare stay... By the way, auntie, your sunflower seeds smell pretty good. Do you sell them?"

The old lady replied with a smile, "Yes, I sell them. They’re roasted by our family and taste better than the ones sold outside. How much do you want?"

"Alright then, give me a hundred pounds."

The old lady’s smile abruptly ceased, "? ? ?"