Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 622 - 611: The Only Way

Chapter 622: Chapter 611: The Only Way

Moyadi looked toward the direction of the town and said with a slight melancholy, "If everything had developed normally, the Heaven Stone was supposed to protect this town, and it indeed did protect this town for hundreds of years."

"Unfortunately, more than two hundred years ago, a powerful monster appeared nearby. That monster caused a catastrophic earthquake, and several towns nearby suffered heavy casualties; one town even got swallowed by the fissured ground."

"Heavenly Stone Town was completely wrecked by the earthquake, but miraculously, no one died in the earthquake. Instead, when the earthquake had subsided, the Heaven Stone collapsed, crushing several townsfolk who had taken shelter nearby. The blood-stained stone was then seen by the townsfolk as a symbol of evil, and they believed it was the Heaven Stone that had caused the great earthquake."

"Later, the townsfolk chipped the Heaven Stone apart and rebuilt the town. I suspect this is why the ’Heaven Stone’ wants to take revenge on this town. As for why it is only starting to take revenge now, perhaps it is because it only recently accumulated enough strength..."

After listening to Moyadi’s analysis, Wen Wen also sighed, "This stone gained strength from human worship and turned into a human catastrophe because of human hatred. What was supposed to be a protective force has now become a target to be eliminated."

However, since the Heaven Stone had chosen to take revenge on the entire town, Wen Wen could not just stand by, "Since everything started with the Heaven Stone, I just need to find the ’actual body’ of the Heaven Stone and destroy it to break this illusion, right?"

Moyadi said with a bitter smile, "It’s not that simple. Two hundred years ago, those townsfolk did too thorough a job. They completely disintegrated the Heaven Stone, so much that fragments of it can be found throughout the town, making the entire town the actual body of the Heaven Stone—from the rocks in the buildings to the pebbles on the roadside..."

"Originally, even if the Heaven Stone was incredibly mystical, it could only affect the area around its actual body, but now the entire town is its territory. To destroy the Heaven Stone, even leveling the entire town wouldn’t be enough. Plus, can you ensure that destroying the town on a large scale wouldn’t kill the people inside the illusion?"

Wen Wen frowned and said, "Then what should we do? In this case, it seems there’s no way to deal with the Heaven Stone."

Moyadi sighed and said, "Since the Heaven Stone has developed the idea of revenge, it indicates it has developed a sense of self. Now, there’s only one way—to enter the Illusionary Realm, find that self-consciousness filled with loathing, and completely erase it. Only then will the Heaven Stone be just a pile of bizarre stones."

Wen Wen grimaced and said, "But those who know the Illusionary Realm exists can’t enter it, let alone destroy its self-consciousness."

"That’s the problem..." Moyadi hesitated for a moment and then said, "I have a way to let you enter the Illusionary Town again, but once you do, you’ll encounter some additional dangers."

"What dangers?" Wen Wen asked with raised eyebrows.

Moyadi said, "You have already been rejected by the town’s illusion. I can use my power to still allow the town’s illusion to affect you, so you can enter the Illusionary Town."

"But once you do this, you cannot treat the things in the town as merely illusions anymore, whatever absurd things illusion techniques have created, for you, they will be real."

"Is that so..." Wen Wen laughed and said, "Then what are we waiting for?"

...

In the dim candlelight, Tao Qingqing flipped through an ancient journal. She was currently in the cellar of a centenarian in the town.

In Tao Qingqing’s eyes, the old man’s body was already full of holes so much so that maggots would fall off with any vigorous movement. He had probably been dead a long time ago, but the children taking care of him patiently hadn’t noticed anything.

Her investigation was ongoing, and her focus had shifted onto the Heaven Stone, so she arrived at the old man’s home and discovered a historically rich notebook in the cellar. The notebook contained legends about the "Heaven Stone."

In the legend, the Heaven Stone was an extremely evil stone. Since the appearance of the Heaven Stone near the town, the town had often encountered bizarre incidents. The townspeople feared the evil stone, so they continually worshipped the stone, praying that it would not harm the townspeople. However, the evil stone eventually triggered a disaster in the town, leading the exasperated townspeople to rise up in retaliation, shattering the evil Heaven Stone...

"It’s the same again, which legend is actually true..." Tao Qingqing sighed. She had seen similar descriptions elsewhere.

The information about the Heaven Stone left in the town was always at two extremes. The records from two hundred years ago only praised the Heaven Stone, but since the stone shattered, its image quickly turned sinister.

As Tao Qingqing flipped through the book, the lighting around her grew darker, and the candlelight flickered more intensely—a fearsome face in the flames changing expressions wantonly, while the words on the pages writhed and danced.

Tao Qingqing looked toward Wen Wen standing at the cellar entrance and asked, "Have you discovered nothing as well?"

Wen Wen did not answer, but his expression was gloomy, as if about to drip water.

Suddenly, the flame on the candle burst forth, transforming into a huge fire ghost face as tall as a person, and bit down toward Tao Qingqing.

Tao Qingqing did not confront it head-on, but instead transformed into countless bats to avoid it; the bats flew out of the cellar and then reformed in front of Wen Wen, facing away from him, warily watching the bizarre fire monster.

This fire ghost face, formed by candlelight, did not have a trace of supernatural power’s aura, so it was hard for her to judge its strength.

But while Tao Qingqing was confronting the Candle Fire Ghost Face, Wen Wen behind her also made his move. He brought his hands together to form a hand blade and struck down at Tao Qingqing.

This move was the Seven Sharks Fighting Technique, Splitting Shark Palm!

The powerful strength split the ground along the line, the ends of the house tipped upward, the entire building tilting inward as the Candle Fire Ghost Face was directly blown out by the palm wind, but it re-formed after a while.

Tao Qingqing, clutching her shoulder, took cover on the other side of the house, warily watching this Fake Wen Wen. Although she had been prepared, she still sustained some injuries.

"Strange... you actually dodged it. With your strength, unless you were prepared in advance, it would’ve been impossible to dodge. I think my imitation was quite perfect; you shouldn’t have seen through it," Fake Wen Wen curiously watched Tao Qingqing without making another move.

Tao Qingqing gave a cold laugh and did not reply. She had been suspicious of this Wen Wen ever since she witnessed a little boy being burned by sunlight.

But she didn’t directly probe Fake Wen Wen. Instead, she reported the situation to Wen Wen through the chain. Although there was no verbal response from the chain, some feedback was given. However, this Wen Wen knew nothing, so he must be fake.

It was precisely because she determined that this Wen Wen was fake that Tao Qingqing had started to investigate the Angel, as the real Wen Wen had disappeared after heading to the Endless Stairs—the church of the Endless Stairs was constructed from the Heaven Stone.

With a sinister smile, Fake Wen Wen said, "But your discovery is of no use. Those who came to explore the Endless Stairs before were too weak, only with this person’s arrival did I finally possess the power to seek revenge, a power far surpassing your strength!"