Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 694 - 684: Mist Box

Chapter 694: Chapter 684: Mist Box

Xun Qing drew his longsword and with a gentle swing, forceful sword winds slashed from his blade, clearing all the surrounding mist.

But quickly, the mist gathered back again as if nothing had happened.

Xun Qing muttered under his breath, "Damn, there’s definitely something fishy about this mist. No sooner does one wave settle than another rises. Can’t I have a moment of peace... I never want to come to Nim City again."

The ever-present mist in Nim City, though rich with a fantastical aura, was still barely livable.

But if this mist keeps thickening endlessly, this city might soon become uninhabitable—a dead city devoid of people, a paradise for monsters.

And who could guarantee that this strange new change involved only the endlessly thickening mist?

Who knows what else might be hidden in this mist, like... monsters!

However, fortunately, Nim City now had elite demon hunters from ten major districts. Even if something did happen, they should be able to keep the situation under control for the most part.

The current priority was to quickly identify the cause of the thickening mist. Several True-order Masters jointly issued orders to all the demon hunters of Nim City, and in an instant, the whole city sprung into action.

What was surprising to Wen Wen was that less than half an hour after the orders were issued, the local demon hunters found some clues. Wen Wen, following along with Xun Qing and others, arrived at the location where the clues were discovered—the residence Stein had previously visited.

The unfortunate resident’s neighbor, coming to borrow something, found that Stein had left the door unlocked when he departed, so when they knocked, the door swung open automatically. The neighbor naturally saw the corpses inside and immediately screamed and called the police.

Upon receiving the message, the local demon hunters immediately went to the scene and found the iron door engraved with huge eyes and the twisted skeletons inside...

By the time Wen Wen and others arrived, a superpower user had already excavated the buried iron door. It was a huge metal rectangle, five meters high and three meters wide on each side.

The front featured the metal door carved with eyes, and the back had large segments of incomprehensible inscriptions.

Wen Wen was slightly taken aback upon seeing those inscriptions.

Because the script was not the ancient text of the Golden Eagle District but Youta script!

Wen Wen, having studied Youta script briefly to learn the Book of Thunder, could barely understand it.

The inscription broadly stated that the box contained a horrifying item named the Mist Box, which was responsible for turning Nim City into the City of Mist.

The people had paid a great price to seal this Mist Box, with countless individuals sacrificed due to it. However, during the sealing process, many heroes emerged, united in one heart...

Just as Wen Wen was about to yawn, the inscription finally began to describe what exactly the Mist Box was.

The Mist Box could not be destroyed, and the area of the city where it was located would be enclosed by the Eternal Mist.

The density of the Eternal Mist would continuously increase until visibility was reduced to three meters, at which point it would stop. Once it stopped, terrifying creatures from other dimensions would begin to appear in the mist...

The first person to come into contact with the Mist Box would become its ’master.’ The Mist Box could not stray more than three meters away from its master. If it did, it would reappear next to the ’master’ by inexplicable means.

The method to seal the Mist Box was to enclose both the Mist Box and its master together in an airtight space that did not exceed two and a half meters in any dimension. However, even if the Mist Box were sealed, the vast area it affected would still be enveloped in a thin mist.

It seems the skeleton within this iron door was the previous owner of the Mist Box, and the current ’owner’ is the person who opened this door.

Aside from Wen Wen, among the Demon Hunters gathered around, there was also someone who understood Yuta script—a ’Wizard.’ For a wizard learning forbidden knowledge, Yuta script was fundamental.

After the wizard had translated it, he shared the contents with the surrounding Demon Hunters.

Upon hearing this, George Qiao Ai’er’s face turned ashen. The legend of the Mist Box was actually quite famous within the Hunters Association of the Golden Eagle District.

Over 300 years ago, the Mist Box appeared and transformed Nim City into what it is now.

However, at that time, the information about the Mist Box was all stored within a small secret organization in Nim City.

But later, when the Hunters Association expanded, this small secret organization was swept away by the Hunters Association, and all related information vanished.

The only information the Hunters Association now possesses about the Mist Box is that it caused a disaster and was later sealed,

No one knows where the Mist Box is, nor do they know the specific abilities or level of the Mist Box; therefore, the Association briefly searched and then gave up looking for it, as for a containment item that had been sealed, its safest if no one knew of its existence.

Yet unexpectedly, the Mist Box that had disappeared for 300 years appeared again today.

According to the information on this gigantic iron door, once the concentration of this fog reaches a certain level, unknown horrific monsters will emerge, and by then, the millions of people in Nim City will face danger.

Looking at the speed at which the fog is spreading, that time probably won’t be long.

And relocating the population of such a huge city in such a short time is simply impossible.

While the True-order Masters were deliberating, Wen Wen had already walked into that house on his own.

Being a detective, he naturally wanted to apply his expertise.

The person who took the Mist Box hadn’t tried to hide the traces they left behind, which Wen Wen found quite noticeable.

Footprints, fingerprints, even the scents left in the air, Wen Wen checked them all, then his face assumed a curious expression.

"So, does that guy think the problems he’s caused aren’t enough, or does he believe that hiding in the thick fog will prevent the hounds from finding him?"

Wen Wen recognized the person who took the Mist Box as Stein, but he couldn’t understand why Stein would take it.

According to the description on the iron door, although the first person to contact the Mist Box nominally became its ’owner’, they actually couldn’t control everything about the Mist Box.

After taking the Mist Box, it was as if a large-scale negative effect that could impact the entire city was fixed onto them, only to be freed by death...

Some lunatics, who possibly relished this effect, might like it, but Stein already had a hound; taking the Mist Box was simply asking for trouble.

"It seems he was deceived by that Bai Du guy... However, if the person who took the Mist Box is Stein, catching him won’t be easy."