Clown Game
Chapter 367 - 354 Truth

Chapter 367: Chapter 354 Truth

The Locksmith once again took out the doorknob from his pocket, attached it to the door, and opened it. The scene inside was now visible to everyone.

Similar to the containment chamber that held Eye-ball Gent, this one was also bare, even smaller than the previous room. In the center stood a rectangular iron box, standing upright like a coffin. This item was the Foundation’s most commonly used sealed box for containing humanoid objects. If anyone had a good memory, they would recall that when Chen Xiao and Bai Xiong captured Lin Fan and escorted him back to K City’s Abnormal Creature Research Area, Lin Fan had been confined inside such a box. The materials used in its construction could isolate many things, such as sound, atmospheric pressure, radiation, and impact force. Inside there was a long-term hibernation device, and on the outside, two tubes connected to the wall provided nutrition and air at regular intervals to the content inside, along with cleaning and sterilization, comprehensive physical examinations, and a certain degree of cryogenic preservation. One could say that as long as the external functions didn’t stop, the person inside would keep sleeping indefinitely... almost like a perfectly healthy mummy, and they would live much longer than under normal circumstances.

"It’s him!" Chen Xiao ran up to the coffin-like box, from the glass on top of the lid he could clearly see that inside was a balding middle-aged man wearing a mask, breathing faintly but undoubtedly still alive.

The Locksmith came over: "So, are we opening it?" he asked, already starting to look for a place to set the handle on the lid.

Seeing this, Chen Xiao hurriedly intervened: "No, we can’t let this guy out!"

"Why not?" the Locksmith asked in surprise.

"You don’t know his abilities. The moment this guy is released, our memories will be wiped clean instantly."

"Uh... that’s a problem then!" The Locksmith mumbled, "Are we supposed to just carry this big box around?"

Just then...

"Not good!" Bai Xiong’s voice came from behind everyone, though calm as always, one could tell from the speed of his words that something very important had occurred. Sure enough, he then looked up at everyone, lifted Reina, who was in his arms, and showed her to the others: "She... seems to have fainted."

Before his words had settled!

The entire room’s lights suddenly went out, after one second, a blood-red light filled the room. The containment chamber’s door slammed shut automatically, and an iron gate rapidly rose behind it, sealing the door tightly.

"Attention all sections, special-level anomaly reaction! Special-level anomaly reaction!

Combat personnel immediately proceed to K3315 area!

A-level anomaly reaction—

B-level anomaly reaction—

C-level anomaly reaction—

Large casualties in area X4366 not yet counted, the interrogation area has suffered facility damage, suspected external personnel intrusion,

Containment area doors opened without authorization!

Containment failure! Containment failure! Containment failure!"

In an instant, all of the Foundation’s detection signals were restored, and various messages that should have been sent out long ago echoed crazily in every corner. The entire Pacific Division seemed to have boiled over in a second.

The Locksmith seemed somewhat panicked and rushed to the door trying to attach the doorknob to it, but with the barrier, he simply could not reach it. Actually, even if he reached, nobody could get out.

The Drunkard’s brows furrowed and he suddenly charged at the barrier, only to hear a loud "Clang!" as he was rebounded back and sat down hard on the floor, the barrier didn’t budge at all, apparently made of much sturdier stuff than the door.

"What do we do?" He looked around the hermetically sealed space, with no way out.

Meanwhile, the nurse was already kneeling on the ground, her complexion pale and body trembling nonstop.

Bai Xiong also didn’t seem to have any ideas and just stood quietly, not uttering a word.

Everything seemed to have reached a deadlock.

But just at that moment...

"Chen Xiao!" A-Ming’s voice suddenly came through the earpiece: "Let them out!"

Chen Xiao was startled: "Huh? Who?"

"I don’t know, but you do, it’s them, you always have a way!" A-Ming spoke cryptically.

Everyone was somewhat confused...

Only Chen Xiao, looking down and contemplating something, remained silent... and his eyes gradually grew colder.

"How do you know?" he suddenly asked, his usual carefree attitude disappeared in an instant, replaced by a tone of utter calm. He looked up at everyone present and continued in a soft voice, "Do you all know?"

Danger... extreme danger!

For a moment, the muscles of everyone seemed to tense instinctively, Bai Xiong even could feel his normally immovable heart starting to shake.

He didn’t understand why, but A-Ming’s words seemed to have struck a nerve in Chen Xiao.

He... was angry.

Moreover, at some point, the handgun had appeared in his hand.

"What are you doing?" Song Xuan’s pupils constricted sharply, maybe it was Chen Xiao’s sudden change that had caught her attention, or maybe the oppressive atmosphere and lighting had distracted her; in any case, she had not seen Chen Xiao draw the gun. She swiftly retrieved her dagger, eyeing Chen Xiao warily, but did not dare to rush forward recklessly.

Although she knew that this guy was about the same as a normal person in terms of speed and strength, she had no doubt that if she made a move, he would definitely shoot. In such a confined space, his bullets were enough to bury all present for him. And his attitude of disregarding everything... it seemed like he didn’t care about his own life at all.

"Is this why you wanted to ally with me and come to the Pacific Division? You’ve been keeping things from me all along." He continued to ask coldly, his hunched figure standing before everyone, appearing exceedingly frail.

"I don’t know what you’re talking about?" The postman stood in front of Chen Xiao, gesturing that he had no intention of teleporting. "You need to calm down; now is not the time for internal strife."

"No, they don’t know, only I and the ’Guardian’ knew about this, they haven’t deceived you!" A Ming yelled.

"People always have things they don’t want others to know about," Chen Xiao said, raising his gun.

"Don’t be rash!" A Ming continued shouting. "Don’t you want the C-211? Now, if you follow my plan, you can have it. Don’t you want to recover your memory?"

"Your plan? I’ve been playing nice this whole way, so now, I want to try my plan," said Chen Xiao. "If I’m not mistaken, in a moment Foundation personnel will burst in here, and I, as a B-level field agent hijacked by The Splitters, will lead all the enemies into a containment room after a battle of wits and disable the alarm shield... And as for this old man, with such high clearance, there are plenty of ways for me to get him."

"Bastard! I will kill you!" Lin Fan said angrily.

"Give it up, if you could kill me, you would have done it by now," said Chen Xiao. "You can see the future, can’t you... So let me guess the outcome you’ve seen. Each and every one of you, charging at me, using weapons, teleporting, whatever, all your attacks on me are useless, right... I can tell everyone honestly that I am immortal for one second, not even getting hurt, and that one second is enough for me to empty all the bullets. In this sealed environment, only I can withstand the impact. After one second, all of you will fall to the ground, but I won’t let you slowly recover under the nurse’s influence, I’ll smash your heads one by one... Am I right?"

Chen Xiao spoke leisurely... and Lin Fan could only clench his teeth in silence.

"You don’t have to do this!" A Ming said.

"Indeed, there’s no need. The outcome is the same for me. So, you have to convince me," Chen Xiao responded indifferently.

"Because this is your own plan!"

...

Chen Xiao paused for a moment.

"What did you say?"

"All of this is your own plan. A long time ago, you arranged everything, then erased your own memory, purposely becoming a vessel! Locked up in the asylum, crafting a seamless false past, selected as a volunteer, joining the Foundation, allying with us, you told us everything beforehand and then threw yourself into the plan. You did all this yourself!"

...

Silence

...

Everyone heard A Ming’s voice, but no one understood what he was saying.

"Hehe, hahahaha—What a joke," Chen Xiao suddenly laughed. "All of this was my idea? Stop kidding, do you think I would believe you?" he said mockingly.

"You’re a Raven..."

The piercing laughter stopped abruptly.

"You’re a member of the Ravens!" A Ming kept on. "Right when you entered the Foundation, we already gave you clues, you’ve figured it out by now, right? That organization that has existed since the oldest of times, our establishment predates the Foundation by far, with seven people influencing the course of the world in every era. Of course, you also know that in this generation, there are only six members, three inside the Foundation, two among The Splitters, one who doesn’t wish to join any faction, and then there’s you... the seventh who has always been missing."

Chen Xiao was expressionless.

Perhaps due to the overwhelming amount of information, everyone present was stunned, only the crimson lights and the continuous shrieking of alarms were unceasing.

...

At this moment, the Pacific Division, having restored communications, immediately demonstrated its formidable execution power. In this time, several squads of guards and two field agent teams had arrived in the containment area, and even more were on their way. They rushed through the gate, guns loaded and advanced toward Section C, seemingly leaving no way out for the invaders!

But just as these teams had entered the hallway of C-211, the "timed lock" that Locksmith had previously planted on another door had just finished a full turn!

The door to containment room C-255 unlocked with a click, and immediately, a fiery inferno burst out from within, instantly covering the entire hallway, blackening all the walls.

"I told you, I’m too old for nursery rhymes! I want to listen to jazz!" A voice, almost beastly in its roar, came from inside, accompanied by "thud thud" of heavy footsteps, a monstrous figure with dragon scales emerged.

Coincidentally, this creature had also been locked up in the K City Anomalous Research Zone. Due to its rapid growth, in just over a year, it had grown from the size of a child to over two meters tall, its strength and temper increasing proportionally. Out of necessity, it had been transferred here.

As the flames dissipated, the charging guards were rolling on the floor, trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies. A few who were close to the door had been directly burned to a crisp, while the field agent teams, protected by their gear, suffered no casualties. Seeing the monster appear, they drew their weapons and engaged in combat.

The creature, unafraid, roared: "Hahaha—Come at me, I’m super vicious!" and charged towards the attackers. The hallway was immediately filled with a hail of gunfire and flying flames, blockading the way back completely.

...

In the containment room C-211, the walls seemed to lack soundproofing, and the noise from outside seeped in, faint yet persistent.

"I’m a member of the Ravens?..." Chen Xiao tilted his head, seemingly deep in thought: "Then... how can I believe you."

"You don’t need to believe me. I know you, you like things that are interesting. You can’t stand being idle. These things won’t change whether you remember them or not, so if you just kill these people in front of you, wouldn’t that be too boring?" said A Ming. "Of course, the you from years ago knew what you were like, so you left something for the current you. That card."

"Card?" asked Chen Xiao puzzled.

"Yes, the card, the one with the raven drawn on it..."

(This Chapter has a lot of information, so everyone helps me look for any inconsistencies, and I’ll make corrections, thanks.)