First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!
Chapter 215: The Eye of Direct Sight—Corruption, Depravity, Look at Me

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The slash attacks burst out silently.

Lu Ding didn’t cut them one by one, but directly sent out nine slashes at once.

In an instant, nine tentacles flew off.

Those hollow eyes furrowed humanlike brows and stared directly at Lu Ding.

That expression made it clear—it was pissed.

The strange tentacles flailed and lunged toward Lu Ding.

Next second.

A mysterious, ineffable aura surged from Lu Ding’s body, shooting straight into the sky.

A sky-filling eye loomed, covering the heavens, peering down at the world.

The flailing tentacles vanished instantly, as if they had never appeared at all.

All of it happened in a flash—no one could even notice.

Lu Ding only felt the attacking tentacles vanish without reason.

Wang Qingge also stopped shaking.

She raised her wooden sign.

【Eh? Why’s the Founder being so stingy today?】

Lu Ding stayed silent.

Your “Founder” is... a little niche.

Suddenly a thought struck him.

Was it mad because he chopped off nine of its tentacles?

No idea.

But whatever.

At least he got the Eye of Direct Sight, and it didn’t attack him.

Compared to previous containment encounters, this one was absurdly easy.

Just a few casual slashes and done.

If he could contain the whole thing on Wang Qingge... then...

Well, Lu Ding was only thinking aloud—

Maybe the reason it didn’t lash out was because a few tentacles weren’t a big deal. Maybe it hadn’t reached its rage threshold.

But if he really tried to capture the whole monster on Wang Qingge,

That thing might go berserk.

And Lu Ding wasn’t sure he could take it.

Forget it, forget it.

Time to check the reward.

【Contained Creature: ‘Its’ Tentacle】

【Containment Reward: Eye of Direct Sight】

【Eye of Direct Sight: Corruption, Depravity, Look at Me】

He understood the Eye of Direct Sight’s function.

Twisting, corruption, collapse, breakdown...

All kinds of chaotic effects.

But not the things Lu Ding had guessed—

Like x-ray vision, perception, farsight, or hypnosis.

Lu Ding felt in his gut—this thing was made for destruction and slaughter. Its power rivaled his Path of Jinche,

But it wasn’t as pure.

Hard to explain with words.

Here’s a not-so-perfect metaphor:

If both were water—

Path of Jinche would be pure water.

Eye of Direct Sight would be thick, filthy sewage, full of disgusting crap.

Forget tasting it—just walking past and catching a whiff could probably diagnose you with a dozen illnesses.

Sounds gross—

But it’s amazing in combat!!

Lu Ding couldn’t wait to try it on the Golden Toad beneath Ba’er Mountain.

He looked at the water collected in the pit.

Lu Ding asked Wang Qingge, “Is this enough water?”

【Not the best, but it’ll do. Get ready, I’ll cast the spell to lure the Golden Toad—let’s fish it directly.】

“You’re ‘Founder’ left, didn’t he?”

【Founder’s gone. I can handle it myself.】

Wang Qingge rolled up her sleeves.

On her pale arms were countless bizarre markings.

Lu Ding stared for a moment—

But with his limited knowledge, he couldn’t make sense of them.

He pulled out a copper coin and wrapped it with carpenter’s chalk line.

Lu Ding nodded toward Wang Qingge to show he was ready.

She raised her arms, the strange symbols beginning to glow faintly.

Then—she smashed both arms together.

A sound like “hum” echoed outward, reverberating across all of Ba’er Mountain.

After the first, Wang Qingge raised her arms again—

Second strike, third strike...

The resonating pulses traveled layer by layer—

Reaching hundreds of meters into the depths below Ba’er Mountain.

In the dark earth—

A pair of golden eyes snapped open.

The white nictitating membranes slid back, revealing pure golden pupils.

The eyes shifted.

The Golden Toad lifted its head, turned it slightly—paused as if trying to determine direction.

Another pulse came.

The Golden Toad twisted its massive body and burrowed in one direction.

Aboveground—

Wang Qingge suddenly stopped.

She raised her sign.

【It’s coming】

Lu Ding swung the copper coin wrapped in chalk line and hurled it outward.

It traced an arc, splashing into the clear water with ripples.

Everyone held their breath, eyes fixed on the bottom of the well, waiting for the Golden Toad to arrive.

Suddenly—

A glint of golden shadow appeared in the not-so-cloudy water.

Underwater—

The Golden Toad had just reached the well and felt a wave of comfort.

It looked up at the sky.

For a moment—it felt like home again.

Back then, it was just a little frog swimming in the well under the setting sun, often gazing up at the sky from inside the well.

Sighing at how small the heavens were—only a few feet wide.

Its greatest joy was crouching in the well on summer days, waiting to see which mosquito crawled out first,

Then snapping it up in one gulp—savoring the sweetness.

Then it would wait for winter to come and drift off into a deep sleep. Repeat, year after year.

Eh!!?

As the Golden Toad reminisced, its eyes caught sight of the ancient coin Lu Ding had thrown into the water.

A rich aroma drifted through—stirring its hunger.

It had some intelligence—

But nowhere near a human’s.

Especially when it came to these ancient coins—they had a natural allure.

The Golden Toad lunged straight at it, opened its giant bloody maw, and bit down!

Heh!!

Its massive body instantly surged out of the water.

Only when it reached a certain height did it see—

People!

So many people!!!

The Golden Toad instinctively wanted to let go and flee—

But part of it couldn’t bear to.

While it hesitated—

Lu Ding, pulling hard on the chalk line at the shore, suddenly burst with an indescribable aura.

Humans, like some animals, have nictitating membranes.

But in evolution, humans have lost this trait—

What remains is a tiny piece of pink flesh at the inner corner of the eyes.

That’s the remnant of our nictitating membrane—like the vestigial nub at the base of our spines.

At this moment—

As Lu Ding activated the Eye of Direct Sight,

The inner corners of his eyes split open—membranes unfurling to cover his eyeballs.

Those membranes were etched with dense circles of jagged runes, linked like gears.

As the smallest circle began to turn—

Lu Ding heard a click inside his mind.

An unknown wave radiated outward, locking onto the airborne Golden Toad.

In an instant—its golden body was stained by black corruption.

Its flesh trembled, rippling.

Its eyes bulged, jaw stretched open, body froze mid-air in an unnatural hover.

Its organs and innards gushed out through its gaping mouth—warped and twisted.

Until the entire Golden Toad was transformed inside and out.

Its body swelled, its skin ballooned—

Then with a loud BOOM—like a popping balloon—

The toad exploded in mid-air, spraying filth across the sky.

It all happened in a single breath.

No one moved—

But everyone knew it was Lu Ding who killed the Golden Toad.

As for how they knew—

Just look at him now.

Black energy radiated from his body, like he was outlined in ink—striking, distinct,

A presence that made others instinctively back off,

Indescribable.

But all in all—

Way cooler than before!

Bai Hemen, watching, silently pondered—

“How many hidden tricks are you still keeping up your sleeve?”