Huan Meng Lie Ren

Chapter 175 The Corrupted District

Donning his protective suit, Wen Wen prepared to storm the mutated residential area.

While entering was dangerous, not everyone was qualified. Only disaster-level superhumans capable of independently handling complex situations could enter to search for the source.

Disaster-class superhumans might even be assimilated by the bizarre environment, becoming enemies of the association.

Therefore, all disaster-class superhumans and more than half of the disaster-level superhumans were deployed around the perimeter of the residential area, with the primary mission of preventing monsters from emerging.

"Although I agreed to enter, I still feel a bit of a mental block," Wen Wen remarked, standing outside the residential area.

From the air to the soil, to every corner of this place, Wen Wen felt a profoundly unsettling sensation, many times more disgusting than his previous descent into the sewers.

At least in the sewers, Wen Wen knew what was inside; the most disgusting thing was merely excrement and urine.

But here, anything could exist.

Wen Wen approached the edge of the corrupted area and looked in, first seeing a circle of ground covered in ice crystals.

This ring of ice crystals emitted an astonishing cold, capable of freezing ordinary people with a mere touch; it was a product of superhuman abilities.

"Is this Ice River's ability? The entire edge of the corrupted area is encased in this, like a true river of ice..." Su Dan Novel Network

It was precisely because of this 'river of ice' that the corruption had halted. Otherwise, the place where Wen Wen now stood would have long since become a human hell.

"Ice River is disaster-class, and Yan Biqing is also disaster-class. The gap between them is too great!"

No matter how Yan Biqing adjusted her body's attributes, 'Ice River' could freeze an area the size of a parking lot with a wave of his hand. What could she do?

Due to the vast disparity in strength, the Assimilation realm was generally divided into four minor stages: Lower Sequence, Middle Sequence, Upper Sequence, and True Sequence, which already possessed some characteristics of the 'True Self' level.

Superhumans like Yan Biqing, who had just entered the Assimilation realm, were typically at the Lower Sequence level.

However, some superhumans with special abilities, upon entering the Assimilation level, were already at the Middle or Upper Sequence, depending entirely on their talent.

Speaking of which, with the astonishing destructive power of high-level superhumans, it was remarkable that the Hunter Association could keep the vast majority of ordinary people ignorant of the superhuman world. The memory erasure device truly deserved all the credit.

Bending his knees and leaping, Wen Wen covered seven or eight meters, directly crossing the river of ice, and finally stepped onto the ground of the corrupted area.

The ground felt soft, like stepping on mushrooms covered in cobwebs, with a plump, thinly-skinned cockroach hidden inside. It felt like it would burst with juice upon impact, truly disgusting.

"I'll have to wash my clothes again when I get back..."

Wen Wen crouched down and observed. The material on the ground resembled a mixture of plants, flesh, and insects, but he couldn't discern its specific nature.

Not only the ground, but every building was covered in this substance, with dark green slime visible everywhere.

"Lin Zhe Yuan said there haven't been any disaster-level monsters found here yet, so it should be relatively safe... but I still feel uneasy."

Since the corruption had unfolded irregularly, the source could be located anywhere within this area.

This was also why the demon hunters who had previously entered to investigate had not returned. With hundreds of villas and some residential buildings on the outskirts of the area, any single location could be the source.

Wen Wen could sense that the aura of the monsters within each building was not weak.

It would likely take considerable time to thoroughly investigate this place.

The air contained an unknown green substance. Despite wearing a mask, Wen Wen still felt the place was too unsanitary.

He walked a short distance in when he heard pained groans coming from a small green belt.

Wen Wen stopped, pondered for two seconds, and then headed in that direction.

In this environment, ordinary people were unlikely to survive, but Wen Wen wanted to see what kind of monsters resided here.

After just a few steps, several monsters leaped out from the grass and rushed towards Wen Wen.

Wen Wen swiftly drew his pack of wolves, adjusted them to scatter mode, and fired a shot. All these monsters fell to the ground.

"Too weak... If the monsters inside are all at this level, they won't be much trouble..."

Only then did Wen Wen have the leisure to examine what these monsters looked like.

Some were clumps of soil mixed with green flesh and plant roots; others were giant insects with human legs; and one had a human torso but strangely contorted limbs.

However, these monsters were not large, resembling twisted, small abominations formed by combining human flesh with whatever else was at hand.

Despite their bizarre appearances, Wen Wen could still find a trace of familiarity in their style.

It was Gudu, the Mother of Loss, whom he had previously pursued!

"Are these monsters related to Gudu? But it's already dead."

Before Wen Wen could heave a sigh of relief, the fallen monsters' corpses began to wriggle eerily, their limbs gradually merging together, seemingly to form a larger, twisted creature.

"Bullets can't kill them? This is troublesome. Is the power of the pack of wolves insufficient?"

Wen Wen drew his Scorching Tiger, intending to fire at the nascent monster before it fully formed.

Before he could attack, a bird-shaped flame flew down from the sky, landing directly on the amorphous mass, reducing it to charcoal within moments.

Then, Wen Wen saw Gong Bao Ding walking over.

"You're here too?"

"Could I not come for something like this?"

Gong Bao Ding sighed. He was scheduled to leave Furong River City for another post in a few days, and unexpectedly, such a major event had occurred.

"The strength of these small monsters isn't high, and the combined monster's strength isn't high either, but their vitality is abnormal. If not destroyed to a certain extent, they'll revive after a while."

"What else do you know?" Wen Wen asked.

"No more than you do. I just arrived myself," Gong Bao Ding shrugged.

"My children... you killed my children..."

A strange intonation interrupted their conversation. A twisted monster slowly crawled out from the green belt.

This monster was a man with his face facing upwards; his limbs were unnaturally bent backward, supporting his movement.

His body had expanded several times over, with various strange substances piled onto him, making his physique resemble that of a giant crocodile.

"Wait... you said we killed your children. Did those small monsters earlier count as your children? But you're a man!" Wen Wen looked at the man with disbelief.