The monster did not answer Chu Wei's words, as it could not understand human language. However, it could sense that the creature before it was extremely dangerous, terrifyingly so!
However, the monsters here had never left the underground palace since their birth. They also lacked their own language and culture, living only in ignorance.
Therefore, it did not know how to react when it felt fear. It perceived this sensation as a spur to fight desperately!
So, it charged at Chu Wei. Chu Wei did not resist; instead, he adopted an embracing posture, allowing the monster to bite into his body.
Then, with a look of pity in his eyes, he gently wrapped his arms around the monster that was biting him, as if to soothe the colossal beast.
But from the point of contact between them, the monster's skin began to turn greyish-white. Its vitality was rapidly draining away. When this greyish-white spread to its entire body, it died.
It died silently...
Chu Wei released the monster, quickly returning to his normal state. The wounds on his body also healed rapidly.
Then, without using a knife, he simply gave a gentle tug and pulled off the fleshy growth, placing it into his bag.
"I wonder if this fleshy growth, now devoid of life, still counts. Sigh, why did I use so much force? In that state, it's still not easy for me to control myself."
Chu Wei shook his head, crushed the blue crystal, and a faint blue halo enveloped his body.
He had been fighting here for too long. Although he felt no fatigue and had the strength to fight again, his clothes were all tattered. It would be rather awkward to encounter acquaintances in such a state.
...
At this moment, Wen Wen also encountered a monster.
This monster looked exactly the same as the one that had initially devoured Chu Wei; it was also a disaster-class monster.
Wen Wen stood still, looking at it curiously. What kind of improvement could such a colossal beast bring him?
The monster, on the other hand, shielded its eyes and warily observed Wen Wen. This was the first time it had seen a bipedal creature that emitted light.
The monster could not resist any longer. It opened its massive maw, and a crimson tongue shot out, its tip resembling a sharp spearhead.
Wen Wen merely tilted his head slightly to dodge it, then grabbed the tongue and tied a knot.
The monster, retracting its tongue, fumbled to untie it. However, with its beastly dexterity, it was difficult for it to undo this simplest of knots.
"It's a mentally challenged monster. Its back is quite broad, quite suitable for being a mount."
So, Wen Wen directly leaped onto the monster's back. The monster thrashed violently, but Wen Wen's feet seemed rooted to its back; it couldn't shake him off no matter how hard it tried.
Then, the monster's small eyes narrowed, and its tail lunged towards Wen Wen. The tip of its tail was slightly deep purple, possibly containing potent venom.
"If it's a mount, a tail that easily pricks the master from behind isn't ideal."
Wen Wen's Disaster Gauntlet manifested, and he directly grasped its tail stinger. Upon grasping it, Wen Wen discovered that the tail stinger was covered in countless minuscule, almost imperceptible barbs. If he were to be pricked by these barbs, he would likely suffer greatly.
So, Wen Wen directly severed its tail tip. After observing for a while longer to confirm that it wouldn't regenerate at an accelerated rate, he roughly tied a knot with its tail and let it go.
The monster was on the verge of tears at this point. It felt immensely wronged. This bipedal creature was too bullying. If it wanted to kill or harm it, it should have done so swiftly. What kind of hero was it to torment a monster?
Realizing that it could not shake off the bipedal creature no matter how much it struggled, the monster stopped moving, seemingly resigned to its fate.
Wen Wen's eyebrows flicked up. He unleashed a chain with a sharp blade towards the monster, binding its neck.
"I don't care if you understand or not, but from now on, you are my mount. Whatever I tell you to do, you will do."
The monster felt a strong sense of command from the chain that had cut into its skin, but it stubbornly resisted, refusing to yield.
"Without completely implanting it into the body within the containment facility, I can't achieve very strong control. How did that guy Wen Li manage it..."
However, Wen Wen had his methods. Since it was resisting, then its will to resist could be destroyed.
So, Wen Wen squatted in front of the monster's head and extended a finger, placing it near its eye.
The monster was still confused, wondering what one finger could do. So, it attempted to bite that finger. However, it was already exerting considerable effort resisting the chain's pull, and to move freely again was somewhat asking too much of it.
Wen Wen shielded his eyes with his other hand and then illuminated his finger.
Stimulated by the intense light, the monster writhed in pain. When Wen Wen saw that it was reaching its limit, he stopped.
The monster had just begun to feel some relief when Wen Wen's finger illuminated again!
After repeating this several times, the monster finally lowered its head, showing submission to Wen Wen.
Wen Wen smiled, jumped onto the monster's back, and used the chain to urge it to run around, searching for other monsters.
But Wen Wen soon discovered that the monsters seemed to be avoiding him. The faint light on his body made them very uncomfortable, so they preferred to deal with other monsters rather than trouble Wen Wen.
Even this monster had directly run in front of Wen Wen because it was simple-minded, which was how Wen Wen captured it.
Switching to a lightless state would attract monsters, but Wen Wen's angelic constitution felt very uncomfortable in a lightless state.
"If you guys aren't coming, how am I supposed to complete the mission?"
Wen Wen pouted and began to examine the monster beneath him.
Upon investigation, he found that the monsters here seemed to have completely adapted to underground life. Their eyesight had degenerated, and they relied solely on hearing and smell for hunting.
"Hehehe, you don't come when there's light only because the temptation isn't enough. I just need to increase the stakes."
Wen Wen chuckled, entered the containment facility, and quickly went to Tao Qingqing's cell.
At this moment, Tao Qingqing was comfortably lounging on a sofa, holding a wine glass filled with ice cubes and blood. She was watching a television drama with relish, occasionally taking a sip of her blood wine. Her life was quite leisurely.
Yes, Wen Wen had even provided her with a television...
Wen Wen speculated that the containment facility was in an independent, isolated space, but it miraculously still received signals. He wondered what principle was at play.
"What good stuff have you brought me this time?" Tao Qingqing stretched her body, blinked, and looked at Wen Wen expectantly. Wen Wen usually brought her some good things when he visited.
But this time was different. Wen Wen walked to her side with a blank expression, snatched her wine glass, and then vanished before her.
Tao Qingqing stood stunned for two to three seconds before realizing her drink had been stolen.
Then she leaped to the ceiling, fuming.
"What does he want to do? What does he want to do?"
Outside the cell, Wen Wen instructed a jailer serving in the disaster zone to fetch some bags of blood for Tao Qingqing. It wouldn't be good if she got too angry.
As for why he didn't get the blood bags directly but snatched them from Tao Qingqing, that could only be attributed to Wen Wen's mischievous streak.