The greatest gain for Wen Wen was that the Faceless Demon successfully mimicked the Blood Rotter.
Currently, the strongest Wen Wen could find was the Blood Rotter. Although the Faceless Demon's constitution was also in the Disaster Sequence, its abilities were not suitable for combat.
After mimicking the Blood Rotter, the Faceless Demon's constitution's capabilities soared.
It was a shame that the Faceless Demon could only preserve one mimicry at a time. Otherwise, Wen Wen truly wanted to find strong individuals everywhere and have the Faceless Demon "bum rush" them.
Switching back to the Faceless Demon's constitution, Wen Wen felt every cell of his body leaping with joy as he experienced the abilities of the mimicked Blood Rotter. This was truly the kind of ability suited for combat.
The Blood Rotter had two main abilities. One was hair manipulation. Now, Wen Wen could freely grow his hair, and each strand could launch an independent attack. The tips of his hair were sharper than needles, and his hair was tougher than steel wire. Now, Wen Wen only needed one strand of hair to sever a person's head!
The other ability was to imbue various attacks with a destructive power, causing Wen Wen's power to increase explosively with every attack.
This ability was somewhat similar to the Dread Hand Demon's Terror Claw Strike, but its power was even greater.
Wen Wen was very satisfied with the combat power of the Faceless Demon after mimicking the Blood Rotter. These two abilities were enough for him to establish a foothold among those in the Assimilation Sequence.
...
Shan'nan Province, Ji City, Xin Fu residential area.
A thick black cross shot up into the sky, shattering the peace of the residential area. People poured out of their homes, only to discover that, from some point in time, a building formed by the merger of three large towers had appeared next to their complex.
This strange building had not appeared suddenly. In fact, it had always been next to the residential area, but people had never noticed it.
At this moment, massive holes were blown out of the building from the top, bottom, left, and right. Black energy still lingered in the holes, though this energy was invisible to ordinary people.
In just over ten minutes, countless people in black rushed into the residential area and wiped the memories of all ordinary people who had witnessed the incident.
The local Hunter Association immediately reported the situation to higher authorities. Within two hours, a large number of demon hunters arrived at the scene.
The last person, a muscular man in a white tank top, arrived in front of the building, surrounded by a crowd of demon hunters.
The man's skin had a golden hue, and he looked at the ruined debris with a placid expression.
A short demon hunter reported beside him, "Mr. Jin, it has been confirmed that this is a new branch of the Blood Blasphemy. The one that destroyed it like this is the recently active secret organization, 'Black Cross'..."
"Black Cross, huh..."
Mr. Jin sighed and then said, "They've been too active lately, so eagerly clashing with other secret organizations. What exactly is their purpose..."
"Perhaps these rats in the gutter don't get along," the short demon hunter chimed in.
Mr. Jin shook his head. "We can't be so shallow. Besides the Church of Glory, all secret organizations that have appeared are our enemies. And this 'Black Cross' focuses on striking down these secret organizations, which seems like they are helping us."
The short one pouted, "Perhaps to achieve some goal, perhaps there's a conspiracy. In any case, we can't let our guard down against them."
"I knew you would say that," Mr. Jin sighed. Although this short man was his assistant, he was also a radical who believed all secret organizations harbored conspiracies.
Suddenly, an assistant came to report, "Mr. Jin, someone from Black Cross wants to see you!"
Mr. Jin's eyebrows shot up. He was indeed a little surprised. It seemed that the Black Cross really had the audacity to leave someone to meet them.
"Let him come over."
After his permission, an assistant led a figure wearing a black and red robe to Mr. Jin. This figure was Yan Biqing.
"I come on behalf of my Lord, 'Black Cross,' to submit some information to you."
Yan Biqing placed a large bag in front of Mr. Jin. All the information he had collected was in here.
Before the main force of the Hunter Association arrived, he had already examined this information. The parts needed for the Containment Facility had been taken, and the rest was all here.
Mr. Jin directly started flipping through the documents, not at all worried that Yan Biqing had planted something in them to ambush him. After a brief perusal, he asked Yan Biqing,
"If this information is true, it will be of great benefit in our pursuit of the remnants of the Blood Blasphemy. But I am curious about your purpose."
Yan Biqing bowed and smiled, saying, "Our purpose is the same as the Hunter Association's: to protect ordinary humans and maintain the balance between the two worlds. This information is intended as a gesture of goodwill to the Association."
Mr. Jin put the documents aside and said, "With just this, it's not enough to make me believe you."
"You will believe it in the future," Yan Biqing replied calmly.
Although the negotiation was conducted under the banner of Black Cross, there was no doubt that this delivery of information marked the first exchange between the Disaster Containment Facility and the Hunter Association. Therefore, Wen Wen monitored Yan Biqing's meeting with the Hunter Association throughout the entire process.
Even Yan Biqing's dialogue was spoken under Wen Wen's instructions. Wen Wen was in Qingchuan City, observing this meeting, and Yan Biqing dared not change his lines randomly.
Watching Yan Biqing's conversation with Mr. Jin proceed smoothly, Wen Wen suddenly had a strange thought about Mr. Jin and had Yan Biqing ask an unplanned question.
"May I be so bold as to ask, is your ability 'Invincible'?"
Mr. Jin was taken aback and did not answer anything.
But Wen Wen had already gotten his answer: this guy's ability was Invincible!
The Hunter Association had many true sequence powerhouses, but it was not certain that there were many superhumans with Invincible abilities. Therefore, Wen Wen's Polluting Blade was likely created to solve the problem for this person.
He hadn't expected this fellow with thick eyebrows and big eyes to have such a predicament...
After the negotiation concluded, Yan Biqing bid farewell to everyone, saying, "The message that needed to be conveyed has been delivered. I shall take my leave now."
Then, he walked directly out of the Hunter Association's encirclement.
"Should we apprehend him?" the short demon hunter asked, narrowing his eyes.
Mr. Jin refused, "No need. Let him go. How to view this 'Black Cross' will depend on the headquarters' decision..."
...
Qingchuan City, former site of the Museum of Mysteries. A simple prefabricated house had already sprung up.
Traces of the collision between two disaster-level existences remained here. It would not be open to the public until the research was completed.
Two superhumans in white uniforms sat facing each other, contemplating a document.
The young white-uniformed man said, "Latest news: Black Cross attacked a new branch of Blood Blasphemy in Shoumin Province and handed over all important data collected from it to the Association."
The older superhuman asked, "What are the movements of our observed target, Wen Wen?"
"The target has been apprehending monsters all night. He does this in every city. His behavior is normal. Should we remove him from the suspect list?"
The older superhuman hesitated for a good while before saying to the youth, "...Temporarily postpone it. Temporarily withdraw the surveillance on him, but all his movements must still be sent to me."
"Yes!" the young white-uniformed man saluted.