Chapter 371 Abnormal Behavior of Out-of-Control Containment Object
“Buzz!”
Amid the roar of an invisible engine.
The huge piece of meat in front, the employees and colleagues around, the dust floating in the air, everything seemed to be frozen in time like a photograph.
"God damn, good friends are delicious..."
Colin complained inwardly and looked around. Seeing no other enemies, he stopped hesitating, pulled out a handful of bone spurs, and stabbed at the hideous piece of meat with its mouth wide open in front of him.
The piece of meat itself was not very tough, and there was no skin to protect it, so the bone spurs easily penetrated into it.
At this moment, the ticking sound of the clock hands began to sound...
"ah!!!"
A sharp scream suddenly rang out.
The huge piece of flesh seemed to be subjected to some horrible torture. It jumped and jumped in pain and made unpleasant howling sounds.
His screams were so loud that the ears of "Son of Sexual Abuse" and others felt numb.
However, seeing the scene suddenly changing before their eyes, they were slightly stunned and could not understand the situation for a moment. They wondered why the enemy who was about to take action suddenly shrank back.
"Time has stopped!" "Newbie No. 7" suddenly remembered the prop that made Brother Shunzi famous.
Brother Shunzi became famous in the company because of this thing.
In front of them, Colin looked at the meat wailing in pain, but did not go after it.
At this moment, a new task event appeared in his mind.
[Event 3: Complete the containment of the original item "New Blood" that has completely lost control. ]
【Note: You will get more scores and rewards. 】
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"The original item 'New Blood' has completely lost control?"
Colin muttered to himself, and then, guided by some kind of guidance, looked outside at the large piece of meat that was screaming and rolling.
This time, he finally understood where this thing came from...
" So these are the tools left behind by the employees who died here? No wonder they are so weak. I thought they were the anomalies that caused the problems here..."
"I didn't expect it to be an item with a green name. No wonder it's not very strong. If I get stabbed, I'll be dead. But I have to withstand the bone spurs. I should be able to get rid of the purple item before I start."
An idea flashed through Colin's mind, but he did not act immediately. Instead, he looked at the task of staying in the seventh carriage for three hours.
At this point, the task has been updated.
The original plan of going deeper into the investigation turned into [lighting a bonfire].
Colin took a look at the task description, which basically required them to find some materials in a nearby location and light a makeshift bonfire.
As for the materials needed...
Colin pursed his lips and looked kindly at the jumping and dancing piece of meat outside the carriage in front of him.
We have to turn this thing into firewood before it dies in pain.
The process of collecting firewood was smooth and without any surprises...
After Colin cut the monster that was transformed by the out-of-control "new blood" into pieces, he threw it on the open space outside the carriage door and poured some raw oil on it. A bonfire seven or eight meters high immediately rose up.
"It's useless. It can only burn that high."
Colin looked up at the flames that were two or three stories high and shook his head in dissatisfaction.
However, the piece of flesh and blood he killed seemed to be only a part of the "new blood". In the surrounding gray area, there were still a huge number of "new blood" pieces of flesh.
It looks like some weird flesh and blood moss...
However, no one thought much about this matter after the bonfire was lit.
Something like a small map emerged in the minds of Colin, the "Son of Sexual Abuse" and others.
This range continued to expand after the bonfire appeared.
After a brief experience, a few people could roughly sense that the maximum range of this "small map" should be just over one kilometer. Anything beyond this kilometer becomes extremely blurry.
Of course, it is still expanding, but at a slower and slower pace.
“The ‘campfire’ can actually be used as a mini-map.”
Colin pursed his lips, sensing the situation nearby. Using the small map and his sense of smell, he soon discovered that a few hundred meters away from them, in addition to the wriggling pieces of flesh of varying sizes all over the ground, there seemed to be other abnormalities.
One of them looks familiar...
A ghost-like thing wearing a black intricate lace Gothic coat and dress, with a demonic eye moving restlessly on its forehead.
Of all the anomalies around here, this is the most threatening.
At this moment, it seemed unaware of Colin's arrival. Instead, it knelt on the ground, grabbed pieces of flesh and blood flowing from the "blood of new life", stuffed them into its mouth, chewed them carefully, and swallowed them down its throat, eating so much that its stomach was a little bloated.
"Isn't this the 'Devil Sword Ghost Witch'?"
Colin was surprised. In the previous battle, he had been cut several times by the sword of Old Man 6, and his head was dented by his punch, so he was not unfamiliar with his aura.
However, compared to before , this thing now seems to have completely lost control and returned to its original appearance.
There was no dent on its head ...
"It seems that this should be the real body of the magic sword, and the train copy should be a fake."
Colin thought thoughtfully.
However, not long after he looked over, the magic sword, perhaps because it was full or something happened, suddenly became erratic and disappeared on the spot.
In addition to this place, there are also several abnormalities in other places that are suspected to be out-of-control props.
that is……
What made Colin a little upset was that these anomalies were either eating the flesh transformed from "newborn blood" or on their way to eating "newborn blood".
As for those pieces of "new blood" that were eaten, no one knew what they were eating to replenish themselves.
Anyway, at the moment, although it is only at the bottom of the local level, it seems to be doing quite well.
"Where are these pieces of meat from? Why are so many monsters eating them?" The "Son of Sexual Abuse" on the side sensed the image received in his mind and asked in surprise.
They didn't have that extra side quest, so they didn't know the details.
But soon, after Colin's explanation, he understood the situation.
"Most of these things are out-of-control props?" Several people couldn't help but gasp when they heard this. At the same time, they also confirmed one thing - the company's current prop materials are indeed from abnormal sources.
However, before I could think about it, the campfire "small map" finally stopped its expansion when it expanded to a diameter of three kilometers with the campfire as the point.
At the same time, the task content was updated again. In the content of "Light a Bonfire", there is one more item:
[Temporary Event 1: "Obtain ten pieces of firewood, expand the bonfire detection area, find and track down the 'Ghost Witch', and find the location of at least one deceased D-class employee."]
[Note: A standard unit of firewood is equivalent to a second-level beast patient.]
[Note 1: Try not to look up at the sky...]
[Note 2: Don’t pay attention to some minerals with strange textures. ]
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"...Found the location of a dead D-class employee? Ah, when I saw the ghost just now, I could have just said no. Then I could have followed him directly."
Colin rubbed his forehead, feeling a little regretful.
That way, I guess I can save a lot of time and leave this hellish place sooner...
Then, he took a look at Note 1. Although he did not actively look up at the sky, he could see from the corner of his eye that the sky above his head was covered with a very strange aurora.
It looks a bit like the Northern Lights, but the shape is quite different, showing a twisted state of swirling vortices...
Even if he just glanced at it from the corner of his eye, Colin felt uncomfortable as if he was involved in it.
"This should come from the thing that caused the death of all the employees, right?"
Colin seemed to be thinking about something, but then he didn't look at it any further. He withdrew his thoughts and called out to the "Son of Sexual Abuse" and others.
Then, everyone started to collect firewood from all around...
In addition to the pieces of meat transformed from "new blood", Colin also subdued some other out-of-control containment objects and threw them into the campfire as firewood.
Although out-of-control containment objects are much stronger than they are in prop form.
But since the user is missing, his sanity is not high, so it is not difficult to deal with it...
In addition to these abnormal creatures, Colin also saw the strange-textured minerals mentioned in the mission "Notes 2".
They look like some kind of multi-colored metal mineral crystals, emitting strange light, like a bunch of twisted buns.
Just a few glances will make people feel dizzy and messy.
After reminding everyone to be careful, Colin did not perform any unnecessary operations on the thing and continued to look for other objects to be contained.
About an hour later, the firewood collection part of the task was basically completed. During this process, the campfire "small map" continued to expand by several kilometers. When the diameter was about ten kilometers, Colin once again sensed the "Ghost Witch".
At this moment, it seemed to be floating towards a pit, and there seemed to be a blurry thing of considerable size in the pit...
"It feels like... a train car?"
Colin tried to concentrate and looked at the scene inside through the "mini map".
But unfortunately, no matter how you observe, it is all blurry.
After thinking for a while, Colin turned his head and said to the "Son of Sexual Abuse" and others: "Just stay here and don't move. I will handle this task. Just like before, if you find any problems with the flames on your bodies, make some noise immediately and I will come over."
"No problem." Several people nodded.
Seeing that there was no problem, Colin followed in the direction of the target.
When he was about the same distance, he first let the "Snow Girl" possess him, then took out a badge and put it on his collar, and then held his breath.
The next second, his presence quickly decreased, almost to the point of being invisible...
With his current strength, it is no problem for him to use this item for more than ten minutes at a time .
Not long after, Colin arrived at the edge of the pit, and sure enough, he saw a large train carriage in the pit that had been scrapped for who knows how long.
The paint on the outside of the car has peeled off, and there is a faint stench of blood and flesh...
And chewing sounds can be heard.
"This... the smell of a living person? Could it be that one of the former employees is still alive?"
Colin controlled himself and slowly floated over.
Then, when I saw clearly what was inside the scene, I couldn't help but hold my breath.
In the center of the huge train carriage, he saw a bloated and obese "person" about three meters tall, lying on a "bed" made of a lot of chairs, struggling constantly.
His limbs, head, and torso were all bound with pitch-black chains.
It was just that it was so fat that when it struggled it looked like a wriggling maggot.
"So fat, doesn't look like him, but intuitively, it seems that he is really a former D-class employee? No, the mission is not completed yet, so I'm not sure..."
Colin saw a familiar sense of extreme madness in those eyes that were so fat that they could hardly open.
This madness is almost identical to the train staff losing control...
If he hadn't been tied up with chains, he had no doubt that this guy would go crazy.
It is not clear whether it is a former employee, but it is true that there is no cure.
"By the way, where's that 'ghost witch'? Is she out again? Why is she locking up the former employees here? Is she raising them to be eaten as pigs?"
Colin thought of the scene of the "ghost witch" eating meat before. Just as he was wondering, he suddenly saw the delicate and beautiful "ghost witch" with grayish skin, wearing a black complicated lace Gothic windbreaker dress, emerging from the air...
What happened next made Colin's eyes freeze slightly.
It floated to the side of the suspected former employee, then skillfully put its head close to the former employee's mouth, opened its mouth full of fangs, and kissed the other person on the mouth.
Then, it stretched out its long blood-red tongue to pry open the other's mouth, and as if regurgitating the cud, it slid down its throat and spat out some of the minced meat that it had chewed and swallowed before, pouring it into the fat body...
After a while, after stuffing the food in her stomach in this way, the "Ghost Witch" raised her head.
Another slender hand reached out and reached into the fat mouth, pushing any food that might be left in the throat into the stomach.
Finally, the "Ghost Witch" sat on a chair at one side, motionless like a puppet. On her exquisite face, a pair of delicate black eyes stared at the man who was roaring strangely and struggling like a wriggling fat maggot, as if expecting something to happen.
It looked at the man in front of it, as if it was looking at everything in its world.
"Hiss... This employee was able to live this long after going crazy. Is it because of this reason?"
Colin was in a state of confusion, he never thought that an out-of-control item could do this to its owner.
And it seems...
This kind of thing may have lasted not just one or two years, but more than ten years, dozens of years or even longer.
Unfortunately, Colin couldn't help but shook his head secretly:
“Although I don’t know how it managed to allow former employees to survive by eating only meat, but… this expectation is doomed to fail. This madness has seeped into their bones and there is no way to save them.
"Also, this 'Ghost Witch' always has an aura that I feel is strangely familiar..."
Just as this thought came to mind, a cold breath emerged.
After interpreting the information contained in this cold breath...
"You said that the 'Ghost Witch' has your mother's scent on her. Maybe she was cultivated in the 'Script City'?"
Colin looked a little strange, but not very surprised.
The anomalies in humanity that he had seen so far seemed to be more or less related to the "City of Scripts"...
Boss Huang is indeed a bad person, but what he makes is indeed quite good.
As the cold aura continued to emerge, he learned from the "Snow Girl" that this kind of humanity was almost complete, without too many flaws, and should be a member who graduated properly, not like her, who escaped through the cracks.
"Ah, look at him, then look at you, all you do is ask me for 'colorless crystals' to eat all day long."
After taking a look at the "Ghost Witch" and thinking about the "Snow Girl", Colin felt a little jealous to be honest.
Before I could think about it any further, the task in my mind was finally completed.
And this means...
This huge fat "corpse" was indeed that of an employee.
Then, another new event occurred.
After Colin quickly glanced through it, he couldn't help but sigh.
[Temporary Event 2: "Use the power of the 'bonfire' to burn the deformed bodies left behind by the former employees, and thereby locate the source of the 'ghost train' pollution."]
