This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!-Chapter 226 - None of Them Are Problems

Chapter 226: Chapter 226 None of Them Are Problems

A group of people moved silently forward, the world behind them slowly disappearing. Except for Chen Ke, no one knew there was a god-like entity beside them.

Two hours later, although it was already morning, the sky grew darker and darker.

It was a very peculiar phenomenon; the sky was pitch black, but the surroundings were somehow illuminated by an unknown source of light, as if the last glimmer of twilight lingered.

For some reason, in the final leg of their journey, even the ubiquitous bird people were nowhere to be seen, and the whole world seemed as if it had been deprived of all vitality, deathly still.

No chirping of insects or birds could be heard, no caress of the wind or the brilliance of the sun and moon felt. Chen Ke began to wonder if they were the only living beings in this place.

Upon arriving in the town, the group decided to take a brief rest. Fortunately, in one of the town’s residential homes, they found food that had just been laid out on the table.

Without bothering whether the food on the table was clean, everyone wolfed it down hungrily. Compared to the biscuits and chips from the supermarket, burgers, milk, and eggs were much tastier.

Although Chen Ke didn’t need to eat, he also symbolically drank some milk. The liquid glided down his throat as if falling into a nonexistent dimension.

After eating, drinking, relieving themselves, and washing up, everyone felt a bit more comfortable. Diana even took the opportunity to catch some sleep, and after everyone’s strength had recovered and they were fully rested, they set off again.

When the group crossed the forest and threaded through the streets, eventually standing in front of the Administration Bureau Hospital, it seemed to be around 10 a.m., according to the time.

The sky remained pitch black, a thin layer of white mist rose from the streets. Chen Ke handed Diana over to Sam, asking them to stay with the survivors by the fountain in the square a little further away, while he and Ying Baiyi approached the hospital.

“Alright, this is the place,” Ying Baiyi said, standing at the hospital’s main entrance.

Chen Ke looked up at the hospital, which looked unremarkable from the outside and didn’t stand out particularly because it was exclusive to the Administration Bureau.

Besides the Administration Bureau emblem on the white building, it looked no different from any other hospital. It was even smaller than others.

This was because a Bureau hospital was not open to the general public; it served only the Spiritual Ability Users stationed there, so there was no need for it to be very large.

Chen Ke used his Spiritual Vision to scan the surroundings and didn’t find any living creatures. It seemed quite safe inside.

He gripped an M14 and followed Ying Baiyi into the hospital.

The hospital was very clean, befitting a facility run by the Administration Bureau. In the lobby, wards, workstations, and corridors, there were piles and piles of red ashes.

On the tables in the hospital canteen were half-eaten meals that were more lavish than those of an average small diner. Just by looking at the colors, one’s appetite was whetted; they even had Fei Huang meals, complete with noodles, buns, and dumplings.

“Damn, they eat pretty well,” Chen Ke couldn’t help but remark.

“Spiritual Energy is a heavy burden on the human body. There’s a period of weakness after both injection and extraction, especially for agents with injuries. They need to extract the Spiritual Energy from their bodies before healing. The Administration Bureau provides the best medical care and nutrition for its agents. Considering the dangerous nature of their work, I think such treatment is reasonable,” Ying Baiyi explained.

Ying Baiyi’s words were true; after all, it was a profession that dealt directly with monsters, much more dangerous than that of an investigator. Moreover, agents were also public servants, so it wasn’t a problem for them to have better treatment.

As Ying Baiyi was a Level 9 agent familiar with the hospital’s layout, he led Chen Ke confidently towards the containment facility.

The facility was located approximately 400 meters underground below the hospital. The temperature there was higher than on the surface, and it also had to contend with the pressure from the earth above.

The only way to the containment facility was through a dedicated communication shaft—a high-speed elevator shaft with a diameter of 100 meters. Eight elevators moved up and down in it, which could only be accessed with a special magnetic card. These elevators operated on a dedicated underground circuit and would not stop working due to a power outage.

Ying Baiyi took out his identification card to activate the elevator. “Welcome to hell,” he said.

The two of them entered the elevator, which felt like being stuffed into an iron can sunk to the bottom of the sea, descending into the depths.

After 42 seconds, the elevator finally halted, and the doors slowly opened to reveal a dark corridor with self-illuminating floors.

Just walking down this corridor made Chen Ke feel an intense pressure; he knew that this sense of oppression came from the innate human anxiety towards enclosed spaces.

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Any creature that lives on the vast ground wouldn’t like confined or crowded spaces, in fact, not just humans, animals too can develop claustrophobia, many dogs and cats that have been locked in cages for a long time suffer from this mental illness.

“Where should we go now?” asked Chen Ke, loosening his tie a bit.

“We need to go to the control room; it seems there is still power here, so they should all be locked up properly,” said Ying Baiyi.

The two made their way down the corridor, Ying Baiyi’s level 9 agent magnetic card could unlock most of the doors here, allowing them unfettered access to the control room.

The control room was a very large room, with several rows of monitors hanging on the walls. Through these monitors, one could see the monsters in thousands of rooms.

The screens were all green, because there were no light sources in the rooms, and none were needed. Some oddly shaped creatures lay in the center of the rooms, seemingly dozing off.

Most of these monsters Chen Ke had never seen before, there were dogs with split heads, humanoid figures with decaying bodies, white tablecloths floating in mid-air, a pillar with limbs and painted in oil colors, and one room was stuffed inexplicably with muscle fibers, its four walls already resembling flesh…

Ying Baiyi blew a breath of air, clearing the red dust from the keyboard, then tried to operate it. Meanwhile, Chen Ke directly used Spiritual Vision, hoping to scan how many monsters were in this space.

Surprisingly, Chen Ke didn’t sense any living creatures, so he looked to Ying Baiyi, wanting to know if he had discovered anything.

“Most of them are in light sleep, we’re in luck… the backup power comes from a geothermal generator and a dedicated energy station, so its function is still intact,” said Ying Baiyi.

“Are there any living monsters?” Chen Ke asked.

“Of course. Look,” Ying Baiyi said, pressing a button.

The monitors around them slowly lifted upwards, and the outer walls of the room gradually became transparent. Chen Ke couldn’t help but lean closer to look down, only to find that the entire control room was actually suspended in mid-air by a mechanical arm, below which stretched an uncountable array of room matrices.

“Chen Ke, pick one,” Ying Baiyi said.

“Are you confident?” Chen Ke asked.

“The bad news is, I can’t beat any of the monsters here. The good news is, the containment devices are operating normally, and we don’t have to lift a finger to kill them,” Ying Baiyi said with a smile.

“How do we do that?” Chen Ke asked in surprise.

“Enter the room number, then press the button. That will turn the room into a vacuum, or spray poison, or else, enhance the Spiritual Energy repulsion field… Anyway, you choose one, the one chosen is as good as dead,” Ying Baiyi’s hands flew across the keyboard, searching for room numbers.

Chen Ke was stunned for a moment, having thought that this trip would require some effort, but it turned out to be so simple…

He walked over to Ying Baiyi, looked towards the monitors, without the help of a countdown clock, Chen Ke truly didn’t know how powerful the monsters were, so he could only go by the size of their form, trusting his instincts.

“I don’t know the strength of these monsters, why not just kill them all?” Chen Ke asked.

“The elimination mechanism requires a lot of energy, the place is functioning normally now, but it’s only maintaining a containment state, if you exhaust all the backup power, we wouldn’t even be able to get out from below,” Ying Baiyi explained.

“Hmm…” Chen Ke replied, somewhat regretfully.

With so many monsters contained here, casually killing a few to collect their souls could extend his life for a very long time…

“How many monsters can we afford to kill with the energy we have?” Chen Ke asked.

“Not many, compared to the total capacity here… I estimate forty or fifty should be doable,” Ying Baiyi answered.

Chen Ke’s eyes lit up, forty or fifty?! He rubbed his hands together, like a money-grubbing woman browsing Taobao, avidly staring at the screen, urging Ying Baiyi to show him the monsters in the rooms.

“You seem very excited, Chen Ke, I hope your method is really effective,” Ying Baiyi said while pulling up the list of rooms.

“I assure you… Ying Baiyi, as long as these containment measures really work as you say, and a button press can kill the monsters… then letting me open any amount of doors won’t be a problem,” said Chen Ke with a smile.