World-saving Plan: The Only Savior-Chapter 655 - 494: Sizar’s Diary (Two in One)_2
Chapter 655: Chapter 494: Sizar’s Diary (Two in One)_2
When the dust had settled, what met their eyes was a chaotic scene.
The forest ahead was unrecognizable, with trees leaning and collapsing, and earth churned up to the surface.
The Wildfire Team looked all dirty and disheveled, as if they had just weathered a dust storm.
"Shit! Ptooey, ptooey... Damned monsters... Is it finally over... Ptooey, ptooey..."
Ciro slid down from the tree where he was hiding, spitting out several mouthfuls of dirt.
"Phew~"
The others also stood up, looking equally disheveled.
"Anna, you guys first tend to Mikel’s wounds, I’ll go around and see if there are any that got away."
After saying this, Weiss went out and circled the cabin to make sure there were no mutants left, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
After treating the wounds with disinfectant equipment, the group went to the area that had been scoured by the explosion, hoping to find some clues on the bodies of the monsters.
"Eh? Is this Sizar?"
Weiss approached a relatively intact corpse, checked the clothes on the body, and confirmed they were indeed similar to what Sizar used to wear.
"Indeed, he has turned into a monster..."
Anna also walked over, looked at the corpses scattered on the ground, and said:
"The clothes on these mutants seem to be the same uniform, only Sizar’s is different. Could it be they had some contact before? Or shared a similar experience...?"
"These are lab coats."
Mikel, with an arm dislocated, came over, his permanent poker face unable to show his pain, still looking as cold and detached as ever.
"White fabric, special pockets, and the pattern of a three-petaled flower on the clothes, I’ve seen these people. They were researchers at an institute within Guldegai called the Tri-Colored Violet Research Institute."
"Tri-Colored Violet? What kind of institution is that?"
Mikel found a rock to sit on, took out a bottle of water from his backpack to drink a few sips, and then said:
"The Tri-Colored Violet Research Institute, if I remember correctly, is a biopharmaceutical research institute established twelve years ago, which has been involved in pharmaceutical research."
"A biopharmaceutical institution?"
Ciro, beside him, immediately thought of something and said:
"I’ve got it, these mutants, they must be their doing! Isn’t that how it goes in the movies? Some bio-companies that like to court death always dabble in these researches, and they might just create some monster."
However, Mikel shook his head and said:
"I’ve investigated it, the Tri-Colored Violet Company has a clean record, and they closed down three months ago... Besides, they are a biopharmaceutical research institution, not some... bio lab... Ciro, you’ve watched too many movies."
Mikel, rarely verbose, said so much in one breath, rejecting Ciro’s hypothesis.
"Hey, Mikel, are you so sure this has nothing to do with them? Then how do you explain these researchers’ uniforms? You’re not going to tell me this is all just a coincidence, are you?"
Ciro said, unconvinced.
Just then, Weiss broke in suddenly to interrupt them.
"Stop arguing, let’s go inside the house now and look around for clues."
Leaving the bodies behind, the group headed for the small cabin.
The cabin was some distance from where they were, so it hadn’t been affected by the explosion.
As they approached, they were greeted by a ghastly scene.
Animal and human corpses were intermingled, the cabin was splattered with blood, making it evident that the monsters had used it as a sort of nest.
"This smell... It’s really disgusting!"
Ciro covered his mouth, unable to stand the surrounding air.
"Forget it, I won’t go in... I’ll keep watch outside for you guys..."
Anna’s foot was halfway lifted when she withdrew it.
There was no helping it; the place was too dirty, with absolutely nowhere to set foot.
Three men entered and began searching the small hut.
"Fuck! These beasts are damned! It’s hard to imagine what those people went through before they died."
"Shit! What is this? So disgusting!"
"Ah! I swear! I’ll never come to a place like this again in my life!"
"Shit! If anyone ever discusses the topic of Hell with me again, I’ll definitely bring them here to see what real Hell is like!" freёnovelkiss.com
"..."
Complaints from Ciro occasionally filled the hut, annoying Weiss and Mikel.
Suddenly, the complaints stopped, replaced by an excited shout.
"Come look what I found!"
They immediately dropped what they were holding and went over. Weiss took a small notebook from Ciro’s hand and flipped through it, exclaiming with joy:
"Is this a diary? Sizar’s diary!?"
"Ha ha, yes, a diary, found right there."
Weiss followed the direction Ciro pointed and saw an indescribable mess.
He looked at the viscous liquid on his hands and felt nauseated.
"Fuck!"
He cursed under his breath and no longer cared about these trivial things, quickly flipping through the diary.
The beginning of the diary contained mundane daily affairs, bounty task completions, and some financial income records.
The situation continued until fifteen days ago.
"October 21st, cloudy... Today on my way back, I found a strange prey, bleeding and looking badly injured. I knew it was a mutated creature the Wildfire Tavern was offering a bounty for, and I planned to see if there was a chance to catch it..."
"October 22nd, clear... The snake’s speed was too fast; I couldn’t keep up. But I knew it would come for me. The look in its eyes was one of bloodthirsty greed; it was bound to come..."
"October 23rd, clear... Sure enough, I was right; the snake really did come. It fell into the death trap I had carefully prepared for it. But I have to say, the life force of that monster is too strong. Even with such injuries, it managed to last so long..."
"October 24th, clear... I contacted the Guldegai’s Wildfire Tavern and Weiss took the spoils of war. I got a reward of one hundred thousand US Dollars for it. Ha ha! I can live well again this month!"
"October 25th, cloudy... Damn, I feel a bit unwell. It seems I have a fever today, and I threw up all the medicine I took. Seems like I have to cancel my plans for a wild night..."
"October 26th, cloudy... A group of people dressed in white came today, asking about the whereabouts of the snake and if I had seen a stone with red patterns. Really absurd; how could I have possibly seen such a thing..."
"October 27th, rainy... Those people came again, they seem to have fevers too and are in as bad a condition as me. They said they come from a secret base ten kilometers to the south, investigating lost items... But, what does that have to do with me..."
"October 28th, rainy... I feel like I’m not going to make it. My vision is getting more and more blurry, and when I open my eyes, I can only see red. I can’t hear clearly, and I’m so hungry, I want to eat a lot..."
"October 29th, rainy... I don’t know how much longer I can hold on... Maybe, those people were right, I probably touched something strange without realizing... Heh, this damned world, this damned rain..."
"..."
The diary ended there. Weiss frowned at the content, and a silence fell upon the hut.
"It appears, Sizar was indeed influenced by something. If it’s like what his diary described, the culprit is the fragment from the giant snake’s body..."
Thinking this, Weiss recalled the moment he first saw that fragment.
It was a feeling that made his heart race, and when his line of sight touched it, he even felt a whirl of confusion and madness.
Fortunately, he had boxed the fragment at the first opportunity, avoiding further contact.
Now thinking about it, he felt a wave of relief.
If he hadn’t done so back then, he might have ended up in the same situation as Sizar.
PS: Thanks to "Xu Shengxuan" for the 100 coin reward, thank you!