Clown Game-Chapter 86 - 74 Dark Realm 2

Chapter 86: Chapter 74 Dark Realm 2

Chapter 86 -74 Dark Realm 2

In the image on the screen was a sarcoma; intestines protruded outward, feeling as if a piece of rotting meat with bones and viscera was placed in the mouth, torn apart, chewed up, and then spit back out, mixed with pus and kneaded into a lump of flesh.

Miss Liu paused for a second and then continued, “This is the state of an ‘adult hound’ after being exposed to the Anomalous Phenomenon for five minutes during an experiment. It’s worth mentioning that it was still alive when this photo was taken, and in the sixth minute… it turned into this…”

As she spoke, the image on the screen switched to still show the mass of flesh but it was no longer spherical. Instead, it had been twisted into a highly irregular shape by some force, as if something was trying to mold these pieces of broken flesh into something else entirely.

“From the image, it can be seen that the body of the hound is changing and showing strong signs of life. However, the next photos, which the ‘Asian Branch’ didn’t send over, so we still don’t know what would happen after a longer exposure. But it surely isn’t something we would want to see.”

As she spoke, a video appeared on the screen again.

“This video is the last snippet of data sent over by the ‘Asian Branch,’ a brief recording of a human ‘volunteer,’ asked to enter the Anomalous Phenomenon range without a radiation suit…”

By then, the video had started.

The screen was shaky, visibly showing that the camera was mounted on the collar of the “volunteer.” It was daylight, with ample light, but ahead of him was an open field bathed in a mix of bizarre lights from various directions aside from the sunlight, making the footage quite blurry.

Volunteer (Lab Rat): “I… have reached… there’s nothing here.”

Worker: “You’re doing great, now please proceed, observe your surroundings, and describe anything you find odd. Be careful not to block the camera.”

Volunteer: “There’s light here… but it’s not coming from one place. I feel nauseous.”

Worker: “That’s normal, just keep going.”

A while later.

Volunteer: “I feel uncomfortable… I feel like something is watching me from all around, I have a headache.”

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Worker: “No, we haven’t seen anything. The ‘life detector’ indicates no other living beings around you, so please don’t worry.”

Volunteer: “No, there’s definitely something. They’re staring at me, right in front of me! Get away from me!… Wow…”

The volunteer’s voice suddenly turned panic-stricken as he vehemently waved his arms as if to shoo away something utterly non-existent. At that moment, Chen Xiao saw a strip of light on his wrist shining red, and then the man vomited, expelling a large amount of melted food.

Volunteer: “No… I’m not from here… I want to go out!”

He spouted incomprehensible words.

Worker: “Calm down, you just need to keep walking for another 5 minutes, and you can go home—your criminal record will be erased.”

Volunteer: “Damn it… I don’t belong to this…”

Worker: “Stay calm!”

…

Worker: “Take a deep breath!”

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The volunteer had become mentally unstable and was unable to communicate. On the screen, he began tearing at his clothes; the camera was yanked down, thrown to the ground, but the lens happened to be pointing at him.

At this moment, he frantically scratched at his own body, each scratch bringing out large chunks of flesh as if the tissues had become extremely loose. Afterwards, the edges of the wounds began to rapidly decay and spread. The man fell to the ground with a thud, then curled up, his limbs gathering towards the center. The sound of breaking bones could be heard.

This process was quick, only about 10 seconds, and throughout, the “volunteer” continuously moaned: “I do not belong here… I do not belong here…”

The video abruptly stopped.

“Snap!” The lights were turned on, and Chen Xiao could see that Mrs. Liu’s complexion was even paler than when she had come in.

“Please go to the first floor to gather; someone will come to pick you all up soon. These materials will be distributed to each of you in paper form later…”

She clearly wanted to say more, but seeing the utterly grave expressions on everyone’s faces, she closed her mouth and walked straight out of the conference room.

Chen Xiao, as if nothing were amiss, watched Mrs. Liu’s retreating figure, swaying his legs, muttering to himself, “Oh my, utterly inhumane.”

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On a highway at the edge of the city, several black cars sped along. Chen Xiao sat in the trunk of one car, accompanied by “Bai Xiong,” “Wang Billy,” “Ding Manshan,” “Muscle Sister”; nobody spoke, all wore serious expressions,

in this oppressive atmosphere… Chen Xiao, again bored, started humming.

However, no one seemed too surprised; after all, everyone here knew what Chen Xiao was like.

“I’d sp end 20 points to switch teams…” Ding Manshan muttered softly.

“Does anyone want to say something?” Bai Xiong said solemnly; at times like these, this steady and robust fellow always seemed reliable.

Muscle Sister pondered for a moment: “Normally, it’s the ‘Branch’ that sends someone over.”

Wang Billy took over the conversation: “We must be the vanguard. Looking at the videos and pictures, this is at least a C-level mission, or even possibly B-level.”

“That means because it was so sudden, they could only pull a team of field agents from nearby to stand in first,” Ding Manshan said with a helpless expression.

After hearing all this, Bai Xiong looked at Chen Xiao and asked, “What about you… you couldn’t have possibly found nothing.”

“I did find something… but it’s all useless.” Chen Xiao shrugged: “For example, the video, from the color of the grass, you can tell it’s covered with frost dew, but the sunlight is nearly at midday, so it must’ve been filmed at least a year ago, or the location is in a more northern or high-altitude area; definitely not shot a few hours ago. Also, from special protective suits, signal lights, and detectors and such, the Foundation had already understood this ‘Anomalous Phenomenon’ to a certain extent and knew it would appear again. So suppose, this ‘Anomalous Phenomenon’ has occurred many times at different places in the world but has been deliberately concealed each time. It might be because such phenomena are occurring more frequently, or some other reasons, but now the Foundation can’t use low-level field staff like us unless necessary, there are many possible reasons for that, such as thinking we can handle it, or having no other choice, or a lack of manpower, or not enough time. Anyway, it’s impossible to draw conclusions now, and what I’m concerned about in the report is this phrase ‘to suppress the anomaly within a certain range.’ Also, soon, everyone should receive a test tube, and you are to break it at a specified location… That stuff in the test tube looks a lot like blood… All of these points are without any lead. What will those exposed to the anomaly see, and why do they transform that way? All these points are very… um… strange, aren’t they?”

Chen Xiao spoke rapidly, then inadvertently grinned.

Ding Manshan looked at him and exclaimed, “Hey, hey… compared to that, your expression is even stranger. Why do you look so excited?”

Chen Xiao, unconcerned, inexplicably licked his lips and chuckled with a “hehehe” a few times.

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