Absolute Gate

Chapter 88 Containment Methods
If Perrin really wanted to continue fighting, he still had some tricks up his sleeve.

But he believed in his heart that the four people were all dead and had become byproducts, so of course he turned around and ran away.

After all, what's the point of fighting something created by a calamity?

"Shh!"

Wu Zhong chuckled, then slammed into the rock wall in a flash. Pushing off the wall with his feet, he leaped over the two men, blocking their retreat as they turned back.

It was too fast; the whistling wind created turbulent air currents.

The sound, like a lion's roar, echoed in the empty cavern.

"Please calm down, is it possible that I'm still alive?"

Wu Zhong pressed down on their shoulders with one hand each, forcing them to sit down.

Yang Chunsha stood with her hands on her hips, blocking the way behind them: "Look at how panicked you are, no wonder you're still only at the Bronze level."

"If you habitually choose to avoid fighting with the strong, then you are defining yourself as a weakling for life."

These words stung Perrin.

He frowned as he looked back at Yang Chunsha, then glanced at the others before finally calming down.

"You're not dead?"

Acorus calamus observed the surroundings: "This is an air chamber..."

Perrin understood: "You all faked your deaths and hid in the air chambers?"

Some things are easy to understand; he figured it all out in a flash.

He didn't actually examine any of the bodies, except for the skinny ginger, who was truly dead and had his body examined.

It was precisely because of the example of the skinny man that he had no doubts about the deaths of the others.

After all, even people who can breathe underwater died, so isn't it normal for others to die down there?

In addition, due to the presence of strange and calamistic objects, the missing persons are assumed to be dead.

"You guys... you've already teamed up, haven't you?"

Perrin stared at Onion. The other three were already in cahoots, so there was nothing to say, especially since they had used the disappearance method.

Onion was the only lone wolf, yet he had been acting all along.

Since there was a "fake death" segment, it must have been a pre-arranged plan.

Onion scratched the back of his head: "It was Brother Jianglongmu who contacted me and told me that this was a sacrificial well, and that the benefactor deliberately concealed this fact."

Perrin glanced at the Dragon-Subduing Wood, but his gaze finally settled on Yang Chunsha: "As expected of a Silver tycoon, he saw through the problem with the sugar daddy so early and then made his move."

"Let me guess, last night, when the Dragonwood and Onion went down to look for the corpse, they discovered the sacrificial well and the air chamber..."

“No, there couldn’t be air chambers in a cave like this, and even if there were, McGonagall couldn’t possibly be unaware of them. So… you created this place with magic, right?”

Yang Chunsha shrugged and didn't say anything.

This actually means: This crazy idea wasn't my idea; I wanted to run away.

But in Perrin's eyes, this was tacit approval.

Wu Zhong smiled and said, "If you pull the statue up, McGar will kill you to silence you."

Perrin said bitterly, "I know, but if I don't do it, the result will be the same. I might as well try to see if I can control this calamity."

"To be honest, I feel much better knowing that you are all alive."

“Miss Yang Chunsha, since you can manipulate the rocks and create such a large air chamber below, we can simply dig it away secretly and leave this place.”

Wu Zhong shook his head: "I see that you two are quite strong, what are you afraid of?"

"You asked her for advice on the Silver Quest before, and she just taught you that the key is not to run away from it."

"The most crucial first step is to develop the courage to face Silver missions without fear."

His words silenced Perrin.

Perrin thought for a long time, then suddenly laughed: "Yes, this is actually the hardest step to take."

"I've been in the Bronze rank for a long time. Some people weaker than me have become Silver, but I think it's all luck, because some people stronger than me have died in Silver missions."

"So I've always been thinking about saving up more money, becoming stronger, and then taking on silver-level missions."

"I just hope everything can be done calmly and skillfully, rather than in a rush and stumbling."

"But we waited for three years, and it always felt like it wasn't enough."

Wu Zhong said loudly, "This mission has been upgraded to silver level, and my first reaction is excitement."

"It's nothing more than strange and unpredictable objects. I've encountered many of them since I was a nobody, probably around ten by now."

"To be honest, I'm also afraid of dying, but after experiencing it so many times, it's not such a big deal."

"I may be scared, but I will definitely face it because I have even bigger monsters to deal with."

Apart from Yangchunsha, everyone else looked at Jianglongmu with surprise.

Wow, you've got quite a lot of experience?

Perrin immediately became serious and said, "Forgive my poor eyesight, but it turns out that Brother Jianglongmu is also a senior."

Wu Zhong chuckled: "Oh? So I'm a senior now?"

Perrin nodded solemnly: "Yes, anomalous creatures. In my entire life, I've never seen more than five, and most of them were from clubs."

"You've actually come into contact with more than ten? Then they must be my seniors."

He had already experienced Wu Zhong's strength. In addition, in their circle, strictly speaking, rank and career length are not important. The most important qualification is how many calamities and monsters one has actually come into contact with.

What's the use of Yangchun Sha (a type of traditional Chinese medicine) after seven years?
In contrast, Wu Zhong has experienced a series of events, including "Lushan Ghosts and Gods", "A Messy Tangle", "Happy Zombie", "Invincible Tracking Dog", "Shadow Lord", "Corpse Collector", "Divination Tortoise Shell", "Reduced Quality Fountain Pen", as well as Yake and now the Rain God Statue.

If we include derivatives like the Laughing Grenade and the Air Shield, Wu Zhong's resume is quite impressive.

Many bronze and silver artifacts had never seen so many strange and monstrous objects in their entire lives.

Onion shouted, "Perrin, let's take down McGill together! I'll avenge Ginger!"

"Revenge?" Perrin exclaimed in astonishment.

Onion glanced at Wu Zhong, who nodded, and Onion immediately recounted his underwater experiences.

After listening, Perrin said in horror, "So there really was something chasing me... Water waves, yes, McGur also said that rainmaking is done by human sound waves."

"I see. If the fluctuations emitted by a person are accompanied by a request for rain, then it will trigger rainfall. If it is just caused by the movement of a person, then they will be hunted down."

Wu Zhong shrugged: "What do you mean? McGall boasts that he can control us, so why don't we turn the tables on him?"

He explained his plan.

Perrin thought it was a very feasible idea: "Give him a fatal blow when he's at his most triumphant."

“I understand that, but regarding the salvage... you've only determined the mechanism of the water spider, what about the statue? Judging from its ability to create derivatives, there should be another characteristic.”

Wu Zhong raised an eyebrow and said, "Wait a minute, the statue might not necessarily be a calamity."

"Uh..." Everyone was taken aback, then thought about it and realized it was true.

The water spider is definitely abnormal, that's for sure, but whether the statue is abnormal is really unclear without any clear evidence.

The idea that the statue was the embodiment of a calamity was originally a conjecture of the Havel family.

The evidence is... his ancestors died while retrieving the statue.

From McGregor's perspective, this was solid proof.

But now that they know about the existence of the water spider, the situation is different. It's possible that the lump of water is the real calamity, and the statue is just an ancient offering.

"Yeah, damn it, I'm totally confused. I keep feeling like the statue is the monstrous object, and the water spider is a byproduct." "But maybe, from beginning to end, only that lump of water is the anomaly itself."

Perrin patted his forehead, and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

Onion pondered, "I've hugged the golden statue before, and I didn't feel anything unusual. Although I can't swim anymore, that must have been caused by the water spiders, not the statue."

"So, we can just give the statue to McGar without worrying that it will make him stronger."

Yang Chunsha tilted her head: "This is just a guess."

Wu Zhong scoffed, "We'll try to pray for rain after we fish it out, then we'll know."

"Let's get started!"

Shi Changpu was still a little confused, her innocent eyelashes blinking: "Even if the statue isn't, the water spider is guarding it, so salvaging it is still very dangerous."

Wu Zhong shook his head and smiled: "It's okay, the onion has already been infected with the swimming ban effect. No matter how much it struggles after that, the water spiders won't pay any attention to it."

"In other words, there's nothing to be afraid of with onions anymore; you can get close to them without any problem."

"The only problem is that he can't swim and needs other people to help him, such as pulling him up with a rope."

Shi Changpu suddenly realized, "Then what else is there to say? Let's begin."

The group immediately began their operation, with Perrin, Yak, and Yang Chunsha ready to provide backup in the dark hall.

Wu Zhong, Yang Cong, and Shi Changpu dived to a depth of 400 meters.

Their descent was swift and graceful, landing where the ginger had died.

The three beams of light looked down and gave a clear view of the area of ​​corpses.

Besides the gold statue, there are also many broken gold and jade artifacts scattered around.

With a rope wrapped around its waist, the onion leaped down and slowly descended, landing at the bottom. The water rippled, but it did not disturb the water spider.

He picked up the statue, and seeing that the water spider didn't move, he casually grabbed a few pieces of goldware.

The onion practically swam around right next to the water spider.

Finally, he was wearing about seven or eight pieces of gold jewelry, all of which were large pieces. Including the statue, the total weight exceeded two hundred kilograms.

Wu Zhong rolled his eyes. Onion was really bold, relying on the fact that he was already infected, he was now afraid of nothing.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to rake in gold, what a little money-grubber!

However, Wu smiled and said, "He is too."

If all that gold were just ordinary gold utensils, it could easily be sold for tens of millions of dollars.

When he couldn't carry any more onions, he made an OK sign upwards, and Wu Zhong and Shi Changpu immediately pulled him up.

"Slow down," Wu Zhong gestured to Shi Changpu, indicating that there was no need to rush.

Even though the two were moving very slowly, the water spider suddenly emerged when the onion had risen halfway up.

"What!" Wu Zhong exclaimed in surprise. Had the fluctuations alerted the water spiders?

Although the onion won't trigger it, the person pulling the rope will.

Even if it was just the ripples of water from the rope reaching the water spider, it still locked onto the two people dozens of meters away.

Obviously, no matter how far apart they are, as long as the water ripples reach the water spider, it will definitely chase after the target... unless the target is on the shore.

"go!"

Wu Zhong frowned and pulled the rope with all his might, pulling Onion up as quickly as possible.

The three of them didn't look back and quickly rose to the surface.

Wu Zhong was the fastest; he was like a torpedo, dragging two grown men along as he sped through the water.

After passing through several twisted passages, the calamus desperately patted him.

Wu Zhong looked back and saw that, good heavens, the water spiders were already very close to them.

"It's still too heavy, which has drastically reduced my speed."

Given Wu Zhong's swimming speed, the water spider wouldn't have been able to catch him.

But now, he's pulling two people on his own, plus a lot of gold, so his speed has slowed down considerably.

However, this situation was not unexpected.

When Wu finally passed a platform protruding from the rock wall, he used his internal energy to step onto it.

"Oh!"

His kick broke the protruding platform on the rock face, and in doing so, he instantly accelerated and left several meters behind.

Using this force, Wu pushed the two upwards with all his might.

At the same time, he also used the reaction force to swim in another direction.

But Shi Changpu was no ordinary person; an orange whip instantly sprouted from his palm and plunged fiercely into the high rock wall.

Then the whip retracted, like a hook, pulling her and the onion upwards.

As for Wu Zhong, he circled back and forth at a depth of over two hundred meters.

"Hey, it's pretty easy to dribble."

Wu Zhong walked the water spider like he was walking a dog.

Intelligence is king. Once you understand the mechanisms of anomalous creatures, there's really nothing to be afraid of.

He was currently unburdened and was moving extremely fast with all his might. Although the surrounding area was open, there were rock walls for him to step on and use to turn.

He was very familiar with the terrain of this area, and at this moment he was as agile as a fish, and his speed was definitely faster.

As long as the headlamp beam remains shining on the water spider and Wu Zhong remains focused, the water spider will have no chance of touching him.

"boom!"

Wu Zhong even managed to find a moment to unleash a powerful palm strike, unleashing a visible wave of water that bombarded his opponent.

"The feeling of being completely unharmed is understandable, since its body is entirely composed of 'dihydrogen monoxide,' it can't possibly get hurt."

"However, the speed doesn't seem to be affected?"

Through continuous observation and testing, Wu finally determined that the water spider's swimming speed in water is constant...

It's about eight meters per second, which is very fast underwater, comparable to a sailfish.

The main thing is that this thing obviously has no concept of endurance; it doesn't experience fear or fatigue.

As long as it remains in the water, it will keep chasing you relentlessly, and it will find its way into every nook and cranny.

When Wu Zhongyou tried to cross a cave, a rock blocked the entrance.

As a result, the water spider easily squeezed through the gap, creating a significant high-pressure water flow underwater that washed away the disturbed silt.

Wu Zhong's special characteristic is the Gate of Absolutes, which means he can turn an ordinary gate into an absolute gate.

If the door itself is leaky, it will still leak even if it is closed, since it is not absolutely sealed.

"However, since it keeps chasing me, I can easily lure it to the shore."

"Combined with Debiao's abilities, we should be able to capture it alive!"

Wu Zhong figured that once this thing was on land, it probably wouldn't be able to move.

We'll just put it in a jar, and that seems like that'll be considered containment.

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(End of this chapter)