The man let out a chuckle. Despite his haggard appearance, his voice remained youthful.
"You use the same tone every day. My ears are growing calluses. I won't be your slave. I'll walk out of here with my head held high, find each of you, and make you pay the price!"
"Foolish, ignorant, stubborn!"
The gray-robed woman shrieked. She had to persuade this man daily, but her patience had long since run out.
If it weren't for the orders from above not to harm his life, the gray-robed woman would have torn him to shreds long ago.
"You will eventually submit. No one can remain strong forever. The human will... is the most ridiculous thing. You will be the new L..."
"Then try me, you irritable old woman on her period thirty days a month," the man taunted.
The gray-robed woman extended a withered finger and made a gentle gesture. The straw in the dungeon coalesced into a scarecrow, pinning the young man down.
The scarecrow wore a sinister smile, and from its hands, a thorny vine grew. The vine was raised high, ready to strike.
The man closed his eyes, shielding his head, without a trace of fear.
He would continue to resist, never yield, until the day he walked out of here.
Or... the day he died.
...
Emerging from the vision, Wen Wen clapped his hands. This young man was to his liking.
"This person is good. He's in darkness but his heart yearns for light. He's good material for a Containment Specialist."
"I can't let him endure such torment. I want to rescue him, but how should I go about it..."
As soon as Wen Wen had this thought, a message came from the bubble.
'East Mountain Province, Yanling City, Lishui Mountain Villa, location of the Profane Blood branch...'
"Alright, I'll make time to rescue him... like hell I will!"
The Profane Blood branch's location, wasn't that the lair of perverted superhumans like Mr. L?
Asking Wen Wen to rescue someone from there was no different from asking him to kill himself.
"I'll put this matter aside for now. This truly exceeds my capabilities. However, that address should be considered important news. I can report this to the Association."
...
In a luxurious villa, under the soft lights, Liao Jiaxin, wearing an apron, was cleaning a large basin of live crayfish.
The crayfish struggled, startling her. She jumped slightly, creating a warm scene.
Glady sat on the sofa outside the kitchen, watching this, but his heart was filled with an unshakable chill and a profound sense of powerlessness.
Now, his entire skin had turned a deep green, making him look no longer human.
This woman was slowly dragging him into the abyss.
"In another day or two, I will completely lose consciousness and become a breeding ground for something new..."
"With this woman around, I can't even kill myself. I can't count on other superhumans either."
Glady sighed, falling into a painful choice.
"After hesitating for so long, it's time to make a decision. If I don't want to sink into endless suffering, I can only do this!"
He stood up abruptly, and a black mist surged from his body, forming a phantom that followed him.
Now, he had temporarily regained his full strength!
But this state could only last for a few minutes at most, and he couldn't commit suicide or kill Liao Jiaxin.
Once his strength was depleted, the transformation would begin immediately.
He had been afraid to do this before, but now he was willing to use his last day of consciousness to fight for it!
He would risk everything to spread the aura of the 'Great Mother'!
He wouldn't let this happen quietly; he wanted it to be spectacular.
"Darling, what are you doing?"
Liao Jiaxin frowned and hurried over, wanting to force the weak Glady back down, as she had always done before.
"What am I doing? Heh heh... doing what you've always wanted to do!"
Glady bit his own wrist, then grabbed Liao Jiaxin's neck, forcing the foul-smelling, green blood teeming with countless anomalies into her mouth.
Upon ingesting the blood, Liao Jiaxin's eyes instantly became glazed over. Something seemed to writhe beneath her skin, trying to break free.
The once-beautiful, older single woman instantly became hideous.
Glady sat on the sofa, his consciousness beginning to blur, but a smile graced his lips. He had done what he could; the rest was up to fate.
Finally, he felt a pang of guilt towards Liao Jiaxin.
In her eyes, she wasn't pushing Glady into the abyss, but caring for a poor man with suicidal tendencies, the love of her life.
Alas, for the last sliver of hope, Glady had to do this.
Liao Jiaxin let out a final, piteous cry, her skin splitting open. A strange aura, along with her blood, splashed outwards.
The entire villa seemed to come alive, all organic matter undergoing wondrous changes.
Insects underground, ornamental fish in the aquarium, the half-cleaned crayfish in the kitchen, the potted plants in the yard, even the chicken, duck, fish, and meat in the refrigerator, all seemed to grow legs and scurry away.
These things formed an extremely bizarre scene, yet within this scene, there seemed to be a peculiar harmony.
Various items converged around Liao Jiaxin, like commodities waiting to be chosen.
As Liao Jiaxin's skin ruptured, tentacles formed from flesh and blood emerged, merging with the things outside.
After about ten minutes of merging, Liao Jiaxin was no longer that beautiful woman, but a horrifying monster nearly three meters tall.
Apart from her human portion, her other parts were indescribable.
On her now distorted and deformed face, there was still a terrifying tenderness. She gently picked up the unconscious Glady, cradling him as if lulling a child to sleep.
She wouldn't let anyone disturb him before his transformation was complete.
The mutation wasn't limited to Liao Jiaxin. Centered on her villa, the strange aura slowly extended outwards.
The affected areas seemed to transform into another world, a world of strangeness and distortion.
This was Glady's final gamble.
If he hadn't done this, he would likely have undergone the transformation quietly, unnoticed, until he truly became some bizarre entity.
At that point, he would be forever lost in despair and suffering.
But now, the anomaly had erupted, which would surely attract the attention of the Hunter Association.
With the Hunter Association's capabilities, he might be killed before his transformation was complete.
This was his plan: to actively invite the Hunter Association to kill him.
For him now, death was salvation.
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