Since he knew the giant egg had the ability to affect his mind, Wen Wen didn't linger near it. Instead, he stopped in a place with a moderate number of monsters.
He took out his phone and checked the time, realizing there were still over twelve hours left until the end. It was time to start harvesting monsters.
Before he left, Xun Qing had told them the assessment period was only thirty-six hours. Wen Wen had already wasted too much time and couldn't afford to waste any more.
He snapped his fingers, and a completely sealed metal box appeared in his hand.
This was the disaster-class containment item, 'Infinite Proliferating Human,' or 'Proliferator' for short.
It was formed from the former disaster-class superpowered being, Zheng Feng. Physical attacks were almost impossible to completely destroy it.
While this thing was troublesome when placed outside, it wasn't difficult for the Hunter's Association to deal with it, or even completely eliminate it.
But this was an underground labyrinth. The monsters here, apart from physical attacks, had no other means of attack. This meant that all the monsters here were helpless against this thing!
Thus, Wen Wen grinningly dumped the mass of flesh onto the ground. In just a moment, the lump of flesh contorted into the body of an adult man.
Because it had split too many times before, Zheng Feng no longer had his own will. He was merely a mass of flesh with the characteristic of splitting.
Once its body was separated, it would evolve into two similar individuals. When these individuals became numerous enough, they would combine to form grotesque monsters that attacked all living beings!
Wen Wen took out his short sword. With a flick of his wrist, he sliced the single body into many pieces in minutes.
Watching the fragments transform into new human bodies, Wen Wen smiled.
Now, all he had to do was wait for monsters to take the bait.
...
In the pitch-black cave, a relatively small monster crawled out from the shadows.
It didn't know what was happening today, but it seemed like there was fighting everywhere. It had personally witnessed its long-time boss being riddled with holes by a two-legged monster using a spear.
It also saw its boss's rival being turned into fragrant roasted meat.
It seemed like two-legged monsters were rampaging in every direction, forcing it to hide everywhere.
In this underground labyrinth, it was one of the few relatively intelligent individuals. It knew to ensure its safety by attaching itself to a boss and knew to run when it couldn't fight.
Of course, the main reason it survived was that many superpowered beings were simply not interested in it.
Suddenly, it smelled a sweet scent. It knew it was the scent of those two-legged monsters. They must be delicious, but also not to be trifled with.
Still, it ran towards the direction of the scent. It intended to first confirm the strength of that two-legged monster.
There were differences in strength within its species. Not all those two-legged monsters should be so powerful, right?
As it approached, it discovered more than a dozen two-legged monsters piled on top of each other. These two-legged monsters lay on the ground, wriggling slightly and making meaningless grunts.
The monster could sense that these were the sounds and scents of the weak, even more fragile than the newborns of their own species. They must also be more delicious than newborns!
Yes, it had eaten the young of its species, because in this dungeon, the only food they could obtain was their own kind.
After all, members of their own kind would continuously be born from the mother nest, never depleting.
Licking its lips, it walked towards those two-legged monsters. Although it was relatively intelligent, the concept of 'trap' did not exist in its mind.
It sniffed at a two-legged monster. Seeing that the monster didn't react, it took a bite.
Blood and flesh filled its mouth, making the entire monster ecstatic. The taste was completely different from its own kind. This was the food its species should be eating.
For this kind of food, it was worth paying any price.
It ate greedily, shedding morsels of meat as it ate. Only when its stomach could hold no more did it realize that the amount of food around it seemed to have increased many times over.
At first, it was happy because more and more food meant it could enjoy this delicacy forever.
But gradually, it began to fear.
Because those fragile foods were combining in a way it couldn't understand, forming giant, deformed monsters. And it was surrounded by these deformed monsters, unable to escape.
...
The monster's roar was piercing, making Wen Wen, who was watching from the side, unable to resist covering his ears.
So, he casually walked over, knocked it unconscious, and removed a fleshy growth before leaving it alone. The monster's body quickly disappeared into the Proliferator's body, providing energy for its expansion.
The Infinite Proliferating Human, although called infinite, did not expand out of thin air.
Expansion out of thin air could only go so far; it then required additional energy to continue.
This was also one of the reasons why Zheng Feng, despite having lost consciousness, had stubbornly attacked Wen Wen. Unlimited expansion required an energy source, and the flesh and blood of superpowered beings was the best energy.
The small monster's earlier feeding had better disseminated the Proliferator's scent, and soon more monsters were drawn by the smell.
For this species, delicious food was an irresistible temptation, and they were willing to pay any price for it.
And to their taste buds, their own kind was actually the worst food. One could imagine what kind of tragedy would occur if these monsters escaped the dungeon.
Monster after monster was devoured by the Proliferator, which grew larger and larger, attracting more and more monsters. Its ability to devour monsters became increasingly powerful.
Wen Wen waited at the edge of the Proliferator's expansion. As soon as it restrained a monster, Wen Wen would harvest a fleshy growth.
Initially, Wen Wen's actions were no match for killing monsters himself, but later on, Wen Wen was so busy just continuously harvesting.
Due to the influence of the containment facility, the Proliferator would not attack Wen Wen, so Wen Wen's harvesting went quite smoothly.
But even if it did attack, it would at most bring a negligible amount of trouble to Wen Wen's harvesting. After all, no matter how much they expanded, they were still only disaster-class. They couldn't possibly harm Wen Wen with sheer numbers.
Thus, the Proliferator's scale grew larger and larger, and its alluring scent became even sweeter in the monsters' nostrils. The Proliferator's location turned into a monster cafeteria, but this cafeteria was also the place of their demise.
Wen Wen moved like a ghost through these giant cafeterias, harvesting the fleshy growths from the monsters.
During the hunt, Wen Wen also heard many superpowered beings cursing, but he just chuckled a few times and continued his harvesting.
Since these monsters were equivalent to demon hunting coins, how each person obtained benefits was up to their own abilities.