Chapter 15: Chapter 15: Eating from Both Sides
The Catastrophe Containment Facility was a place where Wen Wen felt at ease. He was entering again at the usual place, turning his head to look at the cell next to him where the female vampire was held.
At that moment, the female vampire was squatting in the same position, moving slowly, her eyes filled with a ravenous hunger as she looked at Wen Wen.
Her body had shrunk significantly, her formerly proud figure now emaciated.
Even her chest had starved flat.
"It looks like she can't hold on much longer, I can't delay any further," he muttered to himself.
Wen Wen rested for a while, then headed to the Central Area to look for a usable container.
All the rooms in the Central Area were locked tight and could not be entered without breaking violently.
Usually in such high-tech prisons, using force could lead to unfortunate consequences. To avoid any unnecessary trouble, Wen Wen chose not to sneak around or pick locks.
However, he soon found his target, a house with an aluminum bowl by its door, marked with a paw print.
It was a dog feeding bowl.
After washing it with water, Wen Wen nodded in satisfaction at the clean dog bowl, deciding that it would serve as the feeding bowl for the female vampire from now on.
Interestingly, although it was unoccupied now, the facility had water and electricity; living here sometimes was actually more convenient than staying in a hotel, except for the lack of private rooms which was a bit inconvenient.
Each cell in the Sanctuary had a small door for delivering food. Wen Wen filled the dog bowl with a bag of blood and pushed it into the cell.
At the sight of the blood, the female vampire's eyes turned bright red, and she exaggeratedly crawled to the front of the bowl, extending her tongue to lick it.
As she drank, her licking turned to sucking, her movements grew more vigorous, and her body quickly transformed back from a dried-up old jerky to her originally curvaceous figure.
Wen Wen also felt his own strength climbing non-stop; the fatigue was visibly disappearing.
"Is my strength derived from draining hers...?" he pondered.
The female vampire was severely starved, and a single bag of plasma was nowhere near enough for her recovery. Wen Wen went back and forth, adding twenty bags of plasma before stopping.
Now that drinking blood didn't noticeably enhance her anymore, and although the female vampire still craved it, Wen Wen decisively stopped the blood supply.
Wen Wen could feel that his speed and strength were now even greater than when he had first acquired this power!
At this moment, the fair-skinned, beautiful long-legged female vampire sat in the cold cell, holding a small aluminum bowl in her lap, continuously extending her alluring tongue to lick it.
After observing for a while, Wen Wen's face revealed a bizarre smile.
"This kinda looks like... a dungeon... Sss, I seem to be a bit perverted. No no, I must stay pure and be like those light and fresh vibes."
He would need to feed her regularly from now on; there were about twenty bags of plasma left, which should last a good while.
"Seriously, dealing with a vampire who only needs to feed occasionally is so troublesome; if I caught a monster that needed feeding every day... Ah, if only they were all as low-maintenance as that Little Ghost."
In the cell next to him, Ghostly Qin Shuang had shrunk back into a corner. Previously, when the female vampire was low on energy, he had mocked her, but now that she had regained her strength, he had hidden away again.
Such a classic bully-averse wimp.
Wen Wen shook his head and didn't linger near the area any longer, heading straight to the Central Area.
This time, he planned to stay in the Sanctuary for a while longer, waiting for the vines outside to recede before looking for an opportunity to escape the hospital.
As long as the vines didn't engulf him like before, Wen Wen, now significantly stronger, should be able to easily escape from Renji Community Hospital.
It worked out well since he had been constantly monitored by the Hunters Association in recent days and hadn't visited the Sanctuary. Now he took this chance to inquire more about the Inner World and the affairs between superpower users.
"Hey, Central," Wen Wen greeted.
"Hello, Disaster Containment Officer 72580, Mr. Wen Wen," the metal particles morphed back into the form of a man in a suit and addressed Wen Wen.
"Can your Sanctuary get me a couple of staff to look after that bunch of Monsters?" Wen Wen said while digging his ear.
"I'm sorry, your authority is insufficient," the Central Area said politely.
"Then can I capture someone myself to help me out?" Wen Wen continued to ask.
The Central Area hesitated for a moment, the expression on the holographic businessman seeming a bit off.
Is this something a Containment Officer should be doing?
"I'm sorry, your current authority is insufficient," the Central Area continued.
"Current authority insufficient, which means there might be a chance later, right? That works. Otherwise, once I capture enough monsters, I can just be a babysitter," Wen Wen shook his head.
"Regarding superpower users, I have a few more questions to ask you."
...
Like the Hunters Association, there were many things that even Wen Wen's authority couldn't pry into, but the Sanctuary still had a lot of unique insights.
Wen Wen didn't have authority for high-end information, but the Central Area provided much more detailed explanations on basic matters. Here, Wen Wen could ask targeted questions, and as long as it wasn't overstepping his authority, the Central Area would generally provide answers.
However, the Central Area also had many areas where it couldn't match the Hunters Association, such as timeliness.
Many of the items provided by the Central Area were outdated, so Wen Wen couldn't rely too heavily on the Central Area, using the information provided only as a reference at most.
After asking all he wanted for the time being, Wen Wen found a place and had a good sleep.
He would think about going out after waking up, by then the vines should have dispersed.
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Renji Community Hospital.
A nurse with arched eyebrows and thick foundation pushed a small cart towards a heavily sealed iron door on the second floor.
Her name was Liu Qing'e, and she was the head nurse of the surgical department.
Most of the medical staff working at the hospital knew that the west annex was off-limits, but very few knew why.
Liu Qing'e was one of the few who knew the reason.
She knew that in the former morgue of the west annex, there was a plant that was eerie and terrifying.
But as long as she provided the plant with some flesh and blood every day, it wouldn't come out of the west annex, and she was responsible for this task every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
It was because of this duty that she had advanced from an ordinary nurse to the head nurse of the surgical department.
In a place like a hospital, there was no shortage of useless flesh and blood.
The limbs amputated during surgery, the blood left on operating tables, or even the corpses of those who died in the hospital could all become food for that plant.
"I'm doing this to prevent that plant from harming others, yes, that's right," Liu Qing'e reassured herself as she opened the iron door.
Despite taking the job out of necessity, Liu Qing'e was still very uneasy. She knew this work might be doing harm, and if she didn't constantly reassure herself, she might not be able to continue.
With this task alone, her family had a better life, her son enjoyed better education, and she gained higher status, so she had to keep going!
As she was about to dump the flesh and blood from the cart into the room as usual, she noticed something unusual.
This time, a blood-colored vine shot out from the iron door, wrapping around her foot!
Then, an irresistible force pulled her in...