Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 399: Chapter 217: Panic and the Deep Underground of the Management Bureau

On the day he was diagnosed with the tumor, as he walked out of the First Hospital of Wanghai City in the Peace District, he encountered another Erosion Dungeon.

In the Erosion Dungeon, he was among the people most severely affected by the Miracle Committee. After the Erosion Dungeon ended, he continued to pray like a madman, talking to himself every day. It took nearly half a month in the hospital room before he barely returned to normal.

The Management Bureau covered the hospital expenses during his stay, but unsurprisingly, he lost his job again.

Since then, Xie Wei became silent and withdrawn, not uttering a word even at home, as if he had lost his soul.

Three days ago, the police station in East Lake District received a report from Xie Wei’s wife, claiming that after leaving the house during the day, Xie Wei never returned. She feared he might do something rash and wanted the police to help find him.

But after searching for two consecutive days, the officers in East Lake District still couldn’t find any trace of Xie Wei.

Unexpectedly, on the third day, Xie Wei appeared at a bank.

Lei Huo, seeing that Wu Chang had finished reading the file, said: ”Based on our speculation, Xie Wei’s extraordinary abilities are probably related to his experience in the Erosion Dungeon.”

”But we can’t rule out the possibility that during the three days he was missing, he encountered other situations that awakened his current abilities.”

Wu Chang looked at Xie Wei, who was sleeping inside the detection device, feeling somewhat emotional and at a loss for words.

They say a person’s breakdown only takes one bad day.

However, Xie Wei had three terrible years, progressively getting worse.

Every family has its hardships, and Xie Wei’s family certainly experienced it in volumes.

Soon, the detection device gave results.

There was no dangerous energy on Xie Wei, nor any suspicious items. Besides his own abilities, there were no other dangerous things on him.

But one detail in the test caught several people’s attention, which was that the tumor on Xie Wei’s liver had disappeared.

They didn’t know whether it was due to the influence of the Erosion Dungeon or some other influence.

After confirming Xie Wei’s safety, the three of them took Xie Wei and continued down in the elevator.

The third underground level of the Management Bureau directly connected to the Red Wave Space, but this time, they were heading to the fifth underground level.

Though called the fifth underground level, the depth was much deeper than five levels. The elevator descended for quite a while before it slowly stopped.

Upon entering the fifth underground level, Wu Chang saw traces of mystical ceremonies all over the space. Through the Eye of Breaking Method, he saw that the mystical ceremonies arranged here had the effect of suppressing the target energy within the ritual.

This was advanced stuff, selling the arrangement method of the rituals wouldn’t fetch a price lower than an A-Level item.

He hurriedly took a closer look, using the Eye of Breaking Method to record the key points of the mystical ceremonies.

Learning is earning.

After seeing everything clearly, Wu Chang then asked: ”What is this place?”

Director Gao introduced: ”As an Explorer of Wanghai City, you are considered a mid-level in the bureau. Originally, you had the clearance to know about this, but you joined too soon for us to properly introduce it to you.”

”The fifth underground level of the Management Bureau is specially designed for detaining and interrogating extraordinary criminals. This belongs to the deep underground, the most secure area within the bureau. Every time we enter, there must be more than two Explorers present to unlock the deep underground space.”

”After detention and interrogation, punishment will be determined based on the criminals’ crimes. Extremely egregious offenders will be directly executed; those with slightly less severe circumstances are allowed to redeem themselves by joining high-difficulty dungeon exploration teams for pioneering; those even less severely affected can participate in less dangerous tasks as special assistants.”

Director Gao said this while opening an empty cell and throwing Xie Wei inside.

”For people like Xie Wei, who have no record of harming anyone and haven’t caused any serious influence and who aren’t inherently bad, we will treat and observe them. If their condition stabilizes, we will allow them to leave and restore a normal life under our surveillance.”

”If they are talented enough, we will also allow them to join the Management Bureau and become one of us.”

Director Gao said this while closing the cell door.

”From my personal standpoint, I really want to help him out, but everything hinges on waiting for him to wake up and figure out the source of his power and what he did in those three missing days.”

The three of them talked while returning to the elevator.

Wu Chang, looking at the button for the sixth underground level below the button for the fifth level, asked in passing:

”Director Gao, what is on the sixth underground level?”

Director Gao said: ”The sixth underground level is for storing special extraordinary items. You’ll find out when you’ve seen enough that there are not only wild transcendents but also wild extraordinary items. These things cannot be brought into the Abyssal Game and can only be stored in management bureaus across various locations.”

”Besides these special extraordinary items, the protecting items of the management bureaus are also stored there.”

Wu Chang asked: ”Can’t they be stored in the Red Wave Space?”

Director Gao shook his head and said:

”They can certainly be stored in the Red Wave Space, but it’s unlikely to store them there.”

Wu Chang clicked his tongue, commenting on how Director Gao’s head looked pointy when he said this.

Director Gao explained: ”Those expensive items are fundamental to the revenues of various local departments. Other regional branches must pay a fee to use them, and if placed in the Red Wave Space, they would be freely accessed by those with high clearance.”

Just as the few of them were talking while entering the elevator,

Xie Wei, who was unconscious in the cell, suddenly opened his eyes.