Holy Water (Chapter 111)
Ye Sheng stared at the rapidly refreshing messages in the chat room, a conflicted expression immediately crossing her face.
Perhaps, just maybe, the people they were talking about were her and Gu Luoyu...
Unexpectedly, she ended up stumbling upon her own gossip.
[Water Boiler]: Disappeared in a flash? The guy above, you must have seen an Esper!
[Alive Not Dead]: Esper???
[123]: Ah, are there still people who don’t know about Espers? (Shocked.jpg)
[Alive Not Dead]: I know about them, but... how should I put it? To me, Espers are like legendary figures, something you’d never encounter in daily life!
[HHHH]: Indeed, the forum doesn’t allow discussions about Espers. If you talk about it too much, your account will get banned! I was blocked for a month because I mentioned Espers.
(Account HHHH violated the rules and is banned for one month)
[123]: A moment of silence. Rest in peace, brother.
[Water Boiler]: +1
[Alive Not Dead]: +2
Ye Sheng silently peeked at the chat room screen.
The relaxed, humorous tone unique to internet users was the same in any world.
It felt familiar, yet carried a strange sense of nostalgia.
However, Ye Sheng had just discovered that Espers were a forbidden topic on the forum.
Originally, Ye Sheng would only occasionally browse forum posts to expand her knowledge of the wasteland world... Among the various sections of the forum, she most frequently visited the science and trading sections.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to indulge in gossip, but the forum’s chat area was often filled with bizarre and gruesome images, accompanied by either deranged or exaggerated comments.
In short, there was rarely anything interesting to see.
The news was scattered and riddled with too much misinformation.
Reading it felt like a waste of time.
As a result, Ye Sheng preferred to chat and exchange information with Mo Lin.
She hadn’t expected that the chat room in the same area would have such a good atmosphere... She had been reluctant to spend points to unlock it before, but now that it was open, she could visit more often in the future~
[Alive Not Dead]: Eh? Weren’t we talking about the person who suddenly exploded?
[Water Boiler]: This is so weird. A friend of mine is a mercenary, and he was just sent over to transport the injured, but it turned out that all those affected turned into balloons!
[123]: Huh?
[Water Boiler]: I was just as surprised when I first heard it. Those people became like this just by coming into contact with the flesh and blood of the exploded individual. Now the base research institute is quickly analyzing it to see if it’s a new type of virus.
[IUYLLJ]: It’s not a new virus; it’s the membership screening for our Shackles of Sin. It’s a pity that he didn’t pass.
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Ye Sheng’s eyes widened in shock.
She hadn’t misread it just now!
The Shackles of Sin!!!
Ye Sheng still remembered this name clearly... because it was a new organization quickly established by the experimental subjects who had escaped from the Black Spring Freemasonry stronghold.
They had even sent pioneers to the safe zone to drop bombs and carry out terrorist attacks to promote their cause.
Now, she never expected that indulging in gossip would lead to such big news.
If the other party wasn’t lying, their words confirmed Gu Luoyu’s suspicion.
It was indeed the Esper transformation potion developed by the Black Spring Freemasonry that had leaked into the base.
[Alive Not Dead]: Membership screening? Haha, man, you must have had too much to drink!
[IUYLLJ]：Picture/jpg
In the chat room, the ridicule from others was immediately met with a picture.
Ye Sheng clicked on the picture quickly and saw a selfie of a strange creature with a snake's head and a human body.
In the background, there were several other bizarre figures, and in the distance, flags fluttered in the wind.
The pattern on the flags was the familiar crow, the distinctive emblem of the Black Spring Freemasonry.
[I AM Vegetarian]: You’re a member of the Black Spring Freemasonry!!!
There were many knowledgeable people in the base.
Not only did Ye Sheng recognize it, but others were also shocked.
Their words caused an uproar, and the chat room fell silent for a moment before being flooded with comments.
The name "Black Spring Freemasonry" was indeed infamous.
The messages in the chat room refreshed rapidly, much like the comments on a viral video.
If it weren’t for the powerful Super Intelligent Network, the system would have crashed... However, the chat room administrator soon banned the user for 30 seconds, which was then lifted.
After this intervention, people finally calmed down and were able to chat normally again.
[123]: Holy crap! I never thought I’d be chatting with someone from the Black Spring Freemasonry. Mom, I’ve made it!
[Zhou]: Why hasn’t the management reported this yet? The base officials need to follow the clues and catch these people... Just thinking about the Black Spring Freemasonry being in the outer city area makes me feel numb.
[Water Boiler]: The other party probably isn’t in the safe zone. It’s said that Black Spring has developed a special technology that can temporarily block the Super Energy Intelligence Network and access forum information! Now it seems that it’s less about blocking and more about altering regional information to make it appear real.
[IUYLLJ]: Your guess is correct. I’m in the wilderness. You can’t catch me even if you report me. However, I solemnly declare that I’m not a member of the Black Spring Freemasonry. I was captured by them as a test subject for their potions, which is why I’ve become a snake-man.
[IUYLLJ]: Now, we, the Shackles of Sin, have taken over this place. As pioneers of the new human race, we sincerely invite you to apply for membership. As long as you pass the screening, you can obtain money, power, pleasure, and more, everything will belong to you!
[IUYLLJ]: The ones who will survive to the end in this wasteland world are undoubtedly us, the new humans. Instead of believing in the highly lethal potions promoted by the base, why not choose the holy water of our Shackles of Sin? Rewrite your genes and become a more powerful new human!
As Ye Sheng watched the chat room being dominated by the snake-man, she couldn’t help but make the face of an old man staring at his phone on the subway.
What nonsense!
Holy water...
Ye Sheng, who knew the truth, twitched her lips.
However, after reading the "advertisement" from the Shackles of Sin, she realized that the exploding "balloon man" wasn’t a terrorist attack but a failed product of the Black Spring transformation potion.
Of course, they must have wanted to create chaos in the base, which was why they allowed people to use the potions in the safe zone.
In this case, if the base officials don’t act quickly, even the safe zone will become dangerous in the future... Just like the people injured by the balloon man explosion today, there will undoubtedly be more unlucky victims in the days to come.
[Water Boiler]: If I'm going to die anyway, I'd rather go out looking good than end up as some kind of monster!
[123]: +1. The mortality rate of becoming a new human isn’t low. It’s better to buy transformation potions from the base. Sure, low-grade potions have a high mortality rate, but if you have money and connections, you can get your hands on higher-grade ones.
[Green Haired Sheep]: @123, do you have a channel to buy high-grade transformation potions? Name your price!
After the Snake Man declared that he wasn’t a member of the Black Spring Freemasonry, the netizens in the chat room quickly lost interest.
Even when he continued with his bizarre propaganda, they ignored him completely.
Instead, the conversation shifted to the sales channels for high-grade transformation potions.
Ye Sheng didn’t see any mention of the "black market."
She wasn’t sure if people were deliberately hiding it or if they genuinely didn’t know. After watching for a while, she lost interest.
After shutting down the Super Intelligent Network, Ye Sheng thought things over carefully.
In the end, she concluded that she was just a small figure in the grand scheme of things, and overthinking wouldn’t help.
So, she decided to stop worrying about it.
What she needed was to grow stronger and stronger!
With this in mind, Ye Sheng grabbed her fitness equipment and started exercising with renewed determination.
…
Early the next morning, Ye Sheng wouldn’t have woken up if Gu Luoyu hadn’t knocked on her door.
The excessive exercise from the previous day had left her feeling utterly drained.
However, the thought of visiting the black market today spurred her on.
She raised her hands, patted her cheeks, and instantly felt a surge of energy!