novelraw Chapter 201 This isn't frying fish, it's a biochemical exorcism.
Chapter 201 This isn't frying fish, it's a biochemical exorcism.
The air in the underground reservoir seemed to freeze.
The "love song" that kept playing in my mind became clearer and clearer, as if a melancholy giant creature was whispering in my ear, using infrasound to tell me about its loneliness of thousands of years.
The old factory manager and several workers were so weak in the knees that they had to lean against the wall to stand. A dazed yet blissful expression crossed their faces as they murmured, "It's...it's her...the voice of my first love..."
Captain Zhou, who had undergone rigorous mental resilience training, was also pale-faced at this moment, desperately biting his tongue, trying to stay awake with the pain.
Wang Minyu didn't seem to feel anything.
His brain was like a server with the highest level of firewall. As soon as this "emotional virus" invaded, it was formatted by his theory that "everything is a leek" (meaning something easily exploited).
He even had the leisure to take out his phone, take a picture of the thing in the center of the pool that was arching higher and higher, and send it to Su Qing.
"Zero, analyze the composition."
"Boss, this thing... doesn't have a fixed form." Su Qing's voice carried a hint of seriousness. "It's an aggregate composed of a high-density network of mycelium and water molecules, more like a... living 'jellyfish.' The entire reservoir is its body. We're standing inside its stomach right now."
"Quite an appetite." Wang Minyu put his phone back in his pocket.
The protrusion in the center of the pool has risen to more than three meters high, and water flows down its smooth surface, forming curtains of water.
It has no eyes and no mouth, but everyone can feel that it is "seeing" us.
It was a pure "love" without any impurities.
It wanted to embrace all the creatures present, to make them all a part of itself, and to be together forever.
"Guan Shan, Pierre, get to work," Wang Minyu ordered into his headset.
"receive."
At the other end of the reservoir, an inconspicuous ventilation shaft with iron railings was suddenly kicked open from the outside by a tremendous force.
Guan Shan's imposing figure appeared at the cave entrance, with Pierre pushing a modified wheeled cart behind him.
Inside the car, there was that familiar large bronze pot.
There was no soup in the pot, but a pot full of golden, sizzling oil.
"What is that?" Captain Zhou asked with difficulty.
"Fish," Wang Minyu said succinctly.
To be precise, it was fried fish.
These are small, miscellaneous fish, fried to a crispy golden brown using the lowest quality gutter oil, and they're probably sourced from some unknown wholesale market.
But the fish is merely a vessel.
The real "ingredients" were in the huge spice bottle in Pierre's hand.
The bottle didn't contain cumin powder, but rather a powder made from a mixture of dozens of highly irritating substances.
This includes: "Fear Mushroom" spore powder, which can cause hallucinations even among mushrooms, seized from the Peak Biological Laboratory; concentrated crystallization of the most authentic and delicious stinky tofu brine from Changxiang City; and... Carolina Reaper pepper powder, which Pierre brought from his hometown and is said to make even the devil weep.
Pierre, wearing a gas mask, looked like a madman preparing to conduct a chemical experiment.
He unscrewed the seasoning bottle and generously and evenly sprinkled the colorful powders onto the pot of fried fish.
"Sizzle—"
An indescribable, extremely penetrating odor exploded out instantly.
The flavor is incredibly complex. At first, it smells foul, a deep, pungent stench; upon closer inspection, it's spicy, so spicy it makes your eyes water; and upon tasting it again, there's even a hint of a numbingly sweet and fishy flavor.
This smell was like a biological weapon, instantly shattering the sweet "romantic" atmosphere in the air.
The old factory manager and workers, who were indulging in their fantasies, shivered violently at the smell, and their eyes regained their clarity.
"vomit--"
"What's that smell?! Who blew up the septic tank?!"
The sentimental "love song" in my mind also froze, as if someone had grabbed my neck and made a sharp, off-key sound.
The giant jellyfish in the center of the pool began to tremble violently.
It felt offended. Extremely offended.
It's like you're confessing your feelings to your crush, the atmosphere is perfect, and then suddenly they pull out a plate of pork intestine sashimi, dipped in minced garlic, and ask you if you want some.
It is extremely insulting.
"Now!" Wang Minyu shouted.
Guan Shan swung his signature green entrenching tool and slammed it down with all his might on the thickest main water supply pipe next to him!
"when--!!!"
A loud bang.
The pipe wasn't broken, but it had been smashed into a huge dent.
This physical vibration was transmitted instantly throughout the entire reservoir via the entire pipeline system.
"Splash!"
The jellyfish was utterly enraged. It no longer maintained its seemingly gentle form, and the entire surface of the water began to boil.
Countless water tendrils stretched out from the pool, lashing out like whips at the people on the shore.
"Pierre! Serve the food!"
The fat Frenchman roared and shoved the cart violently.
The large cauldron filled with "biological weapons" flew precisely into the center of the reservoir like a cannonball down a pre-built ramp.
"Thump!"
The entire pot of piping hot fried fish, coated with bizarre seasonings, was poured into the "jellyfish's" body.
In that instant, the entire underground space fell into a deathly silence.
Time seemed to stand still.
About three seconds passed.
"belch--"
A loud, echoing burp, filled with humiliation and pain, came from the bottom of the pool.
Followed by.
"Boom!"
The water in the entire reservoir seemed to be boiling, and began to churn and bubble wildly.
The water, which was originally clear (or at least appeared to be clear), instantly became murky and covered with a layer of oily, multicolored foam.
The voice in my mind has completely changed.
It's no longer a love song.
Instead, it was a scream filled with resentment, anger, and hysteria.
The voice no longer sought emotional resonance, but rather was a pure, indiscriminate mental attack.
"Faithless man—!!!"
"Don't you love me? Why are you hurting me with something like this?!"
"I'm going to kill you all—!!!"
The scream was a hundred times more powerful than the previous infrasound, like countless steel needles piercing everyone's brains.
Captain Zhou groaned, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
The old factory director and the workers rolled their eyes back, foamed at the mouth, and fainted.
Even Guan Shan, whose poker face never changed, frowned, held his head, and knelt on the ground.
"Boss, the mental shock is too strong! Zero's firewall is about to give way!" Su Qing's voice became intermittent in the earpiece.
Wang Minyu's face also turned somewhat pale.
He underestimated the power of this "giant baby's" tantrum.
This kind of mental attack, which is purely based on resentment, is almost impossible to defend against.
He looked at the pool of water that was still churning wildly and knew that ordinary physical methods were no longer effective.
To deal with this late-stage "love-obsessed" patient, drastic measures are needed.
He pulled a palm-sized, black bottle from the inside pocket of his white coat.
That was something he had meticulously brewed for forty-nine hours using the "empathy spores" he had previously seized from the S organization, mixed with the "corpse-fragrant arum tuna" seeds from the Seven Star Pavilion, and the "philosophical sludge" from the bottom of the pool at the Benevolent Heart Resort...
"Concentrated Universe Unrivaled Supreme Edition - Sage's Soup PLUS".
"Come on!" Wang Minyu twisted open the bottle cap and, facing the center of the pool, roared at the top of his lungs as if calling for a ghost, "Since you like dating so much, I'll let you taste what 'the taste of a breakup' really means!"