Chapter 793: The Taleblade Demon Box Makes Its Move, Actively Walking Toward Destruction

Earth, Haishi, Shelter.

“Why are there more and more of those damn boxes?!”

“We clearly isolated the patients. Why are people still getting infected?”

“What in the world is going on?!”

Inside the office, Liu Zhen slammed his hand hard against the desk. Fear and fury showed on his weathered face.

The others trembled, too frightened to speak.

The shelter’s supreme commander had always been known for his decisiveness. From the very beginning of the shelter’s establishment, he had personally handled matters both large and small, doing everything he could to protect the shelter’s integrity. He had done an exceptional job.

But now, he seemed to be reaching his breaking point.

That was hardly surprising. Anyone would have gone mad in his place.

Ninety percent of the shelter’s survivors had been infected. A black box hovered in each of their eyes. However you looked at it, it couldn’t be a good sign.

Every so often, the box would even pop into view, conjuring illusions to frighten everyone.

“Images… sounds… the air… We’ve sealed them all off…” Professor Shen took a deep breath and broke the silence. “There’s only one possibility left.”

“What?” Liu Zhen asked expressionlessly, as if the furious man from a moment ago had never been him.

“Thoughts!” Professor Shen pressed his lips together. “If we’d paid attention to the spread of rumors from the beginning, things might have gone a little better.”

Liu Zhen looked incredulous. “Absurd! We can’t even think about it?! How are people supposed to live like that?”

If that was the case, there was no point in saving the remaining ten percent of uninfected survivors!

The shelter was full of rumors about the black box. Even three-year-old children were asking, “Mommy, what’s that in your eyes?”

A man dressed like a secretary suddenly jumped in alarm and spoke urgently. “I reported the black box information to the other shelters ages ago!”

Liu Zhen’s expression darkened another shade. “Go pass this message on to the other shelters right away.”

“We lost contact three days ago…”

“Go send it!”

“All right! I’ll make sure the telegraph team gets this message through!” The secretary was drenched in cold sweat. Inwardly, he mourned for the brothers in the telegraph team.

As a resident of Liu Zhen’s shelter, you would receive the greatest care possible.

But as Liu Zhen’s subordinate, the pressure was every bit as intense.

“The other shelters haven’t had any infections yet. If we keep this information confined to the upper ranks, we can still control the situation.” Professor Shen first offered everyone some reassurance, then pushed up his glasses and said, “So far, the black box hasn’t caused any actual harm.”

Liu Zhen asked impatiently, “Professor Shen, what are you trying to say?”

What time was it, and he was still playing that suspenseful game? Had he spent so long swindling research funds that it had become a habit?

Professor Shen wore a bitter expression.

“Let me gather my thoughts…”

“I think we should consider approaching the black box ourselves.”

“My apprentice Zhang Liang is the most severely infected so far. He says that each time the black box appears, it’s closer to him than before. It seems to want to… eat him!”

“What would happen if we had the people with the most severe infections approach the black box?”

“Perhaps this is a new hope, and our only hope!”

“If its danger is going to erupt, then it will sooner or later. We can’t stop it anymore!”

By the end, he was practically urging everyone to heed his proposal.

“Bastard!” Liu Zhen cursed.

The others immediately fell silent, not daring to breathe too loudly.

After cursing several more times and venting his emotions completely, Liu Zhen spoke.

“Fine. I’ll go see Zhang Liang in person!”

“Commander, getting close to him will worsen your infection!”

“It’s going to happen sooner or later!”

…

The isolation room.

Zhang Liang huddled in the corner of his bed with both hands over his head, completely withdrawn from the world.

He had been locked in here for only a week, yet he was already gaunt and wasted, as if he had suffered a serious illness and were still growing sicker by the day.

A restless soul lived inside his frail body.

He no longer dared to sleep. The moment he did, he would see the black box in his dreams.

The Taleblade Demon Box was evil beyond evil and terrifying beyond terror. Countless Tales and an Infinite Purgatory were imprisoned inside it. Anyone with even the slightest perceptive ability from their spirit attribute would instinctively be afraid of it.

“Zhang Liang, the commander is here!”

Just then, the Iron Door opened, and Liu Zhen came in with several guards.

Liu Zhen got no response. Two guards stepped forward to check and found that Zhang Liang had already fallen asleep.

“Wake him up!” Liu Zhen drew a deep breath, his voice icy.

…

Zhang Liang had a sweet dream for once.

In his dream, the world was as it had been before the catastrophe. He was studying for an important exam and sharing a rented home with his girlfriend. Their life was happy and busy.

Then a shadow appeared in the sweet dream.

“What? Tiantian, you’re saying you want to break up with me?” Zhang Liang stood frozen in place, breakfast in hand.

The bathroom door stood open. His girlfriend wore a pair of little white sneakers with their heels crushed flat. As she brushed her teeth, she turned to look at Zhang Liang.

“Can’t you do this to me, please? Whatever it is, tell me! Are you short on money?” Zhang Liang hurried toward her.

His girlfriend looked steadily at Zhang Liang and shook her head.

“I don’t need a lot of money. I don’t wear luxury brands, and I can earn money myself.”

“You should play games when you want to, and go shoot hoops with your friends when you want to. I don’t need you to work so hard.”

“What I love most about you is that youthful spark in you, your passion, your drive, your energy. Don’t let life grind the light out of your eyes.”

Zhang Liang broke down. “Then why?!”

“Because there’s a black box in your eyes. You’ll infect everyone and become a menace!”

His despair deepened!

Her next words were like an arrow that pierced Heavenly Heart, shattering the entire dream.

“And because the catastrophe is coming, and I’m going to die… Take good care of yourself, Zhang Liang.” His girlfriend tilted her head, and it fell to the ground.

The whole world went completely dark.

At the far end of that darkness, a black box sneered. Since the last time Zhang Liang had seen it, it had moved another step closer.

“If you want to eat me so badly, then have it your way!” Zhang Liang gave a bitter laugh and walked step by step toward the Taleblade Demon Box.

At that moment, his self-destructive tendencies reached their peak!