Chapter 225:

Chapter 225:

Chapter 225

Screams erupted in various cities of Korea in the middle of the night.nove(l)bi(n.)com

The sudden outbreak of the Thought World was a bolt from the blue for the citizens.

The phantoms that emerged from the Thought World attacked people indiscriminately.

In a short time, countless casualties occurred.

The situation was worsened by the traffic congestion that coincided with the rush hour.

Help, help me!

A man trapped in the drivers seat of his car shrieked as he saw a four-legged beast on his hood.

The beast was a grotesque wolf with bandages wrapped around its body and spikes protruding from its back.

The man had been hiding in his car when he was spotted by the beast. He regretted his foolish decision and begged for his life, but the monster did not understand his words. It was a beast that moved only by instinct.

Crash! Crunch!

The front windshield of the car shattered as the wolfs teeth tore off the mans head.

He did not even have time to scream.

It was like a balloon filled with red paint bursting, blood splattered all over the interior of the car.

The wolf sniffed the scent of blood that stimulated its nose and let out a more ferocious howl. It looked for its next prey.

At that moment, a white beam of light flew from somewhere and pierced through the wolfs torso.

Thud.

The wolf fell to the side with a scream.

Yes! I got it!

A group of collectors appeared on the scene, forming a party.

There were four of them.

The one who attacked the wolf was a female collector who wielded a wand from the rear.

Grrr.

The wolf growled and got up from its spot. It looked surprisingly fine despite having a large wound on its body.

The female collector who had shot out a long beam of magic was stunned by the sight.

How is that possible? I clearly pierced through its body

Be careful. That thing is not an ordinary beast.

The leader of the party, a middle-aged collector, stepped forward and said.

Its an artificial life form created by a mad alchemist.

As he said, that wolf was not a typical phantom.

Its exact name was Experiment 807.

It was what they called the wolf with bandages and spikes on its back.

Experiment 807 was a guard dog of the mad alchemist Geladrics secret laboratory.

It was violent and savage, much larger and more intimidating than a normal wolf. The spikes on its back were not just for show, they were dangerous weapons that could be shot out like arrows at enemies.

Damn it.

The leader clenched his teeth at the appearance of Experiment 807.

It was already a problem that something that should have been inside the Thought World came out, but what was more serious was that this experiment was one of the weakest ones in Geladrics secret laboratory.

The fact that Experiment 807 showed up here, not far from the entrance of the Thought World, meant that there could be more dangerous experiments outside as well.

Why did this happen all of a sudden

The [Geladrics Secret Laboratory], which was implemented as an interdimensional story, was similar to other Thought Worlds in that it was a suitable place for farming points.

It consisted of three underground floors, each one having more dangerous experiments than the previous one.

Most collectors only hunted phantoms on the first floor of the laboratory.

Even that first floor was full of dangerous experiments, so it was a place that should be avoided unless one had achieved at least medium-7th grade as a collector.

Considering the overall difficulty level, you cant even compete with anything above the second floor unless youre an elite, so its a place that hardly anyone pays attention to.

It was a place where I only had to suppress the proliferation of the phantasms by roaming around the first floor periodically.

In fact, this world of thought had been stuck in that spot for more than five years without any major problems.

The by-products of the experimental subjects that I obtained from them were sold at a high price to the clans related to alchemy or production, and the collectors did not want to lose their money-making business.

But, that was over as of today.

The suppression of the world of thought failed, and the phantasms inside escaped to the outside and killed people.

The leader clenched his teeth at the smell of blood tickling his nose. How many people had died? When he hurriedly answered the call and came, the situation was much more serious than he had thought.

Everyone, focus.

The man took out a shield as big as his body and warned his colleagues.

Our priority is to hunt down the phantasms that have jumped out into reality as best as we can. I assume there are no objections.

Can we handle it by ourselves?

Other collectors are coming too. Just hold on a little longer. And one experimental subject 807 is enough for us to deal with and spare.

Besides, that wolf guy was already fatally wounded.

It was still breathing and glaring at us even after being pierced through its torso, but that was only possible because it was an artificially created monster.

But that didnt mean it was completely harmless.

Get ready.

Yes!

Got it.

Everyone went into battle preparation at that moment.

The experimental subject 807 that had been bleeding suddenly lifted its head and let out a rough howl towards the sky.

Awooooooo!!

Damn it! Stop that thing!

Yes, yes?

Its calling its mates! We have to stop it No, is it too late?

She had become much stronger than before, even though they hadnt seen her for just a few days.

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Kang Hye-rim ignored the sponsorship message that popped up in front of her eyes and asked Yoo Hyun.

Yoo Hyun-ssi. Ive almost cleared this area.

-Good job. Hye-rim-ssi.

But, it seems like theres still fighting going on near the entrance to the world of thought. I guess phantoms are still coming out from there.

-You dont have to worry about that. Hye-rim-ssi. First, check if there are any remaining phantoms around you and cut them off before they spread further. Ill go there myself.

Okay. I got it.

Kang Hye-rims role was to quickly intercept phantoms that went far away with her good mobility. She didnt argue with Yoo Hyuns instructions.

He had a much better eye for reading the situation than her.

She had no complaints about that, and she secretly thought that this was more suitable for testing her own strength that had grown stronger.

Then.

Kang Hye-rim focused her mind, and the blue lightning that wrapped around her body slowly compressed and began to flow thinly over her body.

Kang Hye-rims black hair absorbed the thunder and changed its appearance.

Her black hair became lighter.

It was a pale blue color that resembled the thunder of her Heavenly Thunder Sword.

At that moment, Kang Hyerim became one with the energy of the Heavenly Thunder Sword.

In the darkness where a streak of lightning had passed, the residual electricity lingered like a trace and writhed in the air.

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Right! Dont run away, block it quickly!

Its specimen 402 from the second floor! Its shell is hard, so dont approach it rashly, aim for its joints!

Specimen 313 is out! Focus your attacks on it!

We cant let them break through here! Push them back with all your might!

The collectors spat out blood and sweat as they shouted and swung their weapons at the phantoms.

They pushed their bodies enhanced by mechanical arts to the limit, and scraped out the magic in their bodies to fight for their lives.

It hadnt even been an hour yet, but they already felt like they were going to collapse from exhaustion.

They all stared at the entrance of the world of ideas with wide eyes.

It was a situation where even the phantoms from the second floor of the [Geladric Secret Research Facility] world of ideas had come out.

They couldnt completely stop the ones from the first floor, but they couldnt leave their positions either. The ones that came out now were enough to cause a national threat if they ran wild in the city.

The situation was somehow under control thanks to the experienced handling of the collectors, but there was one anxiety that lingered in everyones mind.

The third floor.

The final gate of the world of ideas that even mid-level collectors had not entered.

Surely, they wont come out too, right?

In the dark night, the collectors who watched over the world of ideas with the light from the city as their fire had the same thought.

The lower the number of specimens, the more dangerous they are. Specimen 807, who was the first to escape the encirclement, was the weakest among them, and the ones they were facing in the 400s were dangerous enough for mid-level collectors.

The ones in the 300s were much stronger, and the ones in the 200s were even more dangerous.

And, the last two-digit specimens below 100 were unimaginably powerful.

They had never seen them before.

In a world where even the wind was asleep and silent, the collectors stared at the entrance.

Their eyes could not see beyond the white letters.

At that moment, the entrance of the world of ideas, a huge white letter gate that had expanded, swayed like a stone thrown into a calm water.

Ah.

Someones sigh filled the scene.

The other collectors felt the same way.

The phantom that appeared was a giant over 10m tall.

It was only that much because it bent its upper body awkwardly, and if it straightened its waist, it would be over 15m.

Its rough skin looked like a giant old tree that had lived for hundreds of years, and its two arms that touched the ground were abnormally huge.

Its face was wrapped in bandages, only showing its mouth, and there were steel pillars stuck on its back, and chains were tied around its wrists.

Specimen 27.

The faces of the collectors were dyed with despair.

Woooooo!!

27 roared as it breathed in the outside air. Its massive voice shook their bodies.

The collectors who came to the scene from clans or from associations all had the same thought.

They would die if they stayed here.

How do we catch that?

Where are the high-level collectors?

27 moved its body.

The asphalt road cracked like a spider web and the ground shook every time it walked. Its pace gradually shortened and its speed slowly increased.

Who could stop this giants unstoppable charge?

When none of them could do anything. Something white flew in a straight line through the air.

Huh?

What is that?

All of them saw it.

The strange spear that flew through the air as if floating suddenly exploded and expanded into a white whale.

Wooooooooooooooooo!!!

White Whale

The whale that could sink a giant ship in one hit tore off 27s upper body.