The Most Terrifying Enhancement Element (5,000 Words)

The number of strangers killed was not just one or two, and the horror of the Hell Organization cannot be diminished by a few jokes.

The mutations that occurred in Black Gate City in such a short time are unimaginable. Many outsiders, especially newcomers who do not yet know how to protect themselves, have been drawn into this disaster, either actively or passively. Some of them did not realize that taking action to deal with the Aberrant Creature around them was an active attack on this gamble, rather than having to personally confront the Hell Organization in order to stop it.

In some cases, it was family members or friends who were threatened by the aberration events and had no choice but to take action.

These people, who had just awakened, had not yet learned to regard the natives as mere shadows or puppets. In their hearts, they still regarded them as real people. So when they saw the whole city in chaos, they immediately wanted to protect them, and thus became the target of the Hell Organization.

They thought that with such a clear bet, they could refrain from making a move for three hours and remain uninvolved.

Unexpectedly, the Hell Organization has always had a great sense of humor.

They played a cruel joke on the strangers of Black Gate City: you thought you could leave the bet, but you can't.

This is not something you can decide.

As the Aberrant Creature began to appear, Black Gate City, which had been quiet and empty when the Hell Organization arrived, suddenly became lively, as if the entire city was bursting with spectacular fireworks. The members of the Hell Organization descended with the black mist, appearing in one chaotic place after another due to the appearance of the Aberrant Creature, watching everything with great interest.

It's like a fisherman full of anticipation, waiting for a fish to bite.

Nightmare descends upon Black Gate City once again.

"Just a few minutes ago, I even thought that Black Gate City had escaped a calamity this time..."

The knights of Black Gate City, along with the seasoned outsider, were all stunned by the scene before them, feeling a profound sense of absurdity and utterly bewildered. "I thought that with this wager, Black Gate City had been spared another purge by the Hell Organization, but it turns out... this time, the Hell Organization's actions are even more terrifying and utterly ruthless than before..."

"That makes sense. How could the Hell Organization, which loves excitement so much, allow themselves to make a bigger splash this time than last time?"

"They can't accept that they're regressing..."

"..."

"Where is the chairman? Where is Mister Ye? Where is Yang Jia?"

Some people panicked and shouted desperately, "What about the Dante Organization?"

"Are they still planning to keep hiding? Black Gate City is running out of time, we're all being forced to our deaths..."

"..."

"..."

"Only we can resolve the threat to Black Gate City now..."

Meanwhile, Black Gate City was instantly plunged into chaos, and as countless Aberrant Creature appeared, threatening to spread into a city-wide mutated catastrophe, Lin Bo, wearing a light blue floral women's dress, appeared before several members of the Dante Organization. He had already changed his previous cursing expression, and with a solemn and proud look on his face, he spoke to his team members in a deep voice.

The man in the plaid shirt, the female researcher with disheveled hair, and the burly man carrying a huge cannon all blinked.

"I know the situation is very urgent..."

The disheveled female researcher gave him a deep look and said, "But why are you wearing a woman's dress?"

Lin Bo looked embarrassed, but deliberately feigned disbelief. "Do you think I would appear in front of you naked?"

I couldn't just show up in front of you wearing red underwear, so I grabbed something else and put it on...

"So your priest's robe was just ruined like that?"

The man in the plaid shirt said with some regret, "That was the most precious symbol of the Skeptic School, or rather, the Theological School. You usually wouldn't wear it in Dante Organization, insisting that you wanted to look impressive, so you wore this robe to Black Gate City. You even washed it several times before leaving... and now that Hell Organization has just appeared, your robe has been ripped off?"

Lin Bo's face darkened with anger, and he said indignantly, "Why are you saying all this?"

"Set up the cannons and fire a few shots at them first!"

"..."

"I have a question."

At this moment, the burly man carrying the cannon timidly raised his hand and said, "It's no problem to fire it; it's already assembled..."

"But we're just here to help. Where are the people from Black Gate City?"

"..."

"That is."

The female researcher added, "If Black Gate City had already taken action against the Hell Organization, we would have no problem providing support. But right now, we don't know where they've all gone. All they've done so far is treat us to a nice meal and a bottle of expensive red wine. Are we supposed to risk our lives for them against the Hell Organization's madmen without them even showing their faces?"

Faced with these very real questions, Lin Bo couldn't help but fall silent for a moment.

Then, with a cold and serious expression, he said, "Open up your perspective!"

"Don't worry about the details. Just remember, our goal is the Mysterious Guidepost."

"If the Hell Organization wins this bet, then our mission will fail. But if we help Black Gate City win this bet, then my bet with Chairman Xiao will also be a sure win. In this way, the 100,000 points that the Hell Organization wagered will become Chairman Xiao's property, and I, who bet my life on it with him, can take all of those 100,000 points."

"I even thought he had really lost, and in my panic I charged toward the Hell Organization all by myself."

"It's only now that we realize that the fact that the Hell Organization is still attacking and pressuring Black Gate City means that they haven't lost yet."

"Then what are we waiting for?"

"..."

He became increasingly impassioned as he spoke, "Do you think this is the time to contend with Black Gate City?"

"No, this is the crucial moment for us to use twenty-three points to leverage over a hundred thousand points. This is the beginning of a legend!"

"If we win the bet, we can at least return to Dante Organization with the travel permit and tens of thousands of points."

Do you think it's worth it?

"..."

"Over ten thousand?"

The members of Dante Organization gasped in shock, completely stunned.

The Hell Organization gave out 100,000 points, so the new president must be worth at least tens of thousands, right?

A few hundred thousand is no problem... but what if it really falls into our hands?

My heart was instantly filled with motivation.

"Oh..."

Lin Bo turned around and looked in the direction where the black mist was pouring into Black Gate City, his expression arrogant and unyielding:

"The Hell Organization just said they don't consider our Dante Organization an enemy, but how could we consider them an enemy?"

"What right do a bunch of degenerate lunatics have to be our opponents?"

"Let them see the power of the Dante Organization!"

"..."

"Cannon of Hot Blood, adjust to the first stage parameters, and unleash it!"

As Lin Bo shouted with passion and anticipation, the other team members immediately got to work. Some carried some kind of metal instrument to the man carrying the cannon barrel, while others rushed behind him to adjust the sophisticated instrument. Then, after shouting, Lin Bo suddenly picked up a broken brick from the ground, nodded seriously, and slammed it down hard.

"Bang!"

The bricks shattered, and the man carrying the cannon barrel on his back fell to the ground.

But the instant he fell to the ground, his body suddenly melted, and his flesh seemed to come alive, spreading outwards piece by piece, thread by thread, like a blood-red ivy, quickly climbing onto the exterior of a nearby building. Then, like parasitic vines, this flesh grew rapidly around the building until it transformed the building into a fleshy structure.

Countless muscle tissues and blood vessels grew and moved on the building, forming huge fleshy faces.

The next moment, a face facing the direction of the Hell Organization's invasion suddenly opened its mouth wide.

A huge cannon barrel emerged from the mouth, and the next moment, a dazzling white light suddenly shot out from the barrel.

At that moment, it was like a dazzling giant sword, instantly piercing through the entire Black Gate City.

Everyone couldn't help but look up at the white light, and their eyes were filled with its light.

Like a flash of lightning, it instantly turned the Black Gate City from the darkness of night into daylight.

Meanwhile, in Black Gate City, countless areas that were already in chaos due to mutation or were about to be mutated suddenly fell silent with the appearance of the white light. In the very center of the city, a man, who was in a deep agitation, held a blood-stained knife in his hand and looked at the crowd lying in pools of blood in front of him, his body slowly cracking open.

He comes to this familiar restaurant every day, orders a bowl of noodles, and sits there for a long time, seemingly just playing on his phone or watching the TV in the store, but in reality, he always secretly watches the plump proprietress by taking advantage of the reflections of various objects.

He wanted to say something to the landlady several times, but he hesitated because she was divorced.

She even had two children with her ex-husband.

He didn't know if his family would accept it, or if the boss's wife was good enough for him.

But he continued to come to the shop every day after get off work, as if it had become a habit. Every time the proprietress generously gave him a small dish, he would be secretly happy for a long time. Until later, he found that another person also came here often. He was a street thug, a hoodlum, a person who not only did not have a decent job, but also did not know when he would be in jail.

He was shameless and always told dirty jokes to the landlady with a grin. Even when the landlady was Mingming unwilling, he would force her to wash dishes and do other chores. Sometimes he would even be so lewd as to suddenly grope the landlady's butt when no one was looking.

The proprietress was sometimes so angry she almost cried, and he was also itching to fight back, but he didn't have the courage to stop her.

On this day, he came to the shop again and ordered a bowl of noodles as usual. He hesitated whether to ask the proprietress for help so that he would have a legitimate reason to protect her. Unexpectedly, the proprietress brought him a bowl of noodles and... a few pieces of wedding candy.

"They're all regular customers, so it's free today because I'm getting married."

He froze, only then noticing that the hoodlum was busy in the kitchen. He would still occasionally call out the proprietress's name in a strange tone, as if he were being funny. He would still secretly tell her dirty jokes, and he would still reach out and touch the proprietress's buttocks when no one was looking. The proprietress would still scold him and hit his hand, but on her face... she wore a happy smile.

He stopped picking at the noodles with his chopsticks, feeling as if the whole world had become strangely unfamiliar.

At that very moment, as Pandora's box was falling from a high-rise building three streets away, a demon was suddenly unleashed within him. He stood up blankly, walked to the kitchen, picked up a knife, and stabbed it into the thug's stomach.

Amidst the gasps of the diners and the owner's screams, he walked toward the owner with a bitter smile.

Its skin was already cracking, revealing dark red flesh and tentacles.

But just as the blood-stained knife was about to strike the proprietress, his trouser leg was pulled back.

It's that damned thug, thug, and scoundrel.

He had been stabbed seven or eight times, but he was still alive. He even grabbed the hem of his pants and screamed for the landlady to run.

An endless rage surged into his mind, and the human skin on his body began to peel off rapidly, revealing a terrifying monster.

At that moment, a dazzling white light pierced through the entire Black Gate City.

Under the white light, he suddenly stood there, stunned.

He was exuding a brutal and intense stench of blood, yet the moment the white light appeared, he was utterly bewildered.

After a long pause, he slowly raised the knife in his hand...

... Then he threw it away, walked to the mirror, and straightened his white shirt.

He muttered to himself, "I have to go to the company and work overtime. I haven't finished my work yet!"

The same thing is happening everywhere in Black Gate City, happening to everyone who sees the white light.

As a result, countless people who were undergoing mutations or had already mutated stopped what they were doing. Their ferocious and twisted expressions were quickly diluted at this moment. Their hearts, which were already filled with pain, seemed to be forcibly injected with another emotion. Thus, those who had reached the critical point began to shrink quietly, and those who had even exceeded the critical point also retreated back to the critical point.

Normal distortions are irreversible, but those that are forcibly altered may return to below the critical point.

Although some consequences can no longer be eliminated.

What is that?

The members of the Hell Organization also saw the white light, and were slightly dissatisfied.

The negative effects of Pandora's Box on Black Gate City are being forcibly neutralized, and the aberrations are being stopped.

"Dante Organization's weapons..."

"They used one of Dante Organization's most powerful elements, the Light of False Hope, to research and create weapons. It's also the Enhancement Element I hate the most—no, I absolutely despise it. Dante Organization's stupidity, stubbornness, and that illusory hope all stem from this element. I left Dante Organization because I didn't want to be manipulated like a fool anymore."

"..."

One of the three captains, a woman in a black dress, spoke in a low voice, then stepped forward:

"I'll handle these people!"

"You guys should also bring out your best stuff, otherwise, we might really lose this bet."

"..."

"..."

"The Dante Organization has made its move..."

At the same time, Mister Ye's message, carrying a sense of relief, was immediately conveyed to Xiao Xiao: "They didn't tell us the truth. The weapon they brought wasn't the so-called 'Cannon of Hot Blood.' Its real name is [Light of False Hope]."

"The Light of False Hope?"

Xiao Xiao with slight curiosity, "What is this?"

"One of the most powerful elements wielded by the Dante Organization is as renowned as the Mist wielded by the Hell Organization."

Mister Ye explained in a gentle electronic voice, and new information kept being sent to Xiao Xiao's email address.

[Special Element: Light of False Hope]

Rank: Class D

[Explanation: This vast substance is formed from the spirit of those who harbor hope and strive diligently. It can activate the hope within people and provide the motivation to fight for it. It keeps people away from laziness, negativity, and despair, and propels them forward towards their goals forever!]

[Note: He has always been a hard-working person. He studied hard from a young age, worked hard as an adult, and lived a hard life after marriage. He never admits defeat and always throws himself into his studies and work with great enthusiasm. He has never been lazy for a moment. When he was in school, he did his homework until the early hours of the morning every day. As an adult, he only sleeps four hours a day. He can revise a plan ten times in order to satisfy the client.]

But he never succeeded.

He was the hardest-working student in his class, but his grades were always at the bottom. He worked hard, but he never did a good job. He was the best to the girl he loved, but she chose someone else. He married the last person who was willing to marry him, but his wife was dissatisfied with him every day. He tried his best to do everything a good man in the world should do, but the child wasn't his.

Poor thing, you thought you could see the light through hard work, but that's just a cruel joke fate played on you.

[Note 2: There are more people like this than those who are confused!]

[...]

"No wonder the Dante Organization was able to prevent the aberrations from occurring..."

As Xiao Xiao looked at the information sent by Mister Ye and listened to his explanation, he suddenly understood.

The Dante Organization is indeed very powerful. They used this Enhancement Element to design a series of weapons. The weapon that the Dante Organization brought to Black Gate City was this kind of weapon, and they believed that this weapon was very powerful, so they classified it as: A+ level.

This weapon can unleash Light of False Hope, using this Enhancement Element to influence all who see the light.

Whether they are Aberrant Creature, natives, or strangers.

Upon seeing the light, everyone's spirit is affected, generating a feeling of striving and forging ahead.

People who have accumulated Pain Substance and reached the point of collapse will find temporary relief from this illusory goal.

"Only..."

This should be a good thing, but as Xiao Xiao listened to Mister Ye's story, a strange thought began to stir in his mind:

"I never imagined that the Enhancement Element used by the Dante Organization was the most terrifying one..."