Chapter 996: 994: Intelligence
Yi Chen closed his eyes upon entering the meeting venue, relying solely on aura to perceive the surroundings. Even though many disasters showed interest in him, a newcomer, and directed their attention towards him, his mind remained undistracted.
When there were only five minutes left before the meeting began, an elderly man with a perfectly contoured body and white hair walked into the conference room. His pupils were completely white, resembling a blind person.
He was dressed in just a white tank top on his upper body, with combat pants below, the pant legs tucked into combat boots.
More like a retired soldier than a disaster, he was arguably the most human-like figure on site.
He seemed truly unable to see, his gray pupils continuously fixed forward, guided by other senses to the seat of the Seventh Disaster.
This figure quickly reminded Yi Chen of someone, considered a half-mentor to him, Zede from the Gentleman Organization.
Similarly lacking vision, similarly with a unique physicality.
However, besides possessing a powerful physicality, this disaster also seemed to master all weaponry, potentially manifesting modernized hot weaponry from evil transformed through him.
Despite being ranked lower, he was indisputably very powerful.
Thus, except for the absent Second Disaster, only the two vacant seats next to Yi Chen remained, causing some awkwardness.When there was only one minute left,
a zombie suddenly appeared on the decaying seat, constantly emitting grunt-like sounds.
Upon the zombie’s appearance, it turned to Yi Chen and revealed the signed inscription on its skull, indicating that they two had just recently met, worrying that Yi Chen, the big star, might have forgotten.
"Uh~ uh uh!"
The zombie excitedly made a thumb-up gesture, expressing high praise for the movie content.
"Thank you for watching, the meeting will start soon."
"Uh."
The zombie responded with a single sound, then closed the skull and returned to face forward.
As the countdown ended, the entire conference room seemed to experience electromagnetic interference, like a screen with skipped frames, presenting a figure whose appearance was obscured within a white cloak.
But the pressure emitted from him made Yi Chen break out in a cold sweat.
As this individual just seated himself, preparing to announce the beginning of the meeting, a familiar voice came from the door.
"Oh my... tonight my alarm clock broke, I overslept! I sincerely apologize, everyone. Recently, as I’ve just been promoted, the construction, arrangement, and recruitment have been so exhausting."
A red smiling face balloon floated in, with a set of playback equipment tied to the balloon’s string, playing a smiling face videotape.
Led by the balloon to play in the air, the video content was projected directly between Yi Chen and the First Disaster, transforming instantly from image to reality.
Unlike the style of seats for all the disasters present.
The projected seat had no supporting legs or structure, suspended by a dense mass of tumor-like balloons at the top of the backrest.
It also lacked armrests, featuring only the backrest and seat cushion, very minimalist with a post-modern feel.
The backrest was designed in a vortex-like pattern, as if a whirlpool continuously spun, drawing in any passed aura or vision into the abyss.
William, wearing a gold-black suit, appeared as someone who had just awoken sitting on top,
He was the newly emerged disaster that would be featured at this meeting, known as "The Eleventh Disaster."
With William’s intervention, Yi Chen and the First Disaster were separated, significantly reducing the pressure.
William leaned over and whispered to Yi Chen:
"Hehe, I fooled them.
I deliberately came a bit late to be more noticeable, making sure their focus is directed at me instead of Mr. Yi...you.
I know you’re more introverted, hehe!"
As William appeared, the meeting officially began.
A raspy voice, resembling those from telephone receivers, emerged from various directions within the conference room.
"The purpose of gathering today mainly concerns two matters. The first, as you all have signed, is that William Behrens will officially join our group as ’The Eleventh Disaster.’
Since everyone has seen him, I won’t elaborate further.
The most critical is the second matter.
A group unknown to those self-proclaimed false gods, a set of ’Plagues’ that we have never dealt with before, has arrived at the central plane from the periphery, forming an alliance with the false gods and rapidly hindering the infiltration of malice.
They even posed a threat to the disasters.
Including the shattered predecessor of the Tenth Disaster long ago, and the Ninth Disaster, which was recently repelled from its wandering outside.
Of course,
the former Tenth Disaster had long been delisted,
and the Ninth Disaster’s trait was ill-suited for direct combat, having retreated only due to a united assault.
Nevertheless, it has been proven that these peculiar plague lifeforms indeed pose a marginal threat to us.
The world’s order seems unaffected by them, unable to directly ’cover’ them as it did the gods. .
That’s why you’re summoned for a joint discussion, to quickly exterminate this group of plagues, not delaying the ’Great Annihilation.’"
I intentionally bundled the above two matters due to William’s unique identity, having been a plague carrier before joining us, and being a supreme existence in the disease world, embodying the ultimate evil, which I have fully verified through his memory.
Today he will provide intelligence on all top-tier entities of the disease world, facilitating the identification of suitable targets for quick elimination."
Upon hearing this, Yi Chen’s gaze altered.
Although participating as the Tenth Disaster, Yi Chen’s heart belonged to the Sick Focus, treating that truly humane world as his home.
If William exposes all intelligence on the Plague Masters, Yi Chen suspects he won’t be able to contain his emotions.
William, at this moment, continued, "Thank you for the boss’s and everyone’s kindness! I’m truly malicious, once exiled from the world for my numerous evils, yet soon found a new organization, found everyone here.
Everyone acknowledges me, signing on the new disaster agreement.
As gratitude, to make those who expelled me profoundly regret, I’ve spent considerable time crafting this book!"
With a wave of magic, a weighty book appeared in William’s hand, titled ’Plague Manual.’
"This contains every pathogen category, major source epidemic areas, special organizations, and crucially, information on individual Plague Masters from the world I left before departing the Sick Focus.
Just completed ten copies, please make sure to read thoroughly!"
William blew out a balloon, causing each book to float towards the respective disasters, Yi Chen having his own copy.
The book’s material was very similar to the former Skin Sack Bible, emitting a strong plague aura and a sense of authenticity.
The first volume introduced various categories of plagues.
Aside from the illnesses Yi Chen knew, there were many he hadn’t heard of, each illness accompanied by illustrations, full HD colored illustrations, encompassing almost every type of Patient.
Following were introductions to the various organizations and source epidemic areas,
Cancer Palace, Suffering Monastery, Original Tomb, etc., even including the Circus, Duke’s Chamber of Commerce, and the Gentleman Organization’s Zion, not missing a single one, with a full-page architectural illustration.
Yi Chen’s gaze unconsciously became sharp as he quickly flipped to the last volume, but his emotions suddenly stalled.
’What on earth is this? Aside from Fish Origin, what are these things? That William guy...’ Yi Chen sideways glanced at William beside him,
Noticing the latter appeared to be fiddling with the balloon, yet subtly brushed his index finger over his lips, seemingly making a ’shush’ gesture.