"Warning! Life signs of Containment Entity 13, the Witch of Fear, are gradually diminishing!"
In a dimly lit crimson room, the jarring and urgent warning echoes incessantly, and in front of the screen, individuals dressed in research personnel uniforms start to stir, murmuring and seeming to engage in discussions.
What are they discussing?
The answer is quite simple; they are discussing the subject displayed on the screen, a black-haired young woman situated within a room completely covered in mirrors.
One can see this young woman lying in the center of the room, dressed in a thin hospital gown. Her slender body convulses continuously, her fair skin almost translucent without a hint of colour.
Her eyes are tightly shut, her delicate eyebrows furrowed, and her breathing is incredibly erratic.
Her breath is as fragile as a spider's thread, and her life hangs by a thread.
A person on the brink of death.
Watching the pitiful appearance of the young girl, a somewhat composed woman with short, golden hair standing by the screen couldn't help but feel compassion. She furrowed her brows and spoke.
"The experiment has ended, and the containment entity is injured. Call in the Rat Special Task Force to reapply the helmet and restraints to Containment Entity 13, then take her for treatment."
However, her words stirred dissatisfaction in a man on the other side of the screen. He raised an eyebrow, his face wearing a feigned smile, and asked in a somewhat sarcastic tone.
"Renata, are you getting soft on containment entities? That's a big taboo, you know."
"Soft-hearted? Haha, Chonan Jouta..."
Renata chuckled, then sneered.
"If by 'soft-hearted,' you mean stopping you from killing such a valuable containment entity before it dies, then yes."
Renata's face darkened, and her tone suddenly became commanding and reprimanding.
"Terminate this experiment immediately. You will jeopardize our work!"
Changnan Jiangtai's smile faltered at Leynata's rebuke. He used his hand to adjust the black-framed glasses on his face and said,
"But I don't agree. This is Containment Entity 13, an S-class Witch of Fear. She's more dangerous than we can imagine."
"I don't believe that this level of experiment will kill Containment Entity 13. She's dangerous, and it's likely that she's feigning weakness. So..."
"Continue the experiment!"
Changnan Jiangtai finished speaking, his gaze turning cold.
Renata, not one to back down, glared back at him. It was clear that there was no love lost between Changnan Jiangtai and Renata.
The tension in the red room reached a boiling point. The junior researchers below dared not utter a word, fearing they might become targets of their anger.
And in the midst of this almost frozen atmosphere, something unusual happened to the fragile figure on the screen.
Changnan Jiangtai and Renata both turned to look, only to see the young girl suddenly rising from the ground.
"Wasn't I right, Dr. Renata?"
Seeing this, Changnan Jiangtai smirked triumphantly, mocking Renata.
However, Renata just sneered in response. She knew that this didn't prove anything. She then looked back at the young girl on the screen.
The girl, known as Containment Entity 13, had a look of confusion on her face. She glanced around at the mirrors covering the entire room. Instead of the embarrassment of being caught, her expression was filled with something else—bewilderment.
Yes, the Containment Entity known as Witch of Fear, codenamed 13, had a face full of bewilderment. She looked around at the mirrored room, her face expressing indescribable confusion.
Her empty eyes seemed to be searching, but there was no trace of the embarrassment of having her deceit exposed. Instead, they were filled with—
Confusion?
Indeed, the Witch of Fear, Containment Entity 13, now had a face full of bewilderment. She scanned the room, her gaze falling on the mirrors that covered every surface, her face filled with a sense of...
"Where am I?"
"Is this... heaven?"
"Did I die while playing a game?"
But before she could finish her thoughts, her body suddenly experienced a sharp pain. It was as if a thousand needles were piercing her skin, causing her to gasp.
The intense pain not only made her break into a cold sweat, but it also sharpened her hazy memories.
She remembered being an ordinary high school student before coming here. Just before arriving, she was playing a galgame called "W.S.S.A - My Love Story with Researchers and Containment Entities."
In her memory, this game was the best galgame of the year because it not only had a rich romantic storyline but also offered extensive gameplay and plot content.
In simple terms, it was a masterpiece of a romance game.
In the game, players could choose from a total of twelve characters, five males, five females, and two with no gender. Players could play as researchers, regular people, or containment entities and engage in romance, survival, and life in a world full of "anomalous creatures."
The game also offered incredible freedom. In the game, you could romance anyone, befriend or even kill them. Whether it was your boss, a bald guy who had been divorced three times and had two kids, or a containment entity that looked like a goblin, you could date them, get married, and have children...
Of course, those were just a couple of special examples; there were many attractive men and women among the researchers and containment entities.
Each character had numerous independent events and storylines, and even after playing through ten playthroughs, she hadn't encountered the same event twice.
But just as she was about to marry her favorite irritable female doctor, she lost consciousness. When she woke up, she found herself here.
The girl gradually sorted out her thoughts, but she was still puzzled. Where exactly was this?
Everywhere she looked, there were twisted mirrors. She couldn't even see a door.
"Did I travel to another world? Or have I been living in a dream, and now I've woken up like this?"
The girl had seen plenty of movies and read novels with similar plotlines, so she wasn't too panicked. In fact, she was somewhat prepared for this turn of events.
But just then, she realized that her voice didn't sound quite right. She looked at herself in the mirror, and what she saw shocked her.
In the mirror, her jet-black hair was thick and shiny, with her bangs slightly parted and the rest of it hidden beneath a metallic helmet that resembled a steel bun.
Under the high-tech and heavy helmet was a pair of furrowed brows. This made her look disheartened and extremely low-spirited.
But what was even more suffocating were the eyes beneath those brows. They were deep and dark, almost devoid of highlights, and they seemed to contain a mysterious spiral that drew people in, making them feel incredibly oppressed.
Below the eyes were a delicate nose and pale thin lips. There were even some bruises around the corners of her mouth. Despite emitting a decadent and sickly aura, the girl couldn't deny one thing...
The person in the mirror was incredibly beautiful, and there was something oddly familiar about her.
"So beautiful, but this is actually me..."
"So... did I travel to another world? And did I turn into a beautiful girl?"
The girl was shocked, and she couldn't believe this turn of events. She then noticed her attire, which raised further suspicions.
"This can't be so simple."
The girl looked at herself in the mirror. Her figure was not particularly tall, and her body and limbs were very slender. Her fair skin, almost translucent, gave her the appearance of being fragile.
She wore a light blue hospital gown, and on the slight bulge on her left chest, there were four English letters: "W.S.S.A."
The "W" and "A" were pale white, while the two "S" letters were overlapped in crimson.
Looking down further, she noticed her ankles, which were reddened and slightly painful from being tightly bound, and a pair of small, pale feet resting on the mirrored surface.
"This outfit is familiar... WSSA, isn't that the abbreviation for 'World Supernatural Containment Alliance' from the game I played before?"
The girl realized with surprise. Could it be...
A terrifying speculation floated into her mind, but just then, the only protruding device in the room—the black speaker—emitted the voice of an unfamiliar man.
"Continue the experiment, Containment Entity 13. Please cooperate actively and don't play tricks."
The girl heard these words, and her instincts told her something ominous.
But the next moment, the mirror in front of her opened, and a passage appeared. Bewildered, she didn't know what to do, and a man in a white hospital gown walked in.
"Please make eye contact with the man in front of you, Containment Entity 13."
Once again, the voice from the speaker sounded almost like a command.
"Containment Entity 13? Containment Entity? Are they talking about me? Could this really be the world of W.S.S.A.?"
The girl's face showed amazement. She vaguely remembered something about Containment Entity 13, but her memory was fuzzy, and she couldn't recall it at the moment.
"Please make eye contact with him, Containment Entity 13!"
But before she could remember her current identity and information, a more forceful prompt came from the speaker.
She had no choice but to make eye contact with the trembling man in the hospital gown. For some reason, she instinctively felt disgusted and nauseous when looking into someone else's eyes.
However, as she hesitated and became distracted for a moment, the metallic device on her head suddenly lit up with a red light, followed by a strong electric current coursing through her body.
"Ah!"
A scream erupted, accompanied by an indistinct argument from the speaker.
"Look into his eyes! Containment Entity 13!"
The command came again, and the intense pain made it almost impossible for her to think. She blurted out in anger and pain, "Are you f***ing crazy?"
While she knew that the organization called W.S.S.A. didn't treat containment entities kindly, she didn't expect them to be so fanatical and cruel.
One word could trigger an electric shock? Who did they think they were, Yang Yongxin?
Damn it! If I find out who gave this order, I'll give them a good punch!
But the girl had no other choice. With a splitting headache, she reluctantly approached the trembling man in the hospital gown. As she did so, she felt a deep aversion and disgust when making eye contact with him.
But in the next moment, the red pupils in her eyes suddenly split into spirals, one layer after another, like a black hole, deep and profound.
Then, a dark red substance oozed from the spirals, like grotesque blood vessels or blood snakes.
Starting from her eyes, it spread to her cheeks and continued to extend outward.
The girl fell to the ground in pain, emitting a low growl filled with anger and suffering. This growl, compared to a human, was more like the cry of an ancient being.
This piercing sound generated a massive shockwave that shook the entire mirrored room, and even the red room several meters away sensed the surging sound.
Renata looked nervous, and Changnan Jiangtai wore a slightly manic smile.
The next moment, the mirrors in the room shattered, the lights dimmed, and the entire scene disappeared from view.
Red lights and urgent alarm sounds rang out once again.
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