Foundation, exposed from Tianhe City - Chapter 54

Chapter 54: Suddenly… No Longer Wishing to Live

“Heavenly Palace? What’s this place?”

“Huh? Who left this mask here? It’s so strange…”

A somewhat intoxicated male angel stumbled over, glancing at the mask oddly.

“Wear me… and you’ll become the next Angel King!”

“Wear me…”

A mysterious call echoed deep within his mind as he gazed at the mask.

An unprecedented urge kept assaulting his sanity, relentlessly telling him that he could become the angelic ruler with boundless power by donning this mask.

“Put it on… become the Angel King… Haha, hahahaha~”

As he slowly approached the mask, the male angel’s expression turned increasingly deranged.

…

“What the heck… Are there still male angels? What’s going on in this world?”

“I can’t believe it! Angels are real! Then this mask must be the cursed devil!!!”

“Why does it feel like we’re not on Earth? Are we aboard a space interstellar warship?”

“Anomalies like SCP-035 appearing in space?”

“It’s over! Is this angel an idiot? Didn’t they say that wearing 035 would lead to death?”

“Why aren’t they running? Haven’t they seen the dire warnings about the mask?”

…

Countless netizens exclaimed in shock.

Male angels were a rare sight. However, their popularity paled compared to the female angelic ladies, especially the stunning Angel Yan.

The female angels were much more attractive, akin to dreamlike goddesses!

The Mask of Possession was picked up and slowly placed over the male angel’s face.

Buzz~

In an instant, the male angel shuddered, and the look in his eyes beneath the mask changed drastically. He transformed into a sinister, crazed figure from his previous drunken state.

“Ahahaha~ I’ve come alive again, finally, alive again, what a delicious body! So much more potent than humans!”

The male angel beneath the mask emitted strange laughter. Dark green pus-like fluid oozed from his eyes and mouth, dripping onto the floor and releasing corrosive green smoke. Not far away, green corrosive smoke hissed as it touched the floor. On the Heavenly Palace’s deck, numerous male angels were caught in wild revelry.

For their long-lived race, most of their time was spent in pleasure and self-indulgence. Unfortunately, Ruoning was the sole female in the Heavenly Palace, exclusively belonging to Lord Hua. They had to seek alternatives.

“Here, here, cheers! To the end of those female angels!”

“Exactly, for our king’s return to the throne!”

“For the civilization of Heavenly Palace!”

…

Amidst the revelry, the male angels celebrated.

“Hey! What the hell are you doing? Wearing that creepy mask scared me! What’s wrong with your face? Why is it oozing pus?!”

Suddenly, a cry of alarm brought the partying angels to a halt. All the male angels now noticed their former comrade wearing a mysterious mask in front of them, with unsettling pus oozing from it.

“Hehe, haha, hehe~~~ I am the Angel King! I am the true Angel King!” The angel, consumed by the possessed mask, laughed maniacally.

“What nonsense are you spouting? Dare to steal Lord Hua’s throne? Do you want to die? Why do I feel like I want this mask and want to wear it on my face? No, it should belong to me! It’s mine!! My mask!!”

One male angel, upon seeing the mask, gradually became bewildered. His expression then turned grim, deranged, and mad. With a horrified audience of male angels, he lunged forward and grabbed the mask forcefully.

Crack— The sound of flesh tearing, pus flowed out.

The once-possessed angel had decayed beyond recognition, with his head riddled with holes. The blood-stained and pus-covered mask trembled as it was placed on another angel’s face.

The angel released an excited, trembling voice as if fulfilling a long-awaited dream. It was as if obtaining the mask meant realizing their ultimate desire.

Even more viscous pus oozed down. The other male angels who witnessed this scene had their faces twisted in horror. However, an inexplicable sense of despair, world-weariness, and negativity arose in their hearts.

And upon seeing the mask, an indescribable longing emerged within them. “Desiring to possess it! To wear it!”

“What… what is this thing? It looks like that strange possessed mask that appeared on the celestial screen before.”

“Why is it here in our Heavenly Palace? We should inform the king. Why am I so tired, so discouraged… why do I have to inform the king? I don’t want to do anything. Why is it like this…?”

“Heavenly Palace civilization is already finished. Why are we, these wretched creatures, still alive…? It’s so tiring to live in this world. Will this strange thing kill us? Maybe death would be a relief.”

“I don’t want to move anymore. Why is my mood so low? I… I don’t want to continue living.”

“That mask… seems like it wants… it belongs to me! It’s my mask!! Mine!!!!”

An incredibly despairing, negative, and fierce emotion suddenly spread across the deck.

These male angels were considered elite, most of them at the initial stage of the second generation, the cream of the crop. But now, after the possessed mask appeared, the spirits of all the angels changed. They became overwhelmingly negative!

They even lost the motivation to stay alive. The thought of drawing their swords to confront the possessed mask was extinguished.

A desire to obtain the mask! Wear it! To fulfill their dreams!

And thus, an incredibly eerie scene unfolded. These male angels, who were considered elite, experienced a strange transformation. They became weak, listless, and extremely sad.

On the other hand, the angels who approached the mask became frenzied, like wild beasts, fighting each other, scrambling to snatch the eerie mask!

The white mask passed from one face to another.  Every time it was worn, 035 emitted unprecedented excited laughter and even controlled the angels to attack each other directly. To ‘consume’ the other angels!

One by one, the angels died. Their deteriorating, corroded bodies turned into pus, spilling onto the deck. The male angels who witnessed this were horrified but lacked the ‘will’ to escape. They could only watch helplessly, waiting for death.