Chapter 653: Chapter 223: Cave Space, Spiritual Contamination!_3 Luokuke was already doing warm-up exercises by the water. Seeing Cheng Ye take two strange pieces of clothing out of his backpack, he was instantly both startled and delighted. "We’re going into the water wearing this big thing?"
"Just try it and you’ll know how it works." Cheng Ye smiled, first putting on the Obsidian Battle Armor, then pressing the Passage Cotton Suit onto the surface of the armor.
The cotton suit instantly clung on, quickly forming ring after ring of faint purple cotton patterns on the armor. It looked almost exactly like the cotton patterns on the Crab-man they’d seen earlier, just a bit paler in color and slightly narrower in width, as if an exquisite "ceremonial ribbon" had been tied around the outside of the armor.
Seeing this, Luokuke immediately copied him. After putting on his own Obsidian Battle Armor, he pressed the other Passage Cotton Suit onto it.
The same change occurred: the cotton suit smoothly transformed into cotton patterns attached to the armor, without any discomfort at all.
Yet precisely because of that, being used to the agony every time he wrestled with an infection source—
He couldn’t help doubting it a bit. "This thing can really help us get into the Demon Eye Sponge’s... Cotton Room?"
Since the two of them were the direct discoverers of the Demon Eye Sponge, there was no issue with however they chose to name things.
So when Cheng Ye proposed the term "Cotton Room," Luokuke quickly accepted it and formed a clear concept of it in his mind.
"Come on, let’s go down and test it and we’ll know."
Cheng Ye took out the Defense Communication and checked the time: exactly 16:01. "There are still more than two hours till dark, time’s fairly ample."
"Aren’t we bringing the Containment Box?"
"No need for now, we’ll go down first and scout the situation. As for the Immortal Object..."
Thinking of how the Ten Thousand Orders Land Conch floated above the lake in the intel-space image, Cheng Ye gently shook his head.
Discovering a fragment was one tough hurdle; containing it was even harder.
Let alone him—even those seemingly invincible Elders couldn’t resist the conch’s directional contamination.
That meant more research and judgment on the conch was needed in order to derive a corresponding containment strategy.
Plop!
The two of them jumped into the water one after the other. Cheng Ye reached out to grab Luokuke and activated the acceleration energy.
An invisible surge of energy spurted from his waist, wrapping around them both, letting them dive down quickly like swimming fish.
They reached the bottom very soon. That purple-glowing barrier was still shrouding the Demon Eye Sponge, firmly protecting it in the center.
Seeing the Destruction Level infection source actually curled up into a ball, even retracting all its tentacles, Luokuke immediately revealed a bit of a "just saw a ghost" expression.
Humans forcing a Destruction Level infection source to this extent was simply unheard of!
In the future, if he went to a neighboring Shelter City, or if Inspectors from other Shelter Cities came to Happiness City as guests, he’d never have to worry about having nothing to brag about again.
Just this one feat of driving back the Demon Eye Sponge would be enough for him to boast for ten years, a lifelong unforgettable achievement.
While he was letting his imagination run wild, the two of them kept descending, soon arriving in front of the barrier.
Just as Cheng Ye was pondering how to get through the barrier, one tentacle eyeball on the Demon Eye Sponge’s body suddenly opened slowly, its light purple pupil sweeping over the two of them.
But after just a few glances, it drooped down limply again, as if it didn’t take them seriously at all.
Bang!
Luokuke knocked on his Battle Armor and gestured with his hand.
They watched as his cotton-pattern-covered palm slowly reached forward, landing on the barrier—and it actually wasn’t blocked by the purple barrier at all, passing through directly.
Huh, that easy?
Cheng Ye was both surprised and pleased. He immediately accelerated with Luokuke, and the two of them passed through the barrier without any obstruction, entering the Demon Eye Sponge’s "protective circle."
Almost at the same time, a slit opened in the Demon Eye Sponge’s body, identical to the opening the Crab-man had used to enter and exit before, as if a passage deliberately opened for them.
"We just snuck in like that?"
Cheng Ye pressed down the delight in his chest, but his mind was spinning rapidly.
Although past experience couldn’t be fully copy-pasted, one iron law was once again verified: no matter their level, infection sources would always obey their own rules.
As long as you could parse the rules, you could find a breakthrough—even Destruction Level, or even higher-level infection sources were no exception.
And the key measure of a Prosecutor’s capability was precisely the speed and accuracy with which they discovered rules.
The two of them exchanged a look and saw determination in each other’s eyes.
The hardest part—getting in—was already done. At this point, there was absolutely no reason to shrink back.
Cheng Ye activated the acceleration energy again, flashed forward with Luokuke, and shot steadily into the Cotton Room opening.
Whoosh!
As soon as they entered the Cotton Room, a warm sensation wrapped around them, like rushing into a bathroom on a cold day and turning on the hot shower in that instant.
The chill of the river and the sense of water pressure vanished without a trace; even their breathing became smooth, as if they had returned to dry land.
Cheng Ye immediately grew vigilant, sensing the changes brought about by the runes inside the Cotton Room.
But to his surprise, the Passage Cotton Patterns on the surface of his body suddenly glowed with a faint bluish-purple light, like a layer of protective film, blocking out the influence of the Cotton Room’s first layer of runes.
The Passage Cotton Patterns have this perk too?
If the cotton patterns could block rune effects, then what would happen if they talked or released any aura inside?
A question surfaced in Cheng Ye’s mind. He tried slightly opening his mouth and letting out a breath of turbid air.
He was fully prepared: if the Demon Eye Sponge showed any sign of movement, he would immediately activate Wishful Size and blast his way out from the inside.
But after a few seconds, the Cotton Room remained quiet; the Demon Eye Sponge showed no reaction.
"Looks like the Passage Cotton Patterns are like an ’ID card.’ As long as we don’t do anything too outrageous, we won’t be detected."
Cheng Ye let out a breath of relief, then said aloud, "We can talk normally now, no need to hold it in."