After emerging from that mysterious space, Wen Wen found that the number of people in the carriage remained the same.
Hou Muyao struggled to stand up from the ground, while Xin Xue had just regained consciousness. The others were completely in a comatose state.
Once they woke up, it was likely that, apart from Hou Muyao, no one else would remember what had happened.
It seemed that even though Wen Wen had fought a fierce battle with Akalou in that mysterious space, very little time had passed in the outside world.
The time flow in that space appeared to be genuinely different from the real world. Wen Wen wondered how Akalou had managed it.
Akalou had been defeated, so no white mist appeared in the next carriage. Those who had been hoping to see the deceased continued to peer through the carriage doors, with some even attempting to rush in and question them.
Wen Wen ignored them, instead calling out San Zaier. He transformed into a giant snake, scaring everyone back.
He then made a call to Gong Bao Ding: "The matter is resolved. Pick up the people at the next subway station. There are a few relatively weak supernaturals on this train. Handle them as you see fit when the time comes."
Afterwards, Wen Wen walked over to Hou Muyao and said, "The souls that once died have been reborn in new bodies. You are a special kind of supernatural, and I want to offer you a job."
"A job... what kind of job?" Hou Muyao asked, somewhat confused.
Wen Wen patted Hou Muyao's shoulder and said, "Hou Murong's dream was to become someone who hunts monsters and protects humanity, wasn't it? Since you've come back to life in his body, don't you want to help him complete the life he wished for?"
Hou Muyao fell into thought. Although he had died because of Hou Murong's dream, he had never blamed Hou Murong.
His own life had already ended. Following his brother's life from now on wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
Seeing Hou Muyao's expression, Wen Wen nodded and said, "It seems you are tempted. I will come to find you later."
Apart from Hou Muyao, Wen Wen didn't feel the need to treat anyone else with special consideration.
Xin Xue, who had been kidnapped by the high school student, would exhibit light spots when activating her abilities. However, the essence of her power was still enhancing physical functions, making her too weak at this stage.
Aside from her abilities, her personality was also like that of an ordinary high school girl. Sending her to hunt monsters would only put her in harm's way.
Real demon-hunting combat was extremely brutal. Even a trace of unnecessary sympathy could lead to death.
As for the tentacle woman, her body was already entwined with Wen Wen's hair. With a flick of his finger, Wen Wen extinguished her life force. The nurse's skin outside began to melt, turning into a pool of foul-smelling slime.
Wen Wen didn't know if she had harmed people before, but based solely on the body she used for parasitism, and her intention to implant a new parasite into an innocent nurse, it was enough for Wen Wen to sentence her to death.
After handling everything, Wen Wen patiently waited for the subway to stop at the station. Seeing that Gong Bao Ding and his team had already surrounded the area tightly, he directly entered the containment facility from the carriage and vanished.
Akalou's appearance had left Wen Wen's mind in a mess. He couldn't wait to return to the containment facility to question the man in the metal suit about these escaped monsters.
Wen Wen had initially been curious about whether entering the containment facility on a train meant emerging on the train or on the tracks.
However, the mechanism for entering the containment facility perfectly circumvented such issues. When Wen Wen entered the containment facility while on a vehicle, he simultaneously left two spatial coordinates: one on the vehicle and one in the original space.
When he emerged from the containment facility, he could freely choose to appear on the vehicle or in the space he had left from, depending on the situation.
Upon entering the containment facility, Wen Wen first activated his vampire physique to heal his battered body, then found the man in the metal suit.
"Mr. Wen, may I ask why you are looking for me?" asked the man in the metal suit, standing in the center of the disaster zone's hub.
Wen Wen narrowed his eyes and asked, "King Iron Jinkela... that's your name, isn't it."
The man in the metal suit flinched, then asked Wen Wen in shock, "How do you know my name? I've never..."
"Today, outside, I encountered a monster imprisoned in the containment facility a thousand years ago. I want to know everything about it!" Wen Wen activated the power of the Disaster Warden, bringing immense pressure upon the man in the metal suit.
The man in the metal suit said in shock, "You met them?"
Wen Wen nodded and recounted everything he had experienced in that mysterious space.
After listening, the man in the metal suit fell into a long silence and asked Wen Wen, "What do you want to know? I will tell you whatever I can."
Wen Wen raised three fingers: "First, what happened a thousand years ago that led to the containment facility's decline and the monsters' escape?"
"Second, how many monsters escaped a thousand years ago, and what were their respective strengths?"
"Third, who exactly are you central administrators, and why have you been concealing your identities? Do you have any unspeakable secrets?"
The man in the metal suit coughed lightly. Some things, he felt, were too early for Wen Wen to know. However, since Wen Wen had already encountered the escaped monsters, there was no point in withholding the information.
"Regarding the first question, what exactly happened a thousand years ago, I cannot tell you. I can only tell you that a thousand years ago, the containment facility spent nearly a hundred years to contain a terrifying existence!"
"Initially, it was merely unable to recruit new containment personnel. In the end, it was even powerless to supervise the other monsters within the containment facility. After the containment was complete, all functions of the containment facility ceased, and it only reawakened with your appearance."
Wen Wen pondered the man in the metal suit's words and, after a moment of thought, asked, "Was that terrifying existence a Calamity-class?"
The man in the metal suit shook his head and said, "It wasn't Calamity-class, but it was more than Calamity-level."
"What do you mean? Isn't everything above Calamity Calamity-class?" Wen Wen asked, frowning.
The man in the metal suit replied, "Ultimately, the Calamity level is merely a vague classification established by humans because they cannot comprehend existences beyond Calamity."
"The supreme ruler of the inner world, known as Calamity, has never been understood by lower-level beings. What is called Calamity might be blasphemy to them, and 'world-ending,' which serves as the standard for Calamity, is not something that only those supreme rulers can achieve..."
Wen Wen nodded. Although the man in the metal suit's answer to the first point was evasive, Wen Wen had a general understanding.
"For the second question, the monsters that escaped back then, there were probably around a thousand in total. However, not many could traverse a thousand years. At most, only a few dozen might have survived to this day."
"A few dozen?"
Wen Wen drew out his words. A few dozen was not a small number.
The man in the metal suit nodded and said, "Monsters that can survive for a thousand years must possess at least Disaster Intermediate strength. There should also be a few who are True Order level..."