Wen Wen carried the stone tablet, returned the Illusionary Desire Heavenly Garment to Mo Yadi, and then walked step by step to the town entrance, placing the massive stone tablet at the entrance of the town, ensuring it was visible upon entering.
The stone tablet was crafted by Wen Wen from the remains of Tianshi. The front was inscribed with the three large characters "Tianshi Town," while the back omitted some matters related to superpower and documented the karma between Tianshi and the town, with some embellishments.
Wen Wen could not change the current thoughts of the townspeople, but as long as this stone tablet stood there long enough, someone would always remember the benefits Tianshi brought. This was, in a way, helping him fulfill his dying wish.
Furthermore, utilizing knowledge from the Book of Thunder, Wen Wen had made arrangements within the stone tablet. If the townspeople attempted to forcibly destroy or topple it, they would be struck by lightning. This lightning, while not powerful enough to kill, would be sufficient to deter the town from tampering with the stone tablet.
After setting up the stone tablet, Wen Wen turned to look at the town, shook his head, and left, not participating in any further proceedings.
In this incident, there were no pure innocents, nor were there pure perpetrators. This left Wen Wen feeling uninspired.
Wen Wen possessed the ability to handle any complex case, but what he enjoyed most were straightforward matters, finding monsters, defeating them, and then reaping the rewards. That brought him genuine pleasure.
He had no desire to delve into the depths of human evil, nor to debate right and wrong. He simply wished to continue on the path he had chosen, which was his own brand of correctness.
...
Tao Qingqing lounged lazily in the back seat of the sports car, her legs crossed, humming a cheerful tune. She was clearly in good spirits.
Wen Wen was not in the car at the moment. The three little ones had run off to do who knew what, leaving her alone. In a sense, she was free.
A considerable amount of time had passed since the incident in Tian Shi Town. During this period, she had assisted Wen Wen in several minor cases, helping to apprehend monsters and manage containment items, thus indirectly saving many lives.
As a result, her mood had been consistently good. No one enjoyed being a bloodthirsty monster that could only kill, and Tao Qingqing was no exception.
Based on her performance during this time, Wen Wen had gradually eased his restrictions on her. He now only required her presence during missions. For the most part, he did not hinder her from doing as she pleased in her free time.
If the monsters in the containment facility knew the treatment Tao Qingqing received after going out, they would likely explode with jealousy. But who could blame them? She was the first monster Wen Wen captured, and a pretty one at that.
However, as she lay in the car, she did not notice a man wearing a white tailcoat and a green top hat observing her through the car window.
"Before, I felt a faint fluctuation of power, emanating from this car. It felt somewhat like the aura of a containment facility."
"Though the woman inside the car has a very strange aura, she is undoubtedly a monster. People from the containment facility wouldn't associate with monsters, so it must have been my imagination." The man adjusted his hat and then suddenly vanished.
Tao Qingqing's eyebrows suddenly shot up. She glanced out the car window but only saw a few green leaves on the ground outside the car door, nothing else...
...
Meanwhile, Wen Wen was inside the containment facility, wielding a long whip, patrolling the entire facility.
If he saw a monster that was particularly good-looking or wasn't sufficiently respectful to him, he would lash out with the whip, indulging his peculiar tastes.
During the operation in Tianshi Town, Wen Wen's sole acquisition was a Demon of Hate. After being confined to the containment facility, it lost its grotesque appearance, a mixture of various monsters, transforming into an amorphous, fluctuating purple-black mass. Its strength was reduced to merely disaster-level.
Its formidable power in Tian Shi Town was entirely due to the location being a colossal illusion, and the presence of an Upper Order expert like Wen Wen providing it with power. Once it left the illusion, it reverted to its original form.
Since this creature had once imitated Wen Wen, much to his annoyance, its treatment after entering the containment facility was slightly more grim.
Initially, Wen Wen was unsure how to punish it. Fundamentally, it was a sentient gas, making physical torture impossible.
However, Wen Wen eventually found a solution: he placed it next to the Angel of Radiance and instructed the angel to "preach" to the Demon of Hate.
Upon hearing this request, the Angel of Radiance's eyes lit up. Even imprisonment couldn't dampen its evangelistic fervor. Thus, it began employing various methods to incessantly harass the Demon of Hate, making its existence a torment.
Wen Wen was concerned that the Demon of Hate, with its comparable strength to the Angel of Radiance, might corrupt the angel. Therefore, while ensuring the two cells could communicate, Wen Wen only allowed the Angel of Radiance's power to be unilaterally transmitted to the Demon of Hate's cell...
Putting the Demon of Hate aside, most of the other monsters within the containment facility had surrendered to Wen Wen. Wu Wang's attitude also seemed to have shifted slightly; at the very least, he no longer glared at Wen Wen with such intensity when Wen Wen passed by.
Alternatively, it might be that Wen Wen had passed by him too many times, and he had simply become too lazy to glare each time...
Through prolonged cohabitation, and with the help of minor reports from surrounding monsters, Wen Wen had come to understand Wu Wang's personality. This fellow was the type who would rather die than yield and would absolutely not be coerced into submission by Wen Wen's brute force.
However, if presented with sufficiently interesting events and approached through negotiation, it might not be difficult for Wen Wen to make him act.
Therefore, what Wen Wen needed to do was find a task that would pique Wu Wang's interest, to have him act once under Wen Wen's arrangement. Once he complied with an order, the next time would be considerably easier.
However, Wen Wen's reason for returning to the containment facility at this moment was not to tease the monsters within, but because he sensed his primordial sword embryo was nearing completion!
The long sword within the container had reached perfection, unable to accommodate even a trace more power. Whether it was the runes on the blade or the unique energies of the sword embryo, all were imbued with Wen Wen's mark. It could be said that this sword embryo had taken on Wen Wen's "shape."
Wen Wen returned to the containment facility to retrieve the completed sword embryo from its container within the absolute safety of the facility.
Of course, it was still merely a sword embryo. It would require Redbeard to forge it with other materials before it could truly become a usable long sword. However, Redbeard had already made preparations; he could complete the forging within a few hours once the sword embryo was out.