Catastrophe Containment Facility

In a desolate desert, the sun mercilessly scorched the earth, distorting the air from a distance. A twenty-centimeter-long lizard stretched its neck, lying on the scorching sand, with its two feet lifted to avoid the high temperature of the ground.

Suddenly, the lizard quickly fled, leaving the space where it once was rapidly twisted, and a massive building appeared out of thin air. It was a library.

At the entrance of the library, there was a sun chair with a man lying on it, holding an ancient book, accompanied by a golden eye with wings floating beside him.

"The Meijia Sanctuary lost contact. Was it the Hunter Association's doing? Old Qiao, that useless fool..."

"No, even if it's the Hunter Association, they couldn't have taken the Meijia Sanctuary so quickly."

"Unless... Ajin, let me see what happened then."

The golden eye shimmered twice, and a light and shadow flashed within it, a virtual light screen appeared in front of the man.

The screen played the events that took place at the Meijia Sanctuary before. However, the picture was very blurred, and the scene's sound was inaudible.

"The Meijia Sanctuary did not resist the intruder and even cooperated with him. So it's true... the Catastrophe Containment Facility has returned."

"As expected, the Black Cross is the master of the Catastrophe Containment Facility. They've been missing for a thousand years. Why do they have to get involved now?"

The man shook his head, opened the book in his hand, and twelve figures materialized in front of him. These figures were semi-transparent.

"Great Sage!"

All twelve people simultaneously saluted this person, who was, in fact, the leader of the Truth Society, codenamed 'Great Sage', a mysterious superpower user.

And the twelve summoned figures were the twelve professors of the Truth Society. They did not appear in person but were virtual images created by the Great Sage using his ability for a virtual meeting here.

"Old Qiao lost the Meijia Sanctuary, and he himself was captured by the enemy." The Great Sage did not mince words and straightforwardly shared his intelligence.

Upon hearing this, the twelve professors were shocked. They knew Professor Qiao's strength was similar to theirs, and he also managed the Meijia Sanctuary, capable of wielding near Catastrophe Level strength. How was he captured so easily?

The Great Sage continued, "The Capital Sanctuary and Golden Eagle Sanctuary must immediately enter alert status. The enemy may strike again at any moment. The enemies we face are very formidable, so do not be complacent!"

"For us, the Truth Society, this new group of enemies is even more dangerous than the Hunter Association."

One professor raised his hand, "Great Sage, should we try to take back the Meijia Sanctuary? You know the value of a sanctuary."

The Great Sage shook his head, "Do not entertain such thoughts, and none of you shall approach the Meijia Sanctuary again."

With these words, the other professors had no objections. In the Truth Society, the Great Sage's words held absolute authority, and no one could defy his decisions.

"This time, I have called you here to notify you of two matters."

"First, our plan to cooperate with other secret organizations may have been exposed, so you need to accelerate contacting these organizations. If your subordinates can't do it well, you must go personally."

The professors were a bit troubled. Contacting other organizations was not easy, and now the Great Sage's request to expedite this made it even more challenging.

For example, the suddenly emerged Catastrophe Level powerhouse, Moon Goddess, residing in the Arctic Natural Will, was completely unapproachable. They couldn't even meet her, and the Profane Blood was leaderless, making it unclear who could represent them.

"The second matter is that I have removed Old Qiao's professorship and revoked all his permissions. You need to provide me with a new professor candidate."

Upon hearing this, the professors started discussing actively.

The Great Sage's ability to revoke their professorship at any time was the main reason they feared him so deeply.

Each professor had a ring representing their identity, allowing them to better utilize forbidden knowledge. Many professors relied on these rings representing their position to achieve True Order Rank strength.

To select a new professor, they must choose from among the doctors. If the selected doctor was close to them, they could gain significant benefits, so everyone began recommending doctors familiar to them.

Ultimately, the Great Sage selected a candidate he deemed most suitable from among many—a rising star of the Truth Society in recent years, with strong administrative capabilities, unlike other professors who were bookworms.

The person's name was — Wen Rui!

...

Compared to Arkham City or Nuiz City, Doxinlide appeared much more rundown.

The streets were filthy, and people were very lazy, with the whole city emitting an unpleasant odor.

However, the city's spirit was quite good, as people wore smiles on their faces, and even the beggars didn't look so miserable.

Some public rumor mongers took the opportunity to spread that Doxinlide was paradise, where even beggars lived joyfully.

But in reality, the city had been destroyed many times, coupled with locals mostly being spiritless, unable to distinguish grains from others, causing this.

Additionally, this city invisibly weakened Wen Wen's ability. After containing Oudenite, he gained the ability to create Toilet Knights, but due to the city's lower toilet density compared to others, this ability could not exert its normal power.

Wen Wen frowned as he walked the city streets. Finding someone who left no clues in such a large city wasn't easy at all.

He walked while reviewing the data provided by the Black Night Knight.

The condition of those affected was quite close to Wen Wen's conjecture, and even the Black Night Knight had no solution.

Regarding the sleepiness incident, many hypotheses emerged, with the most probable being 'Illusion Technique' and 'Dreamscape'.

A Dream Speaker once infiltrated the victims' dreamscape, finding all the victims' dreams serene and peaceful. If this were only one person, it might be normal, but for all victims to have such positive dreams raised suspicions.

Yet from just this anomaly, it's impossible for victims to remain unconscious, which led to the Illusion Technique theory. The victims might be trapped in a very sophisticated illusionary realm, undetectable by ordinary means.

The research on this supernatural event was deepest, not by the Black Night Knight but by two Disaster Level superpower users.

One was the Dream Speaker, Mefna, and the other was Wen Wen's old friend, Moyadi, who had once lent Wen Wen the Illusory Desire Heavenly Garment.

Both were now in Doxinlide City, so Wen Wen had to find them first to inquire about the situation, along with asking the Hunter Association to help locate the mysterious youth.