With the acquisition of these two pieces of intelligence, Wen Wen felt a wave of relief wash over him.
He had truly feared being trapped here for countless years, like some true immortal.
Furthermore, the transformation of the detention facility into a containment facility also provided a certain enhancement to Wen Wen's combat power.
At least now, he could use the anomalous items he had collected within the containment facility in this world, and the weapons stored within were also available for use.
There were also some puppets crafted by Xu Hai; these puppets were inanimate objects and had thus appeared in the containment facility's vault.
With these puppets, Wen Wen would no longer need to personally handle minor matters.
Wen Wen found Wu Kai again. Wu Kai was still in a state of bewilderment.
For an 'ancient person,' it was difficult to process the sudden appearance in another place.
Wen Wen briefed him on the information regarding the containment facility, helped him collect what he was entitled to, and then led him out of the containment facility.
As soon as they emerged, Wen Wen saw Chun Ling gathering all the survivors of the Fang Dao Sect.
The female martial artists, commonly known as heroines, were fine; they had merely been bound by the tongues of the Corpse People for a short while.
The remaining martial artists who had surrendered were a bit more troublesome.
These martial artists were in a dazed state, their bodies being slowly eroded by the 'pills' they had consumed.
Those were not pills at all; beneath the wax seals were chunks of flesh resembling minced meat, which had likely been processed by Eigel.
Without any intervention, these martial artists would have become like the Corpse People.
Upon their arrival in Xiangnan, Wen Wen and Qiao Feiya had already discovered Corpse People besieging a martial arts sect.
Therefore, Wen Wen had rushed to the Fang Dao Sect, while Qiao Feiya was on the Great Ou Mountain not far away.
Through the communication rings provided by Halman, Wen Wen knew that Qiao Feiya's situation was similar.
Wu Kai looked at Wen Wen with bright eyes, hoping Wen Wen could save his fellow disciples. Although they had surrendered, Wu Kai did not look down on them for it; in such a state, only a minority could persist in resisting.
Wen Wen pondered for two seconds before saying, "There are still several sects being besieged by these Corpse People. I need to hurry and rescue them."
"Take my puppets and gather these martial artists who took the pills. Once I gather all the nearby Corpse People and everything is settled, I will find a way to save them."
With that, Wen Wen snapped his fingers, releasing dozens of tiger-like puppets clad in black, instructing them to temporarily obey Wu Kai's command.
Then, Wen Wen quickly headed to another sect. The faster he acted, the fewer people would die.
Wen Wen and Qiao Feiya worked until nightfall, finally clearing out all the Corpse People in the surrounding areas.
Wu Kai followed behind, leading the puppets, gathering all those who had taken the pills.
As for the captured female martial artists, they were sent away on the spot.
Some of them would become stronger, while others might never again involve themselves in fighting and killing for the rest of their lives.
Wen Wen released the Night Knight from his sleeping bag, asking him to examine how to treat these martial artists who had consumed the pills.
After a day of work, they now had over a thousand such martial artists around them, and if left unattended, all of them would die.
The Night Knight pulled a martial artist over, his smoky black power seeping into the man's body. After thoroughly examining him, he shook his head in dismay.
"Those pills have already integrated into their bodies. If their anomalous flesh is forcibly removed, they themselves will die."
Wu Kai's face turned pale upon hearing this, and he urgently asked, "Then they are beyond saving?"
The Night Knight shook his head. "To say they are beyond saving would be an exaggeration. As long as their willpower is strong enough, they can overcome the erosion of the medicinal power, and even gain some benefits from it. However, their willpower..."
He trailed off, and Wu Kai understood what he meant.
Since these martial artists had surrendered to the Corpse People, their willpower was already not very strong, so it was naturally impossible for them to rely on their willpower to resist the erosion.
Qiao Feiya sighed and drew her sword.
If these people could not be saved, it would be best to put them down now.
Once the medicinal effect spread throughout their bodies, they would turn into the Corpse People they had seen before, and more people would be harmed as a result.
Seeing Qiao Feiya's movement, Wu Kai wanted to stop her but retracted his hand. He was not ungrateful.
"Wait a moment. Is it enough if they use their willpower to overcome this erosion?" Wen Wen, who had been waiting for the outcome, suddenly interjected.
The Night Knight nodded. "However, this requires extremely high willpower. Not a single one of these people possesses such willpower."
Wen Wen licked his lips. "Then I'd like to give it a try. I've wanted to test the effect of this thing for a long time."
He snapped his fingers, and a large stone ring appeared before him.
This stone ring was confiscated from the Glorious Angel and could spread the wearer's traits to others.
When worn by the Glorious Angel, it turned the townspeople into useless beings who only knew how to praise the deities, while Wen Wen wearing it would drive people mad.
Wen Wen did not understand willpower much, but in terms of resisting erosion, he was considered a master.
As long as he could spread his own traits to these people, they should be able to withstand the erosion of the Corpse People's pills.
Wen Wen briefly described the stone ring's abilities to the Night Knight and the other two, then activated its power.
A strange force emanated from the stone ring. The expressions of the martial artists standing there blankly gradually began to change, and one by one, they revealed eerie smiles, all looking at Wu Kai in unison.
Being stared at by these thousands of pairs of eyes made Wu Kai feel an inexplicable chill down his spine.
The Night Knight walked up to a martial artist and channeled his power into him, then looked at Wen Wen with surprise.
This item was quite interesting; it had no effect on the body but caused changes on a mental level.
The martial artists affected by the stone ring, despite their individually perverse expressions, were indeed rapidly shedding the influence of the pills.
At the same time, their bodies were also rapidly strengthening. The Corpse People's pills still provided them with enhancement, but the anomalous effect that would turn them into Corpse People had disappeared.
When the stone ring's ability was activated, it consumed nothing and continued for an hour, by which time the effects of the Corpse People's pills on these martial artists had completely receded.
Wen Wen immediately deactivated the stone ring's effect. He could not control the intensity of the stone ring's influence like the Glorious Angel.
Therefore, one hour was enough to cause permanent changes to the minds of these martial artists.
They would not become like Wen Wen, but they would likely become unpredictable, eccentric, and unorthodox experts in the future... but at least their lives were saved.
The Night Knight cast an appreciative glance at Wen Wen, then took out a notebook and recorded that Wen Wen possessed the super-powered item, the stone ring.
This was his old habit: whenever he discovered a dangerous item possessed by an esper, he would record it and then research a way to counter it...