Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 574 - 573: Other Shore Flower Station

Chapter 574: Chapter 573: Other Shore Flower Station

Hou Murong was crying sincerely, which touched Wen Wen deeply, but he was not naive enough to believe everything—especially not when the stench of a corpse on his body gave Wen Wen a terrible feeling.

One thing was certain, though—everyone on this train was possessed by an obsession to meet someone deceased within this metro.

But did this train really possess such a capability? If it truly could bring the dead back to life, what then was the purpose of shrouding the carriages in white mist?

Perhaps the white mist was some type of hallucinogenic, allowing people to see what they wished to see.

Yet this did not explain the letters received by everyone; those could compellingly make so many believe—those handwriting definitely belonged to the deceased.

"If this train really is a special containment item, maybe we can indeed see the departed ones we long for..."

Wen Wen sighed. The phenomenon had not yet occurred, but his heart was already somewhat chaotic.

If being in this carriage meant seeing the departed loved ones, perhaps Wen Wen might also meet the person he longed to see.

"If I could apologize to him face to face... that wouldn’t be too bad."

Inside this metro, time seemed to lose its meaning—the scenery outside was always that of one minute, and clocks would tick back and forth within that same minute.

Yet Wen Wen still could gauge time roughly by his heartbeat.

About an hour had passed when the white mist in the front carriage gradually dispersed, leaving all passengers lying unconscious on the floor.

Some wore smiles, others looked terrified, and one passenger stood up, stretched his body with a sinister look, and glanced over at this carriage with eyes that seemed non-human.

Wen Wen slightly narrowed his eyes: "Supernatural cases that don’t result in death are indeed very gentle, but why do I feel... this is even more eerie than if lives were involved?"

The doors of the carriage were firmly locked by an unknown force, and white mist started spewing from the air vents, mirroring what happened in the previous carriages.

Wen Wen quietly activated the Dark Matter, using his supernatural power to isolate all the mist around him while also activating the Warehouse Manager’s Badge to prevent mental influences.

When the white mist had filled the entire carriage, Wen Wen saw a strange monster appearing before him.

This monster was draped in an old, sheet-like white robe and suddenly appeared in the middle of the carriage, floating in mid-air.

Its head resembled a deer’s without any fur; the part above its mouth was bright red, while the part below was pale. Its body resembled dry branches, but its fingers and toes were abnormally long...

"You are..."

Before Wen Wen could finish speaking, the monster’s white robe trembled, and all the white mist was absorbed into the robe, dragging Wen Wen and the others into the robe with it.

In this strange state of weightlessness, Wen Wen felt enveloped, and his vision was filled with a pale hue. A few seconds later, he felt his feet touching solid ground again.

When he opened his eyes, Wen Wen found himself still inside the carriage, but the metro had stopped, and the doors were already open.

Outside the door was a station in the middle of the subway line, but the station had no colors other than black, white, and gray. The air was filled with a light gray mist, and the ground was covered with gray Other Shore Flowers.

A cold, mechanical voice sounded on the subway: ’The metro will stop at this station for twenty-four hours. Please return to the carriage before departure...’

After that, the lights on the subway dimmed, seemingly driving people out of the train.

Wen Wen furrowed his brows: "Twenty-four hours, but the previous carriage was only sealed for a little over an hour. Could that monster be controlling time?"

"There’s also something off about this environment. It feels somewhat familiar... could this be the Gray Mist Layer?"

"If we are in the Gray Mist Layer, perhaps we really can..."

While Wen Wen was pondering, Raincoat Man had already sprinted out of the carriage and began running wildly amongst the flowers, shouting as he ran:

"Where are you? I’ve come to find you, I brought your favorite food, this time we will always be together, never to part..."

The high school student and two nurses also stepped into the flowerbed, each eager to find something in this place.

"Although you didn’t get a letter, you should still look around. When the time comes, you should be able to find the person you want to see. This place is truly magical," Hou Murong walked over to Wen Wen and said.

"How do you know I can find him?" Wen Wen asked softly.

Hou Murong chuckled and said: "My letter was received the day before yesterday, but I came here early yesterday, and I met the person I wanted to see."

Wen Wen frowned and said: "People who have entered here generally don’t remember what happened, and certain changes occur... "

"To know all this, you must be from the Hunters Association..."

Hou Murong chuckled softly, then said to Wen Wen: "But it doesn’t matter who you are, I will tell you all I want to know, hoping you can help me when the time comes."

"People who leave here normally won’t retain any memories of this place, but that happens only after ’conclusion.’ My business with him isn’t concluded yet."

"What do you mean by conclusion?" Wen Wen immediately asked.

"Seeking revenge, fulfilling desires, settling one’s heart... something like that. I’m going to find him now; I don’t need him to do it for me."

After speaking, Hou Murong also began searching amongst the flowers.

"I don’t need him to do it for me... That statement is intriguing."

Watching everyone searching, Wen Wen felt an unusual sensation in his heart. He leaped into the air and landed on the highest nearby point, beginning to survey the surrounding terrain.

Although he also felt a strange longing, Wen Wen knew what he must do. He couldn’t be fooled by the appearances here.

He had seen many seemingly holy monsters, but those monsters had never done anything good.

As he looked, Wen Wen noticed something odd—several hundred meters from the subway station, he could see some distorted shadows, but those shadows didn’t approach the vicinity of the station.

If those shadows were real, then this place indeed was the Gray Mist Layer, and the area near the subway station was a unique space that had been carved out.

He tried to fly up and when reaching a few hundred meters, he hit a barrier.

"It seems this place is a spherical space with a diameter of about a kilometer. Not only can the things outside not get in, but the flow of time also seems to differ from the outside world."

Just as he was about to fly down, Wen Wen suddenly stopped mid-air and stared at the ground, lost in thought.

"This pattern of the Other Shore Flower field is strange; it’s like..."

"Peeling off the skin above a deer’s mouth and spreading it on the ground!"

Wen Wen remembered clearly, the monster that had sucked them into this place only had the upper part of its mouth in bright red!