The room housed the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man had woken up, startled by his inability to use his powers.
Upon seeing a head appear in the small window several meters above, he fell back onto the bed in fright:
"You, you're a superpower user?"
Tian Jing did not answer his question: "When you arrived, did you leave any markers for those behind you?"
The middle-aged man's face immediately contorted in fear: "You, what level are you?"
"Heh heh." Tian Jing chuckled: "Is this a common habit for all of you? Not answering my question but asking me one instead."
"Do you think you're qualified to ask me that?"
The middle-aged man took a deep breath, putting on a sincere expression:
"I apologize. We were blind. Please forgive us."
"It's too late." Tian Jing shook her head: "It's been more than two years too late."
The middle-aged man was confused: "What do you mean?"
Tian Jing didn't care if the man was genuinely confused or pretending, she had no interest in finding out. What she wanted to know was:
"How many of you are there in total? What is the highest level?"
Seeing the middle-aged man remain silent, she added: "I want to know how many of you there are so I can know if I can capture all of you, if these rooms are enough."
"I want to know what your highest level is so I can see if I have the ability to capture your highest-ranking member."
"If I don't have the ability, I'll be sensible and let you go. It would save you from suffering here, wouldn't it?"
Tian Jing's words brought a sneer to the middle-aged man's face:
"It would be difficult for you to capture all of us. Five people this time, next time it will be ten, then twenty."
"Don't you have a saying, 'even the best fighter can't beat a mob'? Do you think you can capture all of us? Impossible."
"The highest level is not something we know. I only know that there are many above level four."
"Oh~" Tian Jing nodded: "Thank you for the information. I'll tell them to give you an extra chicken leg when they bring your meals."
With that, Tian Jing leaped off the roof of the room.
She glanced at the rooms of the other four men. Seeing that they had all woken up, she thought that the next batch of people should be of higher levels, and her anesthetic vines needed to be increased in concentration.
The four men also asked her if she was a superpower user when they saw her.
She found it quite baffling. In the eyes of foreigners, was Chinese martial arts more formidable than superpowers?
Zeng Jingrong shook his head: "Martial arts and superpowers are two completely different concepts."
"When superpower users run out of internal energy, even if martial artists don't use their internal force and only rely on their techniques, they can make them cry out in pain. Therefore, they are very afraid of our martial artists."
"Of course, if the environment at the time was conducive to the superpower user's abilities, they would still have the advantage."
Tian Jing nodded: "Let's go up."
She was the first to exit the dungeon, the bright sunlight somewhat blinding.
"Little Auntie-in-law."
"Little Auntie-in-law."
Two soft calls made Tian Jing open her slightly narrowed eyes:
"Ji Qing, Ji Xiang."
"Woo woo." Xiao Xiao Hei ran over and nuzzled Tian Jing's leg.
Tian Jing looked down and called: "Xiao Xiao Hei."
After being greeted, Xiao Xiao Hei ran back to Li Wanting, who was not far away.
"Captain Tian."
Li Wanting called out to Tian Jing. Seeing another person appear behind Tian Jing, she called out again: "Captain Zeng."
Zeng Jingrong nodded at her, then looked down and asked Ji Qing and Ji Xiang why they weren't calling him.
Ji Qing raised his little face: "Big Uncle-in-law."
"Aye." Zeng Jingrong responded loudly.
Ji Xiang, however, asked Zeng Jingrong: "What should I call you?"
Zeng Jingrong: "..."
"Heh heh." Tian Jing chuckled and picked up Ji Xiang: "Ji Xiang, call him the same as your brother."
"Big Uncle-in-law."
Zeng Jingrong turned his face away, unable to accept the title.
Tian Jing kissed Ji Xiang's little face: "Your Big Uncle-in-law is shy. From now on, when you see him, call him Captain Zeng, just like your Auntie Li."
"Mm." Ji Xiang's disappointment was soothed, and he turned to Zeng Jingrong again: "Captain Zeng."
Zeng Jingrong turned back, reluctantly responding: "Mm."
Ji Xiang hugged Tian Jing's neck and whispered in her ear: "He's shy."
"Hahaha." Tian Jing laughed heartily: "Yes, Ji Xiang is right."
Ji Qing pulled on Tian Jing's hem: "Little Auntie-in-law, I want to be held too."
Zeng Jingrong reached out to pick up Ji Xiang: "Ji Xiang, give your embrace to your brother."
Ji Xiang turned and extended his hand to Li Wanting: "I want Auntie Li to hold me."
Li Wanting hurried over and caught Ji Xiang.
Tian Jing picked up Ji Qing and walked forward: "Wanting, don't bring them here anymore. This is not a place for you."
"Yes." Li Wanting replied firmly. If she weren't holding Ji Xiang, she might have even saluted.
Tian Jing frowned: "Wanting, your job is almost like housekeeping. You need to learn to relax."
Li Wanting paused, then quickly said: "I will change."
Tian Jing nodded: "Don't rush. You need to relax from your heart."
As she spoke, she led the way towards the cafeteria: "Ji Qing, I'll take you to see Auntie Ouyang, she's in the cafeteria."
"Okay." Ji Qing nodded, then leaned on Tian Jing's shoulder and waved at Li Wanting and Ji Xiang: "Auntie Li, little brother, let's go eat."
Li Wanting quickly caught up: "Is Ji Qing hungry? It's not mealtime yet."
"Let's eat." Ji Qing repeated the three words.
Li Wanting thought he was truly hungry: "Okay, let's go eat. Auntie didn't know you guys would be hungry."
Tian Jing turned around: "Ji Qing probably meant to say let's go to the cafeteria. I said I would take them to the cafeteria."
"Ask the cafeteria's procurement staff to buy some milk. Between meals, give them milk."
"Oh, okay." Li Wanting felt a little embarrassed: "I haven't taken care of children before. If they weren't so well-behaved, I might have been flustered. I'm sorry."
Tian Jing shook her head: "Don't say that. We've caused you trouble."
"It's not trouble." Li Wanting quickly waved her hand: "I really like the two of them. They're very interesting, and I had a lot of fun playing with them."
Tian Jing believed Li Wanting: "Let's go."
She turned and continued towards the cafeteria.
The reason she so readily entrusted Ji Qing and Ji Xiang to Li Wanting's care was because she trusted Li Wanting's disposition.
This was because she had encountered someone in a similar situation to Li Wanting, a powerful ability user.
In the early days of the apocalypse, power users were highly envied. However, after various abilities evolved, power users became somewhat redundant.
This power user wanted to further enhance her strength.
She constantly trained herself, eventually overdoing it, which led to a reflection problem.
However, that power user's muscles had a reflection problem, unlike Li Wanting's psychological reflection problem.
Those who train themselves to exhaustion have a common trait: they are somewhat simple-minded and stubborn, which is why they overexert themselves.
That power user had saved her when she was still an ordinary person. When she thanked her, the ability user had humbly replied that they were all humans, and helping a little was the right thing to do...
This was also why she had unhesitatingly helped Li Wanting join the specialized team.