In other words, the reason for the abandonment of the Nameless Island Research Institute is very likely due to this "primary mysterious creature direct contact experiment."

Could it be that the Dubhe Tower deliberately concealed this matter? But if so, why did they send them to the island to retrieve these files?

Once these Hunters come into contact with these files, the secrets that the Dubhe Tower has kept sealed for so long will inevitably be revealed to the world... they can't possibly kill all these Hunters to silence them, can they?

Due to the research on primary mysterious creatures resulting in the death of thousands, in today's public opinion environment, the Dubhe Tower and the Federation Government would undoubtedly face accusations and criticism... but it would only be accusations and criticism.

Throughout the history of human confrontation with mysterious creatures, the loss of thousands of people is hardly significant. Let's not mention the distant past, but consider the recent Dragon Rock Fortress incident, where the number of casualties in the west district of Tianfu City far exceeded those numbers.

Not to mention that the incident at the Nameless Island Research Institute happened more than a hundred years ago. In these hundred years, the senior members of the Federation Government have changed dozens of times. Even if accountability was pursued, they would only need to issue some perfunctory statements—people aren't foolish, they aren't going to oppose the Federation over the deaths of several thousand unrelated individuals from over a century ago.

If this matter were to be made public, it would actually be more beneficial than detrimental for the Xiazhou Federation—first, it could heavily promote the Federation Government's progress in the field of mysterious creature research, boosting public confidence; secondly, the Dubhe Tower could use it as justification to advance a series of new research projects...

The Dubhe Tower and the Federation Government have no need or reason to silence them, let alone to conceal this matter.

Unless…

Sun Hang suddenly thought of a possibility.

Could it be that neither the current Federation Government nor the Dubhe Tower is aware of this at all?

However, this gives rise to a new problem.

Even if the Nameless Island Research Institute had a high degree of independent authority, without strong support from the Siberian Federation and the Xiazhou Federation, could the people on Nameless Island and their resources alone come into contact with primary mysterious creatures?

The answer is obviously no.

But why does it seem like the entire world has forgotten about this matter...?

Sun Hang suddenly shivered as a chilling thought gradually emerged in his mind.

Could it be... people all over the world, or rather, those connected to this matter, have all lost their memories?

No... it's not just a simple case of amnesia; those archive files...including but not limited to personnel and material allocation records, relevant experiment reports, all have been altered or erased.

It was like Sun Hang was watching that stack of documents turn into blank paper.

All records related to this matter have been wiped out by an invisible force.

Sun Hang took a deep breath, a chill slowly crawling up his spine.

The records of the Nameless Island Research Institute were erased, yet he inexplicably felt familiarity with this place, coupled with those enigmatic three ape statues...

Could it be that what the Nameless Island Research Institute was originally researching was the three ape statues?!

"Hey, hey?" The fisherman's call pulled Sun Hang back to reality, "What's the matter with you, just now you looked so lost in thought, did you think of something important?"

"No." Sun Hang shook his head.

"I found where the Hunters went down earlier." The fisherman pointed to the nearby slope, "See, the grass there has obvious signs of being trampled on; they went down to the basin from there."

Sun Hang took a look; in terms of slope, that side was relatively gentler, and there were many protruding rocks to step on and climb.

"Speaking of which, I still don't know how to address you until now." The fisherman suddenly said, "Also that pretty girl, she hasn't introduced herself either… We're at least somewhat of a team now; in subsequent actions, we can't always refer to each other as him or her, can we?"

The fisherman quickly added: "I mentioned my codename earlier on the landing craft, Fisherman, from the Siberian Autonomous Region."

"Registered Hunter from Tianfu City, Sun Hang." Sun Hang said.

"I'm a secondary researcher from Dubhe Tower, Shino Seiichi."

"Huangfu Sha, belonging to the Chunming City Guard Corps." The female Hunter said.

"Guard Corps, impressive!" The fisherman exclaimed, "Really keeping a low profile until now!"

"What kind of unit is the Guard Corps? Is it really that formidable?" Sun Hang asked with some confusion.

"Elsewhere, it's equivalent to the City Defense Guard level… But the issue is, this is Chunming City's City Defense Guard… The Guard Corps was restructured from the former garrison army, in ancient times it would be like the palace guards, now is it formidable or not?"

"Can Hunters join the Guard Corps?" Sun Hang asked again, "I remember that the management system for Mysterious Creature Hunters and the military's management system are separate?"

"Technically yes, but the Guard Corps is an exception." The fisherman said, "The Guard Corps has three 'Hunting Deceit Camps', each entirely composed of Hunters, totaling about one hundred and twenty people, making it the second largest Hunter organization in Chunming City after the Dubhe Tower."

"Actually, I'm here to take part in the promotion trial because I want to leave 'Hunting Deceit Camp'." Huangfu Sha said, "I don't quite like the atmosphere there… If given the choice, I'd like to work for the Dubhe Tower."

"Oh? Is there a story there?" Sun Hang glanced at her, "I'm all ears."

"It's just some trivial matters, no need to waste everyone's time on it." Huangfu Sha said, "Let us focus on the trial at hand."

"True, it's my fault, getting off track while talking." The fisherman scratched his head, "Well... Sun Hang, do you decide, should we go down now, or should we observe for a while longer at the edge?"

"Let's go down now." Sun Hang said, "The first two batches of Hunters have been in the ruins for some time now, and we can't see them from the surface, which means they've most likely entered the relatively intact underground parts. There's nothing we can observe by staying here."

"I agree." The fisherman nodded, "I'll go down first, you guys follow one by one, everyone be careful, the slope is steep, make sure you step firmly…"

The fisherman said, looking at Shino, "Especially you, Shino; I'm thick-skinned, rolling down wouldn't be much of a problem for me, but if you do the same, it might be quite dangerous."

"I know, I'll be careful." Shino nodded cautiously, tying a safety rope around his waist while the other end of the rope was fastened to the handle of a climbing ice axe secured at the edge of the cliff.

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