Trickster Hunter

Chapter 168 No Corpses

"Since this is an exercise area, we should be able to find some clues left by the exercises back then, right?" The fisherman said, "At least we can know what this institute was researching back then, right?"

"Unfortunately, the institute was abandoned before these simulated exercise fields were put into use." Yano sighed, "The buildings you see are actually only semi-finished products."

The largest proportion of people who "disappeared" on the nameless island that year were not the staff of the institute, nor the garrison on the island, but the engineers on the expansion sites everywhere - the Siberian Federation and the Xiazhou Federation invested at least six engineering corps here, but none of these people were able to go back in the end.

"Do you find it strange?" Sun Hang suddenly said.

"Strange? What's strange?" The fisherman was a little confused, "If you want to say strange, I think everything I see is strange, there is nothing strange."

"When the accident happened, there were thousands of people on the island, but only a few escaped back to the mainland. What about those who didn't escape?" Sun Hang asked.

"Dead." The fisherman shrugged and said subconsciously, "Even if he didn't die back then, more than a hundred years have passed now, and he's old and dead!"

"Where's the body of that person after he died?" Sun Hang asked again, "Didn't you notice that we didn't see a single corpse along the way?"

"Ah... it seems to be true!" The fisherman's face changed slightly, "There's not a single corpse... neither on the ground nor underground..."

Except for the hunters killed by the Yamata no Orochi on the beach, they now only encountered four corpses.

One was an Indian hunter who died in the weird woods because of emotional loss of control.

One was an Ansa hunter who was killed by his companions and made into an "amulet" because he had the ability to shield curses.

One was an Ansa female hunter who was cursed and fell into madness and was killed by Sun Hang himself.

Another one was the unlucky guy stuck in the wall just now.

These four bodies are all hunters who landed on the island this time, while the bodies of the exploration teams that landed on the island before, and the "indigenous people" on the nameless island more than a hundred years ago, have never appeared in sight.

The only body of an "indigenous person" was the one that Sun Hang saw in his dream, the guy who died on the toilet.

"Could it be that there are some strange creatures on the island that specialize in eating corpses? The kind that eats without leaving even the bones?" The fisherman scratched his head and said, "Just like the ghouls that often appear in fantasy games."

"I think that the people on the island may have gathered in a certain place, so we didn't see any corpses." Yano said, "When designing this kind of research institute, some rooms will be reserved for use as "safe houses". This kind of safe house stores a large amount of weapons, ammunition and daily necessities, and has extremely thick alloy walls for protection. Once an external enemy invades or a strange creature breaks through the containment, non-combatants will hide in these safe houses if they cannot evacuate..."

"Where is the nearest safe house from here?" asked the fisherman.

"There is no safe house on the first underground floor." Sun Hang blurted out - at this moment, even he was stunned for a moment. He didn't even deliberately recall the design drawings of the Wuming Island Research Institute, but said this sentence completely based on that inexplicable familiarity.

"Yes." Yano nodded, "Because of the existence of the railway, there is no safe house on the first underground floor of the institute. There are eight safe houses on the second underground floor, each of which can accommodate an average of 50 people; there are four safe houses on the third underground floor, each of which can accommodate an average of 20 people. Of course, the number of people I mentioned refers to the rated number of people at the time of design. If it really comes to a critical moment, it is not a problem to stuff four or five times the number of people in these safe houses, but the stored materials may be more scarce."

"I really envy your memory." The fisherman said, "I have also seen the design drawings of this place, but now I can only remember a vague outline and can't tell which is which."

They naturally brought the design drawings of the Wuming Island Research Institute, both in paper and electronic versions - but whether it was the portable computer storing the electronic version or the waterproof folder storing the paper version, all of them were left on the beach.

"I spent three nights memorizing the design drawings of the research institute before I set off." Yano said.

"Three nights... the people of Tianshu Tower can really get through the back door." The fisherman said, "Unlike us, we can only get this information after getting on the boat."

"I have to admit that Tianshu Tower underestimated the danger of this mission." Yano sighed again, "Even if the Yamata no Orochi did not appear, I am afraid that a considerable number of people would die in this trial."

"I am quite curious, who decided to use the nameless island as the content of the trial?" Sun Hang asked.

"I am just a second-level researcher, and I don't know about the decision-making level." Yano said, "But the person who made the final decision must be the tower master."

"Tower master? Is that the guy named Pei?"

"Yeah." Yano nodded, "Mr. Pei has the highest authority in Tianshu Tower. Major events such as the upgrade trial must be submitted to him for approval."

"Has he never thought that this group of hunters participating in the upgrade trial might be wiped out on the nameless island?" Sun Hang frowned and said, "In the past hundred years, three of the four groups of people who landed on the island were wiped out, and the fourth group returned empty-handed... This is already very telling, right?"

"Mr. Pei shouldn't... should..." Yano tried to defend the other party, but he found that no matter what he said, it seemed pale and powerless.

The top leaders of Tianshu Tower should understand the danger of this island far better than these hunters.

"Have you seen the tower master? What kind of person is he?" Sun Hang asked again.

"I have only seen his holographic projection in his open class..."

"In other words, you have never seen him in person?"

"Not only me... most people in Tianshu Tower have never seen Mr. Pei's real body." Yano said, "It is said that in order to ensure that his physical condition is competent for the job of the tower master of Tianshu Tower, Mr. Pei rarely leaves the convalescent cabin designed specifically for him. Even the top leaders of Tianshu Tower rarely see him in person."

"So that's it..." Sun Hang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

But at this moment, the dark streets suddenly lit up one by one!

"What's going on? Who turned on the lights?" The fisherman was shocked and quickly took a defensive posture, "No! How did the lights turn on? Where does the electricity come from?"