Hunter of Mysterious Creature

The Angsa hunters exchanged glances, and a few seconds later, a slightly chubby man with golden curls suddenly raised his arms excitedly, "If we can get hold of this embryo, wouldn't that make the Hezhong States great again?!"

"Donald, have you lost your mind?" the "Wall Brother" said with a grim face, "It's already been over 4,700 years since the Yellow Calendar, why are you still obsessed with that miserable country?"

"Don's ancestors were presidents, he's still dreaming of restoring the glory of his forebears!" another hunter said with biting sarcasm, "Ha! If this information is true... not just one Hezhong States, you could even aim to become the king of humanity, it probably wouldn't be much of a challenge."

As soon as these words were spoken, the group fell silent.

Even the person who spoke them was struck dumb.

King of humanity... When such words aren't uttered as a joke, their meaning shifts entirely.

To most people, such a dream can only exist in daydreams... yet now, an opportunity lay before them.

An opportunity to turn daydreams into reality.

"But as far as I know, Nameless Island is currently a restricted area, there's no way we can get close to it, let alone enter the research institute," another hunter said.

"Soon that won't be the case," said a hunter as the shadowy main perspective, "I have reliable information, and in the next trial of ascending, one of the steps will be set on Nameless Island."

"What? The trial of ascending, you're joking, right?" Donald frowned, "This is an embryo at the original level! You know what those words mean, right? How could the people at Dubhe Tower possibly use this island as a trial site!"

"If you ask me, the people at Dubhe Tower... might not even know about this," murmured the descendant of an intelligence officer, "For confidentiality, there's no phone lines set on Nameless Island, the use of radio is strictly prohibited, all communication with the outside world relies entirely on written letters... The incident happened too suddenly, perhaps the related intel hasn't been sent back to the mainland in time."

"That's even more absurd, original level embryos are always transported to the island from elsewhere, how could the Xiazhou Federation not know?" Donald retorted.

"But what if this embryo was born right on Nameless Island?"

Everyone fell silent again.

"Suddenly, it does seem possible..." the previously cynical hunter nodded, "Think about it, if Dubhe Tower or the Federation Government had known about an original level embryo on the island, over the past century or so, they would've used the nation's full power to turn the entire island upside down..."

"So, this piece of intel... apart from those who've already perished on the island, worldwide... only a few of us are privy to it."

The atmosphere among the hunters turned subtly tense.

"Calm down!" the descendant of the intelligence officer quietly demanded, "The overnight destruction of Nameless Island Research Institute is undoubtedly linked to the embryo... The strength of just one or two individuals is absolutely insufficient! We must work together if we hope to secure it."

"And once secured, how will it be divided?" Donald glanced at him, "There's only one embryo, but there are six of us here, can you divide the embryo into six equal parts for us?"

"What do you mean? Are you planning to monopolize the benefits?" another hunter immediately snapped back.

Watching the spectacle from an observer's standpoint, Sun Hang couldn't help but be amused, recalling a silly news shared by Mr. Wang: "A couple arguing about the allocation of a fantasized lottery jackpot ended up in a brawl, and was taken to the Public Security Bureau" — despite her appearance of being a poised lady, Mr. Wang's heart is completely like a crude man...

Mr. Wang often sent Sun Hang funny memes or silly pictures when bored, along with photos of cosplay girls, and packs of so-called buoyant beauties... To be honest, Sun Hang found it difficult to reconcile these two drastically different personas; at times he suspected that the online surfer Wang Xiyi might be an alternate personality hidden within her.

However, these Angsa hunters remained somewhat rational and didn't break out in violence like the comical couple in the news. After several rounds of discussions, they ultimately decided to collaborate first, and only, once inside the research institute to confirm the genuine presence of the original level embryo, would they engage in "dividing the spoils."

After that, they started actively seeking other "helpers"... which were, in reality, expendable cannon fodder used to take the risks first.

They didn't disclose the news about the original level embryo but used bait like "deceitful equipment" and "unowned assets left from the last century" to lure them... Eventually, they successfully tricked a group of Indian Mysterious Creature Hunters into joining their "small team."

Nevertheless, neither the invisibility cloak nor the creature-like artifact used for projection by this shadowy hunter was actually obtained from the island—the device used for projection was a point-and-shoot camera, and the world's first point-and-shoot camera was Konica's C35 series, launched in the Yellow Calendar year 4673, decades after the Nameless Island was blocked.

The memories following the island landing seemed to be influenced by the environment, becoming fragmented and erratically jumping from one scene to another... In many frames, a person that was fine in one scene was abruptly dead, decapitated in the next...

In this hunter's memories, Sun Hang could barely see any battle scenes; he only knew they encountered a large number of uncontained creatures on the second underground floor and suffered heavy losses, forcing them to choose to retreat.

When they say heavy losses, it was essentially akin to complete annihilation.

"Wall Brother" chose to escape into the walls, fleeing upwards along the rock layers—his ultimate fate Sun Hang had already witnessed in the tunnel outside.

As for the shadowy fellow, from the outset, he claimed his abilities weren't suited for combat, hanging at the far end of the group... Once the fight turned unfavorable, he abandoned his "teammates," fleeing alone back to the first underground level.

Regarding the other hunters, after he fled, they never appeared in his memory visuals again.

Based on his subjective judgment, those people likely didn't survive... Because while escaping, this jerk sabotaged the elevator controls between floors one and two to deter creature pursuit.