Only I Walk Alone

Everyone was startled, and the Fox Immortal, who appeared particularly exhausted lying on the sofa, also opened her blurry fox eyes.

Xiao Luo asked, “What is the Sugro file?”

Wu Ge answered, “It’s a file hidden in the Containment Facility that records some strange objects… Xiao Chao, prepare the helicopter immediately, send us back to the base!”

Xiao Chao responded, “Request logged, please proceed to Helipad No.1 to take the helicopter.”

The three women gathered around and asked, “What is this Containment Facility? You’ve never mentioned it before.”

Wu Ge explained, “The Containment Facility is a place that houses all sorts of strange objects. However, that’s the modern term. In ancient times in our country, this place was also called the ‘Demon-Sealing Tower’!”

Xiao Chao began to explain, “The name of the facility varies from country to country, including Demon-Sealing Tower, Containment Facility, magic prison, and exile land, among others. But they all serve one purpose: to capture those strange objects that may pose a threat to humanity. After humanity vanished, I built a large Containment Facility underground somewhere and transferred all the strange objects from containment facilities around the world there for specialized management. Some pieces of information about these strange objects are also stored inside the Containment Facility, and the Sugro file is one of them.”

Xiao Luo asked again, “What does Sugro describe? Why be so cautious about it?”

Wu Ge said, “It’s a kind of strange object, named Sugro, hence the Sugro file. It’s not good for me to explain now, but you’ll understand once we enter the Containment Facility and look at the Sugro file.”

Everyone returned to the base, and then drove to the facility, which was built under a famous Buddhist stupa. A long time ago, that stupa was the site of a shelter in Country Z.. For convenience in management, Xiao Chao expanded this facility and transported all the strange objects from containment facilities around the world here to hide them.

Over these two hundred years, many of the living beings in the Containment Facility have died, and many of the strange objects have lost their initial strangeness, but new strange objects have been found and sealed in this huge facility.

In addition to these strange objects, the Containment Facility also contains countless files, which record all the strange objects that have appeared but have not been discovered by countries.

Over these two hundred years, Wu Ge has almost read through all the files sealed in the shelter by Xiao Chao. After finishing most of the movies, anime, and novels, he naturally turned his attention to these secrets that had been sealed by the state.

He has browsed through top-secret files like Sun Ming’s Pisces jade pendant, the Dragon-Sealing Well, and the Tunguska explosion. The secrets recorded in these files are not as mystical as folk tales suggest, but they are definitely not to be underestimated, otherwise, the state would not seal these top-secret files.

The more you hide it from the public, it indicates there must be something wrong. However, public opinion is fearsome; some secrets become distorted as they are passed on, or perhaps, this is false information deliberately spread by those protecting the secrets.

Regardless, having inherited the legacy of all humanity, Wu Ge could access any information. The unsolved mysteries that had been passed around were all clearly understood by him.

Just like this time with the Sugro file.

The group entered the Buddhist stupa and took an elevator down into the shelter.

While on their way to view the Sugro file, Wu Ge suddenly reminded, “Prepare yourselves mentally before viewing this file, as it is not only a record of a strange object but is also a strange object in itself.”

The reason they came to the shelter to view it is that this file cannot be easily taken out of the shelter.

Xiao Chao explained, “More than seventeen people who have seen this file have died, fifteen of whom disappeared under mysterious circumstances and have not been found to this day.”

The Fox Immortal asked, “Do these disappearances have any connection to the sudden disappearance of the civilian house? Could it all be the doing of the monster named Sugro?”

Wu Ge replied, “You’ll know once you see it.”

They arrived at the room specifically for storing the Sugro file, which was just a tightly sealed room with nothing unusual inside. Upon entering, they saw a robot take out a sealed box isolated by a vacuum layer, first opening the vacuum layer and then taking out the box to place it on the table.

Wu Ge put on gloves and then opened the metal box, revealing a head-mounted action camera and a paper file that wasn’t too thick.

Wu Ge took out the head-mounted action camera and connected it to the projector robot’s projection interface with a universal data cable.

The Fox Immortal, also wearing gloves, took out the thin file and saw the cover written in English:

Warning! This file has been cursed by a mysterious force. Viewing it may summon the mysterious monster Sugro. Choose carefully.

Wu Ge said, “Fox Immortal, it’s somewhat similar to the ability you possess, where as long as someone thinks of you in their mind, no matter how far away, you can sense it.”

After pondering for a moment, the Fox Immortal said, “So, is this Sugro actually a demon that has successfully cultivated?”

Wu Ge shook his head, “It’s probably not cultivation, but an ability evolved over the long years, just like the interstellar bugs we encountered before.”

The projector robot began the projection, and Wu Ge said, “Let’s watch the video first, and then you’ll understand.”

Since the video was recorded with a head-mounted action camera, it was very shaky, filled with people’s panting and the sound of the wind.

Of course, the panting wasn’t because the people in the video were doing something strange; it was because they were climbing a mountain.

The climbers seemed to be challenging themselves on the cliffs of the western part of Country M, carrying survival gear, compressed food, water, and most importantly, cameras.

Xiao Chao spoke, “The video was recorded on June 1, 2019, at 3 PM. The climbing team consisted of three people, two men, and one woman.”

This was an archaeological exploration spanning over two hundred and forty years; they all wanted to know what happened at that time. Despite the severe shakiness of the video, it was still apparent that they were on a very high cliff.

The weather was good that day, bright all around, with only the constant cold wind making a whooshing sound in the video.

The panting of the two men and one woman continued, with no spare time to talk. Climbing is a very tiring sport that requires concentration. Although they were protected by climbing ropes, they still needed to be very cautious.

However, just after they had climbed for about ten seconds, strange noises suddenly came from below the cliff. They stopped and began to look down the cliff, with one of the male climbers asking, “Hey, Mike, do you see anything?”

Mike seemed to be the one wearing the head-mounted camera. He turned to look down the cliff but only saw a green coniferous forest.

Mike said, “Maybe it’s the roar of some animal. Hey, Eric, don’t stop in places like this.”