Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 168 No Body
"Since this is an exercise area, we should be able to find some clues from the exercises back then, right?" the fisherman said, "At least we can know what this institute was researching back then, right?"

"It's a pity that the research institute was abandoned before these simulation training grounds were put into use." Yano sighed, "The buildings you see are actually only half-finished products."

The largest proportion of those who "disappeared" on the nameless island that year were not the staff of the research institute, nor the garrison on the island, but the engineering personnel at various expansion sites - the Siberian Federation and the Xiazhou Federation invested at least six engineering regiments here, but in the end none of these people were able to return.

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

"Strange? What's strange?" The fisherman was puzzled. "If you want to say strange, then 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 couldn't escape?" Sun Hang asked.

"He's dead." The fisherman shrugged and said subconsciously, "Even if he didn't die back then, it's been more than a hundred years now, he must have died of old age!"

"Where is 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 is not a single body... neither on the ground nor underground..."

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

One was an Indian hunter who lost control of his emotions and died in a strange forest.

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

One was an Anglo-Saxon female hunter who was cursed and driven mad, and was killed by Sun Hang himself.

The other one is the unlucky guy who was stuck in the wall just now.

These four bodies were all hunters who landed on the island this time, but the bodies of the exploration teams that had landed on the island before, as well as the "indigenous people" who had lived on the nameless island more than a hundred years ago, had never appeared in sight.

The only "indigenous" corpse was the one Sun Hang saw in his dream, the guy who died on the toilet.

"Could it be that there are some monsters on the island that specialize in eating corpses? The kind that eats until not even a bone is left?" The fisherman scratched his head and said, "Just like the ghouls that often appear in fantasy games."

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

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

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

"Yes." Yano nodded. "Because of the existence of the railway, there are no safe houses 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 fifty people; there are four safe houses on the third underground floor, each of which can accommodate an average of twenty 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 cram four or five times as many people into these safe houses, but the stored materials may be more scarce."

"I really envy your good memories," said the fisherman. "I've seen the design drawings of this place, but now I can only remember a vague outline and can't tell what is where." Of course they brought the design drawings of the Nameless Island Research Institute with them, both in paper and electronic versions - but both the portable computer containing the electronic version and the waterproof folder containing the paper version were left on the beach.

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

"Three nights... the people in Tianshu Tower can really get in through the back door." The fisherman said, "Unlike us, we can only get this information after we get 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'm afraid a considerable number of people would die in this trial."

"I'm quite curious, who decided to use the Nameless Island as part of the trial?" Sun Hang asked.

"I'm just a second-level researcher. I'm not aware of the decisions made by the decision-makers." Yano said, "But the person who makes the final decision must be the tower master."

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

"Yes." Yano nodded. "Mr. Pei has the highest authority in the Tianshu Tower. Major events like 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 completely 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 higher-ups of the Tianshu Tower should understand how dangerous this island is much better than hunters like them.

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

"I've only seen his holographic projection in his public classes..."

"So you've never seen him in person?"

"It's not just me... Most people in Tianshu Tower have never seen Master Pei in person." 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, Master 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 how it is..." Sun Hang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

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

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

(End of this chapter)