Despite the fact that the origin of mysterious entities remains unclear to humans, one particular type does not fall into this category.
This special type of entities has a straightforward na: "Revenant."
As the na implies, a Revenant is a mysterious entity that has transford from the dead.
Their deaths are often accompanied by extrely strong emotions: fanatical obsessions, distorted feelings, deep-seated resentnt... Not every person who dies with these emotions will beco a Revenant, but every Revenant transford from the dead undoubtedly carries emotions of this kind.
"Revenants" differ from what is narrowly defined as ghosts; they are not purely Spiritual Body Type Mysterious Creatures but are tic entities carrying the deceased's emotions and fragnts of mories, which possess (or infect) certain things—these things could be the deceased's own corpse, other humans, animals, plants, objects, or even certain phenona.
And the actions of Revenants often carry a strong sense of purpose.
For instance, the "pregnant girl" buried alive by a jerk, her logic for action is to seek revenge on that jerk from years ago and everyone related to him by blood.
Suppose Dragon Rock Fortress beca mysterious due to being possessed by a Revenant; could its movent toward Heavenly Capital City also be for revenge?
"I say, how about we make a deal?" Sun Hang said to the skeleton within the raging flas.
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Xiazhou Federation aerial tactical platform, Garuda.
"The southeast corner can't hold on much longer! Request support!!"
"Number four and six hover engines are damaged! We've lost 35% of our lift! The platform is tilting 14 degrees... no! It's 16 degrees now!"
"Soone on the west side is severely injured! Where's the dical staff? Quick! Co save them!"
Countless mysterious entities hurled themselves toward Garuda like moths to a fla; among them, the largest number were ones resembling crows. These entities weren't strong in defense, but once hit, they would explode directly, with a force comparable to a standard defensive grenade.
But what troubled the Hunters the most was not the crows' explosive ability but the fact that each feather that burst forth after self-detonation would replicate into a new crow-type entity within a dozen seconds. If these feathers weren't burned off quickly, their numbers would multiply several tis, even hundreds of tis over, in just a few seconds...
The command center urgently dispatched a large number of flathrowers to Garuda, but against the swarming crow flock, this firepower seed insufficient.
But just as Garuda's defensive line was about to collapse, the entities suddenly retreated like a tide, leaving the confused Hunters exchanging bewildered glances.
"What's going on? What happened?"
"Those entities... retreated?"
"dical staff! dical staff!"
A weary Hunter plopped down on the bloodstained and explosion-scarred deck, gasping for breath: "Phew... almost lost my life... phew... has there been any new developnt on the infiltration team's side?"
"Infiltration team?" another Hunter beside him said. "I'm from the infiltration team. When Garuda was attacked, we were all summoned back."
"Huh?" The seated Hunter said in shock, "Then... what's going on here?"
"However... as far as I know, after all the infiltration team Hunters were called back, one person volunteered to climb Dragon Rock Fortress." The infiltration team Hunter hesitated, "It was a local Hunter from Heavenly Capital City, said to be a newcor who hadn't been on the job long... it shouldn't be possible, right?"
"According to you? Could these entities return?" The seated Hunter struggled to stand, using the weapon in hand to brace against the deck, enduringly supporting his severely exhausted body.
"Who knows... anyway, don't let your guard down." The infiltration team Hunter frowned, "The battle isn't over yet."
"Wait... look over at Dragon Rock Fortress!"
The infiltration team Hunter looked up, gazing in the direction of Dragon Rock Fortress, as a green signal flare rose from the mountain peak, exploding thunderously in the high sky.
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Sun Hang stood in the courtyard of Longyan Temple, watching the approaching communication drone, as the signal in his earpiece gradually beca clearer.
"Ti is pressing, I don't have much ti to explain to you," Sun Hang said into the microphone, "In short, find two people — both were once monks at Longyan Temple. One's religious na is Jueming, and the other's is Jueyuan. Once found, bring them here imdiately!"
Sun Hang turned around, glancing at the dimly lit statues in the main hall, exhaling deeply.
Although "it" agreed to his request for a deal, "it" didn't leave Sun Hang much ti.
"Sun Hang, this is Yang Qi!" Two minutes later, Yang Qi's voice ca over the communication channel, "The command center has scoured the entire Shuzhou Region's household registrations, only finding the monk nad Jueming. His secular na is Xu Zi, a local of Heavenly Capital City, but..."
"But what?"
"He died the second year after returning to secular life, cause of death was a car accident," Yang Qi said. "The death and cremation records can be found, but locating where the ashes are specifically buried might take ti..."
"And the other one?" Sun Hang pressed, "The one nad Jueyuan?"
Jueming was the monk responsible for guarding the gate, a dispensable "add-on" in this deal, while the senior brother Jueyuan was the key.
"No record of such person," Yang Qi said. "Don't worry, the managent of household registration files was quite chaotic back then, and missing files were common... but since both were monks at Longyan Temple, we might trace it back and find Jueyuan's whereabouts!"
Though she said not to worry, her pace of speech was quick, in reality, she was even more anxious than Sun Hang himself.
"Directly ask the driver who hit Jueming back then, who ordered him."
"That case was a traffic accident... okay, I got it!"
This ti Sun Hang waited for a full five minutes, feeling "its" patience gradually waning.
"Found it! The driver said the one who ordered him was a wealthy businessman nad Wang Gui, who gave him a hundred thousand... I checked, this 'Wang Gui' is an alias, his real na is Wan Heng, not a wealthy businessman but a local thug, who once worked as a bodyguard for soone nad Lee Yuan, after which he disappeared."
"Bring Lee Yuan over," Sun Hang said. "Oh, rember to check, see if there's a black mole on the back of his head."
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