Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Chapter 748 - 41: T95

"I'm really curious, is this black liquid an independent supernatural entity or part of the Baikal Remains?" Wang Xiyi asked Yan Yu'an.

Yan Yu'an replied, "Based on the information we have, this black liquid only appears in the supernatural building of the Mimic Cafe, and without exception, it's produced by the coffee machine... So it can be regarded as one of the 'subtype entities' that have split off from the Baikal Remains. All its information belongs under the Baikal Remains entry, and there's currently no separate number or file set for it."

"Does this thing have a code name then?"

"Yes, we all call it 'Black Latte.'" Yan Yu'an paused, took a step closer to Sun Hang, "It's starting to spread, we should get out."

This time, Sun Hang took Yan Yu'an's suggestion, and the three of them exited the cafe.

Zhong Ling and the eerie remains she controlled were on alert in the street. Seeing the three come out, she said softly, "While you were inside, our position moved 65 meters southwest, and the entire street rotated 17 degrees counterclockwise. Additionally, four buildings sank into the ground, and seven buildings emerged. I've marked the changes to the street before and after in the video files."

"Where to next?" Wang Xiyi asked.

"Let's check the nearby terrain first, so we don't accidentally wind up in a dead end," Sun Hang said.

Even though he and Wang Xiyi both had the ability to break through a dead end, saving some effort at the start of their operation certainly wouldn't hurt.

After realizing there were still many subtype entities like 'Black Latte' inside the Baikal Remains, Sun Hang understood that this supernatural city was far from as simple as he had imagined.

It's likely not merely a singular Geng-type entity, but a composite entity made up of various types... Or perhaps, an "entity ecosystem" similar to a Surrendered Area.

If the buildings hide any traps, that would complicate things further.

Sun Hang feared nothing when alone, but now that he had more people with him, he had to consider Mr. Wang and the others.

As that saying goes—whether it was the Three Monkeys or Anna, in their eyes, aside from Sun Hang, the life and death of others were irrelevant.

Especially with Anna, her yandere tendencies had piqued some caution in Sun Hang—this guy hiding now could be plotting to take out everyone around Sun Hang as part of some scheme...

Sun Hang had to be on guard.

"Mr. Yan, did you bring a drone?" Sun Hang asked.

Yan Yu'an nodded.

She skillfully took the drone out of the backpack, unfolded the rotors, turned on the power, and with the buzzing of the propeller blades, the drone rapidly ascended into the air.

"Transmit the terrain scan of the nearby area to me, also..."

Sun Hang hadn't finished his sentence when a gunshot rang out with a "bang," and the drone just over the cafe roof was hit by a bullet, disintegrating instantly, with numerous fragments and parts crashing onto the street.

"Who fired the shot?!" Wang Xiyi turned serious, immediately intending to fly into the air, but Sun Hang promptly held her back.

Sun Hang: "Don't rush."

Yan Yu'an quickly walked to the drone's wreckage, extracting a deformed bullet from a pile of metal components.

"It's a standard 10mm full-power bullet," Yan Yu'an said. "This type of bullet is common in the Federation, making its source hard to determine... It'd be great if we had the casing, as it contains more info."

"It shouldn't be another reconnaissance team's shot, right?" Wang Xiyi said, "No sane person would do such a thing."

"I checked the reconnaissance mission schedule before we left; no reconnaissance team was dispatched towards Baikal Remains in the past two days," Yan Yu'an shook her head. "And the previously missing teams have already been presumed dead... No one can survive two nights in Baikal Remains."

"Add a premise to the last statement, as of now," Sun Hang said. "Considering this, the shot was either fired by an assimilated reconnaissance team member or a mimicry entity of this supernatural city—the original sheriffs and army of Lake Baikal City should also have used such bullets. If the entity simulates a Public Security Bureau or a military-like building, armed 'subtype entities' might appear inside."

"However..." Yan Yu'an hesitated.

Sun Hang: "However what?"

"We also can't rule out the possibility of there being survivors in Baikal Remains..."

"If there are survivors, would they see our drone, not send a rescue signal, but shoot down our drone instead? Are they stupid?" Wang Xiyi said.

"That possibility is low, but not zero," Yan Yu'an said. "There's a precedent where reconnaissance team members lost their minds and attacked teammates and other teams... not just one case."

"Why analyze all this when you could just chase after them and see who fired the shot?" Wang Xiyi glanced dissatisfiedly at Sun Hang who held her back. "If you hadn't held me, I might have caught them by now."

"By the time you reach there, they'd be long gone," Sun Hang said. "From the gunshot and bullet's flight speed difference, we can determine that the shooter is roughly a kilometer away from us, shooting at a downward angle of about three degrees, which means they're sniping from about a fifty-meter-high building a kilometer away."