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 name: "Revenant."

As the name implies, a Revenant is a mysterious entity that has transformed from the dead.

Their deaths are often accompanied by extremely strong emotions: fanatical obsessions, distorted feelings, deep-seated resentment... Not every person who dies with these emotions will become a Revenant, but every Revenant transformed 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 memetic entities carrying the deceased's emotions and fragments of memories, which possess (or infect) certain things—these things could be the deceased's own corpse, other humans, animals, plants, objects, or even certain phenomena.

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 became mysterious due to being possessed by a Revenant; could its movement 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 flames.

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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!"

"Someone on the west side is severely injured! Where's the medical staff? Quick! Come save them!"

Countless mysterious entities hurled themselves toward Garuda like moths to a flame; 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 times, even hundreds of times over, in just a few seconds...

The command center urgently dispatched a large number of flamethrowers to Garuda, but against the swarming crow flock, this firepower seemed 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?"

"Medical staff! Medical 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 development 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 newcomer 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.

...

Sun Hang stood in the courtyard of Longyan Temple, watching the approaching communication drone, as the signal in his earpiece gradually became clearer.

"Time is pressing, I don't have much time to explain to you," Sun Hang said into the microphone, "In short, find me two people — both were once monks at Longyan Temple. One's religious name is Jueming, and the other's is Jueyuan. Once found, bring them here immediately!"

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 time.

"Sun Hang, this is Yang Qi!" Two minutes later, Yang Qi's voice came over the communication channel, "The command center has scoured the entire Shuzhou Region's household registrations, only finding the monk named Jueming. His secular name 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 time..."

"And the other one?" Sun Hang pressed, "The one named 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 management 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 time 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 named Wang Gui, who gave him a hundred thousand... I checked, this 'Wang Gui' is an alias, his real name is Wan Heng, not a wealthy businessman but a local thug, who once worked as a bodyguard for someone named Lee Yuan, after which he disappeared."

"Bring Lee Yuan over," Sun Hang said. "Oh, remember to check, see if there's a black mole on the back of his head."

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