"Ah?" Yang Qi was taken aback for a moment, then immediately tugged on Sun Hang's sleeve, "It's best not to joke about these things... If someone takes it seriously, it could be troublesome."

"That's indeed my true thought." Sun Hang said helplessly, "Thoughts and actions are two different matters. Look, I've been with Mr. Wang for so long, and I haven't eaten her."

"... In any case, it's best to be cautious." Yang Qi advised earnestly, like a mother, "This isn't Tianfu City, and neither my teacher nor I can protect you completely. Also, within this group of Hunters, there are many with peculiar tempers, so it's better not to provoke them."

"And if someone comes to provoke me?" Sun Hang asked.

"The people who come here usually wouldn't do something so foolish." Yang Qi looked at Sun Hang, slightly speechless, "If someone really does, just tell me immediately, I won't let you suffer."

"Mr. Yang, there's one thing you've misunderstood... The Hunter under your leadership is actually someone they dare not provoke." A familiar voice sounded from behind, and Sun Hang turned to see Ye Xuan, who had arrived here on the same flight with them.

Ye Jiu, who had shed the Deceitful Equipment, followed closely behind her, cautiously observing everyone in the venue.

"Less trouble is better than more trouble." Yang Qi said seriously, "We are all people who dislike trouble, so we naturally won't cause chaos."

"That's true." Ye Xuan nodded and asked Ye Jiu, "What time is it now?"

Everyone's communication devices were handed over when entering the camp, and the only remaining electronic product they had was the monitoring wristband worn by Hunters and compatible candidates.

Ye Jiu raised his wrist to glance and said, "There's two minutes left until three o'clock."

"The meeting has been delayed nearly an hour past the scheduled time; who else hasn't arrived?" A trace of irritation appeared in Ye Xuan's eyes.

"The Hunters reinforcing the Emei region haven't arrived yet." A hunter under Ye Xuan whispered, "It's said they've not been in contact until now."

"Emei? Has something fierce appeared there?" Ye Jiu frowned.

"It's unclear... Due to the impact of Eternal Night, communications in many places have been cut off. The coverage range of high-powered military wireless isn't broad enough, and some remote towns are still out of contact." The hunter shook his head.

Just as Sun Hang and the others thought they would have to keep waiting, an elderly man with silver hair, wearing a general's uniform, walked over, pressed his hands on the table's edge, and said solemnly, "Time is of the essence, we can't wait for those who are late any longer, the operational meeting starts now!"

In an instant, the noisy discussions inside the tent fell silent, leaving only the rain dripping on the tent top, dense like the beating of military drums.

"Mr. Lee, I'll leave the rest to you." The elderly general turned to look at the elder standing at the main position, who was of similar age to him, and nodded solemnly.

"Alright." The elder referred to as Mr. Lee slightly nodded, looked at the people gathered around the table, and said solemnly, "I'm not one to beat around the bush, so I'll tell you directly—gathering you here is to execute the 'Search for Spawn Source' mission—this mission is crucial, it might directly affect whether the Shuzhou Territory falls... Based on meticulous calculations by experts at the Dubhe Tower, if we can find and destroy the Spawn Source, even if Eternal Night persists, with the Federation's existing resource allocation capabilities, we can at least defend Shuzhou for over thirty years."

"Spawn Source?" Ye Jiu muttered, "Is it similar to the 'monster spawning point' at the South Cemetery?"

His voice was faint, but because the environment was so quiet, the words still reached Mr. Lee's ears. He nodded towards Ye Jiu, "Yes, but not completely."

"Ah?" Ye Jiu was momentarily stunned, "What... What does that mean?"

"The large batches of mysterious creatures emerging from the South Cemetery were transferred to our world by the 'Temporary 191' time-space anomaly." Mr. Lee said, "But the 'Spawn Source' is different."

Sun Hang just realized that the creature destroyed by the 'Three Apes' has been named 'Time-space Anomaly', serial number 'Temporary 191'—a temporary number. As for why it doesn't have a regular 'A, B, C, D' prefix, it's because even the experts at Dubhe Tower can't temporarily classify what type of creature it belongs to.

"If the South Cemetery is compared to a transport device, then the 'Spawn Source' is a nurturing bed for mysterious creatures." Mr. Lee continued, "If we cannot destroy the 'Spawn Source', countless newborn mysterious creatures will crawl out from there, flooding into human territories."

The people present exchanged glances, apart from a few core members of the Disaster Committee, most of the people here clearly heard this term for the first time. Sun Hang glanced around, noticing that nearly everyone's eyes were filled with deep confusion.

"May I ask, where does the intelligence on the 'Spawn Source' come from?" A hunched Hunter asked.

His voice was old and hoarse, reminiscent of two rusty iron pieces grinding against each other.

This Hunter was wrapped in a deep gray cloak, holding an alloy cane. From Sun Hang's perspective, he could see the bony spine protruding from the back of the cloak—it's unclear if it's some exoskeleton equipment or signs of mutation in this person.

He also wore a Mysterious Creature Hunter's standard monitoring wristband, but the wristband's screen kept flashing an orange-red warning light—indicating the wearer's life signs were extremely weak. Generally, when a Hunter's wristband begins flashing this color, it means that person has little chance of rescue.

But this Hunter seemed completely indifferent, and even those around him appeared accustomed to it.

"With the fastest speed, we gathered all federal documents related to 'Eternal Night' and brought them to Dubhe Tower. With the help of the supercomputer, we parsed a crucial piece of intelligence—every occurrence of 'Eternal Night' throughout history, within its coverage area, a 'Spawn Source' would appear."

The holographic map on the table flickered a few times and transformed into another view—Sun Hang stared at it for a few seconds before realizing it was the terrain map of the Hexi Corridor Region, north of Shuzhou.

"In the old calendar year 4533, Eternal Night descended upon the West River Corridor. Based on the recorded accounts of mysterious creature attacks from that year, we compiled the recorded movement paths of those creatures and presented them on this map."

As soon as Mr. Lee's voice fell, numerous red arrows appeared on the holographic projection map.

Sun Hang noted that although these arrows pointed to different regions, if the direction of the arrows was reversed, it would become evident that they converge towards the same direction.

"During the Eternal Night of the old calendar year 4533, the 'Spawn Source' was located 165 kilometers west of Shadu, within the 'Yadan Demon City'."

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