This message came from one of the more than sixty observation posts surrounding Tianshui City. Not only Sun Hang but all other Hunters stationed in Tianshui City received this message as well.

When Sun Hang brought Yin Xiang to the temporary operations meeting room on the ninth floor, the director of the institute, the military representative, and others like Wang Xiyi and Yang Qi were already waiting for him.

"Everyone's here." The military representative glanced at Sun Hang and then pressed the power button on the projector remote.

This is a blurry video of only nine seconds, with no sound. Under the cover of darkness, a large mountain is slowly moving.

No, perhaps that description is incorrect... The term "slow" describes the mountain's huge volume itself, but its actual movement speed is not slow. According to the speedometer on the drone that shot this video, the mountain is moving at about sixty kilometers per hour.

This means it will "drive into" the urban area of Tianshui City in another ten minutes or so.

Despite the low resolution and frame rate, you can still see at the foot of the mountain, where rock plates are crushed and lifted—resembling ice being cracked by an icebreaker.

Catastrophic destruction is no longer an exaggeration; it's a reality currently happening.

Sun Hang can easily envision the thunderous roar and catastrophic tremor—Mysterious Creature Research Institute is located far west of the city, so it hasn't yet felt the effects of the mountain's movement. But those just kilometers away from the mountain surely are experiencing its destructive power firsthand.

Another screen displays the seismic magnitude, building damage rate, and casualties detected in the various districts of the city—these numbers are continually leaping upward, with countless houses collapsing every second, injuring or killing hundreds.

The mountain has already caused such terrifying destruction even before reaching Tianshui City, and if allowed to crash into the city... Tianshui City might not even have any "ruins" left.

"I recognize this mountain!" said a researcher incredulously, "This is Dragon Rock Fortress to the west of the city... Yes, it's Dragon Rock Fortress, I'm sure of it! The mountain has an elevation of over two thousand meters, and just last month I went climbing with my wife and kids... How did it become a mysterious entity?!"

"Two thousand meters elevation?" Sun Hang stared at the video replaying over and over, "Feel like it's not that high?"

Sun Hang's reference point is the top of the moving mountain body, where there's an abandoned temple, and inside the temple, there's a six-story pagoda.

"The western part of Tianshui City is on the edge of the Yundian Plateau, with the flatlands at over a thousand meters elevation." Yang Qi softly explained to Sun Hang, "The precise elevation of Dragon Rock Fortress is 2289 meters, but the actual mountain height is only 795 meters."

"Even so, if it crashes into the city..." Yang Lian furrowed his brows and said with a heavy tone, "I dare not imagine the extent of the damage it would cause."

"We must first confirm whether Dragon Rock Fortress itself has been mystified or if some other mysterious entity is driving it..."

A researcher with thick glasses hadn't finished speaking before the military representative interrupted him: "There's no time. With Dragon Rock Fortress's current speed, it will crash into the city in fourteen minutes, and the interception action must commence immediately!"

"A mountain this size, weighing at least tens of billions of tons, moving with such inertia! Even if it suddenly loses all its power sources now, the residual force will still drive it toward Tianshui City! With our current means, there's just no way to stop it!" another researcher said loudly, "To minimize the damage, it's crucial to evacuate the citizens immediately, especially in the mountain's moving path and within a thirty-kilometer radius on both sides; the faster we clear them out, the lower the damage! That's the only thing we can do now!"

"The evacuation of citizens is already underway! But can you guarantee Dragon Rock Fortress will continue straight on its current path? What if it turns a corner, then what?" A person from the Management Committee spoke up. Although Sun Hang usually isn't fond of this group, he had to admit that what was said actually made sense.

No one can ensure that the mountain, controlled by mysterious forces, won't change its course—unless they can evacuate all the city personnel within the next ten minutes, which is clearly not possible.

"I am applying for nuclear weapon usage rights from Chunming City." The military representative, hands pressed on the table, said with a stern face, "Since interception won't work, we can only blow it up!"

"Absolutely not!" the voice of Song Yarong spoke, and she stood up suddenly, even knocking the files before her scatter onto the ground. "Not to mention the time required for nuclear weapon approval and launch preparations may not be in time, do you even know the yield of nuclear weapons needed to destroy Dragon Rock Fortress? Conducting a nuclear strike at this distance is no different from directly dropping a nuclear bomb into the city!"

"Neither this nor that is acceptable, then you guys studying mysterious entities better propose a feasible plan!" The military representative shouted irritably, "Will you just sit here gaping in vain?!"

"I have an idea." Sun Hang suddenly raised his hand.

He thought of a person.

"What idea?" Instantly, all eyes in the meeting room were focused on Sun Hang.

"Where is the Hunter with the code name 'Bao Si' stationed?" Sun Hang asked.

"Bao Si?" The military representative's eyes lit up, "I understand what you mean! She's at Qingcheng Mountain camp now, closer to the site than we are! I'll have someone contact her immediately!"

"Ingenious idea!" Yang Qi said excitedly, patting Sun Hang's arm, "I didn't even think of this!"

"I'm just grasping at straws... Since you say that even plants and Spirit Bodies can be enchanted by that Bao Si, perhaps Dragon Rock Fortress might too..." Sun Hang said, "But I'm only suggesting it, I won't take the fall if the operation fails."

"Do you know what the mysterious entity infecting Bao Si is?" Yang Qi suddenly said mysteriously.

"A succubus-like creature?" Sun Hang spontaneously visualized the image of a succubus with pale skin and beautiful looks, adorned with devil horns, wings, and a heart-shaped tail tip in comics; this figure seems more aligned with regular human preferences compared to the hoofed human-like creatures from Western myths.

Of course, the local legends of fox spirits in Xiazhou aren't off the table either...

"No, no... The entity infecting her is called 'Enchantment.'" Yang Qi said seriously, "Type A · Rule class mysterious entity 'Enchantment.'"

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