Trickster Hunter

Chapter 89 "He"

"Moving forward in time, the penultimate 'Eternal Night' appeared in the Xiazhou Continent during the Zhu Ming Dynasty, in the ninth year of Hongzhi, which was the 4185th year of the lunar calendar. That time the Eternal Night only lasted for nine years, but it still made Siming The population in the area from Zhaoqing Prefecture has shrunk to less than 20% of its original size." Following Professor Li's words, the holographic projection on the table also changed.

"Zhu Ming period?" Sun Hang was slightly startled, gently touched Yang Qi with his elbow, and asked in a very low voice, "I suddenly thought of a question."

"What?" Yang Qi cast a confused look.

"If there is no deviation in my memory, isn't the history of the appearance of strange objects only more than 300 years ago? This Zhu Ming period has been more than 500 years ago, right?"

"'Monsters' is a unified name that was officially proposed after the establishment of the Xiazhou Federation. In the past history, some of them were called natural disasters, some were called ghosts, and some were called monsters. It's evil..." Yang Qi explained to Sun Hang in a low voice, "In ancient history, whether it is official history books or folk unofficial history, most of these things are unclear, and many are suspected. It is difficult to tell whether the records of monsters are real monsters or natural phenomena that the ancients could not explain with the scientific level of the time... Until the last three hundred years, monsters began to invade human living areas with high frequency and large scale. , and destroyed countless human countries. Only then did people realize that... humans are not the real 'masters' of this planet at all. "

Yang Qi paused for a moment and continued: "It is precisely for this reason that the official records of 'weird objects' date back to the last three hundred years... But in fact, the evidence for the existence of weird objects was the earliest It can even be traced back to the pre-Qin period, but at that time, these things were still in a corner and did not have much interaction with human society.”

"In other words, the miraculous and strange creatures recorded in the myths and stories are actually weird objects?" Sun Hang couldn't help but think of an ancient book called "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" - according to Yang Qi, could it be that in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" Are all the monsters based on real prototypes, not fictions created by the ancients?

"At least part of it is." Yang Qi nodded, "But for a strange object with extremely obvious characteristics like 'Eternal Night', even if the record contains only one sentence, it is easy to confirm its existence."

"Then why have monsters and humans not interacted much with each other in the past thousands of years, but why did they suddenly begin to invade human territory on a large scale three hundred years ago?" Sun Hang asked again.

"Tianshu Tower has been pursuing the answer to your question." Yang Qi sighed helplessly, "There are many speculations in the academic world, but none of them can produce convincing evidence."

On the other side of the long table, Professor Li waved his hand, and a photo appeared on the projection.

The thing in the photo is a page of rubbings from an ancient book, which is written in the official font "Taige style" of the Zhu Ming Dynasty: At noon on the second day of September in Bingchen, the ninth year of Hongzhi, from Siming Mansion to Zhaoqing Mansion, there was a sudden sound. Like roaring, black air surged up, and the sky disappeared. Strange monsters appeared among the flying sand and rocks, and the people were terrified. The governor of Siming Mansion sent troops to resist, but they were immediately defeated. Thousands of the defeated soldiers were killed or injured...

The second half of the rubbing is almost entirely covered with large blocks of altered ink, and the original content can no longer be clearly seen.

In addition to this rubbing, Professor Li also showed photos of other historical documents, all of which were records of the "natural disaster" in which "evil beasts" attacked humans.

Among these documents are official official histories of the Zhu Ming era, as well as many unofficial histories compiled by unknown persons. Even if there are only a few descriptions, it is not difficult to imagine the various horrific scenes that people encountered in those nine years.

"Based on these documents, we infer that the source of the 'Eternal Night' in the ninth year of Hongzhi was located 70 kilometers to 90 kilometers north of Siming Mansion." Professor Li said, "Based on the human armed forces in the Zhu Ming Dynasty, , was still unable to compete with the strange things, so in the second year of Yongye, the imperial court abandoned this area and left the survivors to fend for themselves. "

"Professor, I have a question." Yang Lian suddenly raised his hand.

"Please tell me."

"If the breeding source has not been dealt with, the number of monsters in the area will continue to grow until it overflows, right? Or will the monsters born from the breeding source only move in the eternal night area? After the eternal night ends, Where did they originate and where did these strange things go?" Yang Lian asked several questions in succession.

Judging from the looks in other people's eyes, these questions raised by Yang Lian were obviously of concern to everyone present.

"After the eternal night dissipates, the source of its breeding and the strange things born in it will disappear. As for where they went, no one knows." Professor Li shook his head, "But the key problem is that we don't know how long this eternal night will last. How long, because we cannot ignore possible sources of breeding.”

"It sounds like the breeding source is like a large monster hatchery." Another hunter said, "After locating its location, directly send bombers, or simply use ground-attack missiles to blow it up. That's right. Doesn’t that mean the problem is solved?”

"I also hope to solve the problem in this way, but there is one thing I have to tell you." Professor Li sighed, "There are likely to be monsters with higher serial numbers within the breeding source... or even Including the original primary artifact with serial number 'zero'."

"The original primary monster?!"

After this name was spoken, the hunters immediately gasped - only those who had direct contact with strange things many times could understand what the original primary strange thing was.

In the circle of strange hunters, even including a considerable number of strange researchers, the nickname used when referring to the original primary strange thing is not "it", but - "He".

"In the 4509th year of the lunar calendar, there was a long night lasting for thirteen months in the Amazon River Basin on the other side of the ocean." Professor Li said slowly, "And the strange thing that appeared at the source of the breeding during that long night, I believe everyone present has heard of His name."

Everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, and the whole venue was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Sun Hang turned his head and looked at Yang Qi. In the latter's eyes, he saw a mixture of shock and fear.

"The breeding source of that long night is located in the deepest part of the Amazon rainforest, where the original primary strange thing 'Dingling·Decay Mother Tree' is located."