The next day, morning.
Qionghua City, Abnormal Event Emergency Investigation Department.
Hu Hu forcefully slammed a file onto the desk, his bloodshot eyes full of exhaustion and anger.
"What on earth is going on? Why did this happen? They all seemed fine, so how did everything get damaged by the time it reached us!?"
By his side, Qi Tian of the intelligence gathering team massaged his forehead and said helplessly:
"In all the years I’ve been in this line of work, this is the first time I’ve encountered such a situation. The other party’s movements are unpredictable, first appearing in Binglong Province, then heading to Bai Yulan City, and now showing up in Qionghua City..."
"Moreover, based on the clues we have, it does seem he used some kind of Extraordinary Power to prevent our investigation. Unfortunately, we currently do not have an effective countermeasure against such tactics..."
He paused for a moment, then continued:
"I once arranged for my team to conduct ’Unconscious Tracking,’ using hypnosis and subliminal suggestions to position themselves in a relatively neutral stance for the investigation, but the result was still the same as before."
"So I suspect that the mysterious person’s shielding is targeted specifically at us. I’m considering applying for resignation to see if Tracking might be more effective afterward..."
Hu Hu ruffled his messy hair with a sigh:
"Leave those matters to Xiao Wang and the others. In the face of such peculiar methods, we should rather look for a corresponding Transcendent Power to resolve this. By the way, how is the investigation on that matter I asked you to look into? Any results?"
Qi Tian shook his head and said, "Nothing yet. So far, we haven’t been able to find any other Transcendents, nor have we found any information about ordinary people Awakening."
"Still nothing... The monsters we’ve found in various locations are steadily increasing, yet apart from that one individual, there has not been a single case of a human Transcendent. Could it be that that person isn’t human?" said Hu Hu.
"Boss, there’s no need to worry. I have a feeling that there should be more than just that one human Transcendent. Didn’t he also say yesterday, ’The world is undergoing change’..."
"So we can assume that all these are just the beginning. It’s very possible that more Transcendents like him will emerge among humans, just like those online discussions about the Spiritual Energy Recovery..."
Qi Tian stood up from his chair, began organizing the documents on the desk, and said, "I will upload this report to headquarters later to see if they’ve found anything."
Just as he was about to reach the door, an investigator suddenly burst in, and upon seeing the people inside, spoke urgently, "Boss! You have to come and see this! Zhang Hui just got yesterday’s video to play!"
At these words, Hu Hu abruptly looked up, his eyes filled with surprise, "What!? Opened!!? Let’s go! Take me to see it now!!"
In the office, several people hurriedly left and went to the third-floor intelligence department.
In the hall, a crowd had gathered around a computer, all fixating on the content playing on the screen.
Hu Hu also went over, and upon arriving, his eyes immediately caught the nighttime scene on the computer screen, and the familiar figure within it.
"It’s really him! He’s the same person as the ’Sword Immortal’ described online! This shrouded figure is identical to what we saw at Huangkou Hospital! No mistake!!"
But before he could get too excited, the image on the computer was suddenly interrupted, replaced by a message "File Damaged" that occupied the whole screen.
Surprised, Hu Hu turned his gaze to the female investigator operating the computer.
"Zhang Hui, how did you manage to bring it up just now?"
The female investigator named Zhang Hui looked quite young, and she too was somewhat at a loss in this situation, "Minister Hu, I don’t know what happened, I just casually pointed and it opened, but I’ve failed many times before..."
"Then try again." Hu Hu urged immediately.
Without delay, the girl skillfully operated the computer to download and attempt to open the video file again, but the result still displayed that the file was corrupted.
"Still not working," she turned to look at Hu Hu.
Hu Hu was also stunned, not expecting things to turn out this way. On the other hand, Qi Tian, after some contemplation, spoke up, "Wait a second, I think I might have a clue."
Everyone present immediately turned their gaze toward him.
Qi Tian stroked his chin and said, "If I’m not mistaken, the person might have used a method similar to jamming to prevent us from tracking him."
"But haven’t you noticed, the way he jams us is always by creating distractions, but since they are coincidences, that means there is a certain probability to them!"
Minister Hu’s eyes lit up, "Are you saying that Zhang Hui just happened to hit the probability of those coincidences failing? And that’s how she was able to open the video?"
Qi Tian nodded, "Right, if I’m not mistaken, the probability of these coincidences should increase with the extent of our contact with him. It’s like the case with Liao Fugui, who had seen the true face of the ’Sword Immortal’ onsite, so when we questioned him, no matter how many times we tried, no matter what method we used, we would always be interrupted by ’coincidence’."
"But this video is different! In the video, the ’Sword Immortal’ is shrouded in shadow, we can’t see his face, and even if we saw the video, we can’t really find him, so the probability of this ’coincidence’ happening is much lower! And we can just take advantage of this to watch the video’s content!"
After his explanation, everyone subconsciously nodded their heads, feeling there was some reason to it.
Minister Hu immediately decided, "That’s settled then! Everyone today will keep downloading the file non-stop, once isn’t enough try twice! Until we succeed in opening it!"
The information group’s investigators responded in unison. They had been itching to see this video for a while, but to no avail, and now that they knew the method, they immediately started to work enthusiastically.
Just like that, the investigators from the Abnormal Event Emergency Investigation Department’s information group began an endless loop of downloading and playing the operation, until two hours later, someone finally opened the video again.
"Quick, quick, quick! Jump to where it left off last time! It might get corrupted again any moment!" someone shouted.
This suggestion immediately gained consensus, and everyone crowded around to watch what followed.
"Hiss... the monster transformed... what is that thing... it’s all grey-green, and its chest is covered in mouths, how disgusting..."
"Look at it! The Armored Soldier’s spear barely cut in at all! And the rate of wound recovery! Terrifying! How are we supposed to fight this!?"
"The monster is charging! Wait! These Armored Soldiers really don’t seem to be alive, such a big wound on their chest and not even slightly affected..."
"Ah! The video is corrupted again! Quick, quick, quick, guys get back to downloading, let’s finish watching it today!"
Afterward, the investigators from the information group resumed their relentless video downloading efforts, each without the slightest impatience, instead, their expressions were full of anticipation, as if they were a group of Iron Powder awaiting updates to their favorite series.
PS: Thanks to Feng Qi Nan Chuan for the 600-point reward, thank you to Jian Ge Yi Niu and Book Friend 20200803201205738 for the 100-point reward