Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 646 - 173: False Images

Due to the past personnel disappearance incidents, the operations command decided not to send stationed personnel to Bunker One and Bunker Two. Instead, it activated the fully automated mode for both bunkers—the main control computer of the bunker will transmit images captured by observation equipment in real-time to headquarters, while tasks such as daily patrols, bunker maintenance, and troubleshooting are handed over to the military robots previously deployed inside the bunkers.

The mysterious entity missing in the depths of the bunker still hasn't been found, but this doesn't affect the normal operation of the bunker... or rather, after switching to unmanned bunkers, the whole operation process of the frontline bunker has become much simpler.

As long as the normal operation of the reactor, observation equipment, and communication devices can be ensured, facilities used for ensuring personnel survival can be completely shut down. This reduces the bunker's energy consumption by half, and the logistics department no longer needs to send people to deliver various living supplies to the bunker at intervals.

There is a robotic dog guarding the entrance of the vehicle depot. As Sun Hang approached, this robotic dog immediately aimed the weapon on its back at him.

The next second, a red laser shot out from the monocular on the robotic dog's head, scanning Sun Hang from head to toe.

"Identity verified, alert dismissed." A segment of AI-synthesized voice came from the robotic dog's speaker, and the muzzle of the nine-millimeter rapid-fire machine gun moved away from Sun Hang, "Go7-3 is executing Task No. 1305, visitor information has been recorded and is being uploaded."

"Sun Hang, what are you doing at Bunker One?" Yang Qi's voice sounded in the headset, evidently having received the information transmitted by the robotic dog.

"I just feel there's something not right about the bunker." Sun Hang replied, "If you insist on asking why, then I can only tell you... it's a man's intuition."

"Is it because of that inexplicably vanished mysterious entity?" Yang Qi asked, "Our most urgent matter right now is to prepare for the upcoming final combat action. As long as the mysterious entity doesn't affect the final operations, I think we can temporarily not worry about it... Besides, in the previous encounters, didn't you discover that this mysterious entity still retains some part of human self-awareness?"

"No, that's not the reason." Sun Hang shook his head, "That mysterious entity didn't give me any threatening feeling, not ever... What makes me feel something is off is something else."

"Then be careful... I've already interfaced all surveillance cameras inside Bunker One, just let me know which area's footage you need to check." Yang Qi said.

"Alright." Sun Hang stood still, slowly closing his eyes.

From the center of his body, countless strands of consciousness spread outward.

These strands of consciousness slowly brushed over the bunker's ground, walls, and ceiling, faintly, Sun Hang seemed to catch glimpses of battle scenes—he saw a person sprinting, the next scene was this person crashing heavily to the ground, and the following scene was another individual dragging that fallen person, desperately running forward.

From their attire, it can be recognized that they are all stationed personnel of Bunker One, but in these memory images, their facial features are extremely blurred, and their body shape and some identifiable individual characteristics are all obscured... Just like in large MMORPGs where the graphics settings are adjusted to the lowest, turning all characters into the same model.

The two struggled to pass through the airtight door, tumbling and crawling into the vehicle depot, and then, the person dragging the companion took an extinguisher from the wall, spraying it toward the direction of the airtight door.

In these scenes, Sun Hang did not see anything chasing them... but the bodily movements of these two people convey a deep sense of fear, as if something extremely terrifying is pursuing them from behind.

"An extinguisher? Could it be internal fire in the bunker?"

"But even if the fire spread through the tunnel, the airtight door should be able to block it. These airtight doors themselves have the function of fire doors... They only need to close the door, there's no need to use an extinguisher?"

"The stationed personnel of Bunker One are all experienced operatives, even in panic, they wouldn't make such a basic mistake... Could it be someone did not evacuate from the tunnel, so they chose not to close the door?"

"No... If the fire was so intense, those who didn't evacuate are likely in dire danger, they should know how to decide... Moreover, Liu Li has read the vehicle usage records of Bunker One, judging from the number of vehicles that have left the bunker, most of the people should have successfully evacuated..."

"No, still not right... If it was fire, I should be able to see it or feel it in these images... something seems missing from these scenes..."

"Could it be the mysterious entity? A flame-form mysterious entity? Spirit Body type?"

Sun Hang opened his eyes, the memory scenes faded along with them, he walked to the airtight door and pressed his palm on the door lock.

"Identity verified, welcome Hunter Sun Hang."

The airtight door slid open with a "clack," revealing the deep corridor behind.