Sun Hang immediately pulled out the remaining part of the document from the file bag and read it eagerly.

But just then, he heard a faint laughter.

In the next second, the words on the paper began to fade rapidly. In the blink of an eye, the pile of documents recording earth-shattering secrets turned into a pile of thick, yellowing blank paper.

Sun Hang felt something and looked up. Just as he expected, there were three lifelike monkey statues placed neatly directly above the safe. Except for the monkey covering its eyes, the other two monkeys were gazing at him with ambiguous smiles.

"Fuck you!" Sun Hang was genuinely furious this time and slapped at the monkey statue.

However, his palm passed through the monkey statue without any obstruction.

He could see the monkey statues, but he couldn't touch them at all.

How should he describe this feeling? The saying "punching a pillow" was already overused. Sun Hang thought for a moment and decided on a fresher analogy — this feeling was like picking your nose while wearing gloves; you can see it, you can feel it, but you cannot truly touch it…highlighting an extreme discomfort.

Sun Hang ran through all the foul language he could think of in his mind, then took a deep breath and asked slowly, "I don't know why you won't let me probe into my past, is it because you're afraid of the past me, or is it for some other reason?"

The three monkeys did not respond.

"Then what's the purpose of your appearance here?" Sun Hang patted the stack of blank paper in his hand, "Just to turn these things into a book without words? Since you have such powers, why not erase the memories deep in my mind, so I won't enter this dream at all, no worries, wouldn't you agree?"

Sun Hang wanted to continue saying something, but a thought suddenly popped into his mind.

"It's not time yet."

"What's not time yet?" Sun Hang was startled, "Deleting my memories or letting me access these things?"

"Leave here." Another thought emerged.

"Can the riddle people just die?" For the first time having communicated with the consciousness suspected to be the three monkeys, Sun Hang was trying to get more information out, but a strong light flashed, startling him instantaneously, and he nearly rolled off the tree trunk he was leaning against.

"Are you okay?" The fisherman looked up at Sun Hang and asked, "You suddenly jerked a bit just now, like you were electrocuted."

"I... I'm fine." Sun Hang waved his hand, "Just fell asleep and tripped in the dream."

"You're amazing to be able to fall asleep here?" The fisherman gave Sun Hang a thumbs up, "I always thought my nerves were strong enough, and now meeting you, I'm truly impressed."

"The sea breeze just makes me a little sleepy." Sun Hang raised his wrist and glanced at the time displayed on the bracelet. He had only slept for less than ten minutes in this "nap," whereas in that dream, he stayed for at least over an hour.

Sun Hang turned to look towards the center of the island and said to the other three, "I've changed my mind, let's go to the institute."

"Huh? Why?" The fisherman was startled, "Didn't you say it's very dangerous there?"

Shino and the female hunter also looked at Sun Hang with puzzled expressions.

"It's indeed dangerous, but the first two batches of hunters have probably cleared the mines for us by now, it's time for us to pick up the ready-made ones." Sun Hang said.

"…So you've been waiting for them to clear the mines all this time?" The fisherman said in amazement, "But what if they didn't encounter any danger?"

"If they didn't encounter danger, then wouldn't it be even more reason for us to go there?" Sun Hang retorted.

"This…"

The fisherman was rendered speechless for a moment, and after hesitating for a long time, he could only squeeze out one sentence, "Man, what you said makes so much sense, I can't even find a reason to argue against it!"

"I always feel things won't be that simple…we should still be careful not to underestimate things." Shino frowned, "The biggest doubt lies in Yamata Orochi itself…why did it attack us, and why didn't it continue the pursuit? Although its combat power would greatly decrease on land, it's still more than capable of dealing with us hunters… Without figuring out this issue, I still can't feel at ease."

"You guys can choose to stay here." Sun Hang said, "I've already decided, I'm going in."

The truth is, the reason Sun Hang changed his mind is quite simple—the three monkeys wanted him to leave here, but he deliberately wants to go into the institute.

If they make him go east, he'll just go west, being rebellious.

Even if there's danger inside the institute, the three monkeys have his back—if even they can't resolve this issue, Sun Hang doesn't believe that by relying solely on his own ability, he could leave Nameless Island alive.

As for why he believes the three monkeys would have his back, the reason is even simpler… If the three monkeys don't want him to explore those secrets, the simplest and most direct way would be to kill him, but they haven't done so.

He didn't believe that with the capabilities of the three monkeys, they couldn't kill him.

The fact that they don't kill him means they need him alive…the purpose of which is not yet discussed, but in short, with the presence of the three monkeys, Sun Hang can safely and boldly take risks.

Since he couldn't beat up the three monkeys to vent his anger, he might as well use their power to vent some frustration.

To be honest, he'd prefer the fisherman and others to stay put rather than follow him—for the three monkeys would ensure his safety, but not necessarily theirs.

"So should we set off now?" The fisherman asked.

"Hmm… By the way, how long has it been since they fired a signal flare?" Sun Hang asked.

"Since the group of hunters parted ways with us, I haven't seen a signal flare again." The fisherman said, "Thinking of this, I also feel Shino's concern has some merit."

"Calculating by walking speed, that group of Angsa people should have already entered the ruins of the institute. Then those who followed them should just be stepping out of the woods…assuming they're still alive." Sun Hang filled a green signal flare into the chamber, raised the gun muzzle, aimed at the sky, and pulled the trigger.

A green signal flare exploded high in the air.

Followed by a second and a third.

Sun Hang fired off three green signal flares at once—for this mission, they only carried red and green signal flares. A single green flare means safety, red indicates danger; as for three consecutive shots, green calls for a response, red requests remote artillery support.

The light of the three green signal flares gradually descended, yet the other hunters' responses delayed in appearing.

Shino's worry deepened, and he murmured, "Even if the first batch of hunters has entered the ruins, they may not see the signal flare, but the second batch that left should have seen the signal flare we shot, shouldn't they? How could there be no response at all? I remember they carried signal guns and flares when they left."

"It's also possible they've found something good and don't want us to know." The fisherman said, "Despite the nice words they said when they left, to me, there's not even half a word to trust."

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.