Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 413 - 51: Whispers

"Is there any difference between Espers and Hunters?" Ling Xiao asked.

"Difference?" Lilith couldn’t help but laugh, "The biggest difference is that you’re not infected, right? You have those special abilities similar to those of the infected, but you don’t have to worry about your own infection process breaking through that damned threshold, nor do you have to worry that one day you’ll lose control and turn into a mysterious creature or a ghoul... Isn’t that enough?"

Lilith paused for a moment and continued, "Moreover, Espers have almost no restrictions when using their abilities... unlike us Hunters, who have to constantly watch the wristband while using our abilities, and once the wristband gives a warning, we have to stop immediately—it’s like you’re halfway through taking a dump and have to forcibly hold it in."

Although Lilith’s analogy was a bit "crude," if Wang Xiyi were here, she would surely give it a thumbs-up.

Appropriate, indeed very appropriate.

"Ling Xiao is an Esper?" Jiang Yu’s eyes showed a hint of surprise.

"Probably, that’s why I suggested he visit Dubhe Tower," Lilith said, "But for now... let’s focus on how to complete the task alive."

"Yeah... that’s true," Jiang Yu nodded, "Although the workers have disappeared, these machines seem to be perfectly preserved... As long as we can eliminate that mysterious creature, the task should be considered complete, right?"

"Not necessarily... you said it yourselves, this is the Inner World," Lilith said, "Don’t be fooled by the fact that the equipment here in the Inner World is intact; for all we know, the inside of the factory in the Outer World might be a complete wreck."

"Then... if the factory equipment in the Outer World is destroyed, can we take things from the Inner World to the Outer World?" Jiang Yu asked.

"Good question, I’ve been wondering the same thing," Lilith laughed, "The Inner World is like a replica of the Outer World, an existence that completely breaks the laws of conservation of matter and energy... Of course, in the face of mysterious creatures, all those classical physics laws are bullshit. But then again, this thing is like a bug in the real world, and like any bug, it has its disadvantages... and advantages."

"..." Jiang Yu opened his mouth.

"But the key is whether we can find that connecting passage... whether we want to return to the Outer World or bring these things back to the Outer World, the prerequisite is to find the connecting passage," Lilith said, staring at Ling Xiao, "And your ’special ability’ has become the most crucial of keys."

Ling Xiao didn’t speak but removed the gun holster hanging around his neck and secured it to his waist.

"How many people were in the second group that entered Factory No. 105? It’s not just the two of you, right?" Lilith asked again.

"We belong to the 67th external squad of the Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute and came with the 51st Division’s first mechanized infantry battalion. The main forces should be stationed around the factory... We were worried about damaging the production equipment, so we didn’t use violent means to break through the door; instead, we crawled in through the ventilation ducts," Jiang Yu answered.

"And as you crawled, you ended up in the Inner World?" Lilith smirked, "That’s really damn interesting..." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"But at least there’s some good news," Lilith changed her tone.

"What’s the good news?" Jiang Yu asked eagerly.

"It’s that the time flow rate in the Inner World is very slow... like you said, I’ve only been missing for less than an hour on the outside, but here, it feels like several days have passed. This means we have plenty of time to explore, even if we waste a whole day here, only a few minutes will have passed outside."

"Is that so?" Jiang Yu turned to look at Ling Xiao.

The latter nodded, "Yes."

"Since that’s the case, there’s no need to rush," Lilith simply sat down cross-legged, "Tell me, what did you find outside?"

...

...

Ten minutes later.

"It sounds like electromagnetic interference... but you mentioned those eerie voices..." Lilith frowned, removed her Bluetooth earphones, switched them to external speaker mode, and began adjusting the listening frequency via the wristband connected to the earphones.

As standard communication tools for mysterious creature Hunters, their Bluetooth headphones are equivalent to small military radios, able to easily access special frequencies like 222.2MHz and 555MHz. Especially after Eternal Night affected the entire Shuzhou Region’s radio communications, the equipment department had upgraded all Hunters’ earphones.

"I’ll try 111.1MHz first," Lilith said, "The people outside heard indistinct whispers, right?"

Ling Xiao nodded.

Lilith set the Bluetooth earphones to 111.1MHz and pressed the confirm button.

Inside the earphones came a crystal-clear female voice, completely different from the previous indistinguishable whispers.

"...I will find you, and then, take revenge... I will definitely find... I found you, I have already found you... You can’t escape..."

"It seems," Lilith said, "The content heard in the Inner World and the Outer World is completely different. This voice, could it be from that mysterious creature? It sounds like a woman’s voice, could it be a humanoid mysterious creature? I’ve read the relevant files; part of Chimera 17’s body seems to be a woman. Revenge? Who does it intend to take revenge on? Could it be looking for the Night Slayer who nearly killed it?"

Lilith continued, "But now, the body of Chimera 17 should be inside that giant cocoon... so the one invading Factory No. 105 could be its duplicate?"

"No," Ling Xiao suddenly said.

"What’s wrong?" Lilith was taken aback, "Do you think there’s a problem with my analysis?"

"No, I mean the first sentence."

"The first sentence... ’The content heard in the Inner World and the Outer World is completely different’?"

"This sentence should be the indistinct whisper we heard outside because the length and pause intervals of the sentences match exactly," Ling Xiao explained.

"Tsk... That must be the ’membrane’ between the Inner World and the Outer World, causing the voice distortion," Lilith mused, "This thing is like a thick layer of cotton; we and the source of the sound are in the Inner World, so we can hear it clearly, while people outside hear it as if through this layer of cotton."

"But, the laughter at 222.2MHz didn’t sound distorted when we heard it outside?" Jiang Yu asked, puzzled.

"That I don’t know... Why don’t we listen to it directly?" Lilith tapped a few times on the wristband screen and adjusted the frequency to 222.2MHz again.