In other words, the accident that led to the abandonment of the Nameless Island research institute was very likely this "Primal Anomaly Direct Contact Experiment."
Could Tianshu Tower have deliberately concealed this matter? But if so, why had they sent them to the island to recover these documents?
Once Hunters like them came into contact with these files, the secret Tianshu Tower had sealed away for so long would inevitably be exposed... Surely they could not kill all these Hunters to silence them?
Several thousand deaths caused by research into a Primal Anomaly would certainly bring Tianshu Tower and the Federal Government condemnation and criticism in the current climate of public opinion... But it would be nothing more than condemnation and criticism.
Looking over the history of humanity's struggle against Anomalies, the loss of several thousand people was nothing at all. Not to mention anything further back, just the recent Longyanlei incident alone had claimed far more lives in Tianfu City's western district.
Besides, the Nameless Island research institute accident had occurred more than a hundred years ago. Over those hundred-odd years, the Federal Government's upper ranks had changed dozens of times. Even if accountability were pursued, all they needed to do was issue a few perfunctory statements—ordinary people were not fools. They would not turn against the Federation over the deaths of several thousand people from over a century ago who had nothing to do with them.
If this matter were made public, it would actually do more good than harm for the Xiazhou Federation—first, it could publicize the Federal Government's progress in Anomaly research and boost public confidence; second, Tianshu Tower could use it as grounds to launch a batch of new research projects...
Tianshu Tower and the Federal Government had neither need nor reason to silence them,