"Maybe... maybe the Nameless Island research facility had been granted a great deal of autonomy back then..." Yang Qi stammered. "Or perhaps the incident happened too suddenly, and what Tianshu Tower wanted to investigate was the truth behind the accident..."
To be honest, even Yang Qi herself could not convince herself with those far-fetched excuses.
"Why don't you just ask Elder Pei directly?" Candle Dragon said.
"I did. He wouldn't tell me." Sun Hang glanced at the time displayed on his phone. "He only said that the report I submitted this time would be of great help in tracing the origins of the Nameless Island incident."
"Then Elder Pei's meaning is already quite clear. We don't need to worry about this anymore. Someone will handle the aftermath," Candle Dragon said.
"Aren't you curious?" Sun Hang asked.
"Being curious is useless. There are too many things in this world that can pique my curiosity, but not every question gets an answer." Candle Dragon smiled and shrugged. "Rather than waste time on this, I'd rather sunbathe or have a drink."
"You're right."
Sun Hang nodded, but he could not help muttering inwardly, If this had nothing to do with me, I naturally wouldn't care. But the key is that Nameless Island seems to be extremely closely connected to my origins...
Nearly all the Hunters who had landed on the island this time had been wiped out. Such a high casualty rate was exceedingly rare even among all past Rank Advancement Trials... Not only had Tianshu Tower acted, but the Xiazhou Federation had also dispatched a special forces unit and an engineering unit to Nameless Island to participate in the excavation of the ruins.
The Federal Government clearly attached tremendous importance to Nameless Island—besides the two units sent ashore, it had even specifically