Chapter 195: 191 New Discoveries

Kelake was quite concerned about the records regarding Kande. Although he had never met Kande, his intuition told him that he must take this character seriously.

Kande was able to obtain the Stone Statue that Walunte and Bluebeard used to perform demon-subduing arts, and he even knew how to seal the Stone Statue away for safekeeping. Judging from this, this person's insight and ability were definitely not those of an ordinary human.

Furthermore, the records about him in the two notebooks before his eyes provided circumstantial evidence that there was an abnormality in Kande's death.

If Count Bluebeard and Butler Walunte had known that Kande was the culprit who stole their Stone Statue, then Kande's death should not have been abnormal; the demon-subduing art records in Bluebeard's notebook would have contained records of Kande, and Butler Walunte's observation records of Kande would not have been crossed out.

But if Count Bluebeard and Butler Walunte did not know that it was Kande who stole the Peering Shadow of All Things Stone Statue, then why did Kande die?

Thinking of the riddle-like words Butler Walunte had just said, "not fully understood," Kelake felt a headache coming on. He had almost flipped through every corner of Butler Walunte's room, yet he still could not figure out what exactly he had not "fully understood."

"Could it be related to Kande's death?" Kelake couldn't help but think. He stared fixedly at Butler Walunte's observation records, gazing at the crossed-out parts.

Suddenly, Kelake noticed that there seemed to be overlapping handwriting in the crossed-out section, only the ink Butler Walunte used to black it out was too heavy and dense to be noticed at first. So, he lit the oil lamp on the table and, using the firelight to illuminate the page, he was finally able to vaguely discern what else was written there.

"He actually jumped off a cliff and died... No one can set foot in the bottomless abyss beneath the Gubao. He cannot be retrieved, and even if he were, the corpse would not be whole; he cannot be made into material... Who else can fill this position... Who can come to this remote Gubao to help us..." Kelake slowly read out the overlapping text, and only then did he learn the cause of Kande's death.

Jumped off a cliff? Why would a person jump off a cliff for no reason?

Kelake only felt that he was on the verge of the truth of everything, just missing that one key needle to pierce the balloon.

For him now, staying alive had become a luxury, so Kelake felt that rather than dying in ignorance, it would be better to figure out the whole truth before he died; even in death, he would be an informed ghost.

Kelake once again scanned Walunte's room, hoping to find other valuable clues.

"Peering Shadow of All Things, Eye of the Crevice, recorded in the Alien God documents of the Abnormal Biology Foundation. The Avatar of this Alien God in the New York region is widely circulated in the form of an Urban Legend. I think if you were obsessed with the foreign internet in the early years, everyone should have heard of an existence like the Slender Man." After browsing through a large number of documents and materials, the Tiger Team member responsible for the search finally found the answer.

"Slender Man?" Yu Lianyun blinked, slightly surprised. "I have heard of the Urban Legend about it. It is said that it abducts children, and at the same time, anyone who inadvertently senses its existence will be harmed by it. Those people will suffer from mental damage due to mysterious power, be unable to sleep at night, have their vision change frequently, and suffer from various physical discomforts like dizziness. And when it comes into close contact with humans, humans are very likely to have their mental state affected by the other party's abilities."

"Yes, that's it. However, except for the point about abducting children being a fictional embellishment from folk stories, almost everything else is true." The Tiger Team member who was reporting let out a deep breath and said with a grave expression, "Besides that, after checking and translating the prayers praising the Peering Shadow of All Things by the heretics across the ocean, I discovered that it is actually the Yellow Sand Truth School's interpretation of a piece of parallel prose about the Lord of Yellow Sand."

Hearing this, Yu Lianyun couldn't help but step forward and snatch the materials from the other party's hand to read them herself; the shock in her eyes was almost ready to burst out.

Yu Lianyun only read a few lines before she closed her eyes. While trembling with restraint and taking deep breaths, she said with a gloomy face: "Bu Gaojun, you have made a great discovery, but at the same time, we have also run into big trouble."

Bu Gaojun nodded and said: "Yes, the Lord of Yellow Sand in the Shenzhou Region is also an Avatar of the Peering Shadow of All Things. This Alien God has long been our enemy. I now seriously suspect that the people of the Yellow Sand Truth School in the Shenzhou Region have joined forces with the extremists on the West Coast of the New York region who worship the Slender Man. Dr. Clark's disappearance is inseparable from them."

Yu Lianyun and Bu Gaojun fell into a state of helplessness.

Knock, knock.

Just as Yu Lianyun and Bu Gaojun were distressed and thinking of countermeasures, a member of the Second Team led by the Rabbit Team knocked on the door and walked in to report: "Captain Yu, we have made new discoveries. Our Captain Yu thinks it would be best for everyone to go over and listen."

Hearing this, Yu Lianyun and Bu Gaojun looked at each other, then followed the Mysterious Investigator to the Second Team's temporary office with half-belief.

The Rabbit Team captain stood in front of a transparent board filled with various interpersonal relationship networks. Yu Lianyun looked at that heavy back, and her heart sank slightly. She asked: "Captain Yumao, you said you had some discoveries here; it just so happens I have some too..."

"No rush, let him speak first, Captain Xiaoyu." Before Yu Lianyun could finish speaking, the tall Rat Team captain Leng Qiuzi appeared from behind her and walked to her side, stopping there.

Yumao slowly turned around, revealing an ugly complexion, his expression pale, with cold sweat on his face.

Seeing Yumao like this, both captains of the zodiac teams couldn't help but feel their hearts sink.

Yumao spoke slowly: "Just now, we received a report from the members of the Abnormal Biology Foundation who are assisting our Xuanmi Group in the investigation. While they were investigating Dr. Clark's interpersonal relationships and past locally, they discovered an abnormality regarding Dr. Clark..."

Yu Lianyun and Leng Qiuzi were both focused, listening quietly.

"Dr. Clark's current parents are not his original family. He once lived in an orphanage for a short time, only to be adopted by a kind couple, who are Dr. Clark's current parents, not long after. We found out that Dr. Clark's original name was Ainusi, and he lived on the West Coast. He was the child of a crazy couple. Before being sent to the orphanage, he was persecuted and beaten by his biological father and mother from time to time.

On another night when the crazy couple were fighting each other, they accidentally started a big fire, which eventually led to their unfortunate deaths, while the young Dr. Clark at the time luckily escaped death... However, after the Abnormal Biology Foundation used some special means to investigate the fire, they discovered that the fire was not an accident, but was deliberately caused by a person.

Guess who the person who set the fire was?" Captain Yumao took off his glasses and rubbed his brow, sweat dripping down his fingers as he rubbed, "Yes, it was the young Dr. Clark."