Chapter 93: 91 Sound

91 Sound

"Abnormal creatures do not refer to a specific type, but rather a category of supernatural beings that humans cannot analyze using modern scientific theories. Two years ago, after Xuanmi Group Group Leader Wei Chengye first made the 'Collapse Night' public, the World Government, in order to promote human cognition, prevention, and confrontation regarding abnormal matters, unified the institutional standards for abnormal affairs countermeasure organizations across all regions.

Take the Xuanmi Group for example; the Xuanmi Group's Mysterious Investigator ranking system was divided from high to low into 'Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu'. Although the interior of the Xuanmi Group still habitually uses their traditional ranks to address one another, to conform to the culture of the era and facilitate understanding for modern young people, the ranking system was changed to the seven-level system established by the World Government: 'S, A, B, C, D, E, F'. Among these seven levels, the first five correspond to the original traditional five levels, while 'E' and 'F' were established for trainee investigators.

Regarding the danger level of abnormal matters, a standard was also formulated. The World Government adopted the Xuanmi Group's system in this regard. There are four levels of abnormal events, from high to low, named Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Yellow.

A Heaven-Level event means the appearance of an abnormal entity with the danger of easily destroying an area of more than one city; relatively speaking, this is the situation where the True Form or Avatar of an Alien God appears. An Earth-Level event indicates the appearance of abnormal power capable of destroying a modern city, most of the time corresponding to the appearance of an Upper-level Kin of an Alien God. A Mysterious Grade event indicates the appearance of abnormal factors affecting a certain urban area, which can correspond to the appearance of a group of abnormal creatures. A Yellow Grade event indicates the appearance of abnormal factors with small-scale influence, corresponding to the appearance of a smaller number of abnormal creatures..."

In the Mysterious Countermeasure Studies class at Liuhua Port Comprehensive University, the teacher responsible for this lecture task had a burly build and a resolute face, possessing a powerful aura that commanded respect without anger. The students attending the class were all listening to the other person's speech with well-behaved expressions. Although the content of this course was not particularly interesting, every student was listening earnestly.

The reason the students were listening so earnestly was, on one hand, because the teacher giving them this course was a Yi-grade Mysterious Investigator from the local Xuanmi Group branch organization, which corresponds to the current A-level Mysterious Investigator. The other person's status was quite high. Being able to hear a lecture from such a capable Mysterious Investigator with a rich resume, if not an honor, was at least a rare stroke of luck, and everyone wanted to seize the opportunity.

On the other hand, it was because the students at Liuhua Port Comprehensive University were all afraid and worried. They did not know if it was because abnormal things were no longer hidden but had been made public, but more and more abnormal things and phenomena were surfacing. Every abnormal event was accompanied by a high mortality rate with a survival rate of almost zero. Naturally, it was hard not to cause people to worry, but until disaster was imminent, it was actually hard to say anyone would have a true sense of tension. What really caused the students to fall into anxiety and panic were the constant Mysterious Disappearance Cases in Liuhua Port over the past month.

An abnormal event about to change from Yellow Grade to Mysterious Grade had occurred right beside them, and there had already been two related disappearance cases within the university. The Xuanmi Group had been at a loss regarding the investigation of this event, which made it hard not to feel uneasy.

No one knew if they would be the lucky ones of the Grim Reaper, becoming the next person to appear on the death list directory of an abnormal event.

If learning this course from a professional could acquire a bit of knowledge to survive, they... would definitely study hard.

A strong desire to survive ignited the intense fighting spirit of these lazy college students. Even the slackers in the group were listening intently in class, their eyes shining.

Only when people become serious do they feel that time passes so quickly. The two-hour course had a ten-minute break in the middle, but everyone still felt unfulfilled after listening.

After finishing today's course, Shang Wei, who was responsible for teaching the students today, did not leave immediately. Instead, before the next class started, he stood at the classroom podium to answer questions for students who came to ask.

It was not until the bell for the next class rang that Shang Wei left the classroom under the reluctant gazes of the students, turning to go to the third-floor conference room of the School of Business Administration at Liuhua Port Comprehensive University to meet with his leader.

Knocking to enter the conference room, the S-Class Xuanmi Investigator sent from headquarters, the current Group Leader of the Tiger Team, Yu Lianyun, had not yet finished her conversation with a student.

When first seeing Yu Lianyun, Shang Wei's first feeling was absurdity. This beautiful woman before his eyes, who looked absolutely no older than thirty, had actually become the captain of the Twelve Zodiacs main combat team at headquarters at such a young age.

Judging people by their appearance is absolutely inadvisable. As someone who climbed from the grassroots to his current rank, Shang Wei had long since witnessed the consequences of "judging by appearance" in abnormal events. Thus, he specifically asked the branch group leader about Yu Lianyun's past, only to discover that this absurdly young Tiger Team Group Leader had a quite exaggerated resume.

Yu Lianyun had only joined the organization for two years, but she had already survived three Heaven-Level abnormal events almost unscathed. She had encountered and faced the Avatars of Alien Gods head-on at least three times, and her heart and spirit had not collapsed even once to this day.

Regarding this, Shang Wei could not help but feel respect. Having felt despair in a single Earth-Level abnormal event, he simply could not imagine what kind of powerful soul Yu Lianyun possessed.

"Captain Yu." Shang Wei greeted her, then entered the conference room.

Yu Lianyun glanced over slightly, nodded, and then continued to ask the pale-faced girl in front of her: "Do you still remember what the sound you heard was?"

"I... I don't remember." The girl lowered her head, her hands tightly clutching the fabric of her long skirt. The sound of her trembling teeth clashing was clearly audible in the quiet conference room.

It turned out that this female student from Liuhua Port Comprehensive University was a survivor of the recent Mysterious Disappearance Cases. Yu Lianyun had been dispatched by headquarters specifically for her.

Hearing this, Yu Lianyun coaxed her gently: "It is very safe here, no one can hurt you. You can rest assured and recall it slowly, don't be in a hurry."

Hearing Yu Lianyun's gentle voice, the girl's trembling body relaxed slightly. She lowered her head and remained silent for a long time before finally emitting a chilling, strange sound.

It was an indescribable vocal line; one could not tell the gender or age. It just used the deepest and strangest vocal tone to speak syllables that no one could repeat. Using only crude human pronunciation to imitate it, it was probably "Hai," "Da," "Hui," "Ke."

When the girl finished saying this sound that was likely a name, she suddenly clutched her throat in pain, fell to the ground in agony, and her mouth could not stop coughing up saliva and blood.