Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 586 - 142: Ye Jiu Has Gone Mad

"How's it going? Found anything?" Wang Xiyi asked over the communication channel.

Yang Qi: "I've got a few leads, but I'm not sure..."

"Do you want me to continue chasing that escaped guy?" Wang Xiyi asked again.

"Do you know where he escaped to?"

"Uh... no." Wang Xiyi said somewhat awkwardly, "All the traces at the scene were destroyed by my abilities..."

"You're not in great shape either, so head back to the research institute first," Yang Qi said. "Ye Xuan has already sent two reinforced companies to Jinlu County, along with an elite squad borrowed from the Investigation Bureau. They're equipped with professional gear and will conduct a thorough search of the entire city. Even if that guy got away, he's definitely seriously injured, and with the mysterious creature he 'merged' with dead, he's not as much of a threat now."

"Alright, I'll head back then." Wang Xiyi nodded, "Can you send a plane or a car for me? I cut off my wings, and if I have to walk back, it might be tomorrow before I can get to Tianfu City."

"Okay, we'll arrange it immediately."

Yang Qi nodded and then turned back to her laptop screen.

Song Yarong made two cups of coffee and placed one in front of Yang Qi.

Just as Yang Qi picked up the coffee, her hand froze in mid-air.

A flash of insight flickered through her mind, and a few somewhat indistinct threads of reasoning began to stretch outward.

Even people like Wen Ya and Yao Yu can become pawns of the A11 Organization, so it's not hard to imagine that the Federation Government and the upper echelons of Dubhe Tower may already be infiltrated by the A11 Organization.

This A11 Organization has the ability to obtain this research file on the fusion of natives and mysterious creatures, and even to restart the body-and-creature fusion experiments that were unanimously rejected by the three major regimes back then...

So, the appearance of this octopus man isn't surprising.

As for the test sites and research funding... that's even less of an issue, as organizations like this lack everything but money.

In the Xiazhou Federation, there are many wealthy individuals who hold a skeptical view of the Federation Government's capabilities, turning instead to believe in some Cult Organizations. Every time a Cult Organization is eradicated, quite a few well-known "sponsors" from the business world are uncovered in the background.

These wealthy people don't really believe in the cult; most of the time, they just see these Cult Organizations as an "extra insurance" for when the world ends.

For them, spending a few million to tens of millions in "sponsorship fees" annually is a drop in the bucket. They might not believe at all in the so-called miracles flaunted by the Cult Organizations or actively participate in their activities.

If a second war of mysterious creatures does break out and the Xiazhou Federation survives it, they may never need the power of these Cult Organizations. But if the Xiazhou Federation falls in the war against the mysterious creatures, these Cult Organizations that they've funded for years might provide them a lifeline amid the apocalypse.

The saying goes, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

Spending large amounts of money to buy a promise that "might not be fulfilled and even when fulfilled may not be useful, but has a small chance of saving their lives at a critical moment" is something these wealthy people, who cherish their lives above all else, are very capable of doing.

And the price for this is nothing but money, with no other risks involved.

Even if investigators know who sponsors the Cult Organizations, they can't arrest them directly—because the money is thoroughly laundered before reaching the Cult Organizations, making it hard to prove that a certain wealthy person is financing them.

It's like a tycoon deliberately losing millions at a casino run by a Cult Organization. As long as he insists he had no idea about the forces behind the casino, the Public Security Bureau and Investigation Bureau can't do much.

Similarly, there's spending big money on fake antiques, claiming to be swindled, voluntarily gifting red envelopes to a beautiful woman, etc. As long as there's creativity involved, solutions will always outnumber difficulties.

For a deeply rooted, powerful organization like A11, there are probably plenty of wealthy individuals funding them.

"This A11 Organization... is probably far more terrifying than we imagined."

Yang Qi instinctively looked up at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan seemed to have guessed Yang Qi's thoughts, shaking her head with a hint of helplessness. "Don't look at me. I know you want to investigate this organization's background via unusual financial flows... but let me tell you clearly, even with the influence of the Ye Family, I can't find it. Leaving aside whether my dad would let me investigate, even if he did grant me the clearance, I wouldn't be able to pinpoint the exact information we need from the vast sea of data."

Ye Xuan paused, then added, "Especially over in Chunming City, where the various forces are interwoven, and no high-ranking person can confidently claim their background is completely clean. If we really dig deeper, we'll definitely face heavy resistance. If I come out and say I need every government official and wealthy person to disclose all their financial activities in recent years to track the funding source of a Cult Organization, people will just look at me like I'm an idiot."

"Perhaps we don't need to track financial flows," Yang Qi suggested. "Conducting human experiments of this level requires professional-grade laboratories, and they wouldn't be small... By following this line of thought, we could narrow down our target range!"