This feeling of being transmitted was incredibly strange.
In just a few seconds, Duan Chen felt a large amount of information suddenly appear in his mind.
This ability…
It was useful, but there was no need for him to replicate the entire ability.
After a moment's pause, Duan Chen already had his own thoughts and knew what he needed to do.
Thus, another entry was added to his sequence number.
At the same time, Duan Chen lowered the hands he had pressed against his temples.
"Received."
"This is a very useful ability," Duan Chen complimented casually.
The others' minds were already completely absorbed in the information about the mission target they had received in their minds.
"Yinshan Village…"
Tian Ximeng, holding a doll, murmured the three words she had received.
The information they could see was presented in the form of a book that appeared in their minds.
It wasn't like their own memories, a complex feeling to describe, but one that would be easily understood once experienced.
"What a strange name," Lu Shuishui couldn't help but shiver.
She found the name a bit eerie.
Mountain village, mountain village.
Why was there the character "Yin" (阴) for yin and yang before it?
Yinshan Village.
It sounded like a bad omen.
Wang Zihao kept two fingers pressed against his temples.
He spoke out the information he had extracted from his ability.
"It is said that this place was formerly called Yinshan Village."
"Everyone who lived here was surnamed Yin."
"Then, for reasons unknown, it was suddenly changed to Yinshan Village."
Through his Ancient Text skill, he connected to all nearby items that could provide knowledge.
However, he did not obtain any information.
All he saw was a sea of blood.
The information existed, but it was clearly obscured by something, so Wang Zihao's Ancient Text could not obtain any information that would be helpful for their mission.
"This is the first place we are responsible for investigating, so we must be extra careful. According to the intelligence transmitted, Yinshan Village may have been occupied by sea monsters."
A large, magnificent screen unfurled.
It appeared beneath Wang Zihao's hands.
The scene looked quite sci-fi, like a cyberpunk virtual future world, with countless streams of colorful light flowing and intertwining beneath Wang Zihao's hands.
It cast a myriad of colors onto his face.
Each tap of his fingers brought the sound of a virtual keyboard typing, "biubiu," on the virtual screen.
This sight was truly novel.
Even Duan Chen had never witnessed such a display of talent.
Wang Zihao lowered his head and operated with concentration.
"However, this is not the worst-case scenario."
"This is not the worst-case scenario?"
Upon hearing this, the others' faces instantly showed expressions of horror.
Yinshan Village itself was already fraught with immense danger.
Just from the name, it was evident it was no pleasant place.
And now there was the added unstable factor of sea monsters.
Yet, they were now being told that this was not the most complicated or desperate situation.
What else could there be?
Wang Zihao tightly pursed his lips.
His expression was quite grim.
He looked up at Duan Chen, unsure whether he should speak.
He also regretted the disrespectful attitude they had shown their instructor, because when he was using his Ancient Text to gather information earlier, he had suddenly obtained some information about the instructor standing before them.
Duan Chen, unaware of Wang Zihao's thoughts, stepped forward to explain when he heard their questioning.
"After the Leviathan's resurgence, the number of sea monsters on land decreased significantly, but some strange entities have appeared."
Strange entities?
"Are they ghosts?" Long Yi's face turned pale.
He then nervously glanced around, and upon seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he relaxed, masking his ashen, powder-white complexion.
A man should stand tall and straight, but no one said he couldn't be afraid of ghosts!
Fortunately, in response to his question, Duan Chen shook his head and denied it. Just as Long Yi breathed a sigh of relief, Duan Chen provided an even more terrifying answer.
"No, they are not the disembodied spirits and ghosts we traditionally understand, but strange entities similar to sea monsters."
"Both can be classified as 'otherworldly beings'."
Duan Chen explained in the simplest terms he could.
"These strange entities are more difficult to identify than sea monsters. There is currently no good way to determine how they are generated or what their behavioral rules are."
However, this was something that the entire Spirit Hunter Guild had been unable to ascertain so far.
In fact, the Spirit Hunter Guild had long known that sea monsters were a type of otherworldly being, but they could not unify all the information about these beings.
Vampires were also otherworldly beings.
Ghosts naturally fell into this category as well.
Duan Chen had previously encountered a vampire during his "sweeping the streets" operation. That fellow, unwilling to give up, tried to defy orders in secret, only to run into Wu Suowei.
Tsk.
Speaking of which.
As of now, the only completely hostile otherworldly beings that had appeared were sea monsters, and if one were to add more, there were the three great beasts of Mirror City.
Su Baiyi's melancholic eyes flashed. "It sounds like a very troublesome entity."
"Instructor, what do you think?"
She tentatively looked at Duan Chen.
Duan Chen shook his head directly.
"Whether it's truly troublesome or not will only be known after personal contact. Armchair theorizing is never as good as practice."
Bai Ye had barely interjected or spoken along the way.
He had focused entirely on driving.
"We've arrived. Ahead is Yinshan Village. I can't escort you any further from here."
He let out a sigh of relief.
Duan Chen understood that Bai Ye had found it quite difficult to persist until now, especially since this was Bai Ye's first time using a spirit-powered vehicle.
So, he didn't say much, but reached out and patted Bai Ye's shoulder.
"Okay, no problem."
"You can head back now."
Bai Ye rubbed his shoulder and smiled at Duan Chen, who was about to get out of the car door, and whispered his parting words.
"Come back safely."
It was indeed his first time using a spirit-powered vehicle.
This was a newly developed type of vehicle.
Suitable for use in areas with complete spirit-prohibition.
It could traverse any terrain.
It was not limited to gasoline.
And it would not break down due to issues with sea monsters.
The only problem was that this type of spirit-powered vehicle required a receiver to be placed on the driver's arm, constantly drawing spirit power from the driver's body.