Ling Cage: I am a spiritual master, devouring source matter to become a god.

Jing Yuan nodded and said, "It is indeed a bit strange. It's a pity that the later content was deleted."

If Morgan were still alive, we could ask him what really happened.

Unfortunately, Morgan is dead, and there's no one to ask him.

Suddenly, Jingyuan looked at the report, which mentioned someone—Flynn.

The file mentions that Flynn, as a researcher, had contact with those monsters.

Jingyuan turned to look at Jingnan and asked, "Where is Flynn now?"

"He's still in the closed data management room. I released him from custody, but he still wants to stay there!"

"Alright! Come with me to see him!"

……

Inside the closed data management room, Ash's body still lay there, though the space was much simpler than before.

Jingyuan and his three companions entered and called out, "Flynn!"

Flynn heard the noise and quickly came out.

Upon seeing that it was Jing Yuan, he immediately greeted him warmly, "Lord Jing Yuan, what brings you here?"

Flynn was a very pragmatic man. He saw that Morgan was already dead, and if he didn't treat Jingyuan well, he wouldn't even know when he would die.

Jing Yuan said directly, "Flynn, I've come to ask you something."

Jing Yuan handed him the tablet and asked, "When you encountered those monsters, I'd like to know, what kind of Devouring Beasts did you meet?"

Flynn looked down at the data on the tablet, then thought for a long time before saying, "I didn't expect Morgan to delete the records. What's the point of deleting them? It's just that we encountered a human who had fused with Mana genes!"

"Are you sure it's human?"

“I’m certain they are human! They still retain a basic human form, but they have undergone varying degrees of mutation.” Flynn said matter-of-factly, “Back when the Devouring Beasts broke out, the ground was teeming with them, and they were trying to absorb human life essence. Our Lighthouse is in the air, so we can avoid the Devouring Beasts. But how can people on the ground survive? I think incorporating a little Mana gene is probably their method of avoiding the Devouring Beasts.”

Where did you encounter these humans?

“It’s been too long, I can’t remember.” After Flynn finished speaking, he saw Jing Yuan’s gaze and quickly thought for a moment before saying, “It should have been within the territory of the Zeon Kingdom back then!”

Chapter 248 Investigation Mission Log

After listening, Jingyuan wanted to ask where the Kingdom of Gene was.

Jingnan, standing nearby, said directly, "The Zeon Kingdom back then was composed of an archipelago of nations, and its territory has now sunk to the bottom of the sea."

“Is that so?” Flynn thought for a moment and said, “In recent decades, the geological changes on Earth have been rapid, so it is indeed possible.”

Jingyuan said helplessly, "They can't possibly live at the bottom of the sea!"

"Them?" Flynn asked doubtfully. "Do you mean you want to find these humans who have been fused with Mana genes?"

"Correct!"

Why are you looking for them?

Jingyuan looked around at the surroundings, then at Flynn, and said, "Don't just stay here all the time, go out and see more of the world."

Flynn was taken aback. Judging from Jingyuan's tone, it seemed as if he had missed something.

He had gotten used to staying in the management office, so even after his confinement was lifted, he continued to stay there.

Jingyuan pondered for a moment. Although he had confirmed with Flynn the fact that the Lighthouse had made contact with the Zeon survivors back then, he still couldn't determine the location of the Zeon survivors.

Jingyuan said, "Decades have passed, they may no longer be in the same place. We..."

“That’s not necessarily true,” Flynn suddenly said. “Things are different now than in the old world. The whole world is now overrun with Devourer Beasts, and it’s simply impossible for a single species to migrate to a distant place!”

Back then, we met the silver-haired girl around here. So many years have passed, and she's still active on this continent, isn't she?

Therefore, as long as they are still alive, they must be near the homeland of Gene!

Upon hearing this, Jingyuan felt that Flynn's words made sense.

Jingyuan said, "Jingnan, go and retrieve the lighthouse's navigation records. I checked the time when the lighthouse passed near the territory of the Zeon Kingdom."

Why did you need to access the flight logs?

Jingyuan did not answer, but said to Penny and Ranbing, "Penny, Ranbing, go and retrieve the Hunters' Ground Mission Report, and combine it with the time when the Lighthouse passed through the territory of the Gene Kingdom, find out the relevant mission records of Charles sending people to the ground."

Jingnan, Penny, and Ranbing all looked at Jingyuan, still not understanding what he was going to do.

Jing Yuan explained, "The gene serums that Charles used on Sharif and Lorif were based on Gene technology. The only way Charles could obtain these serums was by sending people down to the surface with the hunters on missions."

I remember that every report I gave on the ground included detailed records of who went and who sacrificed their lives.

Although they may erase the medicine from the supplies record, we can still find out which of the people who went down were Charles's men.

If we can find out roughly where Charles obtained the gene serum, we might be able to trace it back to the Gene survivors.

Upon hearing this, Ran Bing suddenly said, "I have a record here."

Jing Yuan looked at Ran Bing, "What record?"

“Charles used to like sending his private hunters down to the surface to collect supplies. Instructor Elon was the hunter commander at the time, but he turned a blind eye to it. However, Mark and I secretly kept records of Charles’s men, where they went, and what they hid…”

Jingyuan asked in confusion, "Why are you writing all this down?"

Ran Bing said, "Later, Mark took such a 'ledger' to Morgan and stopped Charles's behavior."

“Where is the account book?”

"One copy was given to Morgan, and a backup is in Mark's room."

"Then go and get it. We'll wait for you in the control room."

"it is good!"

Immediately afterwards, Jingyuan led the three of them out of the management office.

Ran Bing went to retrieve the account book.

Navigation control room.

Jingyuan asked Jingnan to retrieve the lighthouse's navigation records.

Because lighthouses drift around in the sky, without a fixed abode, they spend most of their time aimlessly.

When you arrive at a place, if there are supplies, go and collect them.

The lighthouse had recently passed through Zeon territory, but it did not go down to collect supplies.

Going back further, we need to go back three years, when there were three field missions.

All three missions took place around the homeland of Zeon.

Ran Bing brought out the ledger, which contained records of Charles's private hunting expeditions.

After Elon stepped down as instructor, Mark took over as commander of the Wilderness Hunters and quickly banned Charles's private Wilderness Hunters from going to the ground.

Three years ago, when passing near the Kingdom of Zeon, private hunters participated in all three of the missions they went down to the ground.

During a collection mission at one of the research institutes, Mark discovers that Charles's men have stolen some of the medicine.

Mark did not write down the specific name of the medicine, nor did he pay attention to such details at the time.

Jingyuan stared at the map on the screen, lost in thought.

Jing Nan said, "This J-33 collection point is a research institute similar to Nirvana. Back then, the purpose of collecting samples there was to collect medicines, and other non-mission objectives were not taken into consideration."

Ran Bing also recalled: "I still have some impression of that place, but it was dilapidated and didn't look like anyone lived there."

Looking at the map, Jing Yuan said, "Just to be on the safe side, let's check out the three collection points: J-41, J-33, and J-25." Jing Yuan turned to Jing Nan and said, "Jing Nan, send these coordinates to the Phantom spaceship."

“No problem.” Jing Nan nodded in agreement, then asked, “You’re planning to pilot the Phantom over there, so what about the lighthouse? Where should we go?”

"Where are we now?"

"We've arrived near the factory."

"factory?"

“This is a new supply point that Mark and his men found after you disappeared. It’s a factory in the old world, and it contains materials needed to build the Soul Destroyer Tower. Mark brought his men here once before, but they only took half of the materials, but there’s still a lot left.”

Jingyuan nodded and said, "Then let's take the materials with us first. I'll send you the coordinates, go there first!"

“Okay!” Jingnan nodded, then turned around to make the arrangements.

"By the way," Jing Yuan added, "I lost my weapons in the last war. I need some more. Could you arrange for the research department to use 3D printers to make me a batch of weapons?"

Jing Nan turned to look at Jing Yuan and said, "You can go directly to the research department and find 4277. She will give you what you want."

"4277?"

Jingyuan asked in confusion, but Jingnan just smiled.

Afterwards, Jing Yuan left the flight control room and went to the research department.

He was also very familiar with the research department.

As Jing Yuan walked in, the staff of the research department all stood up to greet him, "Lord Jing Yuan!"

Jing Yuan smiled helplessly and asked, "Where is 4277?"

"She's over in the workshop."