Chapter 83

A shadow clone of Moyou, identical in size, came to the bedside.

On the floor, less than a meter from the bed, there was a human-shaped burn mark.

The shadow clone squatted down, lowered its head, and carefully examined the human-shaped burn mark.

The second close-up inspection thoroughly ruled out the possibility of hidden Nen.

In the ship's corridor.

Moyou watched the family of three head to the restaurant, then came outside the room and took several photos of the human-shaped burn mark with his phone, in collaboration with the shadow clone.

To verify a certain conjecture related to the constraints, Moyou had the shadow clone try to wipe a corner of the human-shaped burn mark.

However, no matter how hard the shadow clone tried, it couldn't wipe away the black burn mark.

Moyou even deliberately colored the shadow clone's right hand, but after multiple attempts, the shadow clone's flesh-colored fingers didn't get a single speck of black stain.

After verifying the conjecture, Moyou retracted the shadow and the phone and returned to his room.

"The swamp people who replace the original hosts would naturally have no motivation to clean up the human-shaped burn marks, as they would ignore them. I originally thought this was one of the constraints of the 'spread' characteristic, but it seems I was thinking too simply."

Moyou opened his phone and browsed through the photos taken by the shadow clone, speculating:

"The human-shaped burn marks are difficult to destroy by human effort, so even if the swamp people are aware of their existence, they cannot clean them up, just as written in the Swamp Man's book..."

"The proof of existence before death will be eternally left behind, so the indestructibility of the human-shaped burn marks is the true constraint."

"Thus, if the replacement phenomenon of the swamp people has already begun to spread, more and more human-shaped burn marks will be discovered, leading to the realization that something is wrong, but the key is..."

"Are there still people like me who can accurately identify the swamp people?"

"If not, how can this phenomenon be defined in the face of 'no confirmed casualties'?"

After checking the photos, Moyou thought about the family of three he had just encountered.

What difference was there between them, who had inherited the original thoughts and memories, and their previous selves?

Should he apply the feelings of 'predation and being preyed upon' from the Swamp Man's book to them?

Moyou shook his head slightly and didn't dwell on this issue.

He knew that in the Hunter world, there was an international organization called the Navigation Permit Office.

This international organization had three main responsibilities.

First: To manage and digitize navigation information worldwide, integrate various types of information to assess navigation risks, and ultimately publish safety indices.

Second: To impose comprehensive restrictions on those who wish to travel to the Dark Continent, in short, to prevent any outsiders from setting out for the Dark Continent.

Third: To promptly manage and control various 'disasters' originating from the Dark Continent that appear worldwide, and to conduct in-depth investigations and research on these 'disasters' in a 'digitized' manner.

Given the Navigation Permit Office's style of operation, if they noticed the existence of human-shaped burn marks, they would certainly hypothesize this phenomenon as a 'suspected disaster' and intervene immediately.

Because no one understands the terror of 'disasters' better than they do.

So even though Moyou had noticed the existence of the swamp people and understood the source of the 'similar aura,' he had no intention of getting involved.

However, Moyou still picked up his phone, edited a message, and sent it to Kido.

The message content was roughly about his accidental discovery of the swamp people's identity replacement process, asking Kido to pay attention to such events, and attaching photos of the human-shaped burn marks and the family of three.

As for the speculations, Moyou did not include them in the message content.

The Hunter world is not short of smart people; what he could deduce, the elite of the Hunter Association could also do.

In addition to this content, Moyou reminded Kido at the end of the message not to mention him as the source of the information.

Although he knew Kido wouldn't expose his identity, it was necessary to give this reminder just in case.

As for the ability to identify the swamp people, it was certainly impossible to reveal.

Not to mention how to explain why he had this ability...

There might be Nen users in the Hunter Association or related international organizations who could explore others' memories and get involved in this incident.

In that case, his identity as a穿越者 (穿越者 means '穿越者' in Chinese, which can be translated as '穿越者' in English, but it is more commonly understood as '穿越者' or '穿越者' in the context of fiction, referring to someone who has traveled through time or dimensions) would have the possibility of being exposed.

Moyou would never put himself in such a risk.

If the Navigation Permit Office, responsible for handling 'disasters,' discovered he was a穿越者, he would likely be permanently imprisoned and subjected to endless research and torture.

After sending the relevant information about the swamp people to Kido via message, Moyou put away his phone and began his daily training.

He had already confirmed the source of the 'similar aura,' and after resolving his doubts, he didn't pay much attention to it anymore.

As for the threat posed by the swamp people, professional organizations like the Hunter Association would handle it. At a higher level, major countries and international organizations would also take responsibility, so it wasn't his concern.

Perhaps to humans, even if the swamp people could perfectly inherit the original hosts' thoughts and memories, they would still be considered alien beings.

And the 'similar aura' Moyou sensed from these swamp people was hard to explain...

In the eyes of humans, was he the most special alien?

In the city of Schwadani, at the Hunter Association building.

Kido saw the message from Moyou, and her pupils involuntarily constricted.

"Human-shaped burn marks? Swamp Man?"

The situation described in the message sent a chill down Kido's spine.

Out of trust in Moyou, she immediately realized the severity of the situation.

Because—

Recently, many citizens had already noticed the existence of human-shaped burn marks.

But they didn't take it seriously, thinking it was something created by some irrational fans of the Swamp Man, which became a popular topic of ridicule on the internet.

Kido, not being a reader of the Swamp Man, hadn't paid attention to these matters.

Until a few days ago, a city management committee staff member issued a commission to the Hunter Association to clean up a human-shaped burn mark.

The reason was that a human-shaped burn mark appeared in a public place, causing a negative impact on the city's appearance.

The city management committee immediately sent people to clean the human-shaped burn mark, but after trying various methods, they couldn't remove it. In desperation, they issued a commission to the Hunter Association in the same city.

The professional Hunter who took on this commission happened to be a Nen user of the Enhancement type.

So—

The Enhancement-type Nen user directly pried up the floor with the human-shaped burn mark and told the city management committee staff present that the commission was too simple.

The next day, the Hunter Association received a severe complaint from the city management committee.

Kido thus learned about the human-shaped burn marks.

She had originally thought it was something created by irrational fans, but she never expected—

The content of the Swamp Man's book was actually playing out in the real world!