Trickster Hunter

Chapter 214 Goodbye

"Hahahaha... That's true." Zhulong laughed heartily, "This idea is really interesting!"

"Let's get back to the point - Sun Hang, what you just said means: Instead of waiting in various towns, it is better to stay in Tianfu City and wait for Chimera No. 17 to recover and come to you?" Yang Qi said seriously, "But have you ever thought about how many people will suffer from the murderous hands of Chimera No. 17?"

"No matter what we do, these people will die." Sun Hang shrugged, "You can let the Disaster Countermeasures Committee implement the large migration plan, or you can organize elite hunters to wait in Chimera No. 17... But no matter what we do, the battlefield of the final decisive battle will most likely be in Tianfu City."

"..." Yang Qi fell into deep thought.

"Don't you think there is something wrong with what I said?" Sun Hang said suddenly.

"Ah?"

"Does what I said contradict the question you asked me during the initial employment test?"

"This..."

"I also asked this question to Pei Zongjun." Sun Hang shrugged, "He told me that this is a war, and war requires a sufficiently ruthless decision maker... and he hopes that I can become a decision maker."

"Since Mr. Pei said so, there must be no problem." Zhulong said on the side, "Decision makers do need to be calm enough, but this does not mean that they are completely inhumane... On the contrary, it is precisely because of human nature that they will make the choice that allows the most people to survive."

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Before Sun Hang and his team drove into the urban area of ​​Lizhou City, they had already seen several armored vehicles loaded with city defense guards driving out of the city. The leading armored vehicle stopped more than ten meters away from them. A second lieutenant jumped out of the car, adjusted the helmet on his head, and ran towards Sun Hang and his team quickly.

"Hello, sir!" The lieutenant saluted Sun Hang and his team through the car window. "I am the deputy captain of the second squadron of the Lizhou City Defense Guard. Thank you very much for the information you provided. At present, our troops are gathering in the western suburbs of the city and preparing to go to the Qiang ethnic group settlement area to search and rescue the surviving people!"

"How many people are there?" Yang Qi asked before Sun Hang spoke.

"Two squadrons, about 80 people, and three field teams from the Investigation Bureau." The lieutenant reported.

"No hunters accompanying you?" Yang Qi realized that this question was a bit redundant as soon as she asked it. Sun Hang and Zhu Long were probably the only two hunters stationed in Lizhou City. Even if the Lizhou City Management Committee wanted to send hunters to participate in this operation, they didn't have any extra hunters to send...

"No." The second lieutenant shook his head. "The superiors told us that hunters would soon come to support us. Let us hurry up and rescue as many survivors as possible in the mountains."

"I'll give you a piece of advice." Sun Hang reached out and adjusted the rearview mirror next to the car window. He could see the dark mountain through the reflection in the mirror. "It's best not to go into the mountain before the hunters are in place."

"Sorry, sir... This is the order from the superiors. We..." The second lieutenant's expression froze, and then he said with difficulty.

"I just mentioned it." Sun Hang turned his head and looked directly at the oncoming convoy and said, "As for the order or survival, you can choose it yourself."

After that, he started the car again.

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Lizhou City, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital

Although the officials of the Lizhou City Administrative Committee tried to keep him, Sun Hang, who had made up his mind to leave, would not stay no matter what conditions they put forward.

Lizhou City... or rather, the Qiang settlement area west of Lizhou City had been "plundered" by Chimera No. 17, and it would not stay in Lizhou City any longer... This strange creature was very cunning, and it knew how to minimize the risk - compared to launching attacks in densely populated urban areas, there were more remote towns in the vast Shuzhou area that were more suitable as hunting grounds than Lizhou City.

You know, the armed forces of some towns are so few that they can be ignored - a public security bureau of more than ten square meters, three or four sheriffs who have only received one month of standard military training, an old-fashioned automatic rifle, a shotgun loaded with rubber bullets, and two or three 9mm caliber pistols that may not even penetrate bulletproof vests, this may be the entire armed force of the entire town.

Although as a border area, the militia organization in Shuzhou has always been retained... But it is completely unknown whether those untrained militiamen have the courage to aim their guns and pull the trigger when facing the vicious monsters.

Except for the "military towns" bordering the Yunnan and Yunnan regions, other places in Shuzhou, except for those big cities, are basically undefended.

It's not that the federal government doesn't want to, but it can't do it.

To train a qualified soldier, at least fifteen to twenty ordinary people's taxes are needed to support it. Add to that the purchase and consumption expenses of various weapons and equipment, and this number will rise to more than thirty... For a country in a non-war state, the ratio of the number of troops to the total population is one to thirty, and the financial pressure is very huge... The federation cannot support such a large and completely off-duty army. If it really does that, there is no need for monsters to launch attacks. It only takes a few years for the federation's economic situation to gradually collapse.

As for the monster hunters, the cost of raising them is much more than that of ordinary soldiers...

Wang Xiyi and Sun Hang said, "Hunters are like bricks, they can be moved wherever they need to be." As for "resident hunters", except for Chunming City and the capitals of various places, it is difficult for ordinary cities to have this kind of treatment.

The plane landed slowly. Outside the window was the Tianfu City Mystery Research Institute building that Sun Hang was familiar with. Several people who came to pick him up had already been waiting outside the tarmac. Sun Hang saw Yin Xiang there with all his strength at a glance. Waving his arms, he looked excited.

As soon as Sun Hang got off the plane, this guy rushed over: "Boss! I miss you so much!"

"Get out of here! Why can't you go wash off the stench of sweat all over your body?" Sun Hang looked disgusted and tied Yin Xiang in place with mycelium, who tried to rush over to hug him.

"Boss, I've been working overtime for three days in a row. I sleep on the floor in the office. How can I have time to take a shower?" Yin Xiang said aggrievedly, "You don't know that during your absence, A series of big things happened in Tianfu City!"

"Are you talking about Chimera No. 17?" Sun Hang glanced at him and asked.

"Ah?" Yin Xiang was stunned, "How do you know? The team leader told me that this is top secret and must not be leaked in front of irrelevant people... Now the entire Tianfu City is under strict information control, are you Where did you know that?”

"Do you think I am an irrelevant person?" Sun Hang stared at him speechlessly... But this is not Yin Xiang's fault. Although he has become a regular employee, it does not mean that he can participate in those activities with his authority level. During the conversation with the decision-makers, after the attack, he received only one order, and that was "confidentiality."

"You haven't been in Tianfu City during this period. You are not an irrelevant person, am I?" Yin Xiang looked innocent.

"Pfft." Zhulong, who was walking behind Sun Hang, couldn't help laughing, "This little brother is really interesting."

"Ah? What's so interesting?" Yin Xiang obviously didn't react.

"That's an irony." Sun Hang loosened the mycelium binding Yin Xiang, "Let me translate it for you: 'This little idiot is really funny.' That's pretty much what it means."

"That's not what I meant." Zhulong waved his hands quickly, "It is not what a gentleman does to sow discord."

"I'm not a gentleman either." Sun Hang glanced at Yang Qi, who was handing over work to his colleagues, yawned, put his hands behind his head, and strode towards the research institute building.

"Boss, boss..." Yin Xiang immediately followed, "Who are these two? Are they reinforcements sent by the federal government? And those things moved out of the cargo hold... Hiss, if I read it correctly , Is that a coffin? Why did you bring back more than a dozen coffins? "What's inside?"

"Why do you have so many questions?"

"Just ask. If you find me annoying, it's okay if you don't answer."

"Then you are really annoyed." Sun Hang rolled his eyes, "I refuse to answer."

"And more..." Yin Xiang moved closer and lowered his voice.

"What else?" Sun Hang asked, "If you have anything to say, just say it. Why are you so sneaky?"

"That's the beautiful girl in the black skirt. The way she looks at you doesn't seem right..." Yin Xiang said in a voice that only he and Sun Hang could hear, "I can guarantee that she likes this girl." you!"

"Oh, what then?"

"What happens next?!" Yin Xiang was stunned, "Isn't this your new harem?"

"When did I have a harem?" Sun Hang gave Yin Xiang an elbow directly, "Damn it, am I not single now?"

"Ouch..." Yin Xiang covered the arm that was hit by the elbow and let out a cry of pain, "Boss, why did you elbow me! What I'm telling you is telling the truth. If you want to open a harem, it won't be a matter of minutes. , and they are all of high quality..."

"Shut up and take me to the place where Lao Wang is housed." Sun Hang said.

"Uh, are you talking about the place where the 'Night Furies' are housed?" Yin Xiang shook his head, "I can't go in there... Not even everyone in the research institute can go in. I work for the Investigation Bureau. How can He De, a social animal, have the authority to enter there?"

"Yes." Sun Hang stopped and waited until Yang Qi finished handing over and walked over to this side before saying, "Let's go and see Lao Wang's situation."

"So urgent?" Yang Qi was slightly startled, her eyes seemed a little strange, "I originally planned to see the teacher first."

"Old man, he is fine again." Sun Hang said, "But Old Wang, she is only half-breathed, so I must go see her first."

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Tianfu City Monster Research Institute, second underground floor, Class A containment area.

The institute's monster containment area is divided into three areas: A, B, and C. However, A, B, and C are not related to the monster's type A and type B, but refer to the dangerous level of the monster - level C is the lowest and level A is the highest, just like before. Sun Hang's exclusive weapon "Ji 2796" is included in the Class C containment area.

"Please put on protective clothing." The researcher who led the way opened the closet on one side and asked Sun Hang and Yang Qi to put on bulky protective clothing that looked like space suits, and then opened the door in front of them. The airtight door led the two of them inside.

This is a corridor made entirely of special alloys. There are nine isolation walls inside the corridor. Every time you pass through an isolation wall, the surrounding temperature will drop by more than ten degrees. Although Sun Hang, who is wearing a protective suit, cannot feel the surrounding temperature with his body, the helmet that comes with the protective suit displays a series of parameters including the indoor temperature in a projected manner.

When the last isolation wall rises, the temperature value displayed on the inside of the helmet suddenly jumps from minus 112 degrees Celsius to minus 140 degrees Celsius, and is still decreasing.

Being here is no different from soaking in a swimming pool filled with liquid nitrogen.

The low-temperature resistant glass printed with a lot of precautions divides the containment area into independent compartments. Sun Hang noticed that most of these compartments were empty, and only a few compartments had things in them - and these things were all various special containers, and the true appearance of the containment could not be seen at all.

The researcher who led the way took the two through many compartments with ease and walked to a liquid nitrogen pool that was constantly emitting white smoke.

He clicked a few times on the portable operating terminal on his wrist, and with the sound of gears turning, a frozen coffin immersed in a liquid nitrogen pool was lifted up by dozens of chains and hung in front of the three people.

There is a 20-centimeter square observation window on the front of the frozen coffin, through which you can see Wang Xiyi's closed eyes and the fine scales that have climbed up her cheekbones.

"As you can see." The researcher's voice came from under the helmet, which seemed a little dull. "Although the liquid nitrogen pool and the frozen coffin can slow down the progress of the strange process, it is only slowing down. We can't stop it completely."

"How much time does she have left?" Yang Qi asked.

"At first we estimated it to be April to May... But according to the subsequent observation data, she has only two months left." The researcher said, "According to the original arrangement, we should have carried out harmless treatment or handed it over to Tianshu Tower one month before the deadline..."

"Can this coffin be opened?" Sun Hang asked.

"Not now." The researcher shook his head. "I know what you want to do, but not now. In order to ensure the safety of the institute and Tianfu City, we must make adequate safety preparations before attempting to absorb the mutant meme."