Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 434 - 62: Return to Chunming City

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Two hours later.

Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute, "Killer Insecticide Plan" Command Center.

"Although we successfully reclaimed Factory 105, this can hardly be called a victory," said Yang Qi, with a serious expression. "We lost an experienced Hunter and all the staff inside Factory 105. The progress of the memetic reverse engineering has also been delayed..."

"I’m only concerned now about how long it will take for Factory 105 to resume operations," the military representative asked. "The losses we’ve incurred can’t be undone, but we can’t let those sacrifices become meaningless."

"We’ve just completed the inspection of the factory premises, and we need time to arrange managers, workers, and security personnel... restarting the production line will take at least four hours," Yang Qi replied.

"Is the overall impact on the plan significant?" the military representative asked again.

"Not very much... because the incubation progress of Chimera 17 itself has also slowed down, basically matching up," Yang Qi said. "But what we are worried about now is that Chimera 17 might replicate the attack on Factory 105..."

"Then we should multiply all production lines several times over and use a saturated output to minimize the impact caused by the attack... there’s no other choice," a young man, who didn’t seem over thirty, wearing an administrative jacket and a Federation Council badge, said. "The Federation Council will fully support the Killer Insecticide Plan. Any demands you propose, we will try our best to fulfill."

"We’re already doing that," Yang Qi sighed. "But Sun Hang warned me earlier that there is one aspect of the whole plan that can’t be replaced."

"Which aspect?" the young man immediately asked.

"The reverse engineering team... those top talents in the industry, their value cannot be quantified. If anything happens to them, no amount of resources will allow the plan to be carried out," Yang Qi said. "We’ve already deployed a large amount of defense forces near the laboratory... over 90% of the elite forces in the Shuzhou Region are here." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

"I will apply to the council to assemble another batch of Hunters," the young man nodded. "I’ll go call the council members now."

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On the other side, Sun Hang, aboard a special flight, could vaguely see the outline of Chunming City beneath the clouds through the porthole.

Although it wasn’t the first time looking down on Chunming City from the air, as the first miracle in the history of human architecture in the new era, he still felt an overwhelming sense of awe every time he saw Chunming City.

Just wondering... if this city turned to ashes, what a spectacular scene it would be.

This thought suddenly flashed in Sun Hang’s mind, startling him into closing his eyes, instantly clearing his mind of all stray thoughts.

It’s not that Sun Hang was worried about unintentionally triggering a "wishes come true" ability and actually burning Chunming City to ashes... given the scale of Chunming City, even if Sun Hang were dried to dust, he probably couldn’t burn down a neighborhood in it.

He’s just afraid that the mysterious meme inside him might mistake this fleeting ridiculous thought as a genuine intention, and really drain him dry...

"You seemed a bit nervous just now?" Ling Xiao, sitting next to him, glanced at Sun Hang and asked.

"I’m afraid of heights," Sun Hang said casually.

"Then why not close the window?" Ling Xiao asked, puzzled.

"It’s such a waste not to look at an architectural marvel like Chunming City." Sun Hang unfastened his seatbelt and stood up, gesturing for Ling Xiao to swap seats with him. "Is this your first time seeing Chunming City?"

"No, I’ve seen it many times on TV." Ling Xiao moved to the window seat, looking at the magnificent city below with a blank expression.

"I mean in person, in person!"

"First time."

"Isn’t it magnificent?"

"Yes," Ling Xiao said.

But his expression gave off a feeling of "it’s just okay."

"Give me the gun," Sun Hang reached out to Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao hesitated for a moment, then pulled out the "Godslaying Spear" and placed it in Sun Hang’s palm.

"I’ll hold onto it for now, and return it to you after your examination," Sun Hang put the handgun in his pocket and said.

He didn’t intend to divulge the secret of the "Godslaying Spear" to Dubhe Tower—if Dubhe Tower knew the abilities of the "Godslaying Spear," who knows if they would use Ling Xiao as some "kill a thousand enemies at a thousand costs" secret weapon... even if they didn’t plan to deploy Ling Xiao in combat, he and the "Godslaying Spear" would still be subject to repeated study.

Sun Hang wasn’t concerned about the fate of people unrelated to him, but he was quite protective of those under him.

The main reason for his trip to Chunming City was to check out the mysterious creature inventory at Dubhe Tower, to see if there was anything worth devouring. Additionally, after accessing the memories of Ling Xiao and Jiang Yu, Sun Hang knew that Ling Xiao likely had the potential to become an Abnormal Ability User, and of a very rare ability type—after consulting Zhong Ling, Sun Hang also learned that Dubhe Tower had an "Abnormal Ability Management Department" that Lilith mentioned, so he planned to take Ling Xiao along to confirm whether his peculiar sensory ability was truly an abnormal ability or just pure "luck."

Sun Hang had also inquired about Abnormal Ability Users with Yang Qi, but unfortunately, Yang Qi was only aware of their existence and couldn’t provide any more detailed information.