Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 442 - 66: Solving Problems with Violence

"Quite interesting... hahahaha." Sun Hang suddenly burst into laughter.

Yuri, maintaining his upward gaze, inexplicably felt a chill... He didn't know why, but for a moment, he seemed to think that the laughter of this young man in front of him was even more eerie than the situation happening.

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Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Chunming City, in the independent experimental area of Dubhe Tower's Abnormal Ability Management Department.

Rather than calling it an experimental area, it's more like a medium-sized military camp. Besides the building complex along the outer walls, the central space of the camp is divided into two parts—the west side is a helipad with a dozen helicopters and VTOL aircraft, while the east side is a standard-sized large playground where a group of people wearing the standard training uniforms of the Xiazhou Federal Army are running on the track.

But upon closer inspection, you'd notice that these people don't have any insignia indicating their military unit or rank. Moreover, among these dozen people, they vary in height, weight, age, and gender, with significant differences in physical ability—the slowest runners are almost walking, looking like they're about to be lapped by the fastest ones.

"Are they, abnormal ability users?" Ling Xiao looked out from the car window and asked.

"You've got a sharp eye, young man." Sun Qiong, who was driving, said, "Yes, they are all abnormal ability users affiliated with our department, and it's currently their physical training time... But don't get the wrong idea; we do not force the users to do anything. They undergo training here simply because they signed different contracts."

"Contracts?"

"The contracts between us and the abnormal ability users generally fall into two types. One is full-time employment by Dubhe Tower, requiring them to accept military management and training and obey Dubhe Tower's commands... Correspondingly, the full-time employment contract offers a very high salary and benefits, roughly about thirty times the field agent contract you've signed." Sun Qiong explained.

"And the other type?"

"The other type is the most common, a cooperative nature contract that over ninety percent of users sign. This allows them to enjoy some benefits, such as regular health checks, ability testing, free medical and housing, and standard-level life protection, with almost 10,000 yuan in monthly allowances. All these benefits are available to users without the need to do anything, except to check in at our department regularly. Additionally, Dubhe Tower will issue various suitable tasks for users, with additional rewards available by completing these tasks... Of course, the generous nature of these rewards correlates with task difficulty."

"Can I continue serving as an external field agent for the Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute after signing the second type of contract?" Ling Xiao asked. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

"Certainly, the contract won't affect you at all... In fact, it's not rare for users to hold multiple occupational identities simultaneously… Even in the current Federation Council, one member is a registered user." Sun Qiong replied.

"Oh." Ling Xiao nodded.

Sun Qiong did not directly take Ling Xiao for testing but first brought him to a guest room—according to her instructions, what Ling Xiao needed to do next was rest well and adjust to the best possible condition.

Yet, less than five minutes after Sun Qiong left, Ling Xiao's door was knocked on.

The people knocking were a young man wearing sunglasses and a tall middle-aged woman, both dressed in research lab coats with Dubhe Tower badges on their chests.

The young man in sunglasses was pushing a flat cart filled with boxes of various sizes, one of which radiated a very familiar aura to Ling Xiao.

"Hello, we're from Research Institute No. 1." The middle-aged woman greeted Ling Xiao, "The deceitful equipment sent for inspection by the Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute has completed registration, and your personal information has already been inputted into the list of eligible users... We intended to send this back to Celestial City, but upon learning of your presence in Chunming City, we decided to hand it directly to you."

"尺桡?" Ling Xiao had already guessed the contents of the box.

"Yes, serial number 'Ji-2853', deceitful equipment '尺桡', eligible user: Ling Xiao." The middle-aged woman nodded, "Although Celestial City has submitted relevant test data, if possible, I'd like to retest it… This shouldn't disturb you, should it?"

Ling Xiao didn't speak but silently moved aside, allowing the young man in sunglasses to push the cart into the room.

The young man opened each box, assembling and setting up the equipment, then connected these to the electrodes attached to Ling Xiao's body. Finally, he opened the box emanating Ling Xiao's familiar aura, carefully taking out the '尺桡.'

"Hold on to it." The young man handed the 尺桡 to Ling Xiao, "Then activate the deceitful equipment's ability... minimum intensity will do, just need to activate the ability."

Ling Xiao had already completed an identical test at the Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute before, which he was not unfamiliar with.

He extended a thumb, gently slicing the blade of 尺桡, let a bit of blood ooze from the wound, and immediately the indicators on the device beside began to flash wildly.