Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 459 - 75: Peony Slope

"It's me." Sun Hang replied, "That thing, it seems to be targeting Ling Xiao."

"Why? Does Ling Xiao have something it needs?" Sun Qiong asked doubtfully.

"This matter is hard to explain in a few words, and I'm also unsure if your clearance level is enough to grasp this level of information... You just need to know that containment object 549 is after Ling Xiao." Faced with the other's question, Sun Hang freely exerted his authority to pressure him—For ordinary people, or even low-level members of the Dubhe Tower, Sun Qiong's clearance level was already unreachable, but for Sun Hang, it wasn't enough.

After all, Sun Hang himself had been stonewalled in this manner before—because he had been drenched by the rain, he wanted to tear up others' umbrellas, let them taste what it felt like.

If it really comes to that, Sun Hang could still bring out the weight of Pei Zongjun: "If you don't believe me, go ask Mr. Pei... Whether you can see him or not, that's your issue."

"Sorry, I was reckless." Sun Qiong hesitated for a moment, then immediately apologized to Sun Hang, "We are currently trying to organize a rescue, but the existing means can't breach the barrier between Building 3 and the outside world... We've already sent a plea for help to the abnormal ability users and Hunters on standby in Chunming City, and reinforcements are on their way."

"We'll be there soon." Sun Hang finished speaking, then directly tapped Yuri's phone to hang up.

"What do we do now?" Yuri looked at Sun Hang.

"Do we even need to ask? Get your men to prepare a plane, head to Peony Slope!" Sun Hang said, "Also, have those remaining here ready the E42 and that 'Crimson Spore', when we return from Peony Slope, we start absorbing them!"

"Alright... Also, there's something I'm not sure if I should ask?" Yuri asked tentatively.

"What is it?"

"How did you know that the target of containment object 549 is Ling Xiao?" Yuri asked.

Before Sun Qiong called, Sun Hang had already tasked him with contacting Peony Slope, so Yuri was better informed than Sun Qiong that Sun Hang's words on the phone were certainly not baseless speculation.

"Do you think your clearance level is sufficient?" Sun Hang glanced at him, asking coldly.

"Should be... sufficient... right?" Yuri paused for a few seconds, finally replacing the 'right' at the end with 'is it' in uncertainty.

Sun Hang's gaze had made this nearly fifty-year-old Slavic hulk somewhat insecure.

"Uh... my clearance should be second only to that batch of people like Mr. Pei... Most of the confidential files within Dubhe Tower I can directly access... But in these files, I haven't found any clues linking Ling Xiao and containment object 549..." Yuri cautiously glanced at the empty smart search bar on his phone screen and said.

"Then it means the clearance isn't sufficient, when it is, naturally you will see." Sun Hang said without turning his head, "Perhaps you can go find Mr. Pei, and have him level you up."

Yuri immediately fell silent.

"Perhaps this is what they call... being crushed by one rank up?" Sun Hang glanced at Yuri with a sliver of his eye and muttered inwardly.

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On the outskirts of Chunming City, at Peony Slope, Abnormal Ability Management Department's experimental base.

Building 3, Room 608.

Realizing the problem, Ling Xiao immediately turned off the flashlight, and the next second after he did, the light embedded inside the ceiling also went out, leaving the尺桡burning with a ghostly blue flame as the only light source in the room once again.

Not only did the light go out, but the room's radiator and humidifier also ceased operation, and with the disappearance of the slight white noise of "buzz buzz buzz," Ling Xiao's heartbeat suddenly seemed abrupt and jarring.

Ling Xiao suddenly realized that the "woman" in front of him had no heartbeat... Though he wasn't too surprised by this discovery.

He had never considered the other party as a living being... or rather, as human.

"Did it trip? Or is it a blackout?" Ling Xiao pondered.

Logically, for a research facility of this level, even in case of a power outage, the backup power source should immediately activate, achieving a seamless power supply... There might even be more than one set of backup power, considering for those high-precision equipment, a one-second power outage could result in losses calculated in billions.

As for tripping, that's even more unlikely.

Ling Xiao could only understand it as the influence caused by the eerie entity before him.

However, the good news is, after the room darkened, the "woman" seemed to calm down as well.

Her blood-red eyes locked onto Ling Xiao, her ten slender fingers resembling dry branches rubbing against each other, the sharp nails emitting a metallic sound.

It was precisely these nails that effortlessly shredded Ling Xiao's sheets into fragments... Ling Xiao had no doubt they could just as easily shred him.

Ling Xiao took a deep breath, the thumb of his knife-holding hand subtly pressing on the very bottom of the尺桡blade, the sharp edge instantly slicing open his fingertip, causing a continuous stream of fresh blood to flow from his thumb, seeping into the尺桡.

As his fingertip's pain gradually numbed, Ling Xiao felt a wave of power flowing into his body through the sword hilt.

"It's not enough... still not enough." Ling Xiao calculated the disparity in combat capability between the two parties in his mind; judging by the speed and power this monster just exhibited, even after being enhanced by尺桡, he was still no match for the monster.

Especially with the room's cramped interior, leaving almost no scope for maneuvering or dodging.

Ling Xiao pondered briefly, then immediately made a decision—he hooked the remnants of the suitcase on the floor with his toes, then kicked it with all his might toward the monster, while he himself charged in the opposite direction, slamming into the door with a standard shoulder tackle!

The door was made of metal, with high strength and resilience; Ling Xiao's impact only left a shallow dent on it—but the door panel being able to withstand Ling Xiao's impact didn't mean the lock and hinges could also endure this force. With a loud "bang," the entire door flew out, and Ling Xiao ran into the hallway.

The hallway was equally pitch-black, only the faint green glow of the "exit" emergency sign near the skirting board providing light.

Ling Xiao didn't stop; he picked up the deformed door panel from the floor and smashed it towards the monster chasing to the door, then without looking back, he ran towards the window.

The elevator and stairs were too slow; with his enhanced physical fitness, theoretically, inserting the尺桡into the wall as a buffer, he could directly descend rapidly to the ground—This was the sixth floor, even if he fell by accident, it wouldn't be enough to kill him.

Ling Xiao rushed to the window of the hallway, noticing a crowd and vehicles already gathered outside the building, with someone using a megaphone towards this side... Yet for some reason, he couldn't hear the sounds outside at all, neither the engine noises nor the megaphone sounds.

"Is the window glass that soundproof?"

Ling Xiao reached to open the window, only to quickly discover that the window seemed welded to the frame, impossible to push open!

Ling Xiao didn't hesitate, he immediately swung the尺桡backhand at the window glass—But this time, the尺桡which could easily cut through steel was blocked by a thin layer of glass!