Trickster Hunter

Chapter 202 Corpse Collector

"About this Chimera No. 17..." Before Yang Qi could finish her words, another voice suddenly interrupted her.

"This Chimera No. 17 may not be the first time a strange thing appears." Zhulong, who was sitting facing Sun Hang and Yang Qi, said, "I once participated in the hunt for Chimera No. 14. The mission After completion, the remains of Chimera 14 were sent to Tianshu Tower conducted an anatomy... Experts from Tianshu Tower found that the core of Chimera No. 14's torso was exactly the same as that of Chimera No. 9, which was seriously injured and escaped more than fifty years ago. In other words, Chimera No. 14 and Chimei La No. 9 is actually the same kind of weird thing.”

"You mean, Chimera No. 17...may be a different form of a certain known Chimera?" Yang Qi said seriously.

"It's just a guess, but the scorpion tail feature has appeared on Chimera Three, Chimera Six, and Chimera Ten. Both Chimera Three and Chimera Ten have been defeated. Their The wreckage is stored in the artifact storage area of ​​Tianshu Tower."

After Zhulong finished speaking, he took out a flat silver wine bottle from his pocket, unscrewed the cap and took a sip.

Due to the appearance of Chimera No. 17, Wang Xiyi was forced to leave the battle order, and the group of hunters who participated in the promotion trial did not come back, the hunting strength of Tianfu City suddenly became stretched... In order to supplement the fighting strength , Zhulong, who was on vacation, was called back again.

In addition to Zhulong, there is another old acquaintance of Sun Hang in the cabin - "Puppet Master" Zhong Ling, who is qualified in the art of craft equipment. But for some reason, this girl's face showed a very serious look when she saw Sun Hang. A strange expression, but when Sun Hang looked at her, she turned her head away, avoiding the direct intersection of their eyes.

In addition to supporting Tianfu City, Zhulong's mission this time was to protect Zhong Ling's personal safety. As for Zhong Ling, the reason why she went to Tianfu City made Sun Hang feel slightly unhappy.

According to the arrangements of Tianshu Tower, if the memes in Wang Xiyi's body completely get out of control, the Tianfu City Monster Research Institute will try its best to induce it to turn into monsters... and during this process, Zhong Ling himself needs to be present to interact with the monsters in time. Establish a "consciousness link" with the deceased Wang Xiyi.

Rather than saying that she is a reinforcement, it would be more appropriate to say that she is a "corpse collector".

Wang Xiyi is an extremely important combat force in Tianfu City, and one of the very few stable individuals among the "successors" of the Black Dragon Meme. Neither the Xiazhou Federation nor Tianshu Tower can let such precious combat power go to waste... Transforming its corpse into a treacherous weapon and transforming it into Zhong Ling's treacherous weapon and equipment is the only way to minimize the loss.

"To be honest, I'm more worried about Lao Wang's situation than Chimera." Sun Hang returned the tablet to Yang Qi, "What did the old man say? Is there any chance of saving him?"

"Teacher, he said..." Yang Qi paused and whispered, "There is little hope."

"Your friend's situation is actually very similar to Overlord's. The meme is out of control and mutates after excessive activation of the ability... This situation is generally called 'backlash'." Zhulong sighed. He took a breath and said, "As far as I know, any hunter who has suffered a 'backlash'... has no record of being rescued. So... I advise you to be mentally prepared."

"If you want..." Zhong Ling, who had been silent since getting on the plane, suddenly said, her voice was very small, and was almost drowned out by the noise made by the plane as it climbed up, "I can think of a way to make it happen." 'Consciousness link' establishment failed..."

"If you need me to act, I will cooperate." Zhulong reluctantly showed a smile.

"Thank you for your kindness... But to be honest, even if you deliberately fail at the risk of being investigated by Tianshu Tower, it is impossible for the 'Ye Fury' to rest in peace like a normal person after death." Yang Qi shook her head, "Hers The remains will most likely be preserved as important samples. This is the fate of the hunter..."

"No... I'm just confused. Although Lao Wang has become the prison king now, she is not dead yet. Why do you start discussing her funeral?" Sun Hang knocked with his hand with some dissatisfaction. Knocking on the folding table in front of him, "There is no record of being rescued, so can't we create a record?"

"Sun Hang, I can understand your thinking... But we need to face the facts. Wang Xiyi's current situation..." Yang Qi couldn't help but persuade.

"Even if she really can't survive, I will not let her become a specimen soaked in formalin solution." Sun Hang said word by word, "Old Wang once asked me, if one day she She can't survive in human form, so let me devour her... Just in time, I got a permanent buffet ticket from the old man named Pei. I can eat all the weird things contained in Tianshu Tower. Tianfu City It should be no problem for those in the research institute, right?"

"Sun Hang..." Yang Qi glanced at him worriedly.

"When that time comes, I will remove all the weird memes from her body, turn her back into a normal human, and then bury her as a normal human...Wait a minute!" Sun Hang was suddenly startled and patted her hard. He checked his forehead and said, "Why do I have to wait for Lao Wang to die before devouring the memes in her body? If I absorb the out-of-control memes in her body now, wouldn't she be able to return to normal? ?”

Yang Qi and Zhulong looked at each other, and the latter shook his head and said, "Have you considered the dangers involved?"

"Danger? What danger?"

"Regardless of the impact that forcibly removing the memes from the body through devouring will have on the host... you have to know that the current memes in her body are in the mutation stage. If you absorb the mutations, Because, this part of the memes is likely to cause the original memes in your body to mutate together——"

Zhulong continued: "Tianshu Tower once conducted in vivo experiments. Researchers injected a small amount of memes from the hunter who had been affected by the backlash into an infected person who was in a stable state. In less than two hours, the original state of the infected person was The meme in the stable infected person's body immediately went out of control, and after seven hours, he had turned into a corpse... even faster than the hunter who suffered the backlash. "

"But I can even swallow monsters directly. Aren't infected people in the mutation stage evolving towards complete monsters? Is this incomplete body more dangerous than a complete body that is 100% infected?" Sun Hang said in confusion.

"Theoretically, yes." Zhulong nodded, "Whether it is a hunter, a complete monster, or even a skeleton, the memes in their bodies are in a stable state, 20% is stable, and 100% Also stable...and rapidly progressing to 100 at 20% % of this process, those unstable memes are the source of danger. This is like two chemical reagents that will react violently when mixed together. They are safe before mixing and after complete reaction. There will be dangers in this reaction process.”

Yang Qi closed the tablet's protective cover and said to Sun Hang: "If you want to safely devour Wang Xiyi's memes, you must either do it while her infection process is still in a stable state, or wait until she completely turns into a monster or a strange creature." Skeleton... In her current state, her memes are equivalent to poison to any hunter... You will kill yourself."

"I want to try." Sun Hang insisted.

"If I don't agree, the teacher won't agree either." Yang Qi's tone was even more firm.

"Then let me ask another person." Sun Hang took out his mobile phone - the "airplane mode" of the mobile phones issued by hunters is different from the "airplane mode" of ordinary civilian mobile phones. The latter directly turns off the signal sending and receiving function of the mobile phone. , and the former is to connect the mobile phone to the aircraft's own communication channel and use the aviation department's network to communicate with the ground.

Sun Hang dialed a number and briefly stated his thoughts. After a few seconds, he looked up at Yang Qi: "He said yes."

"Who is he?" Yang Qi looked at Sun Hang in confusion.

"Pei Zongjun."

"Pei Zong... Mr. Pei?!" Yang Qi was stunned, "You... are you calling him?"

"Well," Sun Hang nodded, "He gave me a number and said I could call him if I had anything to do. Someone would answer the call 24 hours a day."

"Mr. Pei allows you to...absorb Wang Xiyi's memes during her mutation period?"

"Well, if you don't believe me, ask him yourself." Sun Hang handed over the phone.

"No, no, no," Yang Qi waved her hands repeatedly.

"Oh, he also said that my idea is very innovative. If it succeeds, it may be promoted internally... In the future, we will specifically treat this kind of hunters who have suffered from memetic backlash... Oh, he also said that it can even go further. Study whether Taotie's ability can completely eliminate the memes in the infected person and turn the infected person back into a normal human being..." Sun Hang repeated what Pei Zongjun said on the other end of the phone, "I said it is possible, but you have to pay more. "

Under Yang Qi's dumbfounded gaze, the conversation between Sun Hang and Pei Zongjun became more and more outrageous - "You know, when I say add money, I definitely don't mean normal currency... As for what I want, I'm temporarily I haven’t thought about it yet, I’ll tell you when I think about it.”

"You...are you negotiating terms with Mr. Pei?" Yang Qi covered her mouth and asked in a very low voice.

"Negotiating terms doesn't count, it's just a normal transaction." Sun Hang smiled, "Accepting people's money and helping them eliminate disasters, it's that simple."

"He...he is..."

"Who is he? Even if he is the King of Heaven, he can't prostitute for nothing, can he?" Sun Hangyi said righteously, "Oh, by the way, Mr. Pei said that if you have anything to say to him, you can say it now."

"I, I, I..." Yang Qi suddenly stuttered, "I... I, I... I don't know what to say... I..."

"That means no, next one." Sun Hang looked at Zhulong.

"Say hello to Mr. Pei for me." Zhulong smiled and nodded to Sun Hang.

"Okay, Lao Pei said he would also like to say hello to you." Sun Hang replied.

"You...what did you call him? Old...Lao Pei?" Yang Qi's eyes widened even more.

"Ah, what's wrong? He still dislikes me for calling him old... Then what else can I call him? I can't call him Xiao Pei, right? It makes me look like an old man." Sun Hang looked at Zhong Ling, "Is there anything you want to say to Lao Pei?"

Zhong Ling shook her head silently.

"Okay, I'll hang up now. I'll call you next time if something happens." After saying that, Sun Hang hung up the phone.

"Sun Hang...are you really calling Mr. Pei?" Yang Qi poked Sun Hang's arm with her finger and asked in a low voice.

"If you don't believe it, I can call you again and you can answer it yourself."

"No, no!" Yang Qi quickly refused, "I'm just a little surprised..."

"If I remember correctly, he is your idol?" Sun Hang asked.

"That's right...there are few people in our profession who don't admire Mr. Pei."

"Is he so awesome? That's right. If he wasn't awesome, he wouldn't be the No. 1 employee of Tianshu Tower. The Xiazhou Federation would not spend so many resources just to hang on to his life... Speaking of which, I I’m a little curious, what achievements has he had?”

"There are too many to finish in a short while." Yang Qi said, "If you are free, you can go to the Tianshu Tower's official website to check... With your current authority, even those highly confidential information , you should be able to check it out.”

"Let me check it myself. I won't be too lazy to check it. Why don't you just pick up a few important things and talk about it."

"He was the one who single-handedly facilitated the cooperation between the Siberian Federation and the Xiazhou Federation on the research project on mysterious objects." Yang Qi said, "And at that time, he was already an authority in the field of weird object research."

"In other words, the Wuming Island Research Institute was built under his leadership?" Sun Hang suddenly frowned.

"Yeah." Yang Qi nodded.

"That's strange..."

"What's weird?"

"I originally thought that the information about the Wuming Island Research Institute was lost because all the people in that era were dead... But then I learned that Pei Zongjun was an 'old monster' who had lived for a long time, and I kept thinking that he might have He was already studying strange objects more than a hundred years ago. Logically speaking, he was the one who experienced those things back then. Others don’t know what happened back then, so why doesn’t even he know..."

Sun Hang glanced at Yang Qi and then said: "Now you tell me that the Wuming Island Research Institute was built under his leadership... That would be even more strange. Could it be that... his memory has also been erased?"

Yang Qi looked at Sun Hang and hesitated to speak - she had no right to know what happened on the Nameless Island for the time being. Even if she was full of curiosity about Sun Hang's mysterious words, she couldn't ask.

It felt like there were many ants crawling on her skin. She could feel the itching sensation of these little things brushing away the hairs on her body, and the slender limbs scratching on her skin, but she couldn't reach out to remove them. Dust her off... This feeling almost drove her crazy.