Trickster Hunter

Chapter 203 "Fireworks" over the airport

"Maybe... maybe the Wuming Island Research Institute was given a high degree of autonomy back then..." Yang Qi hesitated, "It could also be that the incident happened suddenly, and Tianshu Tower wanted to investigate the truth of the accident that year..."

To be honest, even Yang Qi couldn't convince himself with these far-fetched excuses.

"Why don't you just ask Mr. Pei?" Zhulong said.

"I asked, but he didn't say." Sun Hang glanced at the time displayed on his phone, "He only said that the report I submitted this time was very helpful in tracing the source of the Wuming Island incident."

"Then Mr. Pei's meaning is very clear. We don't need to worry about this matter anymore. Someone will handle the aftermath." Zhulong said.

"Aren't you curious?" Sun Hang asked.

"There's no point in being curious. There are so many things in this world that make me curious, but not everything can be answered." Zhulong smiled and shrugged, "Instead of wasting time on this, it's better to go sunbathe or have a drink."

"You're right."

Sun Hang nodded, but couldn't help muttering in his heart: "If this matter has nothing to do with me, then I naturally don't care. But the key is that the nameless island seems to have a very close connection with my life experience..."

The hunters who landed on the island this time were almost wiped out. Such a high death rate is also extremely rare in the previous promotion trials... Not only the Tianshu Tower, the Xiazhou Federation has also sent a special force and an engineering corps to land on the nameless island and participate in the excavation of the ruins.

The federal government attaches great importance to the nameless island-in addition to the two landing forces, it even specially dispatched a fleet to be stationed in the surrounding waters of the nameless island. In this fleet, a large number of strange hunters are also deployed.

If Sun Hang hadn't confirmed that no department had received any intelligence related to Yamata no Orochi, he would have thought that these troops were assembled to defeat Yamata no Orochi.

After playing the mini-game on his phone for a while, Sun Hang suddenly looked up at Zhu Long, who was flipping through a travel magazine he had found out of nowhere, and asked, "Zhu Long, have you heard of Yamata no Orochi?"

"Bing 25. Yamata no Orochi... Of course I have heard of it. As a strange creature with similar properties and infection sources to mine, I have also studied this strange creature." Zhu Long closed the magazine, "It's a pity that I was unable to participate in the last operation to defeat Yamata no Orochi because I had other tasks... Why did you suddenly become interested in this strange creature?"

"Nothing, I was just playing Snake just now, and I was thinking about those snake-like strange creatures in my mind." Sun Hang shook the phone in his hand, "What is the origin of this Yamata no Orochi, can you tell me?"

"Yamata no Orochi... This The thing used to be a monster in the myth of Fusang, with a huge body of eight heads and eight tails. Whenever it appeared in the human world, it would inevitably cause great disasters... According to the description in the myth of Fusang, Yamata no Orochi was killed after Susanoo got him drunk with strong liquor, and a sword called "Ame-no-Kurokumo" was dug out from the tail of the snake. "Zhulong said, "The authenticity of the myth needs to be verified, but the Yamata no Orochi described in it is almost the same as the appearance of the Yamata no Orochi that appears now, so one thing that can be confirmed is that Yamata no Orochi did appear in ancient Fusang, and left a lot of eyewitness records. As for whether the Yamata no Orochi now is the Yamata no Orochi of that year or its descendant, no one knows. "

"Who is this Susanoo no Orochi?" Sun Hang asked.

"His other name should be more well-known, called 'Susanoo', is a very famous god in Fusang mythology. His father is the even more famous Izanagi... Of course, from our current perspective, these so-called gods are most likely infected people in ancient times. After the artistic processing of mythology, these infected people with superhuman abilities have been deified into various gods. If you savor the mythology again and again, you will find that whether it is Norse mythology, Greek mythology or Fusang mythology, many of the gods described in these myths are moody, and some have some very special or even perverted habits. Well..."

"I only know that in these myths, incest seems to be commonplace." Sun Hang said, "German skeletons can only be considered entry-level."

"Experts in the study of strange things believe that these ancient gods have eccentric personalities, and are most likely affected by strange memes... As for incest, many ancient civilizations believe that close relatives can ensure the purity of their offspring's bloodline... In the eyes of those 'gods', allowing infected people with special abilities to combine with infected people will have a chance to give birth to more powerful infected people, and in that era with a very low level of civilization, infected people were almost the only means for humans to fight against strange things." Zhulong said.

"Even in modern times, there are many scholars conducting research in this area." Yang Qi glanced at Sun Hang, "Next time you meet a beautiful female hunter who is approaching you, it is very likely that she is not attracted to you, but has received a task to "borrow sperm" from you. Be careful not to be fooled."

"Whether you are fooled depends on how beautiful the female hunter is."

"You...can't you be more serious?"

"I am very serious. There is an old saying that goes, a gentleman is a good match for a beautiful lady, right?"

"..."

Just when Sun Hang wanted to ask for more information about the Yamata no Orochi, a communication suddenly sounded in the cabin.

"TS069, please note that this is Lizhou 051 Observation Station. You have entered Shuzhou territory. Repeat, you have entered Shuzhou territory. Please always pay attention to whether there are abnormal air currents and traces of flying monsters in the surrounding airspace. If there are any abnormal conditions, please report to us immediately."

"Wow, I'm back." Sun Hang turned his head and looked out the porthole. "It's pretty fast."

The porthole was still dark. Compared with the last time I left, this time I entered the country late at night, so the boundary between the Eternal Night Area and the Normal Area was not obvious, and the strange scene of "one side is night and the other side is day" did not appear.

"TS069 understands." Yang Qi grabbed the intercom and glanced at the parameters displayed on the tablet computer. "No abnormality has been found for the time being."

"Lizhou 051 received. No dangerous factors have been found on the route to Tianfu City. I wish you a safe journey."

The plane quickly flew over Lizhou City. Sun Hang noticed that the large city below was also in darkness like Tianfu City. The limited energy was all used to ensure the heating of the residential area. The commercial areas that were originally bustling with lights were now as dead silent as the abandoned urban areas in the doomsday movie.

However, just as the plane was about to fly out of Lizhou airspace, a series of explosions suddenly came from the intercom, followed by harsh electric current noise.

"What's going on?" Yang Qi was startled. "Lizhou 051? Hello? Lizhou 051? Can you hear me? What happened over there?"

"Something happened." Zhulong looked at the silent city in the distance through the porthole, and saw a huge fireball expanding in the center of the city, engulfing all the surrounding buildings.

"That's... Panlong Airport in Lizhou City!!" Yang Qi glanced at the map of Lizhou City that had just been called up, and then at the place where the fireball appeared. "Lizhou 051 Observation Station is the tower of Panlong Airport! So... what exactly is that fireball?"

"Could it be that the oil depot at the airport exploded?" Sun Hang said.

"No... the oil depot explosion would not be like this. You see, the fireball is obviously in a state of near-ground suspension. It seems to be absorbing the surrounding matter and constantly expanding itself... My intuition tells me that it is not an ordinary fireball, it is a strange thing."

"Xin-type strange things?" Sun Hang frowned slightly.

Xin-type strange things not only include spirit-type strange things, but also energy-type strange things.

"It's hard to say. It may also be other types of strange things with the ability to manipulate flames." Zhulong shook his head.

"Should we go back to support Lizhou City?" The pilot's voice sounded in the communication channel, "We just received a request for help from the Lizhou City Management Committee."

"Who are the hunters stationed in Lizhou City?" Yang Qi asked.

"There are six, but they all went out on missions a week ago and haven't returned yet." The pilot replied.

"That means there is no hunter in Lizhou City now?" Yang Qi showed a hint of hesitation on his face, and then this hesitation turned into determination, "The place where the explosion occurred is the only airport in Lizhou City. Do we have other places to land?"

"It's not a big problem. This plane has the ability to take off and land vertically. We can land on any helipad prepared for helicopters." The pilot said.

"I just checked. There is a helipad on the roof of the outpatient department building of Lizhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. It is now vacant. We can land there." The co-pilot said.

"Okay, land there, please!" Yang Qi said.

"What a coincidence." Sun Hang suddenly said.

"What a coincidence?" Yang Qi looked at him with some confusion.

"We just passed Lizhou City and this happened. It's like... it was waiting for me..." Sun Hang said thoughtfully.

"You mean, this explosion... is to lure us... It should be just a coincidence, right?" Yang Qi couldn't help but frowned.

"So I said it was a coincidence." Sun Hang said, "But even if it wasn't a coincidence, I would jump down to see it clearly... I just came back and they set off such a big firework to welcome me. I want to see who is so 'enthusiastic'."

"The Lizhou City Management Committee sent a message that Panlong Airport was completely destroyed, and the surrounding area within ten kilometers has been completely reduced to scorched earth. The city defense army and the public security bureau are organizing the people in the area near the airport to completely, but..."

"But what?" Sun Hang asked.

"The people in the area affected by the fireball... can't be rescued." The co-pilot continued, "The fire brigade of Lizhou City tried to rush in to rescue people, but in the end they were forced out by the high temperature... Even the firefighters wearing heat-insulating suits were severely burned. Ordinary people in that area are probably..."

"Is there a weird research institute in Lizhou City?" Sun Hang turned to ask Yang Qi.

"There is no independent Weird Thing Research Institute. There is only a branch of the Tianfu City Weird Thing Research Institute, but it is very small, with less than ten people." Yang Qi answered immediately, "Incidents related to Weird Things in Lizhou City are generally handled by the local Abnormal Investigation Bureau. As for those that the local investigation bureau cannot handle, they will be reported directly to the Tianfu City Weird Thing Research Institute."

"Whether it's the branch of the research institute or the investigation bureau, do they have the equipment to monitor the weird memes?" Sun Hang continued, "Can they confirm that the big fireball is a weird thing?"

"They tried... but couldn't detect it." The co-pilot in charge of communicating with the ground said, "With the fireball as the center, no place within a radius of ten kilometers can be entered, and the monitoring equipment can't reach the body of the fireball at all!"

"Can you find a way to let the drone bring the probe in..."

"No, the drone will explode directly when it flies in, and the probe can't withstand such high temperatures!"

As they were talking, the plane had landed on the roof of the outpatient building of Lizhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. As soon as Sun Hang and his team got off the plane, a group of officials who were physically exhausted came to greet them.

"Hello, I'm a member of the Lizhou City Management Committee." A middle-aged man who was a little fat shook hands with Sun Hang in a hurry. Sun Hang noticed that the hair on his head was curled up due to the perm, emitting a unique smell of burnt protein.

"Did you just rush over from the explosion site?" Yang Qi asked on the side.

"Yes... the situation is very bad. According to the measurement data, the air temperature within a ten-kilometer range has reached more than one thousand degrees Celsius, and the fire brigade cannot enter at all!" The middle-aged man wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, "and this range is still expanding!"

"One thousand degrees Celsius... can the strange skeleton withstand it?" Sun Hang looked at Zhong Ling who was following behind him.

In the cargo hold of the plane they were on, there were more than a dozen "coffins" neatly stacked. In these "coffins" were Zhong Ling's strange equipment - those strange skeletons that had been specially modified and could be manipulated by her at will.

"Yes, but the distance is too far, and the consciousness connection between me and the strange skeleton will be disconnected."

"What about you?" Sun Hang turned to Zhulong again, "Your ability should be able to restrain the flame, right?"

Although it is said that the oil in Zhulong's body can be made into a perpetual lamp that never goes out, Zhulong's blood is extremely cold - and as a hunter, Zhulong's ability inherited in the meme is obviously the latter.

"You can try, but there is no guarantee that you can reach the core location."

"Can you bring one more person? I will go in with you." Sun Hang said.