Trickster Hunter

Chapter 253 Sergey

Although no one mentioned it, everyone knew it - it was only a matter of time before the Lake Baikal region was abandoned.

The fisherman put down his telescope and climbed down from the watchtower.

The ashen-faced Minister Sergei slumped on the ground, leaning against the concrete pillar at the base of the tower, with cigarette butts piled at his feet.

The fisherman glanced at his superior and sighed.

Minister Sergei's luck is much worse than mine...

He has a son and a daughter.

Minister Sergei’s son is twenty-four years old this year. He successfully passed the Tianshu Tower exam the year he graduated from university. He is currently the general manager of Tianshu Tower’s office in Baikal City and has a bright future;

His daughter is seventeen years old and is the school beauty of Baikal City No. 1 Middle School. Last year, the fisherman accompanied Sergey to attend the Christmas party of No. 1 Middle School. The little girl led a group of girls of the same age to perform the ballet "Swan Lake" on the stage. The girl in a white tutu stood in the lead dance position, showing off her youthful figure as if she were a proud little swan...

The fisherman still remembers the scene of the girl standing on tiptoes and dancing to the rhythm of the music.

Minister Sergey once had an enviable family and life, but all of this was turned into ashes when B 77 fell from the sky.

"Boss..." The fisherman originally wanted to ask "Are you okay?", but after thinking about it, this seemingly caring question was really stupid - everything was already so bad that it couldn't get any worse, and again How could it be "good"?

"Would you like some vodka?" The fisherman paused and took out a tin wine bottle from his pocket.

Sergey raised his head, glanced at the fisherman with bloodshot eyes, and then said in a hoarse voice: "Yes."

Sergey took the wine bottle, unscrewed the lid, took a big gulp, and then coughed violently.

"Drink slowly, no one will compete with you..." The fisherman was about to go up and pat Sergey on the back, but who knew that Sergey suddenly got angry and threw him to the ground, suffocating him with both hands? Hold his neck!

"Trick! Damn trick!" Sergey shouted in a hoarse voice, "It's all your fault! It's all your fault!!!"

"Crazy...crazy? Minister...are you fucking...crazy?!" The fisherman reached out to push Sergey, but as an ordinary person, Sergey's burst of power at this moment completely suppressed him. As an infected fisherman, the latter tried his best but couldn't push Sergey away who was riding on him.

When the soldiers on the side saw this, they immediately rushed over and worked together to drag Sergey aside.

"Is Minister Sergey crazy?" A colleague who heard the noise and ran over asked the fisherman, "Did you accidentally say the wrong thing and irritate him?"

"Probably not..." The fisherman shook his head.

"Then what's going on with him?"

"Probably because I am an infected person, he transferred his hatred for monsters to me... It's a pity that B 77 has no entity. If it was some kind of giant beast that destroyed Baikal City, Sergey estimates I've already picked up my gun and rushed forward... Sukabule, this old guy is pretty ruthless." The fisherman rubbed his neck where the red mark had been pinched, and uttered a Siberian curse.

"I think..." The colleague glanced at Sergey, who was being held down by soldiers but still struggling for his life not far away, and said in a low voice, "Maybe we should ask a psychiatrist to come and take a look..."

"The psychiatrists don't have time for him."

"Ahem, anyway, old Sergey is finished." The colleague coughed twice and whispered.

As a non-infected person, if you are diagnosed with a mental illness, you are strictly prohibited from taking any job or position related to monsters... Whether it is an investigation bureau or a research institute, all on-the-job staff must undergo regular mental state assessments. , except for hunters.

Nine out of ten hunters have psychological conditions that are different from ordinary people, but there is nothing that can be done about it - how to keep these hunters emotionally stable is also one of the important tasks of the institute.

"It makes no difference to him." The fisherman sighed.

"Heh, let me tell you, instead of being furious at the incompetence of his own people, he might as well grab his equipment and rush into the contaminated area...then I respect him as a man." said the colleague.

"You think he doesn't want to, he just got stopped," said the fisherman.

Given Sergey's current state, there is no way the higher-ups will let him go on an exploration mission... If he suddenly loses control of his emotions during the mission, it will only harm others and himself.

"Really? When did this old guy become so brave?" My colleague asked in surprise.

"What's that old saying in Xiazhou? A dog can jump over a wall when cornered, let alone a human."

"Sigh... Fortunately, I'm alone, so I don't have anything to worry about." My colleague also sighed, "Although I can't empathize with him, but just imagining it, it's not that uncomfortable."

"Don't think so much, just live well." The fisherman patted his colleague on the shoulder and was about to return to the barracks, but before he had taken two steps, he suddenly froze on the spot.

That's not right...

He is a monster hunter and an infected person. Although he is not comparable to hunters with strength attributes, he can still overturn a car with his own strength.

Why was Minister Sergey so hard to fight back just now?

Is the power that people burst out in despair really that terrifying?

The fisherman turned around instantly, but at the same time, a gunshot was heard in the distance!

That was the direction where Sergei was dragged away by the soldiers.

"Sukabulie!"

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Tianfu City, Comprehensive Talent Training Base Construction Site, Underground Palace.

Sun Hang took Ling Xiao to walk in the tunnel that was already filled with various modern lighting equipment. The latter raised his head from time to time to look around - every few distance, you can see groups of researchers and fully armed investigators. Although the owner of the underground palace has been solved by Sun Hang, there are still a large number of artifact-like strange objects made of red square crystals left in the underground palace.

No one is sure whether there are dangerous things among these strange objects. The researchers can only carefully test them one by one, classify them, record them in the book, and finally use professional containers to contain them and transport them out of the underground palace.

Due to lack of manpower, the progress of this work is quite slow... Two days have passed, and less than one-third of the artifact-like strange objects in the underground palace have been sorted out.

"Aren't you curious?" Sun Hang looked back at Ling Xiao, who had been silent all the way, and said, "I brought you to this place."

"Curiosity." Ling Xiao replied.

Sun Hang was slightly startled. Shouldn't curiosity be an emotion? At the very least, curiosity is also a kind of desire. Ling Xiao, whose seven emotions and six desires were swallowed up by Anna, would actually feel curious?

"Are you really curious? Or are you saying this to answer my question?"

"..." Ling Xiao fell silent again. It was obvious that he couldn't understand Sun Hang's question.

"Can you smile?" Sun Hang asked again.

Ling Xiao's face twitched a few times, and finally, with the help of his fingers, he put on a "smile" that looked extremely unnatural.

"Forget it, let's change the topic..." Sun Hang thought for a while and asked again, "Can you think of anything that can make you happy?"

Ling Xiao's eyebrows revealed a hint of doubt, and his pace slowed down, as if he was lost in thought.

After more than ten seconds, he answered, "I'm... not sure."

"You can say you're not sure."

"... God-killing."

If Sun Hang was drinking water now, he would definitely "poof" all the water out of his mouth.

Such a middle school answer was said by Ling Xiao in such a serious tone...It's hard to describe what kind of scene this was.

Sun Hang scratched his toes in his shoes twice, and then asked in a calm tone as possible: "You mean... God-killing can make you feel happy? Or, can it make you feel better?"

"I'm not sure...I just think that the statues of gods and Buddhas that my mother used to worship are not pleasing to my eyes." Ling Xiao said.

"Dislike?" Sun Hang instantly caught another key word.

Dislike, in other words, is disgust...This is also a human emotion.

Is it because Anna didn't eat Ling Xiao completely, so that he still has some of his seven emotions and six desires...or during this period of time, Ling Xiao's seven emotions and six desires that were eaten slowly "grow" out again?

Sun Hang felt that the latter was slightly more likely.

If human emotions can regenerate after being devoured... wouldn't it be possible to achieve sustainable fishing?

"..." Ling Xiao returned to silence.

The two finally walked to the entrance of the underground palace, which had been sealed off by yellow and black warning tapes. Two field operators armed to the teeth came up and took out an instrument that looked like a temperature gun.

Sun Hang stood still and let the other party use the "temperature gun" to shine his eyes.

"Iris comparison completed." The field operator nodded to Sun Hang, "You can go in... But who is this person?"

"With my authority, can't I bring one more person in?"

"Of course."

"Then don't ask." Sun Hang pulled open the warning tape and went in, followed closely by Ling Xiao.

Compared to the tunnel filled with personnel and equipment, the scene in the underground palace has not changed much. The terracotta warriors are still guarding the bone throne, and the red crystal, which is similar in size and shape to the Rubik's Cube, lies quietly on the bone throne.

"These are all weird things." Sun Hang said to Ling Xiao, "These terracotta warriors, the throne made of bones, and the thing on the throne, all of them."

Ling Xiao nodded and waited for Sun Hang to continue.

"The enemies you will face in the future are also weird things." Sun Hang walked over, pulled out the long sword from a terracotta warrior, and threw it to Ling Xiao, "Try to fight it."

This terracotta warrior has no shield, and the only weapon in his hand was also taken away by Sun Hang. The moment he received Sun Hang's order, he strode towards Ling Xiao, raised his only remaining weapon - fist, and smashed towards Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao immediately took a big step back, and the iron sword dragged on the ground, making a harsh friction sound - for an underage child, this nearly ten-pound sword was still a bit too heavy.

Before Ling Xiao could stand firmly, he swung the sword in his hand and smashed it towards the terracotta warrior.

"Too hasty." Sun Hang, who was watching the battle with his hands on his waist, sighed and shook his head.

As long as the terracotta warrior dodged this sword, the huge inertia would cause Ling Xiao's body to lose balance and pounce forward in an instant... Sun Hang was ready to stop the terracotta warrior at any time.

But what Sun Hang didn't expect was that the soldier was also stubborn. It had no intention of dodging, but raised an arm to block the sword that was coming.

"clang!"

There was a crisp sound, and a one-centimeter-deep gash appeared on the soldier's arm, and the long sword was shaken and fell to the ground. Ling Xiao immediately wanted to pick it up, but the soldier stepped forward. He directly stepped on the long sword under his feet.

The soldier's other foot immediately kicked Ling Xiao in front of him. Ling Xiao had no choice but to roll around on the ground in an unsightly posture, barely dodging the kick.

The soldier bent down and picked up the sword.

"Stop." Sun Hang said.

Ling Xiao got up from the ground and patted the dust on his body.

There was a slight tear in his tiger's mouth, and blood beads slid down his fingertips - he used all his strength with the sword just now, with almost no reservation.

This is a desperate style of play. Once you miss, you will basically expose the flaw to your opponent.

But for Ling Xiao, this is indeed the only chance to kill the soldiers.

He had never learned fighting, let alone swordsmanship. Swinging the heavy long sword was extremely energy-consuming, and his opponent was a tireless monster warrior... Even if Ling Xiao adopted a roundabout tactic, it would be meaningless.

The longer he delays, the greater his disadvantage.

"Do you know why you lost?" Sun Hang asked.

If it were anyone else, they might have given an answer based on skills, mentality or some other aspects, but Ling Xiao said honestly: "It's too hard, I can't cut it."

"That's right... If you can't even break through the defense, all skills and tactics will be in vain." Sun Hang nodded with satisfaction, "Then do you know how humans fight against those ridiculously powerful monsters?"

"Rely on the hunter?" Ling Xiao raised his head and looked at Sun Hang.

"You're probably right... but the standard answer should be 'relying on the power of strange objects'." Sun Hang said, "There is an old saying that 'learn from the barbarians to gain skills to defeat the barbarians.' The hunter's ability also comes from the strange objects... Judging from the current situation, only the power of the monster can compete with the monster."

"Can I become a hunter?" Ling Xiao asked.

"Yes, but it's not necessary." Sun Hang said, "I brought you here just to give you the power of magic...but in another way."

"Another way?"

"Have you ever heard of trick equipment and qualified people?" When Sun Hang said this, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he first met Ye Jiu.