Trickster Hunter

Chapter 294 Signal Flare

"Sun Hang?" Zhong Ling asked again tentatively.

"I'm fine." Sun Hang shook his head and shook off the rain on his face. "I just swallowed the weirdo and accidentally choked."

Sun Hang immediately checked Wang Xiyi's condition. The meme virus in her body had been cleared. Next, he just had to wait for Wang Xiyi's damaged memes to repair themselves. As for the physical injuries, for the owner of the black dragon meme, as long as he was not beheaded directly, it would only be a minor scratch.

However, Gargantel's situation was not optimistic. Not only was his body severely traumatized, but the meme fragments were torn to pieces.

The memes of the weird skeletons were between the weirdo and the infected. They were originally defective products with "incomplete evolution". The Tianshu Tower transformed these weird skeletons into weird equipment for Zhong Ling to drive. In a sense, it was also a way of recycling waste.

"What are you going to do?" Sun Hang looked at the "Gagantel" lying twitching in the mud, and then turned to look at Zhong Ling, "It feels like... there's no hope."

"Just deal with it according to the regulations." Zhong Ling said softly.

For a "scrapped" strange device like this, dealing with it according to the regulations means another way of saying "harmless treatment", but it sounds more euphemistic.

Sun Hang walked forward, tied up Gargantel with mycelium, and then put the five fingers of his right hand together to form a knife, and inserted it directly from Gargantel's top of the head.

The liquid metal covering the fingertips easily pierced Gargantel's hard skull, and the dark blue dragon flame flashed by, burning Gargantel's brain and the remaining broken memes in its body.

The huge body knelt down with its head down, and there was no movement.

The rain hit its body, and the skin began to dissolve gradually, revealing the flesh and fat that had begun to rot underneath.

Sun Hang turned and looked at Zhong Ling. Even though she was wearing a protective suit, he could still clearly see a line of blood flowing out of her nose, sliding down her fair skin to her jaw.

Her face was also very pale. If it weren't for the No. 001 Ghost standing behind her and holding her shoulders, she would have collapsed to the ground.

"Will you also be affected by the disposal of the Ghost Equipment?" Sun Hang asked.

"It's okay... It's just that when the consciousness connection is cut off, it will be affected to a certain extent." Zhong Ling explained.

"I should have let the people from Tianshu Tower do this." Sun Hang said, "Looking at your current appearance, I always feel like you will faint at any time."

"It's right to deal with it early..." Zhong Ling shook his head, "The consciousness of the dying skeleton will lose control. Whether it is depression, sadness or madness, it is easy to reversely affect me as a qualified person... Even if you don't do it, I will take the initiative to disconnect the consciousness connection."

"It's better to suffer a short pain than a long pain, right?" Sun Hang looked up at the rainstorm that showed no signs of stopping, and said, "You lost this big guy, and you have suffered the backlash of cutting off the consciousness connection. You have lost the ability to continue to move."

As Sun Hang said, he loaded a flare into the signal gun and shot it into the sky.

"You stay where you are and wait for the rescue team."

"What about you?" Zhong Ling asked.

"I will continue to move forward."

"I want to go with you." Zhong Ling said again.

"Then do I have to leave Old Wang alone in the wilderness?" Sun Hang threw Old Wang in his arms, and the slender arm of No. 001 Skeleton gently scooped up Old Wang in his hand - although Wang Xiyi is only a little over 1.8 meters tall and has a slim figure, after being fully transformed by the Black Dragon Meme, she weighs more than six tons. Only guys with strange powers like Sun Hang or No. 001 Skeleton can throw her around easily.

"..." Zhong Ling fell into silence.

"This is an order. You take Wang Xiyi here and wait for rescue." Sun Hang picked up the sample collection equipment that was originally carried on Gargantel's back, "By the way, do these things really require four people to operate?"

"In an emergency... two people can also do it." Zhong Ling bit her lips unwillingly and said.

"If I'm alone but have four hands, I can theoretically operate it alone, right?" Sun Hang used mycelium to "weave" two slender arms, "If it's not enough, I can add a few more."

Zhong Ling nodded.

"Then I'm relieved." Sun Hang carried the equipment that was several times larger than his body on his shoulders.

"You are the only one left, why do you want to continue?" Zhong Ling said, "Can't you let other teams complete this task?"

"Our team is already the strongest team, but it's still so embarrassing." Sun Hang smiled, "Do you think the situation of other teams will be better than ours?"

"..."

"Besides, if I act alone, the success rate may be higher."

"...Do you really think I'm a burden?" Zhong Ling asked suddenly.

"I didn't say that." Sun Hang said innocently.

"Then why did you leave me behind?"

"To be honest, since I woke up in the hospital, the world has not looked at me well a few times." Sun Hang said, "I don't care about the life and death of others. If it weren't for the deal with old man Pei, I wouldn't work for the Federation..."

"..." Zhong Ling didn't say anything, but from her eyes, she obviously didn't understand why Sun Hang said this at this time.

"I don't have many friends, you are one of them." Sun Hang said, "If it were a stranger, I would wish I had more cannon fodder to help me explore the way... But since I regard you as a friend, I will naturally not let you die in vain."

"In my opinion, whether the mission can be completed or not is actually not related to how many people you bring." Sun Hang continued, "Enough people have died... I think, with your family conditions, you should not be short of the money for the pension."

Zhong Ling stood there in a daze, and her face, which had never had much expression, rarely showed a complicated look.

But she didn't speak again, just watched Sun Hang carrying heavy equipment and walking forward step by step in the mud.

"Are you disappointed?" Wang Xiyi's weak voice came from the side, "To him... you are just a friend."

Zhong Ling shook his head, but then nodded: "I don't know either."

"Be content, it's the first time I heard him say that." Wang Xiyi muttered, "This guy rarely reveals his true feelings."

"Are you also his friend?" Zhong Ling turned his head to look at Wang Xiyi who had just woken up.

"I'll give you your answer again, I don't know." Wang Xiyi sighed, "Maybe."

...

...

Sun Hang, who had resumed his solo mode, immediately quickened his pace. He no longer checked the outposts that lost contact along the way, and completely ignored the intermittent and occasional communication signals from other teams, and just walked straight towards Chimera No. 17.

The appearance of the three apes made Sun Hang realize that he could not gain more from this operation... All he wanted now was to complete the task quickly and then return to his residence, and record the memories with paper and pen before they became too blurred to be described in words.

Although he was not sure whether the three apes would directly erase his diary by physical means, it was better to have a physical record than to seal everything in the memory that could be tampered with at any time.

"Swoosh--"

Another flare exploded in the air. Sun Hang looked up and saw that it was a red flare, exactly the same as the one he had just fired.

This was a distress flare.

Sun Hang estimated the distance. The location where the flare was fired was about three or four kilometers away from him. At this depth, the rescue team behind could not enter. The only thing the person who fired the flare could count on was the other hunter teams that entered the area with him.

Among these hunter teams, Sun Hang was most likely the closest one to them.

Sun Hang thought for a moment, did not change direction, and continued to move forward.

"Swoosh--"

The second flare exploded, still in the same direction, but from the distance, it seemed to be a little closer to Sun Hang.

If the two flares were fired by the same person, it means that this person is now moving towards Sun Hang.

Sun Hang couldn't help but frown.

"Will this guy cause any big trouble?"

The other party's behavior has seriously violated combat discipline... In an emergency, even if I kill the other party, I will most likely not bear any responsibility afterwards.

The reason why the hunters responsible for collecting samples have to be divided into many groups and approach Chimera 17 from different directions is to prevent too many people from gathering in a small area and triggering Chimera 17's "stress response"-in the previous combat meeting, it was also clearly mentioned that each team can move forward and backward on their planned route according to the actual situation; but lateral movement beyond the planned route is expressly prohibited.

I am not afraid of anything else, but I am afraid that two fully staffed teams will accidentally collide with each other, causing the number of people to exceed the dangerous threshold, and then be wiped out by the energy flow shot by Chimera 17.

Typical of harming others and yourself.

Fortunately, Sun Hang is alone now. Even if a full team is running over, at this distance, it should not attract the attention of Chimera No. 17.

"Hiss... Help... Can anyone hear me... This is the fourth team... Hiss..."

As the distance between the person who fired the flare and Sun Hang continued to narrow, the other party's voice began to sound in the communication channel.

The radiation here is very strong, and the radio communication is seriously interfered... Even if the distance between the two sides is only one or two kilometers, Sun Hang can hardly hear a few complete sentences.

"... Help... Our team... Hiss... Encountered... Help..."

"Hiss... Only one left... Hiss... I am the only one..."

Finally, the figure of the hunter appeared in Sun Hang's field of vision.

He was wearing a customized combat uniform, driving an air-cushioned motorcycle, sliding at high speed on the mud... But what made Sun Hang a little puzzled was that he watched the other party slide hundreds of meters on the motorcycle, and did not see anything chasing him behind him.

"Team 4, this is Team 1." Sun Hang pressed the communication button helplessly, "I see you."

"...hiss...Team 1...hiss..." The other party's voice was filled with fear, "No, that's not right?...hiss..."

The air cushion motorcycle finally drove to the front, and dozens of mycelium as thick as arms shot out, tightly entangled the anti-collision frame on the outside of the motorcycle, and stopped the high-speed sliding air cushion motorcycle.

Sun Hang turned off the communicator, walked directly to the motorcycle, patted the man on the shoulder, and asked, "What's going on? What happened to your fourth team?"

"You...you are the Sun Hang from the first team?" The hunter raised his head, panting, and said, "Why did you run here?"

"I ran here?" Sun Hang was almost laughed at by the other party, "You rushed in recklessly and left the planned route of your team. Why are you blaming me?"

"Ah?" The hunter's eyes widened, "Impossible, I turned around and ran back. Even if I deviated from the direction, I should have run into the third or fifth team! How could I meet you?!"

The hunter looked frightened, and even when talking to Sun Hang, he turned his head from time to time to observe behind him.

"What on earth did you encounter?" Sun Hang asked again, "Don't look back, I saw you driving all the way here, there was nothing chasing you."

"I, we encountered a monster!" The hunter exhaled hard and trembled, "The kind of monster you can never imagine!"

"Aren't all weird things monsters? There are many indescribable weird things, why are you so scared?" Sun Hang looked at the other party with some disdain.

Logically speaking, all the participants in this operation are experienced hunters, why does this guy act like a rookie on his first mission.

"I... I don't know how to describe that thing!" The hunter kept waving his arms, acting a little hysterical, "We can't see that thing, but it killed our teammates one after another! It never showed up from beginning to end, and we didn't even know what kind of enemy we were facing!"

"Is it very fast? Or does it have the ability to be invisible? Or is it a long-range attack? An energy body that cannot be observed by the naked eye? You can't encounter a rule-based weird thing?" Sun Hang asked.

"I don't know... I just feel like that thing is still chasing me, it's behind me..." Although the hunter's breathing has calmed down a bit, he still looks back from time to time while talking.

"The blood on your gloves." Sun Hang suddenly took a half step back and pointed at the other person's hands, "Is it your own?"