Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 206 "Helios"

The figure of the white-haired girl was a little blurry, and her facial features could not be seen clearly, but for some reason, in Sun Hang's cognition, the white-haired girl who appeared in front of him was the white-haired girl he met in the underground research institute on the Nameless Island.

Is this a dream?

Is she dreaming about herself?
No...I am conscious and this is not a dream!

Sun Hang wanted to open his eyes, but found that his consciousness seemed to be trapped in this dream and he couldn't break free.

It’s like when a person is having a nightmare, he knows very clearly that he is dreaming, but he can’t wake himself up no matter what.

"Mother……"

Accompanied by a faint call, Sun Hang couldn't help but shudder.

"You...are not dead?"

"In the long river of time... we will meet again..." The white-haired girl repeated the last words she and Sun Hang said last time.

"According to the normal plot, this kind of reunion must have spanned at least a few hundred years, right?" Sun Hang wondered, "It's only been a few days since we last met... The pretense of this sentence has suddenly disappeared!"

"As long as mom still exists in this world, I will always be able to find her." The white-haired girl came close to Sun Hang, almost face to face, and whispered softly in his ear.

But even at such a close distance, Sun Hang still couldn't see her face clearly.

"You mean, as long as I'm not dead, you won't die?"

What is this? A symbiotic relationship? But it doesn't seem right...

As the highest authority in the field of strange things research, Pei Zongjun might be able to answer this question, but he couldn't ask him this question directly... Even if he asked it in a more obscure way, with his IQ, he would probably be able to guess the truth behind it.

By then, I'm afraid it will become that classic emoticon: "Is the friend you are talking about yourself? JPG"

"Mom..." The white-haired girl put her hands on Sun Hang's shoulders. Looking from the side, this posture looked as if she was nestled in Sun Hang's arms... If you ignore Sun Hang's gender, it really looks like a daughter acting coquettishly with her mother.

Sun Hang couldn't feel the weight of the white-haired girl, and he couldn't even feel the touch of her body - she was like a spirit, floating in the air. Sun Hang even suspected that if she got a little closer, their bodies might overlap like a mold...

"Mom..." the white-haired girl continued to shout, "Do you like... the fireworks... that I gave you?"

Sun Hang shuddered, and subconsciously wanted to push the white-haired girl away - but just as he had just imagined, his hands passed through the white-haired girl's body without any hindrance.

"That fireball...was it you who created it?"

"Well, it's beautiful, isn't it?"

"Do you know...how many people you have killed?"

"Murder? I didn't kill anyone?" The white-haired girl's tone was very innocent.

"Okay, let me put it another way. Do you know how many lives that fireball took?!"

"They are not dead... Why do you think I took their lives, mom?" the white-haired girl asked puzzledly.

"What do you mean?" Sun Hang narrowed his eyes. "Are those charred remains I saw fake?"

"What was burned were only their bodies that would eventually decay, but their emotions, their memories, and their souls all gathered in my body... They became one with me, and they would no longer be ants... They would gain eternal life with us."

"Bullshit! Didn't you just 'eat' them all? Who the hell taught you to be so sophistry?" Sun Hang said angrily. He suddenly realized a problem. The white-haired girl in front of him was not as harmless as she looked. She was a real murderer - all the staff on the Nameless Island, including the investigation teams that landed on the island later, the hunters who participated in the upgrade trial with Sun Hang and his friends, and the citizens of Lizhou who died in the fireball incident, were all killed by this guy!

And her purpose was also very obvious, which was to eat - if Taotie used the memes of strange creatures as food, then for this white-haired girl, her food was human emotions and memories...

In her eyes, killing a person is as insignificant as stepping on an ant or cutting off a weed.

"But, these are all taught to me by you, mom..." The white-haired girl said with a hint of grievance, "Mom, have you forgotten..."

I taught you?
Sun Hang was stunned.

He took a deep breath and felt an inexplicable chill coming over him.

Yes, he discovered a problem - in his conscious mind, he would feel angry about such things; but in his subconscious mind, he would think that all this was justified.

The white-haired girl is not a human being at all, she is a monster. The humans in her eyes are no different from the animals in the eyes of humans.

Would humans feel angry if their own kind killed livestock?

Most likely not...except for some extremely crazy members of the organization.

Am I a human being? This thought once again popped up from the depths of Sun Hang's mind.

"Who am I?" Sun Hang asked, staring at the blurry face of the white-haired girl.

"You are my mother." The white-haired girl's tone returned to calm. She stretched out her slender hand towards Sun Hang, as if she wanted Sun Hang to hold her hand, but Sun Hang was indifferent.

"Then who are you?" Sun Hang continued to ask, "Anna Dimoshchina?"

"Anna Dimoshina... No, it's not my name... It's just a code name for the body I've already abandoned." The white-haired girl said again, "I don't have a name."

"Then from now on, you will be called Anna Dimoshina." Sun Hang looked at her expressionlessly, "You said that only I have the right to name you."

"Anna Dimoshina... Is this the name my mother gave me?" The white-haired girl's tone was filled with obvious joy. "Although it once belonged to that body... But now, it will be my name, the name my mother gave me... Mom, I'm so happy... I..."

"Anna, tell me." Sun Hang stared at the blurry face seriously, "Tell me everything I have taught you before, without leaving out anything."

"Mom, you have..."

Before Anna could finish her sentence, an invisible force suddenly tore her body into pieces - not only her face was blurred, but her entire body turned into pieces of chaotic light.

She let out an ear-piercing scream, but mixed in with the scream was a girl's laughter as clear as a silver bell.

This laughter sounds very nice on its own, but when mixed with the screams, it becomes a bit creepy.

"Mom...hahaha...I have a name...hahaha...Anna, my name is Anna Dimoshina...hahaha, this is the name mom gave me..."

Sun Hang knew that it was the three apes who had taken action, but this time, not only did he not feel angry, but he also felt very happy. He couldn't help but think of the charcoal-like wreckage carried by the firefighters outside the car window.

"You stinky monkey, haven't you eaten yet? Try harder, your screams aren't loud enough!" Sun Hang raised his head and shouted at the empty "sky", "How can she still laugh? Are you incompetent?"

Anna was still screaming, and while she was screaming, she began to repeat those words: "Mom... don't be sad... I will not die... In the long river of time, we... will meet again..."

"Since you have time to talk nonsense, why don't you finish the sentence that was just interrupted!" Sun Hang subconsciously wanted to reach out and grab those light spots whose area was gradually shrinking, but he grabbed nothing.

"I'm super!"

Sun Hang suddenly opened his eyes and took a deep breath... After a few seconds, he realized that he had broken free from the dream and returned to the real world.

The clothes on his back were completely soaked with sweat and stuck to his body, feeling sticky and uncomfortable. He simply took off all his clothes, threw the dirty clothes into the laundry basket at the door, and then changed into pajamas prepared by the hotel.

Sun Hang glanced at the clock hanging on the wall. He remembered that it was exactly one o'clock in the morning when he just walked into the room, but now, there were only a few dozen seconds left until four o'clock, and the long pointer was almost pointing to the middle of 12.

"Three hours have already passed..."

Sun Hang sat on the edge of the big bed, bending over and staring at the dark TV screen in front of him. Through the reflection of the screen, he could vaguely see his own face.

An ordinary yellow man who was neither ugly nor handsome, looked to be between 20 and 30 years old, of medium height, well-proportioned body, solid hair color, and pupils of the dark brown color that was very common among Xiazhou people. There was a circle of light blue stubble around his lips, and slightly bloated eye bags revealed a tired look.

"Am I really a human being?" Sun Hang muttered to himself in front of the TV screen.

He did not go to take a shower. The slender hyphae brushed against his skin, sweeping away the sweat stuck on the skin surface. The next second, the bags under his eyes and dark circles disappeared, and even his stubble became much cleaner. He seemed to have become several years younger and was radiant.

Sun Hang closed his eyes. A few seconds later, when he opened them again, his pupils had turned into a dazzling gold.

Looking at the pair of golden eyes reflected on the black screen, Sun Hang asked again.

"Am I really human?"

The golden pupils gradually dimmed, and everything returned to its original state. Sun Hang leaned back and lay on the soft big bed.

He took a deep breath and began to recall the dream frame by frame.

Soon, Sun Hang discovered something wrong.

The interruption of Anna's unfinished sentence was very unnatural... In other words, it didn't seem like her words were interrupted, but rather like a part of Sun Hang's memory was forcibly taken away.

"I knew it……"

Anna should have answered Sun Hang's question completely, but the three apes erased this part of the memory directly from Sun Hang's mind.

"Fuck it, you might as well just erase all my memories." Sun Hang stared at the ceiling and cursed in a low voice, "You only erased the key parts, but left a bunch of fragmented clues... Isn't this pure obsessive compulsive disorder?"

Naturally, the three apes would not respond to Sun Hang's complaints... Sun Hang knew that it could hear his complaints, but it never reacted.

It will only stretch Sun Hang to an infinite distance when he is only one step away from the truth... or directly smash the truth to pieces.

What is the purpose of doing this?
Why don't you let me explore the past?
What would happen if I knew everything?
Am I human or a monster?

A series of questions popped up in Sun Hang's mind one after another until there was a knock on his door.

Sun Hang stood up and opened the door, and Yang Qi walked in covered in dust... Sun Hang noticed that there were obvious signs of burning on her cuffs, hem of her clothes, and trouser legs, and her face was blackened by smoke.

"Thank you for your hard work." Sun Hang quickly stepped aside and said, "By the way, why don't you go wash your face first?"

"Is there any water?" Yang Qi pulled out a chair and sat down.

"Yes." Sun Hang took a bottle of purified water provided by the hotel from the bedside and handed it to her.

Without saying a word, Yang Qi unscrewed the bottle cap and drank half of the bottle. Then she tilted her head back and poured the remaining half of the bottle onto her face.

She grabbed the corner of Sun Hang's nightgown and wiped her face vigorously.

The traces of smoke and fire immediately moved from her face to Sun Hang's pajamas.

"It seems like you are quite resentful?" Sun Hang asked.

"I just sent the video footage back to Tianshu Tower, and Tianshu Tower responded." Yang Qi said.

"What do the people at Tianshu Tower say?"

"This fireball is indeed a strange object, but it is not an unknown strange object."

"Oh wow, good news!" Sun Hang clapped his hands, "Has this thing appeared before?"

“It has.”

"where is it?"

"In the notebook of the United States intelligence officer who fled to Xiazhou Continent." Yang Qi said, "The number of this strange creature is B-92 'Blazing Sun', which is a very rare phenomenon-type strange creature. The United States calls it 'Helios'."

"Helios? What does this name mean?"

"The sun god in ancient Greek mythology."

"Isn't Apollo the sun god in ancient Greek mythology?" Sun Hang scratched his head. "I've never heard of this Helios."

"In terms of popularity, Apollo is indeed more famous. But to be precise, Apollo is the god of light, while Helios is the real god of the sun. The former is an Olympian, while the latter is a Titan who was overthrown by the Olympians."

"I don't really understand." Sun Hang shook his head. "This is a cultural desert."

"It's not without reason that scholars in the United States gave it this name... According to some ancient Greek documents, when Helios descended to the world, his form was a huge fireball suspended in the air, emitting terrifying heat... In other words, B-92 appeared thousands of years ago..."

"Then, in the ancient Xiazhou myth, was Hou Yi shooting the suns? Was he also shooting this thing?" Sun Hang immediately drew inferences from one instance. "That is to say, not only did this thing appear thousands of years ago, but ten of them could appear at once?"

(End of this chapter)