Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 223 Food Capacity
"Are you still in the car?" Yang Qi asked, "Where did you go?"

"I went to the construction site to take a look."

"Construction site? The comprehensive talent training base that is under construction?" Yang Qi reacted immediately.

"Well, after all, this is where I'll be working in the future, so I have to check it out first." Sun Hang said.

"Come back soon after you're done. The girl has been waiting for you for a while." Yang Qi's tone seemed a little strange. "She won't cook until you come back. She said the noodles will clump if left out for too long and won't taste good."

"We'll be there in twenty minutes." Sun Hang said, and then he kicked the floor oil as usual.

With the help of "bullet time", no matter how fast the car was going, it seemed as slow as a snail in his eyes... He even considered learning to fly a plane, but after learning that pilots had to read more than a dozen basic theoretical books as thick as bricks before officially boarding the plane, Sun Hang chose to give up.

"Be careful...you seem to be driving too fast." On the other end of the video call, Yang Qi frowned slightly.

"It's only 190 mph." Sun Hang glanced at the speedometer and said disapprovingly.

“That’s all?!” Yang Qi’s voice suddenly rose eight octaves. “You are still in the city! Even on the elevated road, the maximum speed limit is only 80… I admit that I drive pretty wildly, otherwise I wouldn’t drive this car like this… But you… you also…”

Yang Qi thought for a long time before she calmed down her tone again: "No need to drive so fast... It's not like we won't wait for you. Just drive slowly. There will still be cars on the road after we get out of the closed road section. Don't ask me to go to the traffic control department to pick you up..."

"Why are you becoming more and more like an old woman, nagging all the time?" Sun Hang made the final move with just one sentence.

"You might as well die on the road!" Yang Qi hung up the phone in anger.

……

When Sun Hang pushed open the door, he was shocked to find that there were more than just Yang Qi who came to his house for dinner today - Zhong Ling was busy in the kitchen with an apron on, and Yang Qi was busy helping her. On the sofa in the living room were Yang Lian and Ye Xuan, who were discussing something in a low voice on a tablet.

"Oh, you're back alive." Yang Qi glanced at Sun Hang who was walking through the entrance and said unhappily.

"Hehe." Sun Hang chuckled and returned the car keys to Yang Qi. "The gas is running low. Time to fill it up."

"Go fill it up yourself." Yang Qi threw the key to Sun Hang again, "You have more authority than me now. Talk to the logistics department of the institute and they will even give you aviation fuel, not to mention gasoline and diesel."

"Then if I say I want to fly a plane, can they get me one?" Sun Hang's eyes lit up, and the idea that he had originally given up was once again in his mind.

"Don't even think about it." Yang Qi rolled her eyes at him. "If you want to fly a plane, you have to learn how to repair it first. Otherwise, if something goes wrong with the plane at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, what will you do?"

"Just parachute out." Sun Hang replied immediately, "I won't die from the fall anyway."

"What about the plane? If it only encountered a minor problem, would you choose to parachute?"

"Can you repair airplanes?" Sun Hang suddenly looked Yang Qi up and down.

"What do you want to do?" Yang Qi was stunned, and a bad feeling arose spontaneously.

"With my authority, it should be no problem for you to get a pilot's license and then be my co-pilot, right?" Sun Hang said with a malicious smile.

"You..." Yang Qi bit her back teeth, "Whatever you want!"

"Let's talk about it later when we have time." Sun Hang walked through the kitchen and into the living room. He sat down on the sofa next to him. He took a bite of a fruit that he couldn't name but looked very expensive from the fruit bowl, then moved closer to Ye Xuan and Yang Lian. "What are you looking at? So focused?"

"Professor Deng is dead." Yang Lian looked up at Sun Hang and tilted the tablet screen slightly towards him.

The screen was playing an internal news report from the Tianshu Tower. Several sheriffs and Tianshu Tower field agents were seen walking back and forth in a laboratory. There were several spots of dried blood on the floor of the laboratory, and the outer edges of the bloodstains were outlined with white chalk. It was vaguely visible that there seemed to be two dead people at the scene: one fell next to the laboratory table, and the other was leaning against the corner. Between the two human figures, there was a series of bloody footprints.

"Professor Deng? Which Professor Deng?" Sun Hang was stunned.

"She is Professor Deng Yi, who led the team to successfully develop the 'Lihuo' and is an important member of the 'Reform Faction' who is determined to expel you hunters." Yang Lian said, "I showed you the live broadcast of her report at the celebration banquet that day."

"Who killed him?" Sun Hang came closer. A faint scent of shampoo drifted from Yang Lian's hair. "Could it be those hunters who hate the reformists?"

Ye Xuan turned her head and glanced at Sun Hang, who looked like he was looking forward to the chaos in the world, and shook her head: "The preliminary judgment is that Professor Deng committed suicide, but there is another murder case. The deceased was the second-in-command of Professor Deng's team... As for the murderer, according to the clues collected so far, it should be Professor Deng."

"It shouldn't be... it must be Deng Yi." Yang Qi added, "The surveillance camera captured the two people arguing and Professor Deng pulled out a pistol and fired several shots at the other person, then walked to the corner and sat down and shot himself."

"Is this an internal conflict? First he shot his partner, and then committed suicide out of fear of punishment?" Sun Hang was even more confused... Logically speaking, this second-in-command was most likely also a member of the "reform faction". Why did the reformists start killing each other?
"The latest investigation results are out." Ye Xuan clicked on a file. Sun Hang only then noticed that they logged into Zhong Ling's account. No wonder he had the authority to view such internal information. "The second-in-command of the research team: Professor Fan Peinan is suspected of misappropriating research funds and embezzling a large amount of valuable resources that should have been used for subsequent research plans for personal gain. He also accepted bribes by relying on his own authority. The amount involved is huge... Moreover, his purpose in joining the 'Reformists' was not to expel the infected from the Federation, but to make money by using the name of the Reformists..."

"She deserves to die." Sun Hang commented, "Although Professor Deng was a bit overstepping his authority by shooting him, since Fan Peinan is such a scumbag, even if they find out that she was the one who killed the person, the federal government and Tianshu Tower will choose to give her a lighter sentence, right? Most likely, they will continue to let her lead the team to research special ammunition and make meritorious contributions... It would be a waste to put such a talent in prison, right? Then why did she commit suicide?"

"Fan Peinan had an argument with her before he died, and the surveillance equipment in the laboratory also recorded the argument." Ye Xuan said, "The general meaning is that Fan Peinan believes that the subsequent research and development of special ammunition is completely meaningless. 'Lihuo' is just a product that was born by accident. Even if there are successful examples, the actual application scope of 'Lihuo' is pitifully small... As for the other subsequent special ammunition, with the current technical level, it is impossible to develop them..."

"He committed suicide because of a few words? Isn't he too sensitive?" Sun Hang muttered.

"Professor Deng is probably more aware of the difficulty of developing special ammunition than anyone else... Fan Peinan's words are most likely true." Ye Xuan said expressionlessly, "Due to her childhood experiences, Professor Deng has an extremely extreme personality... She probably couldn't accept this reality and thought her life had lost its meaning, so she chose to end her life... Of course, these are just my guesses."

"The meaning of life? The meaning of her life is to drive all the infected people to the occupied areas?" Sun Hang glanced at the bloodstains that had already solidified on the ground on the screen again, "Then it is better not to realize this kind of meaning of life."

"She most likely forged her psychological examination report," Ye Xuan said. "Otherwise, given her mental state, even if she was granted a work permit, she would be under strict surveillance, and it would be even more impossible for her to obtain a permit to carry weapons."

"Your analysis is quite objective," Sun Hang said. "There must be something hateful about a pitiful person. Although this sentence may not be correct, it is still very suitable for her." Ye Xuan said, "Her life is a tragedy, but I will not pity her for this."

"As expected of Miss Ye Xuan who is determined to inherit the seat of the federal congressman, you are so cool and ruthless. If Old Man Pei saw you, he would definitely like you very much." Sun Hang applauded, "But then again, why did you all gather at my house today? Are you planning to have a meal together on a whim?"

"It's not just a dinner party." Yang Qi came out of the kitchen carrying two plates. "From today on, they will live here."

"Ah?" Sun Hang looked at Yang Qi, then at the two girls sitting on the sofa. It was obvious that this was not a bad joke.

"There are indeed quite a few empty rooms in the villa..." Sun Hang muttered, "But I still want to know why."

"Because you said Chimera No. 17 would come back for revenge." Yang Qi said, "And as the bait for the last luring operation, the two of them would most likely be the targets of revenge... After thinking about it, I think the safest place in Tianfu City might be here."

Wang Xiyi's current condition is still unknown, so the strongest hunters stationed in Tianfu City may be Zhulong and Sun Hang. Zhulong lives in the villa behind, less than a hundred meters away from here.

"Okay." Sun Hang said, "By the way, where is Zhulong? Since there are so many people here, why not invite him along as well? It will only take one more pair of chopsticks."

"I asked Gui Hai to look for him." Zhong Ling whispered, "He is not at his residence. He only left a phone number on the door."

"I guess he's looking for somewhere to hang out... He's still pretty upset about his vacation being canceled," Sun Hang said. "He might be picking up pretty young girls in a licensed bar right now."

"What? You sound envious?" Yang Qi put a bowl of noodles heavily on the table. "You also want to hook up with pretty young girls?"

"Confucius said, food, sex, nature..."

"Stop talking, the ramen is ready, come and eat." Yang Qi interrupted Sun Hang's quibbling, "Add any seasoning you want."

"If I had known there would be so many people today, we should have eaten hotpot." Sun Hang rushed to the dining table and sat down instantly.

"Next time, the ingredients we requested haven't been delivered yet." Zhong Ling sat down in the seat next to Sun Hang. In contrast to the huge bowl of noodles, her face and hands looked particularly small. Her face was obviously flushed, and there were fine beads of sweat on her forehead.

"Thank you for your hard work, Chef Zhong." Sun Hang picked up the chopsticks and put the noodles directly into his mouth.

The noodles were chewy and the soup was rich and fragrant - Sun Hang remembered clearly that there was no such thing as thick soup base in his home, which meant that this pot of soup base was most likely cobbled together by Zhong Ling using the meager ingredients in the refrigerator.

But in terms of taste, it is no worse than "Tech and Hard Life" at all.

The reason why a chef is a chef is probably because of this power to turn decay into magic, even if it is just a simple bowl of ramen...

Before Sun Hang could finish his sigh, everyone heard a "bang" from the second-floor balcony, as if something heavy had fallen to the ground.

"What is that?" Yang Lian was stunned and subconsciously turned his head to look at the pistol thrown on the coffee table.

"Could it be your corpse?" Yang Qi looked at Zhong Ling.

Zhong Ling shook his head: "No."

Sun Hang, who was the only one who sensed the familiar breath, said to himself in confusion, "No way?"

"What don't you know?" Yang Qi asked immediately.

"It's Lao Wang." Sun Hang said directly without keeping anyone in suspense.

"Wang Xiyi? She..."

"I knew you would be surprised!" Wang Xiyi's voice came from the second floor. She was wearing a tight armored combat suit, with her long hair tied up high, and her tail, which was more than two meters long, was sweeping back and forth behind her.

The next second, she raised her slender thigh, stepped over the railing on the second floor, and landed lightly next to the dining table. "After a unanimous discussion between Tianshu Tower and the old director, they thought that it would be safer for me to stay with Sun Hang instead of leaving me in the experimental site... After all, there is nothing there that can limit my strength."

"In other words, you are still in the observation period?" Yang Qi asked.

“I guess so.” Wang Xiyi walked quickly to Sun Hang’s side, picked up the bowl of ramen that Sun Hang had just taken two bites of, and wolfed it down without caring about her image. “I’m almost starving... They said it was the highest standard of living conditions, but the food they delivered turned out to be nutrition bars that tasted almost like soap...”

"Hey, this is my noodles..."

"You've sucked so much of my blood, so what if I eat your bowl of noodles? Don't be so stingy." Wang Xiyi put down the empty bowl and wiped the corner of her mouth with her hand, "Anything else?"

"Sun Hang... go and modify the material application form right now and change the application quantity of all materials to fifty... no, one hundred times." Yang Qi said to Sun Hang, "Also, have them transport a portable ice storage room over here."

"what?"

"Ye Fury, do you know why the testing ground only provides you with nutrition bars?" Yang Qi asked helplessly.

"why?"

"Because your current body's daily energy requirement is more than seventy times that of a normal human. Only that kind of compressed energy bar can allow you to...'feed full' in the shortest possible time."

(End of this chapter)