Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 224 Nutrition Bars and Dragon Flame
"In other words, if you don't want to eat 20 hours out of 24 hours a day," Yang Qi continued, "those nutrition bars that taste like chewing soap... will be your main source of energy in the future."

"Okay... I can eat the nutrition bars, but can you ask them to make some other flavors?" Wang Xiyi said helplessly, "If it really doesn't work, I can only eat this thing with hot pot base."

"The nutrition bars I gave you today are still trial versions. There should be various flavors in the future." Yang Qi said, "If it doesn't work, I'll ask them to ship you a truck of military-grade energy bars. Those energy bars have been developed for many years, and their taste is more acceptable. However, compared to special nutrition bars, the energy they can provide per unit volume is still a bit too little... I roughly calculated that you need to eat about 120 bars a day to fill your stomach."

“……” Wang Xiyi pursed her lips and said nothing.

"Come to think of it, besides eating, is there no other way to replenish energy?" Sun Hang suddenly had an idea. "I forgot which novel or movie I saw this in, but the dragon in the movie can absorb energy by bathing in magma... Then can Lao Wang also...?"

"You also said that it's a novel or a movie. In reality, the conversion of energy is a very complicated process. Night Fury still retains most of the human body structure, so she can only absorb energy in the same way as humans... But we can indeed use this as a topic for further research. I will write a report and submit it to the teacher later, about the energy absorption method of special infected people..."

"Stop, stop... You said you won't work overtime tonight, so why are you still thinking of adding more work to yourself?" Sun Hang said hurriedly, "If you keep talking, are you going to rush back to the institute to work hard after dinner?"

Yang Qi was stunned for a moment. She had to admit that this thought had indeed popped up in her mind just now.

"In the field of psychology, workaholism has been identified as a symptom of psychopathology... Director Yang, you don't want your researchers to know that you are a pervert, right?" Sun Hang complained.

"Director Yang?" Yang Lian raised her head while eating noodles. "Sister, have you been promoted to director?"

"Don't listen to his nonsense." Yang Qi waved her hand.

"Your sister's current authority level is probably higher than most of the 'directors' in the institute." Sun Hang shrugged, "In a few days, you should call her Director Yang."

"Don't you know who the authority actually belongs to?" Yang Qi glared at Sun Hang, took the empty bowl in front of him, and served him another bowl of noodles.

"Director Yang, give me a bowl too!" Wang Xiyi used her tail to pull a chair next to her over, sat down, and said.

"Come to think of it, your tail is quite useful." Sun Hang glanced at the dragon's tail that passed through the gap in the back of the chair - the black scales covering the tail looked extremely smooth. If it covered Lao Wang's body, it would look like an adult Amazon anaconda.

The only difference is probably that when Lao Wang's tail moves, the scales rub against each other, making a slight metallic sound.

"Yeah, I was a little uncomfortable at first." Wang Xiyi nodded, "But after using it a few times, I got used to it... It feels like a third arm."

After Wang Xiyi finished speaking, she stretched her tail directly towards the refrigerator not far away. The pointed tip gently hooked the door handle of the refrigerator and opened the door of the refrigerator compartment.

"Hey, where is the bottle of treasure that I treasured?" Wang Xiyi was stunned. She stood up and rushed to the refrigerator, but she completely forgot that her tail was stretched out from the gap in the back of the chair. With this movement, she instantly pulled the whole chair over. The next second, this solid wood chair of good quality had disintegrated.

It was only then that everyone realized that her tail was not just an extra limb, but also a weapon with extremely terrifying lethality.

Wang Xiyi was lying in front of the refrigerator, searching through the bottles and cans for a long time. She suddenly turned around and asked, "Where's that bottle of fifteen-year-old wine? Did you drink it secretly?!"

"I didn't!" Sun Hang held up three fingers. "The conscience of heaven and earth can testify to this! In my eyes, fifteen-year-old wine is not as delicious as carbonated drinks!"

"Tsk, so tasteless." Wang Xiyi said disdainfully and continued to rummage in the refrigerator.

"The fifteen-year-old wine you mentioned...is it packaged in a small white porcelain bottle?" Zhong Ling suddenly asked.

"Yes!" Wang Xiyi nodded vigorously, "Have you seen the little sister?"

"I used it as cooking wine. There should be some left in the kitchen..." Zhong Ling said a little embarrassedly.

"No!" Wang Xiyi let out a wail and rushed into the kitchen.

A few seconds later, she returned to the restaurant holding a small milky white porcelain vase and sat down on a new chair with a depressed look on her face.

She placed a small wine glass in front of her, then raised the porcelain bottle...

One drop, two drops, three drops...

What Zhong Ling called "a little bit left" actually meant less than twenty drops.

"I'm sorry... I didn't know it was so important to you." Zhong Ling whispered, "I can find a way to compensate you with a bottle."

"Forget it, forget it. If I get it, I'm lucky. If I lose it, I'll die." Wang Xiyi picked up the small wine glass, drank it all, and then closed her eyes, as if she was savoring the aroma of the wine... Her tail swung gently, and a small blue flame flashed at the tip of her tail.

Although the small flame appeared and disappeared in less than half a second, the temperature in the restaurant suddenly rose by nearly ten degrees.

"Has the blue flame become normalized?" Yang Qi murmured.

"Yeah." Wang Xiyi opened her eyes and nodded.

"Are there any more advanced forms of fire?" Yang Qi asked, recalling the blazing white dragon flame that almost burned everything in the test field during the day.

"Yes, but you can't use it here." Wang Xiyi said, "The house will catch fire in an instant."

"Speaking of which, Tianshu Tower asked you to stay with Sun Hang during the observation period. Apart from that, are there any other requirements?" Ye Xuan suddenly asked.

"Yes, the director told me that Chimera No. 17 will come back for revenge... I think, apart from you two, I will most likely be its primary target of revenge." Wang Xiyi said, "In that case, why not gather all of us together so that it doesn't have to run around."

"With your current combat power, plus the strange corpses of Sun Hang and Zhong Ling, you are enough to crush Chimera 17." Ye Xuan analyzed, "Plus there is Zhulong who can provide support at any time... The only thing I am worried about now is that Chimera 17 will notice that so many of us have gathered together and choose to change its target and start with those officials who have confidential information... They don't have such a high level of security around them. Those so-called elite bodyguards are not enough in front of Chimera 17."

"What else? We can't spare some manpower to protect those good-for-nothings, right?" Wang Xiyi looked slightly annoyed. "Besides, if they're with us, they'll be in even more danger."

"So this is the biggest disadvantage of waiting for something to happen." Ye Xuan said seriously, "Because the initiative is completely in the hands of Chimera No. 17, and we can only wait passively, unless..." "Unless that guy has a target with the highest priority for revenge." Yang Lian took over the conversation and looked at Wang Xiyi, "Night Fury, you beat it so badly in the beginning, forcing it to abandon most of its body to survive... The person it hates the most should be you, right?"

“Maybe.” Wang Xiyi finished the third bowl of noodles and wiped the corners of her mouth with the back of her hand. “I wish it would come to me right now… I just needed two punches last time, but it escaped. I feel a little unwilling.”

Sun Hang was speechless, watching the discussion silently. In his heart, he always had a feeling - as if there was a vague sight that was always watching him... If this sight came from Chimera No. 17, then its primary target of revenge should be himself...

But what puzzled Sun Hang was that he had never offended Chimera No. 17 at all - during the last luring and killing operation, he was not even in Tianfu City, but in Chunming City, more than a thousand kilometers away.

What resentment what?
Or... Anna had a feud with Chimera 17 in the past, and now this account was put on her head?
That’s not right…According to Anna herself, she was “born” in the Nameless Island Research Institute. Since the Nameless Island Research Institute was closed, she has been locked in the underground laboratory and has never been anywhere. How did she come into contact with Chimera No. 17?

Or...the one who had contact with Chimera No. 17 was myself before I lost my memory?

Sun Hang ate the noodles mouthful by mouthful, trying to recall what happened before he passed out, but the result was the same - no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't access those memories.

It’s not that his mind was blank - he could clearly feel that there were some things sealed deep in his mind, just like the memories about the Nameless Island Research Institute, but the surface of these things was all covered with a thick layer of fog. Sun Hang's consciousness could only penetrate a short distance into the fog before quickly dissipating, and he could not touch the things behind the fog at all.

This feeling is the most fucking uncomfortable, just like having a mosquito bite on the butt, it itches terribly, but you are wearing a protective suit that is as thick as a space suit - let alone scratching it with your hands, even if you whip your butt with a whip, the body under the protective suit will not feel anything.

Sun Hang sighed imperceptibly, picked up the bowl of noodles, and drank the thick soup at the bottom of the bowl... At this time, Wang Xiyi had already finished her sixth bowl of noodles.

"I'm still very hungry... If I had known, I would have brought some nutrition bars with me when I went out. Even though they taste bad, at least they can satisfy my hunger." Wang Xiyi looked regretful.

"No more, really not a single one left." Yang Qi threw the empty pot into the sink. "How about we cook something else for you?"

"Don't bother, I'll just get some frozen food." The nimble Long Wei opened the freezer and pulled out several bags of frozen dumplings. He tore open the packaging and poured nearly fifty hard-frozen dumplings into a stainless steel plate. Then Wang Xiyi filled half a plate of purified water from the water dispenser.

"Are you... sure you don't need to cook them?" Yang Lian pointed at the frozen dumplings floating in the cold water and couldn't help asking.

"Cook it, of course!" Wang Xiyi took a deep breath, "But you have to control the heat well, otherwise I'm afraid the pot will melt."

After saying that, she took off her combat uniform gloves that were stained with a few oil stains, took off the armored restraints on her wrists, and placed her palms on the bottom of the stainless steel face plate.

After a while, the cold water in the basin began to boil.

"Huh... just right." Wang Xiyi withdrew her hand and put the pot of boiling dumplings on the table, but soon, a smell of burnt tablecloth came from the bottom of the plate.

"Let's try using dragon flames to grill meat next time." Sun Hang suddenly suggested, "I wonder if there is any difference between it and grilling with regular flames."

"Okay, no problem!" Wang Xiyi agreed readily.

After eating and drinking, Sun Hang took on the task of washing the dishes as usual - or rather, throwing the dishes into the dishwasher. As for the others, Yang Qi went into the study with her laptop, and Yang Lian and Ye Xuan decided to take a walk around the villa. Suddenly, only Sun Hang, Wang Xiyi and Zhong Ling were left in the huge living room.

"Old Wang, let me introduce you to a person who is qualified for the Trickster Equipment, Zhong Ling, codenamed 'Puppet Master'." Sun Hang pulled a tissue over, wiped the oil off his hands, and said to the two, "This is the registered hunter in Tianfu City, Wang Xiyi, codenamed 'Night Fury'."

"You are the puppeteer?" Wang Xiyi came closer and looked at Zhong Ling from left to right. "I've heard of you, but this should be the first time we meet... When I flew over just now, I noticed that there were a lot of strange corpses hidden outside the house. At first I thought it was Sun Hang's doing, but now it seems that these strange corpses should be your strange equipment."

"Yeah." Zhong Ling nodded slightly.

Sun Hang noticed that her eyes seemed to always stay on Wang Xiyi's chest, as if she cared a lot.

Wang Xiyi's figure can be said to be the best among all the women Sun Hang has ever seen (except for the conceptual charm of Bao Si). She is 1.8 meters tall, model-like, with a curvy figure, thin where it should be thin, and plump where it should be plump. Her long legs are far better than the so-called "legs that stand out" that are created with beauty software on short video platforms.

Although she was wearing an armored combat suit, the word "armored" here actually refers to flexible armor made of nanomaterials. The combat suit was tailor-made according to her body data and fit her body curves very well. In Sun Hang's opinion... this thing is no different from body painting.

In comparison, Zhong Ling's girlish figure seems a bit "poor".

"Nice to meet you." Wang Xiyi took the initiative to extend her hand to her.

"Me too." Zhong Ling held the other person's hand and said in a low voice.

"We'll be colleagues from now on, please take care of me." Wang Xiyi said with a smile.

"Um... there's something I can ask you?" Zhong Ling raised his head and looked into Wang Xiyi's eyes.

"what's up?"

"Have you and Sun Hang ever had that kind of relationship?"

"Puff——" Sun Hang, who was drinking water nearby, instantly sprayed out the water in his mouth. He turned his head in surprise and met the gazes of the two people at the same time.

"What kind of relationship are you asking about?" Even someone as easy-going as Wang Xiyi looked a little embarrassed at this moment.

"I had a very strange dream. In the dream, he and I had that kind of relationship, but I don't know why, another person also appeared in the dream."

"Me?" Wang Xiyi pointed at herself in surprise.

Zhong Ling nodded.

(End of this chapter)