Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 257 Night Market
However, spiritual creatures are not the problem that Sun Hang needs to consider now - the biggest threat at the moment should be Chimera No. 17 that escaped from Lao Wang.

In just over ten days, that creature devoured at least thousands of people... No one knows what it will look like when it appears in human vision again.

It is really uncomfortable to have the enemy in the dark and me in the light, not to mention that there is a variable like Anna in the mix.

Sun Hang suddenly felt a little regretful. He left Chunming City in too much of a hurry... If he had known that there was such a big battle waiting for him, perhaps he should have gone to the monster containment area in Tianshu Tower to have a meal first.

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When Sun Hang left the institute, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening - but for Tianfu City, there was not much difference between seven o'clock in the evening and seven o'clock in the morning. The sky was always dark, and the temperature remained at around minus fifteen degrees Celsius...

Sun Hang remembered that the last time he left Tianfu City, the average temperature was still around zero degrees...

As the eternal night continues, this city, once known as one of the four furnaces of Xiazhou, will become even colder.

He suddenly missed Tianfu City before the eternal night fell - the brightly lit office buildings, the bustling commercial streets, and the dilapidated but bustling old town areas.

In the summer in Tianfu City, the streets full of hot pants and miniskirts are definitely a sight not to be missed... If you were to say where in Xiazhou is most abundant in beauties, if Tianfu City ranks second, then no other city would dare to claim to be first.

Delicious food, beautiful women, and beautiful scenery... If you ignore the fact that Tianfu City is located on the border of the Xiazhou Federation, this is definitely the most livable city in the entire federation, no doubt about it.

After all, this is a city known as the Land of Abundance.

Sun Hang drove the car slowly along the main road - the traffic control on most sections of Tianfu City has not been lifted yet, and only vehicles with special license plates or vehicles with passes can be on the road.

At seven o'clock in the evening, this road should have been jammed with traffic, but now it was empty. Only occasionally could one see a few trucks or SUVs with military license plates passing by in the lane on the other side.

There is a checkpoint every few kilometers. Soldiers in dark green military coats stand on the roadside. The moisture from their exhaled breath forms a layer of white frost on their eyebrows and the brims of their felt hats.

They held their guns and stamped their feet on the ground to keep warm - there was heating in the sentry box, but the narrow space could only accommodate one person. A checkpoint was standardly staffed by four soldiers, which meant that even if they took turns sitting in the sentry box, each person could only enjoy the heating in the booth for a quarter of their duty time.

"Hello." A soldier came forward and stopped Sun Hang's car. "Routine inspection."

Sun Hang stepped on the brakes and the SUV slowly stopped in front of the barrier.

"This car... belongs to the research institute?" The soldier looked inside the car, then took two steps back. "According to the files, this car belongs to Yang Qi, a researcher at the Weird Things Research Institute... Uh, you're not Yang Qi, are you?"

The registered owner of the car is a woman, but Sun Hang is obviously not a woman.

"No, she lent me the car." Sun Hang answered honestly.

"Can you show me your ID?" The soldier asked, and the next second he caught a glimpse of the hunter bracelet on Sun Hang's left wrist, and immediately stood at attention, "Sorry... Sorry! You don't need to show your ID, we will let you pass immediately!"

"Ah?" Sun Hang was stunned for a moment and put the hunter's license he had just taken out back into his pocket.

The electric barrier rose quickly.

"You are not on a mission, are you?" the soldier asked cautiously.

"No... I just got off work and was planning to walk around the city... uh, patrol." Sun Hang said.

The soldier was visibly relieved.

"By the way, do you know which markets or supermarkets nearby have resumed business?" Sun Hang waved at the soldier and asked.

Although a new application form for supplies has been submitted, considering that there are several new mouths to feed at home during this period, the supplies distributed uniformly are still in short supply, especially fresh vegetables and meat...

Cooking with canned and pre-prepared ingredients really undermines Zhong Ling's cooking skills.

"Supermarket?" The soldier was stunned. "Even if there are supermarkets open now, there are no goods to sell...Supplies in the whole city are distributed uniformly. The supply warehouses of those chain supermarkets have been requisitioned by the federal government, and the goods inside have been bought by the government to fill the gap in supplies...Is there anything you want to buy?"

"Buy some vegetables and go home to cook." Sun Hang said concisely.

"Are the supplies distributed to the hunters also in short supply?" The soldier was horrified. "Is the situation so bad..."

"No, it's just that there are too many people in my family." Sun Hang explained.

"Well... although I don't know where I can buy things, there seems to be a trading market spontaneously organized by residents in the nearby Yabei District... But if you want to go, you have to hurry. According to the Tianfu City Citizens' Activities Control Regulations, the market must be closed at nine o'clock at the latest, and there is less than an hour left now." said the soldier.

"Yabei District?" Sun Hang glanced at the navigation. It was less than three kilometers away from where he was, so it was quite close to drive there.

"Yes, Yabei District. It's at the address of the internet-famous night market. It's easy to find." The soldier nodded. He suddenly lowered his voice when he said the next sentence. "The squad leader once went there to buy cigarettes... But there is one thing I have to tell you in advance. The things there are very expensive, very expensive... And many people don't charge money."

"No money?"

"Yes, many people only accept barter." The soldier said, "They dare to sell a pack of Dragon and Phoenix for 6,000 yuan! But if you want to exchange something with them, just half a box of instant noodles will do... But I'm just giving an example, the specific price depends on how you negotiate."

"Okay, I got it. Thank you very much." Sun Hang took out two packs of cigarettes from the glove box and threw them to the soldiers on guard. "Thank you for your hard work, brothers!"

The cigarettes were of course not from Sun Hang or Yang Qi - neither of them smoked. But in Yang Qi's car, there were a lot of cigarettes, most of which she had "confiscated" from the old director. They were placed in the office or laboratory and occasionally found by the old director, so she simply threw them all in the car. "It's not hard, it's not hard! Thank you, brother!" The soldiers who received the cigarettes were immediately flattered and thanked her repeatedly.

Sun Hang drove away from the checkpoint and turned into the fork road leading to Yabei District. After searching on the navigation software, he found that there were more than twenty places called "Internet celebrity night markets" in the entire Tianfu City. Fortunately, there was only one Internet celebrity night market located in Yabei District.

In the first week of the Eternal Night, all civil activities were suspended. But as time went by, the Tianfu City Management Committee gradually relaxed restrictions - no one knew how long the Eternal Night would last. According to the Disaster Countermeasures Committee's plan, after the initial ban, along with the establishment of various security mechanisms, life and production in Tianfu City would gradually return to normal.

Although there is still some distance before work and school resume, at least in the past few days, we can see a group of aunts, grandmas and old ladies wearing cotton-padded jackets and down jackets dancing square dance under the lights of military searchlights.

I have to say, these old ladies are indeed not mortal creatures - even if the sky falls, as long as their fake speakers are not crushed, they will still dance square dance.

The federal government and the Disaster Response Committee are also happy to see this kind of scene, and even let official media report on these old ladies dancing in the square - from a certain perspective, this does show the courage and optimism of the citizens of Tianfu City in the face of disasters, and is part of the "positive energy" that the federal government continues to promote.

Unfortunately, most of the people who can see these positive energy contents are outside Shuzhou, and the civil communication network within Shuzhou has never been restored. The channels for ordinary people to obtain information, apart from neighbors, are only official broadcasts in each community and paper leaflets distributed to every household...

"We have reached our destination."

Following the navigation prompt sound, Sun Hang stopped the car.

Not far away is the trading market. There is a huge signboard at the entrance of the market, on which the six words "Yabei Internet Celebrity Night Market" are spelled out with light tubes. However, except for the word "Bei", part of the light tubes of each word are more or less not lit up, and the content displayed on the signboard has become the abstract "氵北丨工丶丶".

"This should be the place, right?" Sun Hang muttered to himself, took out a few packs of cigarettes and put them in his arms, then locked the car door and walked towards the market.

After walking a few steps, he felt a strange breath.

This aura does not come from weird memes, but from human negative emotions...

But what puzzled Sun Hang was that the negative emotions in the market included jealousy, greed, and anger...how could there be lust?
Are all the businesses you do in this market legitimate?

Fortunately, although the negative emotions are chaotic, they are not strong enough to give rise to strange creatures... The only thing to worry about is whether it will attract Anna who is looking for food... I don't know if that guy will look down on such a snack.

As soon as Sun Hang stepped into the market, he heard a quarrel not far away. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw several men dragging a bald strong man, who was struggling and yelling in the Shuzhou dialect. Opposite him, a skinny old man looked impatient and muttered, "If you can't afford it, don't buy it! What are you doing here? Do you have to bring the police here?"

"Bullshit! I'm not going to buy your stuff!" the sturdy man cursed, "You old bastard, you stole my wife, I'm going to chop your thing off today and feed it to the dogs!"

"Hey, how dare you slander me? Your wife cheated on me, what does it have to do with me?" The old man picked his nose with his little finger. "What I do here is legal business. If you want to make trouble, I will go to the police station. I will put you in jail then. Do you still dare to make trouble?"

The people who were holding the sturdy man were obviously related to the old man. Several of them kept echoing the old man's words: "That's right, that's right. If you make trouble here again, we will really drag you to the police station!"

"Go ahead! I'm not afraid of you!" the sturdy man shouted, "I'm not afraid of scaring you to death if I tell you! That woman has become weird since she came back from your place. She looks weird! In my opinion, it might be you, an old man, who is up to something! I'm afraid there is something strange hidden in your house!"

"Hey! Hey, hey, hey!" The old man stood up in an instant. "You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!! I think you've been cheated on by someone, and you're not in your right mind!"

"That's right!" The people next to him echoed again, "How could there be a strange creature in Old Chen's house! Don't talk nonsense! It's one thing to attract the sheriff, but if the strange creature hunter comes to your house... you will regret it!"

"I wish the Trickster Hunter would come to my door!" the sturdy man said angrily, "You're afraid, but I'm not!"

Sun Hang listened for a while with a frown on his face, then moved closer quietly.

"what?"

He could sense that both the old man and the sturdy man had a bit of weird aura on them, the old man had a stronger aura and the sturdy man had a weaker aura... So it seemed that what the sturdy man said was not a lie?

Is there really something strange hidden in this old man’s house?

No way? Is my luck so bad? I can encounter such a thing just by going out for a walk?
wrong……

Although there is a strange aura on this old man, it is not obvious. It is strong only compared to the strong man. What is certain is that this old man should have come into contact with some strange creature within a short period of time, but he is definitely not the kind of person who interacts with strange creatures every day.

What he came into contact with might not even be a strange creature, it could be an infected person.

The key to the problem is obvious - the strong man's woman.

Sun Hang did not intend to alert the enemy, but instead handed a cigarette to a spectator watching the show nearby and asked, "What's going on? Can you tell me about it?"

"What else can I do? This guy's wife came out to sell herself and tried to set up a honey trap. As a result, she accidentally ran into Old Chen and had to suffer the consequences in silence... I didn't expect that her husband would dare to come to her house."

"Ah? A honey trap? Suffering in silence?" After hearing a few words from passers-by, why did Sun Hang feel even more confused?
"You're not from Yabei District, are you?" The man looked me up and down, "Even Old Chen doesn't know about it?"

"No...I...I was just passing by." Sun Hang said.

"No wonder... You probably don't know that Old Chen's words are more reliable than those of the sheriff here."

"Is this old man the local boss here?"

"Hey, how can you talk like that? This is called being highly respected. Do you understand what being highly respected means? If it weren't for this cigarette, you would be in trouble today!"

[PS I had my teeth implanted the day before yesterday, and after that I came back with a fever and a headache... I haven't recovered yet, and I feel like the updates over the past two days have been a little lame, please forgive me.]

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