Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 294 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 that weird thing and accidentally choked a little."

Sun Hang immediately checked Wang Xiyi's condition. The meme virus in her body had been cleared out. All he had to do next was wait for Wang Xiyi's damaged memes to repair themselves. As for physical injuries, for the owner of the Black Dragon meme, as long as he was not beheaded directly, they would only be considered minor scratches.

However, Gargantuar's situation is a bit grim - not only has his body suffered serious trauma, but his memetic fragments have also been torn to pieces.

The memes of the strange skeletons are between strange creatures and infected people. They are originally defective products with "incomplete evolution". Tianshu Tower transformed these strange skeletons into strange equipment for Zhong Ling to drive. In a sense, it can also be regarded as a way of recycling waste.

"What are you going to do?" Sun Hang looked at Gargantuar, who was twitching in the mud, and then turned to look at Zhong Ling. "It seems... there's no hope."

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

For "scrapped" strange equipment like this, handling it according to regulations means it is another way of saying "harmless disposal", but it sounds more euphemistic.

Sun Hang walked forward, tied up Gargantuar tightly with mycelium, then put the five fingers of his right hand together to form a knife and inserted it directly into Gargantuar's crown.

The liquid metal covering the fingertips easily pierced through Gargantuar's hard skull. A flash of dark blue dragon flame burned Gargantuar's brain along with the remaining broken memes in its body.

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

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

Sun Hang turned and looked at Zhong Ling. Even through the mask of the protective suit, Sun Hang could still clearly see a line of bright red blood overflowing from her nasal cavity, sliding along her fair skin all the way to her jaw.

Her face was very pale. If it weren't for the No. 001 Skeleton standing behind her and supporting her shoulders, her legs would have gone weak and she would have collapsed to the ground.

"Will you be affected if the strange equipment is disposed of?" Sun Hang asked.

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

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

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

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

As Sun Hang spoke, he loaded a flare into the flare 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 keep going.”

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

"Then am I supposed to abandon Lao Wang alone in this wilderness?" Sun Hang threw Lao Wang in his arms over, and the slender arm of No. 001 Skeleton gently scooped up Lao Wang in his hand - although Wang Xiyi is only a little over 001 meters tall and has a slim figure, but after being fully transformed by the Black Dragon Meme, her weight is more than six tons. Only a guy with strange power like Sun Hang or No. Skeleton can toss her around so easily.

"..." Zhong Ling fell silent.

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

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

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

Zhong Ling nodded.

"Then I feel relieved." Sun Hang carried the equipment, which was several times larger than his body, on his shoulders.

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

"Our team is already the strongest one, but we are still in such a mess." Sun Hang smiled, "Do you think the other teams will be in a better situation than us?"

"..."

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

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

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

"Then why did you leave me?"

"To be honest, ever since I woke up in the hospital, the world has not looked at me well." Sun Hang said, "I don't care about other people's lives. 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, it could be seen that she obviously didn't understand why Sun Hang said these at this time.

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

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

Zhong Ling stood there in a daze, and a rare complex look appeared on his face, which usually had no expression.

But she didn't say anything else, just watched Sun Hang walking forward step by step in the mud with heavy equipment on his back.

"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. This is the first time I've 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 lost contact outposts along the way, and completely ignored the intermittent and occasional communication signals from other teams. He just walked straight towards the direction of Chimera No. 17.

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

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

"Whoosh-"

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 is a distress flare.

Sun Hang estimated the distance and found that the location where the flare was launched was about three or four kilometers away from him. At this depth, the rescue team in the rear could not get in. The only ones the person who launched the flare could count on were the other hunter teams that entered the area with him.

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

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

"Whoosh-"

The second flare exploded in the same direction, but judging 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.

"Is this guy going to cause any big trouble?"

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

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

There is nothing to be afraid of except that two fully staffed teams might 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 out by Chimera 17.

A typical case of harming others and yourself.

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

“Hiss… Help… Can anyone hear me… This is Team 4… Hiss…”

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

The radiation here is very strong, and radio communications are seriously interfered with... Even though 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...is in trouble...please help..."

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

Finally, the hunter's figure appeared in Sun Hang's sight.

He was wearing a customized combat uniform and driving an air-cushion motorcycle, gliding on the mud at high speed... But what puzzled Sun Hang was that he watched the other party slide hundreds of meters on the motorcycle without seeing anything chasing him from behind.

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

“…hiss…the first team…hiss…” The other party’s voice was filled with fear. “No, that’s not right?…hiss…”

The hoverbike finally drove closer, and dozens of hyphae as thick as arms shot out, tightly entangled the anti-collision frame on the outside of the motorcycle, and forcibly stopped the high-speed gliding hoverbike.

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 and said while gasping for breath, "Why did you come here?"

"I came here?" Sun Hang was almost amused by the other party. "It was you who rushed in recklessly and left the planned route of your team. Why are you blaming me?"

"Huh?" 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 run into you?!"

The hunter looked frightened and even while talking to Sun Hang, he kept looking back at what was behind him.

"What on earth happened to you?" 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 forcefully and said in a trembling voice, "It's the kind of monster you can never imagine!"

"Aren't all weird creatures monsters? There are many indescribable weird creatures. Why are you so scared?" Sun Hang looked at the other person with some disgust.

Logically speaking, all the participants in this operation are experienced hunters, so why is this guy behaving 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 couldn'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!"

"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 be encountering a rule-based monster, right?" Sun Hang asked.

"I don't know... I just feel that thing seems to be still chasing me. It's right behind me..." Although the hunter's breathing had calmed down a little, he still looked back from time to time while speaking.

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

(End of this chapter)