Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 313 Irreplaceable Things

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"You mean, the internal communication of Factory 105 was not disturbed at all, but Ling Xiao and Jiang Yu lost contact not long after they entered the ventilation duct? The drones sent out later couldn't find any trace of them at all? Just like the 'red-haired witch' who disappeared at the beginning?" Sun Hang held the phone and frowned slightly, "Was this person eaten by the factory?"

"I'm not sure about the specific situation. Now the 67th field team doesn't dare to send any more people in..." Yang Qi said on the other end of the phone.

"They still have some brains. If they send someone in again, it will just be like Calabash Brothers saving Grandpa." Sun Hang said, "Then why don't they just cut the door open?"

"The factory building of Factory No. 105 uses a door cast from a special alloy that is two meters thick... The tools carried by the advance team are unable to cut open the door. Currently, four heavy-duty laser cutting machines have just been loaded onto the plane and are expected to arrive at the site in twenty minutes." Yang Qi said.

"Doesn't this factory building even have windows?" Sun Hang couldn't help but ask.

"No."

"That's outrageous... So what you mean now is that you want me to rush over?"

"Well, the situation over there is a bit tricky... 'Red-haired Witch' is a very powerful hunter, but even she is missing. Among the remaining hunters, only you and Night Fury can be sent out." Yang Qi said.

"Okay... I'll go over now." Sun Hang said helplessly.

If it was someone else who was missing, Sun Hang might have considered it...but Ling Xiao and Jiang Yu could be considered Sun Hang's 100% "direct descendants", and Sun Hang still cared about their lives.

"Also, there is one more thing." Yang Qi said again.

"what's up?"

"The advance team said that when they searched the nine special frequency bands from 111.1MHz to 999.9MHz within the factory, they heard all kinds of strange sounds, including vague whispers, crying, laughter and even music... But when they wanted to send the audio files back to the command center, the files were always damaged during the transmission process. Later, they simply sent the storage device containing the files back by drone..."

"and then?"

"We found that even the audio files sent back in this way were still damaged." Yang Qi said, "I suspect that Factory 105 may have been transformed into an environmental weirdness, but the teacher thinks that this is more likely because the magnetic field near the factory has been invaded by some kind of spirit, which is why the radio station can detect those strange sounds... and these sounds can only be heard in abnormal magnetic fields. Once they leave the abnormal magnetic field, they will naturally be damaged."

"I think your teacher is right." Sun Hang said, "If Factory 105 really becomes an environmental monster, can your 'Pesticide Plan' still be carried out?"

"We have prepared for the worst. Several LF09 reagent production lines in the neighboring areas have been dismantled and loaded onto trucks and are being urgently transported to Shuzhou... But I still hope to get Factory 24 back in operation within 105 hours... After all, every minute we gain increases our chances of destroying Chimera ."

"I always feel that... Factory 105 is just a cover." Sun Hang said, "I don't know why I have this feeling... but I always feel that this is a cover to attract your attention. After all, FL09 reagents can be produced all over the federation, and it is not something irreplaceable."

"You mean... Chimera 17 intends to... make a feint to the east and attack in the west?" Yang Qi reacted instantly, "Then its real goal should be..."

"Think about it. In the entire pesticide plan, what is 'irreplaceable'?" Sun Hang followed her train of thought and continued, "Don't think that our plan has any confidentiality. Judging from the attack on Factory 105, the entire pesticide plan should be completely transparent to Chimera ."

"Irreplaceable... are the research teams that are currently conducting memetic reverse engineering! They are the top talents in this field. If anything happens to them, the entire plan will be... I understand! I will strengthen the defense of the area near the research institute! I will gather the hunters on standby now!"

"Lao Wang, Zhong Ling." Sun Hang glanced at the two women sitting in the living room, "You two should go to the research institute as well. I can go to Factory 105 by myself."

"Then you should be careful." Wang Xiyi nodded and turned to look at Zhong Ling, "Do you need me to give you a ride? You haven't experienced the 'Night Fury Express' yet, right?"

Zhong Ling immediately shook his head and said, "I'll drive over..."

"Okay, see you at the research institute." After saying that, Wang Xiyi jumped directly to the second floor and walked towards the balcony.

Yang Qi's off-road vehicle was left to Sun Hang - a pure black painted military helicopter had landed in the yard, and Song Yarong, wearing a titanium white tight combat uniform, was lying on the cabin door, waving at Sun Hang vigorously.

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Factory 105, "Unknown Area".

"The sunset is so beautiful... I haven't seen the sun since I came to this damn place." Lilith sighed, "I think the guy infected with the vampire meme should like Shuzhou very much."

"Vampire memes...are they real?" Jiang Yu asked subconsciously.

"I think so. I'm not sure... Anyway, many monsters in legends have appeared in this era in the form of weird things. Classic characters like vampires should not be absent." Lilith shrugged. "If I wasn't in a hurry, I would really like to appreciate it for a while."

"I have a question." Ling Xiao suddenly said, "Since you can use teleportation magic, why don't you teleport us directly outside the factory?"

"Teleportation magic is essentially a means of instant movement. Since it is movement, there must be a trajectory of movement. I can't teleport you from the inside of a closed space to the outside - there are only two outcomes if I force the spell. One is that you will directly turn into a pool of meat paste stuck on the door or wall, and the other is that you will move to the outside of the factory in a more 'fragmented' form through the gaps between molecules... Of course, I can't put this pile of things that are smaller than molecules back into a person." Lilith said frankly.

"Then if we keep our retreat route open while fighting the monster later, you can teleport us outside at any time, right?" Ling Xiao asked again.

"Theoretically, yes... If it weren't for the sneak attack and those weird chains that can seal most of my magical abilities, that guy would never have been able to touch me. I can play with it just by teleporting." Lilith said confidently.

"Since your teleportation can work on us, it should also work on the enemy, right?" Jiang Yu's eyes lit up, "For example... moving the monster into the trap we set up..."

"It's a nice idea, but the reality is very cruel." Lilith sighed. "The more powerful the monster is, the more difficult it is to cast a spell on its body. Not only can it resist my spells, but it may also backfire on me... For example, it can teleport my head to the rooftop, my limbs to the first floor, and my torso to the open space outside... Unless I am sure that my ability can completely suppress the opponent, I will not take this risk."

"Then I am also infected, why..." Jiang Yu asked.

"Do you really want me to say the words 'You are too weak'?" Lilith rolled her eyes. Jiang Yu: "..."

"Let's go."

Ling Xiao drew out his God-killing Gun and walked straight towards Factory No. 5.

"Brother Ling Xiao, to be honest, I'm also quite interested in the gun in your hand." Lilith immediately followed behind Ling Xiao with a teleportation, "Can you show it to me?"

"No." Ling Xiao answered decisively.

"Don't be so stingy..." Lilith said in an almost coquettish tone.

Jiang Yu, who was walking at the back, heard Lilith's voice and thought about how this guy used to be a man... and suddenly got goose bumps on his back...

Ling Xiao didn't say anything.

Only he and Sun Hang knew the secret of the God-killing Spear, and strictly speaking, it was not a "containment object" of the federal government. Naturally, he would not use the excuse of "you don't have the corresponding authority" to reject Lilith. In the absence of emotions, Ling Xiao seemed to have lost the ability to lie at the same time... Facing Lilith's request, he simply chose to remain silent.

"If you don't want to show me, then don't ignore me." Lilith's body was pressed tightly against Ling Xiao, almost leaning on his back. "But there is one thing I want to remind you. The gun in your hand is much more dangerous than you think... It's not a child's toy."

"I know." Ling Xiao said.

"Do you really know?" Lilith smiled strangely, "Then do you know what price you will have to pay after you pull the trigger?"

Ling Xiao continued to remain silent.

"Fuck! It seems you really know!" Lilith suddenly cursed, "Why the hell did they give you this thing? Are they planning to treat you as a disposable consumable?"

"It was my own request." Ling Xiao said.

"Are you tired of living?" Lilith was speechless.

"No."

"Could it be that you are planning to use this thing as a trump card to kill yourself and the enemy when you are in a desperate situation?" Lilith muttered, "But you are in this state now. Who would hold a trump card in their hand directly... Could it be that you are planning to die with the enemy the moment you see the strange thing?"

Ling Xiao didn't say anything, but just quickened his pace and put a little distance between himself and Lilith.

"Don't you have any other weapons?" Lilith teleported again and moved in front of Ling Xiao, saying angrily, "If you don't have any other weapons, then why are you showing off by walking in the front? Do you think of yourself as cannon fodder?"

Ling Xiao glanced at her and still said nothing.

"Okay, I'll lead the way!" Lilith said, taking out two pebbles with a strange symbol engraved on the surface from her pocket and throwing them to Ling Xiao.

"What is this?" Ling Xiao asked.

"Runestone is a carrier of magic. I can store my magic in it and use it as a disposable consumable... You can think of it as a magic scroll in fantasy works." Lilith said, "The green one is a defense rune. After it is crushed, it can generate a defense shield that isolates physical and energy attacks that are not stronger than the shield itself. The red one is a blasting rune. You can throw it like a grenade... But I can guarantee that its power is definitely greater than any grenade you have ever seen, so you'd better throw it as far as possible."

"Is this considered a strange artifact?" Jiang Yu asked.

"Yes and no. The Tianshu Tower defines it as a 'memetic derivative', while the No. 1 Research Institute wants to classify it as a 'general-purpose strange device', but I rejected it." Lilith said.

"Why do you refuse?"

"It's a piece of weird equipment that anyone can use, and it can be mass-produced without limit... If it really becomes popular, then I won't have to do anything else except making rune stones every day." Lilith complained, "It takes me hundreds of hours to make the simplest rune stone, and the yield rate is less than 1%... If they use it as a grenade, I'll work myself to death and still not be enough for them to squander."

Jiang Yu wanted to ask something else, but Ling Xiao, who was walking in front of her, suddenly stopped.

"arrive."

Before they knew it, the three of them had arrived in front of Factory No. 5.

"Huh..." Jiang Yu turned around and found that Factory Building No. 1, where they came out of, had been left far behind - in the one or two minutes they were talking, it had moved nearly one kilometer away.

"Don't be surprised. It's just the simplest 'Shrinking the Earth into an Inch'... In addition to those Western magics, I also dabble in Eastern magic." Lilith said, "This spell consumes much less energy than teleportation. It is the best for traveling."

"...So magical." Jiang Yu exclaimed.

"I know you're envious, but don't be too envious." Lilith smiled. "My ability is very useful, but the problem is that it's just like it came out of a game. It consumes magic points to release magic. Once the magic points are exhausted, I'm just a weak woman with no power to do anything."

"Then... can the magic points be restored?"

"Yes, it takes about a week for the natural recovery speed to go from zero to full. Meditation can speed up the recovery speed a little, but it's not much, but it's better than nothing."

"Then you should save some money," Jiang Yu said with a worried look on his face, "Don't use magic when you are in a hurry... If you run out of magic points during the battle..."

Lilith was about to answer Jiang Yu's question, but Ling Xiao on the other side had already put his hand on the door of Factory No. 5.

The factory door, which was supposed to be locked, made a heavy friction sound the moment Ling Xiao pressed his hand on it - the door opened automatically!
(End of this chapter)