Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 346 Priority

Soon, the pile of prosthetics were all dismantled... The exorcist who was about to ascend mechanically was instantly knocked down to the mortal world and turned into a "flesh and blood" person again.

"How did you do it?!" the doctor asked, "This is completely different from the last time. You didn't use those fungus-like things to weave new body tissues... These things grew out of her original necrotic tissues... This... This..."

The doctor held his hands in front of him and stuttered for a long time. After a brief silence, he lowered his hands dejectedly.

"I know it may be inappropriate to say this... but for someone like me who has been dealing with scalpels for half my life, this is a miracle," the doctor murmured.

"You don't really think the weird thing is a god, do you?" Sun Hang glanced at him and reminded him, "I told you last time that this kind of thinking is very dangerous."

"No, I just think... in those occupied areas... in the future, the enemies we will face... are all like this." The doctor shook his head, "I feel very powerless."

"The future is a matter of the future. At least we are still alive and well now, right?" Sun Hang patted the doctor's shoulder. "I'll leave the rest to you. I still have a lot of things to deal with."

Although the exorcist's body was reborn, her previous condition was so bad that she couldn't wake up for a while - even if she woke up, it would take a lot of time to adapt to this new body.

After all, after years of getting used to the operating logic of mechanical prostheses, it would feel a strange sense of unfamiliarity to drive them back to their original flesh and blood bodies.

However, with the war approaching, the exorcist only has half a month to recover.

"I didn't expect that you could actually succeed." After leaving the medical department, Yang Lian, who was following Sun Hang, sighed softly.

Earlier, when Sun Hang was "treating" the exorcist, she was also watching from the side. Although she did not say anything, a look of shock also appeared on her face.

But Yang Lian is a member of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau after all. He has been in contact with many incidents related to strange things, and his adaptability is much stronger than that of ordinary people like doctors... To put it nicely, he is no longer surprised by it. To put it bluntly, he has become completely numb to all kinds of things that are beyond his cognition.

"Is this the new ability you gained during your trip to Chunming City?" Yang Lian asked again.

"Yes."

"Is it an auxiliary healing ability?" Yang Lian's eyes flashed with doubt, "I thought... you would choose some more offensive abilities... After all, these abilities will have a better chance of being used in the next action, right?"

"You mean, saving lives and helping the wounded doesn't count as room for improvement?" Sun Hang asked with a half-smile.

“It shouldn’t be your mission to save the dying and the wounded. You are a hunter, and your mission is to hunt monsters.” Yang Lian emphasized, “If you can’t solve Chimera 17, even if you save all the wounded, Tianfu City will still be doomed to be destroyed… Those who you save will eventually die.”

"Are you so sure that Tianfu City will be destroyed by Chimera No. 17 after it is hatched?" Sun Hang asked.

"...According to the intensity of the memes currently monitored, after Chimera 17 is hatched, its destructive power will be second only to the primary level among the known monsters...By then, the Xiazhou Federation will not have to consider whether Tianfu City and Shuzhou can be saved, but how to stop it from moving towards the Central Plains..."

"What is the most powerful monster that mankind has ever encountered?" Sun Hang asked.

"There is no record." Yang Qi shrugged, "Because that thing landed on the other side of the ocean, those who survived had never come into contact with it... and those who came into contact with it did not survive."

"What about the records?"

"It's hard to say. It's the same old question. You can't quantify the strength of strange creatures." Yang Lian frowned slightly. "In terms of combat power, the black dragon is very strong... If you were asked to rank them, would you put the black dragon ahead of the blood moon and the eternal night? Even the space-time strange shadow is more difficult to deal with than the black dragon."

"I understand. Strong numbers are only a matter of one version, while strong mechanisms are a lifelong thing." Sun Hang nodded.

"You've played too many games..." Yang Lian looked at Sun Hang speechlessly.

"Hey, anyone who can understand what I'm saying must also be playing games. How dare you say that to me?" Sun Hang said unconvinced.

"At least I won't talk about this kind of thing in such a serious occasion."

"Is this a serious occasion? Isn't it just a break, a casual chat between friends?" Sun Hang smiled mischievously, "Or are we not even friends, but just colleagues?"

"I still have work to do... If you are free, you can go to the director of the institute or Song Yarong and ask them to assign you something to do." Yang Lian stomped his heels lightly, twisted his waist, turned around and walked towards the elevator.

"What a boring woman..." Sun Hang said behind her, "Don't you have any entertainment activities in your daily life?"

"I don't need it." Yang Lian said without turning his head.

"By the way, you're not still an old maid, are you?" Sun Hang said again.

"It's none of your business!"

"But your sister is very worried about you." Sun Hang recalled the scene when Yang Qi "sell" her sister to him when he first met her.

"This is my personal problem. I can solve it myself." Yang Lian said and walked into the elevator.

"How to solve it?" Sun Hang gave a wicked smile.

The moment the elevator door closed, Yang Lian's face was tense and he gave Sun Hang in the corridor a vicious middle finger.

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In the coordination office of the "Pesticide Program", Sun Hang found Song Yarong cursing at piles of paper documents.

"I'm tired. Let's destroy it." Seeing Sun Hang coming in, Song Yarong simply stopped the work at hand, took off her artificial eye and threw it on the table, then threw her body into the swivel chair.

"What are these?"

"My task is to read and sign all the progress reports of each department within eight hours, and coordinate them according to the progress of each department to ensure that there will be no planks that are too long or too short in the bucket." Song Yarong said weakly, "This job was originally done by Yang Qi... Oh, now I really regret why I persuaded her to take a rest."

"There's nothing to regret. When she dies suddenly, it will be your turn to do this job." Sun Hang said, "Why don't you use a computer?" "Do you think I don't want to? It's for confidentiality." Song Yarong stretched lazily in the large swivel chair like a cat, and her high silver ponytail rubbed the back of the chair and swayed from side to side. "Although there are various scanning devices, the entire research institute has a large number of people, and there are all kinds of people... The security of electronic files is much worse than that of paper files. Once someone in the technical department is attacked, all the files stored in the server will no longer be safe... If it is paper files, even if there is an attack, the leak will only be the files in the department where the victim is located."

"During this period of time, Chimera 17 has not launched any attacks?"

"No, at least we haven't detected any attacks related to it." Song Yarong shook her head. "Perhaps it feels that there is no suitable opportunity... Instead of wasting time and energy to interfere with us, it is better to speed up the hatching speed and have a 'race' with us." Song Yarong said, "Speaking of which, what did you gain from this trip to Chunming City?"

"I've gained a lot, but I can't tell you." Sun Hang raised a finger and placed it on his lips.

"Why not... Oh, that's right." Song Yarong was stunned at first, but then she quickly reacted, "That's good, keep a few more cards, and then catch Chimera No. 17 off guard."

"When will Yang Qi wake up?"

"Should it be tomorrow noon?" Song Yarong said after thinking for a moment, "I lied to her and said the hibernation time was only six hours. In fact, I asked my colleagues in the medical department to schedule a 24-hour deep hibernation for her... In her condition, only six hours of sleep is not enough!"

"Yang Lian said that if I have nothing to do, I can come to see you." Sun Hang waved at the door, "Also, help me find a place to accommodate this person."

"This person? Who is he?" Song Yarong glanced at Fukada Miki who walked in and showed the same puzzled expression as Yang Lian.

"Tang Jing, from the superpower management department, is responsible for observing Ling Xiao's condition." Sun Hang said.

"Oh...her? Then why don't you just let her live with Ling Xiao?" Song Yarong said.

"She is very important and needs to be treated with caution." Sun Hang looked at Song Yarong meaningfully and spoke word by word.

Song Yarong was suddenly inspired, and she sat up straight immediately. She first looked at Fukada Miki for a few times, then moved her eyes to Sun Hang and asked in a low voice: "You said she is... that person?"

"It seems that Yang Qi mentioned it to you."

"Well... you, me, and Yang Qi, we are the only three people in the entire planning team who know this step... the rest of the people, even the old director, don't know her existence." Song Yarong nodded, "In that case, I suggest you don't let her out of your sight... or, just let her live in your house."

"I don't have any extra rooms in my house," said Sun Hang.

The villa was originally quite large, but after a group of women moved in for unknown reasons, the space became rather tight...even the study was converted into a bedroom.

"You can sleep on the floor." At this point, Song Yarong looked at Fukada Miki again and asked tentatively, "Disguise?"

"Almost." Sun Hang nodded.

"What about here?" Song Yarong gestured at her chest again, "Is it padded?"

"It's real. Guaranteed authenticity." said Sun Hang.

"How did you do it?"

"secret."

"Okay... I'm just asking casually." Song Yarong gave up immediately. "As for you saying you have nothing to do... you should just stay at home during this period. The security force at the institute is completely overflowing right now. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the pesticide plan, almost all the hunters and elite troops in Shuzhou have been concentrated here."

"Other cities and towns... have all been abandoned?" Sun Hang narrowed his eyes.

The entire Shuzhou is still shrouded in eternal night. Although the appearance of Chimera No. 17 has attracted most of the attention of human society, it does not mean that other monsters will stop their actions... Monster attacks occur every day, and the number and frequency are still increasing.

"It's a temporary abandonment." Song Yarong corrected, "Things have different priorities, and tasks also have different priorities... The pesticide program is the highest priority project right now."

“There are a lot of new victims every day, right?”

"I don't know the exact figures... It seems that in order to prevent us from having too much psychological pressure, these data are kept confidential from the project members of the pesticide program," said Song Yarong.

"There's no point in keeping it a secret. Just think about it and you know that many people die every day."

"It's better than seeing the bloody death tolls directly... Everyone's mental state is very tense. If they are stimulated at this time, the taut string might break with a snap... There have been several people who attempted suicide in the institute. Two of them could not be rescued in time. One was just buried the day before yesterday, and the other will be sent for cremation later today." Song Yarong said.

"You won't commit suicide, will you?"

"Not for now, but if I have to work overtime for two more days, I can't say for sure." Song Yarong sighed, "I originally planned to let you support the villages and towns around Tianfu City... but then I thought about it and decided not to."

"Why forget it?"

"The only defense forces in those villages and towns are the militia and the sheriffs. If they are attacked, by the time we get the news, it will be too late for you to rush over to support them." Song Yarong said, "Besides, as one of the strongest fighters in Tianfu City, it's best for you to stay in the city to prevent any emergencies."

"It's really interesting. I've only been a hunter for a few months, but I've already become one of the strongest fighters." Sun Hang smiled self-deprecatingly.

"For hunters, talent is often more important than hard work and experience." Song Yarong shrugged, "There's nothing fair about this, and there's no reason for it."

"It's almost time for dinner, aren't you going to eat?" Sun Hang asked, looking at the bracelet.

"I don't have the time... Besides, the pre-made dishes in the cafeteria are almost the same as instant noodles. I'll just find something to eat to get by."

"Do you need me to bring you food?" Sun Hang asked, "Not from the cafeteria."

"You can cook too?" Song Yarong was a little surprised.

"I can't, but there are people who can, and their cooking is pretty delicious." Sun Hang said, "I just don't know if she has returned home now."

(End of this chapter)