Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 366 Fire Axe

"syrup?"

The scavenger also imitated Sun Hang, bent down, dipped his finger in the stain on the ground, and then subconsciously put it towards his mouth.

"Are you tired of living?" Sun Hang glanced at her and asked speechlessly.

"what?"

"Let's not talk about whether there are any strange things under the mall. These syrups have been here for at least some time. Do you really dare to taste them?" Sun Hang said.

People who dare to put anything they pick up into their mouths are either like Sun Hang, who has an unparalleled digestive system and is almost immune to toxins, or they are the extremely lucky ones who are one in a million - it just so happens that everything they eat is non-toxic, or even if it is poisonous, it will only cause diarrhea at most and will not kill them.

Apart from these two types of people, the rest are probably waiting in line to be reincarnated...

"I...I see you too..."

"I'm a hunter, are you?" Sun Hang rolled his eyes at her.

"I..." The scavenger stood up timidly, rubbed the finger that he had dipped in syrup on the hem of his clothes, and then clenched his hands.

"You said that the boastful guy did not run away after seeing the 'bloodstains', but searched this underground commercial street before leaving, right?" Sun Hang asked.

"Hmm..." The scavenger nodded, "But I don't know whether what he said is true or false..."

"At least he has been here, otherwise he wouldn't have seen these 'bloodstains'." Sun Hang said, "As for the second half of the sentence, we have to look at it in two different ways."

"Which two?"

"In the first case, the guy discovered that the so-called 'blood stains' were just syrup spilled in the beverage store, but he deliberately lied to you and said they were blood stains in order to scare you and make you dare not come to the underground commercial street to loot, so that he could take the supplies here for himself."

Sun Hang raised his second finger and said, "In the second case, he didn't even figure out whether it was real blood or not. He ran away as soon as he saw it, and then found something somewhere else and lied to you that it was found in the underground commercial street. The purpose of this case is simpler, just to brag."

"..." The scavenger looked at the "bloodstains" on the ground, then looked at Sun Hang, and did not respond.

"Are you familiar with that person?"

“No… not very familiar with him.” The scavenger shook his head. “He only lived in our unfinished building for a week and then left.”

Finally, she added: "I have never spoken to him...Except for exchanging supplies and information, I rarely talk to other people."

"That's right. If you talk too much, it's easy to expose your gender... For those scavengers who have been suppressed for a long time, they don't care whether you look good or not, or whether you are dirty or smelly." Sun Hang nodded. "In any case, he has lived with you for at least a week. A boastful person like him must be a chatterbox, and he must have communicated with other people a lot... In your opinion, do you think he is brave?"

"I...I don't know." The scavenger shook his head again.

"He must be quite courageous." Sun Hang answered as if he was asking himself a question. "You all don't dare to approach the underground entrance of the mall, but he at least saw the 'bloodstains' with his own eyes... I think someone with such courage would not turn around and run away like a frightened bird before facing a substantial threat... In other words, of the two situations I just mentioned, the first one is more likely."

"Just based on such a tiny bit of information...how did you figure it out?" The scavenger looked at Sun Hang in surprise.

"I don't know much about that person's personality, but I do know a lot about human nature... Unless he is a guy who doesn't play by the rules, then all the above speculations can be regarded as farts."

"……what?"

"Then again, if he wasn't the type of person who didn't follow the rules, he would definitely come back to this place... After all, compared to the ground, this is an undeveloped 'blue ocean', don't you think?"

"Right...right, right?" The scavenger's brain was already beginning to show signs of overload.

"And he would come more than once... Look here, there are footprints on the syrup, both in the direction of return..." Sun Hang walked forward for a distance, "Speaking of which, why did he leave later?"

Sun Hang looked around. The surrounding shops clearly showed signs of having been ransacked. Many things were turned upside down... Sun Hang even had a conspiracy theory in his mind: Could it be that even the "syrup" disguised as blood was deliberately poured on the ground by that person?

The purpose is to monopolize the resources of this underground commercial street.

He didn't have to worry about any brave scavengers daring enough to go deep into the underground commercial street for a thorough investigation - anyone with that kind of courage would most likely not be satisfied with being a scavenger used by those "buyers"... With him creating so much momentum, the rumor that there were monsters lurking under the mall had already spread among the scavenger circle. Even if someone was unwilling to go and find out, they would definitely run away when they saw the "blood" from afar.

The more Sun Hang analyzed it, the more he felt that the syrup on the ground might have been poured by him.

But this brings the problem back to the beginning.

The underground commercial street is very large. If the parking lot is included, it is even larger than the ground-level shopping mall. After that person took great pains to monopolize this "treasure land", he would not give it up easily without plundering all the resources here...

It is absolutely impossible for one person to search the entire underground commercial street in one week. It would be difficult to search even one third of it.

"I... I don't know why he left." The scavenger shook his head again, "I don't really care about other people's affairs... I just remember that one morning, he left the unfinished building and never came back... Oh, by the way, he didn't even come to take away the bedding and daily necessities he left in the unfinished building. Later, several scavengers had a fight over the things he left behind!"

"He never came back after he left... He didn't even want his bedding?" Sun Hang's eyes twitched, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"You...you didn't ask before!" Facing Sun Hang's rebuke, the scavenger seemed a little aggrieved. "He never came back...There are two possible scenarios. One is that he found some incredible treasure in this underground commercial street and ran away with it overnight...The other is that he had an accident."

"Ah? An accident?" The scavenger was shocked. "You mean... is he dead? Died here?"

"I told you from the beginning that there were strange creatures lurking in this shopping mall... You didn't think I was lying to you, did you?"

"No, no!"

Sun Hang didn't continue talking, but walked straight forward.

The door locks of the shops on both sides were mostly broken open with axes. The shops that sold electronic products, musical instruments and other high-priced goods, or restaurants, dessert shops and other food stores were all turned upside down. However, the bookstore on Sun Hang’s right hand side had even the lock on the door intact - it was obvious that in the eyes of the looters, bookstores were at the bottom of the priority list.

A music store was also turned into a mess, with several shelves of records overturned and boxed records scattered all over the floor. There were several popcorn movie discs thrown in front of a TV set used for trial screenings, and a large hole was drilled into the screen of the TV set.

Sun Hang could fully imagine the scene where that person wanted to watch some videos to kill some time, but found that he couldn't find anything to power the TV, and then got angry and chopped the TV with an axe.

After leaving the video store, Sun Hang turned into a two-dimensional trendy toy store opposite... The acrylic stands, bajis and other things had not been touched, but the cabinets containing figures against the wall had been pried open, and the remains of various figures were scattered all over the place. The scene was similar to that of a model maker's room that had been looted by naughty kids.

Sun Hang casually picked up a figurine of a beautiful girl in cool clothes, but the next second he found that there were many suspicious stains on the figurine, so he immediately threw the figurine far away... Sun Hang could guess what these stains were just by thinking with his heels.

"This guy... is really a bit perverted..." Sun Hang muttered softly, "Or... this apocalyptic environment amplifies the perverted and dirty thoughts in people's hearts?"

But no matter what, one thing is certain - after spreading the rumor that there are strange things underground, the man seemed very leisurely when searching this area. Not only did he have time to look for the video tapes he liked to watch, he even had the leisure to do "crafts" on the plastic figurines...

Sun Hang suddenly had a bold idea - the guy left the unfinished building where the scavengers lived, could it be that he came to live here?
"Pay attention to your feet and your surroundings." Sun Hang whispered to the scavenger following behind him.

"what happened?"

"I was thinking, if that guy is still here, he might set up some traps to prevent other scavengers from discovering his secret," said Sun Hang.

"He... he's still here?" The scavenger was slightly startled. "How did you know?"

"I guessed." Sun Hang curled his lips, "Besides here, he has nowhere else to go, right?"

"Yeah...that's right..." She originally wanted to say that the biggest drawback here is that there is no electricity, but then she thought about it and realized that the unfinished building she lived in also had no electricity. If she wanted to charge her mobile phone, flashlight, and power bank, she had to go to a place like a library or school where the power was still on...

Sun Hang walked out of the trendy toy store and wiped his hands on his pants uncomfortably. However, before he took two steps, the scavenger following behind him suddenly let out a low cry!
"What's wrong?" Sun Hang instantly entered a state of alert, with dozens of metal flying blades floating around him.

"On the ground... on the ground!" the scavenger pointed to the side of the street and said, "The axe!"

Sun Hang looked in the direction she pointed, and saw a brand new fire axe thrown on the side of the road - the axe blade was forged from a high-hardness alloy, the axe handle was rubber-coated from a polymer material, and there was an exquisitely crafted ring at the end of the axe handle. It was obviously a good axe.

If this thing had a trademark of some well-known outdoor brand, it would probably be sold for around a thousand or eight hundred yuan in a shopping mall.

"This axe! It's the axe that man used!" There was a hint of fear in the scavenger's tone.

"How do you know this is his axe? Don't you care much about other people's affairs?" Sun Hang asked back immediately.

"This axe... was picked up by a scavenger who lives near us. He picked up two axe and wanted to sell one to exchange for something else." The scavenger said hurriedly, "I really want this axe, but my bid is not as high as that person's... so this axe finally fell into his hands... I won't make a mistake, it's this axe!"

Sun Hang walked over and picked up the axe.

There were some minor scratches on both sides of the axe blade, but the blade was well preserved, with no gaps or curling at all, and it was quite sharp... Logically speaking, even if that guy found a more suitable tool, there was no reason to leave this axe here.

This thing is not too heavy, and it has a ring, so you can hang it anywhere on your body... At certain critical moments, it can be used as a tool or a weapon. If you have enough arm strength, you can even use it as a throwing weapon.

In most areas of the Xiazhou Federation, guns are prohibited to the public, and Shuzhou is no exception - for ordinary people, it is difficult to find better weapons than this.

For those survivalists, when doomsday comes, a fire axe that combines the characteristics of both a tool and a weapon is definitely one of the essential equipment.

"It seems like that guy really had an accident." Sun Hang said.

"He won't die here, will he?" A trace of fear flashed in the scavenger's eyes. "There really is a murderous monster here... Can I... Can I go back..."

"No." Sun Hang shook his head. "You are now redeeming yourself for your crimes. You can go back if you want. I can ask the Abnormal Investigation Bureau to pick you up."

"Don't... don't!" The scavenger's head shook like a rattle. She certainly understood what it meant to let the investigation bureau come to pick her up. "I'll go with you! I'll go with you!"

"Take it." Sun Hang threw the fire axe to the scavenger, and then walked around the place where he picked up the axe twice.

There was no residual memetic aura, and there were no obvious signs of fighting around... As for the footprints on the ground, after walking so far, they had long disappeared.

Why did that guy throw the axe here?
Could it be that while being chased by something, he threw the axe on the side of the road in order to reduce the weight on his body?

(End of this chapter)