Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 424 "Complaints"

At this time, Fukada Miki and Zhong Ling also walked into the tent together.

The moment Fukada Miki saw the display screen, she was stunned and couldn't help muttering, "So, so many..."

"Yes, there are a lot." The field operator agreed, "According to the AI's statistics, there are more than 6,700 observable faces on the surface of the cocoon facing Bunker No. 1 alone... If you count the ones on the back, the total number must be more than 10,000."

Sun Hang looked back at Fukada Miki and immediately realized something. After greeting the two field operators, he pulled Fukada Miki to an empty corner.

"You are looking at Chimera 17's 'flaw'?" Sun Hang asked in a low voice, "Doesn't your ability work only if you look directly at the target? It shouldn't count if it's through the surveillance screen, right?"

Sun Hang remembered very clearly that Miki Fukada's "Eye of Death" ability was ineffective against photos and videos, even real-time videos.

She must look directly at the target to see the opponent's flaws. The best place to experience this feature is that although they are both telescopes, the Eye of Death can take effect on targets captured in a refracting telescope, while a reflecting telescope cannot trigger this ability at all.

The reason lies in the fact that the imaging principle of the reflecting telescope does not meet the rigid condition of "direct viewing".

"I'm also confused... I just wanted to try it out on a whim, but the screen was filled with red frames that indicate flaws." Fukada Miki also looked puzzled. "The red frames overlapped one another, turning almost half of the screen blood red. I almost went blind."

When Sun Hang heard what Fukada Miki said, an idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

He needs to verify this idea.

He brought Fukada Miki back to the tent and asked the two field operators to magnify the surveillance footage dozens of times.

Those strangely distorted faces suddenly appeared in the picture.

"To be honest, these faces... I'll feel physically uncomfortable if I look at them for one more moment." said the field operator who is a fan of Sun Hang. Not only him, but his companions also looked away, unwilling to stare at the faces in the surveillance footage.

"I stared at these faces for half the night before. When I was changing shifts, I wondered if I was hallucinating. It seemed that I could see these faces wherever I looked. On the ground, on the walls, on the ceiling... everywhere."

He paused, then continued, "Don't laugh at me. With my mental state, I would have asked the psychologist in the medical department to give me a half-month paid leave in the past... But now there is a shortage of staff, let alone a vacation, I don't even have the opportunity to be transferred back to the city. Alas, if I stay in this environment for too long, I'm afraid I will develop mental problems sooner or later."

"Then how did you solve it later?" Fukada Miki couldn't help but ask.

"What else can I do? Take a sedative and force myself to sleep." The field operator said helplessly, "You'll feel much better when you wake up. As long as you don't think about those scenes, the hallucinations won't appear."

"What is this called? I remember there was a term on the Internet that fits it perfectly..." The field operator who is a fan of Sun Hang suddenly said, "Oh yeah, it's called mental pollution! Damn, this thing is so mentally polluting, I feel like I'm going crazy if I look at it a few more times."

"I heard from the guys in the data analysis department that these faces seem to be people killed by Chimera 17." Another field operator added, "This sounds even more terrifying."

"Hmm..." Sun Hang nodded, then looked at Fukada Miki.

The two of them found another excuse and ran to the previously deserted corner - because they knew that Sun Hang was carrying out a confidential mission and information related to the mission could not be leaked, the two field operators also tactfully did not follow.

"Now I can be sure! The flaws I saw are all the flaws of these 'human faces'!" Fukada Miki said to Sun Hang confidently, "The cartilage in the middle of the nose bridge, the fragile eyeballs, the temples, the ear canals, etc.... These places have been marked as flaws by the 'Eye of Death'. These places are no different from the weaknesses on a normal human face..."

Fukada Miki spoke a long string of words in one breath, then took a breath, stared at Sun Hang and asked: "But I'm still wondering why I can see the flaws of these faces through the screen... This is contrary to the 'hard trigger condition' of my ability. Could it be that my ability has evolved again?"

"No, there is no contradiction. You did look directly at these people's faces." Sun Hang shook his head and said seriously.

"what?"

"I have looked into the eyes of these people, and I can clearly feel that their gazes can pass through the lens and the screen and directly meet my gaze... Similarly, you can naturally achieve the condition of 'looking directly at them' through photos or videos," said Sun Hang.

"They still... have this ability?" Fukada Miki asked in astonishment, "Then they shouldn't be able to detect my sight, right?"

"It's hard to say, but since they didn't open their eyes, let's assume that they didn't notice your gaze." Sun Hang said, "But now, a new problem is before us."

"New problem? What problem?" Fukada Miki was confused.

Sun Hang did not answer the call. Instead, he took out his cell phone and called Yang Qi.

After repeating what Fukada Miki had observed to Yang Qi, Sun Hang said, "I suspect that these human faces are not part of Chimera 17, but a kind of 'extravagant creature' parasitic on the surface of Chimera 17."

For some reason, a name subconsciously popped up in Sun Hang's mind.

"I named them '伥怨'," said Sun Hang.

"Complicity?" Yang Qi on the other end of the phone was stunned.

"An accomplice to a tiger, a grudge." Sun Hang explained, "These people died directly or indirectly at the hands of Chimera 17, but their grudges after death were used by Chimera 17. Isn't this an accomplice to a tiger?"

"It seems... quite appropriate." Yang Qi said, "I will report this temporary code name. If it is confirmed that '伥怨' is an independent new weird creature, this temporary code name will most likely become the official code name."

"We now have a problem that cannot be ignored," said Sun Hang.

"You said."

"The surface of Chimera No. 17's giant cocoon is covered with minions, so these minions will inevitably restrict Fukada Miki's abilities - just like the situation just now, when Fukada Miki looks over, she can only see the flaws of the densely packed minions, while the flaws of Chimera No. 17's body will be covered up, and her abilities will be useless." Sun Hang said.

"You mean, before we start the real battle, we must first conduct a feint attack to eliminate these 'complaints' on the surface of Chimera No. 17?"

"Ah."

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Tianfu City Weird Thing Research Institute, Operation Command. "Attention all units, the content of the operation codenamed 'Barnacle Cleanup Operation' has been transmitted to the personal terminals of commanders at all levels. The remaining time is twelve hours, starting from now."

"The operation is divided into two phases. In the first phase, we will conduct multiple attempts to determine effective means of cleaning up!"

"Phase 2: Two hours before the final combat operation begins, conduct a comprehensive cleanup operation without blind spots!"

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Longquanyi Air Force Base.

A flight formation consisting of four air-to-ground bombers and eight escort fighters took off urgently and flew towards the restricted area where Chimera 17 was located.

These four air-to-ground bombers carried a large number of laser-guided missiles, among which nearly one-tenth were equipped with tactical nuclear warheads... Although the research institute believed that the nuclear explosion might provide Chimera 17 with an additional source of energy, there were less than seventy-two hours left before the final combat operation began, and the energy generated by the explosion of the tactical nuclear warheads was negligible.

The most urgent task is to find a way to effectively and efficiently remove the "grudges" attached to the surface of the giant cocoon.

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In another direction, somewhere inside an unknown valley.

The large-scale modular steel structure building is being pieced together bit by bit by dozens of engineering power armors. A heavy crane lifts a huge cylindrical equipment to the top of the steel structure building, and two engineering power armors quickly fix the large cylinder and the steel frame together with bolts.

"Engineer Wang, is this thing really useful?" In a corner of the construction site, an officer in a military coat looked worriedly at the man next to him who was wearing a down jacket and a white safety helmet.

"I don't know even if you ask me." The man called Engineer Wang shrugged. "This thing is originally an industrial-grade device. The power is forcibly amplified thirty times and used as a weapon. I even doubt whether it will explode when it is irradiated..."

"Will it explode?" The officer was stunned.

"Just kidding. The probability of explosion is low, but the launch port will definitely melt... Currently, we don't have any material that can withstand such high temperatures for such a long time. We should be thankful if this makeshift thing can achieve half the expected effect."

"Then how long do you think this thing we have created can last?"

"But it won't last more than 20 seconds." Engineer Wang said, "I've seen the strength of Chimera No. 17's cocoon shell analyzed by the research institute. Our thing can only perform photon rejuvenation on it at best... Fortunately, the goal of this mission is to remove those things attached to the cocoon shell... What's that thing called? Companions, right?... If we only remove these things, then I think we can have at least 60% chance of success."

"Alas, when we were engaged in an arms race with the United States, laser weapons were always one of the most important projects for the top leaders of both sides... Unfortunately, with the outbreak of the Weird War, the development of laser weapons was cut off along with various space projects." The officer sighed, "Otherwise, we wouldn't be in such a predicament now."

"It's not that they have completely stopped developing it. Miniaturized laser weapons have been under development, and as far as I know, there has been a lot of progress." Engineer Wang shook his head. "It's just that the development of giant laser weapons used to attack satellites and other outer space vehicles has really been shelved... People can't even take care of the enemies on the ground now, so who would care about things in the sky?"

"makes sense……"

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Tianfu Development Zone, the largest industrial-grade liquid nitrogen production enterprise in Shuzhou - "Heng'an Gas Chemical Co., Ltd."

"What are you saying? We're going to provide 300,000 tons of liquid nitrogen in four hours? And we're going to put all that liquid nitrogen into the shells? Are you kidding me?"

"Eighty percent of the workers have been locked up at home by your martial law order. Only half of the six production lines in my factory are still operating. Where can I get 300,000 tons of liquid nitrogen for you?"

"Inventory? How can I have inventory? The little bit of goods produced by this half production line is now supplied to the Disaster Countermeasures Committee. My warehouse is cleaner than my face... If you don't believe me, take people to search it yourself!"

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A secret camp on the edge of a restricted area.

"So, Yang Qi has a way to get rid of these accomplices?" asked Fukada Miki.

"There are always more solutions than problems... She has done her best to use all the resources she can." Sun Hang said, "Since these grudges have physical bodies, physical attacks should be effective... The only thing to worry about is whether they will grow again after being cleared away."

"Then what do we do now?"

"Wait." Sun Hang said, "The 'Barnacle Cleanup Plan' is divided into two phases. The first phase is just a feint attack; the second phase will be full firepower to clean up all the entanglements on the surface of Chimera No. 17's cocoon shell. But we can't miss the opportunity of this feint attack. If you can successfully clean up some of the entanglements, you can directly use your ability on the cleaned parts. If you can find the flaw of Chimera No. 17 by chance, it would be even better. If you don't find it, then you only have one chance left."

"The one before the final combat operation?"

"Yes, the window of time left for you will not exceed ten minutes." Sun Hang nodded, "You have to find the flaw of Chimera 17 within ten minutes... If this flaw is dynamic, you must also find out its changing pattern... Whether the insecticide plan can succeed depends on your performance in these ten minutes."

"Oh my god... To be honest, the pressure is a bit great." Fukada Miki took a deep breath, put away his previous cynical expression, and said seriously, "I can only say that I will try my best."

Just at this moment, Yang Qi called again.

"All participating units in the first phase of the barnacle clearing operation have completed their preparations, and the feint attack is expected to begin in twenty minutes," said Yang Qi.

"Okay, I understand." Sun Hang looked at Fukada Miki, "Let's go."

"Where to go?"

“On the top of the mountain, you have the broadest view.”

(End of this chapter)