Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 94 The Moving Mountain
After returning to Tianfu City, the institute allocated to Sun Hang an office second only to that of the director - according to the Disaster Countermeasures Committee, before the school for the study of strange things was built, this was Sun Hang's "Principal's Office."

But before Sun Hang could even get comfortable in the leather swivel chair, 0401 rushed in with two large plastic bags.

"Oh? You've recovered so quickly?" Sun Hang glanced at the bandage wrapped around the man's knee. "It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. If you just run away like this, the doctors and nurses will be so pissed off."

"It's just a little scrape." 0401 said with a smile, "Oh, don't call me 0401, I have a name, Yin Xiang."

"Speaker?" Sun Hang was stunned for a moment. "Your name is quite unique, isn't it?"

"Yin Xiang! Yin for prefectural governor, Xiang for flying!" Yin Xiang explained, "Let's not talk about this anymore... I heard from Yang Lian that the reason we were able to return to normal time and space is because you killed that weird creature?"

"I guess so." Sun Hang said, "In fact, I just killed a low-health person."

Sun Hang knew very well that it was not him who killed the ghost shadow... but the three monkey statues that were even more mysterious than the ghost shadow.

"You saved all of us. Thanks to you, that investigation mission was rated as the highest level mission. Not only did I pay off all my debts in one go, but I also received an additional subsidy!"

After saying that, Yin Xiang raised the plastic bag in his hand and said, "See? Barbecue, fried skewers, Bobo chicken, and beer... Do you know how hard it is to get these good things now? Oh, I won't say any more. It's getting cold. Let's go to the roof and enjoy it together!"

Yin Xiang took Sun Hang and took the elevator directly to the rooftop of the research institute. He spread out the food that he got from somewhere on the ground. The two of them sat on the ground and opened the can of beer with a "click". Snow-like foam surged up from the mouth of the can.

The rooftop of the research institute was not dark. The residual light from four large searchlights was enough to illuminate the area, but in comparison, the Tianfu city area in the distance appeared much dimmer.

In order to save electricity, the electricity consumption of all residential areas has been restricted, all kinds of advertising signs have been turned off, and factories, office buildings, and shopping malls have all closed. At a glance, the metropolis that was once severely light-polluted now has only a few lights, and most of the buildings are hidden in darkness.

"Celebrating your freedom." Sun Hang raised his beer and clinked it with Yin Xiang.

"Ha, 0398 must be regretting this. If he misses such a good opportunity this time, he may not be able to get it next time!" Yin Xiang took a sip of beer, closed his eyes and grinned, "Hiss... It feels so good!"

"You are indeed lucky enough to regain your freedom just as the Eternal Night falls." Sun Hang said, "You can take this opportunity to leave Shuzhou and go to a safer place."

"Leave? No, I'm not planning to leave." But who would have thought that Yin Xiang suddenly shook his head and said, "I have already applied to the Investigation Bureau for a formal assessment. Now is a special period, so all the procedures are simplified. As long as I pass the written test in two days, I can become a formal investigator! Hey, I'm a regular employee now!"

"Aren't you very afraid of death?" Sun Hang looked at him with some doubt, "You should know what the eternal night means, right?"

"Of course I know." Yin Xiang said.

"Then you should also know how risky it is to stay here and be an investigator, right?" Sun Hang said, "If it doesn't work out, why don't you go somewhere else to take the investigator exam? With your experience as a temporary investigator, you should be selected for admission, right?"

"No... You misunderstood me." Yin Xiang took another sip of wine. "I'm not doing this for the position, nor for the money... No, the money is still important... Mainly, this experience made me realize one thing."

"what's up?"

"I am very afraid of death, but that doesn't mean I have to be a deserter." Yin Xiang raised his head and drank the remaining liquid in the jar. "I grew up in Tianfu City. I am a native of Shuzhou. I thought I would study, work, get married, have children, and live a dull life for decades... I never thought that one day, this land would be swallowed up by those things."

Sun Hang looked at him quietly without saying anything.

"There's no point in running away. It used to be Yunnan, and now it's Shuzhou. What about the future? Fog City? Qinzhou? Jingchu? I'll run away for my whole life, and those weird things will chase me for my whole life?" Yin Xiang crushed the can in his hand, and then threw it far away with force, "Damn it! Run! Run the fuck away, I'm going to fight them to the death here!"

"It's just a can of beer, it's not necessary to drink like this, right?" Sun Hang picked up the can in his hand and took a look. The alcohol content marked on the can was only 3%, which was a very low content among all the beers.

Could it be that this guy drank two bottles of white wine before coming to find me?

But he doesn't smell of alcohol?
"Are you sure this isn't an impulse?" Sun Hang asked.

"I've been thinking about this for several days. I want to stay." Yin Xiang took a deep breath and then continued, "Sun Hang, I came to you this time. In addition to thanking you for saving my life, I also want to ask you for something."

"What's the matter?" Sun Hang muttered to himself. Could it be that this kid wanted to arrange him into the Strange Thing Research Institute?
As the principal, arranging a transfer student seems to be a piece of cake.

"I want to be a monster hunter." Yin Xiang said seriously.

"Puff——" The beer in Sun Hang's mouth sprayed out directly, covering Yin Xiang's face, "You...are you crazy?"

"No, I'm serious." Yin Xiang said, "I already know about Song Yarong's situation. According to those researchers, the 'Tai Sui' meme you have can infect humans with a high probability so that the infected people can retain their human self-awareness. In other words, using this meme, you can 'mass produce' stable infected people." "Who told you?"

"It doesn't matter who told me this. I just know that I need strength." Yin Xiang said, "To be honest, my dream since I was a child has been to become a monster hunter. I don't want to be chased by monsters and run away helplessly, unable to do anything..."

"Your childhood dream was not to be a monster hunter, but to be the protagonist in those popcorn movies." Sun Hang corrected, "The mortality rate of monster hunters is much higher than that of investigators... Even if you can really become a hunter, you will most likely just be a background board that passes by in the camera, not the protagonist who can't be killed no matter how hard you try."

"I didn't say I wanted to be the protagonist... After you and Night Fury left that night, we encountered a lot of monsters. Those monsters couldn't even be killed by guns. They could even withstand the shock waves of grenade explosions and pounce on us and tear open human bodies... Can you understand that feeling of despair? I just want to have power. Even if I can't beat those powerful monsters, at least I shouldn't have no chance to resist!"

"It is against the Hunter Code for the infected to actively infect humans." Sun Hang looked at him calmly, "I can't help."

"What's going on with Song Yarong?"

"It was an emergency. If I hadn't taken action, she would have died." Sun Hang said, "Only in that case can I be exempted from responsibility."

Yin Xiang was stunned for a moment, then looked towards the edge of the rooftop and asked, "Does that mean you will use this method to save me whenever I am on the verge of death?"

"You can jump from here. If you still have half a breath left, I will save you." Sun Hang said calmly.

“Okay, this is what you said, don’t go back on your word!” Yin Xiang hunched over, took several deep breaths, then screamed “Ahhhhhhhh” and rushed to the edge of the rooftop—

But just when he was about to touch the iron railing, his steps suddenly stopped.

His knees went weak and he fell to the ground, pounding the ground hard with his fists.

"Fuck it, I... I'm still... not cruel enough..." Yin Xiang panted and said, "Sun, Sun Hang... Otherwise, you can give me a hand and kick me down!"

"That's murder. It's against the law."

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!!" Yin Xiang cursed several times in a row, then he suddenly jumped up and crossed the guardrail in an instant.

He closed his eyes and his body began to fall, but at this moment, a trace of regret suddenly surged in his heart.

Regret? Is it still useful to regret now?
Just when Yin Xiang thought he was going to be smashed into a pool of meat paste, a huge force suddenly came from the ends of his limbs. He opened his eyes in surprise and found that his hands and feet had been tightly entangled by white mycelium. Then, these mycelium pulled him back to the roof.

Yin Xiang was lying on the ground with his arms and legs spread out, gasping for air with his mouth wide open. After a long while, he finally said, "Damn it... why did you pull me up?"

"Do you dare to jump again now?"

"Damn it... I finally mustered up the courage... you fucking bastard..." Yin Xiang cursed breathlessly.

"I just forgot to tell you that this place is too high. If you fall down, there will be no chance of rescue. Next time, try jumping from a lower building." Sun Hang placed a can of beer on Yin Xiang's forehead. "To celebrate your survival, how about another drink?"

"Drink...drink fucking shit!" Yin Xiang struggled to get up, pulled the pull ring, tilted his head back and drank it down.

"Did you regret it the moment you jumped out just now?" Sun Hang looked at him and asked.

"It would be a lie to say I don't regret it, but I've already jumped, what's the point of regretting it?"

"I'll give you another chance now. I promise I won't pull you. Are you still going to jump?"

Yin Xiang looked at the edge of the rooftop with lingering fear, hesitated for several seconds, and then shook his head: "Forget it... Let's talk about it next time."

"In fact, becoming a hunter is the same as jumping off a building. Once you take that step, there will be no chance to regret it." Sun Hang said, "I can pull you back from mid-air, but I can't turn you from an infected person back to a normal human being."

Yin Xiang: “…”

Just when Sun Hang was about to get some more fried skewers, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

This was a call from a military communication channel. As soon as Sun Hang answered the call, he heard a slightly panicked voice on the other end of the phone: "The mountain... the mountain is moving! Sixteen kilometers west of Tianfu City! There is a mountain moving!!"

(End of this chapter)