Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Chapter 677 3: Mastermind

Once unfamiliar, twice a master, Sun Hang was extremely familiar with the internal structure and transit routes of the Dubhe Tower this time. With a security clearance higher than most researchers working there, security checkpoints and various verification procedures failed to stop him—in just a few minutes, he was already comfortably seated in the capsule heading to the "Primordial Catacombs."

The capsule sped swiftly along the tracks, soon passing through the "Chthonic Layer."

"You have reached your destination, the Primordial Catacombs." The AI girl's voice sounded. "Is there anything else you require?"

"The snacks in the fridge need restocking," Sun Hang said.

"Feedback received, proceeding with inquiry... According to logistics maintenance records, the capsule underwent supplies replenishment two hours ago. Do you have any other requests?"

"I remember there was a spicy strip I liked last time, why is it gone now?" Sun Hang asked.

"Sir, the company producing that spicy strip was penalized by regulatory authorities due to hygiene issues and has been removed from the Dubhe Tower's procurement list. If you need it, you can place an order with me, and I'll send a drone to a nearby supermarket for you."

"Uh, that's not necessary."

The door of the capsule lifted, and Sun Hang stepped out.

This was Sun Hang's second visit to the Primordial Catacombs, and nothing seemed to have changed since his first visit. The surface of the "Energy Gathering Rock" shimmered with an orange-red "breathing light," and the ceiling of the stone chamber was embedded with cold-toned lamp pillars. A warm and cold light source formed a perfect balance—as if maintaining a constant temperature of twenty-four degrees Celsius in the chamber.

At the end of the stone chamber was a corridor leading to a brightly lit hall... It was in this hall that Sun Hang had a draw with Iron Wall the last time.

"If it's me now, I should be able to take down Iron Wall in twenty seconds, maybe even fifteen," Sun Hang thought to himself, "I just don't know if his metallic body is insulated..."

Sun Hang passed through the corridor and entered the hall.

Iron Wall wasn't there; instead, a woman in a black outfit stood guard at the door to the room, her back to Sun Hang, standing straight.

"Changed the bodyguard?" Sun Hang wondered.

"Intruder." The woman in black did not turn around. "You should know the consequences of invading this place, right?"

"Intrusion? I wouldn't call this an intrusion." Sun Hang shrugged. "I told the capsule's AI directly where I wanted to go, and it brought me here... If this is considered an intrusion, you're probably fishing for trouble."

The woman in black did not respond but swiftly drew two guns from her side holsters and turned to pull the trigger at Sun Hang.

"Guns?"

Sun Hang glanced dismissively at the weapons in her hands. The bullets stopped just half a meter away from Sun Hang, then melted and reformed into bullet shapes in mid-air—only, now they were redirected back towards the woman in black who had fired them.

The woman in black dodged almost instantly, the bullets whizzing past the edges of her body, except for one that cut a line of blood across her cheek, barely causing any harm.

"Sorry, ruined your face," Sun Hang said.

The woman in black was quite attractive but kept a poker face, reminding Sun Hang of his first encounter with Yang Lian.

The colder the initial meetings, the more frenzied the relationship once the ice was broken... To say the least, such a contrast was indeed stimulating.

Unfortunately, the woman before him elicited no interest from Sun Hang.

More than seventy-five percent of her body was cybernetic, and strictly speaking, besides her looks, she hardly counted as a woman.

Sun Hang wasn't into mecha fetishes.

The woman in black wiped the blood oozing from her cheek with the back of her hand, then decisively discarded her guns, lunging at Sun Hang like an agile panther.

Simultaneously, the surrounding temperature dropped sharply, and Sun Hang felt his body freezing, his reaction slowed... Even his brain's thought processing was affected.

Was this woman in black also a supernatural ability user?

Sun Hang didn't sense any peculiar meme aura from her, but the source of this ability was obviously this black-clad woman—in which case, unless her meme had strong concealment, it could only be explained as a supernatural ability.

Moreover, her ability seemed not strictly about cooling—more like the power of a rule-type peculiar object.

This rule might be named "Deceleration."

The temperature likely dropped as the ability affected the motion speed of molecules, and Sun Hang's slowed physical and mental faculties were because this ability directly targeted him.

An ability affecting both body and mind—no wonder this woman could become Pei Zongjun's watchdog. Her ability alone ranks among the top ten in the echelon of Hunters.

Too bad she used too many mechanical parts in her body.

Before the woman in black approached Sun Hang, her cybernetic parts began disassembling rapidly—the leg support in her pants became limp fabric, even her upper body lost balance and she crashed heavily, sliding to one side.