Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Chapter 706 - 17: Modified Vessels

"Are they... considered human?"

"I'm not sure what exactly your definition of human is, Mom, but to me, their essence is far removed from humanity," Anna replied.

"Do you know where they come from?" Sun Hang asked again, "Main Brain, do you know what a modification container is?"

Chunming City can be said to be under the absolute control of Dubhe Tower. If even the Main Brain doesn't know the origin of the modification containers, then this problem might be quite serious.

"No relevant data found." The answer from the Main Brain made Sun Hang feel a chill in his heart.

"Modification containers, as the name suggests, are about modifying the human body to become a vessel capable of withstanding excessive negative emotions," Anna explained. "Mom, you should understand that ordinary humans would have turned into aberrations under such intense negative emotions, but modification containers don't—they can handle hundreds or even thousands of times more negative emotions than ordinary people. For me and the guy in your car, it's like a big pack of portable and long-lasting canned compressed biscuits."

Sun Hang turned his head to look at Xue Yue and asked, "Do you feel that the two people in the car next to us... look delectable?"

Xue Yue shook her head, a hint of confusion in her eyes as she looked at Sun Hang.

"It seems she doesn't think so."

"Who would eat canned food when there's fresh food? Even aberrations are picky eaters," Anna said. "The negative emotions stored in these two modification containers have long surpassed their expiration date, they're not fresh anymore... unless one is starving beyond measure, otherwise, I wouldn't eat it even if it were free."

"Then, the question arises, who modified them?" Sun Hang asked again, "Was it humans or aberrations?"

"I don't know." Anna's response was straightforward, "But mom, don't you think it's a bit too coincidental that these two things appeared in Chunming City at the same time?"

"Which two things?"

"A creature occupying a little girl's body, living off negative emotions," Anna said, "and two bodies modified specifically to hold large amounts of negative emotions, the 'human meat cans'... Do you really believe there's no connection between the two?"

Sun Hang sized up Xue Yue again and then shook his head, "I read her thoughts and memories. She's not lying."

"There's no need for it to lie," Anna let out a cold laugh, "Her appearance was merely an accident."

"You mean someone is nurturing aberrations like Xue Yue, and the modification containers are also their handiwork... As for Xue Yue, she's just the 'lucky one' who accidentally escaped from a place where they raise aberrations?" Sun Hang speculated.

"Let's leave aside whether she's lucky or not," Anna said, "But Chunming City truly is a prime location for gathering negative emotions—there are so many people here, and the various desires enveloping the city, to be honest, make it hard for me to leave."

"Where did you learn about this modification technology?" Sun Hang asked again, "You know they are modification containers, yet you don't know their origins. Don't you find that you seem quite suspicious yourself?"

"Modification container is just a name I gave them. As for what those who truly modified them call them, I don't know either," Anna replied matter-of-factly, "If you like, Mom, you can call them 'compressed biscuits,' 'sealed canned food' or whatever ya like."

"Can you tell what kind of modification techniques they underwent?"

"First, a suitable subject for modification must be selected—in other words, a person to undergo the modification surgery. Then directly open the skull, reprocess the brain, excise the unnecessary parts, and insert parts for controlling the modification container. As for the specific procedure, even if I told you, Mom, you probably wouldn't understand... After the surgery, what you get is a humanoid container capable of storing negative emotions without acting out violently because of those emotions."

"Like Ling Xiao?"

"No, no, no, different," Anna replied, "That child was merely drained of all emotions by me, and the parts in his brain responsible for generating emotions are also suppressed. He and the modification containers are entirely different—the modification containers can store a large amount of negative emotions, but he can't store any emotions at all."

"These modification containers can feel joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, experience rage, agony, jealousy, and various desires, but they are not driven by emotions, nor would they even show any expression because of these emotions. Their bodies are like machines, left with nothing more than primal functions like eating, sleeping, and excreting, apart from the commands issued by their controllers."

"So what are they doing now?" Sun Hang pointed at the floating car that was still shaking continuously, and asked.

"Reproduction is also a basic instinct," Anna explained, "They aren't releasing so-called desires, they're simply following instincts. Even if you were to go knock on their window now, Mom, they wouldn't stop out of shame, nor would they feel any aggression towards you due to anger—of course, unless their controller issued additional commands, that would be a different story."

"Can I try reading their thoughts?" Sun Hang asked, "Would doing so alert their controller?"

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