Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Chapter 717 22: Lin Lun

"You want to take advantage of this opportunity to break away from my control, then run to the surface and find a chance to clear your criminal record, right?" Lin Lun continued, "In your heart, you must be hoping that I get handled by the Hunter from Dubhe Tower, aren't you?"

The supermarket owner was trembling like a leaf, "N...no..."

"Actually, I wasn't going to blame you for this. You came back to report immediately, I should have rewarded you instead." Lin Lun said, "But you should never, ever have hidden things from me. But that's also human nature. The Mysterious Creature Hunter has already tracked us down here, this ship is about to capsize, I can understand why you'd be eager to jump ship..."

"Mr. Lin... I really know I was wrong..."

"In a book I read, there's a quote I really like. Do you know what it says?"

"...?"

"'You don't know you were wrong, you just know you're about to die.'"

The secretary, who had been standing by silently, quickly stepped forward, pulled a silenced handgun from the inner pocket of his suit, and shot the supermarket owner in the back of the head.

The body that had been trembling a moment ago suddenly became still, and the pupils in the wide-open eyes began to dilate rapidly.

The two muscular men who had brought the supermarket owner in grabbed his feet from both sides and dragged his corpse out of the office.

"Boss, what should we do next?" The secretary holstered the gun and asked in a deep voice.

In the past few minutes, he seemed to have made some kind of resolute decision.

"Since the opponent is a Hunter, none of us here can stop him." Lin Lun said, "Open the gates of the park and let him in."

"Let him in? Do we need to make any other arrangements?" The secretary asked again, "Like placing a sniper on high ground? We just got a T50 sniper rifle recently, it comes from a legitimate military factory, the power and accuracy are definitely..."

"Didn't Biao say he shot at that Hunter?" Lin Lun retorted.

"Biao's small handgun, how can it compare to a T50?" The secretary frowned, "The bullet from a T50 can cut a person in half with one shot. Even if his recovery ability is strong, there's no way he could be saved from immediate death..."

"And after shooting this Hunter to death? Do you plan to rely on a T50 to fight off the regular army that will swarm in afterwards?" Lin Lun's question left the secretary stunned.

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When the floating car stopped at the entrance of the Revival Pollution Control Company's factory, Sun Hang couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. After taking out the first batch of ambushed gang members, the journey seemed a bit too smooth.

Sun Hang originally thought he would have to kill a lot more people on his way here... Maybe, he would even run into traps like bombs or landmines along the way...

Could it be that the other gangs, seeing him easily take out 35 people, got so scared they didn't dare to stop him?

After all, for these gang members who are just trying to make ends meet, they should know very well which is more important—money or life.

But after seeing the wide-open factory gates and the unmanned security booth, another thought surfaced in Sun Hang's mind.

Could it be that... the mastermind already knows my Hunter identity and knows that sending ordinary people to stop me is meaningless, so they simply withdrew all obstructions?

"Is this... an empty city strategy?" Sun Hang stood at the entrance of the factory, looking at the buildings not far away.

"Sh-should I stay in the car?" Xue Yue asked cautiously, pressing her small face against the car window.

"Come on out," Sun Hang said.

Xue Yue pushed open the car door, glancing around cautiously as she made small, tentative steps behind Sun Hang.

"Does this place feel familiar to you?" Sun Hang asked, turning his head.

Xue Yue closed her eyes to sense the surroundings briefly, then opened them and shook her head at Sun Hang.

Sun Hang said no more, continuing to walk forward, with Xue Yue quickly following.

Sun Hang sensed many pairs of eyes sizing him up, with numerous gazes focusing on him through the gaps in the curtains, each filled with various emotions... and the most apparent and widespread among them was tension and hostility.

Ignoring these stares, Sun Hang activated a special vision that allowed him to see materialized negative emotions.

What slightly surprised Sun Hang was that the concentration of negative emotions throughout the entire factory park was unexceptional, only slightly intensified behind those staring at him—which was perfectly normal, and all these negative emotions combined didn't even compare to one of those modified containers.

Before Sun Hang could get close to the building, a middle-aged man in a suit walked out from inside.

The middle-aged man smiled at Sun Hang and introduced himself. "Hello, I am Lin Lun, the chairman of Liusu Revival Pollution Control Company."

"I know, I've seen your photo." Sun Hang nodded, "Sun Hang, registered Hunter of the Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute."

"T...Celestial City?" Although Lin Lun had already prepared himself mentally, Sun Hang's somewhat absurd response still caught him off guard.

However, he quickly regained his composure and asked, "Why would a Hunter from Celestial City come to an unremarkable pollution control company in Chunming City?"

"You should be the one answering that," Sun Hang replied.

Lin Lun's gaze passed over Sun Hang and stayed on Xue Yue, nodding his head, "Alright, I understand now."

"What do you understand?" Sun Hang asked.

"Since the seed I sent out is following behind you, it's only natural that my place here would be exposed," Lin Lun replied, "But in my view, this is something that was bound to happen sooner or later, I just need to let things progress naturally."

"If it's supposed to be natural, why all the secrecy?" Sun Hang mocked, "The owner of the Happiness Supermarket almost killed me."

"Disguise and concealment are also part of letting things progress naturally," Lin Lun smiled, "I was originally planning to reach out to Dubhe Tower once my research had certain results... but now, it's about time anyway."

"Research? Results?" Sun Hang squinted his eyes, "You're researching mysterious creatures?"

"Yes... the girl behind you now is one of my results," Lin Lun said.

Sun Hang glanced at Xue Yue and found her eyes filled with confusion.

"Then why didn't you contact Dubhe Tower from the start, or simply join them." Sun Hang asked, "That's the very place for researching mysterious creatures. There, you wouldn't need to hide or waste so much effort buying off local gangs and the Public Security Bureau, nor use human lives as cover for your 'research'."

"Because my research was fraught with uncertainty from the start, I couldn't gamble on Dubhe Tower allowing my research to continue," Lin Lun answered naturally.

"What exactly are you researching?"

"Something that could benefit humanity," Lin Lun said, "Since you have encountered this girl and tracked those two 'Faceless Ones' all the way here, you should have guessed the subject of my research."

"Is it related to human negative emotions?"

"Yes... In my youth, an accidental experience led me to discover that human negative emotions can foster the birth of mysterious creatures. At that time, I thought, if human negative emotions could be collected and either processed or destroyed, wouldn't it inhibit this phenomenon from occurring... until later, due to another accident, I discovered something very special."