Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Chapter 720 24: "Tree

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The freight elevator descended rapidly and soon reached the deepest level, floor minus three, but it didn't stop and continued to descend.

"After the renovation, this building looks the same from the outside as it did decades ago, but its internal structure cost me a lot of money," Lin Lun said, standing at the front, staring at the elevator's control panel.

"Does the patented technology you developed really sell for that much money?" Sun Hang asked curiously.

"That was just my first pot of gold," Lin Lun laughed, "In the current human societal structure, there are many ways to make money quickly, but delving into technical patents is definitely not one of them."

"Makes sense." Sun Hang nodded in agreement.

Given Lin Lun's overwhelming influence in the Yellow Road Layer Liusu District, he had countless avenues to make money.

The white light inside the elevator suddenly switched to a red warning light in maintenance mode, and the sound of hinges and chains grinding continued unabated. A hint of unease appeared in Xue Yue's eyes; she hesitated several times before finally reaching out to grab Sun Hang's sleeve.

"Aren't you afraid this is a trap I've set for you?" Lin Lun turned his head slightly, glancing at Sun Hang with the corner of his eye, "Shouldn't someone like you, a Hunter with the ability to probe into others' thoughts, be extra cautious if your abilities suddenly fail?"

"You're within my reach, so why would I worry that this is a trap?" Sun Hang retorted.

"What if I personally entered the game? In desperate situations, people can do crazy things, like mutual destruction," Lin Lun said, his face unchanged despite the frightening words, "Besides, I'm not someone who cares much about the lives of myself or others."

"You said something right; you're a lot like me… or rather, like I was when I first woke up," Sun Hang said, "But even if it's a trap, I don't care."

"You don't care about your life or death either?" Lin Lun's smile diminished, a trace of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

"No, I just believe I won't die," Sun Hang replied.

"Hmm?"

"If you could single-handedly break through the barrier between the Yellow Road Layer and Dubhe Enclosure, you'd have this confidence too. At least in that aspect, our gap is considerable."

As he spoke this line, Sun Hang was trying hard to control his expression—such boastful words had to be said with a straight face to exude a full sense of style.

"…I am very curious." Lin Lun said after a moment of silence, "What is the eerie thing that infected you?"

Different eerie things have different abilities, and those possessing multiple vastly different abilities are extremely rare. Those infected by the meme of eerie things only gain a fraction of the original abilities, which is why Hunters are categorized in many types—not all Hunters excel in combat.

Someone like Sun Hang, who not only has formidable combat skills and can survive being directly hit by bullets unscathed, but can also see tangible negative emotions and even read others' thoughts, now claims to have the ability to penetrate a 120-meter-thick concrete layer... Such "decathlon" Hunters are unheard of and unseen, even for Lin Lun.

If this guy isn't lying, why has Lin Lun never seen him on the Hunter rankings?

Could he be a "secret weapon" hidden away by Dubhe Tower?

Lin Lun took a deep breath.

"Thud."

The freight elevator stopped.

"Are we there?" Sun Hang asked.

"Yes." Lin Lun nodded, "Welcome to... the Well of Desires."

"The Well of Desires?"

"That's the name I've given this place," Lin Lun said and looked at Xue Yue, who was hiding most of her body behind Sun Hang, "This is where she was born."

Sun Hang followed Lin Lun out of the elevator, into the underground space where everywhere he looked he saw dark gray concrete, and in some places, steel structure brackets were embedded in the concrete, resembling bones exposed from flesh.

"Building this place took me four years," Lin Lun said, "I know that compared to a city like Chunming City, such a project is insignificant, but completing it under the noses of Dubhe Tower and the Garrison Corps was quite difficult... I once considered giving up and moving to second-tier cities where the population isn't as large, but the oversight is relatively lax."

"How did you conduct confidentiality work?" Sun Hang asked, "Those workers... you wouldn't have sealed them into the tomb walls like ancient tyrants, ensuring no clues of the tomb's mechanisms and secrets were leaked, right?"

"Although I'm indifferent to life and have claimed many lives, being compared to those tyrants makes me feel somewhat sad," Lin Lun said, "Building an underground space like this isn't something vagrants without legal identity can do; it requires professional construction teams to complete. These people have legitimate identities, complex social relations, and killing so many at once would only expedite exposure here."

"No killing? Then how did you silence them? Money can solve many problems, but it can't solve everything."

"Just... strip away part of their memories," Lin Lun said, "They will forget everything that happened here. In the beginning, they might feel a bit strange, but time will eventually heal all... they will only remember accepting the renovation project of a pollution treatment company's factory site, without recalling they built a massive underground space beneath it."