Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Chapter 741 - 36: Ice Cream

Sun Hang lightly patted his clothes, and the water-soaked fabric instantly turned dry - which made the guards lugging firefighting equipment give him a few extra glances.

"Is this... an ability acquired by Taotie's devouring?" Watching Sun Hang walk out of the clinic calmly, Ganna couldn't help but mutter to himself.

After handling the aftermath of the soldier's anomaly, it was about time for the scheduled gathering. Sun Hang directly instructed Ganna to take the psychologist exhibiting anomaly symptoms to find the Dubhe Tower personnel. He himself took Ganna's car keys and drove Xue Yue to the camp's number one entrance.

Before the car arrived, Sun Hang saw a group of people waiting near the entrance, the most conspicuous being Lieutenant Colonel Yan Yu'an with a stern face, holding two ice creams.

The matcha-flavored ice cream he held was piled with three green matcha ice cream balls - relatively normal. However, the other ice cream he held had various colorful ice cream stacked like an Arhat, over a dozen scoops, the highest even surpassing her forehead.

Fortunately, the temperature in the Lake Baikal Region remains cool in summer, slowing down the melting of ice cream; otherwise, Lieutenant Colonel Yan might have had to figure out how to bring over a freezer.

"Wow, didn't expect the camp cafeteria's ice cream to have so many flavors," Sun Hang said to Xue Yue while driving, "Looks like you're in for a treat."

"She...she seems not very happy," Xue Yue whispered.

"Most people aren't happy while working," Sun Hang replied casually. He hit the brakes and the SUV beautifully drifted to a stop in front of everyone.

The gust from the car threatened the high ice cream tower, Yan Yu'an's expression immediately tightened as she quickly adjusted her arm's angle to ensure the shaking ice cream tower remained balanced.

"Thanks for your hard work, Lieutenant Colonel Yan," Sun Hang said as he took the matcha ice cream from Yan Yu'an and licked it.

The ice cream didn't contain authentic matcha powder, but a matcha-flavored food additive, with high sweetness that almost completely masked the original bitterness of matcha - but given it's frontline camp-provided ice cream, Sun Hang didn't have the heart to demand much.

For soldiers, having fresh-made ice cream is enough; who cares if it's real matcha powder or matcha-flavored additives?

Besides, a bit of sweetness isn't a problem – when life is tough, your food should be sweet, right? Sweetness can even promote dopamine secretion, from a certain angle, it helps suppress soldiers' negative emotions somewhat.

Although the help is extremely minimal...

After saying thank you, Xue Yue cautiously accepted the towering ice cream from Yan Yu'an - once handed over, Yan Yu'an's previously tense expression visibly relaxed.

Now it's Xue Yue's turn to be nervous - faced with the nearly half-meter tall, intricately stacked ice cream tower, merely holding it was difficult. Having never eaten ice cream before, Xue Yue had no idea where to start and could only stare blankly at the ice cream tower, like a puppet, not daring to move.

"Lieutenant Colonel Yan... you carried these two ice creams from the cafeteria all the way here?" Sun Hang couldn't help but ask.

"Yes," Yan Yu'an replied in a business-like tone, "This was your order, and naturally, I will do my best to complete it. Do you have any other requests?"

"Uh...you never considered taking a few disposable food boxes and putting the ice cream balls inside?"

Yan Yu'an: "..."

"I asked for two ice creams but didn't specify they had to remain in this form?" Sun Hang asked, stifling a laugh, "Are you an ice cream fundamentalist, Lieutenant Colonel Yan?"

"Only spherical ice cream served in cone-shaped wafers can be called ice cream, everything else is heresy?" Sun Hang added.

"That joke isn't funny," Yan Yu'an said gloomily, "Maybe I just have no sense of humor, can't understand your joke."

"Do you carry self-heating single-soldier rations?" Sun Hang asked.

"Yes."

"There should be a folding meal tray inside, right? Take one out."

Yan Yu'an quickly took out a folding meal tray from the ration pack, then used a military knife to help Xue Yue dismantle the half-meter high ice cream tower, placing it into the tray.

Lastly, she handed Xue Yue a disposable plastic fork-spoon from the ration pack, then looked at Sun Hang – her eyes seemed to ask, "This time I've done it correctly, haven't I?"

"Although a bit nosy, I'm curious, Lieutenant Colonel Yan, are you normally inflexible?"

"I meticulously execute the tasks assigned by superiors," Yan Yu'an answered seriously.

"Being too rigid isn't always good," Sun Hang couldn't bear to tease her further and gestured to everyone, "Get in the car, let's prepare to leave for Baikal Remains."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhong Ling opened the front passenger door and sat beside Sun Hang, Yan Yu'an hesitated for half a second then climbed into the back seat.

Xue Yue shrank to one side while savoring the ice cream in small bites, creating more space in the rear.

"No need to make room for me," Wang Xiyi smiled at Xue Yue and unfolded the dragon wings behind her, "I'll follow you from above."

"Mr. Wang, keep an eye on altitude, don't fly above that 'membrane' layer, I'm worried you might crash," Sun Hang cautioned.

"Relax, I've got confidence...if my vision blurs, I'll just land right away."

"Is everyone's gear ready?" Sun Hang surveyed around and finally focused on Zhong Ling.

The others' gear was portable; only Zhong Ling needed an extra vehicle to transport her "anomalous apparatus."

"The truck carrying the Eternal Freeze Coffin will follow us," Zhong Ling said, "Once we reach the Baikal Remains, I'll release the anomalies."

"Alright," Sun Hang glanced at the military truck waiting nearby, the soldier driving it appeared uneasy, seemingly under significant pressure – whereas the number one anomaly beside him seemed far more at ease.

Just as Sun Hang prepared to set off, a familiar voice shouting "Wait!" suddenly emerged from another corner of the camp.

"Fisherman?"