Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Chapter 744 - 38: Specialty Latte

"Mr. Lu Xun once said something," Sun Hang remarked, "'There was no road before, but as more people tread upon it, a path forms'... If all else fails, why not just carve a path through the city?"

"Exactly, why not just blast a passage through?" Wang Xiyi chimed in.

She was quite authoritative in this regard—having executed all sorts of missions, achieving such feats more than once.

Take, for instance, the first encounter between Sun Hang and Wang Xiyi. The latter used her own body as a kinetic projectile, crashing through the ghost house's roof and forging a direct pathway to the basement.

More than once, Yang Qi asked Wang Xiyi whether her actions were driven by the Black Dragon meme-induced violent tendencies, to which Wang Xiyi's response was sharp—"saves time."

"..." Faced with these two knuckleheads, Yan Yu'an was silent for a long time and finally managed to squeeze out, "You guys could give it a try."

Sun Hang: "Alright, let's start assigning tasks now—Zhong Ling, can you control your ghostly remains like an autonomous military robot?"

"Once specific commands are set, even if they leave my line of sight, they'll continue executing," Zhong Ling replied, "However, they won't react to anything outside the command scope, and all combat relies entirely on the remains' instincts."

"That's sufficient. Leave some remains here and guard it with the fisherman, Xue Yue, Mr. Yan, and the truck driver," Sun Hang nodded, "I'll go with Mr. Wang, you, and the remaining remains directly into the Baikal Remains."

"You can't leave me here!" Yan Yu'an protested immediately, "I must ensure your safety at all times; I'm going in with you."

"You sure?" Sun Hang glanced at her, "This is the Baikal Remains after dark; you'd better think carefully."

"No need to think, that's my duty." Yan Yu'an was resolute.

"And you? You're not coming, are you?" Sun Hang turned to look at the fisherman.

"I... uh..." The fisherman took a deep breath, ultimately choosing to speak boldly, "The task of guarding here is also important, go in with peace of mind, I'll watch your exit!"

He had to admit that the initial urge to join Sun Hang stemmed mostly from impulsiveness—now, after several cups of ice cream, his mind had fully cooled down.

"Don't think I chickened out, I'm just not in good shape. Maybe the ice cream upset my stomach... Although the Baikal Remains has buildings like toilets, I dare not use them—who knows if a claw might suddenly reach out from the pit and drag out my intestines while I'm squatting."

Even though the fisherman previously claimed he wouldn't eat, he eventually couldn't resist Xue Yue, helping her finish the leftover ice cream... He didn't quite understand why, despite having an abundance of ice cream balls in the cafeteria, the young girl was reluctant to waste the ones she couldn't consume, causing his stomach to churn slightly now.

"Is it because of nerves?" The fisherman murmured internally. Back in the day, he was the first in Lake Baikal City to swallow ghostly objects whole, but now, he couldn't handle a few small ice cream balls.

"You don't actually need to explain," Sun Hang patted the fisherman's shoulder, giving him an "I understand" look, "Sometimes, the more you try to hide it, the worse it gets."

"Right, right... I'm just a babbler, you'll get used to it," the fisherman rubbed his belly, smiling awkwardly.

While Sun Hang and the fisherman were talking, Yan Yu'an pulled a heavy equipment bag out of the car's trunk, unzipping her jacket—as Sun Hang previously speculated, she wore an extra military exoskeleton beneath the jacket.

To be precise, it was the inner frame of the exoskeleton. Yan Yu'an took off her jacket and began fitting modular power exoskeletons onto the inner frame like assembling model kits.

By the time she attached the final piece of armor, she had transformed from a 1.8-meter tall woman into a towering iron warrior over two meters tall.

"This armor looks pretty fun," Sun Hang said, "but I seem to catch a whiff of something ghostly on it."

"This armor is the 'ARM-03P' model, officially named the Smart Light High-Mobility Tactical Powered Armor 'Willow Leaf Saber'. However, my set has been modified by the Dubhe Tower's Equipment Department, so technically, it should be considered ghost equipment," Yan Yu'an's voice came from beneath the faceplate.

"You're also a suitable user for ghost equipment?"

"No, I'm not a suitable user," Yan Yu'an shook her head, "This armor is a 'mass-production generalized ghost equipment', which can be operated without synchronization rates. The Equipment Department implanted some artificially cultivated ghostly tissue into the armor, fusing it with the armor to endow it with some properties and abilities originally belonging to ghostly beings."

Before Yan Yu'an even finished speaking, her figure gradually faded away, almost blending in with the surroundings.

"For instance, the optical camouflage coating on the armor's surface comes from a Type V ghostly being known as 'Invisi-fungus'," Yan Yu'an looked at the first ghost behind Zhong Ling, "The battle armor on that ghostly remains also has Invisi-fungus coating on its surface."