Hunter of Mysterious Creature

"They really don't leave any loopholes, do they?" Sun Hang felt slightly helpless, "Looks like we'll really have to rummage through trash bins for food."

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Dubhe Tower, Control Room.

"Access to the Puppet Master's personal account has been detected." A voice said, "It's still at the ATM machine at the unattended service point of Xiazhou Bank, 186 Zhenhai Road, Yi Su District, Ziwei Palace."

"Luckily, I froze her account in advance." The leader's voice replied, "It seems they haven't gone far... keep gathering information, and tell the people below not to startle the snake, we need to wait for the right moment."

"Leader, what is the right moment?" The previous voice asked puzzled, "The target and the Puppet Master are always together, we have no chance to rescue the hostage!"

"Are you stupid or what! For example, the Puppet Master, being a female, also has natural needs. When she goes to the restroom, no way that guy could always stand beside her, right? He can't ensure the hostage remains within his sight all the time, right? What we need to do now is to drag it out, wait until his attention starts to falter, that's when we strike!"

"Leader, insightful!" Another voice promptly flattered.

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Sun Hang was well aware that as long as the Puppet Master's bank card was inserted into the ATM machine, Dubhe Tower could immediately locate his position, so he didn't linger at the original spot and promptly took the Puppet Master away from there.

Sun Hang reverted to his original appearance—disguise had already lost its meaning, no matter what he transformed into, as long as he had the Puppet Master by his side, Dubhe Tower could immediately identify him.

Unless he could change the Puppet Master's appearance and build.

Taking into consideration the consequence of rescuing Song Yarong last time, which led to her becoming infected, Sun Hang didn't want to try using this ability to give the Puppet Master a makeover... although he didn't know how the Puppet Master controlled those mysterious remnants, this girl showed no signs of any deceitful equipment, and if she got infected because of Sun Hang, the nature of the incident would be completely different.

Dubhe Tower has a way to reattach severed fingers but cannot turn an infected person back into a normal human.

"You're not infected, are you?" Sun Hang glanced at the Puppet Master and asked.

"No." The Puppet Master replied, her voice as faint as a mosquito's hum, it's fortunate there wasn't much noise on this street, or Sun Hang would really have trouble hearing her.

"Then how do you control the mysterious remnants? Is there some kind of medium?" Sun Hang asked curiously.

Ye Jiu had told Sun Hang that most of the suitable users for deceitful equipment weren't infected.

There are currently over seven hundred deceitful equipments with suitable users, and among these more than seven hundred suitable users, infected individuals account for less than a quarter.

The reason is quite simple: infected people have the meme of mysterious creatures within them, and deceitful equipment are also mysterious creatures, even if their memes don't conflict, very few can truly integrate... As a result, the synchronization rate of infected individuals is relatively low, many of those accounting for the quarter are considered to have "tamed" the deceitful equipment through sheer power, to them, deceitful equipment is just a handy weapon.

For suitable users like Ye Jiu, rather than considering deceitful equipment as their weapons, it would be more accurate to say they are the living CPU for deceitful equipment.

But the Puppet Master is different; her situation is quite special.

Her deceitful equipment are those infected transformed into "mysterious remnants," these remnants have no direct contact with her... so, as an ordinary person, how does she control these mysterious remnants?

Could she be a supernatural being?

Technically speaking, mysterious creature hunters could all be considered supernatural beings, but their powers come from the memes of their infection, while those who gain powers without relying on memes... do such people even exist?

"I don't know." The Puppet Master answered.

"Huh?"

"Some mysterious remnants I can control, they become my deceitful equipment." The Puppet Master continued, "Those I can't, will be dealt with."

"So, whether you can control them or not, is all based on instinct?" Sun Hang's eye couldn't help but twitch.

"Yes." The Puppet Master nodded.

Whoa, that's quite mystifying!

"So, you're really a supernatural being?"

"What's a supernatural being?"

"Someone who possesses abilities beyond ordinary humans without relying on memes." Sun Hang scratched his head, he didn't expect her to ask such a question, "Many online novels incorporate elements of supernatural beings... uh, have you read any novels?"

The Puppet Master shook her head.

"Ha... okay then." Sun Hang checked his wristband; there was half an hour until the next location update, "Let's rest here for a while, and move after the location is uploaded."

The Puppet Master also wore a similar-looking wristband on her wrist. However, at Sun Hang's request, the Puppet Master's wristband's location function had been temporarily disabled—this condition wasn't too excessive, and Dubhe Tower didn't refuse.

After all, the trial rules only stated that participants can't violently remove their own wristbands, it didn't mention that they can't violently remove the hostage's wristband.

Sun Hang even considered if two trialists staged a conflict and "accidentally" broke the other's wristband during combat... would that be exploiting a loophole in the rules?

Unfortunately, he seemed to be the only trialist who escaped from Floating Port.

They were now in a not-so-busy alley, with old shops lining both sides. Sun Hang found a roadside bench for the Puppet Master to sit on, while he surveyed the surrounding pedestrians and objects, pondering the next action plan.

"Half an hour shouldn't be wasted, if Dubhe Tower hasn't pinpointed my latest location yet, using this gap to gather some survival resources would be a good choice."

Sun Hang had considered digging through the dumpsters of major malls and supermarkets, but those places are swarmed with surveillance cameras, even if he managed to black out the cameras using his ability, Dubhe Tower could lock onto his position through the appearance of a "black zone" on the surveillance network.

The hostage isn't omnipotent; previous negotiations succeeded because the opponent's elite forces hadn't arrived—relying solely on those elite operatives and an army of ordinary people, Sun Hang was likely to break through without a hostage.

But if they pre-deploy...

Ye Jiu said there were over a thousand Hunters stationed in Chunming City, Sun Hang wouldn't dare guarantee he'd come away unscathed facing all these Hunters.

"First, I have to find a way to get some money..."