Hunter of Mysterious Creature

"It's a... very beautiful woman," the boy recalled. "She sat at the highest point of the ruins, her entire body emitting a faint glow... she was more beautiful than any woman I've ever seen."

Beautiful woman? Emitting a faint glow?

Sun Hang looked at the boy with some confusion, and in the next moment, he made a decision—rather than blindly guessing based on the boy's description, it would be better to directly see the 'real scene' he saw back then.

"You may feel a bit strange next, but don't worry, you just need to stay calm," Sun Hang said.

This sentence was somewhat redundant—the boy's emotions had always been calm, whether when Sun Hang kicked him or when he fired a shot at Sun Hang's head.

"Oh." The boy nodded.

The "memory reading" ability instantly activated, and images flashed chaotically before Sun Hang's eyes until he returned to that night a few days ago, when the scavenging boy raised his head and saw the woman.

"Indeed." Sun Hang frowned slightly.

This woman was none other than "Anna Demosheva" who had escaped from the Nameless Island Research Institute.

Sun Hang finally understood why this boy gave him a sense of familiarity... clearly, Anna had devoured his emotions—he wasn't possessing calmness and composure beyond his age, but because he had lost feelings like joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, just like those Hunters captured by Anna on the Nameless Island.

"Anna... has this guy already infiltrated the city..." Sun Hang felt a wave of irritation.

For Sun Hang, Anna was neither enemy nor friend, making it difficult to define her allegiance. But the trouble is, she doesn't have normal moral standards, and she extremely disregards human life. If what happened in Lizhou City were to happen again in Tianfu City...

The population density of Tianfu City is far higher than Lizhou City. If it happened in a bustling area, the casualty numbers would definitely be in the tens of thousands.

But what puzzled Sun Hang was that Anna merely devoured the boy's emotions and didn't harm him... she didn't take any action against the boy's nearby family either.

What does this mean?

A small appetizer before a big feast? Or simply letting them off the hook?

What left Sun Hang puzzled the most was... Anna actually claimed to be a god in front of the boy...

If this guy were a god, then what would that make me?

The god's mother?

That's quite absurd.

Sun Hang would rather believe Anna was just teasing this little boy... appearing before him, conversing with him, and devouring his emotions... all of this might have just been a whim of hers.

Like a wandering demon in the world, finding a little fun amidst boredom.

In Sun Hang's view, the word 'demon' suited her far better than 'god'.

"The woman you saw, I know her," Sun Hang said to the boy.

"Really?" The boy was taken aback, but his face was still expressionless.

"She's not a god, she's a very dangerous creature," Sun Hang said. "She's killed more people than you can name in your memory... the reason she spared your life might just be because she was in a good mood that night."

"Such a beautiful woman... is a creature?" the boy muttered.

"Didn't your mom tell you, the prettier the woman, the more dangerous she is?"

"My mom never tells me that," the boy shook his head.

Sun Hang recalled the image of the middle-aged woman beneath the stage, nodded in agreement: "Also."

He tossed the pistol to the boy and said: "Here's a gun for you. Next time you see that woman, just shoot her in the head as I taught you—if the head is hard to aim at, the chest and abdomen are also vital spots."

"Okay, I understand." The boy nodded, carefully putting the pistol away.

Sun Hang breathed a sigh of relief.

At least, Anna hadn't planted anything like an 'ideological seal' in the boy's mind, leading him to firmly believe in her divinity... otherwise, dealing with this would have been tricky.

Sun Hang didn't want anyone in his troops worshipping her as a deity...

No.

Sun Hang recalled what he saw and heard in the boy's memory, and suddenly realized something.

This boy seemed not to believe in gods at all.

Even if he firmly believed Anna was a god, this perception wouldn't affect his behavior.

"Let me ask you something," Sun Hang said.

"If there really were gods in this world, would you pull the trigger on them?" Sun Hang thought for a moment, then added, "If that god isn't a decent one."

"I would," the boy replied.

"That's good, you're just the person I need," Sun Hang patted the boy's shoulder. "By the way, I haven't asked your name yet."

"Ling Xiao." The boy answered.

"Ling Xiao from Lingxiao Palace?"

"The 'Ling' from dawn, and 'Xiao' from valor."

"Good name," Sun Hang said. "From now on, you're the number one trainee at the training base."

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Not long after, Ye Jiu came over with a pile of forms, and from his expression, it was clear that the recruitment work hadn't gone smoothly.

"What's wrong with that worried look?" Sun Hang asked.