Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Growing up in such a family environment, Ling Xiao's mental state probably isn't any healthier.

There's a good chance that the negative emotions hiding inside him are even more intense than those of his mother.

So... Anna devouring Ling Xiao's emotions not only isn't harming him but is actually saving him?

Could she really be so kind-hearted?

No, that's not right... If negative emotions can be converted into a meme for mysterious creatures, then for Anna, it could be considered a "major supplement"... Her main purpose should still be hunting, and helping Ling Xiao clear away his internal negative emotions is probably just a "side effect"...

No, it's still not right.

If Anna is hunting human negative emotions, then during her conversation with Ling Xiao, Chen Hongjuan was nearby... Why didn't she hunt Chen Hongjuan's emotions?

It can't be because she prefers fresh meat, right?

This is just too absurd... Whether it was on Nameless Island or in Lizhou City, this person was never picky, so why start being choosy in Celestial City?

"What's wrong with you?" Wang Xiyi waved her hand in front of Sun Hang's face, "Looking like you're lost in the clouds?"

"Nothing, just pondering a question." Sun Hang said.

"What question?"

"Why have I never seen you wear black stockings?" Sun Hang casually fibbed.

He looked at Wang Xiyi's legs and then at Yang Qi's legs below the stage—Yang Qi was draped in a crumpled white lab coat, its hem reaching her knees, revealing a section of her calf wrapped in black stockings.

To be precise, what Yang Qi wore couldn't be called black stockings... This thing was as warm as cotton pants. If Sun Hang remembered correctly, girls seemed to call it 'bare-leg artifact.'

"What, you want to see?" Wang Xiyi glanced at Sun Hang, asking.

"I want to see." Sun Hang answered honestly.

"I used to be too lazy to wear them, found it troublesome." Wang Xiyi said, "But now, these scales on my legs snag the stockings too easily, they'd probably be single-use... Unless you buy them for me, otherwise I won't wear them."

"Already ordered, don't let me down." Sun Hang instantaneously rolled up the phone placed under the grandstand with mycelium.

However, when he opened the shopping app, he suddenly remembered that the private courier services in the Shuzhou Region had all been suspended.

Even if he paid, and the seller shipped it, the items couldn't be delivered to Celestial City at all.

"You two, that's enough." Yang Qi protested from below the stand, "Always talking about such frivolous things, think about other people's feelings..."

"What's frivolous about it? This is a normal topic on dressing, with no inappropriate guidance." Sun Hang stated righteously, "But honestly, when not in work attire, Mr. Yang, I quite recognize your taste in fashion."

"Thank you for your compliment." Yang Qi said sardonically, "Remember to come back to the institute for overtime after dinner."

"Huh? I also have to work overtime?" Sun Hang was stunned, scratching his head, "There shouldn't be any work at the institute that requires my involvement, right?"

"There is." Yang Qi gave Sun Hang a look—though the Yang sisters had many differences, their manner of rolling their eyes was almost identical, "Do you remember Jiang Yu?"

"I remember, I remember, the archery athlete with terminal stomach cancer."

"Yang Lian has already communicated with her, and she's willing to accept the mimetic infection." Yang Qi said, "The Hunter's paperwork is ready, the 'surgery' is scheduled for 11 o'clock tonight."

"That urgent?" Sun Hang exclaimed.

"Her situation isn't optimistic, the cancer cells have already metastasized to multiple bones. The longer the delay, the higher the chances of an emergency... By then, you might not make it in time to save her." Yang Qi explained.

"Alright, I'll hurry back to the 'surgery' right after dinner." Sun Hang nodded.

"Aside from that, the first stress-response experiment on Chen Hongjuan will also take place tonight." Yang Qi continued, "As the primary person in charge of this event, it's best for you to be present throughout. In addition, considering the danger of this mysterious creature, a Hunter must also be there during the experiment, saving me the trouble of finding someone else."

"Fine... Seems like it'll be an all-nighter." Sun Hang couldn't help but smile wryly, "There's no work tomorrow, right?"

"Tomorrow's work will be discussed tomorrow." Yang Qi's pace of speech gradually quickened, "There's still a pile of things waiting for you, since Mr. Pei granted you such high authority, don't think about acting like a hands-off manager."

"...Suddenly feel like I've fallen into Mr. Pei's trap." Sun Hang mumbled, "Feels like I could write a book titled 'Rebirth: My Days as a Beast of Burden at the Mysterious Creature Research Institute.'

"Stop the nonsense, it's already six-thirty, you must appear at Research Institute Building One by nine o'clock, understand?" Yang Qi looked at her watch, sounding serious.

"Got it..." Sun Hang replied listlessly, "Mr. Wang, can you help me take a shower? I feel like my whole body has been beaten to a pulp, can't move."

"I can't enter the men's shower, wash yourself." Wang Xiyi wrapped her tail around Sun Hang and tossed him off the boxing ring, "Stop pretending, with your recovery ability, even if someone else doesn't know, how could I not? Your head could be chopped off and you'd grow a new one in no time."

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7:10, Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute, staff canteen.

"This is... the 'feast' you are compensating me with?" Sun Hang looked at the food on the tray... youtiao pieces soaked in sauce rendering them not crispy at all, yellowish vegetable leaves from being steamed too long, suspicious meat cuts from who-knows-which part of a pig... These things might as well have the words 'pre-made dish' stamped across them.