Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Chapter 894 - 119: Berserker

After this confrontation, the hunting groups of the three families recognized reality and ceased their strong attacks on the traps... Strangely enough, as soon as the hunting groups of the three families abandoned their assault, those fungus puppets withdrew with their few prey to the bottom of the pit, never to emerge again.

Including the few hunters who were initially "ambushed," the hunting groups of the three families suffered a total loss of twenty-three people. However, for Chen Jing, these twenty-three individuals were not as important as Jin Hongyi.

After tallying the losses and resettling everyone, Chen Jing promptly came over.

This time, he changed the order of greetings, prioritizing Sun Hang first—in the camp just now, those retired veterans’ words made Chen Jing realize that the young hunter who saved his life was likely to be an expert no less capable than Candle Dragon.

Chen Jing wasn’t deficient in the ability to observe and gauge, and as he recalled earlier scenes, he suddenly realized that within the small team of Dubhe Tower, Sun Hang seemed to be the leader, with Candle Dragon serving more of a vice role.

As for that little girl who hardly ever spoke, she might be a recently hired intern—but Chen Jing’s intuition told him that even if she was an intern, she should not be underestimated.

Years of dealing with the infected and anomalous entities had honed Chen Jing’s sense of smell to be extremely keen; he dared to assert that the little girl’s capability was absolutely not inferior, although she couldn’t compare with the other two hunters from Dubhe Tower, she was definitely far stronger than the mob in his own hunting group.

"May I ask, how is Mr. Jin now?" After pleasantries, Chen Jing immediately inquired about Mr. Jin’s condition.

"Still not awake, and even if he does wake up, most of his later years will probably be spent in the Eternal Freeze Coffin." Sun Hang said as he walked to the back of the SUV and yanked open the door of the compartment.

A piercing chill instantly dispersed, revealing Jin Hongyi’s body placed inside a restraint made of liquid metal. Outside the restraint, it was enveloped by a layer of Candle Dragon’s cold liquid bubble, making sure the temperature inside the restraint remained relatively low.

"Before Dragon City’s research institute moves the Eternal Freeze Coffin here, we can only use this method to delay the progression of infection deterioration." Sun Hang said, "The generic inhibitor only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. To save him, a specific inhibitor has to be developed according to his meme frequency... It’s not just here; even the research institutes in Dragon City likely lack this capability."

"Are you both planning to take Mr. Jin back to Dubhe Tower?" Chen Jing hesitated for a moment before asking, "Will... will he become a subject of research?"

"He will definitely be researched, but I promise not to slice him up." Sun Hang said.

"..." Chen Jing was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "May I ask how Mr. Jin became infected with the anomalous entity’s meme? This way, I can provide an explanation to my father when I return home."

"Do you want to know?" Sun Hang glanced at him.

"I do... After all, before departure, we all underwent comprehensive testing, and Mr. Jin had no dormant anomalous entity memes in his body... And after his anomalous transformation, the source of infection clearly wasn’t the target of this operation, so I’m very curious about what exactly infected him." Chen Jing paused, then added, "If this involves Dubhe Tower’s confidential information, then consider it a slip of the tongue."

"Have you heard of emotional anomaly transformation?" Sun Hang asked in a low voice.

"I have." Chen Jing nodded.

Sun Hang was slightly surprised by Chen Jing’s response.

"After the Eternal Night event, Dubhe Tower sent confidential letters about the prevention of emotional anomaly transformation to various city-state management agencies and military forces, so it’s normal for the three families, who have close cooperation with the Dragon City Defense Army, to know about this." Candle Dragon explained.

"Then you already know the answer." Sun Hang said to Chen Jing.

"Do you mean... Mr. Jin is experiencing emotional anomaly transformation? His emotion is..." Chen Jing recalled what Sun Hang said when he was just saved; at that time, his brain was still blank. Now, thinking back, it seemed this young hunter had already told him the answer.

"Is it anger?" Chen Jing asked Sun Hang for confirmation again.

"Yes." Sun Hang closed the compartment door and returned to the front.

A laptop was placed on the hood; although Chen Jing knew he shouldn’t look at the contents on the laptop screen, his eyes involuntarily glanced over.

The screen’s interface seemed to be a dialog box of some artificial intelligence software, but on the background of the dialog box, there was a faint Dubhe Tower emblem.

"If you have anything else you want to know, you can ask the Main Brain." Sun Hang pointed at the laptop, "What you are authorized to know, the Main Brain will naturally tell you; and what you shouldn’t know, even if you ask the Main Brain, it won’t say."

"Main Brain?" Chen Jing’s breathing quickened, "Are you referring to... the supercomputer at Dubhe Tower used to process all kinds of data information?"

"It seems the three families do know quite a lot." Sun Hang muttered.

Chen Jing suddenly felt like dreaming; the existence of the "Main Brain" was something he knew, but he never imagined he would ever be able to directly converse with the Main Brain... Just this qualification alone, if placed in Dragon City, no, throughout the entire Federation among all prestigious big families, everyone would likely fight tooth and nail for it.