Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 508 - 101: Drainage Pipes

"Possibly." Sun Hang nodded.

"Can you... protect my sister well?" Yang Lian asked.

"I'll do my best." Sun Hang said as he walked up the stairs, scooping Yang Lian up by the waist and heading toward the room.

"You... What are you doing?!" Yang Lian's face flushed red instantly, she began to struggle — except her struggle was so feeble it was almost negligible, it was more like she was acting coquettishly than resisting.

"Hungry." Sun Hang said.

"You're hungry, why are you carrying me? There's food in the fridge!" Yang Lian exclaimed with shameful indignation.

"What? You don't want to?" Sun Hang suddenly stopped.

"... It's not that I don't want to..." Yang Lian's voice was barely audible like a mosquito's, "But shouldn't you take a shower first?"

"I was planning to take a shower." Sun Hang gently adjusted the weight of the body in his arms, burying his head in the hollow of her neck and taking a deep sniff, "You haven't showered yet today either, right? Let's go together."

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... 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute.

Lying in the medical pod, Yang Qi slowly opened her eyes. Sensing the user was awake, the liquid inside the pod was swiftly drained away, leaving only a hibernation suit nearly indistinguishable from body paint clinging to her skin.

The pod's cover was opened, Yang Qi struggled to sit up, and then started coughing violently.

With her coughing, the respiratory liquid that had entered her lungs and breathing passages was expelled along with some phlegm.

A warm towel and a cup of clear water were handed over from the side, Yang Qi turned to look and saw Song Yarong sitting quietly next to the medical pod, calmly gazing at her.

It's not in the medical department... Yang Qi thought, maybe the medical department was too crowded, so her pod was moved to this room...

However, this room seemed unfamiliar... There were no windows, the walls were all alloy, and the ceiling lights were all embedded panels, giving the impression of a cell...

Yet Yang Qi didn't seem concerned about these matters, she weakly said thank you, took the towel to wipe the remaining liquid from her mouth, then tilted her head back to drink some water, rinsed her mouth and spat directly into the waste liquid basin by the pod.

"How long did I sleep?"

"Seventy-two hours." Song Yarong said from the side.

"What?!" Yang Qi's eyes widened instantly, "Wasn't it supposed to be just an eight-hour sleep setup for me? How did it turn into seventy-two hours?"

"Eight hours was nowhere near enough for you... You truly don't know how bad your body was before..." Song Yarong sighed, "Finding a medical pod was almost more trouble than directly finding you a coffin."

"Did anything happen in those three days? Did the plan run smoothly? Was there any change with Chimera 17? What about Sun Hang? Shouldn't he have returned by now?" Yang Qi asked repeatedly, while clumsily climbing out of the pod, only to slip and fall heavily to the ground.

"Why the rush?"

"How can I not be rushed?" Yang Qi struggled to get up from the floor, "Where are my clothes? Come on, take me to the command room, I still have work..."

"Rest assured, everything is proceeding in an orderly manner." Song Yarong stabilized the still somewhat unsteady Yang Qi, draping a soft cotton robe over her body, "A lot happened during these three days, but thankfully, our plans were not affected... Don't hurry, I'll explain it slowly."

"Go on." Yang Qi surveyed the room, realizing it contained two other people apart from herself and Song Yarong.

One was Wang Xiyi, and the other was an unfamiliar woman.

"Sun Hang returned from Chunming City, according to him, the devouring process went smoothly, and the new abilities acquired are quite useful... Additionally, he brought the person along as well." Song Yarong said.

"That person?" Yang Qi hesitated slightly, "You mean... her?"

"Look, she's just sitting over there." Song Yarong motioned towards Shinkata Misaki, who was sitting in the corner, head down playing on a game console.

"I recall she's only ten... Is it Sun Hang's ability?"

"Probably, you know how Taotie works, devour enough mysterious creatures and it can extract all sorts of bizarre abilities, disguise skill isn't exactly a rare ability." Song Yarong shrugged, saying.

"Her identity wasn't exposed, right?"

"No, the only ones who know her identity are you, me, and Sun Hang." Song Yarong said.

"Even I don't know." Wang Xiyi suddenly interjected, "But I'm not interested... Anyway, I only need to know she's important, just like you two, a key protection target."

"That's good." Yang Qi nodded, "I need to get back to work immediately, otherwise..."

"I suggest you stay in this room." Song Yarong suddenly grabbed Yang Qi's wrist, earnestly saying.

"Why?"

"Just a few hours ago, at the PFDA testing site, I was attacked by a mysterious creature." Song Yarong said, "Based on my and Sun Hang's judgment, in the coming period, you, me, and him, the three of us will be key targets of mysterious creature attacks."

"Why?" Yang Qi repeated the earlier question.

For Yang Qi, just emerged from deep sleep, the inability to grasp all situations was frustrating... and Song Yarong's mention of "attack" had set her newly calmed heart racing with anxiety once more.