Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 563 - 130: Yao Yu’s Terms (2)

"Uh-huh."

"How much effort did it take?"

"Killed with one move."

"Really? I’m a bit skeptical that you’re boasting about this." Wang Xiyi raised an eyebrow, squinting at Sun Hang.

"When his infection process broke through the danger threshold, his physical strength indeed reached an exaggerated level, but only his strength was enhanced; his intelligence dropped instead," Sun Hang said. "Bullying an opponent who has nothing but brute force and no brains isn’t worth boasting about. Besides, if you don’t believe it, you can watch the footage. The whole fight was filmed by the drone from above."

"I actually watched the footage," Wang Xiyi chuckled.

"Then why are you asking me?"

"You said his strength got ridiculously enhanced, but from what I saw, both in power and speed, you’re the one who seemed more exaggerated... If it wasn’t for completely overpowering him in terms of strength, you wouldn’t have been able to kill him in one move."

Wang Xiyi paused and then continued, "Once power is strong enough, intelligence doesn’t seem as important... Many supernatural entities have no self-awareness, let alone intelligence, yet they cause us tremendous harm with their sheer strength alone..."

"No, brains are always the most important thing," Sun Hang shook his head. "Otherwise, how do you think human civilization has survived until now? Those sharp-clawed beasts of ancient times, those supernatural entities that can destroy countries... their power was greater than humans of the same era. What do you think humans relied on to survive?"

"You... sound like you have a point." Wang Xiyi was slightly astonished. "No, you’ve sidetracked the discussion. We were talking about your battle with him, and now you’re talking about the survival of human civilization... You’re too cunning."

"You were the one who brought up other supernatural entities; how is that my fault?" Sun Hang shrugged innocently.

"Forget it, I was just surprised that after one trip to Chunming City, your strength has grown so insanely... What exactly did you absorb?"

"Which one do you want to know about?"

"Which one?" Wang Xiyi, having turned her head back to look at the plaza below, turned back, though this time her movements were a bit stiff. "You... you just went for a few days, did you absorb more than one entity?"

"Three... no, to be precise, it should be four. It’s just that one hasn’t been digested yet," Sun Hang counted on his fingers.

"No, no! Once Chimera 17 is taken down, I have to spar with you! I have a feeling your current strength could easily crush me underfoot," Wang Xiyi said.

"Aren’t you afraid of jinxing yourself?"

"If I wanted to jinx myself, I’d say once Chimera 17 is taken down, I’d drag you to register for marriage." Wang Xiyi rolled her eyes. "But considering you always talk about having a harem... the monogamy system of Tianfu City might not suit you."

Sun Hang coughed awkwardly. "Speaking of which, you think you can spar with me. Does that mean you can easily take him down?"

"Probably not as easily as you, but not much harder either," Wang Xiyi said confidently, "My memetic type and abilities are very effective against pure-strength type Hunters... I’ve sparred with him before, but it was just for practice. We were both required to use only thirty percent of our strength, and most of my abilities were restricted, relying purely on physical strength to fight him."

"And the result?"

"No result, it was a sparring match, we stopped before it ended," Wang Xiyi shrugged, adjusting a strap that had slipped off her shoulder. It was below freezing on the rooftop, but she was only wearing a thin camisole, her dragon wings, taller than a person, folded tightly behind her.

"What if there were no limitations on abilities?"

"He wouldn’t last a minute against me."

"Impressive, Mr. Wang."

"Not as impressive as you." Wang Xiyi playfully put an arm around Sun Hang’s shoulder. "Would you say this is commercial mutual flattery?"

"Commercial mutual flattery requires a business relationship. Do you think we have a business relationship?"

Suddenly, Wang Xiyi nestled her head into the crook of Sun Hang’s neck, the sharp, cold dragon horn on her head almost poking Sun Hang’s eye socket.

"Don’t move," Wang Xiyi’s voice came from his neck, and Sun Hang could feel her lightly licking the skin near his collarbone like a small animal. "I think your scent is really nice. Let me smell it a bit more."

"You like the smell of sweat?"

"Sweat carries pheromones, too." Yang Qi’s voice suddenly startled Sun Hang. He remembered clearly that he’d turned off his communication headset, but quickly realized the voice wasn’t coming from his headset but from Wang Xiyi’s.

Wang Xiyi’s headset, custom-made by the logistics department, looked like a delicate ear clip, fixed on her ear... According to the developers, the headset could work in temperatures over 2000 degrees Celsius for thirty minutes, yet the one she was wearing was already who knows what number in the series.

"Mr. Yang, eavesdropping isn’t a good habit," Sun Hang complained softly.

"I didn’t intend to speak up, but you two are just too mushy," Yang Qi said coldly.

"Mushy? We were discussing combat issues, weren’t we?"

"Discussing until you started nibbling each other?" Yang Qi questioned.

Sun Hang suddenly realized that Yang Qi might have mistaken the sound of licking for kissing... though fundamentally there’s little difference, and the former might even be more intimate.

"Actually, I have something to tell you," Yang Qi said seriously.

"What?"

"The Field Operations Department found Yao Yu."

"Caught... wait, you said ’found’ Yao Yu, not ’caught’," Sun Hang took a deep breath. "Is he dead?"

"He’s not dead, but the Field Operations Department didn’t catch him either," Yang Qi said. "He holed up in a cave, held a gun to his temple, and demanded to negotiate."

"Negotiate?" Sun Hang thought of the brute who used negotiations to buy time to adjust his attributes. "I don’t think the Field Operations Department would negotiate with a Cult Organization member, especially when he’s in the bag already. They’ve found him, so they should have at least twenty ways to prevent him from killing himself, right?"

"We’ve agreed to his condition," Yang Qi’s answer slightly surprised Sun Hang.

"What? What’s the condition?"

"He said he’s willing to surrender unconditionally and tell us everything he knows," Yang Qi said. "His only condition is that he wants to meet and talk with you."

"Talk with me? What’s there to talk about? He’s not a beauty; I’m not interested in talking to him."

"He said if we refuse, he’ll do everything possible to kill himself, and any information related to the Cult Organization wouldn’t be gotten from him," Yang Qi continued.

"Aren’t your interrogation experts competent?"

"I just think that since he’s willing to cooperate, and his condition isn’t unreasonable, we could accommodate him," Yang Qi said. "It’s just a talk. During the conversation, you can leave anytime you want."