Trickster Hunter

Chapter 22 "The Moon was Bright"

"Does the blood moon appear frequently? What is the scope of its influence?" Sun Hang asked.

"The frequency is not fixed... Sometimes the blood moon can appear seven or eight times a year, and sometimes it does not appear once for several years." Yang Qi replied, "As for the range, the entire Xiazhou Continent can see the moon. Every place will be affected.”

"The entire Xiazhou Continent?" Sun Hang was stunned for a moment. If the scope of the blood moon's influence is so large, then this thing should fall into the category of "common sense", but why doesn't he have any impression at all?

Could it be that this part of the memory has also been lost?

"Then why didn't the higher-ups recall us now?" Sun Hang looked at Wang Xiyi, "In your current state, it should be very dangerous if you are exposed to the blood moon, right?"

"...I'll call and ask." Yang Qi took out her mobile phone.

Less than ten seconds after the call was connected, Yang Qi's face turned ugly. After saying "I understand, I understand" several times, she covered the phone with one hand, raised her head and said to Sun Hang and Wang Xiyi : "The news from the research institute is... At this moment, no blood moon phenomenon has been observed anywhere in Xiazhou Continent."

"What happened that day?" 0401 asked in astonishment.

"I seem to understand what's going on..." Sun Hang thought for a moment, and then said, "Yang Qi, let the people at the research institute check whether there were any cases within two years from January 10, 4653 on the lunar calendar. Observation record of the Blood Moon.”

Yang Qi's eyes changed, apparently she understood the hidden meaning in Sun Hang's words.

"After checking, there was only one and only one time in the past two years... The blood moon appeared on September 15, 4654 in the lunar calendar." Yang Qi said slowly.

Sun Hang looked up at the blood-red full moon on the horizon: "So, what we are seeing now is the blood moon from sixty-five years ago... Ha, what a 'bright moon at that time'."

"The Federal Parliament and the Tianfu City Management Bureau rejected our application to suspend operations." Yang Qi put down her mobile phone. "According to their wishes... we must continue to carry out search and rescue operations even under the influence of the blood moon."

"What a fool!" 0401 couldn't help but curse, "In the eyes of the people above, their lives are lives, but our lives are not lives?"

"Don't get excited yet. Since this blood moon is not a blood moon in normal time and space, we only need to understand its scope of influence and we should be able to minimize the risks it brings." Yang Qi said, "Not only In this way, the scope of the blood moon’s influence is also the scope of the space-time anomaly in the cemetery area, which is good news for us.”

"Can this be considered good news?" 0401's eyes widened.

"I couldn't figure out the boundary of the abnormal area before, but it's different now." Yang Qi raised her head and looked at the blood moon in the sky, "We only need to pay attention to when the blood moon disappears, so we can know when and where we are." The ground passes through the boundary of the anomaly area, and then by connecting these locations, the outline of the entire anomaly area can be circled.”

"Good idea." Wang Xiyi said concisely and to the point.

"Let everyone stop looking around like headless flies. Gather everyone together and separate into groups. While staring at the blood moon in the sky, use the cemetery area as the center point to spread out in all directions, waiting for the blood moon. After returning to the normal moon, record the location and summarize the data... One thing we should be thankful for is that there is at least no communication obstruction in this abnormal area," Yang Qi said to the people from the investigation bureau.

"In addition, each survey team must be equipped with armed personnel... More than sixty years ago, this was a barren mountain with many wild beasts living there. Under the influence of the blood moon, these wild beasts will become extremely aggressive." Yang Qi added.

The total number of people participating in the search and rescue operation was more than a thousand. At Yang Qi's request, they divided into a group of eight people into dozens of groups and moved out bit by bit towards the outskirts of the cemetery.

"How about it? Are you going to stay where you are, or go out and take a look?" Wang Xiyi glanced at Yang Qi and asked.

"Sun Hang has been here for so long, and the 'resonance' has not been triggered... I plan to take him through the entire abnormal area to see if I can find anything." Yang Qi said.

"I'm with you." Wang Xiyi hung two assault rifles behind her back - even if she couldn't use her abilities, her combat ability as an ordinary person was much stronger than that of the soldiers of the city defense guard.

"Have you brought enough inhibitors?" Yang Qi asked.

"I brought eight units, which is enough." Wang Xiyi said, "If something goes wrong, I just need to run out of the area covered by the blood moon."

"Then be careful." Yang Qi returned to her off-road vehicle.

"I... I'm with you too!" 0401 ran over and said nervously, "I always feel that it's safer to follow you... uh..."

He was originally assigned to the data analysis team that stayed behind, but in fact, a temporary investigator like him was just a co-worker in this kind of operation, and could hardly help at all - in other words, "One more of him is not more, and one less of him is not less."

"Get in the car." Yang Qi's attitude towards the temporary investigators was not harsh. "Since you want to follow, then you should be responsible for staring at the blood moon in the sky."

Yang Qi is responsible for driving, and Sun Hang and Wang Xiyi are both infected with the deception virus, making them stare at the blood moon all the time, always worried about what negative consequences it will have... Since 0401 has volunteered to follow, then this tool man Naturally, his position was fulfilled.

"Okay! I promise to complete the mission!" 0401 promised loudly.

"I have to tell you something first. Although there are two hunters in this car, in the blood moon environment, not only is this combination not the safest, but it may also be the most dangerous... I hope you are mentally prepared. ”

"Two hunters?!" 0401 was stunned for a moment, and then immediately cast his eyes on Sun Hang, stuttering and said, "Zero...0420, you...have become a hunter now? A monster hunter?"

"Yeah." Sun Hang nodded, "I turned into an infected person inexplicably, and then turned into a hunter inexplicably... As a result, I don't even know what my abilities are yet..."

"Awesome!" 0401 gave Sun Hang a thumbs up, "I also dreamed of becoming a hunter when I was a child, but when I grew up, I didn't want to anymore... The risk is too great, it's almost a narrow escape. Can you Come on, that’s really awesome!”

Yang Qi stepped on the accelerator, and the off-road vehicle's engine suddenly let out a dull roar.

"Where are we going now?" Sun Hang asked.

"Let's go take a look at the back mountain first." Yang Qi hit the steering wheel and slowly turned the car around.

"Back Mountain?" 0401 was startled for a moment, then looked at Sun Hang, "Brother, can you fire a gun? There are a lot of wild beasts in the Back Mountain..."

Sun Hang glanced at Yang Qi and was about to speak when Yang Qi already said, "You decide for yourself. During operations, hunters have the authority to temporarily equip unarmed personnel with weapons."

"Brother! No, adoptive father!" 0401 shouted to Sun Hang excitedly.

"You should just stare at the blood moon with peace of mind. If it's your turn to use the gun, I guess the gun won't be of much use." Sun Hang directly beat 0401 to death with one sentence, "Why don't you go back? Apply for the shooting test. If you pass, I may consider giving you a gun when you take action in the future."