Trickster Hunter

Chapter 324 TV

"It's not that his ability can only absorb life force and not the memes of strange objects. Then how did his infection process break through the dangerous threshold?"

"...To be precise, Lucas's situation should not be said to be an increase in infection, but an 'evolution'." As if he was thinking about his words, Yuri hesitated for a few seconds before replying, "A massive amount of The vitality prompted Lucas to evolve into a very special 'life form', and his own self-awareness was also erased in the process."

"Then this new 'life form', does it have self-awareness?" Sun Hang asked.

"It has not been discovered yet..." Yuri said, "But the area around Lucas has become a real life restricted area - in fact, B423 is a composite type of monster, which includes both Luka and Luka. This 'ontology' also includes the 'phenomenon' in which life force materializes and spreads wildly around, but because the latter is more obvious in its form of expression, the 'ontology' is reduced to this phenomenon. A kind of 'generation medium', so we classified this monster as a Type B monster."

"Life restricted area? I don't think so..." Sun Hang shook his head, "It's just that the human body is too fragile and cannot bear this level of vitality. If the body is strong enough, this thing is almost equivalent to a moving spring... ...Well, you know what spring water means, right? It’s the resurrection point in the MOBA game that can restore blood. Have you ever tried to let some hunters with extremely strong physical abilities get close to him?”

Speaking of extremely strong physical abilities, two people immediately appeared in Sun Hang's mind - one was Lao Wang who inherited the black dragon meme, and the other was the "Iron Wall" whose body was as if it were made of steel.

If these two people get close, they won't be blown away, right?

"At first, a researcher proposed such an idea, but later the experiment was stopped because the risk was too great," Yuri said.

"Hey, do you still consider risks?" Sun Hang joked, "I thought Tianshu Tower was full of research lunatics who didn't care about scientific research."

"Actually... the experiment had already started at that time. The first test subject was not a hunter, but a toad... The toad had been processed in advance and was already in a dying state. But it was placed After entering the scope of influence of B423, the original state of dying Its state instantly returned to its original state, and its size also increased dozens of times in just one hour... It even tried to devour Lucas... The team in charge of the experiment spent a heavy price to deal with the out-of-control test subject. Follow-up. The experiment was stopped after that accident.”

"I understand. You were afraid of creating an unsolvable super monster, so you didn't continue the experiment. Is that what you meant?"

"That's almost...that's what it means." Yuri replied awkwardly.

"Then what are the cups on this guy's back for? Cupping?" Sun Hang asked.

"Those are special 'pressure relief cups'. The containment container contains 'inhibitory fluid', and the pressure relief cup contains ten times the strength of 'super inhibitory fluid' - the substantial vitality in Lucas' body. will continue to overflow outwards. Instead of letting it overflow uncontrollably, we choose Choose to actively guide and draw the vitality that Lucas' body cannot temporarily contain into the pressure relief cup, compress and inert it, and then inject it back into Lucas' body... This can reduce the scope of influence of B423. From a radius of eight meters to about half a meter, Yuri replied.

"Then if I pull out these cupping pots now, will we both explode?" Sun Hang asked with a smile.

"Please don't make such dangerous jokes..." Yuri was a little helpless, "B4230 is very dangerous. Once you choose it, we can't interfere with the process after you start absorbing it... If you find that you If you can’t absorb it, it will be too late.”

"Can the absorption process be interrupted?" Sun Hang asked.

"Yes...but once you fall into that state, your self-awareness will be affected, and you will be extremely resistant to anything that tries to stop you from continuing to absorb." Yuri said, "Just like Lucas at that time, we He sent a robot to pull him away, but he used a bomb to blow up the approaching robot with his backhand... He even allowed the bomb that exploded at close range to blow him to pieces..."

"With such majestic vitality, if your head falls off, it will grow back in minutes, right? What does this small injury mean?" Sun Hang narrowed his eyes, "You said there is no way to save Lucas without hurting him. Interrupting the absorption process', but actually, you want to see what will happen after he completely absorbs the vine monster, right?"

"..." Yuri fell into a long silence. It wasn't until Sun Hang took another step forward that he spoke again, "Please keep a safe distance from B423 as much as possible...its danger Not only from itself, but also from other strange things in this containment area.”

"Are you worried that after Yi 423 breaks through the containment, other monsters will be fattened, right?" Sun Hang glanced at him, "Okay, then I won't touch it...but you can remember this thing first. On the list."

"Okay." Yuri clicked a few times on a virtual projection screen, and the transparent box containing B423 sank into the ground.

"Let's go look at other things." Sun Hang said, "Is there anything good here?"

"Well, there is another weird thing... How should I put it? We haven't decided yet which category this weird thing should be classified into, and we don't know anything about the characteristics and abilities of this weird thing. …If the instrument hadn’t detected the extremely high intensity of memetic fluctuations inside it, we might not have discovered that it was a strange thing.”

Yuri paused and then said: "I originally didn't plan to recommend this weird thing to you...but Mr. Pei specifically asked me. He said that maybe I could let you take a look at that thing."

"It's so mysterious? What is it?" Sun Hang's curiosity was also aroused... Something that Pei Zongjun can give special instructions to is definitely a very special thing.

"Take me there."

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Twenty minutes later, the containment area numbered "999".

This containment area is very special. It is arranged like the living room of an ordinary family - there are fabric cushions and plush dolls on the sofa. In front of the sofa is a tempered glass coffee table, and on the opposite wall is a hanging There is a somewhat old TV set. On one side of the living room is a huge floor-to-ceiling window... It is said to be a floor-to-ceiling window, but behind the window is actually a huge screen. What appears on the screen is a city in the night, with thousands of lights reflecting the rows of high-rise buildings, twinkling Civilian airliners with red and green signal lights slowly passed by the clouds. In the distance, there were viaducts with heavy traffic and the hills of the countryside gradually disappearing into the night.

The picture displayed on the screen was so real that it gave Sun Hang the illusion that he was not in the Tianshu Tower's artifact containment area hundreds of meters below, but on a certain floor of a high-rise building.

"Where's the weird thing?" Sun Hang looked around the room.

"Just hang it on the wall," Yuri said.

"……TV set?"

Yuri nodded.

"What's so difficult to classify? Isn't this a typical artifact?" Sun Hang said, "Also... why is its containment area so special?"

"This is where we originally found it. In order to ensure its stable condition, we moved the entire living room of that house directly to here." Yuri said, "The night scene outside was also captured with an ultra-high-definition camera at the place of discovery. Live footage."

Sun Hang glanced at the night scene on the screen and asked, "Shencheng?"

Yuri nodded.

The reason why Sun Hang could recognize the city "outside the window" at a glance was not because he was familiar with the city, but simply because he saw the landmark building known to everyone in Xiazhou - the "Metropolitan TV Tower" .

"Then what are the characteristics and capabilities of this TV?" Sun Hang asked.

Yuri shook his head: "I don't know... We have conducted many experiments on it, but it has no reaction."

"Is it plugged in? Is the signal cable plugged in? Is the set-top box connected?" Sun Hang asked continuously.

"None of them...but we have done all the experiments you mentioned." Yuri said, "It behaves just like an ordinary TV, there is no difference."

"Oh... By the way, that one on the coffee table is the remote control for the TV, right?" Sun Hang asked.

"Yes."

Sun Hang stepped forward, but just when he was about to reach out for the remote control, a "hissing" sound of electricity suddenly came from the TV.

Sun Hang suddenly felt the hairs on his back stand up. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the TV screen.

The TV screen was dark, reflecting the reflections of Sun Hang, who was bending over, and Yuri, who was standing by the door.

"Yuri." Sun Hang kept bending down to pick up the remote control and asked softly, "Did you just hear... the TV make a sound?"

"Sound?" Through the helmet visor, Sun Hang could see Yuri's expression gradually becoming serious, "Did you hear any sound?"

"The sound of electric current," Sun Hang said, "is the kind of signal noise that occurs when the TV cannot receive the signal and the screen is covered with snowflakes."

"I didn't hear it...did you hear it?"

"Yeah." Sun Hang nodded slightly, "Are you sure this thing...isn't plugged in?"

"Please leave the area immediately, I will send someone over immediately to investigate!" Yuri said immediately.

"Is that necessary?" Sun Hang asked, "Are you a researcher?"

"Yes...but..."

"Then am I a monster hunter?"

"Yes...but..."

"There are both researchers and hunters here, so if there is an abnormality in the contained monsters, shouldn't we be the ones to investigate the matter?" Sun Hang asked rhetorically.

"But you are here... This matter is of great importance..." Yuri also wanted to dissuade Sun Hang, but was blocked by Sun Hang's words.

"Pei Zongjun asked me to take a look at this thing. There is a high probability that he expected this situation. You have been studying for so long and you have not come up with anything. But as soon as I came, it appeared abnormal. That means that I am the one who That key person, right?"

"...Yes." Yuri nodded reluctantly, "But this is too hasty. Please wait a moment. I will arrange a professional research team and equipment immediately. They will provide you with the most comprehensive assistance. ”

"I don't think they can provide much help." After Sun Hang finished speaking, he picked up the remote control from the table.

At this moment, he seemed to see the TV screen flashing.

"Wait! Please wait a moment..."

"Let me confirm with you one last time. Is this TV not plugged in?"

"No."

Sun Hang pressed the power button.

Yuri's expression froze instantly.

A few seconds of silence passed, and the TV did not respond. Just when Yuri breathed a sigh of relief, a distorted startup music sounded in the living room.

"The old machine is slow to sense." Sun Hang muttered softly, "This remote control doesn't seem to be very smart. I pressed the power button more than ten times before it responded."

"More than ten... times?" Yuri's astonished eyes moved from Sun Hang to the TV screen. After a boot animation in an old style, the screen turned to the "Select Signal Source" interface.

The signal cable of this TV was of course not plugged in, so the four signal source interfaces all showed the same "No Signal".

Sun Hang did not think much about it, and directly selected the first signal interface and pressed OK.

It was not the expected snow noise, nor was it a silent black screen - a picture with a slightly poor picture quality appeared on the TV screen.

The screen showed a living room, where two guys dressed like Michelin tire men stood. One stood in front of the coffee table, holding a black remote control, and the other stood by the door, looking very nervous.

"...Isn't this the surveillance picture in this living room?" Sun Hang raised his head, and the "him" on the TV screen also raised his head.

However, Sun Hang did not see any trace of the surveillance camera in the corresponding place on the ceiling.

Not to mention the exposed cameras, he did not even sense the hidden pinhole cameras.

"Strange... It should be this angle..."

"Sun, Sun Hang... Your face..." Yuri's voice came from the side.

"What's wrong with my face?" Sun Hang turned his head and asked with some confusion.

"The face on your screen... Under your helmet mask, there is a skull!" Yuri said.

"Skull?" Sun Hang thought for a while, then pulled Yuri over and said to him, "Look up and stare at the place where the 'camera' is."

After Yuri looked up at where Sun Hang was looking, Sun Hang turned his gaze to the TV screen.

Sure enough, in the blurry picture, under Yuri's helmet mask, there was clearly a white skull!