Trickster Hunter

Chapter 366 Fire Axe

"Syrup?"

The scavenger also imitated Sun Hang, bent down and dipped his finger into the dirt on the ground, then subconsciously stretched it towards his mouth.

"Are you tired of living?" Sun Hang glanced at her and asked speechlessly.

"Ah?"

"Let's not talk about whether there are any strange things under the mall. These syrups have been scattered here for at least a while. Do you really dare to taste it?" Sun Hang said.

People who dare to put anything they pick up into their mouths are either like Sun Hang, who has an unparalleled digestive system and almost immune to toxins, or the ultimate lucky one in a million - it just so happens that everything they eat is non-toxic, and even if it is poisonous, it will only cause diarrhea a few times, not life-threatening.

Apart from these two types of people, the rest are probably waiting in line for reincarnation...

"I... I see you too..."

"I'm a hunter, are you?" Sun Hang rolled his eyes at her.

"I..." The scavenger stood up timidly, rubbed the finger that he had dipped in syrup on the hem of his clothes, and then clenched his hands.

"You said that the guy who likes to brag did not run away after seeing these "bloodstains", but searched this underground commercial street before leaving, right?" Sun Hang asked.

"Well..." The scavenger nodded, "But I don't know whether what he said is true or false..."

"At least he has been here, otherwise he wouldn't have seen these 'bloodstains'." Sun Hang said, "As for the second half of the sentence, it depends on two situations."

"Which two?"

"In the first situation, the guy found that these so-called 'bloodstains' were just syrup spilled in the beverage store, but he deliberately lied to you and said they were bloodstains, just to scare you and make you dare not come to the underground commercial street to loot, so as to take the supplies here for yourself."

Sun Hang said, raising his second finger: "In the second situation, he didn't figure out whether these were real bloodstains at all, and ran away as soon as he saw them, and then found something somewhere else and lied to you that they were found in the underground commercial street. The purpose of this situation is relatively simple, just for bragging and pretending to be cool."

"..."The scavenger looked at the "bloodstains" on the ground, then looked at Sun Hang, and didn't answer.

"Are you familiar with that person?"

"No... not very familiar." The scavenger shook his head, "He only lived in our unfinished building for a week and then left."

Finally, she added: "I never talked to him...Except for exchanging supplies and information, I rarely talk to other people."

"Yes, talking too much will easily reveal your gender...For those scavengers who have been suppressed for a long time, they don't care whether you look good or not, whether you are dirty or smelly." Sun Hang nodded, "Anyway, he lived in your place for at least a week. A boastful person like him must be a chatterbox, and he must have communicated with other people a lot...In your opinion, do you think he is brave?"

"I... I don't know." The scavenger shook his head again.

"He must be quite courageous." Sun Hang answered himself, "You all dare not approach the entrance to the underground of the mall, but he, at least, has seen these 'bloodstains' with his own eyes... I think people with such courage will not turn around and run away like a frightened bird before they are threatened in a substantial way... In other words, of the two situations I just mentioned, the first one is more likely."

"Just relying on such a little information... How did you figure it out?" The scavenger looked at Sun Hang in surprise.

"I don't know much about that person's personality, but I do know a lot about human nature... Unless he is a guy who doesn't play by the rules, then all the above speculations can be regarded as a fart."

"...Ah?"

"Then again, if he is not the kind of person who doesn't play by the rules, he will definitely come back to this place... After all, compared with the ground, this is a 'blue ocean' that is 'undeveloped', don't you think?"

"Right...right, right?" The scavenger's brain has begun to show signs of overload.

"And he would come more than once... Look here, there are footprints on the syrup, both in the direction of return..." Sun Hang walked forward for a distance, "Speaking of which, why did he leave later?"

Sun Hang looked around, and the surrounding shops clearly showed signs of being looted, and many things were turned upside down...Sun Hang even had a conspiracy theory in his mind: Could it be that even this "syrup" disguised as blood was deliberately poured on the ground by that person?

The purpose is to monopolize the resources of this underground commercial street.

He doesn't have to worry about the courage of the scavengers to go deep into the underground commercial street for a careful investigation-people with that kind of courage are unlikely to be satisfied with being a scavenger used by those "buyers"...With his hype, the rumor that there are monsters lurking under the mall has long been spread among the scavengers. Even if someone is unwilling to go and find out, they will definitely run away when they see this pool of "blood" from a distance.

The more Sun Hang analyzed, the more he felt that the syrup on the ground might have been poured by him.

But this brings the problem back to the beginning.

The underground commercial street is very large. If the parking lot is included, it is even larger than the ground-level shopping mall. After that person took great pains to monopolize this "treasure land", he would not give up easily without plundering all the resources here...

One person, in a week... is absolutely impossible to search the entire underground commercial street. It would be very difficult to search even one-third of it.

"I... I don't know why he left." The scavenger shook his head again, "I don't care much about other people's affairs... I just remember that one morning, he left the unfinished building and never came back... Oh, by the way, he didn't even come to take the bedding and daily necessities thrown in the unfinished building. Later, several scavengers fought for the things he left behind!"

"He never came back after leaving... He didn't even want the bedding?" Sun Hang's eyes jumped, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"You... You didn't ask before!" Facing Sun Hang's rebuke, the scavenger seemed a little aggrieved.

"He has never come back... There are two possible scenarios. One is that he found some incredible treasure in this underground shopping street and ran away with it overnight... The other is that he had an accident."

"Ah? Accident?" The scavenger was shocked. "You mean... is he dead? Died here?"

"I told you from the beginning that there are strange creatures in this shopping mall... You don't think I'm lying to you, do you?"

"No, no!"

Sun Hang didn't continue talking, but walked straight forward.

The door locks of the shops on both sides were mostly split open with axes or something like that. Those that sold electronic products, musical instruments and other high-priced goods, or restaurants, dessert shops and other food stores were all turned over in a mess. On the right side of Sun Hang, even the lock on the door of a bookstore was intact - it was obvious that in the eyes of the looters, the priority of bookstores belonged to the bottom echelon.

A music and video store was also turned over in a mess, and several shelves with records were overturned, and boxed records were scattered all over the floor. There were several popcorn movie discs in front of the TV for trial viewing, and a big hole was chiseled out of the TV screen.

Sun Hang could fully imagine the scene when the man wanted to watch a video to kill time, but found that he couldn't find anything to power the TV, and then he got angry and chopped the TV with an axe.

After leaving the video store, Sun Hang turned into a two-dimensional trendy toy store opposite... Those acrylic stand signs, baji and other things were not touched, but the cabinets against the wall for figurines were pried open, and all kinds of figurine debris were in pieces. This scene was comparable to the room of a plastic man that had been looted by a naughty child.

Sun Hang picked up a figurine of a beautiful girl in cool clothes, but the next second he found that there were many suspicious stains on the figurine, and immediately threw the figurine away... Sun Hang could figure out what these stains were with his heels.

"This guy... is really a bit perverted..." Sun Hang muttered in a low voice, "Or... this apocalyptic environment magnifies the perverted and dirty thoughts in people's hearts?"

But no matter what, one thing is certain-after spreading the rumor that there are strange things underground, the man seemed very leisurely when searching this area. Not only did he have time to look for the video tapes he liked to watch, he even had the leisure to do "crafts" on the plastic figurines...

Sun Hang suddenly had a bold idea-the guy left the unfinished building where the scavengers lived. Could it be that he lived here?

"Pay more attention to your feet and the surroundings." Sun Hang whispered to the scavenger following behind him.

"What's wrong?"

"I was thinking that if the guy is still here, in order to prevent other scavengers from discovering his secrets, he might set up some traps and things like that." Sun Hang said.

"He... he's still here?" The scavenger was slightly startled, "How did you know?"

"I guessed." Sun Hang curled his lips, "Besides here, he has nowhere else to go, right?"

"Yeah... that's right..." She originally wanted to say that the biggest disadvantage here is that there is no electricity, but then she thought about it, the unfinished building where she lives also has no electricity. If she wants to charge her mobile phone, flashlight and power bank, she has to go to a place like a library or school where the power is not cut off...

Sun Hang walked out of the trendy toy store and wiped his hands on his pants uncomfortably. However, before he took two steps, the scavenger following behind him suddenly let out a low cry!

"What's wrong?" Sun Hang instantly entered a state of alert, with dozens of metal flying blades floating around him.

"On the ground... on the ground!" The scavenger pointed to the street and said, "That axe!"

Sun Hang looked in the direction she pointed and saw a brand new fire axe thrown on the roadside - the axe blade was forged from a high-hardness alloy, the axe handle was made of a polymer material, and there was a finely crafted ring at the end of the axe handle. It was obviously a good axe.

If this thing had a well-known outdoor brand's trademark, it would probably be sold for a thousand or eight hundred yuan in the mall.

"This axe! It's the axe that man used!" The scavenger's tone was a little horrified.

"How do you know this is his axe? Don't you care about other people's affairs?" Sun Hang asked back immediately.

"This ax... was picked up by a scavenger who lives in our place. He picked up two and wanted to sell one and exchange it for something else." The scavenger said hurriedly, "I really want to I wanted this ax, but my bid was not as high as that person’s... so the ax ended up in his hands... I can’t admit it, it’s this ax!”

Sun Hang walked over and picked up the axe.

There are some minor scratches on both sides of the ax blade, but the blade surface is well preserved, with no gaps or curling at all, and the sharpness is also very good... Logically speaking, even if the guy finds a more suitable tool, he won't be able to use it. Reason throws the ax here.

This thing is not too heavy, and it has a hanging ring, so you can hang it anywhere on your body... At certain critical moments, it can be used as a tool or a weapon. If you have enough arm strength, It can even be used as a throwing weapon.

In most areas of the Xiazhou Federation, guns are prohibited for civilians, and Shuzhou is no exception - for ordinary people, it is difficult to find more useful weapons than this.

For those survival freaks, when the doomsday approaches, a fire ax that combines the characteristics of both a tool and a weapon is definitely one of the must-have equipment.

"It seems like that guy did have an accident." Sun Hang said.

"He won't die here..." A trace of fear flashed in the scavenger's eyes, "There are really murderous things here... I... can I go back..."

"No." Sun Hang shook his head, "You are committing a crime now. You can go back if you want. I will just ask people from the Anomaly Investigation Bureau to pick you up."

"Don't... don't!" The scavenger's head suddenly shook like a rattle. She certainly understood what it meant to have people from the Investigation Bureau come to pick her up. "I'll go with you! I'll go with you!"

"Take it." Sun Hang threw the fire ax to the scavenger, and then walked twice around the place where he picked up the ax.

There was no residual memetic aura, and there were no obvious signs of fighting around... As for the footprints on the ground, they had long since disappeared after walking so far.

Why did that guy throw the ax here?

Could it be that in the process of being chased by something, in order to reduce the weight on his body, he threw the ax on the roadside?