"The main goal of the reformists is 'de-infecterization,'" Yang Lian said. "They believe that humans should rely on their own power to fight mysterious creatures, rather than overly depend on you infected hunters. In their eyes, infecters are always outsiders... you might think this is discrimination, but that's the reality."

"Rely on human power?" Sun Hang thought about it. All he could think of was deceitful equipment like the "Slaughter," but deceitful equipment still depends on the power of mysterious creatures. Suitables can only be considered as 'attachments,' moreover, long-term contact with deceitful equipment might make them no different from infecters in the eyes of these reformists...

"Deceitful equipment and Suitables were the reformists' initial attempts... but this time at the report meeting, she seems to want to propose an entirely new development direction," Yang Lian said. "This Mr. Deng is extremely opposed to mysterious creatures and infecters and even resists the deceitful equipment proposal... if the border of Xiazhou Federation were not still underpinned by you hunters now, I estimate she would have proposed eliminating all infecters long ago."

"Was she stimulated by something? Such hatred towards infecters?" Sun Hang asked curiously.

"Good guess…" Yang Lian nodded. "Her mother used to be directly responsible for a mysterious creature hunter, just like my sister, but the mysterious creature hunter's infection became uncontrollable, tearing her mother to pieces. Mr. Deng, who was only eleven, witnessed this scene with her own eyes, and since then, she became a staunch reformist member."

"I see."

Suddenly Sun Hang felt that it seems reasonable for Mr. Deng to become so extreme... the fact that she can sit in this position now already shows she is extremely rational... if it was someone with a relatively impulsive personality, perhaps they would have long become the type of extremist specializing in hunting infecters.

"But the question is," Sun Hang said, "since they want to reform, how are they planning to change? If they directly abolish the profession of mysterious creature hunters, the federation's territory should quickly shrink within a few months, right? Those at the top who hold decision-making power would have to be kicked in the head by a donkey to approve the reformists' direction, wouldn't they?"

"Then what do you think is most important to the reformists?" Yang Lian looked at Sun Hang and asked in return.

Sun Hang thought for a moment and said, "An alternative plan, one that can replace infected hunters, a plan that solves mysterious creature invasion. This plan must be low-cost, safe, reliable, have extremely high general applicability and productivity, all of which are indispensable."

For now, in Xiazhou Federation, mysterious creature hunters are undoubtedly the best solution... even though the infecters who are hunters are each like a time bomb, but only their power can fight against the various types of mysterious creatures—what's that saying on the internet goes? "Use magic to defeat magic."

"What she is introducing now is the latest plan." Yang Lian took off an earbud and handed it to Sun Hang, "You can listen to it."

Sun Hang took the earbud which still had some warmth from the other person and put it into his ear.

Mr. Deng's ramblings lasted a good seven or eight minutes. She kept emphasizing the drawbacks brought by relaxed management of infecters, granting mysterious creature hunters various privileges, and the threat infecters pose to human society, until the few big shots sitting below began to show impatience on their faces, she finally waved her arm to have two researchers push a small cart onto the stage.

"Everyone, this is the research result we have achieved over seven years. I believe it is enough to change the current pattern of the human world!" Mr. Deng said forcefully, "And even... in the future, we might have the capital to reclaim lost land!"

Reclaim lost land?

Sun Hang's mouth twitched... he suddenly felt this woman's rhetoric sounded like those pyramid scheme scammers.

But the fact that pyramid scheme scams can deceive so many people indicates this rhetoric is still very effective... Sun Hang noticed that a slight murmur had already started in the audience below.

Whether people believe it or not, as long as it can spur discussion, provoke controversy, then she might have a chance to draw supporters—especially after the reformists can come up with some research results of actual value.

"I think infecters and mysterious creatures should be seen as quantifiable resources rather than combat power." Mr. Deng walked quickly to the small cart and pulled down the cloth covering the cart.

On the cart was a common nine-millimeter caliber pistol and a silver-white metal rack. In the grooves of the rack, four bullets of different colors were stuck.

"Bullets?" Sun Hang was somewhat confused... seven years of research just to produce these four bullets?

Through the screen, he could vaguely feel that the bullets were somewhat peculiar, but for a moment, he couldn't pinpoint where that odd feeling came from.

Mr. Deng picked up the pistol from the cart, then pushed the first red bullet into the magazine.

With the "click" sound of the spring in the slide, the bullet was chambered, and a smug smile appeared on Mr. Deng's face.

"Please bring the 'target' up."

A floor on the side of the stage opened, and a cage made of special alloy rose from the ground. Inside the cage was a bizarre creature—it looked like a hybrid of a wild boar and a hippopotamus, its body covered with festering sores, Sun Hang even felt he could smell that nauseating stench across the screen.

"C4499 'Immortal Rot Beast.'" Mr. Deng introduced, "Perhaps all of you present are familiar with this mysterious creature, it appeared in the Siberian Region in the Huangli year 4698. After being captured, it has been housed by Dubhe Tower till now. Its biggest feature is its nearly unlimited self-recovery ability and resistance to physical attacks. A project group once conducted an experiment where they confined C4499 in a nuclear test field and attacked it with nuclear weapons—C4499 was almost instantly burned to ashes, but in six seconds, it recovered to its original form from the ashes."

"What a cockroach that can't be killed." Sun Hang couldn't help but quip.

"Stop chattering, keep watching," Yang Lian stated.

"But we have found a way to kill it." Mr. Deng raised the pistol and aimed at the cage's C4499 replica, "What you are seeing now is not the original C4499 but a secondary mysterious creature replicated by Dubhe Tower using C4499's meme... It almost perfectly inherits the features and abilities of C4499. Among all the replicas, this one numbered 'A093' is the closest to the original."

Mr. Deng paused for a moment and then continued: "And the bullet I have loaded now is called 'Li Fire,' its internal propellant sourced from three different mysterious creatures..."

"Bang!"

The gunshot rang out, and the bullet hit the replica of C4499 in the cage. In the next second, black flames ignited on the replica's body, and within a mere dozen seconds, the replica was burned to ashes, never to recover.

The audience erupted into discussion—this time, those sitting below did not deliberately suppress their chatter, anyone could see that this shot successfully aroused the interest of the vast majority present.

"One more point, I must clarify to everyone, the raw materials required for 'Li Fire' are mysterious creatures that, like C4499, can be replicated using existing technology... which means it has the potential for mass production."

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