"About this Chimera 17..." Yang Qi hadn't finished speaking when another voice suddenly interrupted her.

"This Chimera 17 may not be the first instance of this Mysterious Creature." Sitting across from Sun Hang and Yang Qi, Candle Dragon spoke, "I was involved in hunting Chimera 14, and after the mission was completed, the remains of Chimera 14 were sent to Dubhe Tower for dissection... Experts at Dubhe Tower discovered that the torso core of Chimera 14 was identical to that of Chimera 9, which was severely injured and fled over fifty years ago, meaning Chimera 14 and Chimera 9 were actually the same Mysterious Creature."

"Do you mean that Chimera 17... could be a different form of a known Chimera?" Yang Qi said seriously.

"Just a guess, but this scorpion tail feature has appeared on Chimera 3, Chimera 6, and Chimera 10, and both Chimera 3 and Chimera 10 have been vanquished. Their remains are stored in the Mysterious Creature Reception Area within Dubhe Tower."

After Candle Dragon finished speaking, he took out a flat silver flask from his pocket, unscrewed the cap, and took a sip.

Due to the appearance of Chimera 17, along with Wang Xiyi being forced to leave the combat sequence, and the group of Hunters who participated in the Ascension Trial not returning, the combat strength of the Hunters in Celestial City suddenly became strained... To supplement the combat strength, Candle Dragon, who was on vacation, was called back once again.

Besides Candle Dragon, there was another old acquaintance of Sun Hang in the cabin — the Deceitful Equipment Suitability Expert "Puppet Master" Zhong Ling. But for some reason, when this girl saw Sun Hang, she displayed a very odd expression, and when Sun Hang looked at her, she directly turned her head away, avoiding direct eye contact between them.

Candle Dragon's mission this time, besides supporting Celestial City, also included protecting Zhong Ling's personal safety — as for Zhong Ling, her reason for heading to Celestial City caused slight displeasure within Sun Hang's heart.

According to Dubhe Tower's arrangement, if the meme within Wang Xiyi's body lost control completely, the Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute would do its best to induce it towards Mysterious Creature Transformation... During this process, it required Zhong Ling to be present, to promptly establish a "consciousness link" with the Mysterious Creature Transformed Wang Xiyi.

Rather than calling her reinforcements, it would be more apt to call her a "corpse collector."

Wang Xiyi was an extremely important combat strength in Celestial City and was one of the few stable individuals among the "inheritors" of the Black Dragon meme. Neither the Xiazhou Federation nor Dubhe Tower could allow such a precious combat strength to be wasted... Transforming her into a Mysterious Creature and then altering her into Zhong Ling's Deceitful Equipment was the only way to minimize the losses.

"Honestly, compared to Chimera, I'm more worried about Mr. Wang's condition." Sun Hang returned the tablet to Yang Qi, "What's the old guy saying over there? Is there any chance of rescue?"

"The teacher said..." Yang Qi paused, and whispered, "hopes are slim."

"Your friend's condition is actually very similar to that of the Overlord, both experienced uncontrollable meme mutations after excessive capacity stimulation... This situation is generally referred to as 'backlash.'" Candle Dragon sighed, "From what I know, none of the Hunters who have suffered from 'backlash' have been successfully rescued so far. So... I advise you to be mentally prepared."

"If you wish..." Zhong Ling, who hadn't spoken since boarding the plane, suddenly said, her voice was small, almost drowned out by the noise during the plane's altitude climb, "I can find a way to make the 'consciousness link' fail."

If you need me to act, I'll cooperate." Candle Dragon forced a smile.

"Thank you for your kind offer... But honestly, even if you risk an investigation by Dubhe Tower by deliberately failing, it's impossible for 'Night Slayer' to be buried like a normal person after death." Yang Qi shook her head, "Her remains are more likely to be preserved as important samples, which is the Hunter's destiny..."

"No... I'm just puzzled, though Mr. Wang has now become incarcerated, he's not dead yet, so why are you guys starting to discuss her aftermath?" Sun Hang unhappily knocked on the folding table in front of him, "Though there's no record of successful rescue, can't we create one?"

"Sun Hang, I understand your intention... But we need to face the reality, Wang Xiyi's current condition..." Yang Qi couldn't help but advise.

"Even if she really can't survive, I won't let her become a specimen soaked in formalin solution." Sun Hang said slowly, word by word, "Mr. Wang once entrusted me - if one day she can no longer survive in human form, let me devour her... It's perfect, I got permanent dining privileges from that old Pei guy, so I can eat whatever Mysterious Creature Dubhe Tower has, surely there'll be no problem with Celestial City's research institute?"

"Sun Hang..." Yang Qi glanced at him with some concern.

"When the time comes, I'll extract all the Mysterious Creature memes from her body and make her revert to a normal human, and then bury her as a normal human... Wait a minute!" Sun Hang suddenly paused, smacked his forehead forcefully, "Why wait until Mr. Wang kicks the bucket to devour the memes within her? If I go and absorb those out-of-control memes now, wouldn't she be able to revert back to normal?"

Yang Qi and Candle Dragon exchanged a glance, the latter shook his head and said, "Have you considered the danger within this?"

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