The Hunter that descended from the sky was probably Mr. Wang next door, and the reason this young officer had a different attitude towards the Hunters compared to most ordinary people was probably due to this experience.

Witnessing such a scene firsthand, any prejudice against Hunters would likely be completely dispelled.

The only thing that puzzled Sun Hang was why he could "see" this young officer's memory?

After devouring a mysterious creature or an infected person, one could indeed glimpse some memory fragments from the portion they "digested," but the problem was that this young officer was neither infected nor a mysterious creature, and Sun Hang hadn't used that devouring ability on him.

The dizziness that had just occurred to the other party was likely a negative effect caused by their memory being "read" by Sun Hang.

"Without devouring... can I read others' memories?" Sun Hang released the other's arm, murmuring to himself.

Just as Sun Hang planned to attempt again to confirm his thoughts, the sound of engines suddenly came from outside the supermarket, getting closer.

"The vehicle transporting supplies is here!" The young officer immediately called out to the others, "Everyone, stop what you're doing for a moment, unload the goods first, and bring the boxes inside!"

"No, that's not right." Sun Hang shook his head, stopping the other, "That's not the sound of a truck engine... It sounds more like an ordinary sedan. The Management Committee shouldn't be using sedans with limited cargo space to transport supplies, should they?"

In the current Tianfu City, there was no shortage of vehicle resources — even the vehicles used for playing broadcasts were pickup trucks and vans. If a sedan was needed for transporting supplies, why not swap the vehicles used for both purposes?

After all, putting a speaker on a sedan could complete the broadcasting task, whereas a pickup or van could carry several times more supplies in one trip.

The young officer immediately realized something was wrong, and he quickly stopped his colleagues who wanted to step out of the supermarket, then signaled the City Defense Guard soldier sitting behind the cash register with a glance.

"You all stay here, I'll go and take a look." The soldier donned his helmet, picked up the pump-action shotgun, and moved out from behind the cash register, heading outside.

Through the supermarket's display window, they could see a white sedan with a local Tianfu City civilian license plate parked over twenty meters away, but the people inside did not get out immediately.

The windows of the car were covered with anti-peeping film, making it impossible for Sun Hang and the others to see how many people were inside from their perspective.

The soldier approached with gun in hand, shouting from a distance at the sedan, "City Defense Guard! It's a special period now, everyone in the car, get out immediately for inspection!"

However, what responded to him was a gunshot that echoed overhead — the door on the other side of the sedan opened, a person wearing a hooded sweater and a homemade gas mask emerged, immediately raising the weapon in their hand and firing a shot at the soldier!

It was an old bolt-action rifle which, compared to modern weapons, had almost no advantages — but at a distance of ten meters, it was already enough to cause instant fatal harm to a human.

The City Defense Guard soldier only had a Kevlar bulletproof vest without ceramic plates inside; the bullet passed through almost unobstructed.

The soldier's body stiffened, and he fell down rigidly.

"Ah—" A young girl standing at the supermarket entrance screamed, but before she could turn to flee, the assailant who had killed the soldier fired again, hitting her in the head and cutting off her scream.

The girl died on the spot, and her bright red blood quickly spread from beneath her — Sun Hang didn't even have a chance to save her.

"It's a mob!" the young officer's face turned pale as he quietly shouted to his colleagues, "Quick, get to the back warehouse! Contact the Public Security Bureau and the City Defense Guard immediately!! Hurry!"

At this point, all three of the remaining car doors of the white sedan flung open, and several similarly dressed individuals jumped out.

Among the mob, a burly man opened the car's trunk and took out a shield made from rolled steel plate, while another slim individual quickly ran to the fallen City Defense Guard soldier, picking up the pump-action shotgun that had dropped to the ground.

The last person to get out of the car caused a slight change in Sun Hang's expression.

Unlike his associates, who were all wearing hooded sweaters, this guy, other than a motorcycle helmet on his head, had an entirely bare upper body, covered in reddish-brown tubular growths sprawling across his chest. With each breath, these tubular growths undulated like a pulse, seemingly pumping some fluid resembling blood to other parts of his body.

The sedan seemed to be equipped with some kind of shielding device, as Sun Hang couldn't sense any emission from the infected person until they got out of the car.

"That guy... is infected?!" the young officer's eyes widened, and then he turned his gaze to Sun Hang, "Can you... can you beat him?"

"I'm not sure, I don't recognize what mysterious creature infected him, nor do I know his abilities." Sun Hang shook his head, "It's hard to say."

The number of infected individuals who can maintain their sanity is very few, and the majority of them become Mysterious Creature Hunters... As for those unwilling to become hunters, they live "ordinary lives" under tight surveillance by the federation.

Like Hunters, these infected must report weekly to the local Mysterious Creature Research Institute for testing and evaluation to confirm no signs of worsening infection. Once any perilous sign is detected, control measures immediately escalate — at the very least, personal freedom is undoubtedly lost.

But Yang Qi and Sun Hang had said, there were no such infected individuals in Tianfu City.

Or rather, there were no such individuals who had reported to the authorities, the legitimate "non-Hunter infected".

Before Eternal Night descended and reinforcements from other cities arrived in Tianfu City, the only "legally existing infected individuals" were actually just Sun Hang and Wang Xiyi.

After the infected got out of the car, he remained still, while the other three swiftly approached the supermarket, with the fastest one firing a shot from the pump-action shotgun at the display window. A whole pane of tempered glass crashed to the ground, and the products on the shelves behind the window were sent tumbling by the pellets. A cat-shaped talisman with its head blown off rolled to Sun Hang's feet, still waving its paw, a symbol of good fortune.

"You take your colleagues and leave here." Sun Hang said to the young officer, "These kinds of supermarket warehouses should have a back door that leads to the alleyway."

"What about you?" The young officer was stunned for a moment and asked.

Compared to Wang Xiyi in her beast form, Sun Hang didn't seem to have much combat potential in his current state.

He was even less imposing than the figure standing behind the mobsters.

"Me? I have to start working ahead of schedule..." Sun Hang shrugged his hand helplessly, "I don't even know if this counts as overtime, or if there's any overtime pay..."

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