Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Chapter 859 - 97: Six-Eared Macaque (Part 2)

"Desire" is clearly a type of extremely BUG-like Alpha anomaly, with rules strong enough to "defy the heavens and rewrite destiny"—if Sun Hang hadn’t made himself forget about the "Three Monkeys" in advance, even the Three Monkeys might have been "replicated" by Desire.

Besides that, "Desire" possesses a very clear personality consciousness, categorized as a rare anomaly that can be communicated with.

Whether it’s its mimetic code or its knowledge and memory, these are invaluable to Sun Hang... but with the Three Monkeys present, these are destined never to fall into Sun Hang’s hands.

Even if Sun Hang chooses to face "Desire" alone, the Three Monkeys will autonomously act to erase Desire, leaving no room for maneuver.

As for letting Desire replicate the Three Monkeys as well... that risk is simply too great; it’s not just about playing it safe anymore... considering Sun Hang’s own capabilities couldn’t deal with the Three Monkeys, if there were simultaneously two sets...

It might be better if the two sets of Three Monkeys fought each other, but what if... what if they teamed up?

The annoying three monkeys turning into six, just the thought of it is exasperating.

Given that the Three Monkeys almost never follow Sun Hang’s commands, the ones replicated by "Desire" likely wouldn’t become its vassals either... the ones replicated aren’t just a capability but are equivalent to cloning an ancestor.

Of course, Sun Hang thinks the most likely scenario is that during the replication process by "Desire," it would simply be obliterated by the Three Monkeys.

That conversation just now simply wouldn’t happen—despite the fact that the information contained within it isn’t actually important to Sun Hang.

"Desire" clearly doesn’t know its origin, which fundamentally distinguishes it from Anna.

Anna would proactively avoid the red lines of the Three Monkeys, whereas "Desire" is just a naive fool, directly running into the Three Monkeys’ line of fire.

After figuring this out, the regret Sun Hang felt in his heart diminished somewhat.

"Sun Hang, just now... Were you communicating with ’Desire’?" Candle Dragon asked beside him, "Can you see that anomaly? What form did it appear as in your view? And... Does it possess self-awareness? Is it a personified anomaly?"

"It should be an Alpha anomaly," Sun Hang said, "but it has already dissipated."

"Dissipated?" Candle Dragon widened his eyes, "You took it out?"

"Yes." Sun Hang nodded, "A thought surfaced in my mind to make it dissipate, and then it very obligingly died, fulfilling my wish."

"This... This can’t be possible, right?" Candle Dragon frowned, "Could it be the anomaly’s trap?"

Just as the word "trap" was uttered, the ground of the rock cavern began violently shaking, countless cracks started spreading across the rock walls, and soon, the ground under their feet split into hundreds of differently sized fragments.

"It really is a trap!" Candle Dragon shouted, "This place is going to collapse! We need to get up!"

"Earthquake, no, it’s not an earthquake." Sun Hang looked towards the surrounding cracks, a truly formidable anomaly aura burst forth from them.

These mimes carried a hint of "Desire’s" scent, yet their mimetic frequency was completely different from "Desire’s."

Could there really be two powerful anomalies existing at the bottom of this pit simultaneously?

Who said there couldn’t be two tigers on one mountain?

"It’s a symbiotic anomaly." Sun Hang suddenly said, "The anomaly underground is symbiotic with ’Desire’... or rather, in a parasitic relationship."

"Parasitic?"

"Desire is an Alpha... which means a rule-based anomaly; such anomalies don’t have a physical form and do not exist in the world as an energy body, but Desire has developed self-personality, which means it needs a physical form to carry its own power. And now the anomaly making this place quake is its parasitic host... now Desire is gone, the host has regained its freedom..."

"How do you know all of this?" Candle Dragon asked loudly while stabilizing his posture amid the violent shaking.

"I’m guessing." Of course, Sun Hang wouldn’t tell Candle Dragon that he had come up with this answer through considerable consumption of mental energy by "wishful thinking," "Believe it or not!"

"I believe you!" Candle Dragon shouted, "Then what should we do now?"

"Take it out; this should just be a Gamma anomaly; compared to an Alpha anomaly, which can’t be seen, touched, or killed, it can be taken out!"

With a raise of his hand, Sun Hang conjured four iron pillars over ten meters long, embedding one end into the ground underfoot and using the other end to prop up the collapsing dome, temporarily creating a safe space.

"Are we fighting here?" Candle Dragon’s expression was troubled, "This creature’s size is probably massive... my estimate is, before we see its true form, this place will completely collapse! Perhaps, we can go up first! When this big guy emerges, attack then!"

"Yes, take care of Xue Yue, we’re returning to the surface for now." Sun Hang nodded.

The rock layers are collapsing, and the cavity is quickly being filled with debris, subsequently being torn apart. The vertical metal tunnel has peeled away from the collapsing rock layers and now, from the outside, resembles an endlessly vibrating metal pipe.

The walls of the metal tunnel are relatively thick and haven’t been crushed, but under the massive internal forces from the rock layers, the metal material emits groans of strain, and the tunnel is visibly twisting.

"Move quickly!" Sun Hang placed his hand on the metal tunnel, instantly increasing its rigidity severalfold, with countless spikes emerging from the tunnel’s exterior, piercing into the surrounding rocks.

Candle Dragon climbed up the tunnel rapidly with Xue Yue, followed closely by Sun Hang.

Forcing open the ajar airtight door, the three returned to the shaft above, yet this too was on the verge of collapse—soon, the entire mine will cease to exist.

"The path is blocked!" Candle Dragon swung his fist, melting the frozen stones into powder, but faced with hundreds of stones blocking the path, this speed of clearing the path is insignificant.

For every huge stone Candle Dragon shattered, a dozen more would fall around them; at this rate, the three wouldn’t make it far before being buried alive in this shaft.

"The shortest distance between two points is a straight line." Sun Hang grabbed Candle Dragon’s arm, "Don’t follow the original route."

"What are you planning?" Candle Dragon asked.

"Using a drill to break through directly!"

Centering around Sun Hang, all nearby metal objects within five hundred meters of the mine shaft, even metal elements in the rock, were drawn over, forming a massive drill at the front of Sun Hang’s upraised right hand!

The next second, the giant drill spun rapidly, easily penetrating the rock above like slicing through tofu.

"Follow me!" Sun Hang shouted.

Two minutes later, the three finally returned to the surface, Sun Hang casually discarded the almost ruined giant drill, pulling Candle Dragon and Xue Yue along to leap to a relatively safe area outside the pit.

"Mental energy is down to one-third... the consumption was a bit too heavy." Sun Hang muttered to himself, "Sadly, the Three Monkeys won’t intervene this time; I wonder if the remaining mental energy can take out this big guy."

Just then, Candle Dragon tapped Sun Hang’s arm, pointing at the ruins of a building not far away.

The monk who guided them earlier was now leaning against a broken wall, his eyes closed, peaceful in expression.

"Is he dead?"

"With ’Desire’ gone, the wandering ghost under its control naturally gains liberation." Sun Hang glanced at the smile left on the monk’s lips, "For this guy, that’s truly a wonderful event."

"Did ’Desire’ really dissipate?" Candle Dragon queried in disbelief, "Honestly... I’m still a bit skeptical, after all, that’s an Alpha anomaly."