Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 671 - 185: Breaking Through the Clouds to See the Sun

"Overcapacity?!" Yang Qi's eyes widened instantly.

As the highest person in charge of the entire plan, she knew very well what this meant.

"It's going to blow, it's really going to blow..." Song Yarong muttered to herself, then, as if remembering something, she ran out of the bridge, taking three steps in two, pulled out her phone, opened the camera, and aimed it at the distant Chimera 17.

"We're going to die, we're going to die, we're going to die..." Song Yarong chanted under her breath while directly starting a livestream, "Damn it, since we're going to die anyway, I, the old lady, will be the first person in the world to livestream a nuclear explosion up close!"

At this moment, the cocoon shell on the surface of Chimera 17 had completely shattered, emitting a strong light throughout its body. From a distance, it looked as if the sun had fallen to the ground, and even Tenfu City, which hadn't seen daylight for several months, was illuminated by this intense light.

...

Yu was a taxi driver in Tenfu City. Due to the eternal night, he had been unemployed for several months. The only good news was that his landlord had lost contact shortly after the eternal night descended, so he didn't have to worry about being evicted for not paying rent.

From what Yu knew, the landlord owned a dozen houses in this old neighborhood, but lived elsewhere.

The landlord's family bought a luxury villa in the suburbs of the city's west side—after an "earthquake" broke out there not long ago, Yu couldn't reach the landlord by phone anymore.

Yu had thought that if the landlord was dead, he might just be able to stay in this house indefinitely... although it's just a shabby forty-square-meter dwelling in the old city, for Yu's income level, he'd probably have to drive a taxi for over ten years to afford such a place.

Thinking this way, it seemed that the arrival of eternal night wasn't completely a bad thing.

Yu patted his pocket; the crumpled cigarette box was empty—the last cigarette was smoked by him yesterday. He climbed down from his messy bed with some annoyance, shuffled into the kitchen in his slippers, and began rummaging through a pile of burlap bags stamped with "Disaster Relief Supplies."

He remembered that yesterday the neighborhood committee had delivered some supplies, which included two cans of luncheon meat. He could probably use them to trade with the old man upstairs who ran a tobacco and wine shop for a pack of cigarettes... that guy had quite a stockpile, Yu had seen him take several large bags of stuff from his shop to his home during the city-wide lockdown, all luxury tobacco and alcohol.

During this period, almost everyone in this neighborhood had gone hungry at some point, except that old man, who not only didn't starve but also gained quite a bit of weight in two months.

"Hey, found it." Beneath a few packets of instant noodles and compressed biscuits, Yu fished out two tin cans, their surfaces dented and battered.

The can's label and information were nearly half worn away, but it could barely be identified as "Premium Luncheon Meat" produced by XX Meat Joint Factory.

Yu turned the can over, glanced at the expiration date, and couldn't help but curse.

"Damn it, this can's been expired for half a year..."

Although canned food could still be eaten half a year past expiration, the old man might use this as a bargaining point, cutting a pack of cigarettes into half a pack... that old man was both shrewd and stingy, the kind of person who would definitely do such a thing.

"Hopefully, the old man won't notice the expiration date... with his presbyopia, if he doesn't look closely... huh?"

Yu suddenly noticed that the originally pitch-black kitchen seemed to have brightened a bit... he clearly remembered the kitchen light had broken a month ago...

He turned off the flashlight app on his phone and found, surprisingly, that the light was coming in from outside the window.

"What's going on? Is it the Public Security Bureau's patrol car? Damn, why is it so bright?"

Yu puzzledly pushed open the window and stuck his head out.

He was stunned.

"Day... day... is it daylight?"

...

The brightness of Chimera 17 continued to increase, Song Yarong's eyes were completely unable to open, but fortunately, her electronic prosthetic eye had a filtering function, which allowed her to capture every change of Chimera 17.

Yang Qi also stepped onto the deck, glancing back at Tenfu City behind her... at this moment, the darkness that had shrouded over Tenfu City for months was entirely dispelled by this intense light, the whole city seemingly returning to daytime.

"Now, perhaps many people are so excited they could cry..." Yang Qi thought to herself, "They think the eternal night has finally dispersed, but who could guess that this light symbolizes destruction..."

Yang Qi took a deep breath, sat down cross-legged on the ground. Even with her eyes closed, she could feel the strong light penetrating her thin eyelids, burning her retinas painfully.

"That's good... at least, in the final moments of their lives, their hearts are filled with joy and hope..." Yang Qi touched the special bracelet on her wrist—this was her symbol of being in charge of Sun Hang, "That guy Sun Hang... maybe he'll survive?"

Can he survive? Yang Qi wasn't sure either.

If Chimera 17 fully exploded, he would be at the core of the explosion... no matter how strong Sun Hang was, he couldn't withstand such a level of impact, right?

Yang Qi suddenly felt a bit of regret; she had some words she wanted to say to Sun Hang, but now, she had no chance to tell him these words anymore.