Chapter 442 Defective Products

Sun Hang lay on the bed, falling into deep self-doubt.

He reached into his pocket, fumbled around for a while, and then pulled out something.

It was the metal plate that was found with the unconscious him. Apart from the name “Sun Hang” engraved on it, there was no other information.

In order to verify the ability of “wishes come true”, Sun Hang once turned the nameplate into gold, but later he changed the material of the nameplate back to gold to keep it confidential.

He held the plaque between his index finger and thumb and raised it to his eyes.

“Sun Hang…Among those who landed on the Nameless Island back then, was there anyone named Sun Hang?”

In the previous upgrade trial, although the Tianshu Tower provided a lot of information related to the Nameless Island Research Institute to the hunters participating in the trial, the list of people who landed on the island more than a hundred years ago and those who lost contact was not included.

A detailed list might be found in the underground archives of the institute, but with the three monkeys there, even if Sun Hang could find the lists, the three monkeys would turn them into blank pieces of paper before he could see the names on the lists clearly.

Is there a copy of this list kept in the archives of the Sky Tower?

Tianshu Tower…Does Pei Zongjun know what happened on the nameless island that year?

Sun Hang once believed that the three apes had erased all traces of the entire incident, causing the world to “forget” what happened on the nameless island and hiding all the truth in the shadows…

Sun Hang once wanted to know what the three apes were doing…

But now it seems that my judgment was wrong, and my whole thinking was misguided…

Pei Zongjun’s special attitude towards himself may not be entirely due to his own abilities.

He must be hiding something from himself.

Sun Hang even felt that Pei Zongjun might have guessed his true identity, but due to the existence of the three monkeys, he could not tell him directly – what even Anna could not do, Pei Zongjun, a non-infected person with no special abilities, could not do it.

With the resources of Tianshu Tower, Pei Zongjun should have caught some clues about the incident on the nameless island… The three apes can erase most of the records, but these erased records will leave strange blanks in key places. By connecting these blanks together, a clear thread can be formed.

Pei Zongjun must have grasped this thread, but at the same time, he also realized that there was a “higher dimensional existence” that deliberately erased these things.

He couldn’t say it, and he didn’t even dare to directly verify the truth of these speculations… This had a bit of the flavor of “the secret of heaven cannot be revealed.”

Once it is revealed, the “being in a higher dimension” will intervene and things will slide directly into an uncontrollable abyss.

Putting himself in Pei Zongjun’s perspective, Sun Hang’s breathing became slightly rapid.

He felt a tense feeling of walking on thin ice.

“Now that I think about it… the advancement trial arranged for me… seems a little unusual.”

The upgrade trial on the Nameless Island resulted in the death of a large number of hunters, which was unprecedented in previous trials – there would be casualties in every upgrade trial, but the death toll rarely exceeded single digits. And in this trial, there were only a few survivors. Under normal circumstances, the staff responsible for the entire trial process… from the highest person in charge to the grassroots staff, all had to bear heavy responsibilities, and even a large number of high-ranking people had their powers stripped away.

But this trial ended rather lightly… After Sun Hang and others were rescued, the trial entered the normal ending process, and Sun Hang did not hear that anyone was held accountable or resigned.

This was Sun Hang’s first time participating in an upgrade trial. He originally thought that such a death rate was normal, and that it was simply because their group of hunters were unlucky and chose an extremely difficult “trial copy”… But later, after using his authority to review a large number of past upgrade trial records, he realized that the upgrade trial he participated in was abnormal… very abnormal.

Past upgrade trials have included tasks such as hunting monsters or investigating unknown areas, but the risks of these tasks are usually within a controllable range… and the risk level of the Nameless Island within the Tianshu Tower is even higher than that of the occupied area near the border.

What was most suspicious was that before the hunters landed on the island, the Tianshu Tower did not send anyone to the island to conduct surveys in advance. In previous trials, even if they had to face powerful monsters, there would be powerful hunters who would test the monsters in advance, and they would stay in the dark after the trial officially began to ensure that the death toll would not exceed the expected number…

But in this trial, Tianshu Tower did not take any security measures. They simply threw these hunters onto the island and left them there… The so-called security guarantee was probably only the indiscriminate naval gun fire support.

Did the Tianshu Tower deliberately let these hunters come to die… or were they unable to conduct a survey in advance?
In addition, there are also great doubts about the group of Ansa hunters – with the ability of Tianshu Tower, it is impossible not to detect their little movements, but Pei Zongjun and Tianshu Tower still turn a blind eye to their behavior… It is not an exaggeration to even describe it as “indulgence”… What is the purpose of doing this?
After the trial was over, Sun Hang also investigated the information of some of the hunters who participated in the trial… He found that many people did not actually meet the standards for participating in the upgrade trial, such as the female hunter who was traveling with him, and the outgoing fisherman.

The qualification to participate in the promotion trial is not easy to obtain. Except for hunters like Sun Hang who received direct trial invitations, most hunters who want to participate in the trial need to submit their own applications – and the approval rate of this application is actually not high. Excluding this trial, the approval rate of previous applications is less than 25%.

Theoretically, the fisherman is strong enough to participate in the promotion trial, but under normal circumstances, he will be rejected in nine out of ten cases when he submits his application for the first time – because there are more hunters who are more qualified than him who have submitted applications. From the previous application process, it does not mean that you will be passed if you meet the application requirements, but a certain proportion of people who meet the application requirements will be selected to participate in this trial.

As for the remaining hunters who meet the requirements but are eliminated, their priority will be increased when they submit their applications next time – except for hunters like Lao Wang who have special memes and explosive combat power, slightly “ordinary” monster hunters generally have to apply about three to five times before they have the opportunity to participate in the upgrade trial.

But for this Nameless Island trial, many people were allowed in directly as they applied for the first time.

“It feels… like we are just a group of cannon fodder.” Sun Hang muttered, staring at the snow-white ceiling.

What is the purpose of Tianshu Tower?
Let these people help him clear the way? Attract the attention of other weird things in the ruins of the research institute?
Then…let me release Anna?
There was a subtle change in Sun Hang’s expression.

He always felt that it was his mistake to release Anna from the nameless island… but in fact, this seemed to be one of the purposes of the Tianshu Tower…?

“Old man Pei…what on earth are you thinking about?” Sun Hang couldn’t help but mutter.

If he had not released Anna, at least the tragedy in Lizhou City would not have happened, and “Chiyang” would not have taken so many lives.

If Pei Zongjun’s goal was to release Anna, did he expect this? Sun Hang felt that whether Pei Zongjun expected this or not, it would not be a good result.

If he hadn’t expected this, it means that the course of events has gone beyond Pei Zongjun’s control… or expectations; and if he had expected this, then for Pei Zongjun, for the Tianshu Tower, and for the victims affected at Panlong Airport and the vicinity of the airport… what are they?
“An acceptable price?”

Isn’t this price a bit too high?
“No… this price is not high, not high at all.” Sun Hang asked himself and answered, “For his plan, his purpose… this price is not high at all.”

Sun Hang decided that after this mission was completed, he would fly to Chunming City again to have a face-to-face talk with Pei Zongjun.

Even if the other party cannot tell you the truth directly, at least you have to find a way to make him express his opinion.

Sun Hang must make sure whether the other party knows about Anna’s existence – this is very important.

“I always have a feeling that someone is always plotting against me.” Sun Hang jumped up from the bed and walked to the window.

The window on the first floor of the bedroom is a floor-to-ceiling window. For buildings of that era, the design of the floor-to-ceiling window was somewhat ahead of its time, but it must be said that the view from the floor-to-ceiling window is really good, and even the sea in the distance can be seen at a glance…

Wait, the sea?
Sun Hang remembered very clearly that the room he was in now should be Room 102 on the first floor.

Due to the height of the first floor, even if the bedroom is equipped with floor-to-ceiling windows, it is impossible to see the sea in the distance.

Sun Hang looked down and saw that the height outside the window was at least five or six stories high, and it was several meters away from the crowns of the trees planted in the flower bed.

“That’s right… If Chimera No. 17 had stayed in this room all along, then the scenery outside the window it could see would only be like this.” Sun Hang nodded thoughtfully, “It has never been into the room that is actually on the first floor, so naturally the scenery outside the first floor window would not exist in its memory.”

Not only do these rooms use the same interior decoration template, but even the scenery outside the windows is exactly the same.

“It seems that the floor Chimera No. 17 lived on must be quite high.”

Sun Hang stood in front of the window, and vaguely, a very familiar feeling arose.

He couldn’t help but look at the sea, and the shadows of warships appeared on the sea one after another.

Some of these warships were flying the old version of the Xiazhou Federation flag, while others were flying the flag of the Siberian Federation. The Nameless Island Research Institute was a cooperative project between the Xiazhou Federation and the Siberian Federation, so naturally the warships responsible for transporting personnel and supplies were from both political systems.

Sun Hang turned his head suddenly and found that there was a vague human figure beside him, lying on the glass window, staring at the warships on the sea in the distance.

The humanoid shadow was very short, probably only about 1.23 meters tall, and his features and gender characteristics could not be seen, but for some reason, Sun Hang could feel the other person’s inner thoughts.

It is… counting the warships on the sea and the styles of the signal flags hung on the warships.

Day after day, day after day.

The sun rose and set, day and night alternated constantly, and this phantom just lay on the glass window, counting the flags on the warships.

That intense feeling of loneliness came over me again.

Time was frozen again at dusk. The setting sun illuminated the entire sea surface like a piece of flowing gold. A warship of the Siberian Federation slowly left the port. The sound of the whistle came from afar, echoing in the small room.

At some point, the human-shaped shadow lying on the window turned into two.

Sun Hang also couldn’t see the newly added shadow clearly, but for some reason, even though he couldn’t see it clearly, this shadow gave Sun Hang a completely different feeling from the first shadow.

Disability, ugliness, defects… This was the first impression that the shadow gave Sun Hang. Sun Hang could vaguely see that the shadow’s limbs were completely deformed… Not only the limbs, but even the torso was filled with all kinds of inharmonious feelings.

It’s like a deformed baby born from a pregnant woman exposed to radiation…

But when this shadow appeared, the first shadow suddenly became much clearer… Although Sun Hang still couldn’t see its face clearly, if he had to use words to describe the change of the first shadow, it would be…

“Becoming more of a human being.”

The loneliness in Sun Hang’s heart gradually dissipated a little. Although he could still feel that loneliness, two shadows are always better than one.

“Huh… why do I have such an idea?” Sun Hang was stunned for a moment. When he reacted, the first shadow had disappeared.

Only the second shadow was left, lying where the first shadow had been, counting the signal flags alone.

“Chimera… Number 17?”

The shadow raised its head and “looked” at Sun Hang with a non-existent gaze.

After a while, it said in an extremely harsh voice: “I don’t like the code name that humans gave me. It sounds like an insignificant defective product on an assembly line.”

But the next second, it suddenly laughed again, and the creepy laughter filled the whole room: “But they are not wrong, I am indeed a defective product.”

[PS Before, some readers always complained about the plot of the upgrade trial, saying that it was unreasonable, that so much precious combat power was sacrificed in vain, and that some hunters did not behave like elites but like cannon fodder… In order not to spoil the plot, I have been holding back until now, and finally I can write the reason out, which feels like constipation has been relieved. (But I think that few of the readers who complained about this before have read this chapter, right?)]

(End of this chapter)