"Don't act impulsively." Yang Qi grabbed Sun Hang's arm. "The professor has already ordered this experiment's priority to be elevated to the highest level. All preparations are being carried out intensively. In at most two days, everything will be ready... By then, even if something unexpected occurs during the absorption process, we'll be able to initiate emergency rescue protocols. This is not only for the safety of the institute but also for your and Wang Xiyi's safety."

"When exactly is it scheduled?" Sun Hang turned his head to look at Yang Qi, asking.

"Tomorrow or the day after. The professor will notify us once the preparations are complete," Yang Qi said. "Moreover, for the sake of the citizens in the city, this experiment cannot be conducted within Celestial City."

"Where is the experiment site then?"

"One hundred and sixty kilometers west of the city," Yang Qi replied. "Dragon Rock Fortress has turned that place into ruins. Hence, the institute simply built a new test site there. All experiments with danger levels equal to or higher than Class B will be transferred to that test site."

"Alright." Sun Hang took one last look at Mr. Wang, who was slumbering in the Eternal Freeze Coffin. Amidst the harsh friction sounds of chains and gears, the Eternal Freeze Coffin was once again submerged into the liquid nitrogen pool.

...

...

Sun Hang did not stay at the institute. After meeting with the old headmaster, he decided to go home and get a good sleep first.

Nothing matters more than a good sleep.

However, Yang Qi decided to stay behind and work overtime... I have to say, if this guy isn't a workaholic, then he must be a masochist. After experiencing so many exhausting troubles, he can still throw himself into work immediately—Sun Hang just glanced at the pile of documents and experimental materials stacked on her desk like a small mountain before silently retreating from Yang Qi's office.

Work is terrifying, even scarier than mysterious creatures, Sun Hang mused internally.

Especially this kind of work where slacking off isn't an option.

...

After parking the car Yang Qi lent him, Sun Hang got out and walked to the villa gate.

Sun Hang took a look at the clean and tidy gate and the neatly trimmed lawn—even though he hadn't lived there for a while, the staff responsible for the maintenance and cleaning of the villa still visited regularly, even under the shroud of Eternal Night.

They are not regular housekeeping company employees, but field agents from the Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute... especially for newly appointed agents, taking care of Hunters' daily lives and ensuring logistical support account for over eighty percent of their daily task list.

"Ah... finally home." Sun Hang stretched comfortably and placed a finger on the door lock.

The villa has a new door lock, but Sun Hang's fingerprint data had been previously recorded into it.

"Beep, verification successful, welcome home."

Even though it's called home, in reality, the days he has lived in this villa added up to less than a month.

With such thoughts, Sun Hang leisurely walked into the entrance hall.

He kicked off his mud-caked boots to the side and clapped his hands, and the voice-activated lights in the living room immediately lit up, turning the pitch-black interior brilliantly bright.

The living room was very clean, not a speck of dust could be seen on the floor, and a dust cover made of plastic sheeting covered the sofa. The robot vacuum cleaner, shaped like a discus, lay under the cabinet, with its charging indicator light blinking between red and green.

Feeling a bit thirsty, Sun Hang walked quickly to the refrigerator and pulled the door open.

Inside the refrigerator, dozens of cans were neatly arranged, all alcoholic beverages favored by Wang Xiyi... Previously, after completing her daily exercises, this fellow would come over to Sun Hang's house to drink, chat, and watch TV. Finding it a hassle to bring her own drinks each time, she simply modified Sun Hang's supply request form to include all sorts of canned alcohol, thus transforming Sun Hang's beverage stock from a refrigerator full of juice, milk, and soda, into a fridge filled with beer, rice wine, and hard liquor.

The meme of the Black Dragon bestowed Wang Xiyi the ability to not get drunk, and often Sun Hang felt that her drunken appearance was not due to alcohol but an act she put on.

How does that saying go?

Oh, right, it's "People get drunk even when the wine doesn't."

Vaguely, Sun Hang seemed to hallucinate the sound of a can being opened, with the gas inside hissing out, and hearing Wang Xiyi gulping down drinks and then speaking with a slurred tongue... She seemed to lie across the sofa, holding up a can, shouting for Sun Hang to sit over and have a drink with her.

However, when Sun Hang turned his head, he found the sofa empty, not even the dust cover had been pulled away.

Sun Hang picked a can of the highest-proof liquor from the refrigerator—it was Wang Xiyi's previous favorite brand. According to her, it's the only kind of rice wine on the market packed in cans. She initially bought two cans out of curiosity and loved it ever since, completely unable to stop.

About one-third of the canned liquor in Sun Hang's fridge was this brand of rice wine.

"Pssht." Sun Hang opened the can, and a gushing aromatic alcoholic vapor burst forth—this was not pure rice wine but a blend with carbonated soda, yet even so, it still had an alcohol content as high as sixty-seven degrees.

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