Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Chapter 875 - 109: Selfie Stick (Part 2)

"Damn, I’m worried about one thing right now," He Dawei muttered.

"Wh... what is it?" Shen Rui asked.

"I’m afraid those two are going to explode," He Dawei said.

"Expl... explode?" Shen Rui was taken aback, "What do you mean by explode?"

"Literally explode," He Dawei explained, "Bodies swell like balloons and then ’boom’ they burst."

"If they do explode, that highly infectious filthy blood will spread across the entire compartment," Yu Duo continued from He Dawei’s words, "No one will be spared."

"Then... what should we do?" Shen Rui’s breathing became more rapid.

"What do you mean what should we do? If they explode, there’s nothing I can do," He Dawei said, "All we can do now is pray these two don’t undergo any sudden change... at least until the train reaches the next station without any incidents."

As He Dawei’s voice trailed off, there was a "thud" sound; the man covered in blood was on his knees, lying down—and he had stopped coughing, or rather, had coughed out everything in his body. Beneath him, a large pool of foul blood had covered almost one-fifth of the car, and within this pool, numerous unknown objects were writhing.

"This smell... it’s awful," Yu Duo frowned, pinching her nose, "It smells like food scraps that have fermented for over ten hours in a stomach sac... but tell me, this smell shouldn’t be infectious, right?"

"Who knows... if it’s infectious, you’d probably feel something by now, wouldn’t you?" He Dawei glanced at Yu Duo, "Where’s your gas mask?"

"I shipped it with my weapons to Chang’an, figuring I wouldn’t need them on the road." Yu Duo said remorsefully.

"And your bag? What do you have in your backpack?" He Dawei looked at Yu Duo’s bulging backpack and couldn’t help but ask.

"Makeup, selfie stick, moisturizing and sunblock stuff... and a few sets of clothes." Yu Duo spoke softly.

"Are you going on vacation or executing a mission?"

Yu Duo didn’t reply... In fact, the Mysterious Creature Hunter was only a side gig for her.

To be more precise, it was a "persona." Her actual profession was a short video platform streamer, and though federal official law prohibits hunters from streaming privately while conducting Mysterious Creature hunts, Yu Duo could stream her daily life under the identity of "Free Hunter." Plus, being a woman with a fairly good appearance and figure, she could easily compete with those slightly edgy streamers in the visage category with makeup and beauty filters. Additionally, the tagline of a "beautiful Mysterious Creature Hunter" was eye-catching enough; the earnings from streaming alone were much higher than from taking on the tasks.

She accepted this hunting mission in Nanhua Town for the hefty bounty; the primary reason was the discussion online, both in hunter circles and among ordinary people—it’s explosive traffic for a streamer!

Even though the hunting process couldn’t be streamed, she could take some photos and videos along the way, showcase some gear and companions, think of some captions, let AI touch them up, edit them, and upload them—the view count would skyrocket in no time. Then, in her spare time, she could start a live stream without needing to show anything important, just her face and "accidentally" showing the barren wilderness behind her while bantering with the audience—the tips alone would fill her pockets.

Yu Duo had even thought about it—if she found the task too dangerous after reaching the Hexi Corridor, she’d just skip the wilderness part and stream from Dragon City, likely earning just as much without any risks.

As long as she could ride this wave of traffic, her goal would be achieved.

But now... forget streaming from Dragon City; the question seemed to be whether she could even safely get off this carriage.

By that time, the man lying on the ground had stopped moving; his blood mixed with the female hunter’s blood, and the female hunter lying there had her clothing completely soaked with blood.

The part of her skin and muscle in contact with the ground began to dissolve, continuing at that rate, it wouldn’t be long before she was entirely reduced to a pool of pus.

"Has anyone reported the latest situation to the research institute?" A hunter suddenly asked, "The situation has escalated to this point; why can’t they temporarily halt the train?"

"I just reported it, and they’re saying temporarily parking the train to send personnel over would take about as long as waiting until we reach the station," another responded, "They’re telling us not to touch anything related to the two infected individuals, to keep the scene as intact as possible..."

"Damn, isn’t that all just nonsense?" an irritable hunter cursed directly, "Are the guys upstairs all doing nothing? Stuff them into this compartment; I’ll see if they get anxious!"

"Exactly! At least stop the train and let us disembark! Aren’t they worried that everyone in the compartment might get infected?" another hunter complained.

"Sorry, there’s something I want to say, but it might cause panic..." a bespectacled woman, looking scholarly, suddenly spoke up, "I’m not sure I should say..."

"Go ahead! Things have reached this stage; it can’t get worse!" the hunter who was complaining just now said.

"The reason they won’t let us disembark might be because they’re worried we’ve all already been infected," the glasses-wearing woman said, "If they let us off now and any one of us is infected... the situation will genuinely spiral out of control."

The group was suddenly silent.

"Once we reach the station, we’ll probably be isolated immediately, subject to repeated checks and observations before we’re allowed to be free again," the bespectacled woman continued, "Until they’re sure the infection isn’t spreading further, in the eyes of those above, we’ve already been deemed infected."

"Damn," a hunter sighed weakly, "What bad luck."

"I’m the unlucky one here! I had a ticket for another train, but the institute asked me to handle something last minute, couldn’t make it, so I had to switch to this train; who knew I’d run into something like this," another person said in frustration, "I should have just ignored that errand! Damn it, too late for regrets now!"

"By the way, has this woman’s identity been confirmed?" a young mercenary suddenly said, "Whether a registered hunter or a Free Hunter, Dubhe Tower should have her identity records, right? At least if we get her identity clear, we can know what her meme is!"

"Yeah, yeah!"

"So who is this woman?"

"Can anyone snap a picture of her and upload it?"

"How can you take one? Her head is facing the aisle; to stretch a phone to take the picture, you’d have to step on that pool of blood... Damn, whoever wants to go can go; I’m not going."

"If no one goes, her face might dissolve in the filthy blood! By then, even if you wanted to take a picture, you’d have nothing to snap!"

As the crowd kept pushing this around, Cheng Ming suddenly looked at Yu Duo and asked, "You have a selfie stick in your bag, right?"

"Yeah. Wait, you want..."

"Give it to me," Cheng Ming said.

Yu Duo didn’t hesitate and immediately found the selfie stick and passed it to Cheng Ming.

Cheng Ming attached his phone to the selfie stick, then, using both hand and foot, he climbed from the back of the seat to the side of the two, extending the selfie stick down.

The woman’s half face had already dissolved, and the remaining half had become extremely unrecognizable.

Cheng Ming took a deep breath and uploaded the photo he took.