"Anyway, I've already decided. Whether you want to come along or not is up to you," Sun Hang said.

He actually hoped all three of them would stay put and wait for reinforcements from the Dubhe Tower, but from their expressions, it was clear they had no intention of staying.

"Let's go, what's there to be afraid of." The Fisherman tossed a sharpened wooden spear to Sun Hang, "We're Hunters, we hunt those strange creatures. We can't just keep being cowardly!"

"I'll go with you." The Female Hunter looked at Sun Hang and said. In her eyes, Sun Hang sensed a hint of admiration.

The "black sheep" that had been thrown out earlier wasn't weak among the Hunters, yet in Sun Hang's hands, he didn't even have a chance to resist. Many Hunters present didn't even see how his hand was cut off.

The Female Hunter's abilities leaned towards support, weak when alone but providing a synergistic effect in a team. Among the four present, both Sun Hang and the Fisherman, who were "combat-type" Hunters, had decided to head to the research lab ruins, so she naturally couldn't stay behind.

Seeing the three, Shino sighed, silently packed the equipment into his backpack, and stood up.

"Let's go." Sun Hang toyed with the spear in his hands and then tossed it to Shino, "As for weapons, I have something more handy."

"Speaking of which, I've never seen you pull out a weapon." The Female Hunter suddenly approached Sun Hang and asked softly, "How did you cut off that guy's hand earlier? Was it a Qi Blade?"

"Qi Blade? If I absorbed 'The Overlord,' maybe I could possess such an ability..." Sun Hang thought to himself. Although he could simulate the effect of a Qi Blade thanks to his reality-bending ability, the "mana cost" was too high. Even with the Relic Charging Bank to recharge him, he could only use it a few times in a short period, making it not very cost-effective.

"No, I just used a knife." Sun Hang shook his head.

"A knife?" The Fisherman frowned, "Your movements were too fast, though. I didn't even see you draw the knife... Mind showing me slower, I'm quite curious."

The ability to manipulate metal wasn't a secret, so Sun Hang didn't refuse. He nodded, and the metal ring wrapped around his forearm instantly turned into a liquid state, slithering out of his sleeve like a snake. The liquid metal then enveloped his entire hand, forming a literal "hand knife."

"Wow, that's so cool!" The Fisherman exclaimed, "So your ability is to manipulate metal, right?"

Sun Hang nodded and asked, "What about you guys?"

"My ability is simple. Inherited from that big fish, I'm thick-skinned, tough, and have strong self-healing abilities," the Fisherman said. "I also have some resistance to poison and can control water flow in a small area. But compared to the Yamata Orochi, it's nothing. If my abilities were enhanced a thousandfold, maybe I could stand a chance against it."

"My ability is similar to Mr. Shino's type, but it's more about psychological suggestion rather than emotion detection," the Female Hunter said. "I can temporarily block fear and anger for the target and can somewhat suppress the transmission of pain. Besides, I'm fairly good with firearms."

The Female Hunter opened the case slung over her back, revealing a large-caliber sniper rifle split into three parts, a folding-stock submachine gun, and two pistols. Sun Hang wasn't surprised. Hunters with more supportive abilities often learned human combat skills like firearms and combat to compensate for their weaknesses. Others took their supportive traits to the extreme, studying tactical command or battlefield first aid skills.

Of course, this refers to the ambitious Hunters. In reality, most Hunters adopted a lazy attitude. Many stationed away from the frontier might go their entire lives without hunting a single strange creature.

"Your ability is top-notch support!" The Fisherman praised, "How many targets can you designate at once? For how long does it last? What's the effective range?"

"It depends on the target's spiritual power strength. Generally, I can have three to five people share my ability for about ten minutes, with an effective range within two hundred meters around me," the Female Hunter explained.

"This ability is a treasure in team battles!" The Fisherman rubbed his hands together, "Combined with adrenaline-type drugs, the effects would definitely be better!"

"Blocking fear and anger isn't all positive," Shino said, "I still remember the story you told before landing..." The Fisherman then noticed that Shino was also on the same landing craft with them and had been silent, which made the Fisherman overlook him.

"You were driven by anger to bite that strange fish, but if your fear and anger were blocked, you'd make the 'theoretically best choice' based on logic. Whether you could kill the creature and survive would be debatable." Shino continued.

"True..." The Fisherman nodded, "Without the emotion of anger, there wouldn't be so many 'strength miracles' examples."

"Overall, her ability has more pros than cons," Shino added, "Keeping calm in intense battles gives you a big advantage against foes not completely overpowering you."

"But if no matter how I think, I can't win, then I have to rely on recklessness," The Fisherman nodded, "I get that!"

Amidst their chatter, the four had already walked over two hundred meters.

The previous group of Hunters did mark the trees along the way, but the signs only lasted for about a hundred meters before disappearing.

"I said, you can't trust those rascals," the Fisherman patted the tree trunk beside him and complained, "Even though the second phase requires everyone to cooperate, as long as individual scores exist, everyone is potentially your rival."

"You'll get used to it." Sun Hang didn't seem to mind.

From the start, he treated everyone as opponents, including the three beside him now.

Sun Hang couldn't remember where he read this phrase—"Judge others with the greatest malice." Though it sounds extreme, in a survival-of-the-fittest world, it is an undeniable truth.

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