Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 493 - 93: P.F.D.A._2
"Yo, you’re awake?" Sun Hang glanced at her, "Hungry? Want to eat something?"
"Thirsty." Yang Lian’s response was brief.
She took a look at Shinkata Misaki, who was sitting on the opposite sofa with an ambiguous expression, and a hint of blush appeared on her pale cheeks.
Sun Hang filled a cup with tap water, and by the time it was handed over to Yang Lian, it had already turned into a cup of warm water.
"I’ve already arranged for your leave of absence at the institute." Sun Hang said.
"I know, I checked my phone." Yang Lian took the cup and sipped it slowly.
"You seem a lot more normal mentally than yesterday." Sun Hang observed her for a while and said.
"Yesterday’s incident... can you not tell my sister?" Yang Lian put down the cup and said to Sun Hang.
"How long do you think you can keep this a secret?"
"As long as possible... I just don’t want her to know so soon." Yang Lian said with her head down, "At least, not now."
"What if your pessimistic prediction comes true, and the insecticide plan fails, Tianfu City is doomed, everyone dies, are you planning to take this secret to your grave?" Sun Hang asked.
"Wouldn’t that be good... After all, there’s no regret." Yang Lian finished the last sip of water and then tucked her neck into the wide collar of her pajamas.
She was wrapped in pajamas that were too large, Sun Hang guessed that even he could wear them. In contrast, the petite figure enveloped within looked especially delicate, evoking a desire to cherish her.
Nobody spoke, and the atmosphere in the living room gradually became somewhat awkward.
Just as Sun Hang was pondering how to break the awkwardness, his phone rang.
The call was from Song Yarong.
"Hello?"
"Come to the institute." Song Yarong got straight to the point.
"Is there work?"
"Yes, but it’s not dealing with the macabre, rather the R&D department’s work."
"I can’t help with R&D work... I’m not exactly illiterate, but I’m not like you guys, all of whom are top graduates from prestigious schools. If you asked me to do a college entrance exam math paper, I probably wouldn’t be able to complete it." Sun Hang said.
But then again, if Sun Hang were to do research, it wasn’t impossible either... He just needed to "read" a part of the researchers’ memories as he did on the plane that day and then digest the knowledge from those memories, and he could also handle those research tasks.
It’s not that Sun Hang couldn’t do it, he’s just too lazy.
There’s a saying: the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, so as long as he didn’t let his abilities seem too great, a lot of unnecessary responsibilities naturally wouldn’t seek him out.
Sun Hang already felt that the burden on his shoulders was enough, and since he’s not lacking money, there’s no need to find a job for himself.
"Don’t worry, the help I need, it doesn’t matter even if you’re illiterate! It’s related to the Chimera!" Song Yarong said over the phone.
"Chimera? What’s wrong, did you run into something, or did Jiang Yu have an issue?"
"Neither, it’s something else. You’ll know when you get here! I’m still busy here! I’ll hang up now! Once you arrive at the institute, come find me at the #3 Engineering Workshop! If I’m not there, wait for me a bit!"
Song Yarong spoke these lines so fast, leaving no chance for Sun Hang to refuse and the sound of beeping was all that was left on the other end.
"What’s going on?" Yang Lian didn’t speak; instead, Shinkata Misaki, looking interested, asked.
"The institute says there’s a research project that needs my assistance." Sun Hang put on a coat from the hanger, "You come with me."
"What about her?" Shinkata Misaki pointed at Yang Lian, who was curled up on the sofa, staring blankly at the coffee table.
"She’s an adult, with hands and feet; she won’t starve." Sun Hang said.
"Tch, what a jerk."
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...
This time Sun Hang didn’t use Kylin’s ability to hurry, but instead drove Yang Qi’s off-road vehicle with Shinkata Misaki to the institute.
After going through a series of complex inspections and identity verification processes, they were let inside, and after entering the #3 Engineering Workshop mentioned by Song Yarong, they were meticulously checked again by the guards at the entrance, and then required to put on two sets of orange hazmat suits before they were allowed to enter the interior of the workshop.
The workshop’s interior was spacious, a group of people in white hazmat suits were gathered around a central platform, and among them, another person in an orange hazmat suit stood out.
"You finally arrived!" This person turned around, it was Song Yarong who had called Sun Hang not long ago.
"What’s going on, can you tell me now?" Sun Hang asked.
"Look, it’s this." Song Yarong pointed at the thing hanging on the platform.
It was a humanoid armor, its surface still the unpolished metallic color, with black marker writing different numbers on various components. In the torso and limb positions, there were densely packed data annotations and numerous cut and weld marks. It was clearly a prototype.
"What’s this? Powered armor?"
"Its full title is ’Insecticide Plan Final Stage Tactical Powered Armor,’ abbreviated as ’PFDA.’ I came up with the name." Song Yarong said.
"Too long to remember."
"Just remember PFDA." Song Yarong wasn’t particularly bothered by Sun Hang’s indifferent attitude. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
"What is this thing used for?"
"The final step of the insecticide plan requires an elite Hunter team to infiltrate near Chimera 17 and inject the prepared ’insecticide’ into the macabre. During this infiltration process, in order to minimize the loss caused by Chimera 17’s stress response, everyone involved in the operation will wear PFDA... Of course, it’s not yet in its complete form."
Song Yarong clapped her hands, and a crane installed on the workshop’s ceiling immediately hoisted over another object.
It was a large cluster of rocket thrusters, with a simple and crude design philosophy, essentially just binding together a dozen rocket engines... highlighting the concept of "brute force."
In front of these engines, there was a mounting bracket, and looking at the structure of PFDA’s back, the two seemed to be able to connect together.
"This is the PFDA’s thruster. Driven by this thruster, the PFDA’s near-ground flight speed can reach over Mach 5." Song Yarong said confidently.
"Are you sure humans can withstand the G-forces generated during the flight of this thing?" Before Sun Hang could say anything, Shinkata Misaki had already asked ahead.
"Humans obviously can’t, but some Hunters definitely can," Song Yarong said, "at least Sun Hang and Night Slayer, those two certainly won’t have any problems."
"Then why did you call me over? To help you test this FP something armor?"
"No, we’ve already conducted tests... But unfortunately, they failed." Song Yarong sighed.
"The test subjects died?"
"Not quite, we’re still at the unmanned testing stage," Song Yarong said, "Even though all data was normal during simulations on the computer... when it came to actual testing, the PFDA would fall apart on its own during flight."
"So where’s the problem?"
"The soft material in the joint parts experiences fatigue phenomena under prolonged high-intensity stress... We need to switch to a different material. And after trying countless materials, I couldn’t find one that met both performance and strength requirements, until..."
"You tried the Chimera’s mycelium?"
Song Yarong nodded.
