"Alright, thanks for the reminder, I'll definitely keep a low profile!" Sun Hang nodded "seriously."

"Are you really Sun Hang?" Ya Qiaoxi still seemed skeptical of Sun Hang's identity and asked one last question.

"I really am." Sun Hang said helplessly, "If you still don't believe me, I can show you my Hunter license."

"I'm just puzzled... If Dubhe Tower and the Federation Government were to 'create' a hero, why would they choose a Hunter like you with abilities that lean more towards support? Don't they realize that this will eventually be exposed?" Ya Qiaoxi wondered, "If I were one of the higher-ups, I would definitely choose Night Slayer... For so many years, Night Slayer has built a reputation on the other side of Celestial City, and choosing her as the hero would probably leave fewer people unsatisfied and even fewer coming to cause trouble."

"Mr. Wang... Is Night Slayer really famous in the Hunter circles?"

"Famous, and notoriously so." Ya Qiaoxi said, "Even I, a former mercenary far away in Dragon City, know about her... How should I put it, any task she takes on, the scene is guaranteed to be a mess... Many Hunters who've worked with her say, when she's in a fight, she's practically a beast, and the abilities she uses are all indiscriminate attacks. There's a rumor that several Hunters have died because of her, though it's unclear if it's true."

Sun Hang recalled the scene when he first met Wang Xiyi - the scene was indeed a mess, but the indiscriminate attack was probably a misunderstanding. Sun Hang clearly remembered the dragon flames that burnt everything avoided him standing by the blood pool and went straight for Bloody Mary.

At that time, Mr. Wang's infection process was still stable, and even in a beastly state, he could maintain human rationality.

As for accidentally killing colleagues... Sun Hang immediately thought of the Hunter who made excessive demands and ended up getting thrashed by Mr. Wang. The so-called rumors likely stemmed from incidents like those. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"I've also heard that Night Slayer's meme underwent a second-stage mutation, and she has now become a half-dragon, half-human monster... Is that true?" Ya Qiaoxi asked, "Since you're Sun Hang, you should be familiar with her, right? After all, you both belong to the Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute."

"Half-dragon, half-human is true, but you can't call it a monster." Sun Hang said, "Hmm... Have you ever played MMORPGs with a Western fantasy theme?"

"I've played quite a few."

"Then you should know about the 'Dragon-man Clan' kind of fantasy race, right? You can probably imagine a dragon lady character with full-on dominatrix vibes; that's pretty much how Night Slayer looks now." Sun Hang said.

"Oh... That sounds like she became more attractive?" Ya Qiaoxi paused, "But I still bet no man dares to pursue her."

"Why do you say that?"

"To win her over, first you'd have to beat her, wouldn't you? From what I know, with Night Slayer's capabilities, there really aren't many Hunters who can beat her..."

"Are you referring to freelance Hunters or those on the leaderboard?"

"Including them all." Ya Qiaoxi said, "Night Slayer is one of those top-notch combat-type Hunters. If she hadn't stayed in the border city of Celestial City since her debut, I bet she'd definitely have a place in the top ten rankings."

As the two chatted on and off, Candle Dragon occasionally chimed in, but mostly concentrated on listening to the intermittent broadcasts from the Dragon City Dust Storm Observation Center.

Finally, as a set of ruins, nearly eroded by sand and dust, appeared in their view, a city hidden deep in the desert gradually emerged on the horizon.

"This is Yumen." Ya Qiaoxi slightly slowed down the motorcycle, "This city ruin has suffered over a hundred dust storms, its area shrinking every year. No one can guarantee whether the name Yumen will be completely erased from the map in a few decades."

"Where is Sima Street?" Sun Hang surveyed the streets that showed no signs of human activity and asked.

"I don't know." Ya Qiaoxi shrugged, asking jokingly, "I've never heard of a street called Sima Street in Yumen. Why are you asking? Do you have an acquaintance living there?"

"The previous delivery task required me to store the item in the basement of the Yumen Bank Sima Street branch." Sun Hang said.

"...I think I understand." Ya Qiaoxi pondered for a few seconds and nodded.

"Understand what?" Candle Dragon couldn't help but ask.

"In Yumen, I basically know all the streets that have names, and there's definitely no place called Sima Street. As for Yumen Bank... sorry, that bank doesn't even exist. In all of Yumen, there are only four banks: Chang'an Bank, Huaxia Bank, the Federal Central Bank Yumen Branch, and Suju Rural Credit Cooperative... You have to understand, it wasn't like now, where any small town has seventy or eighty banks, nor were there so many chaotic private financial institutions back then..." Ya Qiaoxi said.

"So... the task clue provided by Copper Finger is fake." Candle Dragon frowned, "No, he transferred the task to Sun Hang directly via the Hunter Management Bureau's online website, which means he saw the same information when he received the task..."

"I think this sentence is likely a coded message." Ya Qiaoxi said, "Think about it, if you really let someone store an item at a specified location, you could simply stake out nearby, you in the dark, the other side in the open, you'd have all the initiative in your hands... But if it's a coded message, to 'lure' the recipient out, you'd have to ask all over Yumen 'where is Sima Street', the other side can then observe your actions from the shadows, then decide whether to reveal themselves and contact you. This way, the roles of initiative and passivity are completely reversed."

Ya Qiaoxi stopped the motorcycle, jumped off, and said, "I have to say, the other side has some brains. If it were me, without understanding the delivery person's background, I would also use this method... to minimize the possibility of the other side killing and robbing."

"Seems we still have to find people to go through the code one by one... Good thing I'm not socially awkward." Sun Hang jumped off the off-road vehicle, looked around, "Didn't you say Yumen has gathered a lot of people? Where are they? This looks just like an uninhabited ghost town."

"Come with me." Ya Qiaoxi pushed the motorcycle into a roofless house and locked it, then pulled out a rusty, dust-covered cart from somewhere and transferred all the cargo from the off-road vehicle onto the cart.