Just as Sun Hang was about to drive off, his peripheral vision seemed to catch a glimpse of a pale white figure briefly flashing atop a distant building.

The commercial area under Eternal Night had very faint light sources, yet the figure emitted a faint glow. Although it appeared for less than 0.1 seconds, it left a distinct yet vague afterimage on Sun Hang's retina.

"What was that?" Sun Hang was instantly on alert.

He suspected the fleeting white figure might be a mysterious creature, but it was truly too far away, and he couldn't sense any aura from such beings at all.

The hotel parking lot was over a thousand meters straight-line distance from the building, entirely beyond Sun Hang's perception range.

Sun Hang stared for a few minutes, but the white figure never reappeared.

This was definitely not a hallucination; the white figure truly existed. It clung to the rooftop edge of the building, sliding quickly, disappearing behind the building in the blink of an eye.

Instinctively, Sun Hang wanted to chase over and take a look but stopped as soon as he took half a step forward.

Wait a minute, am I not on vacation right now?

If I work now, will I get triple overtime pay?

Sun Hang thought about it and decided to take out his phone and call Yang Qi.

"What's up? Ran out of toilet paper, need me to bring some over?" Yang Qi's tone was somewhat unfriendly, clearly still holding a grudge against Sun Hang for abruptly hanging up on her earlier.

"I'm currently downstairs at the hotel, about a kilometer southeast there's something resembling a mysterious creature on the rooftop." Sun Hang got straight to the point, "Uh, that building... I have no idea what it's called, I just saw 'Shengshu Securities' in big letters on top."

"Mysterious creature?" Yang Qi's tone instantly returned to normal, "Are you sure?"

"I'm not sure... I saw a white figure emitting a faint glow... How should I put it, it's somewhat like phosphorescence, but the way it moves is very peculiar, sliding along the rooftop edge. It appeared in my sights for a very short time, less than 0.1 seconds." Sun Hang said, "I suggest you inform those officials, just in case it really is a mysterious creature..."

"If it really is a mysterious creature, the celebration banquet must be immediately suspended!" Yang Qi said solemnly, "We cannot let the incident at the southern cemetery happen again! I'll immediately report this to the professor!"

Sun Hang could hear the sound of fabric brushing against Yang Qi as she rose quickly, and the muffled thud of high heels hitting the carpet as she ran—

"Professor, there's a situation!" Yang Qi shouted softly, "Sun Hang said he found a shadow resembling a mysterious creature outside the hotel!"

Then she repeated what Sun Hang had told her to the director of the Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute.

"So, Sun Hang can't be sure what he saw is really a mysterious creature?" a stranger's voice chimed in.

Though Yang Qi sought out her professor, anyone sharing the table with that man in the wheelchair was clearly a prominent figure at this banquet.

Sun Hang mused inwardly, it was fortunate that the white figure had made everyone tense; otherwise, upon hearing his news, this group might have confronted him for not attending the ceremony.

"Here's the plan, Yang Qi, put us on speakerphone, we'll communicate directly with Sun Hang," the director suggested.

A "beep" was heard, and the voices from the other end of the phone became clear.

"Hello, Hunter Sun Hang, can you hear us?" the unfamiliar voice said, "I am currently the highest-ranking official of the Celestial City garrison, speaking on behalf of the Disaster Response Committee. Can you vouch that everything you said is true?"

"What I described is what I saw, as for vouching, I can only guarantee that my eyes are accountable to me." Sun Hang replied.

"Are you sure it wasn't an illusion? Did you truly see a white figure sliding down the rooftop?" the other person questioned again.

"I'm sure." Sun Hang affirmed.

"Good, alert all departments, end the banquet immediately. The security team is tasked with escorting key figures, Hunters and Adept Operators will head to the scene immediately for investigation. Additionally, have the awaiting Divisional Unit Eight blockade a five-kilometer radius around—it includes the airspace besides the ground!"

"Uh… if there's nothing else for me, I'll head home. If I recall correctly, I should still be on vacation now, right?" Sun Hang remarked.

A brief silence followed from the other side of the call.

Sun Hang couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy. Would these people suddenly say "vacation canceled" and then recruit him for grunt work?

Considering the various shameless behaviors of the Xiazhou Federation's senior officials, Sun Hang felt this was quite possible.

Luckily, a coughing noise from the director broke the silence, and he chuckled, "You can go home and rest, but keep your phone on. We might need to trouble you again if there's an emergency."

"Alright, alright, wishing everyone a successful operation." Sun Hang mentally gave the director a thumbs-up.

Sun Hang suddenly wanted to call Yang Lian over—to show her what truly high emotional intelligence conversational skills looked like.

Sun Hang always felt he had no particular fondness for the Xiazhou Federation higher-ups, with Yang Lian's initial impression significantly affecting his opinion.

After all, who wakes up to be forced into signing a work contract, and bluntly calls it a 'sell-yourself contract'?

It's a good thing this girl was doing a menial runner's job... her manager not promoting her might even be a form of protection...

Sun Hang glanced one last time at the Shengshu Securities building, opened the car door, and got inside.

...

...

When Sun Hang opened his home fridge and took out a carton of fresh milk delivered yesterday, his phone on the coffee table rang once again.

Not many people knew Sun Hang's number, and typical spam calls couldn't reach Shuzhou numbers now... so this call must be from the action site.

Unable to find a straw at the moment, Sun Hang had to bite the corner of the milk carton with his teeth.

Sipping a mouthful of cold fresh milk, Sun Hang rounded the couch and picked up his incessantly vibrating phone.

The call was from Yang Qi.

"Hello? How's it going, did you find that thing?"

"No." Yang Qi replied, "We've searched everywhere within five kilometers of the Shengshu Securities building, and there's not a trace of mysterious creatures, not even residual meme information."

"Was it really just a false alarm?" Sun Hang set the remaining half-carton of milk on the coffee table and picked up the TV remote.

"No… something definitely slid across the rooftop." Yang Qi's tone was quite serious, "On the rooftop of Shengshu Securities, we found numerous fine cracks on the glass curtain wall, according to forensic experts, these cracks seem to be caused by a heavy object rolling over at high speed."

"Heavy object?"

Sun Hang recalled the white figure he had seen... honestly, the figure gave him a very light, ethereal feeling, like a ghost floating in the air, very hard to associate with the term "heavy object."

"Yes, based on calculations, the object's mass must be at least eight to ten tons." Yang Qi said, "You could think of it like my car fully loaded rolling over the building's glass curtain wall."

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