Ling Xiao shook his head.

"The so-called Deceitful Equipment is a mysterious creature that can be tamed and controlled by humans," Sun Hang said. "And the right person is the one who controls these mysterious creatures."

Ling Xiao nodded.

Sun Hang once again pulled the longsword from the soldier's hand and said to Ling Xiao, "This sword is actually also a mysterious creature. Its ability is to create a Qi Blade equal in length to the sword blade in the direction of the attack after hitting the target... But for those who cannot control it, the appearance of the Qi Blade is a matter of luck."

Sun Hang swung the sword in his hand, making a dozen virtual cuts at the soldier, but only one of them triggered the effect of the Qi Blade, leaving a shallow blade mark on the soldier's armor.

"Have you ever played video games?" Sun Hang asked.

Ling Xiao nodded again.

"This sword is just like those weapons with attack effects in games. But in the hands of ordinary people, the rate of triggering its special attack effect is only about 5%, while in the hands of the right person, the probability can be greatly increased, even up to 100%," Sun Hang continued, "This is just an ordinary Deceitful Equipment. For some powerful Deceitful Equipment, the non-right person not only fails to unleash its power, but instead, they are easily counterattacked..."

"Counterattacked?"

"To give a related example, let's talk about the armor on Ye Jiu that looks like a movie prop. That thing is a set of Deceitful Equipment, called 'Slaughter.' Don't be fooled by how Ye Jiu walks around as if nothing's amiss. If someone else were to put it on, their mind would immediately be controlled, turning into a blood-thirsty maniac, killing everyone they see."

"How... did he become the right person?" Ling Xiao asked.

"I don't know either," Sun Hang shrugged. "Ye Jiu never really mentioned it, but currently, the Xiazhou Federation's method for selecting the right person is simple and rough: just test your synchronization rate with a certain Deceitful Equipment. As long as it's within the qualified range, you can become the right person for that Deceitful Equipment... This approach feels like finding a needle in a haystack to me."

"But there are also exceptions," Sun Hang continued, "I know another right person. Her Deceitful Equipment is a deceitful corpse, something like a zombie after an incomplete mysterious infection. She doesn't need a synchronization rate to control the deceitful corpse; as long as she establishes a consciousness link during its transformation, after the transformation is complete, the deceitful corpse will automatically become her Deceitful Equipment... But this exception cannot be replicated, as this right person is not an ordinary person either."

"Is she an infected?"

"No, no membrane was detected in her body," Sun Hang said. "But I suspect she is likely an 'extraordinarily powered individual'... In this world of rampaging mysterious creatures, a few extraordinary individuals among humans do not seem too outrageous to me."

"Are extraordinary individuals... born with it?"

"I still don't know. But I imagine their numbers should be much less than Mysterious Creature Hunters, otherwise, the main force of humans fighting mysterious creatures wouldn't be us Hunters," Sun Hang said.

"..." Ling Xiao looked at Sun Hang and then at the sword in his hand, and said nothing.

"But don't lose hope; there's another way to become the right person for a Deceitful Equipment."

"What way?"

"Matching the right person with Deceitful Equipment is low efficiency..." Sun Hang waved his hand, and the soldier formations surrounding the bone throne parted down the middle. He walked down the path to the bone throne, picked up the red square crystal, "The right way should be to tailor-make the mysterious creature for the right person... First, shoot the arrow, then draw the target, so there's no synchronization rate issue."

"Tailor-make...?" Ling Xiao focused his gaze on the red square crystal.

"Tell me, what kind of Deceitful Equipment do you want?" Sun Hang sat on the bone throne, looking down at Ling Xiao, "But considering the stability factors, I suggest you pick something more basic, like a sword or a blade, or a bow and arrow, armor, and such."

Although Deceitful Equipment doesn't necessarily have to be an object-type mysterious creature, Sun Hang thought playing it safe for the first attempt was better.

Ling Xiao thought for a moment and then pulled something out of his bag.

It was the handgun that Sun Hang had given him.

"A handgun..." Sun Hang thought for a moment, "This is actually a pretty smart choice. As the saying goes, 'Beyond seven steps, the gun is fast; within seven steps, the gun is accurate and fast...' However, I'm not sure what effect a mysterious creature's handgun would have if it used regular ammunition. Are you sure about this?"

Ling Xiao nodded seriously.

Two strands of mycelium emerged from Sun Hang's body, one rolled away the handgun Ling Xiao took out, and the other quietly attached itself to the back of Ling Xiao's neck.

"The process might be a bit painful, try to stay relaxed. If you really can't take it, tell me, and I'll stop."

"Okay," Ling Xiao said.

Sun Hang held the red square crystal with one hand, while his thoughts and consciousness embedded into the gun's interior through the mycelium.

This is a "Type 02 Pistol" produced by Siberian military manufacturing, but Sun Hang's is a custom type, issued as basic defensive weaponry to formal investigators or external operative staff at a research institute.

The gun uses nine-millimeter caliber bullets, with average power, only suitable for close-range unprotected targets—if beyond fifty meters, or the target is wearing a Kevlar bulletproof vest (even without extra bulletproof plates), this gun's deterrent power is greatly reduced.