But Spiritual Body Type Mysterious Creatures are not what Sun Hang needs to consider now—the biggest threat at present is that Chimera 17 that escaped from Mr. Wang's hands.

In these short few days, that creature has devoured at least thousands of people... No one knows what it will become when it reappears in the human view.

This feeling of the enemy being in the dark while we are in the light is truly unnerving, not to mention there is Anna, such a variable mixed in.

Sun Hang suddenly felt a bit regretful, he left Chunming City too quickly before... If he had known such a battle awaited him, perhaps he should have gone to the Mysterious Creature Reception Area at Dubhe Tower to eat well first.

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When Sun Hang left the institute, it was already around seven in the evening—but for Celestial City, seven in the evening and seven in the morning looked no different, the sky was always pitch black, and the temperature remained around minus fifteen degrees Celsius...

Sun Hang remembered that the last time he left Celestial City, the average temperature was still around zero...

With the continuation of Eternal Night, this city once called one of Xiazhou's four great furnaces would become even colder.

He suddenly felt nostalgic for Celestial City before the arrival of Eternal Night—office buildings brightly lit, bustling commercial streets, and those old districts, shabby yet full of the atmosphere of daily life.

In the summer of Celestial City, shorts and mini skirts everywhere were an unmissable sight... Speaking of which, if Celestial City claimed to be second in producing beauties in Xiazhou, no other city would dare claim first.

Gourmet, beauties, beautiful scenery... If you ignore that Celestial City is located on the border of the Xiazhou Federation, it is definitely the most livable city in the Federation, bar none.

After all, this is a city with the title of "Celestial City of the Country".

Sun Hang drove the car, slowly along the main road—the traffic control in most parts of Celestial City had not been lifted, only cars with special plates or those with a pass could hit the road.

Seven at night, this road should have been impossibly congested but now was empty, only occasionally could a few military-plated trucks or off-road vehicles be seen passing in the opposite lane.

Every few kilometers there was a checkpoint, soldiers wearing olive green military coats stood by the roadside, their breaths forming white frost on their eyebrows and the brim of their felt hats.

They held guns, stomping their feet on the ground for warmth—the booth had heating, but the narrow space could only accommodate one person, a checkpoint had four soldiers as standard, meaning even if they took turns in the booth, each person could only enjoy heating for a quarter of their duty time.

"Hello." A soldier stepped forward, stopped Sun Hang's car, "Routine check."

Sun Hang stepped on the brake, the off-road vehicle slowly stopped before the barricade.

"This car... Research Institute's?" The soldier peered into the cabin then stepped back, "According to the file, this car belongs to the researcher Yang Qi of the Mysterious Creature Research Institute... Um, you should not be Yang Qi, right?"

The registered owner was female, but Sun Hang was clearly not a woman.

"No, she lent me this car." Sun Hang answered honestly.

"May I see your credentials?" The soldier asked, then immediately noticed the Hunter wristband on Sun Hang's left wrist, promptly stood at attention, "Excuse me! You don't need to show your credentials, we'll let you pass immediately!"

"Ah?" Sun Hang was startled, put the Hunter license he just fished out back into his pocket.

The electric barricade swiftly lifted.

"You aren't on a mission, are you?" The soldier cautiously inquired.

"No... I just got off work, planning to stroll around... Um, patrol." Sun Hang said.

The soldier visibly relaxed.

"By the way, do you know which markets or supermarkets nearby have resumed business?" Sun Hang beckoned to the soldier and asked.

Although he had already submitted a new material application form, considering several new mouths at home these days, the uniformly issued supplies were still tight, especially fresh vegetables and meat...

Canned goods and prepared ingredients for cooking truly wasted Zhong Ling's culinary skills.

"Supermarket?" The soldier was puzzled, "Now even if a supermarket opens, it wouldn't have any goods to sell... All supplies in the city are uniformly distributed, the supply warehouses of those chain supermarkets have been requisitioned by the Federation Government, the goods inside also bought by the government to fill the supply gap... You want to buy something?"

"Buy some groceries to cook at home." Sun Hang concisely replied.

"The supplies issued to Hunters are also facing shortages?" The soldier was shocked, "The situation is that bad..."

"No, just got many people at home." Sun Hang explained.

"Um... Though I don't know where you can buy things, nearby Yabei District seems to have a market spontaneously organized by residents... But you'll need to hurry, according to the Celestial City citizen activity control regulations, the market must close by nine at the latest, and now there's less than an hour left." The soldier said.

"Yabei District?" Sun Hang glanced at the navigation, it was less than three kilometers from his location, pretty close to drive.

"Yes, Yabei District, the location is at the site of that former online-famous night market, very easy to find." The soldier nodded, suddenly lowered his voice for the next sentence, "The sergeant once went there to buy cigarettes... But there's something I must tell you in advance, things there are very expensive, particularly expensive... Plus, many people don't accept money."