"Can the memes on a Hunter be copied?" Sun Hang asked.
"Why are you asking me?" Yang Lian rolled her eyes at him and replied irritably, "I'm not even qualified to enter Tianfu City's research institute. Do you think I can answer that kind of question? You should ask the people at Tianshu Tower."
Just as Sun Hang was about to ask something else, his phone suddenly rang.
For ordinary people, Tianfu City's communications network had yet to be restored. But Sun Hang knew that as early as the second day after the Eternal Night descended, the various signal base stations had already been mostly repaired. It was just that the stations originally used to maintain civilian communications had now all been requisitioned for military use.
The call was from Yang Qi. Under Yang Lian's watchful gaze, Sun Hang pressed the answer button.
"Hello? What is it?"
"Where are you right now?"
"Squatting on the toilet, taking a dump." Sun Hang made a shushing gesture at Yang Lian. "I ate too much just now, and my stomach's acting up."
"I know you don't want to attend the award ceremony, so I already turned it down for you." Sun Hang could clearly hear Yang Qi sighing on the other end of the line. "There's just something I need to notify you about. Tomorrow, we have to fly to Chunming City to take part in the semiannual Hunter Rank Advancement Trial... Normally, only official Hunters who have been employed for more than three years are qualified to participate, but given your performance in this operation, they've decided to make an exception and open the trial to you."
"A trial? What's it for? Are there any benefits?" Sun Hang asked bluntly.
"Those who pass the trial can become federally certified Ranked Hunters. Based