"About Chimera Seventeen..." Before Yang Qi could finish, another voice suddenly interrupted her.
"This Chimera Seventeen may not be an Anomaly that has appeared for the first time." Candle Dragon, seated across from Sun Hang and Yang Qi, spoke up. "I once took part in the operation to hunt Chimera Fourteen. After the mission was completed, Chimera Fourteen's remains were sent to Tianshu Tower for dissection... The experts at Tianshu Tower discovered that Chimera Fourteen's core torso was completely identical to that of Chimera Nine, which had escaped after being severely wounded more than fifty years ago. In other words, Chimera Fourteen and Chimera Nine were actually the same type of Anomaly."
"You mean Chimera Seventeen... might be another form of a known Chimera?" Yang Qi asked seriously.
"It's only a guess. But the scorpion tail trait has appeared on Chimera Three, Chimera Six, and Chimera Ten before. Chimera Three and Chimera Ten have both been eliminated, and their remains are stored in Tianshu Tower's Anomaly containment area."
After finishing, Candle Dragon pulled a flat silver flask from his pocket, unscrewed the cap, and took a sip.
With Chimera Seventeen's appearance, Wang Xiyi being forced out of the combat roster, and the hunters who had taken part in the advancement trial all failing to return, Tianfu City's hunter force had suddenly become badly overstretched... To replenish their strength, Candle Dragon, who had been on leave, had been called back once again.
Besides Candle Dragon, there was another old acquaintance of Sun Hang's in the cabin—Zhong Ling, the Anomaly Equipment Qualified User known as the Puppet Master. For some reason, though, the moment this girl saw Sun Hang, an extremely strange expression appeared on her face. Whenever Sun Hang looked at her, she immediately turned away, avoiding direct eye contact with