There’s still a bit more than a million left to reach the ten-million goal...
Yan Luo worriedly looked at his haul.
He really wanted to leave now, but this time’s Abyss hunting goal was not yet accomplished.
If he delayed once, there would be a second time. Yan Luo didn’t want to let himself slack off.
After a moment, Yan Luo made up his mind to continue the hunt.
Even though he knew the demons were gradually approaching the ’material’ side, this information could only be told to Sasa, he had no way to tell anyone else.
Only Sasa knew his secret, he could explain why he knew the demons were gradually closing in on the material, whereas he couldn’t explain it to others.
In the end, he was still a bit selfish...
Yan Luo lowered his eyelids, quickly adjusted his mindset, and let himself enter rest mode.
In the following days, Yan Luo wasn’t very lucky and didn’t hunt the demons he wanted.
Either he couldn’t find traces of the target demons, or he found them only to discover they’d already been hunted by other hunters when he got there.
The competition at the Bone-Eroding Plain was quite fierce. Although hunters couldn’t remember all demon characteristics, they definitely remembered the traits of those more valuable ones.
Fortunately, he wasn’t fixated on the target demons. After realizing he couldn’t hunt them, Yan Luo promptly walked away to hunt other demons.
Patching together from various sources, even though his exoskeleton suffered multiple damages, Yan Luo finally gathered ten million.
By then, he didn’t have much left in terms of supplies.
Even if he managed to earn ten million from one Abyss hunt, paying back the hundred and ten million loan was still a distant dream. After returning to Blue Star, he had to repair his exoskeleton and vehicles, and replenish ammunition, food, and water.
On the way back to Blue Star, Yan Luo slayed two more demons, but the materials they dropped weren’t worth much.
After more than ten days, Yan Luo finally returned to the land of Blue Star.
At the checkpoint, the soldier in charge of inspection, with a cigarette in his mouth, activated the machine to scan Yan Luo and his haul. Confirming there were no issues, he let him pass.
Taking advantage of the inspection time, Yan Luo sent Sasa a message.
[I have a footage of a group of demons appearing. Could you ask Professor Li how much he’s willing to pay for it?]
Crimson No.2 was in the morning, Sasa should be awake and quickly replied to Yan Luo: [You also have proof of a group of demons appearing? I’ll ask the professor, if nothing goes wrong, he might want to talk to you in detail.]
Yan Luo glanced at Sasa’s message and drove to the Hunter’s Guild.
He planned to first deal with some of the materials, and hand over the less manageable ones to other buyers.
Though those materials weren’t worth much, fortunately, their amount was large enough that someone might be willing to buy them.
Just as Yan Luo was handling the more expensive part of his haul, he received a new message from Sasa.
[Got time? The professor wants to talk to you in person.]
Coincidentally, the staff in charge of receiving consigned materials at the Hunter’s Guild had also finished tallying Yan Luo’s haul and offered a pre-sale price that satisfied him—eight million seven hundred thousand.
Yan Luo lifted the Space Box, left the Hunter’s Guild with the remaining materials, and replied to Sasa: [The sooner, the better. Let’s talk now, then I’ll go rest.]
[Alright, come find us at the dorm building.] Latest content published on novel✦fire.net
He rode his motorcycle towards the faculty and student dormitory of Lingquan University.
Upon arrival at the dorm, Yan Luo saw Sasa waiting downstairs, parked the motorcycle, and walked over.
Yan Luo removed his helmet and mask, hung them on the side of his backpack, and said to Sasa, "Let’s go."
Sasa couldn’t help but take a second look at Yan Luo, as his exoskeleton armor had multiple scars, with several scratches on the exterior, burn marks, and even some missing armor pieces.
Yet none of this made Yan Luo look disheveled; instead, it added a fierce aura to him.
This fit well with Sasa’s impression of the word ’hunter.’
Sasa led the way in front, occasionally glancing back at Yan Luo.
Yan Luo was a bit curious, "What’s wrong?"
They had known each other for a while, and Sasa’s gaze puzzled him.
"Your current appearance is quite shocking," Sasa answered.
Just as Sasa said, the faculty and students passing by in the dorm lobby were all dumbstruck seeing Yan Luo.
They had cooperated with hunters and entered the Abyss together, but due to team operations, hunters generally didn’t suffer much damage.
"Wait a minute, I need to take a photo of you."
Sasa suddenly stopped, turned around, took a picture of Yan Luo with his monocle, and then uploaded it to Yan Luo’s public account.
The photo had barely been up when it garnered nearly a thousand views and over five hundred likes.
Regular celebrity hunter photos are all glamorous, even in endorsement ads, celebrities would wear deliberately aged and torn exoskeletons for shooting, nowhere near as impressive as Yan Luo’s ’natural state’ now.
Managing Yan Luo’s public account, Sasa could get a share of the profits.
She intended to save money to buy more scientific equipment, so besides publishing papers, helping Yan Luo manage his public account was also a good way to earn money.
Sasa nodded in satisfaction and continued leading Yan Luo to the dorm building’s guest room.
"Professor, I’ve brought the person."
Inside the guest room, Professor Li Jiongming and others had been waiting for quite a while.
After bringing Yan Luo into the room, Sasa left, as her research topic was unrelated to the demons appearing together.
In the guest room, besides Professor Li Jiongming, there were a few other teachers and students seated behind him.
Across from the professor, a sofa was left, clearly meant for Yan Luo.
Yan Luo unabashedly sat down, and his massive weight made the sofa creak.
Li Jiongming sized up Yan Luo.
Yan Luo’s fame was considerable; even someone like Li Jiongming, who hadn’t been active in online communities recently, knew of his name.
Defeating a city-breaking level mutant with a human body and expelling Hunter Crimson No.1 were the deepest impressions Li Jiongming had of Yan Luo.
Oh, and he also recalled the recent rumors circulating among students about ’Sasa and Yan Luo in a relationship.’
However, from the way Yan Luo and Sasa interacted earlier, it was clear that their relationship was good, but probably not as far as being a couple.
Li Jiongming displayed a friendly smile and extended his hand to Yan Luo, "I’ve heard a lot about you, it’s truly an honor to meet you."
Yan Luo shook Li Jiongming’s hand, "Hello, Professor Li."
As rumored, he was quite adept at ending conversations.
Li Jiongming maintained his smile and asked, "Now that greetings are done, forgive my presumption to call you a younger brother. Brother Yan, you have a video proving group demon activity, correct? You’re looking to sell that video to us?"
Yan Luo nodded seriously, "That’s correct. The video is unedited, with the cause and effect complete, and has a timestamp for proof."
"Could you show us a part of it?" Li Jiongming asked again.
Yan Luo turned his head towards the projector, connected his monocle to it and played a segment of the video.
The video showed Yan Luo killing a magical moth and then being attacked by another. It ended just as he turned to see the second magical moth.
Li Jiongming frowned slightly and murmured, "Magical moth..."
"A dangerous-class magical moth. The hunting ranges of the two magical moths overlapped. The second one I encountered was smarter in combat than the first, and it took me quite some effort to deal with it," Yan Luo supplemented.
After pondering for a moment, Li Jiongming looked up at Yan Luo and said, "There’s something you should know in advance. Your video is not the first proof of group demon activity on Blue Star, so we can’t offer a high price, as our research funds are limited."
Yan Luo replied immediately, "But you don’t have the video in hand, do you? Plus, I can guarantee that my video is far more complete and clear compared to the other one. I can even provide evidence of overlapping activity ranges of the two magical moths."
Hearing this, Li Jiongming became interested and smiled, "I was originally planning to offer fifty thousand for the purchase. If you can provide proof, I could add another twenty thousand."
Having been a professor for many years, Li Jiongming had savings and considered putting that extra twenty thousand from his own pocket.
Just as Yan Luo now needed money, he thought for a moment and began to narrate.