Monster Hunter, start with a wife!

In the live broadcast,

A light curtain glowing with a pale gray light suddenly appeared in the middle of the road, like a spatial rift torn open by some enormous force.

The edges of the crack were still trembling slightly, with a mysterious airflow faintly surging within.

That is the Hyperdimensional Gate.

A dozen meters in front of the boundary gate,

A reporter in protective gear is reporting with a microphone in hand.

"According to Lingxi's latest intelligence, this trans-city gate is a cross-city gate, with Bright City, 500 kilometers away, sharing this newcomer's realm with our city..."

"Currently, there are a total of eighteen Transcendental Gates. Four are located in the outer cities of two city-states, while the remaining ten are distributed in small towns with relatively dense populations in the wilderness, namely Three Rivers Town, Redstone Town, etc."

Cheng Zhuo listened to the report and pondered to himself.

It seems this "starter village" is going to be a bit tougher.

According to Star Iron City's records of the Transcendental Gate over the years, the alien beasts in the Transcendental Gate are generally scattered and mostly at the level of Tier 0 nascent beings.

However, as long as it involves sharing market boundaries across cities...

It is common to see clusters of nascent beings, followed by derivative beings and even higher-level alien beasts.

Therefore, the mortality rate of new recruits is always more than 30% higher than that of those in single-city border gates.

In addition, the appearance of this boundary gate was relatively early.

Most newcomers are probably like him, not having done the basic preparations yet.

Although they had learned about survival in the Void Realm, teamwork, and hunting theory while in school, and even had simulated training, theoretical knowledge and real combat are worlds apart.

Just as the bearded instructor in the trial said.

Many people might be so frightened by the sight of a ferocious and terrifying beast that their legs go weak, rendering even the strongest talent useless.

Fortunately, the extra-distance gate is a "beginner's village," ultimately prepared for newcomers who haven't entered the world yet, and its danger level is much lower than that of ordinary gates.

Moreover, the returns are quite good.

Of course, this only applies to ordinary newcomers.

For Cheng Zhuo, the only attraction of the Transcendental Gate was that it allowed him to get used to the rhythm of the Void Realm.

So he wasn't in a hurry.

He has plenty of time to go to Sanhe Town to complete the contract first, and it won't be too late to enter after the official report on the general analysis of this "newbie village" is released.

In any case, it will take at least a week for the barrier to be breached.

The term "breaking the gate" means that the boundary barrier will become ineffective, allowing the strange beasts to pour out on their own. Of course, the entry restrictions will also be removed.

At that time, the high-level hunting teams will move in immediately and close the boundary gate as quickly as possible.

The live stream continued, but the perspective shifted to a distant view.

The reporter, holding a microphone, pointed to the street behind him, which was cordoned off with police tape:

"Dear viewers, I am currently located in Xingfu Street, East 11th District! As you can see, this is a densely populated residential area, and the size of the super-distance portal that has appeared this time is the largest in Star Iron City in the past decade! According to Lingxi's real-time calculations, in this area alone, no fewer than a thousand ordinary citizens were swept into the spatial turbulence when the portal was formed..."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhuoxin's heart sank, and he quickly swiped the projection.

The image has been zoomed in a bit.

A few meters in front of the gate, on the cracked cement road, there was a rusty plaque.

The large characters above are clearly visible: "Happy Community!"

"Makka Pakka—"

When the phone rang, Cheng Zhuo's heart skipped a beat!

"Zhuo, Brother Zhuo, something terrible has happened!" Ruan Qinghe's panicked voice came from her wristwatch:

"I... I can't find Xia Mo and Xia Chan. A portal to a higher dimension has appeared at the entrance. Could they... could they have been pulled into the portal?"

Cheng Zhuo deliberately softened his voice, soothingly saying, "Don't rush, tell me slowly. Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"N-no..." Ruan Qinghe's voice was still trembling, but she tried her best to calm herself down:

"...They went to buy some things, and not long after they left, the wind suddenly picked up outside. I saw the Hyperdimensional Gate appear at the entrance of the residential area, and then I..."

"Can't get through to them on voice chat?" Cheng Zhuo asked, frowning.

"Yes, yes." Ruan Qinghe's voice was already trembling with sobs:

"None of them have had much schooling and know almost nothing about survival in the Void Realm. They've been dragged into this... I'm scared..."

"Don't panic, stay where you are and don't go anywhere. I'll be right back!"

Cheng Zhuo hung up the voice call, grabbed the package and long gun beside him, rushed to the door, and stared at the station display on the screen.

As soon as the subway arrived at the station, before the doors were fully open, he squeezed out.

He ran wildly against the flow of people.

My mind was filled with thoughts of "Faster, faster!"

When he arrived near the residential area,

A large cordon had been set up at the entrance, consisting of a circle of Hunter Army soldiers in black uniforms and a circle of City Guard officers in blue uniforms.

Behind them.

The gray boundary gate, several tens of meters high, was particularly conspicuous.

The gate to the residential area had long since collapsed into a pile of broken bricks, and the tall buildings on both sides were also crooked and twisted, with rubble falling down from time to time, and there was a wailing all around.

"Brother Zhuo!"

The girl's voice drifted from afar.

Cheng Zhuo looked in the direction of the sound and saw Ruan Qinghe pushing through the crowd and running towards him.

Her light-colored dress was covered in dust, and her hair was messy. She ran up to Cheng Zhuo, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears.

Cheng Zhuo quickly went to her, supported her unsteady body, and asked with concern:

"How's it going? Still no contact?"

Ruan Qinghe shook her head vigorously, her eyes red-rimmed:

"Brother Zhuo, what should we do? Their watches keep showing 'no signal,' they must have been caught in something..."

"Don't panic."

Cheng Zhuo gripped her hand tightly and said in a steady tone:

"The portal isn't too dangerous. Even if they were caught in it, they won't be in any immediate danger. Keep in touch; maybe their watches just ran out of battery. I'll go complete the contract and prepare to enter the Void Realm!"

Ruan Qinghe didn't act coy, she just gave Cheng Zhuo a light hug and said softly:

"Then be careful."

"Okay, wait for me here, I'll be right back."

Cheng Zhuo ruffled her hair, then turned and rushed back into the crowd.

He didn't dare to delay, not even having time to catch his breath, and headed straight for the subway entrance, rushing towards Baoka Street.

After a while.

Cheng Zhuo leaned against the corner of the subway car, pondering repeatedly.

Every minute of delay now increases the danger for the two sisters.

Especially cicadas in summer.

If an ordinary person were swept into the spatial turbulence of the boundary gate, they would most likely be scattered. Without Xia Mo by her side, Xia Chan would be no different from an ordinary blind person.

In that environment, it would have been difficult for her to survive.

Cheng Zhuo could not possibly spend another day or more to get to Sanhe Town.

nowadays,

He had no choice but to take a gamble.

Using the tower stone in the Cybergirl's hand, remotely complete the lighthouse contract with Redstone Town.

As for access to the city's inner gates, it's as long as you can obtain employment qualifications from other teams in the city-state; this can be solved by spending money.

The only risk lies with the cyber girl.

But Cheng Zhuo felt that there was no major problem.

Even if she really is a human trafficker, she is unlikely to choose to make her move in the city. More likely, she will choose to make her move on her way to Redstone Town a month from now.

After a month, Cheng Zhuo believed that he would still have a certain ability to protect himself.

I just hope she hasn't sold out of the tower stones yet.

Upon arriving at Poka Street again,

There are far fewer pedestrians now.

Cheng Zhuo searched along the previous fork in the road but did not see the cyber girl.

He went door to door asking shop owners, searching for nearly half an hour. Just as Cheng Zhuo was about to give up, a mocking female voice suddenly came from behind him:

"Oh, a portal to a higher dimension has appeared. Are you getting anxious, handsome young man?"

Cheng Zhuo suddenly turned around.

The cyber woman was leaning against a metal pipe at the corner, her titanium alloy prosthetic leg gleaming coldly, casually crossed on the steps with her tanned, rounded, and slender left leg.

She twirled a palm-sized stone between her fingers.

This is exactly the red stone that Cheng Zhuo wanted to build the pagoda.

Cheng Zhuo had no intention of beating around the bush and went straight to the point:

"I want the tower stone, name your price!"