Monster Hunter, start with a wife!

Deep in the wilderness, in a huge valley.

The night fog, thick with the stench of decay, was oppressive, making it hard to breathe.

The scene in the valley was horrific—

Five Silver Knight Gravity Bombers lay crookedly in the mound of earth, the alloy shells of three mechs twisted into a pretzel shape, and broken cannon barrels stuck diagonally in the cracks.

The remaining two aircraft barely managed to retain their outlines, but the cockpit canopy was covered with spiderweb-like cracks.

The leaking wire was buzzing and emitting blue sparks.

Not far away, there was a group of giant corpse puppets, each over two meters tall.

They wore rusty orange helmets with dried strips of cloth hanging from the edges, and each held a piece of giant bone, banging it against a massive iron fortress.

Huangfu Bai leaned against the inner wall of the fortress, his eyes filled with absurdity.

He truly never expected that the defensive fortress he had built on a whim years ago using resource cards would actually save his life under these circumstances.

Beside him, the only remaining team member, Li Mo, was squatting in front of the communication panel, his brow furrowed so deeply it could trap a fly.

His tone was full of anxiety:

"Team Leader Bai, the force field has disappeared, but Eva still can't be awakened. They've probably destroyed all the gravity structures. It seems we can't break through using the gravity structures anymore! Should we contact Cheng Zhuo again? He's less than a hundred kilometers away..."

"No need," Huangfu Bai interrupted without even lifting his eyelids.

"Letting him come over will only be a waste of his life and another gravity body of mine."

"That……"

Li Mo wanted to say something more, but the alloy plate under his feet suddenly started to shake.

"Oh no! Hold on tight!"

Huangfu Baifa let out a startled exclamation.

But this lump of iron is empty inside, so what can you use to hold it steady?

"boom--!"

The muffled thud made my eardrums ache, and I felt a sudden dizziness.

Huangfu Bai and Li Mo rolled around in the cabin like two sacks of potatoes, their foreheads hitting the metal walls, leaving them dizzy and disoriented.

A look of disbelief flashed in Huangfu Bai's eyes:

"How is that possible? This fortress weighs at least ten tons. What could possibly lift it and throw it out?!"

Before we could recover, another roar erupted.

The two were thrown into the air again.

Huangfu Bai and Li Mo bumped foreheads together, gasping in pain. Neither of them was physically strong enough to handle the situation.

After an unknown amount of time, the impact finally stopped.

This fortress was originally a project that Huangfu Bai casually tested; it had no function other than defense.

The two had no idea what was happening outside.

Time passes little by little.

The cabin was eerily quiet.

Li Mo felt a surge of fear and unease, and became increasingly anxious.

Looking at Huangfu Bai's tense profile, he knew that waiting any longer would lead to certain death. He gritted his teeth, quietly reached for his earphones, and opened the team channel:

"Calling you, Cheng Zhuo, can you hear me?"

Huangfu Bai was about to lose his temper when he heard Cheng Zhuo's very calm voice:

"I heard you, come out, you're all dead."

"?"

Huangfu Bai froze in mid-air, and Li Mo opened his mouth wide, wondering if he had misheard.

"What did you say?" Li Mo asked suspiciously.

"I said, all those filthy things outside are dead, come out."

Cheng Zhuo's voice rang out again.

Huangfu Bai's tone was full of disbelief as he immediately snatched the earphones from Li Mo:

"How could all the corpse puppets be dead? There are at least a thousand outside. What's your purpose...?"

Not to mention Huangfu Bai's doubts, Cheng Zhuo himself didn't expect this battle to be so easy.

When he saw the densely packed giant zombies surrounding a blind giant golem that was four or five meters tall,

He was indeed a little flustered.

Especially when that giant corpse puppet picked up a square iron lump and hurled it at him, he instinctively released five canister clones.

He also used a corpse summoning technique, pulling up a bunch of giant zombies from all around him.

As a result, in front of the jar,

These giant corpses were almost indistinguishable from those stone-faced monsters...

Cheng Zhuo suddenly remembered Guan Guan's talent:

[Talent - Evil Spirit Hunter: Has a deterrent effect on all evil spirits, ignoring any soul-type attacks]

[Talent - Night Owl: When night falls, the little chubby boy's speed will be doubled]

Although these corpse puppets are not souls, they must contain evil spirits within them.

Especially since it's nighttime right now...

No wonder, he felt that the canister was unusually strong tonight...

……

……

Inner city, meeting room of the Hunting Ruins Headquarters.

The cold white light shone on the long conference table, making the holographic projection in front of everyone glow with a faint, cold light.

A faint aroma of coffee filled the air.

Yet, it couldn't suppress the heavy atmosphere in the room.

"Didn't I tell you that already?"

Song He, the vice president of the Ash Ruins Guild, suddenly spoke up, his voice filled with undisguised schadenfreude.

He leaned back in his chair, his fingertip tapping the name "Divine Revelation Hunting Team" on the screen:

"What did I tell you? This young master will definitely pay the price for his arrogance. How about that? His teammate is dead, isn't he? Look, look, look, another one is dead. His teammates will be wiped out soon~"

Hu Yansong gave him a cold look. "Vice President Songhe, please watch your words."

Songhe quickly clasped his hands in apology and said, "I'm so sorry."

Ren Tianxing looked at him suspiciously:

"Why do you seem so dissatisfied with Huangfu Bai? Have you two met before?"

"Uh." Songhe hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and said:

"It's nothing much. It's just that I happened to be nearby when he was just before he entered the gate today. I offered him the highest contract, and he said I was just trying to fob him off..."

"Hahaha!" Ren Tianxing couldn't help but burst out laughing:

"You've made a fool of yourself. A young master who can casually lead billions of gravity bodies wouldn't even look at a contract from an ordinary guild."

Just as Song He was about to retort, Hu Yansong suddenly sighed and turned his gaze back to the projection:

"Regardless of his personality, I still hope he can survive. Every S-rank Awakened is a treasure of humanity..."

He hadn't finished speaking when

A sudden, urgent exclamation came from the corner of the conference room:

"Deputy Director! Deputy Director!!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw the deputy director's chubby secretary, hunched over, scrambling over from the corner.

Hu Yansong frowned deeply and tapped his finger heavily on the table:

"How many times have I told you, no loud noises during meetings! What's making such a fuss?"

The plump secretary crouched down and ran to his side, her eyes brimming with undisguised delight, pointing to the BOSS information on her arm:

"Deputy Director... Look... the Ruins Realm Revelation... BOSS... BOSS it..."

Hu Yansong was already irritable and had lost his patience. Just as he was about to push him away, he glanced casually at the projection—

That glance, however, made him freeze instantly.

"What?!"

Hu Yansong exclaimed in surprise and suddenly grabbed the fat man's wrist.

On the projection, the status bar that was originally lit up, "Tier 1 Overlord-level Lord - Blind Corpse - Alive", is now fading from crimson at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Instead, the words "Killed" are displayed in large gray letters!

In the "teams killed" section

The first name on the cover was clearly written as "Cheng Zhuo".