Monster Hunter, start with a wife!

After a long, deep breath.

Cheng Zhuo released Xia Mo's raised hand, letting her limply lean back onto the cushion.

He lay back, panting heavily.

next moment.

A cool sensation rose from my chest and quickly swept through my entire body along my meridians.

Xia Mo's Harmony effect, "Charging," really feels a bit like a cheat code.

A moment later,

The cicada curled up like a kitten.

She nestled her head on Cheng Zhuo's arm and said softly:

"Brother Zhuo, can we go back tomorrow?"

"Yes, tomorrow at noon," Cheng Zhuo replied.

A hint of joy appeared on Xia Chan's face:

"That's great. Sister Qinghe must have been so worried. These past few days have been so crazy. Every time I think about Sister Qinghe being home alone, I feel a little guilty."

Cheng Zhuo tapped her nose. "Want to come again? Your sister just finished."

"Huh?" Xia Chan blushed.

I just said I felt guilty, and then... that's not a good idea.

Cheng Zhuo raised an eyebrow. "Then let's rest."

After saying that, he deliberately closed his eyes.

After a long while...

A tingling, itchy sensation came over him, followed by a soft, warm feeling in his chest. He opened his eyelids slightly and met Xia Chan's blushing cheeks.

Cheng Zhuo lightly pecked her red lips and smiled indulgently:

Are you worried about falling behind your sister? It's okay if it happens once or twice, just don't overwork yourself.

"Well, not all of them are..." Xia Chan whispered, her voice barely audible.

"Master, mainly it's... comfortable, and these past few days, my sister and I have clearly felt our bodies getting stronger, brother, look..."

As she spoke, she raised her arm, which was completely free of any excess fat, and gathered her strength—

A small fleshy lump bulged out of my biceps.

"Not bad, not bad, let me test its effectiveness..."

"Ah...slow down..."

……

It was late at night.

Cheng Zhuo leaned against the kitchen bar counter, holding a compressed biscuit in his hand and chewing it haphazardly.

Xia Mo's "charging" effect is indeed powerful, but the side effects are also obvious.

I get hungry very quickly.

He swallowed the biscuits in a few bites, then unscrewed a can of ice-cold beer. The icy sensation stung his throat, finally suppressing the emptiness in his stomach.

After a short while...

He opened the system panel and began to check the changes he had undergone since reaching the next level.

[Owner: Cheng Zhuo]

[Realm Level: 0 (12.21%)]

[Original Card: Grade F, Gray]

[Breathing Meditation Technique: Demonic Dragon's Breath]

【Original Skill: Summon Burial Dune Cat - Infant Form (0.16%)】

【Original Card 2: Undead Summoning - S-Rank - Red - Concealment】

[Original Skill: Corpse Summoning - Undead Companion]

[Gene unlocking rate: 2.7…%]

【Strength: 57】

[Agility: 53]

【Spirit: 128】

[Physical Fitness: 54]

Luck: 28

[Biosome Strength Rating: 65.9]

Number of partners: 3/4

[Harmony Value: 5025]

[Daily Random Blind Challenge: 6] (Available after each Harmony Challenge)

[Blind Core Exchange: Epic Blind Core/10000, Legendary Blind Core/100000]

[System Functions: Body Detection, Mimicry]

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(I won't post the main text after the panel here. If there are any major changes, I will take a screenshot and put it in the author's notes at the end of the chapter. Please point out any problems or omissions.)

The Undead Origin has a particularly significant effect on enhancing mental attributes.

After officially entering the ranks.

Strength, Agility, and Constitution each received 40 points, while Spirit received 60 points. (I forgot to add these points during the initial second awakening; this has been revised previously.)

In addition, the improvement in physical fitness brought about by the advancement in the origin level,

And the three girls' daily random attributes.

The five-dimensional attributes have been greatly improved since when I first entered the Void Realm.

"Now, even with my bare hands, I can easily deal with the blind corpse."

Cheng Zhuo muttered to himself, his fingertips sliding down to the newly added "mimicry function".

This feature can simulate the strength of the body.

It's like my wish came true.

He was worried about how to explain his body strength soaring to 65.9 overnight after he left.

His physical strength couldn't be hidden; such an absurd increase inevitably made people suspect that he had obtained a forbidden substance.

You should know that if anything is even a scrap of paper, even if it's just a piece of paper, the city-state will send people to investigate it thoroughly.

Not to mention his mysteriously obtained forbidden immortal artifact,

It's obviously not a legitimate product.

Without saying a word, Cheng Zhuo immediately adjusted his rating from 65.9 back to 26.8 after killing the BOSS.

If you ask, just say it was dropped by the BOSS.

After all, since ancient times, mutants have produced all sorts of bizarre and wonderful things.

He raised an eyebrow helplessly. In fact, apart from a first-tier source core, the blind corpse hadn't dropped anything. He could only hope that the Lighthouse's reward would be something substantial after they got out.

These days he's been driving around the wilderness hunting.

Compared to the giant corpses near BOSS Valley, there are significantly fewer and weaker monsters in other areas.

However, he had a field RV, so he could travel very quickly.

Over the past few days, he has accumulated more than 3000 Tier 1 Source Cores and still has a bunch of low-Tier Source Cards in hand.

The most valuable items were the cards that Cheng Zhuo had taken from Moro and the other six.

Nine of them are epic-level.

There are six weapon cards, two support cards, and one supply card.

As expected of the number one rookie team from a major conglomerate, each member has an epic weapon card, and they're all the kind without any tier restrictions.

Aside from some consumable supply cards, Cheng Zhuo doesn't plan to use any of the other cards himself.

Especially the epic-level items, which are extremely rare on the market.

If the Thunder Guild finds out, it will definitely be a big problem.

He planned to leave it in the space for a while, and then find some shady shops in the wilderness to dispose of it once the storm had passed.

After roughly sorting it out.

Cheng Zhuo's gaze finally fell on the supernatural power card that was the reward for this advancement:

[Undead Swap - Superpower Card]

[Quality: Legendary Orange]

[Effect: Allows manipulation of corpses within a certain range, sharing vision (the stronger the mental attribute, the greater the control distance). When the controller faces a life-or-death crisis, 30 points of mental attribute can be consumed to create a fake self-destruction for teleportation.]

[Usage Restrictions: Requires the Undead Summoning Source; cannot be used across realms; fusion type]

[Introduction: An ancient undead substitution technique. Want to kill the necromancer? First, find out how many undead he can summon!]

Amazing card!

This was Cheng Zhuo's first thought.

This means that with the undead summoning form, he now has four lives!

Of course, the awkward thing about this supernatural power right now is that he has to summon the corpse an hour in advance in order to use it.

He is not yet able to maintain the summoned entity for an extended period of time.

Once he reaches the third tier, he can contract a small skeleton or something and keep it in a safe house for future use.

"But... what about the extra contracts?"

Cheng Zhuo leaned back on the sofa, staring at the column for the number of partners (3/4), and began to struggle.

After reaching the next level, the number of available partners increases by one.

Who is he looking for?

The system requires partners to be sincere and genuine, not just casual or unsuitable, and the wishes of the three women must also be taken into account to some extent.

However, we need to improve our level as soon as possible, but we also can't be too sentimental and just go with the flow.

Cheng Zhuo rubbed his head.

"That's quite a problem..."

……

……

The next day at noon, the sun was blazing.

The "Old Hunter" tavern in Star Iron Outer City was several times more bustling than usual.

The greasy wooden tables were pushed to the sides, and the open space that was originally used for dancing was crowded with people. Even the bar was filled with several excited gamblers and drunkards. Everyone's eyes were glued to the holographic screen in the center.

"Countdown to the Closure of the Ruins" - The bright red text was glaringly obvious.

The numbers are dropping second by second.

The dancers forgot to solicit customers, and every now and then they would tiptoe to peek at the screen.

Betting on things like hunter rankings and team PvP,

People in bars usually place bets.

At the very front of the crowd,

Cheng Qingshan clenched his fists, his bloodshot eyes fixed on the screen, glancing at the countdown on the left and then at the real-time ranking of the "strongest newcomer" on the right.

Several men who witnessed him betting 1000 on Cheng Zhuo were secretly cheering on the second newcomer.

Even if that guy is a newcomer to Bright City.

One hundred thousand! How can we let this boastful old drunkard win!

Unfortunately, the rankings provided by Lingxi did not include detailed data such as points or kill counts. If they knew the gap between the first and second place players, they would probably give up completely.

Actually, Cheng Qingshan had a fight with Old Fuld at the tavern that day, and in a moment of anger, he bet 1000 "Strongest Newcomer" on Cheng Zhuo.

When I got home, I was filled with regret.

That money was given to him by his wife, Wang Xiulan, to pay for their youngest daughter's tuition.

That old scoundrel, when he got home and was scolded by his wife, he actually betrayed him too.

When she returned home after failing to pay the tuition, Wang Xiulan threw a tantrum, crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide, saying she couldn't live like this anymore.

But that very night, he saw a bombshell news story.

Cheng Zhuo, a rookie of F-rank, killed the mutated BOSS!