Monster Hunter, start with a wife!

"Da da da—"

Hunting Ruins Administration.

A sudden, hurried footstep came from the doorway of Deputy Director Hu Yansong's office.

"Deputy Director, good news!"

His chubby white secretary stumbled in.

Hu Yansong suddenly stood up, a hint of excitement rising in his eyes. "Did this come from Colonel Liang's side? Did he manage to snatch the forbidden Nine-Tailed Fox?"

The plump secretary's face stiffened:

"Uh...no."

Huyan Song looked slightly disappointed. "What is it?"

The chubby secretary chuckled: "I have two pieces of news, one good and one good. Which would you like to hear first?"

Hu Yansong gave him a look as if he were an idiot.

The plump secretary shrank back, reluctantly projecting a page of information onto the page, pointing to the portrait on it, and said:

"I found Huangfu Bai's information!"

Hu Yansong raised an eyebrow and looked over with interest.

After reading just one line, his face visibly darkened.

"Do you think I'm getting senile? There's clearly a woman on this!"

The plump secretary, however, looked excited and said:

"Is it possible that Huangfu Bai is a woman disguised as a man? In novels, rich young ladies often run away from home and do this... Please don't rush to scold me, listen to me first."

The chubby man pulled out a relationship chart and pointed to the woman on it, saying:

"This girl is Bai Luowei, the little princess of the Bai family, the number one conglomerate in Tianji City. She has been exceptionally intelligent since childhood. It is said that many of the source energy weapons of Bai family technology were researched by her. Just think about those custom-made Silver Knights that Huangfu Bai has; you can't buy them on the market!"

Huyan Song showed a hint of interest, but still shook his head and said:

"That doesn't prove that she is Huangfu Bai."

"Please be patient and let me finish speaking first."

The chubby secretary scrolled up the relationship diagram and continued excitedly:

"There's a rumor that Bai Luowei is actually an illegitimate child, and her mother is named Huangfu Qin! Also, the Bai Group recently dispatched a large number of hunting teams to various cities, supposedly to find Bai Luowei! I believe someone will contact you soon!"

"The surname is Huangfu, the surname is Bai..." Huyan Song narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said in a deep voice:

"Lingxi, retrieve all information about Bai Luowei from the Bai Group."

"Received, esteemed Deputy Director Hu Yansong."

A serene electronic voice filled the office, but the next second, a glaring red warning popped up on the projector:

"Sorry, you are not authorized to access information related to Bai Luowei of the Bai Group."

"Deputy Director, you don't need to ask Lingxi anymore."

The chubby secretary pointed to the sketch she had made and said confidently:

"Bai Luowei's information is definitely top secret in Tianji City. You'll understand why in a moment. Look, these are all news articles I've been digging up about the Bai Group over the past ten days, compiled from netizens' comments. I've carefully screened them, and their authenticity is about 80-90% accurate."

Huyan Song glanced at him suspiciously and began browsing the information projected on the screen.

But a moment later, his brow furrowed again, and he angrily rebuked:

"Are you planning to pack your bags and leave? This sign says Bai Luowei was a fourth-generation Awakened One last year. Have you forgotten that Huangfu Bai just entered the Newcomer Ruins?"

"Hehe." The plump secretary remained completely unfazed, forcing a smile.

"It's true that the Transcendent Realm, which is exclusively for newcomers, has initial restrictions, but what if she hasn't entered it at all in the months since her awakening?"

Huyan Song was taken aback:

"You mean he wanted to be an academic before?"

"No," the plump secretary said, stroking his chin.

"Based on the available information, I speculate that Bai Luowei most likely delayed entering the Ruins Realm by two months in order to create a custom version of the Silver Knight. After all, such a favored daughter of heaven wants to be number one in everything on her own."

Seeing that Huyan Song did not refute, the chubby secretary continued:

"Of course, there is another possibility: in the past few months, she has been trapped by her own original abilities and has not had time to enter the Ruins Realm."

Huyan Song glanced at him sideways. "What do you mean?"

The plump secretary became increasingly excited, even the fat on her cheeks trembled, and she said excitedly:

"This Bai Luowei, her origin might not be S-rank, but rather a divine seal origin that is extremely rare in the world, commonly known as SSS-rank!!"

Huyan Song's pupils dilated violently.

He quickly stood up, intently reviewing the materials compiled by the plump secretary, and murmured:

"The murmurs of the gods...the same origin as the first Lord of Tianji City."

The plump secretary nodded repeatedly:

"That's right, it's the divine whisper, the source of extraordinary abilities that allows one to gain all sorts of powerful powers through self-hypnosis. If she wants to hypnotize herself into believing she's a god, then she is a god!!"

"That backlash would kill her in less than a millisecond." Hu Yansong rolled his eyes at his secretary and shook his head.

"Moreover, among the limited information Huangfu Bai has revealed, the origin is S-level."

The plump secretary hurriedly said:

"If she can use Lingxi to forge an identity as Huangfu Bai and create an S-level potential, it shouldn't be too difficult for her."

You have a point.

Huyan Song nodded, sat back down, and gave the instructions:

"Most of this information is your speculation and still needs to be considered. However, we do need to raise the level of importance we attach to it. Help me contact Mayor Wang. Regardless of whether Huangfu Bai is Bai Luowei or not, we cannot let him go to a place like Redstone Town to take risks."

"Okay." The plump secretary nodded in agreement.

"You just told me two pieces of good news, what's the other one?" Hu Yansong asked again.

"Hehe, look..."

The chubby secretary's face jiggled as she proudly projected another holographic image into the center of the office.

The scene depicts a communal dining hall.

The camera focused on a young girl.

She was about eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a faded light yellow T-shirt, her hands gripping the edge of the table tightly, as if she were enduring great pain.

Suddenly, her whole body trembled violently, convulsing as if she had an epileptic seizure. In a moment, an invisible pulse of power exploded from her body, sending the surrounding hunters flying backward. Tables and chairs crashed to the ground, leaving a mess.

Even more bizarre sights were yet to come—

Centered on the girl, the ground began to rapidly solidify into a rock-like color, and the tables, chairs, walls, and even the dust floating in the air were visibly petrifying!

It only took about ten seconds.

The restaurant is centered around her, forming a huge, rock-shaped semicircle.

The surface of the rock strata seemed to possess a life of its own.

It contracts and expands in waves.

"High-potential second awakening!" Hu Yansong suddenly jumped up from his seat, his eyes filled with unbelievable excitement.

"That's right," the chubby secretary said excitedly.

"Judging from her performance..."

"It might be S-rank!" Hu Yansong hurriedly answered, then immediately asked:

"Where am I? Who is she?"

The chubby secretary pulled up another page of information and introduced it as follows:

"The footage is coming from the wolf pack's restaurant. Her name is Xia Chan, a potential F-level petrification gazer, but unfortunately, she is blind."

"Huh?" Huyan Song was taken aback, then waved his hand and said:

"It's alright, if she awakens to S-rank a second time, her eyes will definitely recover."

After saying that, he pressed on with another question:

Does she have a contract?

The plump secretary's face stiffened slightly. "Her contract information is in Redstone Town."

Hu Yansong looked slightly taken aback:

"Redstone Town again? No, I need to go to the Wolf Pack Base."

"Deputy Director, please wait a moment!"

The plump secretary quickly stepped forward to stop him, a hint of hesitation on her face. "There's something else you might need to take seriously..."

"What?"

"This cicada has been married."

Huyan Song rolled his eyes at him, annoyed. "So what if she was married? It's not like I had any improper thoughts about her!"

The chubby secretary gave an awkward smile:

"That's not what I meant. It's just that her husband... you know him well too, his name is Cheng Zhuo."

"Um?"

Hu Yansong stopped abruptly, his brow furrowing unconsciously.

"Before I came here, I did some research, and he might be planning to take Xia Chan and his two other wives to Redstone Town soon..." The chubby secretary hesitated, then continued:

"You see, you punished Cheng Zhuo by sending him to the Wilderness Contract, so he might not have a good impression of the Giant City. Shouldn't we...?"

"Um……"

Huyan Song pondered for a moment, then asked:

"Is Cheng Zhuo also at the wolf pack base?"

"He went to H0173 today," the chubby secretary replied immediately. "There's still no news about him."

"Then contact Colonel Liang Ye immediately. If he comes out, invite him over right away."

"Yes! I'll take care of it right away!"

……

After a while.

Outside the boundary gate of H0173.

Liang Ye hung up the call and called to his adjutant:

"Check if anyone who just came out is named Cheng Zhuo? F-rank, summoning type."

The adjutant glanced at the information and replied:

"Yes, there is one."

Liang Ye waved his hand. "Find out which car he's in and deliver it to the deputy director."

The adjutant's face stiffened, and he leaned close to Liang Ye's ear and whispered:

"Colonel, his truckload is full of fish."

A look of surprise flashed across Liang Ye's face for a moment, then he urged:

"Go, contact the driver immediately to change the route, and make sure he doesn't run into the fish collectors."

The adjutant nodded. "Yes, sir."

"Hold on!"

Liang Ye called out to his adjutant, his eyes narrowing suddenly, his voice carrying an undisguised ruthlessness:

"Send a reliable person to make the trip. If the fish has already been caught, let him handle the situation accordingly. If we are exposed, we cannot leave anyone who can be investigated."

"Understood!"

……