Monster Hunter, start with a wife!

The heavy transport trucks drove leisurely through the Black Cloud Forest.

Cheng Zhuo leaned against the inner wall of the carriage, looked up and scanned the room. Including himself, there were eighteen people in the carriage.

Most of them had solemn expressions on their faces.

Few people who can survive in the wilderness are fools.

They said they were sending them back to the safe zone, but they were being loaded onto separate vehicles according to their original potential. Was that really necessary?

"Young man, where are you from?"

A rough, hoarse voice broke the silence.

The tattooed man next to him leaned over, offering Cheng Zhuo a rolled-up cigarette, and sized him up. "Clean and fair-skinned, doesn't look like someone from the wilderness?"

Cheng Zhuo accepted the tobacco and casually replied, "Redstone Town."

"Huh?" The tattooed man raised an eyebrow, his voice now carrying a hint of familiarity:

"What a coincidence, I'm also from Redstone Town, but... young man, you look unfamiliar?"

"I haven't been there yet, I only used the Tower Stone Contract," Cheng Zhuo said.

The tattooed man's eyes lit up with realization:

"Oh, I get it. They couldn't make it in the city and were forced to come out and try their luck. But these days, it's not common to see people from big cities coming to our Redstone Town to sign contracts."

Cheng Zhuo casually tucked the tobacco behind his ear. "The treatment is better in Redstone Town, isn't it?"

"That's right," the tattooed man said with a hint of pride.

"I can't speak for other things, but our Hongshi Town has excellent welfare benefits and is the most united."

As he spoke, he tapped his watch, swiped his finger, and sent a card-like projection to Cheng Zhuo's front.

The tattooed man chuckled:

"I'm getting married before the cleanup operation next month. What a coincidence! If you're in town then, remember to come over for the wedding!"

Cheng Zhuo looked up.

The card was an e-wedding invitation. The tattooed man grinned, revealing a set of bright white teeth, his face crinkling with smiles. Beside him stood a woman with tanned skin, holding a bouquet of wildflowers, her eyes full of tenderness.

"Okay." Cheng Zhuo accepted the invitation. "Congratulations."

"Hehe." The tattooed man extended his calloused right hand. "Huo Ming."

Cheng Zhuo reached out and shook his hand. "Cheng Zhuo."

"Why--"

After shaking hands, Huo Ming suddenly sighed, leaned back against the carriage wall, and a hint of worry appeared in his eyes:

"I just hope nothing goes wrong. The enthusiasm of the Hunting Ruins Army is a bit strange."

Cheng Zhuo also had many doubts in his heart.

He glanced out the window.

They have left the Black Cloud Forest and are heading towards Star Iron City.

It seemed like there was no problem, but he always felt it wasn't that simple.

Before getting into the car, he secretly dropped a black-shelled beetle corpse puppet under the car when no one was looking. It was a small alien beast that he had found while collecting corpses in the Void Realm.

With its hard shell and small size, it is best suited for casting "Undead Swap".

"I hope it goes well."

Cheng Zhu murmured softly, tapping his wristwatch. Two messages appeared on the screen, sent by Ruan Qinghe and Xia Mo.

The cicada has awakened a second time.

This surprised and delighted Cheng Zhuo.

He never expected that Xia Chan, who had the lowest rate of secondary gene awakening among the four of them, would be the first to awaken.

Moreover, according to Ruan Qinghe, Xia Chan was not really disturbed; she just thought the braised pork in the cafeteria was delicious and ate a few more bites...

"Do you think they're planning to use us for experiments?"

Suddenly, a loud voice broke the silence of the carriage.

A burly man in the corner suddenly stood up, his voice filled with panic:

"I've heard rumors that people are experimenting on living people to create emotionless humanoid killing machines. Do you think we might be used as test subjects?"

His question immediately caused everyone's expression to change drastically.

"It can't be that bad. The Hunting Ruins Army is, after all, the official army of the city-state."

"Exactly! Aren't they afraid of inciting public outrage by experimenting on living people?"

"In the eyes of those people in the city, what's the difference between us, who live in the wilderness, and strange beasts? Public anger? As long as we can protect the giant city, their citizens will applaud us."

"So what do we do? Just sit here and wait to die?"

"What can you do? Can you break through the shields of this heavy transport vehicle?"

Just then—

"boom!"

A loud bang suddenly came from the back of the transport vehicle, as if it had been hit by a heavy object, and the entire vehicle shook violently.

Everyone was thrown about, and debris flew everywhere in the carriage, creating utter chaos.

After a short while, the bumping finally stopped.

"Squeak—"

The rear door of the carriage was suddenly pulled open from the outside, and a loud voice rang out:

"Get out here, all of you! Hands up above your heads, where I can see you! If you don't want to die, don't try anything funny!"

Cheng Zhuo looked up.

Several people dressed in mottled combat uniforms stood at the entrance; they looked like the kind of thugs who frequented the wilderness.

They wore skull masks that covered most of their faces, and the muzzles of their Source Force rifles glowed blue as they aimed at the carriage door.

No one dared to move rashly, and one by one they got off the car, covering their heads.

Cheng Zhuo walked in the middle, his eyes quickly sweeping over the side of the car. The driver of the Hunting Ruins Army was lying face down on the gravel next to the driver's seat, his neck twisted at an odd angle, clearly dead.

Strange, could they really just be wilderness bandits?

Cheng Zhuo still thought these people were arranged by the Hunting Ruins Army.

"It's you! Skeleton Hunters!!"

The last burly man to come down suddenly cried out in alarm, "Everyone, run! They're the ones who've been cutting open hunters' internal organs in the wilderness lately!!!"

As he finished speaking, a layer of yellowish-brown dust billowed up from his body.

Before they could even run away, they heard a loud 'bang'!

The sand and dust dispersed and fell to the ground.

He collapsed instantly.

Before him, a gun barrel as thick as an arm emitted wisps of smoke, and the hunter holding the gun coldly barked:

"If you're not afraid of death, go ahead and try!"

Upon seeing this, everyone immediately fell silent.

Cheng Zhuo glanced at them briefly. There were only twelve people on the other side. Apart from the red-clad hunter in the lead, who was a second-tier hunter, the others were all first-tier hunters, and the weapons they were carrying seemed to be very advanced.

However, for Cheng Zhuo at present, it is not considered a difficult problem.

Just as he was pondering how to take action...

"Buzz—"

Suddenly, the sound of an aircraft engine approaching from afar came from afar.

Everyone looked up.

In the distance, a silver-gray shadow was speeding towards them, the Hunter's Army emblem on its fuselage shining brightly in the setting sun. It was a single-person flying vehicle of the Hunter's Army!

"Great, it's the Hunting Ruins Army!" An excited voice emerged from the group of kidnapped people.

Cheng Zhuo and Huo Ming exchanged a glance, both seeing the seriousness in each other's eyes.

Something's not right with these skeleton hunters' reaction...