Monster Hunter, start with a wife!

Samsung Ruins - Far North Ice Plains.

A biting wind howled past, carrying ice shards, and the ground was frozen harder than steel.

Suddenly, a deafening roar exploded—

"boom!"

A three-headed serpent, its body covered in ice armor and measuring forty meters in length, crashed to the ground.

"Yaoyao! Yaoyao!"

Tao Yaoyao, wearing bright red leather shoes and with snowflakes clinging to her skirt, ran towards Cheng Zhuo like a bouncy little dumpling.

Even a fourth-tier derivative BOSS couldn't withstand the pounding of her little fist.

"That's great."

Cheng Zhuo affectionately picked her up and patted the snowflakes off her two little pigtails.

"Far Arctic Hunting Mission Completed"

"Lighthouse simulation rewards in progress..."

Congratulations on obtaining 50 Tier 4 Source Cores.

Congratulations on obtaining the Premium Series Weapon Card – Ice Staff!

Congratulations on obtaining the Premium Series Equipment Card – Mystic Ice Armor

A pale blue system notification flashed before Cheng Zhuo's eyes. He raised his hand to rub his frozen cheeks, his gaze falling on the fully charged realm progress bar on the panel. He let out a soft breath.

"I should go out and contact Sister K."

He remembered that Catherine had mentioned before that the H0173 Ruins contained a Breakthrough Source Core.

He originally thought that after brushing through so many boundary stone replicas of the Ruins, he would eventually encounter one.

But he played for five days in a row,

Fight your way up from a one-star to a three-star level.

Even after the 'experience' progress bar was full, there was still no sign of a Breakthrough Beast.

These days, besides exploring each Void Realm, he has spent most of his time farming three-star Void Realms, which has allowed him and Xia Chan to advance their cultivation levels at a rapid pace.

Even Ruan Qinghe's advancement progress has exceeded 10%.

Keep swiping like that.

In just over a month, Ruan Qinghe was able to reach the first rank without even needing to awaken.

This is absolutely a record-breaking speed for an E-level potential.

Even in the real world of Ruins, a high-level hunter with a low-level servant could not obtain such a high level of source energy diversion.

Because most of the kill power is taken by higher-level teammates.

The only drawback is...

He could not absorb the source power of the strange beast that Tao Yaoyao killed.

Perhaps because she was an independent life form, although Tao Yaoyao recognized him as her master, she was still significantly different from the jars summoned by the Origin.

If Tao Yaoyao could learn to release her true essence and team up with Cheng Zhuo, perhaps Cheng Zhuo could also absorb the source power of the alien beasts she killed.

Unfortunately, Tao Yaoyao couldn't understand it.

The jar is a fake translator...

Tao Yaoyao can only understand some very simple commands from Cheng Zhuo now, such as swinging her fist:

Yao Yao, smash it to death!

Her current IQ is probably only equivalent to that of a baby a few months old.

More often than not, Tao Yaoyao is either playing in the mud, rolling snowballs, or secretly pulling on the tail of Guanguan while it's hunting monsters—a truly energetic and mischievous little devil.

Cheng Zhuo sighed inwardly from time to time:

No wonder the system prompted that a long-term boot process was required.

Therefore, most of the time, Cheng Zhuo maintained his beast armor dragon form by taking drugs.

With the help of the can, they had no major problems even clearing the Three-Star Ruins.

Only when Cheng Zhuo encounters a fourth-tier BOSS that he truly cannot handle will he call on Tao Yaoyao to deal with it.

After removing the source core of the giant python BOSS.

Cheng Zhuo lifted his foot and walked towards the RV.

From afar, the warm yellow light of the RV could be seen spilling out through the windows. Before they even reached the door, the door clicked open, and Xia Mo's pretty face peeked out from behind it.

Her long, silvery-white hair swayed gently in the cold wind as she looked at him with a smile.

"Xia Mo really wants to hug you, Harmony Value +9"

"After hugging, I want to kiss her again, Harmony Value +15".

"After the kiss, I wanted to kiss her again, Harmony Value +32".

Cheng Zhuo couldn't help but smile.

He went up and gave Xia Mo a big hug, then pecked her red lips and whispered:

"I'll try again later."

Warm, sweet words brushed past her ear, causing Xia Moxue's fair skin to flush red.

The car was filled with the aroma of roasted meat.

"You're back? Quickly wash your hands and eat."

Ruan Qinghe was wearing a light pink apron, with bits of oil from the grilled meat still stuck to the edges. She carried two plates of sizzling grilled meat out of the kitchen.

"I'm going out after I finish eating."

Cheng Zhuo stated the plan directly:

"I need to advance my source core level; I need to go out and gather some information."

Ruan Qinghe's red lips parted slightly, her pretty face full of surprise:

"So fast? Xia Chan just said that she has passed the halfway mark in her cultivation. Is this the speed of three S-level origins?"

"Sigh, I thought that awakening S-rank would help Brother Zhuo, but I didn't expect him to be a burden."

Xia Chan rested her chin on her hand, her fingertips unconsciously tracing the patterns on the tablecloth, her tone full of frustration.

Ever since Cheng Zhuo started farming in the Samsung Ruins.

She, like Ruan Qinghe and Xia Mo, could only stay in the RV.

Her petrification ability was almost useless against the third and even fourth-tier beasts here; she couldn't even assist Cheng Zhuo.

Moreover, in a place like this, any strange beast could easily kill her instantly.

Don't be discouraged.

Cheng Zhuo raised his hand and ruffled her hair, his fingertips brushing against her soft strands:

"Your presence here is the greatest help you can give me. I owe my success to you all. Don't say you're a burden anymore."

"Um."

Xia Chan responded softly, then raised her bright heterochromatic eyes, and said with a hint of expectation:

"Brother Zhuo, you go out and do your work. Can Sister Qinghe and I go to the Low Star Ruins to farm?"

"Of course, I'll have Da Long and Guan Guan protect you," Cheng Zhuo said with a smile.

"Yay!"

The cicadas rose and cheered.

"If you have time when you go out, could you buy me some things?"

Ruan Qinghe naturally reached out and pulled Cheng Zhuo's arm, opened his watch, and began recording something in his notes app:

"Remember to bring some toiletries, vegetables..."

What caught Cheng Zhuo's eye was the profile of a pure and delicate young girl.

A strand of long hair fell slowly down her forehead and was gently tucked behind her ear with her fair fingers.

Cheng Zhuo was somewhat dazed by what he saw.

"You..." After recording the voice message, Ruan Qinghe looked up and met his staring gaze. She raised her eyebrows slightly, tilted her head, and asked:

Is there something on my face?

Cheng Zhuo smiled, reached out and put his arm around her slender waist, then gently pecked her soft cheek.

"She seems like a virtuous wife and loving mother."

"Ew~~~"

Xia Chan immediately covered her eyes and let out an exaggerated scream, but left a large gap between her fingers, "Showing off their love every day, it's so sickeningly sweet."

"Come on, let's show off too, and make your sister Qinghe feel a little nauseous."

"Ah, no, in broad daylight."

"What are you thinking? I just wanted a kiss, why are you sticking your butt out like that..."

……

About two hours later.

Cheng Zhuo's figure stepped out of the boundary gate in an abandoned high-rise building.

Outside the building, the sky was a hazy gray, and the wind whipped up dust as it swept past the dilapidated windowpanes, making a whooshing sound.

He immediately turned on his smartwatch and quickly swiped through the message list with his fingertips—

Most of the messages he received were from high-ranking members of guilds, mainly offering attractive benefits and high salaries.

Cheng Zhuo quickly ignored it.

He only stopped what he was doing after seeing the message labeled "Master Lao Gao".

"Take some time to visit Villa No. 108 in Cloud Realm. Knowing you like guns, I specially crafted a gun skill card for you."

Cheng Zhuo glanced at the time of the message.

It was sent this morning, so I quickly replied, "Okay, I'll go this afternoon."

He then browsed through other information.

My eyes were immediately drawn to an anonymous comment:

"Watch out, the Hunting Ruins Army is tracking me; I might have been exposed!"