Infinite Hunter

Chapter XIII

Cheng Yijiu's sword wasn't particularly fast, and the opposing warrior tried to block it with his sword, only to be slashed back by Cheng Yijiu's powerful blade. With a single strike, he stripped the warrior of his armor. The somewhat blunt blade sliced ​​through the protective armor, leaving a long, bloody streak—this strike wasn't meant to kill, and Cheng Yijiu's intention wasn't to kill. He simply reduced the opponent's combat effectiveness, preparing himself for the future.

If these people retreated like this, he would definitely not be eliminated because he fought and gained the so-called "experience points".

That's why Cheng Yijiu didn't twist his wrist and stab forward—that would have killed the opponent. At that moment, the warrior used his invincible back roll, and the barbarian roared and charged forward, first colliding, and the pile of skeletons shattered into pieces... On the other side, the warrior and the mage launched a series of attacks, and several other skeleton soldiers were reduced to ashes.

Now, apart from Cheng Yijiu, the fake skeleton soldier, there were no melee skeleton soldiers left. Only the skeleton soldiers shooting arrows in the back continued to shoot arrows foolishly, but the effect was really not very good. This made Cheng Yijiu stand out. He was also very decisive and retreated directly. There were only four skeleton soldiers shooting arrows, and their bows were rotten, so the arrows were also weak. So the barbarians didn't care about the weak arrows and directly rushed towards Cheng Yijiu, brandishing two axes.

It was obvious that he was about to chop the beast into pieces, and Cheng Yijiu didn't want to let the leaning skeleton be chopped into pieces while retreating, so he swung his sword first - aiming at the opponent's wrist. It would be easy to chop Cheng Yijiu, but Cheng Yijiu, the slime, would cut off the barbarian's wrist first, and the arc completely covered the opponent's two hands.

The barbarian roared, forced to pause and step back to avoid Cheng Yijiu's sword. Someone in the adventurer group exclaimed in amazement, and Cheng Yijiu saw the monk's hands radiating white light, healing the injured warrior. The exclamation came from another warrior, who must have understood the power of Cheng Yijiu's sword. After forcing the barbarian back with a single strike, Cheng Yijiu retreated even faster.

The barbarian's body began to swell and turn red, his speed and strength increased, and he jumped over with a big leap.

"Is this considered a Berserker's Fury?" Cheng Yijiu wasn't interested in blocking the guy's path. He dodged sideways to clear the passage, leaving the four skeleton archers behind him to the barbarian. He then spun around quickly, moving at a precise angle to escape the barbarian's attack range—he was going to run.

A fireball flew towards him quickly. Without even turning his head, Cheng Yijiu casually swung his sword with his right hand, splitting the fireball in half without causing any explosion. Ever since transforming into a slime, when he was able to wield a sword, Cheng Yijiu's swordsmanship naturally acquired some special powers: one was to break demons, and the other was to generate a certain amount of sword energy. Unfortunately, the sword energy had a very short range, but it was incredibly powerful.

The mage didn't stop. It could be said that her attack had been a continuous burst of magic from the very beginning. The fireballs were followed by missiles formed by force fields, and the final wave of her wand was likely a lightning strike to conclude. Cheng Yijiu half-turned and blocked another magic missile with a sword. Turning the corner, the second magic missile missed its target, and naturally, the final lightning strike failed to hit him.

This is a case of "I'd rather die than let my friend die". Cheng Yijiu doesn't have to worry about what will happen to those four skeleton archers.

Footsteps echoed, this time with a larger number of goblins and the rarely seen Baphomet—a ferocious monster with a goat's head and a giant sickle. As high-level monsters, they could appear anywhere in the dungeon, becoming the kind of bosses unlucky novice adventurers would encounter. The monster stood nearly three meters tall, and when it took one look at Cheng Yijiu, its eyes widened and it roared in its monster language, sounding like it meant "coward" or something...

Then he swung the sickle towards Cheng Yijiu, probably to clean up the mess?

Cheng Yijiu couldn't speak much—it was too much trouble. He had to vibrate his thin outer membrane to make sounds, which made the sounds strange and unclear. Speaking was also very difficult and laborious. Therefore, Cheng Yijiu didn't communicate with Baphomet, and didn't care about the adventurer rushing towards him. He simply raised his sword and fought Baphomet.

Cheng Yijiu had always believed that the weirder the weapon, the faster the death. Furthermore, weapons like scythes were truly difficult to use. The scythes used in the European peasant uprisings were nothing like this; their shape was more like the ancient Chinese "claws." With a blade facing inward and the tip at a 90-degree angle to the handle, these weapons were truly unwieldy. Most attacks had to begin with a slashing, pecking motion.

This type of attack was used on halberds thousands of years ago, but because the blade was sharpened on the inside, the slashing effect was very poor and the attack mode was very simple.

Cheng Yijiu didn't care about the monster's slashing. He just treated the attack as a blunt force blow. He first held the sword and thrust forward. Before Baphomet could cut him with the inner blade, the rusty sword in his hand would definitely pierce the monster's throat first.

Therefore, Baphomet had to stop attacking and instead used his long handle to slide Cheng Yijiu's blade away, paying the price of a cut on his shoulder...

The goblins did not get involved in the battle between the two "monsters". The existence of Baphomet had frightened these goblins so much that they had to fight to the death with the adventurers. The skeleton that dared to fight Baphomet was definitely not a monster they could deal with, so they simply pretended not to see it, believing that Lord Baphomet would be able to solve the problem, and these humble little monsters would go and fight the adventurers.

With a roar, it charged at the adventurers, engaging them in a fierce battle. The adventurers witnessed a true boss-level monster engaged in a fierce battle with the skeleton swordsman. While they didn't know what was going on, they saw this as a good opportunity to eliminate the goblins. If Baphomet really charged in, all the adventurers would be dead, and they would have to find someone to drag their bodies back to life.

Adventurers have a choice: one is to lead the goblins in a battle-and-retreat retreat to avoid Baphomet, or the other is to destroy the goblins and see if they can take advantage of a monster and destroy both sides. Successfully defeating Baphomet means a burst of experience points and a wealth of loot...

Chapter Fourteen

Baphomet's horns were not the upward-extending horns of a goat, but more like the curved horns of a sheep or argali. His legs were also reverse-jointed sheep legs, and his upper body was no different from that of a gorilla. His tall body wielded the same huge sickle, stirring up a storm of attacks equivalent to those of ordinary blunt weapons over a considerable range.

This guy was incredibly strong, so Cheng Yijiu seemed to be at a disadvantage. He always carefully avoided the opponent's attack circle. Without the advantage of strength, he used skill to solve the problem. Cheng Yijiu always used the force to slide away, so as not to be caught in the storm. The only problem was that he had to protect the sword in his hand. If it broke, it would be troublesome.

This is just an ordinary one-handed sword used by novices, but the sickle in Baphomet's hand can be called a magic weapon, which is far superior to the rusty sword in his hand in terms of sharpness and durability.

Cheng Yijiu wouldn't let Baphomet keep blowing away like this. He used a counterattack strategy, using his half-sword as a swift sword, stabbing with accurate and swift thrusts. After coordinating his steps, Cheng Yijiu easily created three long bloody marks and two bloody holes half a foot deep on the Baphomet.

If Baphomet had not been careful to defend his front, his internal organs would have been pierced with more than a dozen holes.

The adventurers went on a killing spree among the goblins. The goblins' eyes were red and they didn't dare to retreat a single step. Some of them actually turned around and ran away, but were caught in Baphomet's storm and torn to pieces. Therefore, these goblins could only fight to the death.

These adventurers gradually pushed themselves to the limit—the goblins were numerous and small, allowing more people to fit into a single contact area, making it difficult to block their attacks. Melee classes like berserkers and warriors were relatively easy, but spellcasters were more troublesome—melee classes couldn't stop all the tiny goblins, forcing them into close combat, which tested their spellcasting abilities under intense interference.

If Baphomet had not been fighting fiercely with Cheng Yijiu, all these adventurers would have been dead by now.

Even now, these adventurers quickly fell into a panic - the battle between Baphomet and Cheng Yijiu moved quickly and covered a large area. Once they were caught up in it, they would be dead, so they had to be extremely vigilant, constantly moving their positions, or even simply give up the battle and run away.

The goblins were torn to pieces in droves, and Cheng Yijiu's slimy body attached to the skeleton was also torn apart bit by bit by Baphomet's storm. Although it was only a tiny bit each time, his control would decrease in the long run.

Therefore, Cheng Yijiu was also paying attention to constantly absorbing the torn flesh and blood of the goblins to replenish his body, while also looking for a way to retreat. Now it seems that it is very difficult to kill this monster. If it was Cheng Yijiu's own body, it would be easy to deal with. Using slime to control the skeleton to fight is really difficult - fortunately, Cheng Yijiu set a trap.

Cheng Yijiu didn't often use hunting traps; he was a stalking hunter, not one who set and waited. And against a large, powerful monster like Baphomet, the only viable traps were pits and traps—using traps was foolish; this monster had weapons in its hands, and a single swing would have been enough to dispose of them.

The traps and traps can at least temporarily restrict his movements.

Cheng Yijiu had set up a tripwire, the simplest kind. He fought and retreated, but the adventurers had already fled en masse, and luckily no one died. Baphomet, his eyes red, chased him—all the goblins were dead. As Cheng Yijiu ran, he activated the trap. Gravity stretched the rope, but the trap had no effect on Baphomet.

The force of the monster's impact even caused the stone on the other end of the rope to be pulled up again, and it was not able to trip the monster at all.

Cheng Yijiu also gritted his teeth and fought hard. He was indeed a hunter who was willing to fight to the death. Now he used the sword to protect himself. While the sword was deformed by the blow, the sickle's fighting method and force direction also successfully allowed Cheng Yijiu to accelerate and directly cut into Baphomet's inner circle.

Cheng Yijiu no longer cared about his own body, even if this powerful contraction and relaxation would cause his slime-like body to lose a large amount of fluid and cause some of its epidermis to necrotize. The deformed sword chopped down along the handle of the sickle, and the strong sword body used the principle of leverage to slide and pry on the long handle. Cheng Yijiu took a quick step and swept forward.

The deformed rusted sword's front half accurately split Baphomet's neck, the deformed blade lodging in the monster's cervical vertebrae. It was a pity that the blade had been deformed during the previous block; otherwise, it should have smoothly split the joints and severed the monster's entire goat head from its neck.

It wasn't bad now. A truly decisive blow could determine life and death with just one strike—half of his neck was severed, and Baphomet's blood spurted out for ages. This was the fatal wound. Cheng Yijiu pushed his wrist, and the blade, using the spot where it had been stuck, completely severed Baphomet's trachea and esophagus, also severing another carotid artery...

The ferocious monster had merely made a mistake, a slight miss, and was consequently dealt a fatal blow by the hunter who had penetrated its inner circle. Of course, Cheng Yijiu had paid the price, with half of his bones completely shattered, and the sticky slime stuck to the broken bones, with some fluid dripping onto the ground.

This was a serious injury for the slime. If the wound couldn't be sealed, the body fluids would drain out and it would dry up and die. Cheng Yijiu had no choice but to release his attachment to the skeleton and instead cling to the huge wound on the kneeling dead Baphomet's neck. He could use the opponent's blood circulation system to recycle his own body fluids and prevent further loss - after all, the opponent's only wound was at the neck.

It can also digest the other's body to begin repairing its own. The dead Baphomet also left a mess on the ground. Cheng Yijiu found a large amount of coins, a weapon, and a series of armor and protective gear. Of course, among them was the most valuable large magic crystal...

Cheng Yijiu's body had shrunk by half, but he had successfully sealed the gap with the remaining membrane, which stopped the loss of fluid. He crawled out to digest the magic crystal, which would effectively strengthen his slime body. He also needed to find a skeleton, so that the long sword on the ground would be useful.

Chapter 15

Cheng Yijiu's entire body was glowing, a kind of biubiubiu glow, the glow of leveling up. Monsters generally didn't fight each other, as most had no intelligence, only instinct. However, fighting between monsters also earned experience points, especially when a slime killed the roaming boss Baphomet, which gave bonus experience points when it surpassed its level.

So Cheng Yijiu's slime upgraded like crazy, and this guy also found that the bonus obtained from the upgrade seemed to be automatically allocated - "Damn, it's even randomly generated. I should have recorded the last hit! This way I can get some points!" Although he said so, Cheng Yijiu knew very well that in fact, after upgrading to the top level, regardless of whether he got some points or not, the data were actually similar, with a maximum difference of two or three points.

Cheng Yijiu's slime quickly reached level 20. He already had a level 8 due to his combat experience, so after reaching level 20, he was immediately offered a career choice. "What luck! I thought I'd need a career change certificate. At least that's how I overheard adventurers changing careers," Cheng Yijiu thought.

Monsters don't need any special items unless they're changing to a variant or hidden class. And for a low-level monster like a slime, expecting a hidden class to appear on its first job change? Dream on! Dreams are full of possibilities.

Cheng Yijiu was speechless when he saw the name. "Big Slime... so lazy." Compared to its original form, this Big Slime was only three times larger, with its outer membrane's defense significantly increased. Then, it rapidly upgraded, reaching level 40 in the blink of an eye, and two more professions appeared.

"Yes, King Slime and Metal Slime." King Slime further increases its size, increasing its health, attack, and defense, a fairly balanced evolution. Metal Slime, on the other hand, significantly increases its defense and mobility, but its health is significantly reduced, even lower than a level 1 slime. Its size is also similar to a level 1 slime, but it has become mercury-like. "Of course it's the Metal Slime!"

Did Cheng Yijiu think this was something he needed to consider? High defense and a fast runner were enough. He came here to complete punishment missions to survive, not to unify the demon world and become the Demon King. Cheng Yijiu immediately shrank in the light, transforming into a silver, pear-shaped sphere. "My body has become much stronger, and my attack power is much stronger than the slime I started with. However, the subsequent upgrade stats will focus on defense and mobility." Cheng Yijiu looked at his panel and saw that his agility value had increased several times almost immediately after the evolution.

His mobility and defense increased, but he had no way to control the skeleton anymore—it was too small, unless he could learn wire drawing. The problem was, he didn't know how to do it now. If he could learn wire drawing, it would be much easier. This metal body was extremely flexible, and if he could really control it, his strength and reaction would definitely be greater than before.

Continuing to level up, Cheng Yijiu figured he'd reach level 60 or higher this time, considering Baphomet was supposed to be level 80 or higher. Sure enough, at level 60, he got another job change—Metal Slime Warrior, only slightly larger. His features became more distinct, and at this level, Cheng Yijiu had become the strongest slime in the dungeon.

Finally, he reached level 67. Going higher became more difficult, and perhaps because he had killed Baphomet, Cheng Yijiu discovered that the dungeon's restrictions on his range of movement were no longer in place—he had become a new mobile monster. Metal Slimes were, after all, extremely rare monsters with high experience points, gold, and treasure. Normally, they were difficult to hit and would quickly flee and disappear after a single turn.

This is more suitable for hiding. Of course, the first thing to do is to wrap Baphomet's body so that it will not be refreshed but digested. Then, raise the long sword that explodes and you can make Baphomet's skeleton a skeleton swordsman. Cheng Yijiu thought that if he found a place to hide for another month, the mission would be over.

"I really don't know what the next mission will be. I hope it's not another game mission. Killing those man-eating beasts is still easy." Cheng Yijiu sighed secretly. Just thinking about shooting those man-eating beasts with firearms would be much more enjoyable than what he is doing now.

Cheng Yijiu was quite lucky. After he swallowed Baphomet, he didn't meet any more adventurers - this guy went all the way down into the deepest dungeon and stayed there until a door appeared.

The metal slime deflated with a puff of air, then condensed from its bones into a basketball-sized mercury slime, which rolled into the room. A second later, it regained its human form. Cheng Yijiu breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on a chair in the living room. "So far, I've been lucky. No one has failed my punishment missions."

He wasn't sure if being killed would actually kill him, and he had no desire to verify that. The hunter went up to the second floor and once again admired the fruits of his many hunts. Those once ferocious man-eating beasts had all fallen to him. Cheng Yijiu felt quite proud, thinking he might already be one of the best hunters in the world, perhaps ranked between two and three thousand?

Many rednecks in the United States have been hunting for decades and possess immense experience. When it comes to simply tracking prey, stalking close and then taking the kill, Cheng Yijiu might even be better than these veteran hunters. For example, they can discern faint footprints, the slightest broken twig or grass stem, or even the smallest bit of fallen hair. Many veteran hunters rely on this to accurately follow their prey's trail.

There were even some who tracked their prey for days and nights before finally killing it. Cheng Yijiu thought that he might not be able to do that.

He stroked the stiff hair of the giant bear specimen. This was the atavistic bear he had shot. The cabin's superb specimen-making craftsmanship made the specimen lifelike, completely recreating the terrifying aura that had killed humans when it was alive. After carefully observing it for a while, Cheng Yijiu returned to his room to rest.

The next day, the shop reopened. This time, the first people to come were from the relevant departments—not to ask him to do work, but to come for team building. "Ah, going to a tea party? Is this a blind date arrangement? Will the organization consider this? Even a non-staff employee like me gets this treatment?" Cheng Yijiu was genuinely curious. How could someone like him, a relatively special person in the relevant department, receive such treatment?

It's really difficult to say. The operations he participated in were almost all kept secret. If he had an ordinary wife at home, it would be difficult to arrange things...

Chapter 16

Indeed, this was a matchmaking event organized by the labor unions of various relevant departments. Of course, it wasn't officially a matchmaking event, but rather a team-building activity organized by the Party Committee and labor union. Many of the attendees were logistics personnel, with very few field workers involved. Interestingly, most of the field workers were already married.

The relevant departments are primarily based in several major cities—with today's advanced transportation, any incident can be quickly addressed. Consequently, the relevant departments in Shanghai are extensively organized, with multiple operational teams and a large support staff. External experts like Cheng Yijiu are rare, and most of them are former folklore experts.

After the mutation, most of these people remained scammers, but a very small number of them had some skills. Cheng Yijiu was recruited simply because of his outstanding combat/reaction abilities.

He arrived at the venue, wearing a simple hunting jacket. This was the lobby of a five-star hotel, and quite a few people were already there. Cheng Yijiu looked around and saw that almost all of them were women—which was quite interesting. Putting aside ordinary private matchmaking organizations, there were obviously more women than men in these national civil service matchmaking organizations.

When you think about the gender ratio of civil servants in recent years, and the rising gender ratio of senior officials, you can see how much female civil servants tend to look for partners among male civil servants. Cheng Yijiu took a quick glance and found that the male-to-female ratio of the people present had reached a rather exaggerated 3:7 - and this was just for the relevant departments. If all government departments were included, there would probably be even more women.

Cheng Yijiu certainly attracted the attention of many girls. He was tall and well-proportioned, and because of his relationship with Apollo, the god of light, he looked sunny and cheerful. Although his appearance was relatively ordinary, his temperament was very good. Those who could come here must be people from the organization. At this moment, several girls were ready to introduce themselves and ask for their WeChat account.

Until Cheng Yijiu put on the small badge that came with the invitation - it was not the party constitution, but just a miniature dagger. He didn't know, but the girls in the logistics department knew that it was actually the badge of the field staff, and Cheng Yijiu might be the first field staff to come here so far.

Many girls backed out - field workers were at high risk. As far as they knew, many field workers, and even field support workers who were not field workers, had died in various incidents. Although the overall casualty rate was not high, it was indeed a very risky job.

But some other girls were even more enthusiastic. They might not have given it so much thought. Field workers were dangerous, but their lives were also very exciting—especially during various events. They witnessed things that ordinary people could only imagine, and some were even unimaginable. These people also came into contact with extremely strange things. There were many people in this situation who knew that there were magical creatures in this world.

They come into contact with this kind of stuff in their work. Some are analysts, constantly analyzing samples. Some are data custodians, and they also see confidential information. Cheng Yi waited for a long time until the show started, and found that the male to female ratio was really 3 to 7, and there were more than a dozen people wearing the dagger badge like him.

Not surprisingly, these people became the center of a small gathering. "Is it okay to talk here?" Cheng Yijiu looked at the leader, one of the hosts, with a bit of suspicion. He had to be the leader, otherwise why would he be participating in such a team-building event in his forties or fifties? Cheng Yijiu had actually met this leader before. The middle-aged man smiled and nodded. "Go ahead, talk. If you get to the point where you can't talk, I'll hit you with a stick, hahahaha."

Lively atmosphere.

Cheng Yijiu also said with a smile, "What do you want to hear? How about I tell you about zombies? It's one of the most common types of abnormal events, right?" The chief was very satisfied, because this topic was almost non-confidential. After all, it was just a zombie. Maybe someone here had seen the various tests on the surveillance camera.

Since someone wants to pretend, let him do it. Cheng Yijiu also understood this, so he did not mention anything about the Scorpion Lion, nor did he say a word about the missions carried out overseas. He just simply talked about those zombies and strange tombs. The girls also cooperated very well and kept exclaiming in surprise. Of course, they were secretly evaluating this field worker to see if there would be any development.

Compared to office staff, those working outside the office actually have a higher chance of promotion, but Cheng Yijiu is actually an external employee, and he didn't mention this and no one asked...

There are quite a lot of good-looking girls working in the office, and some of them are prettier than Miss Tang - however, Cheng Yijiu also knows that although these girls are here, at least half of them actually have boyfriends... Anyway, he is just here to relax and has never really thought about solving his personal problems here.

And if they were really going to get married, how could they keep the hunting lodge a secret? It was difficult, difficult to keep it a secret in their daily lives.

Cheng Yijiu has exchanged WeChat accounts with at least ten young women, but as for how many he'll date? He's not optimistic, and the probability is high that he won't find any. He can only claim to be "financially free" because he doesn't have any spending habits, doesn't have a mortgage or car loan, earns enough to cover his expenses, and has over a million yuan in the bank. That's all he needs.

But for these little girls, the conditions may not be enough...

It seemed to be true. After a few days of chatting, the conversation really faded. Perhaps they knew Cheng Yijiu was an external expert? Actually, his rank was quite high... Never mind. Cheng Yijiu didn't care in the first place. As an expert, he didn't have many restrictions. If he really wanted to travel abroad, he just needed to report it.

However, Cheng Yijiu didn't want to go out. Every time he went out, nothing good happened and he would always encounter some troublesome and strange events.

"As for large carnivores, there is really a lack of records of hunting man-eating tigers... Forget it, I hope it won't happen again this time, just an ordinary wild beast." Cheng Yijiu muttered, "It's best to be modern, not ancient. I really don't want to use cold weapons anymore." He just wanted to kill the wild beast with a gun and be done with it.

He wouldn't be afraid even if he went to Dinosaur World. Are dinosaurs immune to bullets? Impossible. Even a Tyrannosaurus Rex couldn't withstand a .12.7 rifle round. After all, it's just a carbon-based creature. Without supernatural powers, it couldn't possibly withstand a bullet. Speaking of which, he seems to have some romantic luck lately. Those civil servant girls haven't been looking for him, but the young woman who keeps coming to buy cat food seems quite interesting...

Chapter 17

This young woman seemed to have recently moved in, too. She had a cat and a dog at home, as Cheng Yijiu had seen her walking the dogs twice a day and picking up her son from kindergarten. While walking the dogs, she'd occasionally pop into Cheng Yijiu's shop to buy small packages of canned cat food—it was fresh. Of course, she'd also chat with Cheng Yijiu.

The young woman was particularly interested in the "crafts" and "model specimens" Cheng Yijiu displayed in the shop. Cheng Yijiu was also quite interested because her name was Bai Jie. "Bai Jie? Which Jie?" Cheng Yijiu repeated himself the first time he heard it, only for the other woman to slap him on the arm and laugh, "I knew you men were no good."

"When we were naming it, who would have thought that there would be a book on the internet later?" Bai Jie sighed, half-smiled. Cheng Yijiu just chuckled and then talked about the story of the specimen. He talked about these man-eating beasts, which startled the young woman. However, Cheng Yijiu did not mention that he hunted them.

"What is this?" The palm-sized figurine on the counter caught Bai Jie's attention. "Swamp Ape," Cheng Yijiu said. "I encountered it in the Florida swamp when I was in the United States - of course, I killed it. Strictly speaking, this thing is not a 'living' creature." Cheng Yijiu began to brag.

Now people also know that the world has begun to change. Some legendary monsters have appeared in the real world. So when Cheng Yijiu mentioned this, Bai Jie did not say that he was bragging. Cheng Yijiu looked at the beautiful, slightly plump young woman in front of him who was bragging incoherently, and at the same time thought of her husband.

This man left home early and came back late, so Cheng Yijiu had only seen him a few times. However, he drove a nice car, so his income must be higher than Cheng Yijiu, who was receiving a subsidy. He was probably a corporate executive or a self-employed businessman. He and Cheng Yijiu had no real relationship, not even an acquaintance. However, his relationship with his wife was getting better and better.

Although Cheng Yijiu is plain-looking, he has a very good temperament and a great figure. Among the characters "Panlu" and "Deng Xiaoxian", he probably occupies the part of "donkey" and "idle", which is enough for him to pick up girls.

At first, Cheng Yijiu didn't really think much of it. He just treated Bai Jie as an acquaintance he could chat with, and he didn't want anything to happen. He could act recklessly in the United States, but he didn't want to do that back home. He could act recklessly during missions, but he definitely couldn't do that in real life.

Even if he wanted to do something, Cheng Yijiu immediately suppressed these thoughts after considering the current social trend and the consequences. He would not take the initiative.

He now regularly travels to the north on military aircraft to appease the scorpion lion Arudimula. It seems that the situation has entered a period of calm, and no large-scale, high-intensity abnormal incidents have occurred either at home or abroad.

Bai Jie and Cheng Yijiu were growing closer, but Cheng Yijiu was careful to maintain that boundary—he was afraid of trouble. If Bai Jie was a divorced woman, it would be fine, but it was best not to touch someone else's wife. At the last tea party, no young woman was interested in him, and Hunter could only sigh, "Luckily I didn't go that route, otherwise I would have rushed to get married just to get ahead."

There was no news about the new mission. Cheng Yijiu practiced shooting and swordsmanship in his free time every day. He had already used several weapons regularly for modern missions, and the weapon for close combat was a sharp enlarged Rambo knife.

This thing is also very useful for dealing with local monsters. Most of the monsters that appear now can be dealt with by cold weapons.

For example, in a previous mission, he and Xiao Zhang, two executors, were tasked with exterminating a confirmed monster called the Subterranean Worm. This monster was first identified in North America and had spread rapidly. Soon, traces of this monster had been discovered across the Asian continent, though it's also possible that its original habitat was centered in the Mongolian Gobi Desert.

This time, they were investigating an area on the North China Plain where livestock and tractors had been attacked, resulting in casualties. However, they were able to identify the organism. "Why do these things appear so suddenly? Aren't there any transition zones?" Looking at the distribution map, Cheng Yijiu found it odd. Even across North America, these subterranean insects were found in isolated pockets.

This is the first time a subterranean worm has been discovered in mainland China outside of Inner Mongolia. It has a three-lobed, hard-shelled, conical head that opens to reveal a petal-shaped, toothed crushing mouthpart. In the center are several tentacles that can shoot out and snag prey. Behind the head is a five- to ten-meter-long body, resembling a plump worm. This creature burrows rapidly through the sand and mud beneath the ground.

It hunts by sensing ground vibrations with its bristles, launching a bottom-up attack to devour its prey. So, this bug is pretty easy to deal with. For defense, just stay on a concrete platform. For attack, just find a building vibration device and shake it on the ground. Once the monster emerges, throw a dynamite.

There were even methods like digging deep trenches and using vibrators to trick the monsters into digging through the walls, then dropping them from five or six meters to the bottom and crushing them. The simplest method was to use high-powered firearms and aim at the creatures' movements and fire at the ground—to hunt, they moved very close to the ground, creating visible bumps and depressions.

So Cheng Yi didn't take action for a long time. He controlled the building vibration device remotely, while Xiao Zhang installed two explosive tubes on it. After a few minutes, there was a bang and it was over. Later, using ground-penetrating radar, he found three more of these insects and a nest. He used explosives to eliminate the adults, then used an excavator to dig up the ground, poured gasoline underneath, and set it on fire.

This is what has been going on for a while now, so we have entered a period of calm recently.

After Cheng Yijiu returned, he discovered that Bai Jie seemed increasingly "dangerous," more and more like a "love relationship." God pity Cheng Yijiu, whose worst ambitions were just to be a sex partner, never considered a relationship with a married woman. Isn't hunting more fun? That's the thrill, isn't it? Fighting a terrifying, man-eating beast for life and death—that feeling is irreplaceable.

He was almost impatiently awaiting his mission—and it finally arrived. This time, he was headed to modern society, and his target was a man-eating beast. "In Japan again? What kind of man-eating beast could there be in Japan? Besides the Hokkaido brown bear, there's nothing else."

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