All my hunting commissions come from another world?

After putting his shield and axe back into the Hunter's Book, Zhou Si gave the dual-wielding hunter a harmless smile, showing no sign that he had just tried to ambush him.

After a moment of careful recollection, the dual-wielding hunter finally remembered who Zhou Si was.

It's that kind person who always sends me tons of materials!

The Grand Master seemed to have said that he became a hunter in the Old World, but I didn't expect him to return to the New World.

The hunter sheathed his twin swords, nodded to Zhou Si, and gave him a thumbs-up, indicating that he had completely remembered who he was.

It seems that revenge can only be left for later. For now, it's more important to get the little mute to guide me and to contact the guild first.

Are you planning to return to Xingchen now?

The little mute nodded, then shook his head, before pointing to the unconscious Rathalos beside him.

"Are you waiting for someone to bring the Rathalos back to the stars?"

Zhou Si guessed what she meant, and judging from her reaction, she must have guessed correctly.

This is easy to handle.

"I'll help you transport the Fire Dragon back, and you can take me back to the Star Realm with you, how about that?"

Seeing the little mute boy give a thumbs up again, Zhou Si went to the male fire dragon, grabbed its forelimbs, and pulled it out of the ground with a little force.

Then, to the astonishment of the little mute girl, he dragged the unconscious Rathalos to her side.

"Let's go."

Upon hearing this, the little mute boy led Zhou Si towards the Star Gathering Hall.

An hour later, under the watchful eyes of everyone at the Star Gathering Hall, the little mute boy and Zhou Si, who was dragging the male fire dragon, walked in.

Zhou Si followed behind the little mute boy somewhat awkwardly, feeling very uncomfortable under the gazes of the New World Survey Team members.

It wasn't that there was anything wrong with their eyesight, but Zhou Si, as if seeing a ghost, also sensed a hint of relief in their surprised gazes?

Amidst these gazes, Zhou Si dragged the Rathalos to the designated location, and then followed the little mute to the conference table in the Star Gathering Hall.

The commander-in-chief seemed to have been waiting there for quite some time.

"Azure Star, how's the investigation mission going?"

"I brought back the Rathalos that had mutated, and him."

A clear and melodious female voice rang out. Zhou Si didn't react at first, but she exclaimed in surprise the next moment.

"You can talk?!?"

Chapter Two, Hajiro, you bastard!

"Wait, you can talk???"

Zhou Si's shock was palpable.

Azure Star turned her head and looked at him with an innocent expression. She had never said that she couldn't speak.

"She is usually quite quiet, and we were troubled by this for a long time."

The Commander-in-Chief explained, and Azure Star nodded in agreement.

You're quite proud of yourself?

Zhou Si's lips twitched. He could roughly imagine the scene: if the prisoner hadn't been transferred to the Forbidden Land, the team would have one lone wolf and one mute. Just thinking about it was terrifying.

However, Zhou Si is not a petty person, although he still harbors resentment about Azure Star taking his materials for free.

Let's talk about those things later. Right now, the most important thing is to figure out the problems with that Great Jagras and the Rathalos.

Zhou Si took out the material about the middle-parted guy from the Hunter's Book and placed it on the conference table.

Completely unaware, when Azure Star saw him conjure up materials out of thin air, her bright eyes lit up instantly.

"Commander-in-Chief, when did this kind of situation begin to occur?"

"About two weeks ago, the hunters of the survey team accidentally discovered a Tobi-Kadachi with white carapace on its body while they were out collecting materials. At first, we thought it was a subspecies that was born in some special environment in the New World."

"However, later investigations revealed that these monsters were clearly affected by some special energy, and the investigation team has not yet discovered the source of this special energy."

The commander-in-chief shook his head. They knew very little about this phenomenon; otherwise, they wouldn't have needed to call Azure Star back from the permafrost.

"What impact have these mutated monsters had on the ecosystem?"

Zhou Si then inquired, noting that his way of thinking was becoming more and more like that of a real hunter.

"Perhaps because it has been too short a time, these evolved monsters have not yet had a significant impact on the ecology of the Ancient Forest."

"And this special energy currently seems to only affect monsters."

The commander-in-chief's words not only failed to answer Zhou Si's doubts, but actually made him have even more questions.

The energy he sensed from the middle-parted guy and the Rathalos was undoubtedly Honkai energy, but their symptoms after being infected by Honkai energy were completely different from those Honkai beasts infected by Shesa in the Crimson Forest.

The Honkai energy within these monsters is very quiet and harmless, doing nothing except enhancing the host's abilities; it seems to exist in a symbiotic form within these monsters' bodies.

It sounds like there's no problem, but that's only true for monsters.

The Hunter's Guild is in big trouble.

Monster enhancements may lead to changes in ecological niches, increased hunting difficulty for hunters, and other potential effects of Honkai energy.

This suddenly added countless new challenges to the hunters of the New World Survey Team, most of which were troublesome.

"For now, only the Ancient Forest has shown these changes... Wait, why do you all have that expression?"

The expressions of the Commander-in-Chief and Azure Star immediately gave Zhou Si a bad feeling, and soon his premonition came true.

"Unfortunately, the monsters have become corrupted not only in the New World, but also in the Old World, including the Forbidden Land."

"Based on the research findings of researcher Melo, the guild has officially included monsters infected with Honkai energy in the Hunter's Handbook."

The Commander-in-Chief handed a document to Zhou Si, which detailed Researcher Melo's research report on Honkai energy and infected monsters.

For now, the infected monsters are divided into two categories. One category consists of those infected by Shesa, which are highly aggressive, have undergone extensive physical mutations, and generate Honkai crystals within their bodies.

They are known as Honkai-destroying monsters.

The second category consists of powerful individuals who have fully mastered Honkai energy and are able to use new techniques through it.

They are known as the Honkai Overcome Monsters.

The two creatures Zhou Si saw today, the one with the middle part and the one with the male fire dragon, were in a transitional phase before the Honkai energy had caused too much of an impact.

"Wait, what's going on with Researcher Melo?"

Zhou Si finally discovered the key point. Doesn't this researcher's name look familiar? He should have only been gone for half a month, not half a year, right?

"She is said to be a researcher who has recently gained fame in the Old World, and several of her inventions have been highly praised by the guild's higher-ups."

"Especially that thing called a telephone, it can even allow us to communicate with the Old World thousands of miles away in real time, isn't that amazing? I'll take you to see it sometime."

So that's what Melo was doing all this time when he didn't reply to messages?

That's incredibly powerful, Lord Melo.

No wonder they were able to receive news from the Old World so quickly.

"Commander-in-Chief, the guild has replied."

A logistics staff member suddenly walked over, holding a piece of paper in his hand. The neat handwriting and ink on it clearly indicated that it was printed. It goes without saying where this technology came from.

Zhou Si's lips twitched. Had Melo accomplished so much in just over ten days? What would happen if he were gone for a few more days?

Hajiro, you bastard.

"Zhou Si, come and take a look."

After quickly glancing at the contents of the paper, the Commander-in-Chief handed it to Zhou Si.

Zhou Si took the paper, which was still warm.

The above message was sent by Lord Fabius. He said he had received the intelligence that Zhou Si had appeared in the New World and thanked the Commander-in-Chief for taking care of Zhou Si.

Meanwhile, the situation over there is not too bad for now, because Lone Bird has been getting more and more efficient recently.

Hearing that the New World Survey Team had encountered some trouble, it was decided that Zhou Si would stay in the New World for the time being and return to the Forbidden Land later.

I'll return to the Forbidden Land later...

Zhou Si's facial muscles began to tremble. He had risked his life for the investigation team! He had made contributions to the investigation team!

Lord Fabius, why?

"So, I was sold?"

The Commander-in-Chief nodded with a smile, patted Zhou Si on the shoulder, and said earnestly.

"You'll have to work hard from now on. Azure Star will be with you."

Azure Star walked up to Zhou Si, raised his hand and patted Zhou Si's shoulder, who was a head and a half taller than him, his face full of satisfaction.

Unexpectedly, the worker actually appeared just as she casually mentioned it in her mind.

Next time, I'll wish that Aibo's food intake will be halved.

Zhou Si glanced at the Commander-in-Chief, then at the Azure Star beside him, and could only reply with a tearful sigh.

"walk slowly."

Chapter Three: Azure Star: Buhou!

Fortunately, the commander-in-chief was relatively humane. At least he did not make Zhou Si and Cang Lanxing set off immediately, but instead let him rest for the night and continue the investigation the next day.

The exploration of the New World has been going on for quite some time now, and the Star Base is no longer as difficult as it was when we first arrived. In addition to preserving the original buildings that were converted from ships, it has also undergone large-scale expansion.

Now, the other side of the cliff has also been included in the range of stars.

And as the strongest hunter who has made countless great achievements in the investigation team, he is the White Wind of the New World and the Azure Star who guides the way.

Now, Azure Star no longer needs to squeeze into crowded dormitories; the survey team has reserved a large room for her in the newly built building.

Why bring this up?

Because there are no extra rooms available at the Starry Sky Outpost, while there are still empty rooms in the Azure Star's house, Zhou Si will need to stay temporarily next door to Azure Star for the time being.

Azure Star had no objection to this, after all, this person was here to help her share the workload. Let alone borrowing a room, she would be willing to accept even more compensation!

Zhou Si followed Cang Lanxing into the three-bedroom, one-living-room house. Looking at the exquisite decorations and furnishings, she suddenly felt a little sad.

Both being hunters, he and the Caged Bird had to sleep in tents in the Forbidden Lands, while on the Ark they basically slept outdoors in the open. He only stayed in the dormitory that Rhodes Island had prepared for him for less than two hours.

Amid Zhou Si's feelings of 'envy and jealousy', Azure Star pointed expressionlessly to the outermost room.

"You sleep here. Aibo and I are using the other two rooms."

"Meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, understand?"

"learn."

It was the first time Zhou Si had ever seen the little mute speak such a long string of words, so she swallowed back all the questions she had originally wanted to ask.

Seeing that Zhou Si was so cooperative, Azure Star nodded in satisfaction, then turned around and left him with a handsome back view before returning to her room.

'What a strange person.'

Zhou Sixin thought to himself, and then walked into the place where he would be staying for the next period of time.

Pushing open the door, you are greeted by a very simple room. Apart from a basic bed and table and chairs, there is almost no other furniture. It is clear that no one lives in the room.

However, someone must have been cleaning it all along, as there was basically no dust in the house.

Zhou Si had nothing to tidy up, so her body was automatically drawn to the bed.

Lying on the soft bed, the fatigue of the past few days instantly crept over me. I heard there are hot springs at the Moonstar base. I should go check it out sometime. Anyway, with Huihui's power now, it won't take long to fly there.

Although she really wanted to rest, Zhou Si still had things to take care of.

Let me eat first: [Miss Miz, are you free now?]

Calling me "Grandma" will really make me angry! [Calling me "Miss Miz" is too formal. I'd be happy if you just called me by my name or "Dad"~]

Let me eat first: [Uh...this is still a bit...]

Looking at the message sent by the silver-haired girl, even through the screen, it was still too embarrassing for Zhou Si to say those names.