142: Instance mutation! The fallen S-class hunter

Knowing Chen Ming was coming.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Qian was about to have someone make temporary preparations, like setting up a grand welcome ceremony.

After all, he was a big figure, and they couldn't be careless. A grand reception was definitely better than a simple one, showing sincerity.

Who would have thought, just after hanging up the phone, his butt had barely left the office chair.

Immediately after, he saw an azure-blue, swirling, slowly flowing teleportation gate open before him.

Chen Ming stepped out from within.

After calming down, Zhao Qian realized that Chen Ming wasn't an ordinary person and didn't need to rely on transportation to travel.

Wherever he wanted to go, it only took a second!

He sincerely hoped that the Star Alliance could also possess similar skills, so that Hunters and the military could rush to the scene and suppress disasters the moment they occurred.

However, the probability of fishing for such a skill was negligible.

Chen Ming saw through Zhao Qian's thoughts but didn't voice them, having other plans for later.

“Mr. Chen, welcome to the Star Alliance. Time was short, and we didn't have time to prepare. Please forgive us,” Zhao Qian expressed.

“Mr. Zhao, you're too kind,” Chen Ming replied politely, telling him not to worry about it.

With his mouth open, Zhao Qian was just about to ask about Chen Ming's purpose for coming to the Star Alliance this time.

Then he heard an anxious voice from outside the door, “Commander Zhao! No, this is bad! Hunter Zhang Bo was severely injured by a monster and is currently being rescued at the Central Hospital!”

“What!” Hearing this, Zhao Qian's expression became even less composed than before.

‘Hunter Zhang Bo…’

Chen Ming recalled seeing that name on television.

It was precisely the Special Ops Soldiers soldier who had previously fished up the S-Class Skill [Sword Qi].

At this stage, the existence or disappearance of an S-Rank professional Hunter was crucial to the country and had a great impact. No wonder Zhao Qian lost his composure.

“Mr. Chen, look…”

Zhao Qian originally wanted to say that he would ask others to host Chen Ming while he went to the Central Hospital first.

After finishing things there and confirming that Zhang Bo was out of danger, he would come back to see him.

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chen Ming, “I'll go with you. Maybe I can help.”

“Okay!” For Zhao Qian, Chen Ming saying this was the best possible outcome; there was no reason to refuse.

“Quick, go prepare…”

This time, once again, he couldn't finish his sentence before seeing Chen Ming open another teleportation gate.

“No, there's no need.” Zhao Qian swallowed back the word 'car' that was about to come out.

He and Chen Ming, one after the other, entered the teleportation gate.

After a wondrous experience, he was amazed to find that in just one second, he had gone from the Star Alliance headquarters to the Central Hospital, located three to four kilometers away.

Shaking his head, he knew the immediate priority was to confirm Zhang Bo's safety.

He went to the counter to inquire with the nurse about the situation and the location of the emergency room.

Meanwhile, Chen Ming remained in place, becoming the focus of attention for a group of passersby and patients.

Whispers.

“Oh my god! I, I didn't see wrong, did I? He, he looks like that Undead Monarch in the video!”

“How could such a big figure appear in a place like this? Moreover, the video footage that spread was always blurry. I think he just looks a bit similar.”

“But, since he can open that strange door, he should be a professional Hunter, right?”

“Absolutely! And a professional Hunter of no low rank.”

“At least three or four stars, or even higher!”

...

Chen Ming didn't deny it; there was no need to argue about such a matter.

Soon, Zhao Qian found out the emergency room where Zhang Bo was being treated and returned to inform Chen Ming.

The two hurried over.

At this time, outside the emergency room, besides a group of professional Hunters who were also injured and had large amounts of bloody bandages wrapped around them, there were also many people from the military.

After all, Zhang Bo had transferred from the military to the Star Alliance. As a leader and comrade, when they heard he was injured protecting his companions and was in critical condition, being rescued at the Central Hospital, they rushed over immediately.

“Commander Zhao!” Seeing Zhao Qian arrive, everyone greeted him in unison.

“Hunter Zhang Bo, how is he?” Zhao Qian asked.

“He is currently still being rescued,” a person named Lin Yang replied.

He had served as Zhang Bo's instructor in the military.

“So, what exactly happened? I remember they were responsible for clearing a B-grade dungeon, weren't they?”

In Zhao Qian's experience, with this team composition, clearing a B-grade dungeon was almost certain to succeed; they shouldn't have been injured like this.

“The secret realm mutated, and the strength of all monsters doubled. The boss's abilities even reached top-tier A-Rank!”

“If someone hadn't concealed the fact that they had fished up a high-level teleportation stone, all of us would have died inside.” A Hunter with half his head wrapped in bandages, revealing one eye, rose from his seat and explained.

“Dungeons can mutate?!” This was the first time Zhao Qian had heard of this.

“What kind of monster was it?” Chen Ming asked.

“One wearing a golden dog head mask… I'm not sure if it was human, but its skin and limbs did look very similar to a person's. It was incredibly tall, over two meters.” The Man did his best to explain.

“What about its skills?” Chen Ming asked again.

“It could condense the sand on the ground into canine beasts, and also turn sand into hard, extremely sharp ground spikes that suddenly emerged without warning. Many of our brothers were pierced on the spot because they couldn't dodge in time.” Recalling it now still felt terrifying and made him tremble.

“Right! It held a weapon with a pure gold handle and a black pointed blade at the front, similar to a spear. It was extremely sharp. A shield made from D-grade mutated beast bones was easily cut in half by it, along with the person behind the shield.” The Man added.

“A long-handled pointed blade…”

Chen Ming always felt that the monster described in the Man's words had many similarities with the Egyptian god of death, Anubis.

In terms of level and ability, it was worth Chen Ming going to harvest.

After the Man finished speaking, he realized he didn't know Chen Ming's identity.

Just as he was about to ask Zhao Qian who He was.

The emergency room door, which had been tightly closed for a long time, made a sound as it opened.

He immediately put away his thoughts, turned, and hurried over, confirming the situation with the others in a flurry of questions.

“Doctor! How is it? Is he okay?”

“…” Feeling everyone's expectant and anxious gazes, the doctor hesitated.

“Doctor! Don't be silent, quickly tell us the result!”

Although they already knew what the doctor wanted to convey.

Everyone still couldn't help but hold onto a glimmer of hope, wanting to grasp at that straw.

“We have done our best to rescue him, but he was too severely injured. The rescue was ineffective, and the person… is dead.” The doctor stated the truth.

“How, how could this be…”

An atmosphere of despair permeated above everyone's heads.

Hearing the doctor pronounce Zhang Bo officially dead, Chen Ming remembered the Resurrection Potion he had obtained before and the one he had just opened from a platinum treasure chest.

Deciding to treat a dead horse as if it were alive, he opened his mouth and said, “If possible, why don't you let me try.”