Chapter 1131: Cautious

According to known information, the Ant King Meruem had occupied the capital and was preparing to gather all the residents of East Gorteau into the capital as food reserves.

The Ant King was strong, but its birth time was too short. It not only had powerful strength but also high intelligence, so it knew one point: it couldn't expand at will, but had to stabilize first.

The Ant King didn't understand this continent. It only encountered relatively weak humans, which made the Ant King very confused: why could humans multiply here?

The memory from its bloodline told the Ant King that it came from a dangerous continent, where there were many powerful existences. The Chimera Ant clan it belonged to was driven out of that continent.

The scene in the Ant King's memory was passed down by its mother. On the Dark Continent, Chimera Ants didn't talk about dominating; they couldn't even do basic survival. There, the body size of Chimera Ants was compressed to about 10 centimeters, and they didn't get space to evolve upward at all.

The Ant King knew the horror of the Dark Continent. Compared to the Dark Continent, the continent it was currently in was simply heaven, which made it very confused—confused why other creatures of the Dark Continent didn't come to invade this continent.

The reproductive power and combat power of Chimera Ants were extremely astonishing. And now, this news had been learned by the V5 organization, so V5 assigned the Hunter Association to solve this problem. Chairman Isaac Netero had already arrived in East Gorteau.

This decision of V5 was actually somewhat casual. That attitude vaguely revealed a meaning: Chimera Ants were not worth worrying about, and sending the Hunter Association was enough; there was no need to mobilize large-scale troops to avoid causing irreversible damage to the environment of East Gorteau.

The strength of V5 was because of the high-tech weapons they mastered that were enough to make those powerful creatures of the Dark Continent not dare to set foot on the human continent.

As for the Hunter Association, Isaac Netero's strength was unquestionable, but the Hunter Association was just a private organization with special privileges, not V5's military force.

If the situation developed to an uncontrollable point, then the Chimera Ants would know the horror of humans and would also know why humans could multiply on this continent.

Once V5 mobilized the army, East Gorteau would disappear from the map of the human continent and become a radiation zone.

Su Xiao understood the current situation, so he absolutely couldn't let the Chimera Ants develop to an uncontrollable point; otherwise, he could only give up the main mission and use the main mission failure exemption right.

The time now was very abundant. The main mission still had 13 days left. The primary mission was to solve the Ant King within 13 days, and afterward, it would be the more tragic Ant King heart contention stage.

Su Xiao strolled around the capital a few times and then gradually moved away from the capital. The situation inside the capital was somewhat weird. He had killed Youpi before, but the other two direct guards didn't move out. This was a very abnormal situation.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Xiao took out a two-star Hunter License from his bosom. Netero had likely already arrived in East Gorteau, so cooperating with Netero to deal with the Ant King was the wisest choice, although doing so would definitely encounter other contractors.

The sky gradually darkened, and Su Xiao soon disappeared into the forest near the capital.

Early the next morning, on a sheep-gut path leading to the capital of East Gorteau, three people were walking. The pace of the three was very fast, respectively an old man, a white-haired man in sunglasses, and a suave man in a suit.

*Buzz~*

A mechanical eye flew above the three, and the three stopped their steps.

"This is the Chimera Ant's reconnaissance means? They have already mastered such high-tech things?"

The suave man frowned and pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"Not very likely. East Gorteau prohibits modern items, which makes the possibility of Chimera Ants mastering technology significantly reduced."

The white-haired man in sunglasses shook his head. He was carrying a long cloth bag on his shoulder, not knowing what was inside the bag.

"No matter what it is, it's better to destroy it first."

The suave man was clearly the type of cautious person. He loosened his tie and prepared to make a move.

"Don't act rashly. Someone is approaching quickly."

That old man spoke. He was wearing a loose white robe, with a top-knot on his head, and extremely large earlobes, giving people a kind of kind feeling.

"Waiting for you for a long time."

Su Xiao walked out from the forest not far away. He had set up eyes on several necessary paths to the capital, just waiting for these three to come—or rather, he was waiting for this old man. The old man was exactly Isaac Netero, Chairman of the Hunter Association.

As for the two people beside Netero, one was named Morel, white-haired, wearing round sunglasses, a hunter with very strong comprehensive quality, with no outstanding aspects and no obvious shortcomings. As for the other suave man in a suit, he was named Knov.

Knov's Nen ability was space-type. Alas, this person was too useless. In the original plot, he was scared out of his wits by the aura of one of the three guards, Pouf, and directly lost the courage to fight the Chimera Ants.

One had to know that Knov didn't see Pouf with his own eyes; he only sensed the other party's aura, just that.

"Waiting for us? Don't know what matter."

Morel felt that Su Xiao had come with bad intentions, so he had already prepared for battle.

"If I didn't guess wrong, you are here to crusade against the Chimera Ants. Coincidentally, I am too. More coincidentally, I am also a hunter."

Su Xiao tossed the two-star Hunter License in his hand.

"You guy, illegally obtained a Hunter License, do you still expect to get an equal status in the Hunter Association holding it?"

Knov spoke. In his eyes, Su Xiao belonged to a person of unknown origin and absolutely couldn't let Su Xiao mix into the team crusading against the Chimera Ants.

"This two-star license..."

Chairman Netero had always been wearing a kind smile from beginning to end, until he saw the origin of the Hunter License in Su Xiao's hand, that kind smile gradually disappeared.

"How is Maha? Still in Kukuroo Mountain?"

Netero recognized the origin of this two-star Hunter License.

"Dead."

"Dead?"

Netero was slightly surprised.

"If he really died, the situation on the Zoldyck family side is also very critical. The degree of danger might not be lower

Netero gently stroked the white beard on his chin, his eyes sizing up Su Xiao.

"That old fellow died inside Kukuroo Mountain; the Zoldyck family hasn't changed much."

"I see. In that case, you went deep into Kukuroo Mountain with him?"

Netero knew about Maha's situation and also knew some of the secrets of Kukuroo Mountain; after all, Maha had invited him many times.

"Yeah, I was hired to be a laborer for a few days."

Su Xiao knew that Netero was probing him.

"It must have been quite interesting inside Kukuroo Mountain."

"Not at all. Aside from plants, there was nothing but plants."

"Oh? What specific plants did you see?"

"Molten Ash, exotic plants, and Black Nen."

Su Xiao stated three very critical pieces of information in succession.

"Is there any need to continue probing?"

"That's enough. I didn't expect that someone of your age could go deep into Kukuroo Mountain with Maha."

Netero also became interested.

"How about we wipe out the Chimera Ant King together? Given your current physical condition, you are no match for the Ant King."

This was Su Xiao's purpose in coming to find Netero; undoubtedly, Netero was a very safe collaborator.

"Of course... you are welcome."

Netero smiled. He had already probed that Su Xiao had indeed gone deep into Kukuroo Mountain with Maha. As for whether Su Xiao was good or evil, Netero didn't actually care; he only needed to know that Su Xiao was human and strong enough, and that was sufficient.