Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, and A Mu left the previous battle site and walked along the road as Su Xiao began to plan his actions in this Derivative World.

First, he needed to confirm the current timeline, and checking the main quest was a good option.

[Main Quest: Heart of the Ant King]

Difficulty Level: Lv.30

Quest Brief: Obtain the heart of the Ant King · Meruem by any means.

Quest Information: The Ant King has not been born yet; the Ant King is expected to be born in 10 days.

Quest Deadline: 20 natural days.

Quest Reward: 3 True Attribute Points, Soul Crystal (Large) ×3.

Quest Penalty: Forced execution.

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Seeing this task with a difficulty of Lv.30, Su Xiao knew things were not looking good. How strong the Ant King was could not yet be fully determined, but Su Xiao knew one thing: in a one-on-one fight, he was not a match for the Ant King.

Because of this, Su Xiao wanted to go to the Zoldyck Family. He had had interactions with them before; Zeno Zoldyck was very strong. Of course, this was Su Xiao’s judgment from when he last entered the Hunter World.

With his current strength, facing Zeno and Silva together would not be a problem. If all three fought desperately, Su Xiao could at least kill one of them, while the other had a higher chance of escaping. If Su Xiao did not care about his injuries, both father and son would die with no hope of escape.

Zeno and Silva were not serious when they fought the Travel Group Leader before; they equated their strength with the amount paid by their employer. At the time, the price set by the Ten Old Man wasn’t high.

Compared to this father and son, Maha Zoldyck from the older generation of the Zoldyck Family was on another level. This old man, standing only 1.4 meters tall, had strength comparable to the Chairman of the Hunters’ Guild, Isaac Netero.

During their peak times, Chairman Netero fought Maha Zoldyck without a decisive outcome, but one thing was certain: Maha Zoldyck was very strong, at least a notch above Su Xiao now.

From the main task information, it’s clear that Su Xiao must confront the Ant King, so he needs to judge how big the gap is between himself and the Ant King.

Chairman Netero later fought with the Ant King in the story, and in the end, he was unable to win and could only detonate a small dirty bomb inside his body, the Poor Man’s Rose, which left the Ant King half-dead.

Chairman Netero’s current strength is only about half of what it was at his peak. With age, as his body rapidly declined, the strength of a psychic user declined significantly.

If it were Chairman Netero at his full strength, it would be hard to say who would win between him and the Ant King.

As someone who had fought against the Chairman, Maha Zoldyck would be a good benchmark; both are Enhancement-type Mind Ability users, and their degree of strength decline should not differ much.

As long as there’s a chance to fight Maha Zoldyck, Su Xiao could roughly assess whether he could engage in a head-on battle with the Ant King.

Su Xiao needs to confirm one point: that the Ant King does not overwhelmingly surpass him in combat strength; as long as he ensures he won’t be crushed by the Ant King, Su Xiao has a way to kill him.

Since the Poor Man’s Rose could leave the Ant King half-dead, if the Ant King were caught in Apollo’s explosion, the Ant King would be as good as dead.

Of course, fighting the Ant King involves many things, and these ten days before the Ant King is born are the preparation time for Su Xiao.

Another important thing is the main quest requirement to obtain the Ant King’s heart. Usually, such quests involving the acquisition of specific items have competitors, namely other Contractors.

There are quite a few Contractors entering the Hunter World this time. According to the information from the Derived World Contact Platform, there are a total of 206 Contractors. After all, this is a semi-open world, with the timeline being the climax of the Hunter World—the Ant King arc. Among these more than two hundred Contractors, many should have entered the Hunter World using a World Key.

Assuming the worst-case scenario that all these two hundred people have main quests to seize the Ant King’s heart, it would indeed be lively.

As Su Xiao pondered this, he arrived at the airship station in Yukexin City. The transportation in the Hunter World was very convenient, unlike in the Naruto World, where travel was mainly on foot or riding Bubu Wang. Unfortunately, Bubu Wang often ran into trees; it would lose focus while running. In its own words: ’This Wang is contemplating the life of a dog.’

The airship station in the Hunter World was similar to an airport, with security checkpoints, although weapons were not prohibited, but guns, explosives, and highly flammable chemicals were.

Su Xiao easily boarded the airship; its exterior was made of metal, while its interior was made of wood, giving the inside a warm tone. The entire airship was forty meters long and thirty meters wide, looking quite bloated, but the interior space was very large.

The airship ticket Su Xiao purchased was relatively expensive, thus he had a private room with complete amenities.

There were dozens of passengers on the airship, all of whom were ordinary people with no psychic users among them.

Realizing this, Su Xiao lay on the bed and slept; in these Derivative Worlds, if he had free time, he used it to recover Stamina, as no one knew how long the next battle would last—hours, days, or even half a month could be possible.

The journey was somewhat dull, and just when Su Xiao was half-awake, there was a knock on the door. Su Xiao got up and signaled Bubu Wang to open the door. Outside was a pretty young girl; they were close to their destination, and the entire journey had taken 10 hours.

Half an hour later, Su Xiao was already on a bus traveling along a country road; the scenery was nice, and the air was abnormally clear.

"Hello, passengers, welcome aboard the ’Sobbing’ tour bus. I am honored to serve you here. From now on, this bus will head towards the headquarters of the Zoldyck Family, known for assassinations, with the final destination being the base of Kukuru Mountain..."

A female guide with bright red curly hair was holding a small loudspeaker, smiling as she introduced the scenery and legends of Kukuru Mountain to the travelers on the bus.

Indeed, the headquarters of the Zoldyck Family at Kukuru Mountain was a tourist attraction. However, travelers could only reach the outskirts of Kukuru Mountain, while the Zoldyck Family resided further up the mountain, an area ordinary travelers couldn’t access.

Although it’s quite strange for the base of an assassination family to become a tourist spot, the Zoldyck Family could earn a large amount of Jieni from this income without doing anything else, so why not enjoy it? As for risks, the Zoldyck Family did not care about them.

The minibus moved slowly as Su Xiao lazily leaned against the seat, looking as though he hadn’t had enough sleep. As for A Mu, its huge size couldn’t fit in the minibus and was currently running on foot behind the bus. It initially frightened the female guide so much that she nearly called the police.

When the bus slowly stopped at the foot of a large mountain—this was Kukuru Mountain—and the Zoldyck Family resided somewhere on the mountain, although the exact location was uncertain.

The bus stopped because a giant metal door blocked the path—this was the Trial Gate of the Zoldyck Family. Whoever pushed open this door had the qualification to ascend the mountain, whether to seek revenge or surrender, as long as they could push open this uniquely constructed giant metal door.