Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 244: The Chimera Ant Invasion
The news that Germain and Xiaodi returned to Limeilu Castle together quickly spread throughout the entire Greed Island management team, and they brought back good news that made everyone happy.

They first went to see Grandma Linnie, and then were surrounded by Duen, Liszt, Leiza, Sambika, Buhala, Abenganie and others in the castle hall.

Everyone was eager to know why only the two of them came back and wanted to know more details.

The narrator is the more articulate Germain.

Xiaodi supplemented the information from the side, but her words often made people confused and failed to complete the information.

The whole process unfolded in front of everyone like a parchment scroll.

Knowing that the wilderness was a strange place and that the disease spreaders were even more brutal than what was recorded in the "New World Chronicle: Eastern Chapter Fragment", the listeners were all very worried.

But Team German still won and retrieved the alchemical plant, and everyone was extremely excited about it.

Because this is not just a victory for the five members of Team German, it is a victory for the silent efforts of the entire team.

The members staying on Greed Island also played a very important role that cannot be ignored.

The cards that Team German carries with them embody the results of their work.

As for Bisiji and Menqi's decision to stay in the maze, no one was very surprised.

With Jin setting the precedent, everyone accepted it quickly.

In addition, they also realized that in the future more and more members will go to the maze and establish large bases, which is a major trend in the future.

Buhala patted his big belly and swore like beating a drum:

"Let me go with you next time. Since Menqi has decided to stay there, how can I, as your partner, fall behind?"

The next person to go to the Dark Continent Labyrinth has yet to be determined, and Germain is not in a hurry to make a decision. After all, the earliest the teleportation lantern can be used is November 11th.

The most important thing right now is to show their achievements this time, which is very necessary to boost team morale.

The alchemical plants contained in the solution were displayed and watched by everyone. Granny Lin Nie was given the special treatment of watching alone before them.

Everyone admired the beauty of the alchemical plants.

Unlike the seemingly simple medicinal herbs, they are really like the "philosopher's stone" passed down by alchemists.

Everyone started discussing their "enchanting" effects.

"Give me and Liszt a month... no, half a month."

Du En narrowed his eyes, put his hands on the glass jar, and stared at the alchemical plant inside.

"We will think of ways to fully develop and utilize them."

Liszt put his hands behind his back and acted very elegantly:

"The updated design of Greed Island is basically complete. We can indeed spare some time to study alchemical plants next."

Greed Island has already notified all gamers a few days ago that it will carry out the biggest version update since the game was released, which will take several months.

During this time, gamers will be forced offline and will not be able to go online until the game is updated.

However, they will receive the benefits that belong to old players at that time.

Even so, this announcement still caused dissatisfaction among many gamers.

Although no one has completed the task in nearly a decade, many teams believe that they are now very close.

Now they leave Greedy Island and come back a few months later with a major version update, so the advantages they accumulated before may not be that great.

They didn’t know that even without this major version update, no team had ever reached an ending because of their own internal friction.

It wasn't until the arrival of Gon, Killua and Biscuit from the original timeline that the Greed Island game had its first clearance.

However, when Granny Lin Nie appeared as a retired consultant for Greed Island, the game players suppressed their displeasure, especially the professional hunters from the Hunter Association.

Some players are actually very happy.

They have no ability to obtain the cards to leave Greed Island, and can only be trapped here for several years to even more than ten years, becoming mentally and physically exhausted.

Greed Island is like hell to them who are not strong.

Just when they thought they would have to stay in this hellhole for the rest of their lives, the forced offline due to a major version update gave them the opportunity to make new choices.

Most of these weak players probably won't come back.

Back to the topic, after showing the alchemical plants and their abilities to the core team members, they were handed over to Duen and Lister for research.

After that, German received a lot of news, some good and some bad.

First of all, of course, is Kurapika's side.

He recaptured several pairs of flaming eyes and made a name for himself as an amateur hunter.

The so-called "amateur hunters" are Nen users, scholars, and expert members who form a professional team with professional hunters as the core and leader.

For example, the team members around Kate are amateur hunters.

Although they do not have hunter licenses and may not necessarily have the ability to read, they are all experts in a certain field.

There was a reason why Kurapika became an amateur hunter.

He met a music hunter named Melody by chance on the road, and formed a partnership with her, and now they are carrying out missions together.

Germain is still interested in Melody, so he invites Kurapika to Greed Island when he gets the chance.

Then there is Yun Gu.

Zhixi's performance in the Sky Arena is encouraging, and he is already the best young player in this period.

However, Yun Gu was worried that Zhixi would be too proud. He sincerely hoped that someone of his age could defeat Zhixi once and make him sober up, but unfortunately, no one of his age had been able to do this so far.

Yun Gu congratulated Germain and others on their achievements, and at the same time respected Teacher Bisiji's decision to stay in the Dark Continent.

In addition to these, Yun Gu also told German an interesting news.

Hua Shi Doulang is back, he seems to have been cleansed again, and he has become one of the owners of the Sky Arena in one breath.

This means that his enhanced telepathic ability has not only been completed, but has also evolved.

Afterwards, he left the Sky Arena again, declaring that he would find Hisoka and start a new confrontation with him.

It was also because it was related to Hisoka that Yun Gu specifically mentioned it to German.

However, speaking of it, it has been a long time since we heard from Hisoka.

Hisoka no longer sent harassing text messages or narcissistic selfies to German, which made German a little uncomfortable.

The Phantom Troupe also disappeared. Not only was there no news of Chrollo, but even Machi, Paknotta and the Knight also disappeared.

Even Meteor Street has no information about them.

Finally, some bad news about NGL’s invasive alien species, the chimera ant.

Chimera Ant...

When German heard the news, he frowned.

Because the chimera ants invaded the NGL, this should have been a major event that happened in the millennium of 2000, not now in 1998.

Its early occurrence confirmed many of the conspiracy theories in German's mind.

This isn’t the first early-coming event that Germain has experienced.

Zhixi's challenge to the Sky Arena under Yun Gu's guidance was supposed to take place in early 1999.

Kurapika's acquisition of Nen originally took place after the Professional Hunter Exam in 1999.

The destruction of the Yin Beast Group and the reduction of members of the Phantom Troupe actually took place in Youkexin City in 1999.

Hisoka's resurrection was originally supposed to take place in Sky Arena in 2001.

The appearance of German was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, and the ripples have not stopped until now.

He really changed the fate of too many people, whether he wanted to or not.

Back to the Chimera Ant Invasion.

NGL is a closed country that advocates nature and opposes technology.

Therefore, it was half a month later when the truth about the Chimera Ants invading there and multiplying in large numbers was exposed.

The situation at NGL is already quite serious.

However, I heard that President Netero personally took action and led two professional hunters, Mo Laowu and Nob, to form a Chimera Ant hunting team.

They have already rushed to NGL and believe that the chimera ants will be eradicated soon.

Almost all professional hunters on Greed Island believe that the team led by President Netero himself will perfectly resolve the Chimera Ant invasion.

If it were the original timeline, the incident was indeed resolved, but not perfectly.

It's normal to have such optimism.

Because it is not the first time in history that the Chimera Ants, which originated from the Dark Continent, have invaded the six continents and then been conquered.

The number of them was so frequent that Kate could clearly describe the various habits of the chimera ants, including feeding and mating, the queen ant structure, the king ant structure, etc.

Chimera ants are definitely not a dangerous species that cannot be dealt with. Our predecessors have used blood and tears to sum up countless experiences in dealing with them.

Not to mention that the members of this Chimera Ant expedition team are all experienced professional hunters.

One of them was President Netero, so everyone’s mood was definitely on the positive side.

This is also the direct reason why Kate underestimated the Chimera Ants in the original timeline and decided to take Gon and Killua to the nest to investigate the situation.

Humans have never lost in the battle against Chimera Ants.

However, such contempt cost Kate her life, and this is also how Jin evaluated his disciple Kate.

The generation of Chimera Ants they encountered had unexpectedly strong genes and talents.

Especially the ant king and his three direct guards, they have completely surpassed the level that chimera ants should have.

Meruem, the ant king, was born to be the king, and he indeed possesses such destructive power and brutality.

If he had not understood human society so little and chosen to stay in one place for too long, human casualties might have been even more severe.

In order to behead the ant king, President Netero had to use the "Rose of the Poor" after his defeat and died together with the Ant King Meruem.

Meruem did die of the poison in the end.

Such a tragic result was not anticipated by everyone at this time.

Even if someone is behind this, they cannot be sure of the future direction.

Now, Germain can only wish President Netero the best.

Perhaps because of his existence, the Ant King Meruem and his three direct guards were not born. This is not impossible.

(End of this chapter)