2 The Hunt Begins

Wang Kui's head was spinning.

He had assumed that 'track down the man-eating wolfdog' was merely the title of the quest, and it was only trying to sound cool like video games.

Who would have imagined that it was a one-hundred percent hunting game with reality as its backdrop!

After calming down, Wang Kui realized that the System quests were not assigned on a whim. Instead, it scanned and searched bounty rewards assigned by various officials or individuals across the world.

One should know that this was an age of peace, and societies were governed by laws after all. Each nation had different rules when it came to wildlife hunting.

It was more or less acceptable if the System randomly assigned him a quest to kill a dog… but what if it assigned him a quest to kill wolves, tigers, or rhinos?!

Livestreaming the hunt on an endangered species was a major crime!

And who would they catch other than you?!

That was why circumstances would be a little different since the System synchronized its rewards with a bounty, such as animals that escaped from zoos, or the quest that Wang Kui had just received—a beast that threatened the safety of human society, with even the public security placing a bounty on its head…

With this, Wang Kui could share knowledge about outdoor survival and hunting on his livestreams as well as promote ideas about protecting the environment or wild creatures. He could even help resolve official or private issues to help society, allowing him to kill three birds with one stone!

'Hehehe!'

'To think that I would actually encounter a System of such positivity!'

'That's right! The position of promoting positivity starts with me, Wang Kui!'

"What are you doing standing still in front of the toilet? Are you an air purifier?!"

That was when a figure suddenly arrived—it was Zhao Zhongheng, Wang Kui's colleague. They were quite close since they were more or less the same age and had joined the company at around the same time.

"Nothing, my head just hurts a little."

Wang Kui made a random excuse as the System was too complicated to be known to others, and it would be a waste if it was, anyway.

"I have something to do, so I'm leaving! "

"Eh?! The supervisor is coming soon! Leaving at this hour…"

Before Zhang Zhongheng could even finish his words, Wang Kui had already left the washroom. "What happened?! Your head hurts? Did you inhale too much of the toilet's scent?"

"Sniff-sniff~"

Yeah... that makes sense!

***

Meanwhile, outside the office building.

Wang Kui had run all the way out, promptly hailing a cab to go and buy equipment for livestreaming at a specialty shop for digital equipment.

After all, the hunting quest was real, and would he not fail the quest if he did not seize the moment and accidentally allowed the wolfdog to be killed by others?

As for work… he did not even have time to resign.

Why work for someone else with the System? What great power would they have that Wang Kui had to fear about not making money?

Experiencing the most exciting hunts while surviving in the wild as well as earning money while maintaining a comfortable lifestyle…

That was the life!

Still, Wang Kui did not want to rely entirely on the System—it was merely an assisting tool and not his daddy.

The information needed would have to be investigated, so he should not fight a battle he was not confident in.

Moreover, looking for one dog in a vast mountain would not be easy.

If he was not familiar with the landscape, he would have his work cut out for him in looking for a path already.

Hunt?! It would be better to go home and suckle on his mother's breast!

When he finally had everything prepared, Wang Kui then booked a ticket.

Soon, the next day had arrived.

Fangshan County, Ji Xi Province. 

As the sun rose high above, a yellowed and tattered bus drove along the mountains that stretched on, shaking as it slowly moved along a narrow, winding mountain path.

A spirited young man with a cropped hairstyle sat inside the bus. He wore an earthen-yellow jacket on the outside and a blue T-shirt on the inside despite the heat, and he was carrying a black backpack—one could tell from a single glance that he was heading up the mountains.

This youth was none other than Wang Kui.

Transport in Fengtian was inconvenient.

It had been very difficult to arrive at Mount Sigou, having had to switch between a plane, a high-speed rail, and another bus.

Due to the quest limitations, he had not brought too many items with him. After some repeated testings, he had brought nothing except the outdoors items which the System had provided him with as well as the necessary equipment for livestreaming.

He had put on the Teeth Necklace as well.

There was nothing special about it either—right now, it was just three threads fashioned from blackened deer skin strung together. No teeth were tied to it since the number of spoils on the necklace at the moment was zero.

He would have to complete quests before the teeth of his game would appear on the necklace.

It would satisfy his hoarding instincts, though!

"We've arrived at Mount Sigou. Anyone getting off?"

"I am!"

Wang Kui called out before picking up his backpack and alighting the bus. It was only then that he started to study the natural village.

It would be more appropriate to call it dozens of buildings instead of a village since this place was too remote.

Eighty percent of the Jixi province were hills, which was why the hills stretched far as one could see. On the other hand, plant life was just thirty percent of that.

Fortunately, Fangshan province was located in an area where the vegetation was flourishing, and the emerald trees formed a wondrous and mystical field.

A stream that could not have been smaller flowed right beside the road, and there were several dozens of buildings scattered around it.

Each building had a farmland planted with potatoes or corn attached to it. There was even a farmer rearing chickens and cows out in the distance, dragging several cows along for a stroll in the wild, living his self-sufficient life.

"It finally begins!"

Wang Kui took a deep breath, inhaling the scent of the soil that was laced with a grassy aroma entirely into his lungs before breathing it out firmly. For some reason, there was a curious delight to it.

He then opened his backpack, quickly taking out his camera and putting it on a selfie stick before linking up to an online livestream platform.

For the benefit of the livestream, Wang Kui had a full set of recording equipment with full internet connectivity, front and back screens, 5G card compatibility, night vision, as well as a smartwatch with which he could read live comments when things proved inconvenient.

Having already applied for a broadcast slot earlier, he just had to set a title now.

[Old Kui's Wildlands: Hunting the Man-Eating Wolfdog—Officially Imposed Bounty!]

The title must attract attention!

Let's go!

At the same time, a new broadcast room appeared in the livestream platform known as Tigerfish TV under the 'outdoors' section.

With livestreaming being a wildly popular profession, the traffic at Tigerfish was the highest. Competition and pressure were especially fierce, and with neither recognition nor recommendation, not many viewers would tune into the channel belonging to a newbie like Wang Kui.

Still, it was the afternoon and better than mornings no matter how one went about it, which led to more traffic flow to the outdoors section.

Several passersby entered the livestream room after Wang Kui began trekking along for a bit, mainly because they were drawn to the title.

[A livestream of a dog-killing?]

[Did a wolfdog truly eat a human?]

[Where is the dog?! I want to see it!]

Still, Wang Kui would have to maintain interaction to keep them with him.

"Greetings, everyone—newcomers are welcome to subscribe to me. The name is Old Kui, I'm a wildlands specialist who grew up in a mountain village with three years' worth of wildlife photography under my belt, and I'm now a professional hunter."

"I've now arrived at Mount Sigou, located near Jiliang City in the Fangshan County, under the jurisdiction of the Jixi Province. I'm going to head deep into the mountains alone to hunt a man-eating wolfdog that has taken a life!"