111: Chapter 111 Departure! Thousand Insect Village Base City!

"Whoosh!"

Realm campsite.

As the aperture at the realm entrance fluctuated for a moment, the crimson color dissipated, turning back into a calm white once again.

Dozen of figures suddenly walked out from within the light and shadow.

"It's the captain! Captain Lei and the others have retreated!"

A joyful shout rang out from the members of the Leikai Team who had been left behind, waiting until they were somewhat frantic.

Immediately.

Everyone excitedly stepped forward, surrounding them in the center.

"Captain, have those trash from the Black Hole Council been dealt with?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense? Didn't you see that the color of the portal has recovered? Captain, did any big items drop in this realm?"

"It scared us to death. I thought you guys were going to get lost..."

Lei Xiao listened to everyone talking all at once and asking excitedly, his gaze anxiously searching through the crowd, and then he saw Chu Hong and Donald, who had already squeezed out from the crowd.

"Wait! Captain Wu! Wait!"

Everyone was stunned, and all their gazes followed Lei Xiao's line of sight, looking towards Chu Hong and Donald.

Lan Yujing only then realized that Chu Hong and Donald were actually already preparing to slip away.

She sighed inwardly.

But Chu Hong still stopped in his tracks; he wasn't worried at all about his disguise being seen through by anyone.

He was mainly annoyed that his identity as Yanzu couldn't produce real identification documents.

He was a fake...

Lei Xiao walked quickly up to the two of them.

"Captain Wu, you guys helped a huge deal in this realm. Moreover, given the remaining time, it wouldn't even have been enough for us to investigate the locations of the high-value containers inside the realm. The credit for this intelligence collection belongs entirely to you."

Chu Hong didn't stand on ceremony and just nodded calmly.

At this moment, Jiang Xingdong also hurried over from the communication office.

Seeing that Lei Xiao and the others all came out safe and sound, not a single one missing, the heavy stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. Then, however, he saw everyone surrounding Chu Hong and Donald.

He couldn't help feeling puzzled.

"Teacher..."

Lei Xiao spoke at a rapid pace, recounting what happened in the realm to Jiang Xingdong.

Hearing that Chu Hong and his group not only completed the intelligence collection for all high-value material locations in the realm [Cliffside Epidemic Hospital], but also scouted out the location of the key room and the acceptance location of the benchmark quest within the instance.

A look of shock could not help but appear on Jiang Xingdong's face.

If he didn't know that this brat Lei Xiao wasn't someone who would lie.

Right now, he wouldn't believe it no matter what.

He wasn't like he had never entered the [Cliffside Epidemic Hospital]; he knew all too well how complicated and terrible the situation inside was.

Just the fact that source energy perception was restricted in the darkness alone brought considerable trouble to the intelligence collection work.

Needless to say, there were also those zombies and mutants hiding in the darkness.

"Teacher, not only that, the elite team of the Night Crow Society that we encountered in the realm this time, the captain of the Underworld Knight Squad, also died at the hands of this brother Yanzu."

He briefly recounted the process of the battle once more.

When he mentioned that while Chu Hong was sniping from the rooftop, he even used karaoke to sing loudly at the scene to taunt them, even Jiang Xingdong's eye twitched uncontrollably.

Just listening to it made Jiang Xingdong feel a bit inferior.

Young people nowadays... Their methods really make us old folks' eyes light up and then go dark...

Despite this, Jiang Xingdong still wore a beaming smile.

Compared to the great joyous event of completing the intelligence collection work for the realm [Cliffside Epidemic Hospital], what did the base city being attacked even count for?

"Rest assured, Captain Wu, regarding the credit of your... uh, Thunder Hajimi Team, this old man will personally report it to the Pioneers Guild and claim credit for you. The rewards for the related bounties will also be issued to you at the first possible moment."

"Thank you for your dedication!"

...

When returning to the base city, Chu Hong and the others rode in the armed helicopter of the Leikai Team.

Along the way, Lei Xiao and Huang Zhiping flanked them on the left and right, continuously beating around the bush to ask where Chu Hong had scavenged that [thunder horn dragon egg] and how he had completed the incubation.

To this, Chu Hong kept his mouth shut.

It made the two of them feel miserable and tormented just watching.

They desperately wanted to add a powerful facade to their team.

"Cough cough, Captain Wu, are you really not considering selling that demon dragon? As long as you open your precious mouth and name a price, I, Lei Xiao, will definitely not bargain! Even if you rip me off, I'll take it!"

Lei Xiao launched his final offensive; usually stern and unsmiling, the desire in his eyes at this moment was comparable to a child seeing a lollipop.

However.

Responding to him was still Chu Hong's calm shake of the head.

"Not selling!"

"Ah! Vast heavens~ Why do you treat me so coldly~"

Looking at Lei Xiao, who suddenly had a dead-hearted expression and sighed up to the heavens, Chu Hong remained unmoved.

About the fact that the [Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe] realm would spawn a super rare [thunder horn dragon egg] out in the open, he would never reveal it in this lifetime.

The probability of this thing spawning was even lower than winning the lottery!

He had already learned from the mouth of the realm campsite officer that the base city detention center had been attacked by unknown armed personnel, but this wasn't something he needed to get mixed up in anyway.

It was nothing more than a bunch of idiots who thought Huangshan Base City couldn't be defended and whose thoughts were running wild.

Compared to this, what he cared more about was the announcement of the upcoming assessment realm!

Tomorrow would be the day to set off for Qianchongzhai Base City.

Once they arrived at Qianchongzhai Base City, they would learn what the assessment realm was.

Bidding farewell to Donald, who was excitedly going to share today's good news with the widows of several comrades, Chu Hong found an alley and, after making several turns, stripped away the camouflage effect of the [Masked Worm].

He headed to the home of the fatty Wang Suming.

In a training ground behind the Wang family villa, Wang Suming was continuously practicing shield lifting, charging, and defensive postures against attacks, while carrying the [profiteering goblins cargo box] on his back, which looked filled with heavy load-bearing items.

The entire person was covered in sweat.

"Come again!"

"Hum! Boom!"

A mechanical shock fist modified from a hydraulic impact device slammed fiercely and frontally onto the large shield in Wang Suming's hand, forcefully smashing the latter's body backward.

However, Wang Suming's large shield still steadily resisted it.

Not even the slightest deviation occurred.

Seeing this scene, a look of gratification flashed through Chu Hong's eyes.

He could provide his good brother Wang Suming with advantages and protection in equipment, but... a soldier who didn't know how to train himself, even if given the most powerful weapon, would find it of no use.

"Brother Hong!"

Wang Suming was drenched in sweat, and when he saw Chu Hong, a look of joy naturally surfaced on his face.

"Brother Hong, I feel like my source energy is about to break through again! Turns out that not only can successfully evacuating after entering a realm increase source energy, but continuously releasing skills and consuming source energy by using source energy weapons can also improve it!"

"It's just that the speed is less than a tenth of exploring inside a realm..."

Chu Hong nodded.

"Today's large shield training can pause for a bit. I'll get you something else..."

Chu Hong took out the [hunting lock gun (Purple)] obtained in the realm.

Chu Hong didn't go home and directly stayed at the Wang family residence.

The next day, riding Song Jiaojiao's carriage and arriving at Source Energy Middle School, a huge airship was already waiting here early on.

Along with them were also the rookie Pioneers from Source Energy Middle School participating in the assessment.

Chu Hong's appearance caused quite a commotion.

A lot of things had happened in Huangshan Base City recently, but the fact that Chu Hong discovered an easier loot-running route for the [Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe] realm and shared it for free benefited everyone at Source Energy Middle School greatly.

"Look at the way they are looking at you; doesn't it look like they're looking at a big sucker?"

Standing beside Chu Hong, Song Jiaojiao stood gracefully. Even wearing a loose magic robe, it couldn't conceal her enchanting figure.

She cast a faint glance at Chu Hong, who showed not the slightest bit of heartache on his face, but instead was mindlessly chatting away with Wang Suming about entering Longming Sacred Academy and so on.

She took a deep breath and shook her head slightly.

Next, without Chu Hong's intelligence, it would be time for her, Song Jiaojiao, to shine.

Just watch this dead man, and see this young lady's methods...

Not knowing what funny thing she thought of, the corners of Song Jiaojiao's lips couldn't help but curl into a faint arc.

The airship took off.

To Chu Hong's surprise, Lei Xiao and the others actually followed along on this airship as well.

"Holy cow! It's the Leikai Team! Brother Hong, have you heard? The Leikai Team only came to the base city yesterday, and today all the intelligence for the quasi-hell-grade realm [Cliffside Epidemic Hospital] announced by the guild has been fully collected!"

"Is this the strength of a gold-grade team?"

"When will our team be able to reach gold-grade..."

Beside them, Song Jiaojiao curled her lips: "Gold-grade team, Big Dog Chew Chew Chew?"

Wang Suming: "..."

Boss! I mean, can't we change the name?!

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