114: Chapter 114 The Hidden Great Protection That Remains Unknown

"Fortunately, this is a normal-grade map, and the highest strength of these 'bots' is only around the sixth or seventh stages of the Qiyuan Realm. If it were a confidential-grade one, I'm afraid the in-game tasks wouldn't be so easy to do..."

The chimpanzee let out a mournful cry.

Its massive body, resembling a collapsed small hill, crashed heavily onto the ground.

A light screen popped up in front of him, displaying "In-game Task: Clear High-Value Target" completed.

Pulling the [source blade] out from the back of its head, on the other side, [Ke Xiaoken]'s thick octopus tentacles loosened, dropping a few mutilated monkey corpses whose bones and spines were completely torn apart onto the ground.

The effect of [Ke Xiaoken] Lv1 display cabinet allowing it to be summoned once per match improved Chu Hong's efficiency quite a bit within this dense jungle.

Searching [Mountain-Patrolling Giant Strength Chimpanzee]: ...

[Primate Beast Bone Fragment (White)]

[Fresh Banana (Green)]

Searching [Mountain-Patrolling Monkey Tribe Slingshot Shooter]: ...

[Paralysis Projectile (Blue)]

Chu Hong's hand suddenly paused, and a small pouch appeared in his hand, filled with about thirty black stone pellets.

[Item Name]: Paralysis Projectile

[Item Grade]: Blue

[Value]: 8,760

[Type]: Weapon Tool

[Weight]: 0.3 kg

[Inventory Slot Capacity Occupied]: 1 × 1

[Item Description]: Produced from the caves of Monkey Village, these stone pellets are polished from special ores. They can ignore armor defense, inflict a paralysis effect on the target's flesh upon attack, and have average frontal lethality.

Chu Hong's eye twitched fiercely.

It's this thing!!!

Damn it!

Are you out of your mind?!

Blue-quality ammunition actually has the effect of ignoring armor defense?!

Fortunately, this situation wasn't completely unmanageable. As long as he accelerated the circulation of source energy within his body the moment he was attacked, this paralysis effect would be shortened significantly.

At least with Chu Hong's current source energy at the sixth stage of the Qiyuan Realm, after struggling, there was less than a second of paralysis effect.

"This intel is extremely important..."

After looting all the monkey "bot" corpses and briefly understanding the types of collectible drops in this map, Chu Hong immediately ran toward the riverbank.

At this moment, underneath the river on this map,

a major safe area mark was strikingly present above it.

One could almost guess with their toes that the location of this major safe area, in subsequent secret realm explorations, would definitely be just like the [kasar secret treasure] in the Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe secret realm,

rarely known by others.

With a "splash," he jumped directly into the river water.

The current speed wasn't considered fast, but this river separating east and west was a full four to five hundred meters wide.

If someone were to snipe from across the river or some high vantage point...

Chu Hong felt that kind of behavior was simply beastly.

"Glub glub..."

[Ke Xiaoken]'s two tentacles bound Chu Hong's body.

The next second,

Chu Hong immediately felt a powerful water current impact underwater; it was as if he had been tied to a fish-like projectile and launched out.

The distance that would normally take an ordinary person over ten minutes to swim took less than a minute with [Ke Xiaoken]'s help.

On the grayish underwater riverbed, Chu Hong quickly saw a broken cargo ship damaged to the point where only the front half of the bow remained.

Scattered containers like [wooden box], [sealed iron cabinet], and [leather bag] were scattered everywhere.

Even, Chu Hong also saw [river mussel].

A square safe, with only a grayish-brown small corner exposed on the surface of the riverbed, was quickly found by Chu Hong.

Looking at that huge safe, as if thinking of something, Chu Hong suddenly gestured to the [Ke Xiaoken] beside him.

After thinking for a few seconds, the latter then, amidst Chu Hong's pleasantly surprised gaze, extended two tentacles and came before the safe,

and began twisting the combination dial.

The mechanical vibration sound of "click, click," already faint, was completely imperceptible in the water,

but in front of [Ke Xiaoken], it was exceptionally clear.

Its two tentacles cooperated with each other,

and in less than a single minute, with a snap, opened the safe's door.

Chu Hong was overjoyed!

As expected of a red-quality boss action figure! With this intelligence and ability, how is this any different from awakening an underwater superpower himself?!

He quickly stepped forward and pressed one hand onto it.

The searching black box appeared.

Searching [Shipwreck Secret Treasure (High-Value Container)]: ...

A two-by-three and a one-by-two item grid came into view.

"Woo! Glub glub!"

Chu Hong was so excited that he accidentally swallowed his saliva, his eyes staring fixedly at the constantly rotating black box.

Beside him, [Ke Xiaoken] curiously leaned its blue-green big head over, looking at the safe that seemed to have locked a black hole inside.

Its tentacles reached out, but it was as if they were blocked by an invisible wall, unable to reach inside.

[Ding!]

Red!

A red that gladdened the mind!

Inside a large square glass box, an old two-masted sailing ship floated quietly in the current within. As Chu Hong gently shook his hand, the hull inside also shook along with it, as if experiencing raging waves and stormy seas.

[Item Name]: enterprise sailing ship model

[Item Grade]: Red

[Value]: 1,870,060

[Type]: Craft Collection

[Weight]: 2kg

[Inventory Slot Capacity Occupied]: 2 × 3

[Item Description]: Palino Bio-Group originally started from the hands of Parino Sean. At that time, the enterprise sailing ship earned the group its first bucket of startup funds on the vast ocean. This story has been passed down generation after generation by the Parino family.

Red drop!

Another two-slot item also spun out.

[Precious Goblet (Blue)]

Quickly surfacing!

Fortunately, when coming into this match, he wore a bulletproof vest and additionally carried a small backpack.

Otherwise,

it would be such a hassle to go find a backpack!

Grabbing [Ke Xiaoken] as an underwater propulsion device once again, he quickly searched the other containers.

Searching [Wooden Box]: ...

Found [Towing Hemp Rope (Green)] [Broken Porcelain Plate (White)]

Searching [Crew Waterproof Leather Bag]: ...

Found [Navigation Log (White)] [Smoking Pipe (Blue)]

Searching [Sealed Iron Cabinet]: ...

Found [Crowbar (Green)].

Chu Hong surfaced to breathe, and then, with [Ke Xiaoken]'s help once again, quickly dove down to the riverbed beside the shipwreck, where three sizable river mussels were currently located.

Based on Chu Hong's long-standing knife-running intuition, these river mussels must also be searchable containers.

He reached out a hand.

Sure enough, a black box instantly appeared.

Searching [River Mussel]: ...

A one-by-one grid made Chu Hong reveal a knowing smile. When others entered the secret realm for the first time, they still had to judge the terrain, find evacuation points, and determine which containers were searchable.

But he didn't need to waste time on these things...

Chu Hong thought to himself. However, as the searching icon inside the black box in front of him spun longer and longer, his gaze involuntarily grew gradually tense and excited.

Holy shit!

Is this going to drop loot again?!

[Ding!]