117: Chapter 117 Palino Bio Group

[Collectible]: precious gold watch

[Display Case Level]: lv1

[Activation Effect]: Cooldown-type skills or collectible-type weapons can instantly end their cooldown period, with a maximum of 3 uses per match

[Upgrade Requirement]: 5 million Source Energy points, precious gold watch * 3

Looking at the effect of the precious gold watch display case, Chu Hong felt another wave of full security in his heart.

Although the only thing he currently had with a cooldown period was the propulsion device of his power armor,

that didn't mean it would be the case in the future.

After putting away the newly acquired Dahong, Chu Hong took out another item from his backpack—the small gold item he had looted from the Palino Heavy Hammer Soldier at the very last moment.

[Palino Heavy Hammer Soldier TPM Chip]!

Looking at the golden chip in his hand, which was only about the size of a fingernail and exuded a sense of precision everywhere,

Chu Hong took a deep breath. As source energy surged within his body, a pale blue light instantly lit up in his eyes.

Rays of light and shadow representing digital code alternately appeared around him.

The brain domain reading device display case effect activated!

He saw the chip in his hand suddenly emit bursts of faint light, accompanied by a cracking sound.

In Chu Hong's mind, it instantly felt as if an extra piece of secret key code consisting of constantly changing numbers and letters had been added.

"Goodness, a single key alone is 48 bits, and it changes once a minute... Who on earth could decipher this?"

Chu Hong's lips curled into a smile.

With a thought in his mind,

"Enter Primitive Valley No. 1 (Normal)!"

...

"Just how thick-skinned can this guy be? How can he actually fall asleep at a time like this?"

Looking at Chu Hong, who had left behind a message saying "Sleeping" and never replied again, Song Jiaojiao rubbed her forehead in distress while couldn't help muttering softly.

If she didn't always have a premonition that this mysterious guy Chu Hong must be plotting something,

she might really have gone straight to find him.

She looked at an email sent once again by the Assessment Supervision Department on her tablet.

"Assessment Detailed Rules"

1. Every participating rookie Pioneer has three [Evacuation Tokens]. Upon dying in the secret realm, they can abandon all collectibles and equipment to safely evacuate from the secret realm. Each use of an [Evacuation Token] deducts 500 points from the assessment score.

2. The assessment lasts for a total of 7 days, with an unlimited number of entries into the secret realm. The total value of successfully brought-out collectibles: 10,000 Source Energy points = 1 point.

3. Entering the secret realm again after all three [Evacuation Tokens] have been consumed is not encouraged. All subsequent consequences must be borne by oneself, and the rookie Pioneers being assessed in the same secret realm session do not need to bear any responsibility.

4...

Looking at these published assessment contents and rules,

unlike the assessments from a few years ago where there was only one [Evacuation Token], this year it had changed to three!

For some relatively weak rookies, this sounded like a good thing at first glance.

But... Song Jiaojiao, who had already experienced the cruelty within the secret realm, did not think so.

People all have a gambling nature!

With a single chip, one might still weigh the gains and losses and consider the difficulty.

But with three chips... a person's bad luck couldn't possibly strike three times in a row, right?

"Hiss... This year's assessment is going to be a fierce battle!"

Song Jiaojiao pinched her glabella and walked out of the room to the door of Wang Suming next to Chu Hong's.

After knocking on the door and waiting for the latter to open it, Song Jiaojiao saw that this fellow Wang Suming was still fiddling with a grapple-like weapon there.

"Did Chu Hong tell you what his plan is for today?"

Wang Suming shook his head.

However, he chuckled and said, "Campus Belle Song, you can rest assured. What Brother Hong says might sometimes sound like bragging, but he won't talk nonsense without a certain degree of certainty."

"Brother Hong told us to rest at ease for a day, so we'll just wait a day. Anyway, those people nowadays are mostly just inquiring about the secret realm's intelligence in private. With the confidentiality level of the assessment secret realm, what can they possibly find out?"

These two guys, one dared to say it, and the other dared to believe it.

Although Song Jiaojiao also had some guesses in her heart, but... this was a major event in life, how could it be treated so perfunctorily?

Meanwhile, throughout the entire Black Iron Castle, tens of thousands of rookie Pioneers were active, either inquiring everywhere about information regarding the Primitive Valley No. 1 secret realm,

or preparing equipment to officially start the assessment upon entering the secret realm the next day.

Inside the underground training ground of the Night Crow Society,

Jiang Long stood with a solemn and respectful expression, bowing his head in front of hundreds of figures.

At this moment, everyone at the scene slowed down their breathing to the extreme, to the point where even the drop of a pin could be heard.

The immense psychological pressure, accompanied by a figure abruptly appearing on the throne atop the stone platform before them, caused everyone's breathing to involuntarily stall.

The moment Mo Mio appeared,

Jiang Long, the star Pioneer of Huangshan Base City, dropped heavily onto one knee on the ground.

His expression was humble yet filled with fanaticism.

"Master, according to your instructions, the new batch of Pioneer reserve teams has been selected."

"Ready to set off at any time!"

Mo Mio swept her gaze indifferently across these people.

The vast majority of them were criminal Pioneers locked up by Huangshan Base City for committing crimes, and some were shady hands lingering in the black market or underground world taking on dirty jobs.

Quite a few people present even possessed the level of the eighth or ninth stage of the Qiyuan Realm.

If Chu Hong were present, he could even see two acquaintances among this group of people.

Wu Gang and Liu Yanyan!

Wu Gang could no longer be described as excited at this moment!

That day when he was locked in the detention center by the guards, and even notified Source Energy Middle School to cancel his qualification to participate in the assessment, it was despair as if the sky had collapsed.

However, just when he thought his life was about to end right there,

the detention center was attacked!

He was taken to a place by a group of unidentified personnel, and then they were made to enter the secret realm to enhance their strength and train their combat capabilities within the secret realm.

During this period of time, he also met Jiang Long.

Furthermore, he even learned a piece of good news from the other party's mouth that made him so happy he couldn't sleep that night:

Chu Hong was dead!!!

His head was chopped off by Jiang Long!

Hahahaha!

Standing in the crowd, Wu Gang looked at the figure on the high platform. Whatever the Black Hole Council was, whatever the Night Crow Society was, he didn't care whether these people wanted to destroy the world or what they wanted to do.

As long as it allowed him, Wu Gang, to live a gratifying life, that was enough!

Mo Mio's expression was calm.

Looking at Jiang Long kneeling on one knee before her, she spoke indifferently.

"Tomorrow is the day of Great Xia's rookie Pioneer assessment this year. The assessment secret realm is Primitive Valley No. 1, which is a classified-grade secret realm discovered by the military of Great Xia some time ago with an extremely high level of external confidentiality. The housekeeper will give you the relevant intelligence."

"I have no demands of you, but... after these people are screened, they will be your subordinates in the future."

Jiang Long bowed respectfully: "Thank you, Master! I will certainly not fail Master's trust!"

Mo Mio stood up and waved her hand.

"There has been enough bad news lately... The assessment secret realm barrier is protected by Shangjing Base City. Even the Gate of Black Holes cannot forcefully insert into it, nor can it allow you to descend directly beside those Pioneers. You can only descend separately at the landing points in the secret realm just like those assessment rookies."

"Jiang Long, the Night Crow Society does not need trash..."

Jiang Long: "Understood! Please rest assured, Master!"

...

"Ah! He's here!"

A miserable scream rang out at this moment within the northwest Outlying Post of the Primitive Valley No. 1 Investigation area of the Special Service Department.

"Bang!"

With a sound, Ke Xiaoken's huge tentacles grabbed a Palino armed soldier and smashed it heavily, one blow after another like a human-meat hammer, against the shield soldier in front of it who was holding a riot shield and clad in armor just like a Palino Heavy Hammer Soldier.

The shield soldier cried out in alarm, shooting fiercely at Ke Xiaoken with the shotgun in its other hand.

However,

the next second, Chu Hong's figure abruptly appeared behind it.

"Puff!"

Compared to the thick and durable armor of the Heavy Hammer Soldier, the armor on this Palino Riot Shield Soldier was noticeably much weaker.

Amidst the crackling electric sparks, after twitching a few times, the latter collapsed directly onto the ground.

Chu Hong looked down.

Sure enough,

this was also a combat robot!

If not for this, the effect of his cobweb brain-computer interface display case wouldn't have failed once again.

"Damn! To deal with a bunch of newly enlightened monkeys, they even used such high-tech stuff..." Chu Hong felt very uncomfortable. This kind of situation where enemies could not be probed gave him a feeling like something was stuck in his throat.

He clearly had "Transparent World" activated, but it felt as if he didn't.

He reached out and pressed his hand onto the Palino Riot Shield Soldier.

Searching Palino Riot Shield Soldier:...

The search black box appeared.

[Ding!]

A single-slot small gold item had just appeared.

A sharp and piercing sound of breaking air suddenly came from behind, causing the hairs all over Chu Hong's body to instantly stand on end.

"Whoosh!"

After Ke Xiaoken forcibly pulled Chu Hong's body aside, a sharp blade aura swept past, nearly grazing the top of Chu Hong's scalp.

At this moment, Chu Hong also saw clearly what had attacked him.

That was a slender humanoid enemy with a smooth-lined body throughout, seemingly possessing the effect of optical stealth.

The perception of the cobweb brain-computer interface failed once again!

Fuck!

Another robot?!

The enemy's information appeared before his eyes: [Palino Bio-Group Stalker]