128: Chapter 128 Search [Chairman of the Palino Group]...

Looking at the [Employee Elevator Access Card No. 1] in his hand, Chu Hong's eyes lit up.

He had been struggling just a moment ago with how to get to the top floor, but this was truly like being handed a pillow just as he felt sleepy.

The [Employee Elevator No. 1] was located between the [Emergency Security Department] and the [Research Laboratory No. 1] on the west side of the main building, likely used by employees or department heads to go up and report work to the base director.

However, inside the secret realm with story mode now activated, almost no human figures could be seen throughout the entire base.

Chu Hong walked all the way through the empty [Emergency Security Department], where not a single robot or armed personnel could be seen, and walked out from the other side's door.

Directly opposite was another area marked with the words [Research Laboratory No. 1].

And on his right hand, an elevator that required swiping a card to start was impressively right before his eyes.

"Did this Research Laboratory No. 1 actually require an access card as well?"

Chu Hong, who had originally planned to go in and check out the new area to get some map intel, couldn't help but curl his lips; it looked like for future loot runs, in order to gather all the access cards for the entire map's locked key rooms as soon as possible...

...he would need to look for more card-swiping locations.

For now, he only knew that cards could be swiped on the desk at the main building's reception.

"Beep!"

Along with the durability of the [Employee Elevator Access Card No. 1] in Chu Hong's hand dropping by 2 points...

...the silent elevator in front of him also lit up with the glow of activation.

Chu Hong stepped inside.

Then the elevator began to ascend rapidly.

In the fully enclosed space, Chu Hong guarded against everything that might happen next.

As the elevator stopped, the elevator doors opened with a hum sound.

Opening toward both sides.

Before Chu Hong's eyes was a wall with a low-key, luxurious dark gold texture, bearing the English logo of "Palino".

A door leading inside was half-open.

Chu Hong's footsteps suddenly paused when he reached the side of the doorway.

Inside the room.

Parino Vincent's nerves were taut all over. By his side...

...dozens of [Palino Heavy Hammer Soldier]s and [Palino Riot Shield Soldier]s stood in strict formation.

"I heard you! Damn little thief, I don't care if you are from those damned animal protection organizations or whatever else, I advise you to get lost right now, or I guarantee you won't have a good ending!"

Vincent spoke as he moved.

At this moment, he was still holding a golden Desert Eagle in his hand.

It seemed capable of bringing him a bit of confidence.

Seeing that there was still no movement at the doorway...

...he couldn't help but let out a cold snort and gave an order to several of the heavy shield soldiers among them.

"Go, drag that damned stinking mouse out!"

"Damned bastard, do you really think that by transferring Yang away and drawing away the base's security personnel, you can do whatever you want?"

Amidst heavy footsteps...

...several [Palino Riot Shield Soldier]s raised their shields, advancing in a tight tactical formation, neat and highly oppressive, toward the doorway where Chu Hong was hiding.

A chilling excitement flickered in Vincent's eyes.

However.

When the [Palino Riot Shield Soldier]s walked to the doorway, their movements all paused in unison.

"That brat must be hiding right at the door, you guys..."

Vincent hadn't finished speaking when he saw Chu Hong walking out slowly from the doorway with a calm expression and his eyes glowing with golden light.

And beside him...

...one [Palino Riot Shield Soldier] after another raised their shotguns at him, then suddenly lowered them, raised them again, and lowered them once more...

As if the code inside the machine had encountered a conflict.

"What the f*ck?!"

Chu Hong looked at the opponent with calm eyes, while his peripheral vision carefully scanned the surroundings.

He was being vigilant!

Right now, there were only [Palino Riot Shield Soldier]s and [Palino Heavy Hammer Soldier]s before him, but it made no sense that the [Palino Group Stalker], which was most capable of killing someone suddenly, wasn't left behind.

There was only one possibility!

Suddenly.

[Ke Xiaoken] was abruptly summoned out by Chu Hong. Immediately afterward, the latter's cyan-blue body and tentacles instantly began to expand at a crazy speed.

Terrifying tentacles flailed wildly.

In the blink of an eye, it occupied more than half of Vincent's fairly large CEO office.

"Boom!"

The tentacles flailed frantically.

Amidst the chaotic and random waving, Chu Hong's expression suddenly turned stern in an instant.

"Blossom!"

Ability [Slaughter Overlord] activated!

In the blink of an eye, Chu Hong wielding the saber - source blade had already charged toward that empty direction.

"Snap!"

The sound of metal clashing rang out, sparks flew, and amidst the twisting light, an optically distorted figure appeared before Chu Hong's short blade.

Chu Hong sneered: "Found you!"

[Ke Xiaoken]'s thick tentacles surrounded Chu Hong, who was engaged in close combat with the Stalker, swatting frantically at mid-air like driving away flies.

Vaguely, several more figures of the [Palino Group Stalker] were struck by the whips.

"Dammit! Charge! Everyone charge together for me!"

Vincent screamed frantically, with obvious panic in his eyes, raising the golden Desert Eagle in his hand and firing wildly at Chu Hong.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Amidst gunshot sounds resembling rolling thunder...

To Vincent's astonishment...

Just like those shield soldiers from earlier, the [Palino Heavy Hammer Soldier]s that received his order to attack Chu Hong initially charged toward Chu Hong according to instructions.

However.

When they reached halfway, they began to hesitate in their footsteps one after another.

The heavy hammers held in their hands with activated current would occasionally surge with electricity, and occasionally stop on standby...

Over and over again.

Vincent was dumbfounded!

Over on Chu Hong's side, with a single strike, he instantly pierced through the core of the [Palino Group Stalker] in front of him.

Retrieving [Palino Group Stalker]:...

A one-by-one grid. However, when the spinning ended, Chu Hong's face couldn't help but show disappointment.

[High-Definition Camera (Blue)]

He didn't loot the TPM chip targeting the Stalker that he wanted.

"Hoo... It looks like I can only keep resorting to brute force..."

Chu Hong muttered to himself, while behind him, following [Ke Xiaoken], another giant beast suddenly made its debut.

Our side has received the support of the Thunder Horned Dragon...

"Roar——!"

Rampant thunder instantly exploded across the entire room. The area-of-effect thunder-type magic caused NPC Vincent to roll his eyes and faint instantly, while also instantly marking out those [Palino Group Stalker]s hidden in the shadows who had been optically cloaked waiting for an assassination opportunity.

"Let's see where you can hide this time!"

[Ke Xiaoken]'s ferocious mouthparts and suckers on its tentacles acted like interlocking shredders.

Grabbing several Stalkers, it immediately began to ravage them on the spot.

In just the span of a breath, the latter were all reduced to piles of scrap metal...

The battle ended.

Only some hammer soldiers and shield soldiers remained. As Chu Hong continuously utilized the [brain domain reading device] display case effect, the moment their core code "Protect the Chairman" was activated, he inputted the security keycode "We are allies", once again throwing their computing cores into stuttering.

Retrieving [Palino Group Stalker]:...

[Optical Cloaking Coating (Purple)]

Retrieving [Palino Group Stalker]:...

[Battery Maintenance Manual (White)]

Retrieving...

Just when Chu Hong was almost about to give up, the last [Palino Group Stalker] finally dropped what he had been looking forward to amidst a burst of golden light.

[Palino Stalker TPM Chip]

With this!

Within the secret realm [Primitive Valley No. 1], all the hammer soldiers, shield soldiers, and these hidden old tricksters became completely ineffective against Chu Hong!

Chu Hong looked at NPC Parino Vincent, who was still lying there convulsing from the electricity.

A wicked smile curled up the corners of his mouth.

This guy can probably be retrieved too, right?

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