146: Chapter 146 Acquaintances

Despite how resolutely Blondie spoke right now, looking utterly righteous and awe-inspiring,

under Kong Mingde's calm yet intensely coercive gaze, he ultimately caved in very quickly.

After Kong Mingde signaled the surrounding examinees to disperse,

only Huang Yuling's squad remained in the restaurant.

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"Speak, who taught you this playstyle!"

...

"Brother Hong, why does that person look so familiar..."

At the [Ecological Observation Tower].

Wang Suming, holding a small golden telescope he had looted while searching a container, was carefully observing locations across the river such as the [Huaxi Wharf] and [Parino Valley Base].

In this match, they spawned at Slot 1 of the [Ecological Observation Tower], near the [Vine Plank Road].

They took up their workstations at absolute lightning speed.

Because of this, the conditions around the various spawn points in the match were soon fully in their view.

Wang Suming suddenly let out a startled gasp, prompting Chu Hong to adjust his scope's angle and look in the direction the other was staring.

It was Slot 1 of the [Parino Valley Base]!

Upon seeing this, a hint of a smile couldn't help but surface on Chu Hong's face.

Yo, they really are acquaintances~

As it turned out, at the entrance of the [Parino Valley Base] right at this moment, a hearty and exhilarating counter-flash ambush battle suddenly erupted.

...

"Don't let them run!"

With a hoarse roar from Wu Gang, veins bulging across his arms and source energy surging, he actually lifted up a boulder larger than a person directly in his arms.

Initial awakening skill [Bomb Thrower] activated!

In an instant, above the heads of all members of the Slot 2 squad of the [Parino Valley Base] before him—who originally planned to tail them into the core area—a crosshair resembling a basketball hoop instantly appeared in his vision.

"Go to hell!"

Following a furious bellow from Wu Gang, he fiercely hurled the boulder out.

Carrying an immense might and kinetic energy that completely defied physics, it instantly flew toward the few members of the squad ahead, whose expressions shifted drastically.

Someone immediately made a move, wanting to shatter the boulder.

However,

just as the boulder was about to fall, Wu Gang slammed his hands together sharply.

"Clap!"

"Boom!" As if suddenly burdened with dozens of times more gravity, the already ferocious boulder's falling speed increased by another notch.

"Boom!"

The smoke and dust cleared.

Three members of the full squad that spawned at Slot 2 were crushed to death on the spot.

The remaining two quickly perished under the siege of Wu Gang, Liu Yanyan, and three unfamiliar Pioneers they led.

"Brother Hong, weren't Wu Gang and Liu Yanyan locked up in the detention center? Not long ago, the base city was attacked by unidentified armed personnel; it looks like they must have been rescued."

Wang Suming said with full of resentment.

"The wicked truly live for a thousand years!"

Chu Hong didn't have much of a reaction; after all, the one who was cuckolded was his predecessor, not him.

Rather, the growth speed of Wu Gang and Liu Yanyan made him somewhat curious.

Could these two people have joined the [Black Hole Council]?

To think the [Black Hole Council] even has a way to meddle in the secret realm assessment monitored by the Great Xia Central Administration?

"Hehe, no matter, let's hope our Class Monitor Wu can bring us out some good stuff..."

In the scope,

after Wu Gang and the others quickly cleaned up the battlefield, they directly entered the [Parino Valley Base].

The combat power and combat literacy displayed by this five-person squad could already be considered top-tier among all the secret realm matches Chu Hong had played so far.

...

"Brother Gangzi, what's wrong?"

Liu Yanyan shot and killed the bot sniper on the watchtower above with an arrow, then looked at Wu Gang, who had suddenly stopped in his tracks with furrowed brows, and asked doubtfully.

Wu Gang shook his head and turned to look around.

"It's nothing... I just always feel a rather ominous premonition."

He took a deep breath, swept his gaze around again, and even glanced in the direction of the [Periphery Outpost] to make sure that the squad spawned at the station hadn't sneaked up during this time.

"Brother Gangzi, let's hurry inside, otherwise all the high-value supplies will be taken by others in a moment. Instructor Jiang has given us a quota task."

Liu Yanyan urged. At this moment, the other three members of the squad assigned with them had already stepped into the interior of the valley base a step ahead of them.

Wu Gang nodded: "Let's go to the East District. The intelligence given by Instructor Jiang said that the main building is too dangerous and not suitable for us. Prepare the electromagnetic detection arrows!"

At this point, the squad parted ways directly.

After entering the gate, one of them sneaked toward the [Material Supply & Storage Area] on the west side, while two headed toward the [Parino Base Main Building] on the east side.

As for Wu Gang and the others, they sneaked toward the [East District Armory] and the [Palino Exhibition Hall] where the safe was located.

"What kind of intelligence is backing this up?" Chu Hong, seeing this scene, twitched the corner of his mouth.

Knowing full well how dangerous the main building was, Chu Hong had almost anticipated how miserable the two people who entered it would be next.

He raised his scope upward, looking at a straight-standing, stern dark shadow in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the main building.

This person was a heavyweight.

If Wu Gang and the others had the bad luck to run into him, it wouldn't be Chu Hong's turn to deal with them afterward.

"Beep! Someone has activated the transport train. The train will enter the platform within three minutes. Passengers wishing to board, please head to the station within ten minutes."

An announcement that echoed throughout the entire secret realm suddenly resounded across the sky above.

Meanwhile, at the [Transport Line Station],

the squad that spawned here was still searching containers all around when the sudden commotion startled all of them fiercely.

"What's the situation? Who pulled the switch! Why pull the switch so fast?!"

The captain wore an expression of fury.

They had just cleared out the bots and hadn't looted many containers yet, only to have the switch pulled so quickly.

How could they possibly have time to finish searching the other containers?

However,

the rest of the members in the squad looked at each other in dismay.

"It wasn't me! I was just looting the sniper's corpse under the watchtower..."

"It wasn't me either, I'm the furthest away from the switch point!"

A rather ominous feeling made everyone's hearts leap into their throats.

The captain's expression shifted in horror: "Not good! There are people around!"

However,

arriving even earlier than his exclamation were two [golden apples] falling from the sky.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

While the two massive explosions blew the squad members into a dizzy daze, Song Jiaojiao, casting the skill [Stealth], calmly left the station.

Following the road all the way, she passed through the [Old Logging Camp],

and leaped into the river with a single bound.

"Time to go to work!"

"You got it, Boss!"

At the [Ecological Observation Tower], Chu Hong and Wang Suming both wore grinning expressions of a conscience fed to the dogs at this moment.

Wang Suming manipulated the [flying bird drone] to continuously bombard the station.

When [golden apples] weren't enough, he directly used various remote-controlled bombs of green or blue quality "looted" from other squads.

As for Chu Hong, after adjusting his scope and calculating the trajectory,

he abruptly pulled the trigger at someone at the station.

"Bang!"

The commotion at the station was naturally heard by Wu Gang and Liu Yanyan, who were currently searching the [East District Armory]. Hearing that the extraction point had been activated,

Wu Gang's brows first furrowed.

Then he shook his head: "No rush, we can still take the conventional extraction point, it's just a bit further away. Let's search first."

Liu Yanyan nodded.

With a swish of an arrow in her hand, an arrow carrying intense electric arcs instantly struck the back of the head of a [Palino Riot Shield Soldier] who was currently on patrol.

Crackling electric arcs surged all over the latter's body.

A spear in Wu Gang's hand instantly blasted out like a javelin.

The moment the javelin was about to hit the riot shield soldier, its speed suddenly increased by a notch.

"Crack!"

The [Palino Riot Shield Soldier] was scrapped on the spot.

A smile appeared on Wu Gang's face, and Liu Yanyan also wore a joyful look: "Instructor Jiang truly lives up to being a formidable outsider; just a few words of guidance from him managed to boost our initial skill effects so much!"

After finishing their search of the [East District Armory], the two pulled out quite a few purple and even golden collectibles from several bots and various containers such as [Equipment Box] and [Shell Magazine].

The total value inside the two's backpacks directly reached the level of one million source energy points.

Along the way, they eliminated a few patrolling bots again.

And arrived at the final area of the East District, the [Palino Exhibition Hall].

The two did not choose to search separately; instead, one was responsible for standing guard while the other was responsible for searching containers.

Suddenly, Liu Yanyan's gaze sharply spotted a dark golden, safe-like cabinet foot beneath a pile of supplies covered by a white cloth.

She walked forward, lifted the cover to take a look, and instantly became overjoyed.

"Brother Gangzi! It's a safe!"