159: Chapter 159 Three Red Squares, Hehe, Just Right

"Beep!"

As he took out the [Research Laboratory No. 1] access card and swiped it, the laboratory door in front of him immediately opened.

And the moment Chu Hong walked inside, the second isolation door also automatically opened in an instant.

What came into view was a huge weapons research laboratory full of metallic and technological vibes.

Surrounding it were various workstations with mechanical arms, and right in the middle of the laboratory was a huge hoisting platform, conspicuously hanging a half-completed humanoid armor.

"Ah! Who are you?! There is an intruder!"

A panicked shout interrupted Chu Hong's observation. Shifting his gaze, he saw several people in white coats looking at him in panic, and the armed personnel sitting against the wall of the laboratory immediately picked up their weapons, preparing to attack Chu Hong.

"Bang!"

Gunshots rang out.

Chu Hong used jet propulsion, and the opponent's bullets hit the armor on his body, all being easily deflected.

The weapon bullets equipped by the armed personnel inside this laboratory turned out to be rubber bullets...

In a few strokes, he easily knocked down these unthreatening laboratory security.

Chu Hong raised his hand again and dealt with the scattering and dodging white-coated bots one by one.

His gaze searched around.

Soon, among the various containers, he found the high-value container he had been yearning for.

That was a dark golden safe printed with the [Palino Bio-Group] logo.

Searching [Palino Advanced Materials Transport Box (High-Value Container)]: ...

A one-by-three three-grid item appeared within the searching black frame.

As the search icon spun longer and longer, Chu Hong's previously indifferent expression suddenly became excited.

"Holy crap, a three-grid red? Wouldn't that just fill up my safe?"

Chu Hong chuckled, and amidst a burst of red light,

a familiar [dukes cane], which he had previously obtained from Monitor Wu, appeared in his hand.

The [dukes cane] display cabinet can be upgraded!

"Wonderful..."

After walking around other parts of [Research Laboratory No. 1] and making sure there was no card swiping, open-air super red drops, or other high-value containers, Chu Hong hummed a little tune and came over to Song Jiaojiao and the others' side.

"Boss, the key room has already been opened for you, and the bots inside have all been cleared by me. You guys can go ahead and loot it."

Hearing this,

Wang Xinghe's smile spread from ear to ear.

"Hahaha, good, good, Brother Hong is awesome! I, Wang Xinghe, have made you my friend! If there's ever a job like this in the future, I'll still look for you guys!"

Although the name of this squad called [Big Dog Chew Chew Chew] was quite abstract, their service attitude and combat quality were truly unquestionable.

After finishing his instructions, Chu Hong headed straight towards the east side of the main building.

Opening a [Research Laboratory No. 1] for them was already a courtesy, let alone using a super red card to take them to the top floor?

Chu Hong wasn't that generous.

Young Master Wang's current reward was still an empty promise...

Song Jiaojiao and Wang Suming came into [Research Laboratory No. 1]. Looking at the corpses of the bots all over the ground, the Wang family siblings immediately let out cheerful cheers.

Without even needing Song Jiaojiao and the others to say anything, they had already quickly started searching one by one.

Song Jiaojiao smiled and shook her head, starting to search the laboratory for high-tier safe boxes.

When she saw the [Palino Advanced Materials Transport Box] that had been opened by Chu Hong with the items inside taken away, she was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood what had happened.

If it were ordinary minor gold items, Chu Hong definitely wouldn't bother taking them.

Then there was only one possibility...

She glanced at the Wang family siblings not far away who were looting containers to the point of losing themselves, and silently pulled out a few minor gold and minor purple items from her own backpack, placing them into the container.

"Miss Wang, two minor gold items dropped in this high-value container, remember to take them."

"Okay! Thank you, Sister Song, you and Brother Chu Hong are the best!" Wang Xingling thanked her in a soft, sweet voice, completely unaware that this pair of older sister and brother she called the best had eight hundred tricks up their sleeves combined.

When the supplies of the entire base were completely looted,

Wang Xinghe, Wang Xingling, and that passerby whose name Chu Hong hadn't even asked reached two million source energy points in supply value.

"Hahaha, awesome! The supplies in this core area are indeed rich, unlike those wilderness areas we looted, which was basically digging through trash..." Wang Xinghe laughed heartily.

Bringing these things out meant two hundred supply points!

If they could scrape together a thousand supply points before the assessment ended, the old man at home would look a bit better too.

"Sigh, it's just a pity that the matchmaking for this assessment realm is completely random. I don't know if there will be a chance to match into the same match with Brother Hong and you guys again."

Wang Xinghe sighed.

Beside him, his younger sister Wang Xingling, who had just been happily bouncing around, couldn't help feeling a bit disappointed.

Her pair of cute, lively eyes occasionally rolled over to look at Chu Hong behind her.

Her small face still carried a hint of blush.

Chu Hong didn't notice this.

At this moment, he was paying attention to the situation within the match.

The team blocking the extraction point should still be at the [Ecological Observation Tower], and just now there hadn't been any combat noises coming from the extraction point side, meaning no one had gone to the regular extraction point yet.

The squads at spawn position 1 of the [Transport Line Station] and spawn position 1 of the [Parino Valley Base] had both been dealt with by them.

The Wang family siblings spawned at position 2 of the [Parino Valley Base].

"In other words, excluding us, there should still be five teams left in the match..."

Chu Hong had already quickly arranged his battle route in his mind.

"Jiaojiao, Wang Suming, protect the boss well..."

[Huaxi Wharf]

"Fire output, suppress him! Don't let him pop his head out!"

"Da da da!"

Torrential bullets spewed from the muzzle of the machine gun, riddling the containers on the outer perimeter of [Huaxi Wharf] with holes. However, at this moment, the squad that had spawned at [Huaxi Wharf]

didn't dare to relax even the slightest bit.

A faint buzzing sound of something flying close to the ground suddenly struck from the other side.

Wielding a door-sized greatsword taller than a person, the captain wearing heavy armor suddenly tightened his expression.

"Hah! Unyielding Barrier!"

A surge of source energy followed as he activated his defensive skill, instantly erecting an invisible energy shield around himself and his surroundings.

The [flying bird drone] suddenly pulled up high.

Yet a [golden apple] suddenly exploded amidst a wave of scorching red light.

"Come!"

"Da da da!"

The bullets spewed by the machine gun desperately chased and strafed behind Chu Hong.

However, the speed at which the muzzle turned couldn't keep up with Chu Hong's ghostly figure at all.

"A-Liang, watch out!"

"Ahhh—" The machine gunner A-Liang roared, but could only watch helplessly as Chu Hong came right up to him after a turn.

A magic-side member in the team slammed both hands onto the ground.

A dirt wall was about to rise around A-Liang immediately.

However,

faster than the dirt wall was a gorgeous Western-style longsword.

"Puchi!"

"A-Liang!!!"

The captain roared, too angry to bother covering the teammate beside him who had been severely injured by Chu Hong's sniper shot right at the beginning. With a roar, he instantly raised his greatsword and charged at Chu Hong like a fierce tiger.

Qiyuan Realm Level 5!

This strength, among newcomers, was definitely not that of a nobody.

And Wang Xinghe, who was currently hiding on the outer perimeter watching this scene from start to finish, had already drawn a sharp breath.

"This guy is Dou Jian from the Pinghu Sword Pavilion in Dongjiang Base City. His dad is the master of the Pinghu Sword Pavilion, a Core Condensation Realm expert who has a red-quality sword collection as his source core object! I didn't expect to run into him in the same match!"

Wang Suming hadn't heard of this person: "Is this guy named Dou Jian very strong?"

"Strong..." Wang Xinghe was about to nod with a solemn expression when he suddenly saw the scene inside [Huaxi Wharf], his eyeballs almost popping out on the spot.

"Holy crap!"

With a bang,

the Dou Jian who was "very strong" in his mouth—as fast as he was when charging at Chu Hong, he was just as fiercely fast when kicked in the chest and sent flying backward.

A gunshot rang out.

The magic-side teammate in the distance who was preparing to distract Chu Hong instantly had a hole blown through his head.

Furthermore, no one saw clearly when he fired the gun, or even... when he took it out.

Amidst a burst of red light, the [inheritor sv-98] in his hand vanished in the blink of an eye.

Making a layer of sweat pop out on Wang Xinghe's forehead.

Opening his mouth wide, wanting to ask something, but looking at Chu Hong slaughtering the entire field right now, words simply couldn't come out no matter what.

That, was that just now... a red-quality weapon?

And how could he, at the Qiyuan Realm, wield a red-quality weapon like a Core Condensation Realm expert?!

Knocked to the ground heavily once again.

Dou Jian, whose sword-gripping hand had been broken by Chu Hong, had a face covered in blood stains and sweat.

This was their first defeat since the assessment began!

But for the first time, they lost so miserably...

A full squad of five was wiped out by this single person right in front of them in just a few short minutes.

He panted, looking at the pitch-black muzzle of the handgun raised by Chu Hong in front of him.

"I am Dou Jian of Dongjiang Base City. What is your name?"

"Huangshan Base City, Chu Hong!"

Hearing Chu Hong state his background, Dou Jian's mouth curved into a slight arc as he let out a long breath.

"Hoo... With your strength, you must have applied to Longming Sacred Academy. It's no injustice to lose to you this time, but next time it won't be like this."

Dou Jian calmly closed his eyes.

"Bang!"