17: Chapter 17 Investigation Area [Thunderhorn Lizardman Tribe]

"Give me all known secret realm data within a forty-mile radius of Huangshan Base City right now!"

With an unfamiliar yet striking and unforgettable handsome face, the moment he opened his mouth, it immediately startled the young girl who was dozing off in front of the counter.

Wiping away the crystal-clear drool from the corner of her mouth, the young girl hurriedly said.

"Sir, are you sure you want all of them? I'm afraid this price is a bit high..."

"How much?"

"Twenty-five thousand source energy points per secret realm!"

"Fine!"

Nodding decisively, Chu Hong's reticent image instantly made his already extraordinary persona stand firm.

It also attracted the attention of a few Pioneers who were sitting and chatting in the Dove Whistle Court at the moment.

"This little brother looks unfamiliar, doesn't seem like he's from our Huangshan Base City..."

An old man wearing a cowboy hat and a golden revolver hanging at his waist asked with a smile, while pointing to a bottle of rum in front of him.

"Want to have a drink together?"

Chu Hong gently shook his head: "Thanks, but I have business to attend to."

The old man was not angry, just looking at Chu Hong curiously. He was also an old-timer hanging around this area; he wouldn't dare say he knew everyone in the black market, but getting a familiar face was no problem.

Only the youth before him, clearly not an ordinary character, was exceptionally unfamiliar.

While the two were simply chatting, the young girl had already walked out from the back carrying two kraft paper document bags.

"Sir, according to your request, currently within a forty-mile radius of Huangshan Base City, counting the recently appeared 'Cliffside Epidemic Hospital', the remaining two are the 'Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe' in the northern mountain valley, which is considered a magic-side secret realm. As for the other one, it's at the bottom of the Crescent Moon Lake in the south, named 'Murloc Ruins'..."

Chu Hong decisively paid fifty thousand source energy points to purchase these two pieces of intelligence.

This price wasn't considered cheap, but Chu Hong was not one of those ordinary rookie Pioneers without a family fortune.

And the moment he opened the file for the "Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe" secret realm.

[Ding! Investigation area "Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe" discovered. Do you want to record it into the Special Service Department Action Department?]

Chu Hong silently chanted yes in his heart.

[Ding! Investigation area "Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe" successfully recorded into the Special Service Department Action Department.]

He simply put on a show and flipped through it twice, as if checking the authenticity of the data.

Then he opened another document bag.

[Ding! Investigation area "Murloc Ruins" discovered. Do you want to record it into the Special Service Department Action Department?]

"Yes!"

[Ding! Investigation area "Murloc Ruins" successfully recorded into the Special Service Department Action Department.]

Chu Hong silently put away his things and prepared to leave.

Behind him came the voice of the old man who had invited him just moments before.

"Little brother, although the two secret realms, the Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe and the Murloc Ruins, have been explored more or less, the bosses in both secret realms are not easy to deal with. Without the strength of Origin Initiation Stage 5 or above, it's best not to enter the core area."

Chu Hong turned back, and the latter smiled as he took off his cowboy hat, bowing slightly with a smile.

"If things don't go smoothly, you can come here to find me. I wouldn't dare speak for the Murloc Ruins, but our Falcon Pioneer Team is very good at secret realms with terrains like the Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe. Prices are negotiable."

A business card flicked out from his hand.

With a swoosh, it was precisely caught by Chu Hong.

The smile on the old man's face grew thicker.

Chu Hong looked at the business card "Falcon Pioneer Team Leader, Donald". Chu Hong had a weird expression; this guy was clearly a Huaxia person, giving himself such a name...

He smiled and put away the business card.

Walking out of the Dove Whistle Court.

Watching Chu Hong's departing back, the person who was originally drinking with Donald couldn't help curling his lips: "So arrogant!"

Donald smiled, but a pair of eyes flickered with a faint blue light.

"I can't see through his strength..."

Leaving the black market area all the way, Chu Hong used the concealment of the night. After turning a few alley corners, his originally tall and upright body suddenly began to crawl as if something was twisting on it.

Clusters of worm-like objects peeled off from his body.

They converged into a ferocious and horrifying smiling worm egg—unexpectedly the big red item Chu Hong unboxed from the grand free guarantee in the [ Staff Dormitory ], [ Worm Mask ].

The effect of this big red item turned out to be capable of providing Chu Hong with one hundred percent full disguise.

Not only from his physique, temperament, and voice, even the source energy within his body could be hidden.

Making people unable to see his strength and depth at all.

"Tsk, it's a bit disgusting, but it indeed makes it convenient for me to sell goods..."

Chu Hong returned home all the way.

The first thing he did was immediately enter the Special Service Department.

The [ Cliffside Epidemic Hospital ] map had a decent harvest, but it severely limited his combat performance. Always engaging in assassination and silent combat was not conducive to Chu Hong facing major events like the assessment next.

Coming before the Action Department, the light screen here had unexpectedly added two new Investigation areas.

[ Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe (Normal) ]: A Lizardman tribe that suddenly descended into this river valley due to unknown forces after the Blue Star Cataclysm. It is said to come from a magic-side world. The high-level Lizardman leaders and priests possess a certain power to summon thunder, hence the name of this tribe. The Lizardman population is roughly between four to five hundred people. Setting aside the magic factor, the overall civilization level is roughly close to some human primitive tribes. Note: Many things can happen within ten seconds, including death.

[ Entry Conditions ]: Unlimited

[ Action Time ]: 1 hour

[ Extremely low probability to produce high-value items ]: [ Dimensional Ring (Red) ] [ lizard priests grimoire (Red) ] [ Thunder Dragon Horn (Gold) ]

"Four to five hundred units of enemies..."

Seeing this, Chu Hong not only wasn't nervous, but instead revealed a smile on his face.

This was precisely what he wanted!

Clicking on the map of the [ Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe ].

The three spawn points were respectively at the northwest cliff top intersection, the southwest river valley entrance, and the southeast cliff top intersection of the map.

Except for outposts on the north and south cliff tops, the main area of the entire Lizardman tribe was located in the river valley between the cliff walls on both sides.

Memorizing the spawn points and evacuation points.

Chu Hong strapped the [ "Black Wolf" Compound Bow ] on his back, took about twenty arrows, and picked up the [ saber - source blade ].

A medical first-aid kit and a backpack full of bombs.

"Enter the Investigation area [ Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe ]!"

Darkness before his eyes.

Before his vision recovered, Chu Hong had already keenly smelled a scent of dust.

When his vision returned, a watchtower more than ten meters high in the distance came into view.

Chu Hong saw at a glance the grayish-blue Lizardmen pacing on the watchtower and vigilantly guarding the surroundings left and right.

He was standing at an intersection, with dense jungles to his left and right.

With a flash of his figure, Chu Hong had already hidden into the jungle. And just as he hid himself, the Lizardman on the watchtower happened to glance toward the direction where he had just been standing.

Chu Hong's eyes flashed with coldness.

Like an agile civet cat, his figure utilized the cover of the jungle to quickly sneak toward the watchtower.

"This place is about right..."

He took out the compound bow, drew the bow and nocked an arrow.

"Swoosh!"

A precise and sharp arrow instantly pierced horizontally through the temple position of the Lizardman on the watchtower.

The fresh blood gave the other Lizardman on the watchtower a big fright.

However, immediately following that, another arrow shot straight at the center of his brow.

"Clang!"

The commotion ultimately attracted a Lizardman patrol team stationed beneath the watchtower.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Look quickly! The enemy is there!"

With a cold smile on his face, Chu Hong unapologetically revealed his figure from the jungle.

Immediately, more than a dozen Lizardmen roared and rushed toward him.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Three fierce spears carrying energy light instantly shattered the bushes around him.

Wood chips splattered everywhere, branches flew about...

However.

Their reaction speed could not be considered slow, yet Chu Hong, who was still viewed in the outside world as a quasi-Pioneer without source energy, currently possessed a strength that was enough to leave all his peers in the entire First Source Energy Middle School speechless: Origin Initiation Stage 4!

"Swoosh!"

The source blade carrying a crimson glow left his hand, followed closely by an arrow right after.

Before the Lizardmen had time to rush in front of Chu Hong.

Two of them were pierced through the center of their brows on the spot.

Chu Hong's figure flashed past leaving an afterimage, and the blood-stained source blade was already grasped in his hand once again.

"Today, I only talk about fierce attacks!"