173: Chapter 173 Side Effects: "Little Dragon Head-Raising Syndrome"

[Special Service Department]

[Big Red Collection Room]

As an even more dazzling golden light lit up on the display cabinet of the [enterprise sailing ship model],

Chu Hong successfully upgraded another display cabinet to Lv1 once again.

[Collectible]: "enterprise sailing ship model"

[Display Cabinet Level]: Lv1

[Activation Effect]: For ship-type extraction points, you can extract directly without a countdown.

[Upgrade Requirement]: 5 million Source Energy Points, [enterprise sailing ship model] * 3.

Looking at the newly activated display cabinet effect, the smile on Chu Hong's face grew even richer.

"Hehe, the extraction cheat is activated!"

Chu Hong muttered to himself, then walked over to an empty display cabinet and took out the other two red collectibles he had obtained on this trip, which he hadn't encountered before.

[Collectible]: Cliff Yang's Chief Armband

[Display Cabinet Level]: Lv0

[Activation Effect]: None

[Upgrade Requirement]: 1 million Source Energy Points, [Cliff Yang's Chief Armband] * 1

[Collectible]: Cliff Yang's Chief Armband

[Display Cabinet Level]: Lv1

[Activation Effect]: Without active attack, it will not trigger attacks from all personnel of the faction "Palino Bio-Group" within the secret realm.

[Upgrade Requirement]: 5 million Source Energy Points, [Cliff Yang's Chief Armband] * 3

Chu Hong raised his eyebrows slightly.

"A minor cheat doesn't count as cheating..."

He then placed [Cliff Yang's Crimson Eye] into a display cabinet.

He once again saw the Lv1 display cabinet effect of this crimson prosthetic eye.

[Collectible]: "Cliff Yang's Crimson Eye"

[Display Cabinet Level]: Lv1

[Activation Effect]: Consuming Source Energy can instantly activate the "Overclocked Computing Power" state, calculating the enemy target's attack trajectory.

[Upgrade Requirement]: 5 million Source Energy Points, ["Cliff Yang's Crimson Eye"] * 3

Chu Hong's smile carried a bit of unscrupulousness.

"It seems I still need to find a way to do that bitch's quest..."

Even if it meant going against his conscience.

But when it came to opening the "WeMod Project List", Chu Hong's stance was firm and unshakable. If it could be solved by cheating, there was no need to fight head-on.

After all... isn't not getting banned while cheating also a form of strength?

Chu Hong let out a beast-like chuckle.

After settling these two little red items,

Chu Hong finally came before the Martial Arts Training Room of the [Special Service Department] with full anticipation.

At this moment, on the light screen of the [Martial Arts Training Room], there was a pending project glowing with a faint light.

[Fusion Plan Reinforcement "Slaughter Overlord" Effect: Instantly activate and maintain for 30 seconds, boosting strength by a major realm state. Each biological target killed midway extends the reinforcement effect by 5 seconds]

[Fusion Plan Cost: 15 million Source Energy Points]

[Current Account Source Energy Points: 12,871,006]

"Sigh, a penny can stump a hero..."

Chu Hong gently supported his forehead.

Running through the [Investigation] areas in the [Special Service Department] to loot risk-free was indeed lucrative, but the damn recovery prices of the [Special Service Department] were truly agonizing.

Chu Hong hadn't even gathered enough money for the reinforcement plan of the previous [flower of eternity].

And now, another item had been looted out.

If others knew that Chu Hong was currently suffering from a headache and distress because he obtained too many big reds too frequently and couldn't afford the source energy points for his golden finger,

they would probably chop this brat into pieces without hesitation.

You bastard, your cheating has reached the point where you don't even bother to disguise it, and now you're still not satisfied?!

Why don't you let us give you some face?

And all commit suicide to return to heaven?

Cough cough...

"Brother Tong, if this [eternal gene injection] is reinforced, how much is the fee? Can the side effects be eliminated?"

As Chu Hong asked this question,

on the light screen of the [Martial Arts Training Room] in front of him, streams of gorgeous sci-fi digital symbols suddenly lit up.

[Ding!]

[Planning the fusion plan for the red collectible "eternal gene injection" for you...]

Chu Hong waited patiently.

After about a few minutes, content suddenly began to appear on the light screen in front of him.

[Recommended Optimal Fusion Plan: Ability-side gene sequence activation + Biological energy upper limit enhancement!]

[This fusion plan will activate a supernatural energy-type ability for the host while strengthening the host's internal source energy level and reserves.]

[Fusion Plan Cost: 10 million Source Energy Points]

"What about the side effects? Can the side effects be eliminated?"

Chu Hong pressed on about the matter he cared about most.

Although he had now activated the display cabinet effect of the [mother of the forest], practically giving him two lives within the secret realm, there were tens of thousands of types of secret realms, and in some, the rules were extremely cumbersome.

Even powerful beings in the [Core Condensation Realm] who could act as lords of a city locally might accidentally perish in a secret realm.

Chu Hong would never dare enter a secret realm with a body strapped with a random bomb.

[The side effect "Energy Rampage Out of Control" produced by direct injection of the drug has been modified and weakened in the fusion plan.]

[Current Plan Side Effect: Little Dragon Raising Head Syndrome]

Chu Hong: "...???"

It was as if he didn't see the text on the light screen clearly at first, or as if he couldn't believe whether his eyes were playing tricks on him.

However,

after confirming it a few times, Chu Hong's expression couldn't help but turn somewhat stiff.

What kind of Little Dragon Raising Head is this? Is it what I think it means?

"No way? Can't it be eliminated? What decent person would inexplicably develop such a side effect during battle? If an opponent sees this, they'll think I'm not trying to kill them, but rather trying to capture them alive!"

Chu Hong was somewhat breaking down and too embarrassed to speak of it.

"Even if you charge a higher fee? I'd accept it!"

[Ding! Comprehensive deduction by the Martial Arts Training Room: The side effect of this plan can be eliminated after the second reinforcement. The host can collect a second [eternal gene injection] as soon as possible.]

[Detected that the host's current account source energy points are abundant. Would you like to initiate plan fusion?]

Chu Hong: "..."

After a brief struggle and hesitation,

faced with pride and strength, he ultimately chose the latter very realistically.

Gritting his teeth,

At worst, when fighting in the future, he would use the effect of the [Masked Worm] to change his face...

"Fuse!"

Watching the Special Service Department account instantly deduct a full 10 million source energy points from the over 12 million,

Chu Hong's heart couldn't help but bleed.

He had not had a proper night's sleep in a long time.

Ever since time-traveling into this world, he entered real-world secret realms during the day and looted in the [Special Service Department]'s [Investigation] area at night...

In a sense, the source energy strength that everyone envied nowadays wasn't entirely obtained just by cheating... After all, entering and exiting real-world secret realms would increase source energy.

But in the [Special Service Department], it wouldn't...

Inside the [Martial Arts Training Room], Chu Hong sat cross-legged on the ground. The bottle of [eternal gene injection] he had brought back suddenly shattered on the spot before an invisible force.

The glass shards were eliminated.

That crimson medicinal liquid in mid-air was processed like a secondary refinement by a colorful unknown force, splitting into several groups of medicinal doses with varying sizes and amounts.

Then, as if carrying some calculated result, they began to seep into Chu Hong's body through pores all over his skin.

"Ughah!"