176: Chapter 176: The assessment is over!

"Hoo..."

Chu Hong was breathing slightly.

After confirming that both bosses had been messed to death by him, he couldn't help but relax immediately.

As he was preparing to take another injection of [ omega venom stimulant ], he put the items away and looked at the mutated monkeys rushing over upon hearing the commotion inside the cave at this moment.

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Source energy erupted from his body.

Supernatural ability [ Slaughter Overlord ] activated!

Instantly, with the help of [ Ke Xiaoken ] and the Thunder Horned Dragon, he directly transformed into a human-machine harvester. Dealing with these mutated monkeys no longer possessed any challenge for him at all now.

The various attributes of speed and strength of Ninth Stage of Qiyuan Realm, matched with the perspective effect of the [ cobweb brain-computer interface ] exhibition cabinet, allowed him to easily pull off counter-kills even amidst the monkey horde.

After a round of clearing out.

Chu Hong's condition also restored to its peak state along with the feedback of clusters of life energy around him.

Chu Hong rubbed his hands with a look of anticipation.

He walked in front of the corpse of the boss Cliff Yang.

Lowering his head and gritting his teeth at the damned ability side effect, Chu Hong's urgency to be able to loot another bottle of [ eternal gene injection ] had reached its peak at this moment.

This would be fine if it were only within his sole [ Special Service Department ] Investigation area.

If he were to loot corpse containers later in real-world mystic realms and the side effect occurred, he wouldn't be able to think of any other way to preserve his innocence and image besides wiping the map and silencing witnesses.

"I'm begging you, Brother Yang! Show some face. As long as you're willing to give me this face and solve this side effect for me, I guarantee that every time I enter a match from now on, I'll take your quest at the very first moment and slaughter these damn smelly monkeys to the last..."

Chu Hong pressed his hands together, muttering under his breath.

Searching [ Security Minister Parino Cliff Yang ]: ...

The black search box appeared amidst Chu Hong's expectant gaze.

One single grid, and two two-by-one double grids.

When he saw the two double-grid items inside the black box, Chu Hong became somewhat obsessed with excitement.

"Brother Yang, give me some strength, give me some strength..."

Chu Hong was so nervous he was almost about to cry. At this moment, the ability's side effect grew even more violent due to his emotional fluctuations, and the tightness even made Chu Hong feel a strong sense of discomfort.

"Hiss..."

He drew in a sharp breath slightly.

At this moment, within the black box in front of him, after the search icon spun for a while.

It lit up with a thrilling red light.

[Ding!]

A scarlet, heavily sci-fi-styled metal prosthetic eye appeared in Chu Hong's hand.

It was the [ Cliff Youngs Crimson Eye ]!

The exhibition cabinet effect of this gadget could now be activated!

However, most of Chu Hong's attention was placed on the two double-grid items at this moment.

"Gene potion, gene potion, gene potion..." Chu Hong anticipated nervously.

However.

The search icon only spun for less than two seconds on the black box of the first double-grid item.

And amidst a blue glow, the item's information appeared.

[ Base Training Archive (Blue) ]

Damn it!

Boss, stop giving me this trash!

His gaze stared fixedly upon his final hope.

However.

As if teasing by fate, after the search icon spun out a [ Precision Gas Mask (Purple) ] amidst a purple glow.

Chu Hong's heart completely died.

Forget it... If it doesn't drop this round, it will eventually drop later. Anyway, since he now had a method to quickly kill the boss head-on, he could completely run-loot to accumulate source energy points while completing tasks and farming bosses...

Chu Hong thought to himself.

He stayed in the [ Special Service Department ] for a full three or four days.

During these three or four days, Chu Hong and his team almost never entered an assessment mystic realm again.

Every day, Chu Hong either "slept" or got up to eat something in the cafeteria.

Meanwhile, Song Jiaojiao and Wang Suming were not idle either.

Song Jiaojiao was studying the [ eternal essence ] given to her by Chu Hong. Just as Brother Tong from the Special Service Department told Chu Hong, using this red-quality consumable in the real world was no easy task.

As for Wang Suming, he was adapting to his new set of equipment.

His pressure was the greatest.

After all... Brother Hong, who grew up wearing the same pair of pants with him since childhood, had inexplicably started acting like he had cheats enabled, his strength soaring all the way.

Yet he himself had entirely relied on equipment and Chu Hong's care to reach where he was today.

Entering [ Longming Sacred Academy ] afterward, the opponents he would face would definitely be the elites among elites of Great Xia...

"3761... 3762... 3763..."

Inside Wang Suming's residence, sweat poured down like rain from the latter. Every single muscle in his entire body seemed to be spasming and twitching, yet he still carried the [ profiteering goblins cargo box ] filled with weighted items on his back.

Arduously completing push-ups time and time again.

Perhaps even he himself hadn't noticed.

His body, which used to be as fat as a ball, had already begun to noticeably transform in the direction of being strong and muscular.

On his belly, back, arms, and legs, muscle lines were beginning to faintly appear...

Within the assessment mystic realm where Chu Hong's team was completely absent for these three or four days, it was not peaceful at all.

Wu Gang's team, having had a major red item snatched away by Chu Hong once again, went like crazy.

Entering the map to accept the benchmark quest [ Wrath of Nature ], and then camping out at the extraction point.

Virtually not a single Pioneer matched with them could even think about extracting from the mystic realm.

And as the time for the assessment's end drew closer and closer, teams urgently needing elimination points or loot points finally let go of their final modesty and began choosing to embark on the road of no return of blocking extraction points at the [ Ecological Observation Tower ].

Among this massive crowd of extraction-camping groups.

The team led by Wu Shuashai relied on the tactics given by Chu Hong: sniping the [ Ecological Observation Tower ] from the treetops of the towering trees near the [ Vine Plank Road ] at a stealthy and tricky angle.

Their elimination points and loot points began to rapidly accumulate.

The entire team also obviously became more and more confident as they fought.

Even with the improvement of equipment and combat tacit understanding within the team.

Wu Shuashai directly built upon the guide given by their grandmaster Chu Hong, inventing an even more adventurous yet horrifyingly rewarding tactic called the "nine-second team wipe of teams inside the extraction point".

Find a place at the start and just camp!

Don't fight, don't loot, don't extract!

Without exposing a shred of information, they watched with wide eyes as the team on the [ Ecological Observation Tower ] fought a fierce battle with the intercepted team, waiting for the exact moment when the victorious side stepped into the extraction point's range.

Wu Shuashai and all members immediately launched full-coverage saturated attacks targeting the extraction point.

If they could stay, they would eat to their heart's content.

If they couldn't stay, they could also immediately choose to extract...

Time flashed by.

"Dang, dang, dang~"

When the midnight bell of 12 o'clock rang throughout the entire [ Black Iron Castle ].

The teleportation point that had been operating and glowing continuously for 7 days finally dimmed its light.

All the Pioneers participating in the assessment walked out of their rooms one after another, though there were also quite a few rooms from which no one could ever walk out again.

Throughout the entire examination hall, regardless of whether their scores met the standard or not.

At this moment when the assessment ended, everyone's reaction was unanimous... they relaxed.

Huang Yuling brought her team to Song Jiaojiao and the others' floor.

"Wu~ It's finally over! The mystic realm in these past two days was simply like hell. With nine teams per match, three or four teams were all charging towards the [ Ecological Observation Tower ]. Can you imagine how miserable we were?"

Huang Yuling stretched lazily, though her overall mood was noticeably quite good.

Her few teammates also wore happy expressions.

Their scores met the standard!

The sound of the door opening rang out.

Chu Hong and Wang Suming walked out of the room.

Upon seeing Chu Hong, Song Jiaojiao was stunned at first, and then her pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly.

This aura fluctuation... [ Ninth Stage of Qiyuan Realm ]?!

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