213: Chapter 213 Shock! The Source Core Item Revealed = Collection Room Level 1 Crimson!

The misunderstanding was resolved!

With the addition of a new member with astonishing potential, Chu Hong finally wore a smile that reassured Luo Xin.

"Don't worry, with the call records of debt collection and coercion that fellow He Zhenshan sent you previously, and no substantive image footage left of the battle on-site, the Wanted Division will at most just question you a bit."

"As for how you escaped…" Chu Hong smiled and shrugged.

"In front of them, just show your excellent extraction rate. As long as they can't produce solid evidence, they can't do anything to you, unless they resort to torture and interrogation!"

Luo Xin's pretty face turned tense.

"Th-Then what if they use torture?"

Chu Hong didn't speak, and her older brother, Luo Yi, spoke indifferently beside her.

"Then the next matter will be between us and the Wanted Division."

Even Donald, upon hearing words that would be enough to frighten quite a few people if spread out, chose to smoke in silent agreement.

Having witnessed Chu Hong's numerous methods,

and now with Chu Hong establishing two teams overtly and covertly, this in itself already indicated that Chu Hong was by no means a goody-two-shoes who liked to follow the rules. Furthermore… Chu Hong's current actions clearly leaned more toward the side of the villains.

"Ahem, alright, let's not discuss this matter for now. Since you are my team members from now on, I, Chu Hong, guarantee that I will absolutely not turn a blind eye when you face disciplinary action."

"Of course, I don't need to say much about the prerequisite… Nobody likes being betrayed!"

Chu Hong's gaze swept calmly across the faces of the Luo siblings.

The intent to warn was undisguised.

Seeing the two nod, Chu Hong then turned his gaze toward this stronghold that could now be abandoned.

"So next, Luo Yi will follow Old Tang. He has a way to get you a relatively more convenient identity. Although it won't withstand strict Investigation, at least it won't force you to keep hiding in the gutter."

"To rebuild the laboratory and the production line for the [forbidden object], make a list of whatever you need, and someone in the team will be responsible for gathering these things for you."

...

[Qianchongzhai Base City] was attacked.

He Group Chairman He Zhenshan and City Lord Wang Guangyi were killed.

Just as Chu Hong and Luo Xin had safely returned to Huangshan Base City, this news had already quickly spread across various surrounding base cities.

Furthermore, the very moment Luo Xin stepped down from the airship,

several people had already been waiting at the airship berth since earlier.

"Are you Luo Xin? We are from the Great Xia Wanted Division. These are our credentials. There is a matter that requires your assistance with the Investigation, please come with us for a trip."

The leading man with a cold gaze, who looked less like an Investigation personnel and more like an assassin, directly blocked Luo Xin's path.

The disguised Chu Hong did not look at Luo Xin and normally stepped down from the airship.

He even curiously glanced at the several Wanted Division inspectors.

As Luo Xin was taken away,

after Chu Hong returned to Song Family Manor, President Song Ming called him into the study at the very first moment.

"Did you guys kill Wang Guangyi and He Zhenshan?!"

President Song Ming's voice was sharp, but he deliberately lowered it.

Even as the president of the Rubiks Chamber of Commerce, who had seen countless people, the look he cast at Chu Hong could hardly conceal a few traces of shock and disbelief.

That was a city lord!

Moreover, it was right on their own turf…

Chu Hong tapped on the desktop instead: "Uncle Song, you mustn't talk nonsense like that. I just heard news from the Pioneers Guild side clearly stating that those who killed Wang Guangyi and He Zhenshan were people from the Black Hole Council."

"Sigh, who would have thought that Jiang Long, the star figure and formidable newcomer of our Huangshan Base City back then, would degenerate to joining the Night Crow Society and even launch such a terrifying riot?"

Chu Hong's heart-broken expression instead caused the shock on President Song Ming's face to slowly recede and settle down.

"Did you clean up thoroughly?"

Chu Hong nodded. At this, President Song Ming finally felt completely at ease.

"Rest assured, although that Luo Xin's older brother is wanted, which indeed gives her quite a bit of suspicion, suspicion is just suspicion. Without evidence, nothing counts."

The facts were just as President Song Ming said.

Ever since returning, Luo Xin had been taken away for Investigation consecutively for five days. During this period, she occasionally returned once or twice, but was subsequently taken away by other departments again.

Even Chu Hong, the captain of the Big Dog Chew Chew Chew Team, was routinely questioned.

Inside the Pioneers Guild,

Chu Hong wore the righteous indignation a youth should have, slamming tables and cursing.

"Holy crap! Big brothers, you have no idea. When I met her in the mystic realm that day, those people from the Black Mantis Team following behind her completely didn't treat her as a human being!"

"The little girl has an information-slot skill, but whose information slot has four people pushing her to the front while carrying such a huge bag? I couldn't stand to watch anymore, so I went up and said a couple of things."

"I said… Hey, isn't this inappropriate of you guys?… I just said that single sentence, and guess what happened?"

Chu Hong patted the table with a face full of indignation and grievance, pointing to the side of his cheek.

"The deputy captain of that Black Mantis Team came up and gave me a big slap right on the face. Do you know how much psychological trauma this slap caused to a young man like me who is just about to enter Source Energy University?"

Chu Hong's sorrowful and indignant expression, matched with those exaggerated body movements,

made the few staff members responsible for recording and questioning inside the interrogation room hold back their laughter, though the leading "assassin" iceberg man frowned.

"So, you killed them?"

"Yeah! I killed them!" Chu Hong suddenly nodded with an earnest and honest look, which instead stunned the clerk who was just about to record Chu Hong's rebuttal words.

The single sentence also visibly stunned the expression on the "assassin" iceberg man's face.

"You admit it?"

Chu Hong sneered: "What's there not to admit? What? Have you never killed anyone?"

The phrase "Have you never killed anyone," spoken by Chu Hong, was like saying "Are you still weaned?", with its taunting power maxed out.

The man gave Chu Hong a deep look.

Killing people in the mystic realm was naturally incorrect, but this wasn't his place to manage.

The Wanted Division couldn't manage it all either…

"During those few days when the incident happened, where were you?"

"Song Family Manor!"

"You stayed in the manor for three days? Didn't go out?"

"Big brother, my girlfriend is Song Jiaojiao! With such a pretty girlfriend with an amazing figure, why would I go out? Is the outside world that fun?"

"…"

After everyone who had surface-level contact with Luo Xin was routinely questioned by the people of the Wanted Division,

not two days later, Luo Xin safely returned to Song Family Manor.

"Wuwuwu! Captain, I'm finally out, wuwuwu!"

With the destruction of the He Group, coupled with the resolution of her older brother Luo Yi's physical problems, the heavy stone that had been weighing on this little girl's heart for several years finally hit the ground.

In an instant, Luo Xin couldn't hold back anymore, throwing herself into Chu Hong's arms and crying bitterly.

Chu Hong's gaze looked toward Campus Belle Song. Facing this self-inflicted embrace, not only was he not the least bit embarrassed or awkward, but instead he proudly winked at Song Jiaojiao.

See that? Just how charming is your esteemed captain?

Song Jiaojiao gently rolled her eyes.

That evening, Song Jiaojiao had housekeeper Uncle Fu specially prepare a welcome banquet, officially welcoming Luo Xin, the newcomer, to join.

...

[Special Service Department]

[Big Red Collection Room]

Chu Hong looked at the three display cabinets in front of him that were lit up one after another: [Hatred Scroll], [Paranormal Observer Relic], and ["Wooden Man" Whistle].

The display cabinets that were only Lv0 temporarily could not light up their corresponding display cabinet effects.

But the moment Chu Hong placed the [ghost immortal peach] in his hand—which was originally Wang Guangyi's source core item, but was "exploded" out after the other party's death—into the display cabinet, Chu Hong's expression couldn't help but freeze for a moment.

[Item Name]: ghost immortal peach

[Item Grade]: Red

[Value]: 1,293,000

[Type]: Source Energy Matter

[Weight]: 0.8 kg

[Backpack Grid Capacity Occupied]: 2 × 2

[Item Description]: A bizarre peach not grown on a peach tree, exuding extremely heavy yin energy while carrying a hint of incense aroma from being worshipped, full of ominousness and bizarreness.

Originally, after being placed in the showcase, it should have been at the initial Lv0 just like other collectibles.

Requiring subsequent collection of a second one by oneself to upgrade the display cabinet.

Yet the very instant it was put inside, just like the big red figurines such as [Ke Xiaoken] and [Primal Little Ape],

it was directly Lv1.

[Collectible]: ghost immortal peach

[Showcase Level]: Lv1

[Activation Effect]: Entering a paranormal-side mystic realm allows entering the scenario with its own yin-fiend aura.

[Upgrade Requirement]: 5 million Source Energy Points, [ghost immortal peach] * 3

Chu Hong instantly widened his eyes in astonishment.

"Are the source core item big red dropped by Core Condensation Realm Pioneers killed outside real-world mystic realms actually default to Lv1 right away in the collection room?"

Chu Hong took a slight gasp of cold air.

Looking at those other few display cabinets waiting to be upgraded, Chu Hong's heart stirred.

It seems that this paranormal-side mystic realm called [Ghost Town] needs to be recorded somehow as well…