223: Chapter 223: About how I became a secret realm boss after leveling up, and therefore I'm going to wreak havoc on other countries.

[Ding!]

[Commander Locked: Chu Hong]

[Currently Registerable Operatives: Wang Suming (100% Trust), Song Jiaojiao (100% Trust), Donald (100% Trust), Xu Daili (100% Trust), Luo Xin (100% Trust)]

Chu Hong's eyes widened as he looked at the holographic projections of Song Jiaojiao and the others appearing before him, which were 100% accurately restored.

For a moment, he couldn't quite understand what registering operatives meant.

Furthermore... even the little girl Luo Xin trusted him 100%?!

Chu Hong was somewhat surprised; Luo Yi did not trust him 100%, and Chu Hong wasn't surprised by that.

But Luo Xin... Chu Hong almost had the thought, one of the four major illusions in life, "Could she have a secret crush on me?"

"Brother Tong, what does registering operatives mean? Does this mean I can bring Fatty and the others into the Special Service Department from now on?"

Chu Hong asked hurriedly.

[Ding!]

[System detection complete. For targets meeting the registration conditions, after the host sends an invitation and obtains the latter's consent, the system will forcibly input a confidentiality mechanism into them.]

[Successfully registered targets will be able to enter the Special Service Department's action area together with the host and enjoy the effect of not truly dying upon death.]

[Registered operatives only have the authority to use the Martial Arts Training Room, the cafeteria, and the Special Weapons Department.]

Chu Hong's heart couldn't help but pound wildly at this moment.

Although Wang Suming and Song Jiaojiao had been working extremely hard, and their growth rates definitely left their peers far behind, facing Chu Hong—a cheating dog with a continuous "ding ding ding"—

the few people's efforts to catch up still seemed quite futile.

Now, the upgrade of the Special Service Department actually gave Chu Hong the ability to bring them along to cheat together, even though it was only half the cheating ability.

But this kind of influence was definitely heaven-defying!

"Hehehe, I've also gained several run-and-loot laborers..."

Chu Hong's smile became somewhat unbridled. Now, the Special Service Department account that had always given him massive headaches should soon be able to fill up as well.

His gaze subsequently looked toward that huge light door.

It looked just like the Southern Heavenly Gate from myths, with flowing halos, making it extremely magnificent.

"Brother Tong, what about this one? What is this for? A new department?"

[Ding!]

[Special Service Department upgraded — — Unlocked "Base Island"]

[Base Island: An open-world island that can be freely edited by the host. The host can randomly unlock and be rewarded with an area's buildings of an Investigation region by completing time-limited map-clearing challenges of the Investigation region map, and construct them within the Base Island.]

[Ding! Base Island can spend Source Energy Points to descend upon the real world in the form of a secret realm.]

[Ding! Special Service Department registered operatives can actively enter the Base Island and act as NPC-like characters.]

Chu Hong: "???"

Chu Hong admitted that at this moment, after hearing all this brand-new upgraded information given by Brother Tong, his brain crashed for a moment, failing to digest it all.

Me?

Became a secret realm boss?

And can even make the secret realm descend into the real world?

Team members act as elite monsters in the secret realm?

What on earth is all this?

Does it want me to descend into reality and then be farmed by others like a container?

But suddenly, Chu Hong's head jerked, and he tentatively asked in a low voice.

"Brother Tong, since this Base Island's descent costs money, does that mean I can set the coordinates for the descent? For example... descending into Tianzhao Country?"

A somewhat wicked smile gradually appeared on Chu Hong's face, and this smile became completely unbridled after hearing the reply given by Brother Tong.

[Ding! Yes! In addition, all the equipment of the Pioneers who die in battle within the host's "Base Island" will be counted as "Secret Realm Spoils" and settled uniformly when the host puts away the "Base Island".]

[For Pioneers above the Core Condensation Realm who are forced to die and evacuate through the shattering of their Source Core Objects within the secret realm, their Source Core Objects will be retained by the secret realm and similarly used as spoils, finally settled uniformly.]

"Holy shit! Brother Tong! You're fucking awesome!"

Almost in an instant, inside Chu Hong's brain, which was full of wisdom and imagination, yet completely lacking in morals,

an epic script titled 《Regarding How I Became a Secret Realm Boss After Leveling Up, So I Must Brutally Descend Upon Other Countries》 was instantly generated.

"Hehehe..." Wicked laughter, yet implying an impending fortune, suddenly came from inside the ["shentai" potential scanning core], startling Dean Wen Zhanshan, Liu Wandong, and the others who were nervously waiting for the results.

When fusing with the [forbidden object], how could this person still laugh out loud?

And this laughter... was indescribable!

Dean Wen Zhanshan pushed his glasses up. This was also his first time encountering such a situation. Watching the progress bar on the console quickly reach 100%, his gaze involuntarily turned toward Chu Hong, who had already sat up from the ["shentai" potential scanning core].

On the console, the column that should have displayed Chu Hong's Tier 2 skill after awakening

was surprisingly a string of garbled code at this moment.

His brows furrowed deeply.

Everything that happened today was too unusual, but this unusualness filled Dean Wen Zhanshan's heart with unprecedented anticipation.

The so-called existence that would become a protector deity of the country in the future,

placed on the extremely unusual Chu Hong at this moment, seemed somewhat insufficient...

"Brother Hong, how are you doing? Did the awakening succeed?"

Wang Suming was the first to nervously come up and ask.

Seeing Chu Hong nod, the tense nerves of the crowd finally relaxed.

Liu Wandong stepped forward, wanting to check what Chu Hong's Tier 2 skill was on the console, but saw Dean Wen Zhanshan suddenly close Chu Hong's data interface.

Then, without any explanation, he directly pulled Chu Hong up, grabbed his arm, and walked outward.

Leaving behind a sentence:

"Jiji, you match the [forbidden object] for Song Jiaojiao and Luo Xin. Xiao Su, you come and watch the fusion, I have some matters over here..."

Tiangong Academy.

Dean Wen Zhanshan brought Liu Wandong and Chu Hong into his office, which had an extremely high security clearance level and didn't need to worry about the risk of information leaks.

As soon as they sat down, Dean Wen Zhanshan looked at Chu Hong with a solemn gaze.

"Did the awakening succeed? What is your Tier 2 skill?"

He didn't ask why the ["shentai" potential scanning core] went out of control the moment Chu Hong used it, nor why some inexplicable and powerful plans were inputted into the console.

Or why his Tier 2 skill wasn't finally displayed on the console...

Liu Wandong also looked at Chu Hong with hopeful eyes.

Chu Hong did not hesitate.

"My Tier 2 skill... is that I can make the secret realm descend anywhere in reality, and I am the secret realm boss!"

Even a figure as smart as Dean Wen Zhanshan couldn't help but reveal a confused expression of "What on earth are you talking about" on his face when he heard Chu Hong's words at this moment.

He completely couldn't understand it!

"W-What do you mean, you are the secret realm boss? You..." Liu Wandong also had a puzzled expression.

Afterwards, Chu Hong took a deep breath, and after retaining a part of the content regarding the [Special Service Department], he separately explained the setup of the "Base Island" to the two of them.

Dean Wen Zhanshan's eyes gradually widened along with Chu Hong's description.

The way he looked at Chu Hong was like looking at a monster, and also like looking at a precious treasure.

As for Liu Wandong, what he thought was very simple.

"Holy shit! So sinister?! T-Then if you put traps and things everywhere inside that secret realm, or even surround the descent point with a circle of traps directly, wouldn't anyone who enters die?!"

Chu Hong smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Dean Liu, that won't work. I can edit the inside of the secret realm, but my secret realm itself is rather special... It won't increase the barrier's energy because no one goes in to loot high-value supplies. In other words, it won't shatter in reality, and there's no need to worry about monster surges appearing."

"So if you set it up according to your idea, at the beginning it might ambush and kill quite a few Pioneers entering the map to investigate, but after a long time, it would become useless."

Dean Wen Zhanshan rubbed his chin, but his gaze was already flickering with specks of bright light.

That day, regarding the content of Chu Hong's Tier 2 skill, Liu Wanquan and Dean Wen Zhanshan together reported it to the Long Pavilion. While Chu Hong still knew nothing about it, his personal information files, along with the files of people around him like Wang Suming and Song Jiaojiao,

all entered a top-secret sealed state.

At this moment, he was lying on the bed, holding his girlfriend Song Jiaojiao, who had an autistic/withdrawn look on her face, in his arms, comforting her with a wry smile.

"Hahaha, alright, alright, the name isn't weird. You're the one who thought of it in a dirty way. Senior Sister Tao and Dean Su won't think randomly. This skill is very useful, at least, I think it's very useful, hahahaha..."