226: Chapter 226: Reappearing Magic Hand [Lizard Ritual Hand]!

Got a red drop?

Listening to Wang Suming's excited words, Chu Hong, who was still researching Base Island, couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

In the past when he ran knife-only raids, even in the top-secret-grade maps of Cliffside Epidemic Hospital and Primitive Valley No. 1, it would take an average of two or three raids to get a red drop.

Sometimes, when his luck was off the charts, he might get several red items in a single raid.

But that was only occasionally, after all.

[Item Name]: lizard priests grimoire

[Item Grade]: Red

[Value]: 4,709,173

[Type]: Intelligence Resource

[Weight]: 5kg

[Inventory Grid Capacity Occupied]: 2 × 4

[Item Description]: A precious magical classic passed down for thousands of years by the shaman lineage of the Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe. It is said to be made from subdragon skin and records hundreds of lightning and earth-type spells of varying strengths, kept secret by each successive priest.

"Brother Hong! It dropped from the boss priest right after you left. I was looting the corpses one by one at the time. This place is so much more satisfying than running maps outside; clearing out the AI bots means clearing the map, and you can loot completely at ease without worries!"

Wang Suming said as he handed the big red [lizard priests grimoire] he was holding in his arms—one of which they had previously dropped—into Chu Hong's hands.

This huge scroll looked like a cannon barrel.

It was priced at 4.7 million Source Energy Points, but in reality, it could be sold for close to 20 million on the outside.

On this point, both Chu Hong and Wang Suming had experience.

Chu Hong's eyes lit up. Ever since he started running knife-only raids, this big red item had never dropped from any secret realm again, not even once. Therefore, in his current [Big Red Collection Room], it hadn't even been lit up yet.

He quickly strode in front of everyone and directly moved his mind to open the [Big Red Collection Room].

As a rolling shutter opened, everyone also saw the shocking scene inside Chu Hong's [Big Red Collection Room]. Those red-quality collectibles neatly displayed in the exhibition cabinets had different lighting effects based on their grades.

But every single one of them looked so dazzling... and luxurious.

Chu Hong hurried over to an empty exhibition cabinet.

As the [lizard priests grimoire] in his hand vanished, its figure immediately appeared inside the exhibition cabinet before him.

And right in front of Chu Hong, the exhibition cabinet effects for this big red item were also presented before him.

[Collectible]: lizard priests grimoire

[Cabinet Grade]: Lv0

[Activation Effect]: None

[Upgrade Requirement]: 1 million Source Energy Points, [lizard priests grimoire] * 1

[Collectible]: lizard priests grimoire

[Cabinet Grade]: Lv1

[Activation Effect]: Can instantly cast magic-type skills 3 times per raid without consumption

[Upgrade Requirement]: 5 million Source Energy Points, [lizard priests grimoire] * 3

Seeing this information, Chu Hong's brows couldn't help wrinkling slightly. The magic path... felt a bit like a tasteless chicken rib to him.

It wasn't that he hadn't learned magic-path skills before.

Early on, to cope with the cooldown period of the jet propulsion device on the [force field mining armed armor 1.0], during which he lacked burst skills for dodging and displacement...

...he had once exchanged for "Water Magic: Storm Tuna" from the Pioneers Guild.

But ever since he fused with the [heart of the overlord], activated his supernatural ability, gained the various exhibition cabinet effects of the [Big Red Collection Room], and coupled it with the enhancement of Wang Suming's resistance...

...he hadn't used it in a long time.

Instantly, his gaze couldn't help shifting toward Song Jiaojiao, who was currently curiously examining the exhibition cabinets one by one.

She was the only magic-path team member in the squad.

It was just a pity that this item wasn't like the [heart of the overlord] and the [flower of eternity], special big reds that could be fused inside the [Martial Arts Training Room].

Even if it were given to her, they would have to wait until Song Jiaojiao needed an item to condense her Source Core...

Next, with the experience from the first time, Wang Suming and the others completely let loose.

Wang Suming and Luo Xin focused on running knife-only raids on the simplest normal-grade [Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe]. For this, Wang Suming even quit the [Special Service Department] for a moment, and when he entered again, his backpack had been switched to his [profiteering goblins cargo box].

Leaving Luo Xin full of envy.

High load capacity, and able to Stack 20 identical collectibles in a single grid.

This skill was simply the most awesome skill for a rat-like player entering maps for knife-only runs, bar none!

Chu Hong, Donald, Xu Daili, and Song Jiaojiao formed a four-person team and directly entered the top-secret-grade [Cliffside Epidemic Hospital].

As soon as the match started, the few of them landed at Position No. 1 of the [Exotic Beast Research Laboratory].

Chu Hong remained silent.

The exact moment Donald and the others sprinted toward the north gate of the hospital and Position No. 1 of the [Main Hospital Building]...

...a huge explosion suddenly came from the direction of the [Exotic Beast Research Laboratory].

Right after that.

Even before the boss [Project Dominator Clone] roared, the first to emit a roar were three terrifying monster figures that suddenly appeared out of thin air beside Chu Hong.

Besides that.

On the left and right sides of Chu Hong, the figures of [Ba Xiaoying (Chief Surgeon Version)] and [Butcher Chef] appeared.

Leaving Xu Daili and the others twitching at the corners of their mouths in anger.

"This hack is simply too unreasonable! How is anyone supposed to play like this? One person is an entire boss legion! It's only been how long? By the later stages, won't the bosses by his side outnumber the mob soldiers in the secret realm map?"

When on earth will someone pay attention to the human rights of players doing one-life green gear runs!

I'm so angry I'm shaking!

...

Over on Chu Hong's side, leading the members of the two squads inside the [Special Service Department] secret realm, they went crazy clearing the map and looting everything in sight.

In reality, secret realms averaged a maximum of four or five runs per full day, taking into consideration the team members' mental endurance and logistical supplies.

But on Chu Hong and his team's side, there wasn't a single run that exceeded 30 minutes.

Furthermore, all night long, the moment they came out, they entered the map again...

Meanwhile.

For the sake of these few, the higher-ups of [Tiangong Academy] and [Longming Sacred Academy] were already arguing fiercely.

In a huge office of Longming Sacred Academy in mid-tier [Xuanlong City]...

If it weren't for an elder of the Great Xia Long Pavilion sitting calmly in the main seat right in the middle of both parties, to say the least, the water cups in front of everyone present would at least not be able to sit steadily on the table.

Liu Wandong slammed a Stack of documents in his hand.

"Elder, this is the evidence! Tiangong is completely lawless now! Every year, they use such despicable methods to snatch outstanding talents from major universities, and then forcefully hack into our database to modify student archive data, transferring them over to their Tiangong!"

"This time it's even more outrageous. Not only did they snatch people, but they also beat up our reception students!"

The elder's gaze turned toward Dean Wen Zhanshan.

Wen Zhanshan showed no intention of arguing or making excuses; he simply nodded.

"Mm, I accept the punishment. In that case, Tiangong is willing to fork out 200 million Source Energy Points as compensation for this matter. However... Student Chu Hong is currently quite satisfied with Tiangong. He and his squad have already moved into the garrison we arranged for them."

Tiangong's Vice President Su Zheng chimed in from the side, saying, "Some senior students in our academy who heard about this matter even specially synthesized and crafted an aerial projection garrison logo for Student Chu Hong and his team's garrison..."

Hearing this, the elder sitting in the middle gently waved his hand.

The phantom of a crystal ball appeared before everyone in the next second.

Afterwards, real-time footage of Chu Hong's squad garrison location at Tiangong Academy appeared inside the crystal ball.

At this moment, the garrison was dead quiet, and the squad members had all rested and fallen asleep.

Chu Hong and Song Jiaojiao lived together in one building, while Wang Suming and Luo Xin each had their own separate villas. Yet right now, over a dozen sneaky figures were rapidly bustling about in the garden at the center of the villas.

Something resembling a flagpole or a street lamp was quickly installed and erected by them.

Then...

Everyone saw that floating above Chu Hong and his team's garrison under the bright moonlight was the phantom of a big yellow dog with its mouth open.

"Tiangong Academy Affiliated Squad — Big Dog Chew Chew Chew Garrison"

Everyone: "..."

And the one left completely dumbfounded was Wang Xinghe, who came to visit the next day bringing along his younger sister Wang Xingling.

"Are this team logo and squad name for real?"