27: Chapter 27 Reality [Thunderhorn Lizardman Tribe]

Huangshan Base City, at the massive gateway of the East Gate.

Chu Hong and Wang Suming were riding in an armored vehicle bearing the insignia of the Huangshan Base City Guards. Right in front of them, fully armed in stab-resistant suits and helmets, Wu Gang and Liu Yanyan were glaring at the two of them with utter resentment and fury.

Especially Chu Hong.

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If looks could kill, Chu Hong felt that not even a single carbon molecule of his would remain right now.

However, his gaze fell mostly on the three Pioneers beside Wu Gang and the other.

One of them was even an acquaintance.

Tsk...

Donald paid no attention to the anger of Wu Gang and his companions, instead sizing up Chu Hong and his companion with avid interest.

"Classmate, have we met before?"

Chu Hong smiled and shook his head. "Mister, even Classmate Yanyan wouldn't bother responding to that kind of pick-up line."

"Chu Hong! Don't think we can't do anything to you. This is the Base City, but once we leave the Base City and enter the mystic realm, if we get matched into the same match, just you wait... I'll torture you to death!"

When Liu Yanyan said this, the killing intent in her eyes was almost palpable.

Clearly.

She wasn't just making empty threats.

Chu Hong's repeated public sarcasm had not only ruined her reputation within their circle of classmates, but those few words at the Pioneers Guild earlier had also caused countless people to give her lower abdomen meaningful stares all the way as she walked out of the guild.

Wu Gang also clenched his fists tightly, a ferocious grin plastered across his face.

"Chu Hong, I've really given you too much face. Don't let me run into you, otherwise... your old man was eaten by wilderness monsters back then until only bones were left, and I'll make sure not even your bones are left in pieces!"

A flash of bone-chilling killing intent crossed the depths of Chu Hong's eyes.

A hand instantly pressed down on the shoulder of Wang Suming, who had just fiercely thrown a punch. With a thud, the latter heavily sat back down.

However.

Feeling the punch that had just brushed past the tip of his nose, Wu Gang, who had previously looked furious and ferocious, suddenly couldn't help a bead of cold sweat forming on his forehead.

Donald, sitting beside him, couldn't help pulling down the brim of his cowboy hat even further.

"Sigh... This old man has run into another troublesome deal."

Wu Gang swallowed hard, looking at Wang Suming, whose face was flushed red and who was glaring fiercely at him as if the person just insulted wasn't Chu Hong's family member, but rather his own dear father, Fatty Wang Suming.

"Y-You, haven't you never entered a mystic realm before? You..."

Chu Hong pressed down on Wang Suming's shoulder. The latter panted, remaining silent without a word.

Only.

In the carriage, it had originally been Wu Gang and Liu Yanyan glaring angrily at Chu Hong and Wang Suming; but for the rest of the journey, it turned into Chu Hong and Wang Suming staring fixedly at the two of them instead.

Neither of them uttered harsh threats like Wu Gang and his group.

But anyone could perceive the killing intent in their eyes.

The carriage swayed as the armored vehicle sped rapidly through the wilderness. Any low-level monsters encountered along the way were easily defeated by the mounted machine guns.

Soon.

Everyone felt the vehicle's speed gradually slow down.

Wang Suming began packing his things, and inside the carriage, Wu Gang and his group immediately started moving as well.

Almost everyone's weapons were just ordinary firearms and the like.

Only on the bodies of the three escort Pioneers, including Donald, did Chu Hong see source-energy weapons.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

"We've arrived! Everyone get out of the vehicle!"

A City Guard soldier shouted loudly, and the doors of the armored vehicle immediately opened.

Chu Hong and the others got out of the car. Raising their heads, they discovered that they were already standing on a wilderness cliff, and at this moment, a translucent energy dome stretching at least over a dozen miles was enshrouding the entire valley above.

It looked like an inverted barrier.

On an open space along the outer edge of this barrier, there was a crude settlement where quite a few people were already active. Looking as far as the eye could see, they were all Pioneers.

As well as... prospective Pioneers like Chu Hong and Wang Suming.

"So this is a mystic realm in the real world..."

When Chu Hong and Wang Suming walked into this settlement, both of them immediately saw a ring of misty, surging light gates in front of the translucent barrier.

Full Pioneer Squads marched into it one after another.

"Brother Hong... Look, it's Song Jiaojiao."

Following Wang Suming's line of sight, Chu Hong looked over and indeed spotted Song Jiaojiao in the crowd, wearing a Western magic robe and holding a staff.

Beside her, several escort Pioneers all bore the insignia of the Rubiks Chamber of Commerce.

"Having financial backing is truly great. You don't even need to hire an escort; you can just bring your own family bodyguards right into the instance..." Wang Suming said with bitter envy.

Perhaps sensing the gaze, Song Jiaojiao turned her head and coincidentally spotted Chu Hong and Wang Suming, both carrying two huge backpacks.

A look of astonishment flashed through her eyes.

Clearly, she completely hadn't expected that Chu Hong and the others wouldn't give up and had actually come to the mystic realm.

"Let's go. Just staring won't make other people's things turn into ours."

Chu Hong said indifferently, and the two immediately walked toward the entrance of the mystic realm.

Taking out their ID cards and the passes processed at the Pioneers Guild, the staff guarding the entrance merely gave the two an astonished look before letting them pass directly.

Once you step out of the Base City, everything is free.

Even if you want to die, you are free to go courting death...

"Swish!"

As the two walked into the halo, Chu Hong only felt a flash of white light before his eyes. Immediately after, the familiar scent of loess on the cliff of the [Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe] caused his spirits to involuntarily perk up.

He didn't even need to open his eyes to look.

Simply relying on the flow of the air, the scent in the air, and the tactile sensation beneath his feet.

Chu Hong abruptly grabbed Wang Suming, who was still dazed in curiosity, and flashed into the bushes on the side.

Question!

Landing at the northwest cliff top intersection spawn point of the [Thunder-Horned Lizardman Tribe], what is the very first thing to do?

A. Fiercely attack the southern guard tower! Because there is a high-value material treasure chest there.

B. Prepare ropes, cautiously descend the mountain from the southern cliff, and enter the core area.

If one were to follow the intelligence of the Pioneers Guild, or the experience of those veteran Pioneer Squads, there would undoubtedly be only these two options.

However.

Chu Hong instead grabbed the fatty Wang Suming and bolted straight toward the high-value material spot deep in the jungle that only he knew about.

"Fatty, prepare the bombs!"

As he ran, his hands weren't idle either.

Red light was already beginning to condense on the source blade, the source-energy weapon [source blade].

Wang Suming didn't know what Chu Hong's true purpose was, nor did he understand why Chu Hong seemed so extremely familiar with this mystic realm, but since childhood, the two of them had been able to play together for a reason.

Wang Suming had a virtue that ordinary people lacked.

He didn't ask to the root of things, and his execution capability was super strong.

A bundle of bombs with a remote trigger was directly taken out from his backpack.

"Brother Hong, where are we blowing up?"

His face carried the tension and excitement of entering a mystic realm for the first time, and his voice inevitably had a bit of a tremor. However, the hand gripping the bomb right now was quite steady.

"Wait!"

Chu Hong pulled him along in a frantic dash, and soon, they arrived in front of that familiar large boulder.

Amidst Wang Suming's shocked gaze, the [source blade] in Chu Hong's hand, glowing with intense red light, fiercely slashed down onto the giant boulder.

"Crack!"

The giant boulder shattered right down the middle in response. Amidst the dust and smoke, it split into two pieces, separating to the left and right.

Afterwards, it revealed a downward wooden ladder and a secret passage beneath the giant boulder.

"Holy shit! Brother Hong, t-there's actually another path here?!"

"Give me the bombs, prepare the rope!"

Chu Hong instructed. Wang Suming acted swiftly, quickly taking out a bundle of rope. Taking advantage of this moment, Chu Hong had already finished placing the bombs down below.

Tying the rope around his waist.

Chu Hong instructed with a solemn expression, "In a moment, when I shout for you to pull, you must immediately haul me upward with all your might. Understand?"

"Understood!"

Wang Suming took a nervous, deep breath, standing above to adjust his breathing.

Then he saw that Chu Hong had already reached out and pressed down on a treasure chest below.

Before he could even be shocked as to why Chu Hong knew there was another treasure chest here—

A sudden, sharp shout fiercely came from below.

"Pull!"

Wang Suming widened his eyes, veins instantly bulging on his forehead as his arms exerted force.

"Ah!!!"

"Crack!"

The instant Chu Hong was hauled out of the secret passage, Wang Suming felt as though he heard some sort of thunderous sound from below.

Immediately following that.

He saw Chu Hong press the bomb remote in his hand.

"Boom——!"