30: Chapter 30 Familiar Map? Who needs a backpack for a familiar map?

""Whoosh!""

As the white light flashed, Chu Hong and Wang Suming appeared in front of the light door at the entrance of the secret realm.

Breathing the fresh air outside scented with earth, Wang Suming was still immersed in the joy of that massive harvest, and the silly grin on his face simply could not be contained.

"Brother Hong, how much do you think we can make from this wave? At the very least, it has to be one million source energy..."

"Shut up!"

Chu Hong slapped him on the back of the head and lowered his voice.

"We'll talk about it when we get back."

Only then did Wang Suming realize that this was a public area with quite a few Pioneers coming and going around them. He hurriedly covered his mouth, but his eyes, narrowed into slits from smiling, still betrayed his current mood.

The two had just walked a few steps when they ran head-on into a team preparing to enter the secret realm.

Leading them were impressively Wu Gang and Liu Yanyan.

Following behind them were Donald and the other two escorting Pioneers.

Truly, enemies are bound to cross paths.

When Wu Gang saw Chu Hong and Wang Suming, his expression, which had originally carried a hint of complacency, suddenly stiffened.

In his mind, what had happened not long ago inside the armored vehicle involuntarily surfaced.

Wang Suming had actually activated source energy!

Ever since entering the camp, this made him completely lose the arrogance he had initially.

He was even somewhat apprehensive.

However.

Seeing that their side had just finished preparations to enter the secret realm, Chu Hong's side had unexpectedly already come out.

Wu Gang, Liu Yanyan, and even the Falcon Vanguard Team behind them, along with the three escorting members including Donald, were all visibly stunned.

Donald glanced at the watch on his wrist.

"In less than fifteen minutes..."

Wu Gang obviously noticed this as well, and looking at the two again, he couldn't even see any traces of battle on their bodies.

A trace of a guess instantly caused the corners of Wu Gang's mouth to gradually curl up.

He crossed his arms over his chest.

The tension instantly dissipated, replaced by intense mockery and disdain.

"Yo, isn't this our campus hunk Chu? Back out already?"

"Yet you're an elite student who applied for Longming Sacred Academy, so how come you came out after just ten minutes?"

He deliberately raised his volume, drawing sideways glances from quite a few Pioneers around them.

"Ten minutes, tsk tsk, did you just go in for a stroll and come right back out? You didn't even dare to touch a container, did you?"

Liu Yanyan also reacted, covering her mouth with a light chuckle, her eyes filled with sarcasm as she looked at Chu Hong.

"Chu Hong, I thought you had so much backbone, but it turns out you're just a coward who ran a lap into the map and didn't even dare to touch anything?"

"With your appearance, you still applied for Longming Sacred Academy? I'm afraid you just went in and hid straight in some corner, right?"

"Oh my, Brother Gang, look at what you're saying. People go in for a stroll so they can brag about being examinees of Longming Sacred Academy when they come out. Whether they pass or not doesn't matter; in the circles of ordinary people, it's enough to serve as a gilded signboard."

The more she spoke, the more scathing she became. The gazes of the surrounding Pioneers looking at Chu Hong and Wang Suming also carried a hint of sympathy and amusement at watching a joke.

However.

Faced with such blatant, in-your-face mockery, perhaps an hour ago, or even a dozen minutes ago, Wang Suming would have been angered to the point of throwing hands on the spot.

But now...

He even smiled at Wu Gang and Liu Yanyan.

That smile carried an indescribable sense of superiority.

It was just like a billionaire watching two beggars mock him for being poor.

Wu Gang's mockery felt like hitting a cotton ball with a punch—weightless and completely lacking in lethality.

"You..."

Wu Gang felt his heart crawl with unease under Wang Suming's smile, inexplicably growing irritated.

"Dead fatso, what are you laughing at?"

Wang Suming shrugged and said nothing, only looking at the other party calmly with a gaze that said, "As long as you're happy."

Chu Hong was even more extreme; without even giving Wu Gang and Liu Yanyan another glance, he directly pulled Wang Suming and walked around them.

"Let's go, fatty, to the trading post."

"You got it, Brother Hong!"

The two walked straight past Wu Gang just like that, as if the other party didn't exist at all.

Wu Gang's face turned livid as he clenched his fists tightly.

"What are you acting all cool for! What kind of harvest could you possibly get in ten minutes? Without even a source energy weapon or an escort, can a broken rifle beat the ordinary Lizardmen inside? And you dare to put on airs in front of me!"

Liu Yanyan also bit her lip, glaring resentfully at Chu Hong's retreating back.

"Brother Gang, ignore them. Let's enter the map. Once we bring out a bunch of high-grade collectibles, let's see how they act arrogant then!"

Wu Gang took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart.

"Let's go! Enter the map!"

He strode into the light door.

The three members of the Falcon Vanguard Team followed closely behind. However, right before Donald stepped into the light door, he couldn't help turning his head to take a deep look at the backs of Chu Hong and the other.

Within the eyes behind his sunglasses, a seasoned and shrewd look was revealed.

Reconnoitering the map without touching containers?

Whose family would do such a thing and still carry such a huge, 45-slot extra-large backpack that costs at least a million universal coins to buy?

...

On the other side of the camp.

Song Jiaojiao was sitting on a folding chair, looking at a magic-attribute collectible illustrated handbook in her hands.

Beside her, five Pioneers dressed in uniform combat attire were vigilantly observing their surroundings.

These were all elites of the Rubiks Chamber of Commerce, and each of their strengths was above Stage Seven of Qiyuan.

"Eldest Miss, look over there."

A guard suddenly spoke in a low voice, puckering his lips toward a certain direction.

Song Jiaojiao raised her head and looked in the direction pointed out by the other party, seeing Chu Hong and Wang Suming who had just emerged from the secret realm.

"They're out?"

Song Jiaojiao frowned slightly and glanced at the time.

Ten minutes.

So fast?

Hesitating for a moment, she still stood up and walked toward the two.

"Chu Hong, Wang Suming, wait a moment."

Chu Hong stopped in his tracks, turned his head, and seeing that it was Song Jiaojiao, he raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Campus Belle Song, something the matter?"

Song Jiaojiao walked up to the two, looked them over, pondered for a moment, and still spoke.

"You guys are entering the secret realm for the first time, right?"

Chu Hong nodded: "Right."

Song Jiaojiao took a deep breath, as if she had made some kind of decision.

"I know you applied for Longming Sacred Academy, and I'm also clear about your initial skill conditions... To be honest, with your current strength, wanting to pass the assessment is practically impossible."

She paused and looked at the two earnestly.

"However, considering that we are all classmates, I can help you out."

Chu Hong didn't speak; he raised an eyebrow with amusement, waiting for the other party's continuation.

"I have five escort personnel on my side, all with strengths above Stage Seven of Qiyuan and rich experience. When we enter the secret realm next, we won't engage in intense large-scale combat; it will just be ordinary map-searching."

"You can enter the map with us. I'll give you two spots without requiring you to pay any escort compensation, but all collectibles you search for in the secret realm will belong to our team."

"You just need to follow us, get familiar with the secret realm environment, and accumulate some experience."

After saying that, she waited for Chu Hong's reply.

She was very confident, not just because the strength of the Magic Cube Pioneer Team was right here—ordinarily, if one were to pay for an escort, a single run would start at least at one or two hundred thousand source energy points, followed by a split of the collectibles.

This was definitely something Chu Hong, an orphan, and Wang Suming, an ordinary rich second-generation kid, couldn't afford.

In her view, this was simply a pie falling from the sky.

Bringing newbies along for free without charging money—such a good deal could not be found anywhere else in the entire Huangshan Base City.

However.

Chu Hong smiled.

That smile carried a bit of helplessness and a bit of amusement.

He had thought it was something else, but it turned out they were treating the two brothers as extra backpacks.

He shook his head gently, not actually angry about it. Even if the two of them were truly as incompetent as Song Jiaojiao thought, this deal would genuinely mean they were taking a massive advantage off her hands.

"Classmate Song, I appreciate your kindness."

"However..."

He shook his head.

"No need."