46: Chapter 46 [The Beast Research Laboratory]

The surface portion of the [Exotic Beast Research Laboratory] had a total of two floors.

It was not a very large building.

However.

When Chu Hong quietly sneaked into the building through the large hole, he was left speechless by the messy scene inside at that moment.

Severed limbs and broken arms everywhere!

Looking around, there were severed limbs and broken arms everywhere, and even in the middle of what was clearly the reception lobby, there was a corpse pile shaped like a bird's nest, composed entirely of human and zombie corpses.

In the central area, there were obvious traces of a monster crawling across it.

"Holy shit..."

Fortunately, such a disgusting scene was mitigated by the fact that Chu Hong's mask itself had the function of a gas mask.

Otherwise.

Even with his toes, he could imagine just how intensely pungent and refreshing the smell inside would be...

His gaze swept around.

Looking around, the zombies on this floor seemed to have all been dealt with by that boss, perhaps eaten, or perhaps all turned into "building materials" on the spot.

However, this actually saved Chu Hong some trouble.

"The first floor is the public area and Administrative Office Area, nothing special..." Chu Hong walked around and went straight up to the second floor.

[Gene Research Conference Room] [Overall Planning Office Area]...

Arriving at the location marked on the map as a major loot cache, Chu Hong searched for a long time without finding any high-value containers. In fact, not only were there no high-value containers, but even searchable containers were few and far between.

"Tsk... As expected, it's underground again."

A rumbling explosion came from the direction of the parking lot.

Chu Hong quickly discovered an entrance leading to the underground area at an elevator shaft on the first floor, which had been forcibly torn open by sharp claws.

Touching the smooth, ferocious, and charred marks on the elevator door, as if cut out by a cutting machine, Chu Hong's gaze grew a bit more solemn.

This was not caused by man-made cutting tools.

But rather... scratched open by the claws of some monster!

Taking a glance at the gloomy and dark elevator shaft below, Chu Hong slid directly down the steel cable.

A dark green light lit up on the mask, allowing Chu Hong to clearly see the situation on the first underground level even in the dark environment.

"Roar!"

A sharp howl, accompanied by the sound of hitting an iron cage, instantly made Chu Hong's body tense up.

It was almost an instinctive reaction.

With a whoosh, his source blade was already shot out like a flying knife, carrying a crimson glow.

After a short whimper.

Chu Hong finally saw clearly the direction the sound came from.

"Hiss, a zombie dog? No... Why the hell does this look like a wolf?"

Through the dark-green mask in night-vision mode, when Chu Hong saw clearly the monster that was locked in the cage but had already been killed instantly by his blade through the head, the hair on his body involuntarily stood on end.

Its pupils were dark green, and the whites of its eyes were frighteningly pale.

Inside its pitch-black, ferocious wolf muzzle hanging with disgusting slime, there were leech-like maggot creatures writhing and either crawling out or falling out of its mouth, making one's sanity plummet rapidly.

This also made Chu Hong immediately think of the high-tier loot item he had once fished out from the major loot cache in the [Staff Dormitory], the [Masked Worm].

"Ugh..."

He pulled the source blade out from the middle of the zombie wolf's skull with utter disgust.

The sticky, fine sound as if maggots were crawling beside his ears made him uncomfortable once again.

However, right at this moment.

A burst of urgent running sounds like some creature dashing wildly suddenly made his expression change.

"Roar!"

A pair of glowing green eyes, resembling lanterns, carrying a brutal and terrifying aura, rushed straight in front of Chu Hong like a black storm in the dark.

"Holy shit!"

[Water Magic: Storm Tuna]!

The armor's thrusters were already too late.

Source energy in Chu Hong's body erupted, and a turbulent stream of water instantly materialized out of thin air beneath his feet.

"Crack!"

The steel cage, along with the corpse of the zombie wolf inside that had already been killed by Chu Hong with a single strike, was instantly sliced into two halves like cutting tofu under the gaze of Chu Hong's contracting pupils.

And it was also at this moment that Chu Hong clearly saw what the sudden-attacking monster actually was.

It was also a ferocious and terrifying zombie wolf.

However.

Crouching on the ground, its body was now a terrifying height of more than three meters.

Having failed its first strike, those sharp claws immediately slashed out another blow fiercely toward Chu Hong.

"Roar!"

"Screech!" With back thrusters firing, Chu Hong's figure flew backward, finally taking advantage of this gap to dash to the side of the zombie black wolf.

Source energy surged into the long sword in his hand, emitting a slight buzzing vibration.

"Squish!"

Pitch-black, viscous body fluid splashed everywhere as the long sword pierced the giant wolf's flank.

The propulsion device on Chu Hong's back hummed.

Carrying Chu Hong like a flashing cutting blade, he struck upon contact and left immediately after hitting.

"Roar!!!"

An even more frenzied roar came from the giant wolf's mouth. Before Chu Hong had time to rejoice, he immediately saw a clear mass of energy suddenly begin to surge within the giant wolf's mouth.

His pupils shrank.

He hurriedly cast [Water Magic: Storm Tuna] once more, dodging behind a load-bearing wall with a flash.

"Boom!"

The deep blue firelight cast a flash of brightness within this first underground level space.

However.

Following right after this flash of light, the ferocious giant wolf rushing out was enough to scare ordinary Pioneers half to death.

Amidst a huge crashing sound, Chu Hong held a long sword in one hand and a short source blade in the other.

The long sword pierced into the giant wolf's glabella from the brow bone, and the short blade drove upwards from below, pinning the ferocious bloody maw that lunged forward to swallow him in one bite.

Amidst the huge impact inertia, the propulsion device on Chu Hong's back emitted a violent turbofan propulsion sound.

Until the inertia stopped.

Looking at the giant wolf in front of him that had finally lost all movement, cold sweat broke out beneath Chu Hong's mask.

"How the hell many monsters are there in this map?!"

...

At almost the same time.

While Chu Hong was fighting and exploring within the Investigation area of the Special Service Department.

On a cliff dozens of miles away from Huangshan Base City, in a camp that was obviously newly built, fully armed city guards and formidable Pioneers were looking at the watch hands on their wrists.

While staring fixedly at the secret realm teleportation halo in front of them.

"Only the last three minutes left..."

Jiang Long, captain of the Over-the-River Dragon Pioneer Squad, had a terrifyingly gloomy expression.

"What is going on? Didn't we say not to engage in combat, and that surveying the secret realm map and exploring the terrain should be our primary tasks?"

Just as time ticked away second by second, and right when those who had entered the secret realm earlier were about to be lost inside, a slight ripple finally came from the secret realm's teleportation halo.

"Plop!"

A disheveled figure lunged out from the halo in an unsightly posture like a dog eating shit.

Jiang Long stepped forward and grabbed the other person by the collar.

"Liu Guang, where are the people?! Where are Qi Fei and Sun Yang?!"

The Pioneer named Liu Guang was being grabbed by the collar by Jiang Long, yet his body was still trembling uncontrollably.

"Cap-, Captain, this secret realm is terrifying! It's at least confidential, no, top-secret grade!"

"Qi Fei and Sun Yang are both dead! They were completely swamped by monsters!"

"Wuwuwu..."

Watching someone who was nonetheless a senior Pioneer at the first stage of the Energy Gathering Realm howl and cry directly in front of everyone like a little child.

Jiang Long's heart couldn't help trembling fiercely.

Nearby, Director Huang Miao of the Pioneers Guild, whom Chu Hong would definitely have recognized if he were present, walked over with a heavy expression.

"Mr. Sun, I want to know what happened during the time you entered the secret realm, and besides... how many extraction points have you explored?"

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