67: Chapter 67 Benchmark Mission [Operation Domination]!

[ Cliffside Epidemic Hospital ].

[ Exotic Beast Research Laboratory ] Underground Level 2.

After searching the conference room area, Chu Hong walked around the bulletproof glass, glancing at the canning area on Underground Level 3 while sweeping his gaze across the offices on the right.

He walked into a room labeled "Security Breakroom".

Coming into view was a row of wall cabinets, anti-stab vests, helmets, and some weapon boxes.

Chu Hong's eyes instantly lit up.

Searching container [ Weapon Box ]: ...

Two 1x1 slots rolled out two purple-quality high-explosive grenades respectively.

They were directly placed into Chu Hong's backpack.

Searching container [ Wall Cabinet ]: ...

Blue-quality [ Uzi Submachine Gun ]

Green-quality [ 3x Scope ]

Searching container [ Ammo Box ]: ...

A box of [ 5.5mm Rifle Ammo (Purple) ]!

"It's a pity it's not the 7.62 that can be used by my lord m14..." Muttering regretfully, Chu Hong still put this box of precious bullets into his backpack.

"I have to say, no wonder even that miser from the Special Service Department is willing to set an acquisition price of over four million source energy points for this card. Just this red card can open dozens of containers. If this were placed in the real world... 15 million source energy points at the very least!"

While Chu Hong was pondering in his heart, his hand pressing on yet another ammo box suddenly paused.

A trace of purple light appeared.

Another box of purple-quality bullets!

Ammo (Purple) ]!

"Purple ammo is fine too, purple ammo is also good stuff..."

After searching the coat hanging on the wall at the end of the "Security Breakroom", Chu Hong walked out holding a box of purple-quality [ High-end Cigars ]. With a sweep of his gaze, he targeted the "Server Storage Room" next door.

Rows of neatly arranged server equipment were still emitting a faint hum at this moment.

Chu Hong placed his hand on a server.

The black search box appeared.

One slot.

[ Ding! ]

"A golden blueprint~ Baby~"

[ Item Name ]: "Necklace Bomb" Blueprint

[ Item Grade ]: Gold

[ Type ]: Data Intelligence

[ Weight ]: 0.1 kg

[ Backpack Slot Capacity Occupied ]: 1 × 1

[ Item Description ]: A remote-controlled bomb equipped on the neck of experimental subjects, specially developed by the Cliffside Epidemic Hospital Epidemic Prevention Guard to prevent experimental subject riot events. It can instantly blow off the target's neck while preserving the research value of its body and head tissues as much as possible.

Although it wasn't very useful, it was at least a blueprint-type gold-quality collectible.

Placed outside, it was worth at least one million source energy points.

"Beep... Beep..."

When Chu Hong finished searching the servers one by one, obtaining some small purple electronic components, and came out of the "Server Storage Room", he saw Ba Xiaoying and Ba Xiaohua not far away, huddled in front of an office door, chattering and whispering about something.

Ba Xiaoying was prying at the crack of the door with a scalpel.

Ba Xiaohua was holding up a large injection needle, looking like she was cheering them on.

This made Chu Hong couldn't help but smile.

"If this door can be pried open, I'll be even happier than you guys..."

Chu Hong pulled out the red card from his chest and pressed it againstembryo the card swreader at the door.

The access control labeled [ Dr. Hoffman's Office ] immediately made a beep sound, and Chu Hong pushed the door open and walked in.

The room was not big.

Cabinets filled with books and various files lined the surroundings, along with a huge mahogany desk, and... a person sitting in front of the desk, looking at him calmly...

Chu Hong's pupils shrank violently!

Almost instinctively, he abruptly raised his muzzle.

However.

That figure seemed to have anticipated his reaction even earlier than he did.

A hoarse voice carried fatigue.

"Young man, don't be nervous, I won't hurt you..."

He gave the desk in front of him a push. Only then did Chu Hong notice that the lower calves of the person in front of him had completely disappeared at this moment, with blood and bone spurs exposed outside, making one's scalp tingle.

Chu Hong frowned deeply.

No one told him that NPCs could also be triggered in key rooms!

"Everyone is dead, how are you still alive?" Chu Hong asked.

His gaze, however, had already spotted a small safe on the desk in front of him.

Hoffman was a standard old white man. However, even though his legs were disabled and his face was haggard at the moment, his hair and beard were still meticulously groomed.

Hearing this, he shook his head gently and pointed to a used syringe on the side.

"I once wanted to use it to achieve eternal life for all mankind, so that everyone could live happily with their cherished ones forever, but unfortunately... I released a devil, and I, too, was trapped by it in endless pain."

Hoffman sighed with a face full of pain and exhaustion, then suddenly clenched his teeth.

He raised his head to look at Chu Hong.

"Young warrior, I don't know what happened outside, but I understand the horrors of the omega virus better than you do. Right now, there are still three terrifying monsters in the Core Laboratory that haven't left, but when the energy within their bodies reaches saturation, what awaits the outside world will be an even more terrifying disaster."

"I cannot let all of this continue to deteriorate."

"I want to be the master of my life, but I can equally master my death... Are you willing to help me?"

Hoffman's tear-filled gaze looked at Chu Hong in front of him.

And just the moment the other party's voice fell,

a light screen instantly appeared in front of Chu Hong.

[ Ding! Triggered in-game benchmark quest "Dominator Operation" ]

[ Accept quest? Completing "Dominator Operation" will unlock the 'conditional evacuation point', emergency escape elevator ]

The quest content panel for "Dominator Operation" appeared.

" [ High Value ] Dominator Operation "

" Operation Location: Exotic Beast Research Laboratory "

" Time: 30 minutes "

" Rewards: 100k source energy points, unlock Epidemic Prevention Guard armory permissions "

" Probable drops during the operation: [ heart of the overlord ] [ Masked Worm ] [ omega venom stimulant ] [ Exotic Beast Spirit Liquid ] "

Accept!

Seeing Chu Hong nod, Hoffman's face immediately revealed a relieved smile.

Taking a long breath, he looked at him, but then turned serious again.

"The three projects we originally researched were all sealed and preserved in the alloy cages on Underground Level 3. The catastrophe happened too suddenly, and the reaction devices of the three alloy cages malfunctioned with no one to replace them in time, so they are all in a ruptured state now... But we still have three backup cages."

[ In-Game Benchmark · Dominator Operation ]: Forcibly send " [ Kraken ] Matrix " " [ Project Code Fenrir Matrix ] " " [ Project Dominator Clone ] " into the backup containment capsules!

Current Progress: [ Kraken ] (0 / 1), [ Project Code Fenrir Matrix ] (0 / 1), [ Project Dominator Clone ] (1 / 1)

Chu Hong's expression stirred.

Looking at the quest progress that already had one completed from the start, he instantly understood.

In fact, this operation didn't necessarily require sending all three bosses into the containment capsules.

Killing them directly also counted toward the quest progress!

Hoffman's breath was somewhat unstable: "After destroying all three monsters, you will see the emergency escape elevator at the gate of Underground Level 3. Everything is up to you, young man..."

Watching Hoffman, whose consciousness became groggy and gradually fell into a coma after speaking,

Chu Hong was not in a hurry at all.

"Come back!"

With a thought, the "Big Dog" that had almost wiped out all the zombie units in the [ Underground Anatomy Center ] immediately rushed toward the [ Exotic Beast Research Laboratory ] in a hustle and bustle.

At the same time, Chu Hong gave an order to the giant octopus wriggling in a chemical pool on Underground Level 3, which looked like the sea monster Kraken.

A slight stinging sensation came from the back of his neck: "Get into the cage..."

Source energy was being extracted, and this order clearly made Kraken somewhat resistant, but fortunately Chu Hong could still endure it.

Through the huge bulletproof glass, Chu Hong clearly saw a huge blue-purple octopus tentacle crawling in the massive canning area on Underground Level 3.

Soon it came before a backup containment capsule that was pre-opened.

"Get in..."

Another twenty percent of source energy was consumed, and Chu Hong's face turned slightly pale.

"Zha zha zha..."

A tender and cute voice came from his shoulder, and Chu Hong only felt a pain at the back of his neck.

Immediately following, he saw [ Ba Xiaohua ] holding a syringe, blinking her big white eyes and tilting her head to look at him.

Chu Hong: "... Actually, you could wait until my source energy is consumed a bit more before using this source energy needle..."

Chu Hong didn't expect that [ Ba Xiaohua ] could autonomously use the potions on his body to provide him with timely replenishment.

But there was still twenty to thirty percent of source energy left, and she gave him an injection right away.

Chu Hong's heart genuinely ached a bit.

His source energy instantly recovered to full status, and under his gaze, Kraken, after hesitating for a moment in front of the containment capsule, still obediently crawled into the capsule door.

"Clack!"

The moment the other party entered, the heavy capsule door slammed shut.

[ Kraken ] (1 / 1)