98: Chapter 98: A single game nets 20 million! Top Secret level unlocked!

A red-quality figurine?!

Chu Hong's eyes instantly lit up with excitement.

At this moment, on his shoulders, the two little ones, Ba Xiaoying and Ba Xiaohua, also poked their heads out and curiously looked at the [Ke Xiaoken] in Chu Hong's hand.

The moment Chu Hong channeled source energy into it.

A cyan-blue glow immediately lit up on the latter's body, accompanied by a vibrant, chilling sensation.

Amidst gurgling, squirming sounds, Chu Hong watched with wide eyes as the chibi-styled Kraken in front of him stroked its tentacles as if deep in thought, glancing at Chu Hong's left and right shoulders.

It nimbly squirmed and climbed up to the top of Chu Hong's head.

Its suction cups firmly attached themselves to Chu Hong's helmet.

Chu Hong: "..."

So, what kind of abilities do you have?

Chu Hong rolled his eyes speechlessly, looking up at the edges of his visor where a few small cyan-blue tentacles were faintly visible. Previously, there were one on each side, but now, great, there was one on his head too...

Seemingly sensing Chu Hong's doubt, Ke Xiaoken's tentacles squirmed.

With a swish.

In the blink of an eye, two tentacles fiercely lashed out toward Chu Hong's side, instantly expanding and enlarging into thick tentacles several meters long within a split second.

Dense mouthparts and suction cups swallowed a puppy-sized scarlet mutant rat in one gulp.

The tentacles retracted, returning to their petite appearance once more.

Chu Hong: "..."

So, this is like having a 360-degree bodyguard on my head?

It was indeed useful, but... Chu Hong didn't think a red-quality figurine collectible would only have this little use; that would be too absurd.

However, now was not the time to study this.

Continuing his search, he stowed the quest item [High Source Energy Kraken Tentacle (Gold)] into his inventory.

Only then did Chu Hong check the containers in the key room, the [Underground Frozen Warehouse].

Something resembling a gas cylinder had spawned on the ground.

[Liquid Nitrogen Cooling Tank (Gold)]

A four-slot gold collectible measuring two by two.

Searching [Tool Cabinet]:...

A two-slot small gold item measuring one by two, [Alloy Wrench (Gold)] * 1.

A one-slot small blue trash item, [Pipeline Interface (Blue)] * 1.

Searching [Freezer]:...

A one-by-three [Sealed Experimental Specimen Tissue (Blue)], and a one-by-two [Frozen Beef Chunk (Green)].

Chu Hong's expression grew increasingly ugly.

When he finished looting all the containers in the entire key room, the most expensive item dropped by this red card—which had a recycling valuation of 1.2 million at the Special Service Department—turned out to be the [Liquid Nitrogen Cooling Tank (Gold)] that spawned on the ground.

"Damn! Isn't this pure scamming?!"

How generously the [Core Laboratory Access Card], which was also a red card previously, had dropped loot, was just how infuriating this [Underground Freezer Key], also a red card, was.

"So this thing is basically a slaughterhouse specially set up to kill the Kraken?"

No wonder there wasn't even a high-value container; the so-called high-value container was the frozen-solid ice sculpture corpse of the Kraken...

Guided by Ba Xiaoying and Ba Xiaohua, Chu Hong quickly found the big safe of the [Underground Dissection Center], which was a huge metal box suspended in mid-air by a crane.

Searching [Advanced Toolbox]:...

A 3x4 item grid made Chu Hong look forward to it once again.

However.

After spinning a few times, the search icon displayed the item's information.

The purple glow disappointed Chu Hong.

However, upon seeing the item's information, Chu Hong's eyes lit up once again.

[Item Name]: [hunting lock gun]

[Item Tier]: Purple

[Value]: 310,280

[Type]: Weapon Tool

[Weight]: 16kg

[Inventory Slot Capacity]: 3x4

[Item Description]: A heavy-duty tactical lock gun custom-built for mobility in complex wilderness terrain, rapid raids, and desperate extractions. The gun body has a built-in high-strength alloy cable and a high-pressure ejection power module, firing ultra-hard carbide grappling hooks with a maximum range of 28 meters and a firing charge cooldown of 30 seconds.

Almost instantly, Chu Hong thought of who would be most suitable to use this item.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is really going to turn them into my true adoptive father..."

Returning to the [Exotic Beast Research Laboratory] with a bountiful harvest, whether due to the "plot ending" or not, when Chu Hong returned to Dr. Hoffman, the latter no longer communicated with Chu Hong at all.

Even everyone else inside the research institute became like game texture NPCs.

"Damn, I still wanted to loot the doctor to see if I could drop another red-quality pistol..." Chu Hong finished looting the containers in the [Core Laboratory] key room that he had gotten for free with a painful expression.

Harvesting two sets of gold bullets, there was nothing else worth Chu Hong taking away.

Arriving at the third underground level, he completed the regional Investigation task.

When he finally rushed to the extraction point, it was almost right at the time limit.

His vision went dark.

[Investigation Area: Cliffside Epidemic Hospital (Confidential)]

[Extraction Successful]

[Extraction Location: East District Cliff Cableway]

[Action Time: 59:58:17]

[Harvest Value of This Action: 19.8 million source energy points]

"Welcome home..."

The harvest of nearly 20 million source energy points from the Special Service Department instantly got Chu Hong all pumped up.

[Action Department · Dominator Operation (Completed)]: Go to the Investigation area "Cliffside Epidemic Hospital · Confidential" [Exotic Beast Research Laboratory] to accept and complete the in-game benchmark quest "Dominator Operation" (1/1), and safely extract (1/1).

[Congratulations on acquiring: Action Department Authority Points 300]

[Unlocked Investigation Area "Cliffside Epidemic Hospital · Top-Secret"]

[Congratulations on acquiring 200,000 source energy points]

...

[Logistics Department · Self-Sufficiency (V)] Completed...

Reward unlocked: [Mess Hall], unlocked recipes: [Kraken Stew (Gold)], [Braised Wolf Chops (Gold)].

...

[Source Energy Department · Source Energy Research (IV)] Completed...

Reward: [source energy space] slot count + 1.

Looking at the successive quest completion prompts, while Chu Hong felt satisfied in his heart, his gaze also naturally turned to a newly opened roll-up door on one side of the Special Service Department.

He saw that a space equipped with a huge stove, refrigerator, and other kitchen utensils had opened up.

He curiously sized it up for a long while before noticing two menus posted on the wall.

[Kraken Stew (Gold)]: Required core ingredient "High Source Energy Kraken Tentacle (Gold)". Consuming it raises the source energy level by a major realm. Ineffective for those in the Core Condensation Realm, lasting for 8 hours.

[Braised Wolf Chops (Gold)]: Required core ingredient "Fenrir Whole Ribs (Gold)". Consuming it can instantly recover from a fatal severe injury once, or continuously restore five times the user's life energy, lasting for 8 hours.

Chu Hong's eyeballs almost popped out on the spot.

"Holy crap! Brother Tong, you're trying to make me go stray! What's the difference between this and using cheats?!"

His eyes were so excited they turned red.

However.

Right at this moment, a voice came from the Special Service Department once again.

[Ding!]

[Detected that the host has successfully collected duplicate quantities of the red-quality collectibles [brain domain reading device] and [heart of the overlord].]

[Unlocked [Big Red Collection Room]]

PS: Today's update acceleration rule: reach 800 update requests or add 15 five-star book reviews for an extra chapter. Thank you for your support. Recently, the AI seems to finally have accepted and started enjoying the sitting-down little whip. Aside from the slot-occupying area generation still being a complete mess, prices can finally be added. The author will slowly replace the previous illustrated collectibles later and add prices.

Thank you so much for your support. Thanks ♪ ( ･ ω ･ ) ﾉ ~