573: Chapter 571 Re-entering the Underground Space

5 minutes later.

Chu Xuan piloted the white emperor fighter and arrived at the Haicheng Research Base.

Zhang Qiang, Qin Shaowu, and the others had all returned.

This included Cai Hou, Fat Pig, as well as Jian Mei, Huang Xiong, and the others who had failed to advance but were also prepared for a desperate fight; they had all arrived in Haicheng and were waiting there.

"Chu Xuan is back!"

"Chu Xuan..."

Chu Xuan's performance over the past day had conquered everyone. People came one after another to greet him, looking at this young man with faces full of awe.

For those who took the initiative to show goodwill, Chu Xuan did not appear aloof and greeted everyone with a smile.

After exchanging simple greetings, seeing that the many Night Watchers of Haicheng clearly still had things to do with Chu Xuan, the others did not linger and dispersed one after another.

Cai Hou and Fat Pig, however, remained.

"Still have something?" Chu Xuan asked calmly as he saw the two walk over.

"Hehe! Boss Chu..." Cai Hou's monkey face was slightly awkward, and he scratched his head with some embarrassment:

"Before, during the Passing Three Passes mission in the southwest, we once said that to repay the life essence you gave us to save us, as long as we successfully completed the mission, we would find a way to give you 2,000 spirituality value and 10 soul crystals as compensation and gratitude..."

A smile appeared on Chu Xuan's face again.

Cai Hou scratched his head and said: "It's just that after we left the castle at that time, you disappeared, and we couldn't find your tracks, so we went to the capital. However, because we encountered a strong enemy, we had to consume the resources to improve our strength. But now that the mission of the Cangyun invasion is complete, we can finally fulfill our promise."

"Hehe, we can fulfill our promise." Fat Pig laughed foolishly.

While speaking, Cai Hou directly took out 100 soul crystals. A trace of heartache flashed across his face, but he still handed them over:

"I have always been someone who repays grudges with grudges and kindness with kindness! We are able to live until now, and a mere 2,000 spirituality value and 20 soul crystals are still too little. Even these 100 soul crystals are far from enough to repay your kindness. Please do not despise them, and you must accept them!"

"Hehe, repay grudges with grudges, kindness with kindness." Fat Pig said with a silly smile.

Chu Xuan gave Cai Hou a meaningful look.

This look revealed that even though the other party had become a Monkey-headed Man and it was difficult to control his instincts as a monkey, the current expressions of "awkwardness," "embarrassment," and "heartache" were basically all faked.

However, this was just the other party's intentional show of goodwill, wanting to deepen the good impression in his mind, so Chu Xuan did not expose them and simply accepted it.

"I won't accept your soul crystals for nothing. Later, I will continue to brew life essence. If there is any left over, I will give you some more."

Chu Xuan never had the idea of taking all the benefits for himself. If he really did that, he might gain a lot in the short term, but in the long run, it would not be wise.

Under the premise of not affecting principles and fundamental interests, maintaining a good reputation often leads to unexpected gains.

For example, these two, Cai Hou and Fat Pig, were only grateful and rushing to offer benefits because Chu Xuan had saved them during the Passing Three Passes mission.

However, Chu Xuan also knew deeply that all of this had to be built on the foundation of his own sufficient strength, as well as possessing decisive and ruthless methods. Otherwise, he might be regarded as a soft-hearted pushover and be looked down upon or manipulated.

Sure enough, upon hearing what Chu Xuan said, Cai Hou immediately showed joy, thanked him repeatedly, and then left with Fat Pig.

"Brother Xuan, come with us."

After the outsiders had all left, Qin Shaowu took the lead, followed by the rest of the Haicheng team, taking Chu Xuan to the underground laboratory.

The elevator went straight down 50 meters. After coming out, they passed through layers of gates and arrived at the lowest detention level.

Arriving at this familiar place, Chu Xuan felt quite emotional. It was here that he had embarked on the path of the Purifier.

But immediately after, when Qin Shaowu opened one of the detention rooms, Chu Xuan suddenly thought of something and turned his head to look at Zhang Qiang.

"Uncle Qiang, has Xinyue Fox been found?"

"No." Zhang Qiang shook his head:

"That night when the night demon attacked, the ground shook, and Xinyue Fox took the opportunity to escape. We haven't found her yet; I don't know where she hid."

"These people from the Resurrection Society, except for those in high positions, basically have a Specter in their bodies. Xinyue Fox might have already died from the Specter's awakening." Qin Shaowu sneered:

"Brother Xuan, you probably don't know yet, right? Just in these few hours of the Cangyun invasion, there were actually remnants of the Resurrection Society who were stubborn, spreading rumors on the internet and the System chat channel. They are simply hopeless."

"Don't take this matter to heart. Minister Liu is already issuing internal documents and will release an order tomorrow morning to conduct a final purge of the Resurrection Society remnants." Zhang Qiang exhaled a smoke ring and said slowly:

"The high-level members of the Resurrection Society are all finished, and the four major Curios are gone. These remaining small fries can no longer make a scene. Let's get on with the rest of the work."

Next, Qin Shaowu turned a switch on the wall, and suddenly there was a sound of "clack, clack" gears turning.

Seeing that on the floor of this detention room, a circular pit with a diameter of about three meters and a depth of about five meters had opened.

"Brother Xuan, this is it. Jump down and give it a try."

Qin Shaowu pointed at the pit and said: "This place can lead to a strange space. We have already excavated the most appropriate position based on the general direction."

"A strange space?" Chu Xuan took a look down but didn't find anything special.

"Hehe, you can't see it just by using your eyes."

Qin Shaowu explained: "This space is very strange. Not everyone can enter, and only one person can enter at a time. And the number of soul crystals each person gets each time they enter is different."

"We have found many people to test it, but we haven't found any special patterns. In short, very few people can successfully enter."

"But one thing remains unchanged: the first 300 soul crystals obtained from this space are relatively easy to get, but after that, the amount of soul crystals obtained will decrease significantly."