All-out: Starting with the Awakening Special Operations Unit, search, attack, and withdrawal.

Congratulations on entering the secret realm "The Big Red Brain Hangs High"!

[Brain Storage]

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"Hehehe... Help, help me..."

Chu Hong gripped the rope around his neck tightly with both hands. The intense feeling of suffocation caused his brain to lack oxygen, and he was almost losing consciousness.

A violent impact suddenly sent the door to his dormitory room flying open.

"Bang!!!"

With tremendous force, the door panel slammed into Chu Hong's face, which was contorted with suffocation, and came together with a whistling sound.

Chu Hong, who was hanging on the rope, was knocked off the rope by the door panel.

Then, it was pressed heavily under the door panel again.

"Brother Hong! Brother Hong! Don't die! Don't die! It's not worth dying for that woman Liu Yanyan, Brother Hong! Brother Hong!"

A pitiful, anxious sob came from the door panel on top of her.

Chu Hong's eyes rolled back, and he was nearly crushed by the immense gravity.

"You're dead, fatso, you, you fucking..."

......

"Brother Hong, I was so worried. I'm so sorry. I heard that you got dumped by Liu Yanyan because your initial awakened skill was unranked, and that woman even humiliated you in public. I knew things were going to get bad..."

Inside the medical room of Huangshan Yuanneng No.1 Middle School in Huangshan Base City.

Chu Hong looked at the young Wang Laowu, whose face was flushed, who was bowing and scraping to him with a big belly and full of apology. His empty eyes also carried the confusion of surviving a disaster.

I've been transported to another world?!

The memories inherited from the previous life began to gradually resurface and merge in the mind.

The talkative, seemingly rich and easy-to-bully fat man in front of me is this body's best friend, named Wang Suming. It is said that his name was chosen in the style of a certain pretty boy.

However, it is obvious that this appearance must have broken the heart of some mother.

Chu Hong gazed wistfully at the scenery outside the school clinic window.

A vast human settlement built on the mountainside, with a high wall that is seven or eight hundred meters high and looks like a black ring cliff separating the mountains from the outside world, is particularly clear from Chu Hong's angle.

This world, called Blue Star, is undergoing a tremendous transformation.

"Brother Hong, Brother Hong... what are you thinking about? I'm talking to you."

The voice of Fatty Wang Suming pulled Chu Hong back from his wandering thoughts.

"What's wrong?"

"Brother Hong, what was your initial awakened skill? Even if it's unranked, some unranked skills are actually quite sought after. Even if you can't become a pioneer, starting a business or doing trade in the base wouldn't be bad..."

Initial skills...

Chu Hong's eyes flickered for a moment, then he gently shook his head.

"It's not some particularly special skill, just a rankless [Investigation] skill."

As he spoke, he gently raised his hand, and a screen of light appeared in front of him.

Inside, there is not only a complete 3D model projection of him, which is labeled with various vital signs, but also a white text icon that is flashing in a column of personal skills.

[Investigation]: No rank operator skill. Investigating a specific target can randomly obtain a small amount of information about that target.

Wang Suming opened his mouth.

Upon seeing this information, any remaining hope I had vanished.

However, looking at his brother who was still in the hospital bed, he gritted his teeth and forced a smile to comfort him.

"Brother Hong, don't worry, this is just an initial skill. At worst, we'll just be careful when we enter the secret realm. If we find any purple or even gold items inside, we can become stronger, right?"

That's what they say.

however.

Wang Suming, however, had to be aware that initial skills had no grade.

Moreover, it's a terrible information segment.

Chu Hong could almost say that he had completely bid farewell to the path of pioneers.

After offering a few more words of comfort, Wang Suming checked the time, brought food to Chu Hong, and then left the school clinic.

"Should we withdraw the search and raid on the secret realm?"

In the school clinic, only Chu Hong remained. He looked out the window at the afterglow of the setting sun, which resembled the setting sun over the northern frontier. In the clouds, he could vaguely see what looked like a colossal beast flashing by.

A hint of seriousness flashed in his eyes.

In this world teeming with powerful individuals, where high-level secret realms shatter frequently and unleash all sorts of outrageous and terrifying monsters, even a heavily fortified city like Huangshan Base City, with its walls as its foundation, is no exception.

It cannot be said to be 100% safe.

He took a deep breath and casually picked up a magazine called "Secret Home" from the bedside table.

This is a magazine with a large circulation, which almost every pioneer subscribes to. In addition to the latest news from the outside world, it also contains a lot of information about the secret realm.

Upon opening the first page, the first piece of content that caught Chu Hong's eye made him pause.

Forty miles west of Huangshan Base City, a suspected post-apocalyptic sci-fi side secret realm has appeared, codenamed: Clifftop Plague Hospital.

Just as he was about to look at the edited content below, a sharp voice suddenly rang in his mind, making his body tremble.

[Ding! Investigation area "Clifftop Epidemic Hospital" detected. Should we record this for the Special Operations Division's operations department?]

Chu Hong: "......."

After his brain almost completely shut down for a few seconds, he looked at the still-present screen in front of him, and his hand holding the magazine trembled slightly.

"Brother Tongzi?!"

His face was filled with ecstasy, and it took him a long time to finally calm down from this huge surprise.

"System, what does 'entering the Special Operations Division's operations department' mean?"

[Ding! The investigation area has been entered into the Special Operations Division. The host can enter the investigation area through the Special Operations Division to conduct searches, engage in combat, and evacuate within the area.]

Different investigation areas may have difficulty levels such as "Normal," "Confidential," "Top Secret," "Hell," and "Unknown." The host can freely choose the difficulty level to enter the area. Entry to the investigation area is through the Special Operations Division. If the host dies in battle, he will not truly die, but will lose most of his personal belongings.

Looking at this information, Chu Hong couldn't help but recall the online games he had played in his previous life, the kind of games where you had to search and fight.

Then I think about the current situation on Earth.

According to the memories he received from his predecessor.

In this world's hidden realms, there's no such thing as "dying in battle doesn't mean you're really dead." Pioneers reap high rewards, but the risks also increase exponentially.

Aside from some powerful factions that possess valuable special items that allow people to evacuate from the secret realm without going through an evacuation point, there are other exceptions.

For all pioneers, entering the secret realm meant risking their lives.

They're gambling their futures with their lives.

Work hard!

Gambling on the odds of winning!

Thinking of this, Chu Hong's heart couldn't help but burn with excitement.

He quickly flipped through the magazine in his hand.

Meanwhile, system notifications kept popping up in his mind as news about the secret realm flashed by in the magazine.

[Ding! Investigation area "Black Demon Cavern" detected. Too far to be entered into the Special Operations Division.]

[Ding! Investigation area "Abandoned Spirit Mine" discovered. Initial difficulty is higher than host level, unable to be entered into Special Operations Division]

[Ding! Investigation area "Goblin Village" detected. Too far away to be entered into the Special Operations Division]

【...】

After finishing flipping through a magazine, Chu Hong frowned slightly.

"It seems that triggering this system instance requires not only distance but also my level."

With this in mind, Chu Hong no longer hesitated.

Enter "[Clifftop Plague Hospital]"