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

Thousand Insect Village Base City.

It is located in the mountains and dense forests, 200 kilometers south of Huangshan Base City.

It is said that when the cataclysm first broke out, the area around the Thousand Insect Village base city was fortunate enough to not have any ordinary-level or higher secret realms, and therefore was not only spared from the monster impact caused by the rupture of the secret realms.

Furthermore, in the early stages, they accumulated a considerable amount of collectibles and resources by exploring several ordinary-level secret realms in the surrounding area.

When several more secret realms appeared around the base city, the pioneers of Thousand Insect Village base city dealt with them with remarkable ease.

Even now, Thousand Insect Village Base City has become a large base city with three secret-level secret realms and seven ordinary-level secret realms!

The defense forces extend to several surrounding cities, including Huangshan Base City.

As the airship slowly began to descend, through the glass windows, a massive base city, seemingly having flattened a mountain peak amidst the surrounding mountains, came into view of Chu Hong and the others.

The airship landed in the base city on a wide, flat open space.

Just as Chu Hong and his group disembarked from the airship, several more airships descended from the sky.

"Just at the Thousand Insect Village base city assessment site alone, there are no fewer than 80,000 candidates this year..." Song Jiao'er said calmly.

"My father found out that the three of us from Huangshan Base City signed up for the Dragon Roar Sacred Academy's assessment this year, but the average number of people from the other base cities who signed up for the Dragon Roar Sacred Academy was no less than five."

"It's said that ten people from Bozhou Base City have applied to the Dragon Roar Sacred Academy this year, forming two full teams. Among them, a person named Gu Chen is rumored to be a genius from Bozhou Base City who is certain to enter the Dragon Roar Sacred Academy..."

Song Jiao'er patiently shared the information she had gathered from the Rubik's Cube Chamber of Commerce.

however.

Whether it's Chu Hong or Wang Suming.

Strictly speaking, neither of them are actually newcomers anymore.

Wang Suming's current energy level is the third stage of the Origin Realm!

Chu Hong's version was even more exaggerated.

It has only been a month since I graduated from Yuan Neng Middle School.

He has now reached the terrifying sixth stage of the Origin Realm!

This level of strength is nothing compared to the vast majority of ordinary people who have only just activated their source energy or made slight improvements in the secret realm, at most reaching the first or second stage of the Origin Realm.

It was an absolute and utter defeat!

However, this world is never short of geniuses...

Under the strict guard of armed personnel, everyone lined up in front of a huge castle that seemed to be entirely cast from black iron, as required, and took out their ID cards and registration forms.

"The Yuaneng University assessment carries the risk of death; everyone must be aware of this. If you still decide to participate in this assessment, please sign your name on the risk disclosure form..."

A man dressed as an officer, wearing combat uniform, stood on a high platform in the open space in front of the Black Iron Castle.

The sound reached the ears of everyone present.

Immediately, someone handed a document to Chu Hong, Wang Suming, and the other two.

Sign your name, put your fingerprint on the document, and take a photo to confirm...

One person completed the entire procedure in less than half a minute.

The gates in front of the Black Iron Castle opened.

A rotating silver-white portal was revealed behind it, located in the plaza inside the castle, and could be seen as soon as it opened.

Everyone who had completed the formalities was allowed to enter the castle.

"This is the transition portal we'll need to enter the assessment realm later..." Song Jiao'er said softly, even she was clearly a little nervous at this moment.

Chu Hong, however, did not care about any of this.

Today is the day we arrive at the "examination venue." Tomorrow we will have a day to rest and prepare. The day after tomorrow will be the day we officially enter the examination zone.

More than the so-called tension, he wanted to know where their assessment secret realm was.

The Black Iron Castle is quite large and can easily accommodate tens of thousands of people to live here permanently.

Chu Hong looked up at the dome hundreds of meters high above him.

From the outside, it appears as a massive, pitch-black castle.

But inside... it's more like a massive building carved out of a mountain.

"This kind of transitional portal cannot be built from scratch by humans. It is a remnant left behind after the monsters were eliminated from the broken secret realm. Including the castle we are in now, it was once a secret realm."

Song Jiao'er explained.

Wang Suming gasped.

Having never truly explored the Thousand Insect Village base city before, and never witnessed how much more prosperous it was than the Huangshan base city, Song Jiao'er's words at this moment made Wang Suming clearly realize the gap between the Huangshan base city and the Thousand Insect Village base city.

The monster tides generated after the secret realm shattered at such close range were all wiped out.

The remnants of the secret realm are now being used as a large teleportation portal for the Great Xia Dynasty to assess new pioneers.

The three were assigned their own rooms.

Located on the 121st floor of a main building in the castle, the cramped living space is only about ten square meters in size, with a bed and a place to wash up.

As more and more candidates enter the Black Iron Castle.

At this moment, the sounds inside the castle gradually became more lively.

Fully organized squads, already assembled in advance, were gathering intelligence or observing their respective competitors.

"You three are the ones who registered for the Dragon Roar Sacred Academy this year from Huangshan Base City, right?"

The 121st floor of the castle features a public rest area.

Chu Hong and his two companions, who were chatting idly, looked up at the group of people who had inexplicably approached them, and their brows furrowed slightly.

The leader was a young man wearing glasses who looked refined but always gave off an unsettling feeling, followed by four companions who were clearly his teammates.

He was looking at them with a smile on his face.

"What's up?"

Chu Hong asked calmly.

The latter smiled and extended his hand: "Let me introduce myself. I am Xu Wen, from Yuan Neng Middle School in Jiangbei Base City. I heard that among the three people from Huangshan Base City who recently enrolled in Longming Sacred Academy, one of them became a sage. I was particularly curious and came to see..."

Song Jiao'er gently shook her head, then leaned back on the sofa, rubbing her forehead.

Wang Suming then turned his gaze to Chu Hong.

Only Chu Hong's eye twitched violently when he heard the word "saint" which was clearly full of mockery and sarcasm.

"So you must be Brother Chu Hong... To be able to share such valuable information, Brother Chu's character is truly admirable!"

Chu Hong: "..."

I thought Xu Wen was the only bored guy who would rush to the meeting just to make fun of him.

did not expect.

One by one, a few more people heard of Chu Hong's story and came to see the monkey.

Seeing Chu Hong's gloomy eyes, Song Jiao'er finally let out a soft sigh.

"Don't worry about what they think. If the [Thunderhorn Lizardman Tribe] secret realm had been destroyed, the innocent people of the entire Huangshan Base City would have suffered. They will remember your sacrifice."

She was worried that Chu Hong would get stuck on something.

however.

Song Jiao'er was overthinking it. With the special operations department as his golden finger, how could Chu Hong be so angry about a mere intelligence report, or even abandon his own sense of righteousness?

"Do good deeds and don't worry about the future!"

At that moment, he was completely unaware.

Their conversation was being heard clearly by everyone in a large, single-level conference room at the top of the Black Iron Castle.

"Hehe, Old Man Jiang, your Huangshan base city has produced quite a promising young man!" An old man with jet-black hair, a thin build, but an extremely stern demeanor chuckled as he stroked the goatee on his chin.

He is in good spirits.

Looking at the light and shadow of Chu Hong and his two companions in the rest area, which was being played in real time in the middle of the conference table in front of him, his eyes were full of admiration.

"Although his initial awakened skills are poor, he has a tenacious spirit, the courage to face danger, and a strong sense of morality... As long as his luck isn't too bad, this kid will definitely have a place among the younger generation in the future!"

"Let's see if he's a true fool or someone with both courage and strategy... The top-secret [Primitive Valley No. 1] will tell us everything..."

night.

No one rested by midnight.

"Ding-dong!"

On the tablet that each person in the exam room was given, a new email address suddenly appeared beside my pillow.

"Public Notice of the Secret Realm for the 2097 Assessment of the Great Xia Higher Energy Academy - [Primitive Valley No. 1 - Confidential]"

And it was almost at the same time that Chu Hong opened the email.

The voice of the Special Operations Division immediately echoed in Chu Hong's mind.

[Ding! Investigation area "Primitive Valley No. 1" detected. Should this be added to the Special Operations Division?]

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