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

"Where in Amaterasu will it descend upon...?"

Chu Hong was somewhat conflicted.

Fortunately, he is no longer a single person.

Jiang Xingdong thought for a moment, then pointed to a location on the light screen map.

"In the Tianzhao Kingdom, powerful clans stand side by side, with each base city controlled by a family. When faced with an unknown secret realm, our Great Xia might send people directly from above to investigate its difficulty, but the people in Tianzhao would only react by concealing it and exploring it on their own..."

As Jiang Xingdong spoke, he pointed with his finger.

Under Chu Hong's gaze, they stopped at a place on the northeastern coast of Hokkaido Island, a northern island of Amaterasu, near a place called "Abashiri Base Castle".

"This place is under the jurisdiction of Kitami Shrine of the Kingdom of Guitianzhao, but the surrounding forces are complex and intertwined. There is the indigenous Chizimke tribe, and the headquarters of an intelligence organization similar to our Great Xia's 'Pigeon Garden,' the Drifting Ice Pavilion."

"Furthermore, the Seven Hells, the wanted organization that caused quite a stir in Amaterasu Country, also seem to have traces of activity there. Since they've brought the [Base Island] to this place, these people definitely won't report it to Kyoto Base City."

Upon hearing this, Chu Hong's eyes immediately lit up.

Dogs fighting?

That would be really exciting. If things went well, and other forces received information about this secret realm, they could even beat these people to a pulp in the secret realm without him having to do anything about it.

Then a boss appears and cleans up the mess.

Gaa gaa gaa...

Think about this.

Chu Hong immediately chose to descend upon the [Base Island].

......

Amaterasu Province, outside Abashiri Base City.

The wilderness was covered in ice and snow.

This already frigid place was further exacerbated by the shattering of a top-secret secret realm decades ago, which led to the emergence of numerous ice monsters in the surrounding seas.

however.

Despite this, this icy wilderness is the foundation upon which many residents of Abashiri Base City depend for survival. Every day, a large number of low-level pioneers leave the base city to hunt two special monsters here.

"Frosty Otter" and "Driftfish"

Both are source energy monsters left over after the secret realm was shattered.

They live in the sea every day, but frequently come ashore, which gave the local pioneers opportunities.

Yamashita Yo was covered in a thick layer of white animal hide, a garment pieced together from scraps of "Frost Otter" fur.

My sister's craftsmanship is quite good. Although it can't compare to the leather armor crafted by those master craftsmen, it allows Yamashita Yoru to endure the freezing cold for considerably longer, which means a greater chance of hunting prey...

Ye lay prostrate among the snow-covered rocks at the foot of the mountain, holding a purple-quality weapon.

[Item Name]: Slingshot

[Item Level]: Purple

Value: 70,691

[Type]: Tools and Materials

【Weight】: 1.1kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×2

[Item Description]: A crudely made slingshot using scrap metal pipes and industrial rubber bands. The fork arms are two bent and welded reinforced threaded steel bars, and the handle is wrapped with black electrical tape for gripping. The rubber band bundle is made of multiple strands of highly elastic rubber strips, with a tensile strength far exceeding that of conventional civilian slingshots.

Despite its price tag of only 7 Energy Points, this item fetches a staggering 30 Energy Points in the Abashiri Base City collectibles market.

This is a memento left by Yamashita Yo's father.

Yamashita held her breath, her gaze fixed on the coastal rocks not far away, where a creature resembling a ribbonfish, its body shimmering with silver light and surrounded by a chilling aura, appeared to be flying through the void – the "ice drift fish."

The noble lords in the city wanted the body to be kept as intact as possible.

If it can be stunned and captured alive, that icefish can be sold for a high price of 17 energy points.

However, if there is an injury, the effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

My father's initial skills before his death were enough to do this well, but that was all in the past.

Yamashita Ye didn't greedily pursue a complete corpse; even smashing the head or half a body could sell for 60,000 to 80,000 energy points.

If we kill two more, we'll have enough money for my sister's advanced training at the Kitami Shrine Dojo this month.

Yamashita Ye pulled out his slingshot. Although he was only at the eighth level of the Origin Realm, and the source energy level of the ice fish in front of him was one level higher than his, he was still very confident.

however.

Just as he was about to hunt, the icefish, which had been swimming calmly, suddenly seemed to sense something.

With a "whoosh".

Before Yamashita Yoru could even react, he plunged into the undulating ice crystals of the sea.

Yamashita's face turned ashen, but then his eyes widened involuntarily.

Amidst a hazy white light, an inverted barrier suddenly appeared on this remote coastline, and one could vaguely see that it seemed to contain an island.

"What...? This is a secret realm?!"

Yamashita Ye's expression froze. The sudden appearance of the [Base Island] made him instinctively take two steps back.

If he reported this news, he could get a reward of around 10 energy points, but... Yamashita Ye thought of his family's predicament.

Since my father passed away, things at home have gotten worse day by day.

Because of his previous arrogance, he mortgaged his two family properties to hire an escort team to upgrade the map. In the end, the escort team was almost wiped out, and he himself was burdened with huge debts.

He hadn't entered the secret realm for a long time.

Yamashita swallowed hard.

"What if... what if we just went in to take a look, being careful, without fighting, and even if we didn't collect anything, but just went in to increase our source energy?"

In Amaterasu Kingdom.

Unless it's a top-secret, extremely dangerous secret realm.

Otherwise, for ordinary and confidential secret realms, a considerable entrance fee must be paid to the owner of the secret realm before entry.

He hesitated for only two seconds.

Yamashita Ye gritted his teeth and charged straight toward the white light.

As a flash of light appeared before his eyes, and amidst a dizzying spin, the warm air startled Yamashita Ye, who was almost accustomed to icy and snowy environments.

He was standing on a lush, rocky mountain ridge.

From this angle, you can see almost half of the secret realm map.

suddenly.

His expression suddenly froze. Before him was a piece of something that shone with a golden light under the sunlight on a rather old and decaying wooden box.

It made his breath seem to stop for a moment.

He stepped forward stiffly, and only when the heavy gold watch fell into his hand did he suddenly wake up.

"What?!"

"Red, a red-quality collectible!!!"