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

Along the way, Chu Hong encountered several monsters he had never seen before.

A bamboo tube that floats in mid-air, from which a fairy that looks like a fox or a dog can emerge.

It seems to resemble the "Kanko" (管狐) spirit from the legends of Amaterasu.

Chu Hong casually fired a 7.62×54Rmm gold bullet, which shattered on the spot.

They searched the body and found a bamboo tube that looked like it could be used as a lunchbox.

[Item Name]: Freshly Extracted Bamboo Tube

[Item Level]: Green

Value: 3,760

【Type】：Home Furnishings

【Weight】: 0.3kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×2

[Item Description]: A natural bamboo container made from a section of fresh bamboo.

These monsters, called "Pipe Foxes," appeared like countless kites, dotting the sky above the entire secret realm...

Chu Hong leaped forward, stepping directly from the mountainside down into the Saiheyuan area below.

With his current physical strength, he doesn't need to exert any force at this height.

"boom--!"

It landed heavily among a pile of rocks. Only when Chu Hong looked closely did he realize with surprise that...

These things, which look like pointed stone towers from a distance, are actually shaped like tombstones.

Chu Hong stood in front of a stone tower made up of several stones of different sizes.

At this moment, a circle of damp and decaying white paper tassels, common at Amaterasu Shrine, was still wrapped around it.

A stack of offerings was also painted in front of them.

[Item Name]: Rice Balls

[Item Level]: Blue

Value: 6,900

【Type】：Home Furnishings

【Weight】: 0.28kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×1

[Item Description]: One rice ball, presented in the shape of a Japanese triangular rice ball, wrapped in a whole sheet of dark green seaweed, with plump short-grain japonica rice, in a warm white color, with a slightly crystalline sheen on the surface.

"Giggle..."

Just as Chu Hong was observing his surroundings, a chilling, ethereal laugh suddenly entered his ears.

Chu Hong raised an eyebrow, feeling the noticeably thicker moisture and chill in the air, and a slight smile curved his lips.

This boss actually likes to use background music?

[Paranormal Observer's Relics] Level 1 Display Case Effect, activated!

Invisibility and illusion are ineffective.

then......

[Duke's Cane] Level 3 Display Case Effect, activated.

"Empty...empty..."

As a sound even more terrifying and chilling than the cold aura forcefully rang in his ears, Chu Hong clearly felt that the water vapor that was constantly gathering suddenly stopped at this moment.

"Found you!"

Chu Hong let out a sinister laugh, and then he made a grasping motion in the air towards a certain place.

The next second, a sharp, girlish scream came from the other side.

"call out!"

It was a little girl with tattered clothes and snow-white skin, who was forcibly dragged by the [Hand of Heretical Thoughts] from a hiding place to Chu Hong in an instant.

"Ah! Shinai!"

A small stone tower flew out of the little girl's hand with a whooshing sound and smashed hard towards Chu Hong's face.

"boom--!"

A look of surprise flashed in Chu Hong's eyes.

"Oh? Even a regular-level boss can deal source energy damage equivalent to the second stage of the Energy Gathering Realm?"

[Monkey Demon Stone] lv1 display case effect, activated.

Head injury is ineffective once.

The little girl was wearing a tattered red furisode kimono that had faded to pinkish-white.

The tear in her left sleeve opened wider with her movement, revealing her entire slender arm.

The three small stone pagoda models hanging from her waist collided with each other, drawing lively arcs. The thick hemp rope around her neck was still wrapped around her neck, but the paper pendants on the rope swayed from side to side in the wind.

The three tattered yellow talismans on the back of her neck were slightly lifted at one corner, as if they were about to fall off.

However, at this moment, the [Lord of Saiyuan River - Stone Tower Princess], who bears the boss mark, is as weak as a kindergarten girl in front of Chu Hong.

"Snapped!"

Chu Hong grasped one of her small feet; the icy sensation felt like holding a piece of white jade that had just been pulled from a frozen pool.

"Awoo!"

A ghostly blue figure howled as it charged toward Chu Hong's face.

It was a ghostly blue energy entity that looked like a fox...

Chu Hong raised his eyes, and his eyes instantly blazed with a dazzling, fiery red light.

Superpower: Laser Eyes!

"Whoosh!!!"

It appeared before Chu Hong's eyes for only a second, allowing him to make out a faint label of "[Stone Tower Princess Companion Spirit Fox]". The latter instantly vaporized and vanished into thin air under the crimson laser beam.

"ah!!!"

A sharp scream followed from the mouth of the boss, [Lord of Saiyuan River - Stone Tower Princess], whom he had captured.

Chu Hong shook his head.

The intelligence level of ordinary-level bosses is indeed much lower, and they cannot be compared with top-secret or even hell-level bosses at all...

With a flash of red light, Chu Hong lifted the latter upside down, his head resting on Chu Hong's sniper rifle.

"Bang!"

Searching for the boss [Lord of Saiga Plains - Stone Tower Princess]: ...

A black border appears.

There are only two items: a 1x2 double square and a 2x2 four-square square.

As the search icon rotates.

Ding!

Little Jin.

【Item Name】: Sunny/Rainy Doll

[Item Level]: Gold

Value: 65,412

【Type】：Home Furnishings

【Weight】: 0.2kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×2

[Item Description]: A hand-sewn Japanese-style weather doll, with a round cotton core wrapped in plain white cotton cloth, presenting a simple, faceless human figure. The surface of the cotton cloth on this doll has been stained with pale yellow and light gray patinas of time, but the copper bell can still emit a clear and fragile sound.

Then came the second item.

Purple light bursts forth.

[Item Name]: Maiden's Funeral Clothes

[Item Level]: Purple

Value: 39,082

【Type】：Home Furnishings

【Weight】: 0.27kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 2×2

[Item Description]: A neatly folded Japanese kimono for a young girl's funeral. The fabric is an elegant gradient from light gray to pale pink, with very faint, delicate cherry blossom patterns on the surface. The meaning this garment carries far exceeds the clothing itself; it is an extremely private and quiet relic.

Shaking his head slightly, Chu Hong looked at the densely packed stone pagodas and tombstones around him, as well as the faintly visible words such as "beloved daughter and son," and he could basically guess what the situation was like here.

"Come out..."

He spoke softly, and shadows surged beneath his feet.

A scarlet warrior puppet exuding a fierce aura instantly appeared beside Chu Hong.

The display case effect is clearly that of "Shadow General" Nanman Yuju.

"Go! Clear the map!"