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

Searching for the boss [Top Secret - Stone Tower Princess]: ...

The black border appeared as expected.

两个1×1的单格，一个1×4的四格，一个1×2的两格，而后......

Chu Hong's heart skipped a beat.

Nine grids!

Nine squares again!

Holy crap!

Is the drop rate for this Stone Tower Princess boss really that high? Or is it just pure luck?

The search icon starts spinning.

Ding! A little gold.

[Item Name]: Secret Recipe for "Hot Spring Egg and Beef Rice Bowl"

[Item Level]: Gold

Value: 90,117

[Type]: Intelligence Data

【Weight】: 1kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×1

[Item Description]: The paper contains detailed cooking steps, key points for controlling the heat, and the proportions of the secret sauce, all written in neat, cursive Japanese handwriting. The content is extremely detailed, as if the writer hoped that this dish could still be perfectly replicated even in the distant future.

"Oh? There's an even bigger surprise? A secret recipe for gold-quality cooking?"

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

He hadn't forgotten that he had several top-secret departmental missions with him this time.

The reward for the [Logistics Department] is the secret recipe for three source energy delicacies.

"Hehe, now I'm afraid we can really have another 'MasterChef' persona..." Chu Hong muttered casually.

The second single item in front of you has also been rotated out.

Another gold medal!

[Stone Tower Princess's Hairpin] +1.

Then came 1×4, with the search icon spinning round and round.

Chu Hong's eyes gradually became excited, however...

"Ding!"

"Damn it, if we earned just one more second, we'd be famous!"

[Props name]: White jade flute

[Item Level]: Gold

Value: 130,981

[Type]: Craft collectibles

【Weight】: 1.6kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×3

[Item Description]: Obtained from an antique dealer, this white jade flute is carved from a single piece of Hetian white jade.

Chu Hong curled his lip, but spending so much gold now wasn't without its benefits.

Drop rate of red-quality collectibles increased by 75%.

Before I knew it, I had gotten a total of 25 miscellaneous or duplicate small gold coins in this round.

Finally, the most tense moment arrived.

Despite the fact that no disgusting scams have occurred involving the boss [Stone Tower Princess] so far.

But Chu Hong still dared not let his guard down, and opened champagne at halftime.

As the search icon began to spin, Chu Hong involuntarily held his breath, his gaze fixed intently on the nine squares before him.

"Red, red, red..."

He looked like a gambler at a gambling table.

at last.

"Ding!"

A mesmerizing red light arrived as scheduled!

Even Song Jiao'er, who was resting to the side, couldn't help but look over curiously.

Chu Hong's face was full of joy. He turned around and revealed the stone tower in front of him.

【Eight Netherworld Soul Tower】!

That's it!

"Haha, now it'll be even easier for us to set up the small cabinets..."

Just thinking about the eerie effect under that LV1 display case made Chu Hong burst into laughter.

After searching this place, Chu Hong was preparing to ride the [Thunderhorn] to several mission locations to complete the department's missions when suddenly the [Kraken] beside him began to writhe with its huge, ice-blue body.

Under the astonished gazes of Chu Hong and Song Jiao'er, it sank to the bottom of the water.

"You mean, there's something down there?!"

Chu Hong's eyes lit up as he thought of the "hut" underwater where the boss [Stone Tower Princess] might actually spawn items.

The two immediately sank into the water, but the icy river water was blocked by Song Jiao'er's magical barrier.

When Chu Hong and his companion descended to the bottom of the water, they saw a small underwater chamber surrounded by glistening corals.

Although simple, it is small but complete.

"Does this boss even sleep in a bed?"

Chu Hong's voice reached Song Jiao'er's ears underwater through the display case effect of the [Duke's Cane].

The latter rolled his eyes slightly.

He quickly appeared at a tea table.

[Item Name]: Longjing Tea

[Item Level]: Red

Value: 330,981

【Type】：Home Furnishings

【Weight】: 1kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×2

[Item Description]: This is a pre-Qingming Longjing tea from Daxia. The tea leaves inside the can are flat, smooth, and tender green, with a delicate aroma of beans and chestnuts. It is highly favored by tea lovers.

"Red-quality tea!?"

Not to mention Chu Hong, Song Jiao'er's eyes also lit up slightly, and both of them immediately noted down the red dot.

Suddenly, Chu Hong's gaze fell on a small, low-lying area on the inside of the room that resembled both a window and a door. Upon entering, a dialogue box immediately appeared before him.

[Requires "Stone Tower Princess's Secret Chamber Key"]

Key room!

This is yet another new discovery.

After searching the entire underwater space, they only found one red item: Longjing tea. The rest were mostly small gold, blue, or purple teas that they had encountered before.

Emerging from underwater, Song Jiao'er volunteered to help Wang Suming and his team search for and remove the drone.

Chu Hong immediately mounted the Thunderhorn Dragon and began to quickly complete the mission.

First, there's the [Logistics Mission] point that's relatively close to him.

It's located in a few wooden houses on the mountain north of the Saiheyuan District.

With a loud "boom."

The Thunderhorn Dragon crashed to the ground with a thud, its two dragon feet creating two deep craters in the ground.

Inside the wooden hut, several ragged, disoriented villagers suddenly burst out, roaring, and then...

"roar!"

Accompanied by a burst of intense lightning, a pungent, acrid smell entered Chu Hong's nostrils.

Follow the direction of the task marker.

Chu Hong entered a large house, then turned left and entered a room that resembled the master bedroom.

With a "whoosh," Ben was pulled away by Chu Hong.

Then.

"Holy crap! It stinks, and it's still hanging there! And with a bow?!"

"vomit--!"

If it were Miss Song, or even Xu Daili, or one of the team's sister-obsessed sisters, Chu Hong, a vulgar man who couldn't escape lowbrow tastes, would definitely be filled with respect on the spot.

But now, he really regrets not using the display case effect of the [cobweb brain-computer interface] beforehand to see what was inside.

They wouldn't have to suffer such triple torment—visual, olfactory, and even mental—as they do.

The female corpse, hanging in mid-air, was still dripping with foul-smelling bodily fluids, and the red rope, which had originally possessed a certain artistic quality, was now completely black.

What made Chu Hong's forehead veins throb even more was that the mission marker was on that corpse...

"Planning! I'll be on the job at 8 AM!"