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

"How long has it been?"

Song Jiao'er looked at the entrance to the secret realm [Thunderhorn Lizardman Tribe] with a worried expression.

Above that misty light screen, white light flowed.

But there has been no other movement for a long time.

Like Song Jiao'er, members of various pioneer teams were also waiting around the entrance to the secret realm with a mixture of nervousness and anticipation. Among them were some who had just been sent a message by their companions and rushed over in a hurry.

"Young Miss, it's been almost forty minutes!"

Upon hearing the answer from the family pioneer, Song Jiao'er took a deep breath, a faint look of worry flashing across her fair and elegant oval face.

If the gold-quality [Lost Knight's Relic Longsword] were in Chu Hong's hands...

Given their somewhat related classmate/alumni relationship, as long as she shows enough sincerity, the other party will eventually reciprocate.

But what if the items fell into the hands of those pioneer teams?

It's not as simple as just trading energy points.

It is highly likely that the Rubik's Cube Chamber of Commerce will need to exchange profits for this.

Beside Song Jiao'er, Uncle Fu, the Song family steward who had rushed here from the base city immediately after receiving the notification, frowned slightly as he looked at the entrance that remained motionless.

"Both the Wolf Hunter Squad and the Black Serpent Squad are led by members at the eighth level of the Origin Realm. While they might not be able to wreak havoc in the secret realm, they should at least be able to escape unscathed and safely. But they haven't come out after forty minutes, so there can only be one possibility..."

"The two families are fighting over that golden energy weapon!"

Uncle Fu's words made Song Jiao'er's face turn a little paler, and her slender hands clenched tightly.

Uncle Fu sighed, "Young Miss, it's not all bad... Although it will be difficult for us to trade that gold-quality weapon with Black Snake and Wolf Hunter, you will indeed have one less dangerous opponent in your assessment in the next ten days or so."

"Although the old man doesn't know how that young man named Chu Hong managed to safely evacuate from the secret realm with high value using his unranked initial skills, he is definitely not simple to enter the secret realm knowing that he will be ambushed and hunted down."

"It's a good thing for you that such a person dies in weakness because of his arrogance."

Meanwhile.

Within the camp, the other factions that received the news also sent people over immediately.

Representative of the Huangshan Base City Council of the Pioneers Guild.

Minister of the Acquisition Department of the Cross-River Dragon Chamber of Commerce.

Director of the Huangshan Armed Forces Department...

Everyone watched the time; the one-hour deadline for the lost time was drawing ever closer, but there was still no movement.

No one from the Black Snake Squad withdrew.

No members of the Wolf Hunting Team withdrew.

Everyone's brows furrowed involuntarily.

"It's been fifty-three minutes. Even a pioneer team capable of clearing the map should be preparing to retreat by now, but why is there still no movement?"

"Could it be that something happened in the secret realm that even the Black Serpent and the Wolf Hunting Squad couldn't handle?"

"What could be going on? The Thunderhorn Lizardman leader and the priest are difficult to deal with, but we don't necessarily have to confront them. Their goal is the golden energy weapon in Chu Hong's hands. Once they get it, they'll naturally retreat immediately!"

"Could it be that Chu Hong and that fat guy took care of them...?"

Someone muttered something under their breath.

As soon as I said it, I regretted it because of the stares from everyone around me, who looked at me like I was a fool.

Two fresh graduates from Yuan Neng No. 1 High School, who haven't even passed the Yuan Neng University entrance exam yet, have already managed to activate their Yuan Neng energy—that's already quite remarkable among all the newcomers.

Two people.

How do you deal with the Wolf Hunter and Black Snake Squad, whose strength is at least at the fifth level of Origin Realm?

Don't make your pioneer grandfather laugh...

Camp trading post.

The person in charge who had previously handled Chu Hong's business stood nervously beside a tall, well-dressed, burly man with a thick beard.

"There are only three minutes left..." the man muttered in a low, muffled voice.

At least hundreds of eyes were focused on the halo at the entrance to the secret realm.

The camp was so silent that you could almost hear a clear heartbeat and breathing.

however.

Three minutes... two minutes... one minute...

Looking at the sluggish halo that remained motionless, the bearded man in the suit sighed softly.

"It seems that kid named Chu Hong has some skills. Although he's a bit arrogant and doesn't recognize the limits of his abilities, he's still quite capable of keeping the entire Black Serpent and Wolf Hunter teams in the secret realm."

After offering a brief comment, the man prepared to leave.

Meanwhile, the other merchants and pioneers were also filled with disappointment and sighs.

"It's a pity about that gold-quality source energy weapon. The last time we got a weapon of this level from the secret realm in our Huangshan base city was last year."

Uncle Fu lowered his gaze, leaned down and approached Song Jiao'er, who was still staring blankly at the entrance to the secret realm, and spoke in a low voice.

"Young Miss, let's go. Chu Hong's ability to leave two teams in the secret realm, with their evacuation failing and everyone lost, is already an incredible feat. Think positively. If you had such an opponent in the Dragon Roar Sacred Academy's assessment, you might actually be squeezed out of the admission list due to the limited number of places available."

Song Jiao'er nodded and was just about to get up.

"Splash!"

The aura at the entrance to the secret realm suddenly trembled, triggering a clear fluctuation of source energy.

The crowd in the camp, who had already gotten up to leave, suddenly stopped in their tracks as if they had been frozen in place.

Eyes widened as they stared at the mottled halo of light in the secret realm.

"How many people? How many are there? Which pioneer team came out?"

"Is it a wolf hunter, or a black snake?"

"..."

Amidst anxious discussions, those who had just left the camp frantically turned back.

Within the halo of light, figures flickered.

When two vaguely tall figures appeared in everyone's sight, one of them, who was exaggeratedly tall at over three meters, almost made everyone's eyes pop out.

"Wait, who is this? So tall? Is there anyone this tall in Black Snake and Wolf Hunter's team?"

When Song Jiao'er saw the two figures appear, for some reason, an absurd and ridiculous idea suddenly popped into her mind.

Uncle Fu frowned: "This energy fluctuation...aren't the weakest members of Black Serpent and Wolf Hunter both at the fifth stage of Origin Realm?"

The light dissipated.

As their feet stepped out of the halo of light, Chu Hong and Wang Suming appeared before everyone's eyes.

The entire place was so silent that everyone seemed to be holding their breath.

"He, they... they actually..."

Everyone stared intently at Wang Suming behind Chu Hong.

Or rather, they were staring at the ridiculously exaggerated load on his back.

It was a collection of backpacks bound together with ropes, like wrapped rice dumplings, so large that it was even more exaggerated than the combined size of three Wang Sumings.

At this moment, Wang Suming, carrying such a terrifying package, had veins throbbing on his forehead.

His face was flushed red from the weight he was carrying.

The moment they emerged from the secret realm.

With a loud thud, he collapsed heavily to the ground.

"Holy crap, holy crap, Brother Hong, I'm so tired, so exhausted, I can't take it anymore, it's too heavy..."

He was breathing heavily.

However, upon seeing hundreds of eyes focused on them, they quickly straightened up and adopted a defensive posture.

"Chu Hong?! It's actually you guys who came out!"

Song Jiao'er was the first to rush forward, shocked and excited.

Chu Hong was puzzled and even a little embarrassed by their excited appearance... They didn't seem to know each other very well, did they?

Among the crowd, some people had their eyes fixed on the huge package behind Wang Suming.

Several of the backpacks even had the logos of "Black Snake" or "Wolf Hunter" on them.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat.

Behind him, the halo of light swirled for a moment before returning to calm.

The ticking of watches echoed from the wrists of the pioneers present.

But no one reached out to close it.

"An hour has passed... and neither Black Snake nor Wolf Hunter has come out..."

Someone murmured, their voice trembling as they looked at the backpacks behind Wang Suming.

"The backpacks of Black Serpent and the Wolf Hunter squad appeared on their bodies... They actually wiped out two full-strength pioneer squads! Just two people!?"