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

[Ancient Temple Stage].

Chu Hong walked up to a charred corpse and made a thought.

[Death Announcer Mask] Display case effect activated!

"Buzz—!"

A faint green light, carrying a hint of the underworld, emerged from Donald's corpse.

Just a dozen seconds later, Donald, who had been almost completely charred, miraculously returned to his original appearance, with no trace of the lightning strike on his body.

Donald: "...Does it really have to be this way?"

"If I remember correctly, you seem to be able to block the teammate damage from this move, right?"

Chu Hong touched his nose, not daring to look at the old comrade's calm yet seemingly judgmental gaze. He coughed twice and turned his head away.

"To save time... I've cleared out all the monsters here, you can loot the container, I'll go to town and clear out the monsters over there too."

That's all.

Before Donald could say anything more, clouds rose up beneath Chu Hong's feet.

It shot into the sky in an instant and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

What could Donald say?

How often have the children of Nancun bullied me because I'm old and weak?

It's just getting struck by lightning, that's all. Everyone says lightning is sacred and wards off evil, so who knows, it might just dispel his bad luck...

Elderly people have a lot of experience and can always find some convincing and comforting arguments from unique perspectives.

He shook his head slightly, stood up, and walked towards the stage.

Pick up the rope that was originally around the neck of the boss, Su Wanniang, the "Playful Master of the Play".

Arriving outside the [Ancient Shrine Stage], we walked towards the large banyan tree that had just been in front of the [Thunder God's Spear of Judgment], lying on the ground and still burning with raging flames.

Reaching the tree roots, he skillfully yanked and pulled the hanging rope in his hand.

A burst of red light appeared.

An exquisite object, resembling a jewelry box, suddenly appeared before Donald.

Searching for 【Hell-Level - Su Wan Niang's Private Collection Box】:.......

There are only three items in total, and they are all 1x1 single squares.

Donald's initial hope instantly vanished.

"Sigh, just as I expected, it's the same again. I should have just let that kid Chu Hong touch it himself..."

Donald was practically numb to this kind of layout that clearly showed there was no stock.

"Ding!"

The first item successfully made Donald laugh.

"Alright, alright, alright! I got a purple-quality collectible from a hellish boss. Who can say I, Old Tang, am not awesome?"

[Item Name]: Lady's Rouge

[Item Level]: Purple

Value: 17,030

【Type】：Home Furnishings

【Weight】: 0.2kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×1

[Item Description]: An old-fashioned women's rouge box, made of dark silver metal, with a half-withered rose embossed on the lid. A faint rose scent mixed with the smell of old metal occasionally seeps out of the box when it is left still.

I just casually toss the things aside; it's considered unlucky to even put such things in my backpack.

Next came the second item.

The search icon rotates round and round.

Golden light bursts forth!

This time it's a gold-quality collectible.

[Item name]: Green jade hairpin

[Item Level]: Gold

Value: 69,030

[Type]: Craft collectibles

【Weight】: 0.2kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×1

[Item Description]: The entire piece is dark blue to grayish-black, semi-transparent jade, filled with flocculent impurities and dark brown veins, like solidified resentment. The surface is covered with calcified soil stains and fine ice cracks. It feels icy cold to the touch and the chill lingers for a long time. Legend has it that this hairpin was unearthed from an abandoned grave, and its wearer is often plagued by nightmares.

"unlucky......"

Donald glanced at the ground again, and even prepared to leave all the high-value containers for Chu Hong to touch, while he himself would touch the little monster's corpse or some unimportant containers.

The search icon for the third item started spinning.

One lap, two laps, three laps...

As the spinning continued for longer, Donald's initial nonchalance gradually turned into tension.

"Could it be...?"

Ding!

A burst of red light made Donald almost hold his breath, suppressing a gasp of surprise!

It was something that looked like a sachet.

[Item Name]: Soul-Binding Seven Killings Silk Pouch

[Item Level]: Red

Value: 10,280,000

[Type]: Craft collectibles

【Weight】: 1.2kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×1

[Item Description]: This pouch is a secret ritual implement passed down by the Xiangxi corpse-driving craftsmen in the early years of the Republic of China. According to the accompanying old booklet, the seven silk threads inside the pouch are made with the hair of seven people who died violent deaths as the core, wrapped with silkworm silk, soaked in corpse oil and Chenzhou talisman water, and took forty-nine days to complete.

"I...I...I...Holy crap!!!"

"Ten million?!"

Donald stared at the object in his hand, which had a somewhat sinister feel to it. The threads oozing from the pocket seemed to wriggle gently as if they were alive, making it look incredibly unappealing.

Holding it in my hands, I felt nothing but excitement and exhilaration.

"The first one is purple, the second is gold, and the third is red... Can being struck by lightning really bring good luck?!"

He was there, muttering excitedly to himself.

When Chu Hong, on the other side, had already summoned the boss "Cheer Squad" with his cheat code, and cleared out all the monsters in the town in an almost devastating manner, he returned to the [Ancient Shrine Stage].

Then I saw a scene that seemed like a dream.

"Snapped!"

Unable to hold back, he slapped himself across the face.

The sharp pain made Chu Hong stare blankly at the red-glowing objects at Donald's feet.

"No, Lao Tang, you...you didn't just swear some kind of oath to stay single forever, did you?"

One, two, three, four...

A total of eight pieces!

An ancient ancestral hall and stage—is Old Tang suddenly going on a rampage today?

I found seven red items!

Among them, apart from two [Portraits of Guan Sheng Di Jun], one [Embroidered Shoes of a Musician], one [Gold Pocket Watch], and one [Centennial Ginseng], which were previously released, there are other items.

There were also two red items that Chu Hong had never seen before.

One is the "Soul-Binding Seven Killings Silk Pouch," which Donald treasures and holds dear in his hands.

The fact that it was worth tens of millions of energy points made Chu Hong glance at it slightly.

The remaining item is the [Paper Substitute] that appeared on the [Limited-Time Challenge Mode] panel before entering the secret realm.

[Item Name]: Paper Substitute

[Item Level]: Red

Value: 5,000,000

[Type]: Energy Source Material

【Weight】: 2kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 2×3

[Item Description]: A paper effigy made using traditional funeral techniques, with bamboo strips for the skeleton and mulberry paper for the skin, and hand-painted facial features. The paper surface is pale yellowish-white, with dark purple psychic energy flowing through the wrinkles and tears, pulsating slowly like blood vessels within the paper figure. The face is painted with an eerie smile, and the eyes are either empty or have dark purple pupils.

"The type of source energy substance?!" A glint flashed in Chu Hong's eyes.

If it's a source energy material type, it means it can be fused in the [Martial Arts Training Room] to become a bound superpower or skill!