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

"Forehead......"

The transformation of the white cream was too sudden.

Chu Hong was caught off guard and didn't react for a moment.

What does it mean?

Are all women this fickle?

"Um, Uncle Bai, didn't you say we were going to hold out until seven days later and then fight the last team...?"

Bai Ningzhi abruptly waved her hand: "I was just joking!"

The other party appeared serious, but with a single move, a spirit sword with a huge imperial green jade stone inlaid on its hilt appeared out of thin air behind Bai Ningzhi.

Core Condensation Realm, Ninth Stage...

But at this moment, Chu Hong could clearly feel that the ninth stage of the Core Condensation Realm of the senior master Bai in front of him was completely different from the ninth stage of the Core Condensation Realm that Chu Hong had faced before, the city lord of the Amaterasu Country's Abashiri Base City, Fujiwara Ikko.

Chu Hong had a vague intuition.

Fujiwara no Ikko, that guy who was at the same level as Bai Ningzhi... couldn't last more than five minutes against Bai Ningzhi!

It might even be shorter.

Before Chu Hong could say anything, Bai Ningzhi had already come up with her own reasons.

"The drop rate from your containers is the highest I've ever seen. On average, you can get a gold-quality item from almost every container. That's... astounding!"

She considered her words carefully before using the word "shocking".

There are many people with considerable combat power like Chu Hong in the Dragon Roar Holy Academy.

But there are almost no people like him who also possess such a terrifying drop rate...

At least, I've never heard of white condensed fat.

"Letting unrelated people touch our containers is the greatest insult to the resources of the secret realm!" Bai Ningzhi stared intently at Chu Hong.

In just a short while, they had already come up with a plan of action.

"You don't need to follow me for a while, and don't stay at the [Refinery]. Head towards the southwest corner of the secret realm, find a wind-eroded stone tower, dig a hole, and hide yourself. Currently, we only have information about the two of us, and the surrounding teams don't know about us yet."

"I'll take advantage of the fact that it's not dark yet, before the sandstorm hits, and slaughter one team first..."

Listening to the other party's words, who spoke of wiping out a full-strength army as easily as taking two eggs from a chicken coop to cook with wine, Chu Hong, this cheat-like guy, suddenly felt a little embarrassed about the lines he used when bragging in the past.

In front of this Senior Uncle Bai, he seemed like a nouveau riche, utterly unworthy of respect...

"Um, Uncle Bai, isn't there a more respectable arrangement? Actually... I'm still quite capable in combat..."

Chu Hong forced a somewhat awkward, forced smile.

He said in a low voice.

Tell him to find a place to bury himself?

Stop fooling around!

This is such a degrading thing. Putting aside whether a man as proud as him would do it, even if he did... there's no guarantee that the moment he buried himself in the sand, the Special Operations Division would just abandon him and uninstall him.

Upon hearing this, Bai Ningzhi lowered her eyes and, through the perspective of Chu Hong's imposing figure that could obscure his chin, curled her lips slightly.

"You? Can you even fight? How long can your superpower keep you going? An Energy Gathering Realm cultivator is an Energy Gathering Realm cultivator. Don't meddle in battles between Core Condensation Realm cultivators! Pioneers who dare to enter world-class secret realms either have considerable trump cards and strength, or..."

Then Bai Ningzhi suddenly fell silent.

As if she had thought of something nauseating, her face was filled with gloom...

She turned her head.

"I don't care if you find a place to bury yourself or whatever, just hide. I'll come back for you as soon as I've dealt with that squad at the [Trench Command Post]."

Bai Ningzhi is gone!

Without any farewell or entrustment, just like going out to throw away the trash, Chu Hong was left alone standing in the [Refinery Main Building] where only the howling sand and dust echoed incessantly.

"Tsk... Damn it! I've been looked down upon..."

Chu Hong curled his lip.

There's definitely no need for him to bury himself; he's not some weakling who needs protection and has no fighting ability.

"If you've got the guts, bring two of those blind fools here right now... Holy crap? You really are blind!"

Just as Chu Hong emerged from the security monitoring room and was about to continue showing off his supply containers, he suddenly stopped and looked strangely toward the west side of the refinery's main building.

At the edge of the sensory effects of the [Cobweb Brain-Computer] display case, two slightly disheveled figures suddenly entered Chu Hong's God's-eye view.

To be precise, there should be three people...

Two adults and one child!

"Sukabriet—! This world's hostility towards moles is this extreme! Damn it, to start in such a godforsaken place, ugh!"

"Andrei! Don't say such foul language in front of Anna!"

"Oh, okay, but don't think I don't know you're cursing me even more filthy than I am in your mind..."

Two adults and one child; judging by their appearance, they should all be from the Arctic Bear Country.

And they're a family.

Chu Hong, who had activated the display case effect of the [Parino Supercomputing Core "Natasha"], was standing thirty or forty meters behind the three of them, looking at this strange team with a strange expression.

None of the three noticed anything unusual.

Each of them, exuding a sense of family warmth, held up a telescope and peered through the sandstorm towards the direction of the [refinery].

Chu Hong couldn't understand the three people's language, but it wasn't hard to tell from the man's animated expression and the way he kept gesturing with his hands towards the little girl to measure the shape of objects.

The other person is saying how incredibly rich the resources can be found in the [Refinery]...

The family of three were all dressed in khaki, which could be described, without any reservations, as ugly mechanical armor.

It's bulky, and looks like it's covered in patches...

The three of them didn't look like elite pioneers who went into the map to "search, attack, and retreat," but rather like... three scavengers!

Chu Hong: "......."

The energy fluctuations emanating from the three individuals, including the blonde little girl protected in the middle, all indicated that they were genuine Core Condensation Realm cultivators.

However, Chu Hong felt absolutely no threat from the three of them.

It's like... three "Condensed Core Realms" are counterfeit pioneers with fake trademarks?

In just a moment, Chu Hong realized why Bai Ningzhi had looked so gloomy, as if she had eaten shit, when she talked about the other kind of people she encountered in this secret realm...

While Chu Hong was quietly observing the two of them...

"Boom—!"

A sudden, enormous explosion, even through the sandstorm, clearly came from the direction of the trench command post.

"It's the [Trench Command Post]! Hahaha, thank God! Judging from that sound, it doesn't sound like those damned bastards on the bridge. It must be the [Refinery] squad fighting over there!"

"Quick, Natalia, let's get into the [Refinery] now!"

The woman, known as "Natalia," beamed with joy upon hearing this and hurriedly greeted her still somewhat bewildered daughter.

"Quick, Anna, activate the armor's burrowing concealment device as your parents taught you. Wait until your parents come back and call you before you come out."

The little girl nodded obediently through a barrier that resembled an astronaut's helmet.

"Buzz—!"

A loud motor sound came from the side, and to Chu Hong's great shock, a pair of huge drills and a device that looked like a fish web suddenly extended from the sides of the little girl's simple armor.

The drill bit cut through the underground rock and gravel, and the webbed feet blocked the soil, rocks and sand aside. Once the armored vehicle had submerged underground, it released the obstruction.

It only took a few seconds.

The little girl's figure disappeared from the spot, and as the wind and sand blew by, even the tiny mounds of earth vanished.

Chu Hong: "...Brilliant!"