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

Under the gaze of the [Cobweb Brain-Computer] display case, the little girl named Anna obediently hid inside the armor.

Hidden beneath that thick layer of sand.

Chu Hong was fully aware of the other party's every move.

This method can only be used to hide from pioneers who don't possess his exaggerated reconnaissance skills. Once discovered by someone like him...

Chu Hong had a thought.

[Hand of Heresy] Display case effect activated!

moment.

Under the blowing of the wind and sand, the sandbags, which had almost no trace of digging, were instantly as if drilled open by an invisible force.

"Splash!"

The yellow sand swirled around the little girl, and with almost no hindrance, the [Hand of Heresy] grabbed her armor.

Source energy erupts!

"what!"

With a sharp cry of surprise, Anna, who had just hidden herself away, along with her khaki armor patched with welds, was pulled out of the sand by Chu Hong like a radish.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

The little girl screamed as her rather bulky armored arms, like fan blades, flailed wildly and frantically around her.

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

Are people from the polar bear country really that hardcore?

Judging by her age, she's probably just starting high school here in Daxia.

Have they already been led into the secret realm by their parents?

"Knock knock knock"

[Hand of Heresy] tapped on the other person's mask, Chu Hong's eyes full of mockery.

"Little sister, it looks like your mom and dad don't want you anymore~"

The teasing voice made Anna, who was hiding a panicked expression behind her mask, quickly turn her head to look. Her eyes, which had a hint of emerald green, were paired with a stunningly beautiful face, like a girl in the prime of her youth in the land of polar bears.

This caused Chu Hong to raise an eyebrow slightly.

"You, you, don't come any closer! I... I have a weapon!"

Listening to the somewhat awkward translation coming from the armored vehicle, Chu Hong looked strangely at the thing in the other person's hand that was even wrapped in a layer of industrial tape... which could barely be called a hand cannon.

Does this thing have a blue quality?

They're ridiculously poor...

Chu Hong flashed and appeared in front of the girl before she could react.

With a ripping sound.

With a sound like a wire being snapped, Anna's "weapon" fell directly into Chu Hong's hands.

"Anna—!"

A clear, slightly panicked male voice came from inside the other party's armor.

"Sir, we meant no offense. We are just ordinary moles showing our child around the secret area. Please be lenient..."

Within the perceived effects of Chu Hong's [Cobweb Brain-Computer] display case.

The couple, who had only been inside the refinery for a few minutes, ran out of it in a frenzy.

Then the two witnessed a devastating scene.

His own daughter, Anna, had her mask roughly ripped off and was standing there trembling, with a gun pointed at her head.

Andrei's face was deathly pale, but it was clear that he still retained enough rationality.

While reassuring her trembling and terrified daughter with her eyes, she opened her arms to indicate that she was harmless and took two steps forward.

"My friend... you're from the Great Xia Kingdom, right? I have many friends from the Great Xia Kingdom. This must be a misunderstanding. We mean no harm... You can probably tell from our equipment... we're just a bunch of moles who come into the secret realm to scavenge leftovers."

"Sir, we pose no threat to you whatsoever..."

Chu Hong smiled enigmatically: "The mole? Of course I know about the mole, but I don't believe the mole would enter a secret realm where the competition is brutal and only one team survives the first stage."

As he spoke, his finger was already lightly on the trigger of the pistol in his hand.

Andrei hurriedly waved his hand and explained anxiously.

"No, sir, this is just a paid lesson... We have no intention of leaving. After all, the source cores that our family of three fused with are very cheap and low-grade Little Reds."

"We just wanted to help this child get used to a world-class hidden place."

Seeing the two pleading and begging, Chu Hong had basically decided to believe them.

The so-called mole is actually a kind of quick-to-develop pioneer.

They generally don't have any particularly strong skills or combat power, but in the early stages, they either have the help of a team or they repeatedly enter secret realms to simply increase their source energy level.

In addition, collectible items can be used, similar to those used to upgrade source energy levels.

He quickly raised his source energy level to the ninth stage of the Energy Gathering Realm.

Then select a red-quality collectible that is readily available on the market, abundant in secret realms, and inexpensive, as the source core.

In this situation, as long as they have a few Little Reds needed to repair the source core, they can succeed.

Then you can enter secret realms, even top secret ones.

If I die, at worst I can just go out and repair the source core.

But if you manage to get out alive with the food, then Fatty will have plenty to eat.

The so-called moles also exist in the Great Xia Kingdom, but their numbers are far fewer than those in the Polar Bear Kingdom. Those Russians are notorious for scavenging junk on Earth.

The three were taken by Chu Hong to the [Refinery].

Looking at the family of three sitting side by side in front of him, looking nervous and helpless.

Chu Hong slightly raised his chin towards Andrei, the head of the family.

"Ordinary moles wouldn't choose to come to this highly competitive world-class secret realm, nor would they need to... Your daughter actually needs to adapt to a secret realm of this level?"

Perhaps seeing Chu Hong, he put his weapon away.

Or perhaps seeing that he was alone, the tension on the faces of the three of them noticeably lessened.

Andrei then put on a smile, a smile that even carried a hint of pride.

"My wife and I are just ordinary moles who have been lurking in these hidden realms for many years, but our daughter Anna is different! She has been accepted into the 'Makarov Storm Group,' one of the top three mole sanctuaries in our Polar Bear Kingdom. From now on, she will join the 'Makarov Storm Group' and explore world-class hidden realms together."

"Oh?"

Chu Hong looked at Anna, the little girl who was timidly huddled in her mother's arms, with a slightly surprised expression.

When the latter saw Chu Hong looking over, she quickly buried her face in her mother's arms again.

"Could you tell me about your daughter's awakened skills? Wait a minute!"

Chu Hong's expression suddenly turned cold, and he raised his hand.

His eyes instantly stopped Andrei, who was about to show off, and he made a shushing gesture with his fingers in front of him.

With a "whoosh," his figure suddenly sank into a patch of shadow beneath his feet.

Disappear.

The whistling sand lashed against the iron gate, which bore some signs of rust.

At this moment, a figure was crawling silently along the wall of the [Refinery Main Building] like a gecko.

His movements were very subtle, and there was almost no energy fluctuation around him. What was even more terrifying was that... this person looked like a half-human lizard!