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

A few minutes later.

Chu Hong walked out of the office area with a normal expression, followed by Bai Ningzhi, whose head was lowered and whose ears seemed to be flushed. Just before reaching the door, Chu Hong suddenly stopped.

"Ahem, Uncle Bai, out of consideration for our relationship, I'll let bygones be bygones regarding your previous inadequate escort service. But... it can't happen again!"

"I think what I said inside just now touched your soul."

Bai Ningzhi nodded gently, but her face was flushed, and she didn't dare to look up at anyone around her.

It only made soft, barely audible humming sounds.

Andrei was dumbfounded. His admiration for Chu Hong, besides the terrifying drop rate, suddenly included something else...

A true man should be like this!

The fearsome female swordswoman of the Great Xia Dynasty seemed like a docile little maid following her side in front of this Mr. Chu.

Step into the Quality Control Room.

Chu Hong glanced at it.

Several tables were cluttered with various instruments and spectrometers, and some incomprehensible drawings and experimental parameters were pasted on the wall. On the other side of the wall were bottles of experimental reagents.

"Mr. Chu, those intact bottles on the shelf will also be shipped out after they are smashed, and there's a chance they'll be a nine-tiered big red!" Andrei leaned closer to Chu Hong, pointing to the rows of glass bottles and reminding him.

Chu Hong's eyes flickered.

Ever since I experienced things like blueprints coming out of flowerpots and bright red things coming out of bird eggs.

Chu Hong was too lazy to question the fact that the reagent bottle contained nine compartments.

He walked forward quickly.

"Snapped!"

A bullet shattered a glass reagent bottle instantly, scattering the pale purple solution inside. But a bright light suddenly appeared at Chu Hong's feet.

A single green square, [Test Marker Sticker].

Instantly, the [Biochemical Suppression 93R] gun in Chu Hong's hand fired a loud shot.

"Bang bang bang..."

Chu Hong smashed all the reagent bottles on the shelf.

Suddenly, various glowing objects appeared out of thin air on the ground.

A quick glance.

"Oh no! It's bleeding!"

[Item Name]: Activated Steel Wire

[Item Level]: Red

Value: 170,320

[Type]: Tools and Materials

【Weight】: 0.3kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×1

[Item Description]: An alloy steel wire that has come to life after being imbued with the energy of the Ruins. Originally an ordinary industrial steel wire, it has undergone irreversible transformation in the abnormal energy field deep within the Ruins. A dark purple fleshy film has grown on its surface, and the internal metal lattice has been rewritten into a structure similar to a nerve cord, giving it the ability to move autonomously and perceive its surroundings.

Seeing that she had already learned to serve with a smile, she took the initiative to pick up the strange steel wire, which was about ten centimeters long, from the ground and handed it to Bai Ningzhi with both hands.

Chu Hong's face was full of satisfaction.

Bankruptcy is good!

I, Chu, enjoy rescuing girls who have ambitious dreams but are painfully stuck on the verge of bankruptcy.

This is just a single piece, worth only a few hundred thousand yuan.

Compared to the little red thing, which wasn't of much value, Chu Hong focused more of his attention on the few little gold things on the ground.

Four little golds!

Three of them are gold-quality pills that can enhance perception.

[Item Name]: Hypersensitive Special Medicine

[Item Level]: Gold

Value: 51,013

[Type]: Medical Supplies

【Weight】: 0.1kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×1

[Item Description]: Designed to temporarily enhance source energy perception. The pill is a light blue to pale purple gradient with tiny energy patterns embossed on its surface. After consumption, it greatly enhances the user's perception range of source energy flow for 30 minutes, enabling the user to detect hidden energy traces, stealthy targets, or abnormal spatial fluctuations.

The product works quite well, but... the packaging seems a bit unprofessional.

Didn't you see that when Uncle Bai picked up the item and handed it to Chu Hong, he didn't even dare to make eye contact with Chu Hong?

[Red collectible drop rate increased: 183%]

Searching for "Top Secret - Computer Host": ...

A 1x2 grid of two squares.

The search icon rotates.

Ding!

The red light that made everyone cheer burst forth once more.

[Item Name]: Abyss Component - Wire

[Item Level]: Red

Value: 1,000,000

[Type]: Tools and Materials

【Weight】: 1kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×2

[Item Description]: A mutated wire component salvaged from the depths of the Abyss. The wire has a dark alloy core and is wrapped in a semi-transparent gel-like insulating layer ranging from dark purple to dark brown. When the two ends of the wire are connected to a metal object, pulsating dark purple veins will briefly appear on the surface of the gel layer, as if the mutated part of the wire is "sensing" the object being connected.

With a thought, Chu Hong took out the [Abyss Component - Spiritual Mechanical Core] from the [Source Energy Space].

Unknown dazzling-level divine item: 2/100.

Everyone looked regretful and disappointed, but Chu Hong remained calm.

Meanwhile.

Just as he was exploring each room in the [Refinery] like a leader on an inspection tour, at that moment, in the [Wasteland Unfinished Building], the team that had initially attacked Andrei's family on the bridge was now at work.

They had all turned into corpses by now.

And in front of them.

A figure carrying a large spear adjusted his breathing slightly and glanced at his subordinates around him.

His expression instantly turned serious.

"Don't let your guard down! The scouts must immediately scout the surrounding area to make sure no one is taking advantage of our fight!"

"Yes, Instructor!"

Several young men and women, covered in sweat and bearing clear signs of battle wounds, hurriedly agreed.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Several arrows glowing with a scarlet light shot out. The arrows seemed to be alive, twisting and turning, and quickly explored all the floors of the unfinished building.

"Report, Instructor! All is safe! No hidden enemies detected!"

If Chu Hong were present, he would definitely recognize that these people in front of him were all acquaintances.

Jiang Long, Liu Yanyan, and Wu Gang defected from Huangshan Base City and joined the Night Raven Society, an organization under the Black Hole Council...

Among them, the source energy fluctuations on Liu Yanyan and Wu Gang have actually reached an astonishing first level of the Core Condensation Realm!

Even faster than Chu Hong!