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

The above-ground portion of the [Mythical Beast Research Laboratory] has two floors.

It's not a very large building.

however.

When Chu Hong quietly crept into the building through the large hole, he was so shocked by the chaotic scene inside that he was speechless.

Severed limbs!

Everywhere you look, there are severed limbs and broken bodies. Even in the middle of what is clearly a reception hall, there is a pile of corpses that looks like a bird's nest, made up entirely of human and zombie bodies.

In the middle area, there were obvious traces of a monster crawling.

"Holy crap..."

Such a disgusting scene, but fortunately Chu Hong's mask also functions as a gas mask.

otherwise.

Even a fool could imagine how incredibly sour and pungent this would taste...

His gaze swept around.

Looking around, it seems that all the zombies on this floor have been dealt with by the boss, either eaten or turned into "building materials" on the spot.

However, this saved Chu Hong some trouble.

"The first floor is the public area and administrative office area, nothing special..." Chu Hong looked around and went straight to the second floor.

[Gene Research Conference Room] [Overall Office Area]...

Arriving at the location marked as "Great Free of Protection" on the map, Chu Hong searched for a long time but couldn't find any high-value containers. In fact, not only were there no high-value containers, but there were very few containers that could even be searched.

"Tsk... Just as I expected, it's underground again."

A loud explosion came from the direction of the parking lot.

Chu Hong quickly discovered an entrance to the underground area that had been forcibly torn open by claws in an elevator shaft on the first floor.

Touching the elevator door, smooth and jagged, with charred black marks as if it had been cut by a cutting machine, Chu Hong's eyes grew serious.

This was not caused by any human cutting tools.

Instead... it was torn open by the claws of some monster!

After glancing at the dark elevator shaft below, Chu Hong slid down the steel cable.

The mask glowed with a ghostly green light, allowing Chu Hong to clearly see the situation on the first underground floor even in the darkness.

"roar!"

A sharp howl, accompanied by the sound of something hitting the iron cage, made Chu Hong's body tense up instantly.

It was almost an instinctive reaction.

With a "whoosh," the Source Blade, carrying a scarlet light, was shot out like a flying knife.

After a short, sharp sob.

Chu Hong finally saw the direction from which the sound came.

"Hiss, a zombie dog? Wait... why does this look like a wolf?"

Through the night vision and the eerie green mask, when Chu Hong clearly saw the monster locked in the cage, which he had already killed with a single blow to the head, the hairs on his body stood on end.

Its pupils were a ghostly green, and the whites of its eyes were frighteningly pale.

Within the grotesque, black, and disgustingly slimy wolf-like mouth, leech-like maggot-like creatures writhe, crawl, or fall out, a sight that sends one's sanity plummeting.

This immediately reminded Chu Hong of the bright red "Masked Worm" shirt he had found during the free maintenance period in the "Employee Dormitory".

"Forehead......"

He pulled the Source Blade out of the zombie wolf's skull with obvious disgust.

The sticky, whirring sound, like maggots crawling around his ear, made him feel uncomfortable again.

However, at that moment...

A sudden, urgent sound, like some creature running wildly, made his expression change abruptly.

"roar!"

A pair of bright green eyes, like lanterns, carried a brutal and terrifying aura, like a black storm in the darkness, and immediately rushed towards Chu Hong.

Holy crap!

【Water Magic: Storm Tuna】!

The armor's jet propulsion was too late.

Chu Hong activated his internal energy, and a surge of water instantly appeared beneath his feet.

"Snap!"

The steel cage, along with the zombie wolf corpse inside which Chu Hong had already killed with a single strike, was sliced ​​in two as easily as cutting tofu under the gaze of Chu Hong's narrowed pupils.

It was at this moment that Chu Hong also saw clearly what the monster that had suddenly attacked was.

That was also a ferocious and terrifying zombie wolf.

however.

Lying on the ground, its body was now a terrifying height of over three meters.

When the first attack failed, the claws immediately lashed out at Chu Hong again.

"roar!"

"Swoosh!" Chu Hong's body flew backward as he spewed air from his back, finally taking advantage of the opening to rush to the side of the zombie black wolf.

Energy surged into the longsword in his hand, emitting a slight tremor.

"Pfft!"

The thick, black fluid splattered as the longsword pierced the giant wolf's belly.

The armor propulsion system behind Chu Hong hummed.

Carrying Chu Hong, he was like a swift, swift cutting blade, striking and disappearing in an instant.

"roar!!!"

An even more frenzied roar came from the giant wolf's mouth. Before Chu Hong could even feel happy, he saw a distinct surge of energy begin to flow from the wolf's mouth.

His pupils contracted.

He hurriedly cast [Water Magic - Storm Tuna] again, and in a flash, he hid behind a load-bearing wall.

"boom!"

The eerie blue flames brought a glimmer of light to this underground space.

however.

Following that flash of light, a ferocious giant wolf charged out, enough to terrify any ordinary pioneer.

Amidst the deafening crash, Chu Hong gripped a longsword in one hand and a short blade in the other.

The longsword pierced the giant wolf's brow bone, while the short knife moved upwards, pinning down the gaping maw that lunged at him, ready to swallow him whole.

Amidst the immense impact and inertia, the propulsion device on Chu Hong's back emitted a violent turbofan-like roar.

But it stopped due to inertia.

Chu Hong looked at the giant wolf that had finally fallen silent, and cold sweat broke out under his mask.

"Just how many monsters are in this map?!"

.......

And at almost the same time.

While Chu Hong was fighting and exploring in the Special Operations Division's investigation area.

On a cliff dozens of miles away from Huangshan Base City, in a camp that was clearly newly built, heavily armed city guards and powerful pioneers were looking at the hands of their watches.

He kept his eyes fixed on the teleportation halo of the secret realm in front of him.

"Three minutes left..."

Jiang Long, the leader of the Crossing-the-River Pioneer Team, had a terribly gloomy face.

"What's going on? Wasn't the primary task to avoid combat and instead map out the secret realm and explore the terrain?"

Just as time was ticking away and those who had entered the secret realm were about to get lost inside, the teleportation aura of the secret realm finally rippled slightly.

"Thump!"

A disheveled figure emerged from the halo of light, almost falling face-first into excrement.

Jiang Long stepped forward and grabbed the other man's collar.

"Liu Guang, where are they! Where are Qi Fei and Sun Yang?!"

The pioneer named Liu Guang was being held by the collar by Jiang Long, but his body was still trembling uncontrollably.

"Captain, this secret realm is terrifying! It's at least classified, no, top secret!"

"Qi Fei and Sun Yang are both dead! They were overwhelmed by the monsters!"

"Waaaaah..."

Despite being a high-level pioneer at the first stage of the Energy Gathering Realm, he suddenly started wailing like a child in front of everyone.

Jiang Long's heart skipped a beat.

If Chu Hong were present, he would definitely recognize the Pioneers Guild's historical figure, Huang Miao, walking over with a somber expression.

"Mr. Sun, I'd like to know what happened during your time inside the secret realm. Also... how many escape routes did you discover?"

P.S.: I'll be adding an extra chapter today if we reach 300 requests for updates. I humbly request your support, dear readers! Thank you so much! ♪(･ω･)ﾉ