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

"laugh!"

Two sprays of disinfectant with a pungent smell were sprayed onto Chu Hong the moment the door opened.

Just as Chu Hong took a step...

"Clang, clang..."

After his eyes had adjusted to the darkness, a series of blinding white lights suddenly appeared, causing Chu Hong to instinctively dodge and be on guard.

The white light illuminated the laboratory.

Chu Hong finally got a clear look at the general layout of the [Core Laboratory] after pushing open the second door in front of him.

As soon as he stepped through the gate, he was greeted by a huge control panel, and in front of the control panel was a massive bulletproof glass panel.

Chu Hong stepped forward and saw the scene behind the glass; his pupils contracted sharply.

This "core laboratory" actually includes two underground levels, the second and the third. Through the windows, you can see a huge area filled with various tanks.

Some of the jars were broken, and human-shaped skeletons lay on the ground.

There were also a few unbroken jars, and the people inside had been soaking in that green potion for who knows how long...

Chu Hong put away the red card in his hand.

The card swipe I just used consumed 1 point of durability.

The original durability score of 20/20 has been changed to 19/20.

"Unfortunately, it seems the high-value containers in the coded rooms of the secret realm aren't directly marked on the map..."

As Chu Hong surveyed the layout of the [Core Laboratory], he quickly began to examine which containers were searchable and which were useless "textures".

Searching for the coat hanging on the seat... no response.

The briefcase search box appears in the search console...

Two worthless white paper collectibles were sold.

Chu Hong completely ignored him.

When Chu Hong's hand touched the control panel screen, a black box reappeared.

However, this time it's not a direct rotation search.

"Dr. Hoffman, according to the laboratory's confidentiality regulations, even you need to verify your identity to access core experimental data... Please insert your access card."

Chu Hong was taken aback, and then a card slot on the control panel in front of him lit up.

"Do I need to swipe my card again?"

Chu Hong, who had just been congratulating himself on having his access card still valid for nineteen uses, could only helplessly pull out his red card again.

Insert the card into the slot.

"Beep! Permissions confirmed! Experiment database unlocked..."

A black border appears.

Search results for "Core Lab Console Host (High-Value Container)": ...

One square, one four-square grid (two by two), plus another one-square grid (one by one), and the three collectible icons begin to rotate.

Chu Hong couldn't help but feel hopeful.

【Ding! 】

A flash of golden light appeared.

A disc-shaped object appeared before Chu Hong's eyes.

[Item Name]: Dr. Hoffman's Diary

[Item Level]: Gold

[Type]: Data and Information

【Weight】: 0.2kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×1

[Item Description]: The research log of Dr. Hoffman, the head of the core laboratory and chief researcher, clearly records the progress of all research projects starting before the outbreak of the catastrophe.

The search icon starts rotating as the grid expands to two x two x four.

The golden light shone again.

[Item Name]: Confidential Array Disk

[Item Level]: Gold

[Type]: Electronic items

【Weight】: 3.4kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 2×2

[Item Description]: This small five-disc high-speed array disk for enterprise use provides the most stable and efficient data transfer and storage for files, videos, etc., and offers users the most intelligent file classification.

Chu Hong raised an eyebrow.

The drop rate in this card room seems pretty good, huh?

The last space.

The search icon spun, and the time it took for the search to complete drew Chu Hong's attention even closer to the black frame in front of him.

【Ding! 】

Red light appears!

Chu Hong's breathing suddenly quickened.

[Item Name]: Design Blueprint for "Hoffman's Bullet"

[Item Level]: Red

[Type]: Data and Information

【Weight】: 0.1kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×1

[Item Description]: As Dr. Hoffman's research on the Ω virus deepened, he quickly realized the terrifying nature of this virus. In order to deal with sudden situations and improve the crisis response capabilities of the epidemic prevention and control team, he developed suppressive ammunition specifically for virus-infected individuals.

This is a dark gold metallic USB flash drive, and it looks quite ordinary.

however.

The information contained inside prompted Chu Hong to immediately place the USB drive into his two-slot [Source Energy Space].

Special ammunition designed to target zombies in the [Clifftop Plague Hospital] map!

With this, not only would his efficiency be greatly enhanced in the special operations division's investigation secret realms, but his chances of survival would also be greatly increased, even in the real-world "Clifftop Plague Hospital"!

After searching the console, Chu Hong removed the red card from the card slot.

When I saw that the durability was down to only 18, I couldn't help but twitch my eye.

Even the Special Operations Division of the trenches cannot directly purchase room cards.

The durability of these room cards is really limited; the more you use them, the less there is left...

Just as Chu Hong was searching every container in the laboratory one by one, trying to pinpoint the location of every high-value container as much as possible.

In the dead of night, the upper echelons of Huangshan Base City were in a state of utter chaos.

The city lord Jiang Xingdong's aged face was clearly solemn.

Despite having fully recovered from her injuries after leaving the secret realm, Lan Yujing was pale and dejected, as if she had suffered a huge blow.

He couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Blue Girl, now is not the time for you to give up! The huge losses suffered by the Rose Flower Team are certainly heartbreaking, but don't forget... if a top-secret realm cannot be contained and controlled for a long time, under the activation of source energy, the monsters inside will awaken the world's will in less than half a year. At that time, the sacrifices of your team members will truly be in vain!"

Jiang Xingdong slammed his hand on the table.

The loud noise finally brought back some focus to Lan Yujing's pupils, who was in a daze and whose mind was filled with the horrific scenes from the secret realm [Clifftop Plague Hospital] that night.

The head of the base city's armed forces department, sitting in front of him, had a solemn expression.

"Commander Lan, please tell us in detail about the situation inside the [Clifftop Plague Hospital] secret realm..."

Lan Yujing took a deep breath.

Her pale lips trembled slightly as she spoke of her and her team's first impressions upon entering the secret realm.

"black!"

"It's not the kind of darkness that's simply nighttime; it's a darkness that feels like walking through a black mist in the night... Within the team, both magical and supernatural sensory abilities have been suppressed by a full half..."

With just one sentence, the atmosphere in the conference room became heavy and deathly silent.

A pair of tense eyes fell on Lan Yujing and the seven remaining team members beside her.

The Rose Flower Team consists of three core squads.

The Rose Squad, the Bauhinia Squad, and the Shadow Squad.

However, it all happened overnight.

Three well-equipped squads enter the secret realm [Clifftop Plague Hospital].

The entire Shadow Squad was wiped out!

Yuwen Hui, the captain of the Bauhinia Squad and former deputy of Lan Yujing, a pioneer at the fifth level of the Qi Gathering Realm in martial arts, died in battle.

When they finally evacuated, not a single full-strength unit managed to leave.

Lan Yujing's fire support team member was unfortunately killed by an unseen monster at the last moment, who stabbed her through the heart.

In the last second inside the evacuation point, he perished in the secret realm.

Lan Yujing spoke with trembling breaths.

The hand holding the teacup that Jiang Xingdong handed over trembled continuously as he spoke.

Behind her, her teammates stood dejected and pale-faced.

Jiang Xingdong rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.

"So, you didn't even manage to get into the core area?"

He looked at the rough map in front of him, where the layout of buildings in many places was still in the stage of ambiguous guessing, and there was even only one evacuation point.

His expression shifted between light and dark.

"The only known evacuation point is the West Helipad, but the moment the helicopter starts, it will alert most of the zombies in the secret realm to attack. The condition for evacuation is to hold out for one minute..."

Jiang Xingdong took a deep breath, looking at the screen in front of him in the conference room.

A video, compiled from several people's dashcam footage, was playing on a loop.

Looking at the dark, seemingly endless horde of zombies, whose only visible feature in the darkness was their glowing crimson eyes, everyone in the conference room turned noticeably pale.

The head of the armed forces department clenched his fist.

"Blue and purple level ammunition can damage these zombies, but unless it hits a vital spot like the head or torso, it won't affect their movement at all."

"The current estimated strength of ordinary zombies should be between the fifth and eighth stages of the Origin Realm. Specific data still needs to be compiled separately. Furthermore... the strength of the mutants has already reached a level where they can pose a one-on-one threat to the safety of a Gathering Energy Realm pioneer!"

The head of the armed forces took a deep breath and looked at the city lord, Jiang Xingdong.

"Lord City Lord, this is undoubtedly a top-secret level secret realm. In fact, considering its unique environment and the number of monsters, it can be tentatively classified as a near-hell level!"