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

【Clifftop Epidemic Hospital】.

【Mythical Beast Research Laboratory】Second basement level.

After searching the conference room area, Chu Hong stood around the bulletproof glass, surveying the bottling area on the third basement level while his gaze swept across the offices on the right.

Enter a room marked "Security Rest Room".

What comes into view is a row of wall cabinets, as well as stab-proof vests, helmets, and some weapon cases.

Chu Hong's eyes lit up immediately.

Search container [Weapon Crate]: ......

Two 1x1 grids each produce two high-explosive grenades of purple quality.

Chu Hong put it directly into his backpack.

Search container [wall cabinet]: .....

Blue quality [UZI SMG]

Green quality 3x scope

Search container [Ammo Box]: ......

One box of 5.56×45mm rifle ammunition (purple)!

"It's a pity it's not the 7.62 that my M14 can use..." Chu Hong muttered regretfully to himself, but still put the box of precious bullets into his backpack.

"I have to say, no wonder even that miser from the Special Operations Division was willing to set a purchase price of over four million Source Energy Points for this card. This red card alone can open dozens of containers. If this were in the real world... it would cost at least 1500 million Source Energy Points!"

As Chu Hong pondered, his hand, which was resting on yet another ammunition box, suddenly paused.

A purple light appeared.

Another box of purple-quality bullets!

[9×19mm ammunition (purple)]!

"Purple bullets are fine too, purple bullets are good stuff too..."

After searching the "Security Rest Room" and finding a jacket hanging on the wall, Chu Hong came out with a box of purple-quality "high-end cigars." His gaze swept across the room and then set his sights on the "Server Storage Room" next door.

The rows of neatly arranged server devices were still emitting a faint hum.

Chu Hong placed his hand on a server.

A black box appears for searching.

One square.

【Ding! 】

"A gold blueprint~ Darling~"

[Item Name]: Blueprint for "Neck Bomb"

[Item Level]: Gold

[Type]: Data and Information

【Weight】: 0.1kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×1

[Item Description]: The Clifftop Infectious Disease Hospital's Epidemic Prevention Guard specially developed this remote-controlled bomb to be equipped on the neck of the test subjects in order to prevent riots. It can instantly sever the neck of the target while preserving the research value of the body and head tissues as much as possible.

Although it's not very useful, it's still a gold-quality collectible blueprint.

If placed outside, it would be worth at least a million energy points.

"Beep...beep..."

After Chu Hong finished searching through the servers one by one and obtained some electronic components, Xiao Zi came out of the "Server Storage Room" and saw Ba Xiaoying and Ba Xiaohua not far away, huddled in front of an office door, chattering about something.

Ba Xiaoying used a scalpel to pry open the door at the seam.

Ba Xiaohua held up a large injection needle, looking like she was cheering someone on.

Chu Hong couldn't help but smile at this.

"If we can pry this door open, I'll be even happier than you are..."

Chu Hong took out a red card from his pocket and pressed it at the card reader at the door.

The access control door, which read "Dr. Hoffman's Office," beeped, and Chu Hong pushed the door open and entered.

The room wasn't big.

Surrounding him were cabinets filled with books and various files, a huge mahogany desk, and... a person sitting at the desk, calmly looking at him...

Chu Hong's pupils suddenly contracted!

Almost instinctively, he suddenly raised the muzzle of his gun.

however.

The figure seemed to have anticipated his reaction even before he did.

His hoarse voice betrayed his exhaustion.

"Young man, don't be nervous, I won't hurt you..."

He pushed the desk in front of him, and only then did Chu Hong realize that the lower half of the person in front of him, both of his calves, had completely disappeared, with blood and bone spurs exposed, a sight that made one's scalp tingle.

Chu Hong frowned.

Nobody told him that you could spawn NPCs in this key room!

"Everyone else is dead, how are you still alive?" Chu Hong asked.

But his gaze had already fallen on a small safe on the desk in front of him.

Dr. Hoffman was a typical white old man, but although his legs were now useless and his face was haggard, his hair and beard were still meticulously groomed.

Upon hearing this, he gently shook his head and pointed to a used syringe next to him.

"I once wanted to use it to make all mankind immortal, so that everyone could live happily ever after with their loved ones, but unfortunately... I released a demon, and I was trapped in endless pain by it."

Dr. Hoffman sighed, his face contorted with pain and exhaustion, and then suddenly gritted his teeth.

He looked up at Chu Hong.

"Young warrior, I don't know what's happening outside, but I understand the horrors of the Omega virus better than you do. There are still three terrifying monsters in the core laboratory that haven't left, but when the energy within them reaches saturation, an even more terrifying disaster awaits the outside world."

"I can't let this get any worse."

"I want to be the master of my life, but I can also control my death... Will you help me?"

Dr. Hoffman looked at Chu Hong with teary eyes.

And just as the other person finished speaking...

A light screen immediately appeared in front of Chu Hong.

[Ding! The in-game benchmark mission "Operation Domination" has been triggered]

[Accept or not? Completing "Operation Domination" will unlock "Conditional Escape Point" and emergency escape elevator.]

The mission details panel for "Operation Domination" appears.

"High-Value Domination Operation"

Location of the operation: Beast Research Laboratory

Time: 30 minutes

Rewards: 10 Energy Points, unlock access to the Anti-Epidemic Guard Armory

"Probabilistic drops during the event: [Heart of Domination], [Masked Worm], [Ω Venomous Stimulant], [Beast Elixir]"

Accept!

Seeing Chu Hong nod, Dr. Hoffman immediately smiled with relief.

She let out a long breath, but then looked at him with a serious expression.

"The three projects we were researching were all sealed and stored in alloy cages on the third underground level. The disaster happened too suddenly, and the reaction devices in the three alloy cages malfunctioned. No one replaced them in time, so they are all in a broken state now... But we still have three spare cages."

[In-Game Benchmark - Operation Overlord]: Forcibly transfer "[Project No. Kraken Matrix]", "[Project No. Fenrir Matrix]", and "[Project No. Overlord Clone]" into the backup containment pod!

当前进度：【项目编号「克拉肯」母体】（0/1），【项目编号「芬里尔」母体】（0/1），【项目编号「主宰」克隆体】（1/1）

Chu Hong's expression shifted.

Looking at the task progress that had been there since the beginning, I instantly understood.

Actually, this operation doesn't necessarily require sending the three bosses into the containment chamber.

Killing them directly will also count towards the mission progress!

Dr. Hoffman's breathing was somewhat unsteady: "After you destroy all three monsters, you'll see the emergency escape elevator at the gate on the third basement level. Everything is in your hands now, young man..."

After speaking, Dr. Hoffman gradually lost consciousness and fell into a coma.

Chu Hong, however, was not in a hurry at all.

"return!"

With a thought, the "big dog," which had almost eliminated all the zombie units in the [Underground Dissection Center], immediately rushed towards the [Alien Beast Research Laboratory].

At the same time, Chu Hong gave an order to the giant octopus, which resembled a Kraken sea monster, that was pupauring in a potion pool on the third basement level.

A slight stinging sensation came from my neck: "Get into the cage..."

The command to extract energy clearly made Kraken somewhat resistant, but fortunately Chu Hong could still bear it.

Through the huge bulletproof glass, Chu Hong could clearly see a giant blue-purple octopus tentacle crawling in the huge tank area on the third underground floor.

They soon arrived at a backup lockout compartment that was already open.

"Go inside..."

Another 20% of the source energy was consumed, and Chu Hong's face turned slightly pale.

"Zha zha zha..."

A delicate and lovely voice came from his shoulder, and Chu Hong felt a sharp pain in his neck.

Immediately afterwards, he saw that the girl holding the syringe was blinking her big white eyes and tilting her head to look at him.

Chu Hong: "...Actually, you could have waited until my source energy was somewhat depleted before using this source energy needle..."

Chu Hong was surprised that [Ba Xiaohua] was able to use the medicine on his body on its own to provide him with timely supplies.

But even though the energy source still had 20-30% remaining, they immediately injected it.

Chu Hong was genuinely a little pained by the expense.

The source energy was instantly restored to full, and under his gaze, Kraken, who hesitated for a moment in front of the sealed cabin, obediently crawled into the hatch.

"Snap!"

The moment the other person entered, the heavy hatch slammed shut.

【Project No. "Kraken" Matrix】(1/1)