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

Open the door!

A crossbow bolt killed one zombie, and with a whooshing sound, the [Source Blade] instantly pierced the head of another zombie.

Chu Hong excitedly picked up the card on the table immediately.

Unlike the scarlet crystal texture of the [Core Laboratory Access Card], this card also has a crystal texture, but it is a deep blue, like ice crystals.

[Item Name]: Underground Freezer Key

[Item Level]: Red

[Type]: Permission Item

【Weight】: 0.01kg

[Occupies backpack slot capacity]: 1×1

[Item Description]: A key used to open the underground freezer in the underground dissection center.

【Durability】：20/20

[Location of Use]: Clifftop Plague Hospital - Underground Anatomy Center

"Holy crap! There's actually a red-level access area inside this [Clifftop Plague Hospital]?"

Chu Hong was overjoyed, and his smile widened to his ears after hearing the melodious "ding" sound from the azure crystal card in his hand.

"The night falls too stubbornly, tears fall even without crying, is loving someone right or wrong, why is it always me who gets hurt instead of you?"

"Lonely people listen to sad songs."

Chu Hong hummed smugly in a strange tone. Inside the [Source Energy Space], he was still unaware of the card's price with the Special Operations Division.

But it's definitely enough for him to evacuate on the spot with C4...

He's run this map hundreds of times.

Regarding access cards, he knew there were blue-quality [Employee Access Cards] that could open some closed dormitory doors in the [Employee Dormitory].

A purple-quality [Advanced Care Area Access Card] can open a special ward located on the third floor of the [Rehabilitation and Recovery Center].

Silently noting down this newly discovered card reader, Chu Hong rushed to a window near the [Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation Center] and suddenly leaped out.

Water magic surges!

It made Chu Hong feel as if he had stepped on a wave in mid-air.

The distance of a few dozen meters was covered by him leaping and tumbling onto an air conditioner unit on the third floor of the opposite [Sanatorium and Rehabilitation Center].

Pry open the window with a single cut.

Chu Hong then flipped himself inside.

Knife up and down.

A zombie that was locked inside the office was instantly killed.

Take a look at the time.

【00:03:17】

After finishing the [Exotic Beast Research Laboratory] in three minutes, enter the [Rehabilitation and Recovery Center].

Current earnings: Two small gold cards, four or five small purple cards, and one red card!

The third floor of the [Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center] mainly consists of the [Advanced Care Area] and the [Nurse's Duty Room]. Chu Hong jumped into a small rest room located in the [Nurse's Duty Room] area.

Open the door.

In the corridor, a few zombies were scattered around, but Chu Hong quickly cleared them away with his crossbow bolts.

They all collapsed to the ground very quickly.

We walked to a special protective iron gate with access control.

Take out the [Advanced Care Area Access Card] that you brought when entering the facility.

Drop~

The iron gate automatically opened with a click.

"A security card with a 'Confidential' difficulty level consumes 2 durability points to open..."

Chu Hong murmured to himself as he swiftly strode into the ward.

There were three rooms in total, all with the doors half open. The floor was littered with random things, and there were several skeletons on the floor.

"No zombies..." Chu Hong silently noted.

Then, they immediately began searching the ward.

First, take a look at the bed, the table, and the floor. Although there are a lot of messy things, none of them are "collectibles" but "stickers".

Just as Chu Hong walked to a luxurious hospital bed, something on the pillow caught his eye.

A familiar-looking mobile phone-style communicator.

"Portable walkie-talkie, two bars each~"

Put things away.

Chu Hong placed his hand on the corpse, but could not find it; it was not a container.

He then placed his hand on the black-screen life monitor that had been shut down.

A black box appears for searching.

Search for "life monitor": ...

【Ding! 】

A golden single-slot item appears: [CPU (Gold)].

"A hippie, huh? Another little gold..."

I also searched the room for [flower pots], [wardrobe], [suitcase]...

Aside from the two purple-quality items, there were a bunch of small blue and green items.

Chu Hong stepped into the next room.

First look at the open air, then touch the container.

"Pah, they didn't even give out a Little Purple in this second ward?" Chu Hong casually tossed a blue-quality women's handbag from the coffee table onto the ground, silently noting down the locations of the open-air collectibles he had seen along the way.

This time, the items you get are probably low-level collectibles.

Who knows, maybe next time, or even if it's top secret, a huge red bomb will be unearthed?

"This is all valuable intelligence."

Chu Hong thought to himself with delight as he pushed open the door to the last room. The first thing he saw was a small, dark gold-lacquered safe inside the wardrobe.

"Haha, so this is where the high-value supplies are located~"

Chu Hong reached out and touched it.

Search for "[Miniature Safe (High-Value Container)]": ...

A 2x2 four-grid search box made Chu Hong's eyes light up instantly.

then.....

【Ding! 】

【Precious Photo Album (Blue)】

Chu Hong's expectant expression froze on his face.

Looking at the extra photo album in my hand, after flipping through it, I could see the photos of the ward owner and his family, all smiling. It was a family portrait that recorded their lives.

but......

"You son of a bitch! This is a scam, isn't it?! I wouldn't say anything if you released a purple card, but blue... this is trash purple card!"

After finding the key to the room, Chu Hong went downstairs.

There's not much to see on the second floor.

Go directly to the first floor.

[Administrative Office Area]!

Chu Hong was very familiar with this place. He had found that red-quality [precious gold watch] on a suit-wearing zombie in one of the reception rooms here.

And there was the flowerpot from which the "Flying Bird Drone" blueprints were pulled out.

Oh, right, and there's also that zombie receptionist nurse who can drop key cards...

Within the Special Operations Division's investigation area, Chu Hong, like a cunning mouse, quickly explored the Rehabilitation Center before heading to the Underground Anatomy Center.

Meanwhile, in Song Jiao'er's bedroom at the Song Family Manor.

Song Jiao'er, however, tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

The words of her father, Song Ming, still echoed in her ears.

"The city lord's strength has been greatly diminished. Even if the upper city base city sends reinforcements, the Huangshan base city will still face a major upheaval. Chu Hong is a good young man; he's ambitious and all alone. As long as he gets into the Dragon Roar Sacred Academy, I can rest assured that the Magic Cube Merchant Guild will be in your hands..."

She only learned today that the reason why the Core Condensation Realm is so powerful is not only because the source energy within its body is more abundant.

Its most important feature is its ability to activate the source core.

The so-called source core is the so-called Great Red!

"To advance from the ninth stage of the Energy Gathering Realm to the Core Condensation Realm, one needs a Source Core. To condense a Source Core, one needs three identical red-quality collectibles."

"The higher the value of a red-quality collectible, the more collectibles you can use when binding a Source Core, and the stronger your Core Condensation Realm strength will be..."

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