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

The next day.

Chu Hong had breakfast at the Song family manor. Song Ming left early in the morning, seemingly heading to the city lord's manor again.

Song Jiao'er also looked unwell.

"The [Thunderhorn Lizardman Tribe] dungeon will be crowded lately, so there's no point in us going there again. We don't lack resources or energy points anyway. Let's take advantage of the few days left before the assessment and prepare our equipment."

Chu Hong reminded him.

Song Jiao'er's current equipment is indeed too loli-like in the "Big Dog Chews Chews Chews" team.

"A recovery-type, an output-boosting type, a counter-attack type, and your wand... at least get yourself a gold-quality one, right?"

Song Jiao'er paused, her hand holding the knife and fork still. She looked up and saw Chu Hong stuffing buns into his mouth without any regard for his image, and her eyes twitched.

They still didn't say anything.

Her equipment was far more luxurious than that of ordinary pioneers.

But for characters like Chu Hong and Wang Suming, who are fully equipped and want to bring all their assets into a map, they are indeed a bit too loli-like.

Chu Hong still did not know what the secret realm map for the assessment was.

However, he was not worried about it at all.

After all, when the assessment is held, the candidates will be asked to go to the assessment location to assemble a day in advance, and that day is enough for them to perform.

......

Xu Daili has been living a very comfortable life these past few days.

I stay at home every day.

There's no need to leave the base city for the wilderness, nor to risk your life in secret realms.

There was no life or death separation, and there was no need to be disliked by teammates as a "failed investment".

Wearing a sexy, skin-friendly, loose-fitting nightgown, Xu Daili applied a face mask while her hands worked together to create the last batch of collectibles she had on hand.

Two blue-quality production-type collectibles merge into a brand new collectible under the influence of source energy.

[Integrated cartridge case production machine (purple)]

"Phew~ I'm exhausted. I finally synthesized a base material of the corresponding category. This damn man, besides sending me collectibles every day, he never does anything to show his appreciation..."

Xu Daili slumped onto the soft sofa.

Her unrestrained and bold movements caused a malicious foul to rip through the loose pajamas.

While gently pressing the face mask onto her face with her fingers, she muttered a complaint under her breath.

"What kind of gesture do you want?"

A voice that sounded like a half-smile suddenly came from the direction of the balcony.

Xu Daili was so startled that her face mask almost deformed and fell off. When she saw that it was the team leader "Yanzu", she immediately rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Can't you just use the front door?!"

"I'm used to it."

He shrugged and tossed two backpacks filled with blue and purple collectibles into a corner of the living room.

Chu Hong stepped forward and looked with satisfaction at the large mechanical device in front of him, which was about the size of a household double-door refrigerator.

"Tsk tsk tsk, your synthesis skill is truly unreasonable..." Chu Hong said with a satisfied smile.

"Bullet, cartridge case, propellant, primer... all the collected materials used to produce these things are combined into one whole thing, and then the final bullet production equipment is synthesized. Tsk tsk tsk..."

Chu Hong looked at Xu Daili with a half-smile: "If those forces that own expensive gold watches knew about your abilities, they would definitely try to snatch you away from me."

Xu Daili gave a light snort, and after removing the face mask, her delicate and fair face was full of pride.

"That is..."

Chu Hong smiled and sat down to talk about something else.

"How's the recruitment for the team going?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Daili's expression immediately fell, she shook her head, and handed a booklet to Chu Hong.

"Some people have signed up, but... you probably won't be interested."

He casually pulled out red-quality collectibles, casually tossed her millions of energy points, and even made various production-related collectibles.

The man who likes to climb through her windows is definitely up to something big.

Xu Daili didn't think Chu Hong would be interested in these little karaomi.

And indeed, things turned out exactly as Xu Daili had imagined.

When Chu Hong had only flipped through a few pages of the register containing the information of the people who had signed up, he frowned in dissatisfaction.

Fifth stage of the Origin Realm, sixth stage of the Origin Realm... and there are even third and fourth stages of the Origin Realm!

What do you take his Thunder Hakimi squad for?

Nursing home?

Or is it a daycare center?

Xu Daili reminded us quietly, "Captain, our team hasn't even set off for a single dungeon yet. We're a bronze-level, one-star team. If it weren't for the high base salary we offer, none of these people would even sign up."

Chu Hong's eye twitched.

That's something he forgot about.

Recruiting isn't just about him choosing others; even high-ranking pioneers will selectively choose their own pioneer teams...

He coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment.

Chu Hong composed himself and his expression turned serious.

"In that case, I'll personally recruit people, and then... we'll enter the secret realm!"

......

Huangshan Base City Black Market!

The black market was even more lively at night. In the past, in addition to the factories with roofs where a large number of pioneers traded, today, when Chu Hong and Xu Daili appeared in the black market.

But it was a surprising discovery.

Even the trading area that used to belong to ordinary people, the outer stall area, has suddenly become frequented by many pioneers who are trading.

"Captain, have you heard? Recently, there's some idiot in Huangshan Base City who not only discovered a secret passage with a high-level resource point in the [Thunderhorn Lizardman Tribe], but also learned a way to eat his way through the entire core area without taking any damage."

"With this method, instead of keeping it under wraps himself, he just made it public... Hahaha, his ancestors in the underworld must be furious."

"Captain, do you think this guy is stupid?"

Xu Daili followed beside Chu Hong, excitedly sharing what she had heard recently.

However, she didn't notice at all that her captain's face was gloomy and dark.

"Captain, why aren't you smiling?" Xu Daili asked, puzzled.

Does this person have absolutely no sense of humor?

Such a funny thing, and she doesn't even laugh... She's never seen Captain "Yanzu" laugh before.

He's so handsome, his smile must be really good-looking too, right?

Chu Hong's lips twitched as he looked at this big-breasted, brainless woman. Suddenly, he seemed to realize something: this woman was probably kicked out of the Crossing Dragon Squad back then.

Besides the abysmal success rate of synthesis, his tendency to ramble is also one of the reasons.

but.

The black market has indeed become much larger today, with teams selling and trading collectibles from the [Thunderhorn Lizardman Tribe] dungeon. Chu Hong even spotted several teams he had seen before at the dungeon entrance.

Because of his "five-minute knives-wielding strategy" that allowed him to "eat up the entire core area of ​​the lizardman tribe," the number of collectibles on the market has increased significantly.

And this has only been going on for a day or two...

Stepping inside the factory.

The commotion inside was deafening, like a giant marketplace, with people discussing and trading at the counters of each of the pioneer teams.

"Price increase? Are you kidding me? This [Kali Fruit] is a specialty of the lizardman tribe's secret realm. Now that we have Chu Shen's running knife strategy guide, you can't just not lower the price, how can you raise it?"

"Brother, you haven't heard a thing lately. Something big is about to happen in Base City."

"Not only are [Kali Fruits] going up in price, but all consumable collectibles are increasing in price!"

Chu Hong led Xu Daili to the staircase leading to the second floor.

As soon as he came up, Chu Hong's pupils suddenly contracted slightly.

A familiar figure, devoid of the composure and elegance of memory, was sitting at a counter, relentlessly chugging down glass after glass of wine.

The cowboy hat he always wore when we met was gone.

Instead, there was a tangled mess of gray-white hair and an old face with a stubble beard.

"Old Tang, stop being so hard on yourself. No one survives entering a secret realm. You at least escaped with your life. Why not just stay alive? Why go to that damn 'Clifftop Plague Hospital'?"

"Besides, who would dare go with you to that top-secret secret realm, the one where even the city lord was seriously injured?!"