Chapter 44: Peerless Heroic Soldier? You're Definitely Sick!

"It's appeared! Zhou Chu's signal has appeared!"

At this moment, someone suddenly exclaimed.

Everyone present couldn't help but be shaken, their gazes once again falling in unison onto that small black screen.

Sure enough, a small green dot was flickering incessantly on the black screen.

Liu Lanzhi immediately rushed to the front of the screen, raised her head, and looked closely at the small green dot representing Zhou Chu.

Her brows furrowed slightly, followed immediately by a look of shock, and she couldn't help but whisper: "Hell Difficulty, 19th floor!"

"What? The 19th floor? How is this possible?!"

"Director Liu, were you too tired last night, are you hallucinating?"

"Impossible, I don't believe it!"

The Monitoring Hall instantly erupted into chaos.

Everyone present, like zombies breaking out of their cages, pushed and pulled at each other, stumbling as they ran to the large screen, stretching their necks and widening their eyes, all wanting to see the truth for themselves.

"Madam, what do you say to this..."

He Laijin had a dazed expression; his brain had turned into mush, and he was at a loss for what to do.

Liu Lanzhi was the same; the situation before her had already exceeded the scope of her understanding.

She had intended to use the Secret Realm Tower to test Zhou Chu's strength, but she never imagined the situation would become uncontrollable.

"Let me think..."

Liu Lanzhi's head was buzzing too.

She rubbed her temples continuously with both hands, her heart surging like a tide.

"Could it be that Zhou Chu has some powerful equipment on him?"

"He's a newcomer, what kind of powerful equipment could he possibly have? Besides, climbing from the 11th floor to the 19th floor in just a few minutes—how powerful would that equipment have to be?"

"Then is it that he has an expert helping him in secret?"

"An expert? Are you kidding? Only those who have registered their identities can enter the tower; do you think the Identity Identification Card is just for show?"

Everyone speculated back and forth, making the entire Monitoring Hall noisy and chaotic.

Su Zhanghe, looking at the current location of the signal displayed at the bottom of the screen, felt even more disbelief in his eyes.

"Is this really Zhou Chu?"

"Is this still the Zhou Chu I know?"

"No, this isn't him, it definitely isn't him!"

As Zhou Chu's principal, he shouted in his heart over and over again, completely unable to believe this was real.

In these few minutes, Luo Dachun's mental state had gone through several major ups and downs.

It was like riding an incredibly thrilling roller coaster, causing his blood pressure to soar and then plummet.

He hurriedly fished a small gourd-shaped medicine bottle from his pocket, poured one into his palm, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Seeing this result before him, he was indeed quite shocked.

He hadn't used this medicine in a long time, but today, because of an F-Grade Zhou Chu, he had to use it.

A moment later, after calming his racing heart slightly, he asked with a serious face: "Director Liu, I would like to know, since the construction of the Secret Realm Tower, how many people have been able to finish all the floors before their Third Turn?"

Liu Lanzhi answered without hesitation: "To this day, no one has ever cleared 30 floors before their Second Transfer!"

"Then what about the first twenty floors?" Luo Dachun continued to ask.

Liu Lanzhi recalled for a moment and said: "If I remember correctly, the ones who cleared the first twenty floors were a five-person squad named 'Long Qi'."

"And at that time, I was only a child."

"But speaking of that, I presume no one present is unfamiliar with the captain of the Long Qi Squad."

"He is the current Grand Commander of the Exorcism Army, Long Aofei!"

When Luo Dachun heard the name Long Aofei, a trace of dread couldn't help but show in his eyes.

A Soul Profession powerhouse about to step into the 7th Rank, the Black Dragon Knight who once shocked the entire Shenxia, one of the few ruthless individuals with an SSS-rank Soul Profession.

Moreover, speaking of the Long Qi Squad, it had gathered the top geniuses of the entire Shenxia at that time.

Luo Dachun's reputation for this squad could be said to be thunderous.

He was full of admiration for the SSS-rank powerhouse Long Aofei.

An elite squad that gathered the top geniuses of the entire Shenxia had only cleared 20 floors of the Secret Realm Tower.

And Zhou Chu, on his own, was about to break through 20 floors.

Luo Dachun would never believe it even if he died.

After confirming once more that Zhou Chu's points had not risen further, Luo Dachun said decisively: "Back then, even the Long Qi Squad couldn't break through the Nightmare Difficulty; for Zhou Chu to reach this height is absolutely a pipe dream!"

"I think the monitoring system has malfunctioned, which is why it's displaying such absurd data."

Just as the people in the Monitoring Hall were at a stalemate, inside the Secret Realm Tower on the other side.

The competition between the three S-Grade newcomers had actually reached a white-hot stage.

I don't know when it happened, but He Muxue and Qin Ye, who had been lagging behind, had caught up to Chen Bo.

At this moment, all three of them had reached the tenth floor.

Facing the Rock Golem, which had super-high defense and AOE skills, the long-range profession finally demonstrated its advantage at this moment.

Especially He Muxue; the advantages of her Frost Archer were particularly prominent.

She used "kiting" and ice arrow deceleration tactics, making it impossible for the relatively slow-moving Rock Golem to effectively harm her.

On the other side, Qin Ye was also fighting methodically by constantly moving to avoid the Rock Golem's attacks and using high-damage fire-type attacks.

Conversely, Chen Bo, when facing the BOSS, appeared somewhat strained due to the lack of a distance advantage.

He was often ravaged by the Rock Golem's AOE skills.

Moreover, this AOE skill also carried negative effects that reduced attack speed and movement speed, which made Chen Bo miserable even while in bear form.

The massive consumption had already caused Chen Bo to use up all his Health Recovery Potions, and only the very last bottle of Soul Power Potion remained.

In the end, the one who cleared the 10th floor the fastest was undoubtedly He Muxue.

The second to clear it was Qin Ye.

Chen Bo, however, stumbled at the very last moment and fell to fourth place.

Even so, Chen Bo still managed to secure second place on the points leaderboard with a slim lead in points.

He Muxue came from behind, surpassing Qin Ye to rank third.

The three of them did not linger for long after clearing the tenth floor, passing through the portal in the tower to teleport back to the bottom of the tower once again.

At this moment, although the three of them had successfully cleared the Normal Difficulty, they were all panting from exhaustion, and their potions were all completely depleted.

Next, they would undergo a short rest, then replenish their potions to continue their final free tower-climbing attempt.

When they returned to the preparation area to rest, He Muxue wiped the sweat from her forehead with her hand while looking around.

Yet, after watching for quite a while, she did not see Zhou Chu's figure.

"Has Zhou Chu not cleared it yet?" He Muxue could not help but frown slightly, pondering to herself.

At this moment, someone reached out and handed over a bottle of water.

He Muxue did not look up, yet she knew who this person was.

"I'm not thirsty! Thank you!" He Muxue couldn't even be bothered to lift her eyelids, and immediately refused coldly.

Qin Ye held the water in some embarrassment, stunned for a moment before taking the water back, smiling sheepishly as his fair face turned red and then pale.

Just then, Chen Bo walked up, looked at He Muxue with a rascally grin, and said, "School Beauty He, where is your Zhou Chu? Has he not cleared it yet?"

"Isn't he quite impressive? Being able to solo a Hero-level Dungeon, how come he's turned into a coward this time?"

"An F is an F after all; no matter how hard he tries, he can't turn into an S."

"I advise you to dump this loser as soon as possible."

Then, Chen Bo smugly pointed his thumb at himself and said, "If you're looking for a fiancé, you should look for someone like me."

"In the future, we can be husband and wife, and we can even form a team."

"I've even thought of a name for the team; let's call it Peerless Bear Soldiers!"

He Muxue's face turned icy, and without leaving any room for politeness, she said coldly, "I think you're absolutely sick!"