Chapter 2804 Completion Settlement

[Congratulations to Player Passerby A for successfully completing the instance and finishing the side quest. You have embarked on a perfect sightseeing trip, earning an SS rating for this completion.]

[Your rewards for this completion include 2 Rank-A props, 5 Rank-B props, 1 special item, 2 major characteristic upgrades, 2 extended characteristic upgrades, 1 luggage compartment capacity upgrade, 4 tickets, 1 secondary stone, 1 armed robot, and 1 universal energy-saving flying device. A certification badge of examination expert and a travel expert badge.]

Compared to the Cat Whisker Fruit instance, there is one less Rank-A prop, but the number of characteristic upgrades has increased.

[The Fake: Rank-A prop, capable of blurring the holder’s real position within the spiritual world, even players not easily influenced by mental interference and control seem realistically affected by it, affecting others’ judgment.]

[Professional Pursuer: A Rank-A assassination tool created by an unemployed assassin who switched careers, capable of continuously pursuing the selected target for up to a minute. As an assassination tool, it appears to have an extraordinary effect in delaying and disrupting enemies, yet the creator stubbornly named it “Professional Pursuer.”]

[Rebound: A special item that returns all attacks received by the holder back to the attacker, possessing both defensive capabilities and offensive power. As is well known, a boomerang always delivers surprising and excellent effects.]

[The major characteristic “Beautiful Memories Between You and Me” upgrades to “Forced Flashback.” When this characteristic takes effect, the affected individual will involuntarily recall any memories about Player Passerby A. The flood of repeated memories may cause a momentary mental stall.]

[The extended characteristic “Compulsory Forgetting” upgrades to “Memory Loss,” allowing players to completely forget any memories about Passerby A from the past half hour, with a range of one kilometer.]

[The major characteristic “100% Out of Character” upgrades to “Life Channel,” which will provide a reasonable and high-survival-rate escape route for Passerby A when trapped. Of course, this presumes there is a place to escape to.]

[The extended characteristic “Rest in Peace” upgrades to “The Dead are Great,” allowing Passerby A to choose to play dead when no escape route can be found. Whether player, animal, or even plant, all will instinctively ignore you for three minutes, as a corpse doesn’t need much attention unless it’s scavengers.]

These are among the more important rewards; secondarily, the luggage compartment has been upgraded to 2000m³. The armed robot is similar to what was obtained before, useful but not significant, can be sold off for a high price when short on money.

The secondary stone is quite ordinary, not of particularly high quality, but the energy-saving flying device is quite fun. Unlike the previously acquired skateboard-like flying device, this one is a cat-shaped boat that can be sat in, with quite a long endurance. Though its flying height and speed are limited, it’s usable for transportation when not in a hurry.

The certification badge of examination expert and travel expert badge offer certain discounts in districts with a Game Government Base, such as queue-jumping for exams and accommodation discounts for tourism.

Additionally, the rewards include some insignificant coupons and cash prizes, which Xu Huo glanced at and dismissed.

As for the compensation from the District Government.

Rank-A prop “Sheepfold” is a field prop that can seal off a certain area, forming an isolated space that cannot be entered or exited.

Defense prop “From Point to Surface,” a defense prop precise to the individual, allows the holder to adjust the coverage area. In this range, each person can form a protective shield that follows their movement, and as long as the prop isn’t retrieved or the protected person remains within city limits, the shield can exist for a long time.

Combat item “Green Moss,” a deep green long blade engraved with moss-like patterns, reflects dim light with each swing. It’s a high-quality weapon item among Rank-A props.

In addition to a small-range interference device, there are three Rank-A instruments, the other two being large-range protection instruments. The District Government was careful in their choice of compensation, focusing on defense; otherwise, even the “Green Moss” might not have been given. “Green Moss” itself has no additional effects, like Xu Huo’s lost Black Blade, its main characteristics lie in the materials and craftsmanship, being harder and sharper than typical Rank-A props.

Of course, for Xu Huo, it’s enough, as all other flashy attack effects are less convenient than directly manipulating a spatial ray.

Neither the game rewards nor compensation from Zone 022 stand out with exceptionally stellar items, usually just enhancing the strength or expanding the range of ordinary items.

The characteristic evolutions, however, are quite substantial, maybe after completing a few more instances to Rank-A, the characteristics can achieve a true qualitative leap.

The next two days were quite peaceful at the Capital City; both residents and players were busy preparing for the celebrations. The streets were bustling, with government officers meticulously setting things up, completely unaffected by rumors.

“There’s some small-scale discussion on the Collection of Information Terminal.” Zhou Juanjuan observed the bustling crowd below, “The District Government’s gamble is too big, bringing people together for the celebration is practically gifting a target to the enemy.”

“What good does an attack on the Capital City do?” Zhan Erliu said, “Though it’s a political center, important items that could unsettle Zone 022’s core aren’t here unless it’s just for venting anger with killings.”

“What good does killing ordinary people do?” Levi commented, “It doesn’t achieve anything; if they had the effort to spare, they’d be better off killing more players.”

“Zone 022 has offended so many Outer Zone players, it’s hard to say someone wouldn’t vent anger in this way.” Zhou Juanjuan said, “After all, in outsiders’ eyes, these people are also beneficiaries of Zone 022.”

Levi shrugged, “Personally, I despise players who vent on ordinary people; if everyone tacitly adhered to this bottom line, there’d be less war.”

“You’re too naive.” Zhan Erliu replied, “Under a toppled nest, no egg remains whole; players were once ordinary people too. Where do the great benefits in Zone 022 come from? Maybe it’s obtained by the District Government using experimented Outer Zone players.”

“It’s indeed quite hateful when you put it that way.” Levi sighed, “Anyway, it doesn’t really matter to us. We can’t control others but surely can control ourselves?”

Zhan Erliu glanced at Xu Huo and said no more.

“Knock knock knock!” The waiter came knocking enthusiastically, “The hotel is giving away some free celebration coupons, universal in the Capital City.”

“Who knows if the rumors are true; why don’t we go out and play first?” Levi asked Xu Huo for several electronic coupons.