Clown Game
Chapter 310 - 297 Promotion to B Rank

Chapter 310: Chapter 297 Promotion to B Rank

"He said you would need it," Boss Xiao Yu stuffed several banknotes into the cash register and said.

Chen Xiao frowned, looking at the black card in his hand... "But this thing, aside from having a crow drawn on it, doesn’t seem to have anything special. How do I use it? Didn’t he say anything else?"

"How to use it is your business; I can’t help you with that. Anyway, he didn’t say anything else besides that sentence."

"Ah, alright then," Chen Xiao sighed helplessly.

Several days passed, and nothing happened. Or maybe something did happen, but Chen Xiao didn’t notice it. Anyway, the card just lay there quietly, without showing any anomalies.

...

However, not everything stayed quiet in these past few days.

A very important thing happened... the task settlement from last time had come out.

The Giggling Bird Squad, having purified the Dark Realm’s invasion point, emerged as the ultimate winner of the operation...

As a C-level team completing such a significant S-level abnormal task, something that hadn’t happened in many years, all members of "Giggling Bird" were promoted to B-level!

Of course, aside from that, there was a substantial monetary reward. For the Giggling Bird, who had spent all their funds, it was like sending coal in snowy weather.

But no matter how great the harvest, compared to the final sentence in the task settlement, these rewards seemed less eye-catching.

Curiously, this last sentence didn’t appear on the cell phones of the three members of the Giggling Bird Squad; it was deliberately deleted.

So, let’s take a look at this passage from a God’s-eye view.

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After the committee’s determination, regarding S-009 purification team "Giggling Bird" —— belonging to the Asian division, their contribution and role in the mission affirmed, following the relevant legislators’ suggestions, the "Team Honor" application standard is met and approved.

—————— With great ability comes great responsibility; the Order Foundation thanks you.

—— To all those conferred with honors.

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...

This is a signature style often used by the Foundation, only this time, the message carried a sincere flavor.

Perhaps everyone had forgotten, when Mrs. Liu first briefed Chen Xiao on the Foundation’s reward system, she mentioned something beyond the ordinary awards—a "Special Honor" ... only, given the relationship between the man and woman at the time, she couldn’t be bothered to explain in detail to Chen Xiao. After all, in her eyes, this idiot might kick the bucket any day.

Receiving an honor issued by the Foundation is a very difficult feat; it had been many years since anyone had achieved such a distinction. So, what exactly was awarded in this special honor?

In fact, it wasn’t much different from the usual reward exchange. It was serums and equipment, and the like. However, there was one additional special option: you could apply for the use rights of an "Exceptional Item"!

Now, let’s explain it one by one.

Let’s start with the exchange list. Upon receiving special honors, a new "Honor Exchange Zone" option would appear in your cellphone. All the items here were the fruits of the highest level of black tech research of the Foundation, each incredibly precious, hence, only those recognized by the Foundation could browse them. Moreover, each honor could only exchange for one item. In fact, even members of the Omega Squad seldom exchanged items from here multiple times. Apart from the difficulty in earning honors, another reason is that everyone has different focuses, and even if you did have the qualifications to exchange, you needed to have the ability to control those exchange items. For instance, the long spear in Dos’s hand was a weapon from the Honor Exchange Zone that had been untouched for ages. Due to its incredibly freakish range and precision, almost no one could control it until Dos came along... That’s when it truly came into the limelight. The same was true for serums. Without a strong physical constitution to support them, people simply couldn’t withstand the powerful shock of potent serums. There was an extreme strength-type serum that, aside from the muscle maniac in the Omega Squad, no one dared to touch. If you actually injected it, you would explode and die within minutes.

Alright! Having covered the honor exchange, let’s talk about the "Exceptional Item Use Rights".

As the name suggests, it means you could apply to use an "Exceptional Item". Since black tech, after all, is only based on the science that humans can understand at this stage, some exceptional items can play a vital role in many unique environments. For example, consider a piece of paper with a black circle at its center, a C-level item. Its special feature is that if you stick it to a wall or the surface of a box, the black circle will turn into a "hole". You can reach in with your hand or crawl through to take something out from inside, or directly bypass the place where it’s stuck... as long as it’s not too thick. Therefore, if you encounter a very sturdy door that can’t be smashed open with brute force, you could apply for this item, and the problem would be easily solved.

Of course, the approval for such use is very tedious, both in terms of time and the process, which are extremely strict. After all, the Foundation isn’t like The Splitters who abuse exceptional items at will. A slight mistake during use could lead the Foundation to immediately deploy Gene Toxin, so very few people apply for these things.

In any case, the three members of the Giggling Bird Squad right now have no idea they have the right to access the "Honor Exchange". Even if they did, it would be useless; they couldn’t handle any of the items inside. Perhaps this is the Foundation’s way of protecting these newcomers who just reached B-level. They might only be truly given this right after they reach A-level. Who knows?

So at this moment, Chen Xiao reluctantly gave up exploring the card and started to ponder whether he should start focusing on his mission to advance to B-level.

Just as this idea popped into his head, his cellphone vibrated.

Chen Xiao took it out and saw... it was Bai Xiong.

"Hello~" He naturally didn’t hesitate to answer the call.

On the other end, Bai Xiong’s voice was ever so consistently flat.

"Two things," he began straightforwardly,

"First, we should start on the B-level promotion mission.

Second, about that old guy who once mutated in rank ... I’ve looked into it for you..."

(The plot eases with this Chapter, as recent developments have been quite rapid, and many holes are starting to be filled. I’m trying to write cryptically, so you won’t see what’s coming, yep, just like that~)