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Chapter 658: The Great Gift from the Special Defense Department

Chapter 658: Chapter 658: The Great Gift from the Special Defense Department

The bounty platform offered numerous transaction details, but in Xu Huo’s view, even the least effective spatial artifact required close to a million White Notes, regrettably he was broke at the moment, and he still hadn’t fulfilled the promise of a prop dress for Little Pink Hat.

The few Country Y players he had killed before weren’t rich either, their White Notes combined didn’t reach a million, so it was unnecessary to buy a spatial artifact that wasn’t quite suitable.

As for props, those Country Y players weren’t necessarily wealthy. The best items among the personal belongings of several people were three Rank-C Items, including a camouflaging coat that allowed someone to blend into the environment when worn, originating from an invisible player from Watcher’s Hollow, capable of hiding one’s shape, but not concealing breathing.

A protective suit capable of secreting mucus, which was the legacy of the player who had tracked him halfway, functioned such that the suit would automatically secrete a liquid when worn, the liquid being extremely viscous and able to stick on any object’s surface, but the downside was that once stuck it might not come off. This thing had to be used in conjunction with a specially concocted potion to be handy.

The third item was the "Danger Blinds" mirror from the player in the building. The effect of this prop was very good, but the conditions for use were quite troublesome, as it only took effect when it was reflected into the eyes of the person being used on, regardless of whether the person saw the mirror or the reflection of themselves in it.

Even trading with Artifact Makers, Country Y would certainly hold back in transactions, and the high-end items purchased were limited, it was only reasonable to provide them to more important players.

As for firearms, except for energy firearms which used Energy Stones as consumables, none could be brought into the luggage hold, so there wasn’t much that needed to be prepared in advance. He divided the list he had written into two, handing one to Gu Yu to help with the purchasing, and posting the other to the Pioneer Player forum.

The Special Defense Department, of course, knew about the Pioneer Forum news immediately. Minister Fan and the directors sat together, and they all thought that Xu Huo was insane.

Him causing trouble in Country Y wasn’t hard to guess, and the Special Defense Department was even planning to keep it confidential for him; to their surprise, he had gone and released the news himself. Even if there were no foreign players on the Pioneer Forum, there was no guarantee that the news wouldn’t spread from mouth to mouth. By then, whatever he was planning to do would become even more challenging.

"Look at the list he’s made, what military bases, research laboratories, and virus research institutes... Does he think these places can be located just by using a satellite?" Chief Wu’s voice was loud, "Ignorantly overambitious, could it be that he plans to cause trouble at every location?"

The other directors kept silent for a while until Director Chang finally spoke, "Old Wu, don’t laugh so obviously, you’re making it impossible for anyone to respond."

Chief Wu coughed and said to Minister Fan at the head of the table, "We need to help out with this, don’t we? Those players on the forum are only good at stirring up trouble."

And sure enough, Xu Huo only posted a list and there were already people organizing groups to go to Country Y for revenge, actively providing all sorts of bizarre information. The sources were foreign friends and relatives, or "secret discoveries" during tourism, and accidental leaks to foreign countries and so on.

In the view of Chief Wu and others, none of this info seemed reliable.

"I have a question," Jiang Qiao said, "Does he really plan to go to Country Y?"

"Didn’t you see the report from Nie Xuan?" Minister Fan asked, "The routes for others have already been prepared."

"I’m not doubting his resolution; I’m just questioning the success rate of this operation," Jiang Qiao said. "It’s too difficult to transfer to Country Y through foreign flights without being detected; he might get intercepted before he even leaves."

"Forgive my frankness, but his infiltration plan is too simple to ever be successful."

To the insiders, Xu Huo’s arrangements were indeed laughable. Let alone now, during this unusual time when Country Y would only strengthen entry surveillance, even under normal circumstances, this plan would be difficult to accomplish.

"It’s a pity we don’t have a spatial artifact that can cross half the globe," Director Lü said slowly. Under the somewhat surprised looks from everyone, she continued, "I don’t understand what everyone is fussing about. Whether he can or can’t succeed, or whatever he wants to do, there’s no loss for us. The Special Defense Department doesn’t plan to provoke a global conflict, but we also really don’t have the ability to supervise all players."

"Just like how players from Country Y came to our nation ’voluntarily,’ how could our nation’s players completely follow orders from the Special Defense Department? The era of players has begun, isn’t this underestimating the players?"

Her words swayed Minister Fan, "Indeed, things are different now. The era of players has arrived, and the government’s ability to control is only going to get weaker."

"Nevertheless, in this matter, our Special Defense Department can still contribute."

He nodded at the secretary, who encrypted and uploaded a document from the computer to the forum.

"Xu Huo will definitely see this file," Minister Fan told Chief Wu, "Also, send him all the approved props, potions, and White Notes."

That very night, Chief Wu brought the items to Xu Huo’s residence.

Several large crates were pushed into the room and arranged in a row. Chief Wu said, "Your merits can’t be compensated with money or props, especially since you’ve saved so many people again, but the country still wants to show its appreciation. This is one hundred million White Notes, as a cash reward."

"In addition, there are forty-six types of potions. These forty-six potions are currently all the types of Level D and above potions that we have collected from the game. Apart from a few with limited quantities, at least twenty doses of each are available."

"There are also props."

He nodded towards a player at his side, and the tall man dressed in military garb retrieved five props, deactivating ownership before placing them in front of Xu Huo.

"Three Rank-B props and two Rank-C props, these are currently the best terms the Special Defense Department can offer," Chief Wu said. "The country isn’t wealthy right now, but it will get better in the future."

"You’re being too polite," Xu Huo said, his expression not changing much despite his courteous words.

Uncertain of his attitude, Chief Wu added, "The prop selection was arranged by the Special Defense Department. Take a look and see if they’re practical for you, and if you have any other requests, just let us know."

Xu Huo’s words were sincere. Even if the Special Defense Department allowed later Evolvers to bring large amounts of money into the game to exchange for White Notes, the props that could be bought were limited. How many players were there in Country X? Each high-level prop was accounted for, and some were even reserved as strategic materials. That they could provide him with so much at once was indeed generous.

The Special Defense Department really showed great sincerity this time.

"I’ll look at the props first." He collected the props from the table into his inventory.

The first Rank-B prop:

[The Shortest Distance Between Two Points: A truth validated by predecessors long past, an Artifact Maker who loved all kinds of truths integrated it into their life’s work, pouring their heart and soul to forge this prop—quite literally to the point of bleeding.]

[It is said to have passed through the hands of three Artifact Makers, the first two died during its creation, hence it was labeled "The Cursed Object". Only on the third Artifact Maker’s watch was it completely finished, but the third Artifact Maker’s suicide added another layer of mystery to it.]