Chapter 40

Badge of Honor of the Town of Exiles

Grade: Rare

HP +350

MP +250

All Basic Attributes +5

All Energy Resistance +5%

Non-tradeable, non-droppable

Bonus Effects: Increases the drop rate of red name players by 50%!

Level Requirement: 40

Overall Evaluation: Perfect

Seeing the silver badge with red borders that looked like a military badge in the opened box held by the guard captain, Feng Luo’s eyes shone . He was pretty satisfied with the “Mystery Reward . ”

In War, equipment could be classified based on three categories: weapons, defensive gear, and decorative items . Among them, decorative items that seemed inconsequential were actually more expensive than defensive gear . Their value might not even be all that much lower than a main weapon . This was because the total number of decorative items in the game was incredibly low . Decorative items above the Fine grade were less prevalent than Rare-grade equipment .

The rings on both of Feng Luo’s hands were white goods bought from shops . Together, they only increased 50 HP and 30 MP . Basically, it was simply a case of “something being better than nothing . ” As for badges like this, stores did not even sell them . They were only obtainable through missions . Moreover, most badges obtained through missions had the “non-tradable and non-droppable” condition . This was because badges were set up as rare items that signified honor . They were like “Titles” in other games, showcasing an honorable experience achieved by the player .

For example, the Badge of Honor of the Town of Exiles in front of him had a rare attribute was increased the drop rate of red-name players by 50 percent! This attribute, without a doubt, corresponded with its identity as originating in a Red City .

Although the limits of this attribute were quite large—it was only effective against red-name players—it was still an extremely valuable rare attribute . Red-name players with a PK value of one would drop a piece of equipment 100 percent of the time, and as the PK value increased, the probability of dropping extra equipment also increased . However, the badge directly increased the probability of red-name players dropping items by 50 percent . This could be understood as creating a 50 percent chance that a red-name player would drop two items . For Feng Luo, who had the identity of a bounty hunter, there were even more benefits .

After Feng Luo received the Badge of Honor from the guard captain, a system notification rang in his ear . A message popped up .

Player Feng Luo completed the “Kill Mission . ” Obtained Experience 5,000 . Congratulations! Your level has increased to Level 40!

At the same time, a white light flashed by, and Feng Luo’s level finally passed the huge Level-40 threshold .

Initially, after completing the previous hunting mission, Feng Luo’s experienced had reached around 20 percent beyond Level 39 . Over the past few days, he had also hunted several monsters, and before reaching the Town of Exiles, his experience gauge had already reached around 60 percent beyond Level 39 .

On the first day he arrived at the Town of Exiles, his experience went up even faster . Whether it was the Boss Beetle, the rebel army commander, or the Tiger Robot, all of them gave him a huge amount of experience . After adding in this “Kill Mission,” which awarded 5,000 experience points, the fact that he had leveled up was not unusual . And now that he was at Level 40, Feng Luo could equip the Badge of Honor of the Town of Exiles in his inventory .

After equipping the silver military merit badge with a red border on the chest of his combat uniform, Feng Luo looked satisfyingly at his HP . It had increased to 3,700, and his MP also increased close to 700 . In addition, all his attributes increased by five points . In terms of attributes alone, he was probably not that much weaker than Level 45 players . After all, after equipping this badge, it was almost as if he had one extra piece of equipment compared to others .

After exchanging a few words of pretense with the captain of the guards, but before leaving the Battle Command building, Feng Luo changed the badge setting to the “Hidden” mode . The otherwise distinct silver badge gradually faded from the front of his chest .

Decorative items in War could be hidden . After being hidden, not only would others not be able to see them, but they would also be unable to touch them . This sort of setting was mainly out of consideration for players in combat . For example, for the Gunner profession, wearing a ring would undoubtedly affect one’s grip on the gun and, as a result, the ability to shooting . Moreover, the light reflected from a decorative ring would expose one’s position .

Another thing with a similar setting to decorative items was the backpack . The anti-gravity spacial backpack used by players could also be set to hidden . It would only appear temporarily when in use . After all, it was still all right for a Gunner wearing combat uniform, but for a Manipulator wearing a luxurious and beautiful robe, a huge backpack would definitely look out of place .

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The Town of Exiles had removed the “at war” status temporarily . Since the commander had been killed, the rebel army had given up their offensive against the Town of Exiles . Instead, they withdrew all their forces back to their base in the Forest of Exiles .

However, Feng Luo estimated that the story wouldn’t end just like that; although the rebel army had retreated, the regular army of the Federation and all kinds of war machines kept pouring into the Town of Exiles . Large-scale transportation vehicles even appeared in the air, sending in huge amounts of army supplies . This proved that the war was not really over . One could even say that it had only just begun!

However, Feng Luo had no plans to take part in the consecutive missions . Currently, he just wanted to get his hands on the blueprint for the “Eye of the Thunder” and search for the materials so that he could assemble this Rare-grade sniper rifle .

There probably weren’t many Gun Mechanics who had entire sets of a Rare-grade sniper rifle blueprint in the entire game . Moreover, to personally manufacture a top-class sniper rifle was undoubtedly a meaningful task .

The location to exchange medal points was not in the mission hall . It was in the resource center . However, by the time Feng Luo rushed outside the resource center, he found out that there were already three extremely long lines of players . The players who had come to make exchanges formed a queue that reached the corner of the street and even wrapped around the corner .

“Hey, Brother Feng! Over here!” Just as Feng Luo was looking for a queue to join, a familiar voice greeted him .

“Older Brother Dan Hen!” Feng Luo turned around and discovered that Dan Hen was together with a few players also waiting in the queue . Since he knew during the previous mission that Dan Hen was 32 years old, he did not feel odd calling him “older brother . ”

“Come here and let me introduce him to you,” said Dan Hen . “This is my friend, Feng Zhi Luoye, whom I met in my previous mission . He’s an expert Sniper with amazing marksmanship and awareness . ”

By the time Feng Luo walked over, Dan Hen had already finished talking to the players around him . He was smiling, and his tone implied that he was complimenting him . Then he pointed toward the five people beside him and introduced them .

“Brother Feng, these are my brothers and sisters from the Veterans Tribe,” he said . “Ultimate Heavy Armor, Frozen Red Giant, Ion Flame, Skynet, and Grassy . ”

Among the five players, Ultimate Heavy Armor was a Level-45 Heavy Armor Warrior . Frozen Red Giant was a Level-45 Light Armor Warrior; Ion Flame was a Level-47 Fire Manipulator; Skynet was a Level-44 Sniper . And Dan Hen was Level 46 .

“Excellent marksmanship? Big Boss Dan Hen, I’m hurt . ” The player with the ID “Skynet” complained jokingly . He was a young man in his 20s with a handsome face . “I don’t think you’ve ever complimented me on my marksmanship . ”

“Although Skynet is also a Sniper, when compared to you, Brother Feng, his skills are still quite a ways from yours,” said Dan Hen . “When we were in the army, this kid was a machine gunner on a land cruise vehicle through and through . But, in the end, he stubbornly chose the Sniper profession in-game . Kept saying that apart from being able to look cool, this profession would also help him hit on chicks . ”

Dan Hen did not show any mercy in revealing his true assessment . One could see that he held a leadership position among this group of players .

“Because I couldn’t take it anymore in the army,” said Skynet . “I was pulled into the game by my brother immediately after I retired, okay? Also, Snipers are definitely cooler and more handsome than Machine Gunners . Isn’t that right, Brother Feng?”

Skynet’s comments made a couple of his associates giggle, and his words also attended to Feng Luo . Feng Luo laughed . He never would have thought that he would actually encounter a real-life machine gunner who had opted to change his profession in-game to a Sniper .

However, in the end, the one who surprised Feng Luo most was the player with the ID called “Jie Bian Xiao Cao,” since she was actually a petite young lady who was around 1 . 6 meters tall . Her profession was that of a Doctor . She seemed to be more introverted and only smiled at Feng Luo before lowering her head . With a white medical box on her back, her body seemed to be weak and fragile, and judging by her appearance, she did not look like she was from the army . The Veterans Tribe didn’t recruit army personnel only, so it was not strange for her to be a member of the Veterans Tribe . It was, however, rare to see a Doctor player inside a Red City, so it was inevitable for one to do a double take .

“Oh, right . Brother Feng, you also came here to exchange some items, right?” Dan Hen asked .

“Yeah . I just went to the Battle Command to receive the reward for defeating the rebel army commander,” said Feng Luo . “I did not expect such a long queue here . ”

“I would have forgotten if you hadn’t mentioned it,” said Dan Hen . “You’re the one who got the last hit on the rebel army commander . Your honorary citizen level must have gone up one level . So, how was it? Have you decided on what you want to exchange?”

Dan Hen did not ask what the Mystery Reward was that Feng Luo had received . After all, they had not yet reached that degree of familiarity .

“I want to purchase a couple of blueprints!” Feng Luo said without hiding anything .

“Gun manufacturing blueprints?” Dan Hen asked . He knew his life profession .

“Gun manufacturing blueprints? Brother Feng is also a Gun Mechanic?” asked Ultimate Heavy Armor . His appearance fit well with his name—a body bound with muscle and a height of 1 . 9 meters . Compared to the players around him, he looked like a crane standing in a group of chickens .

“Brother Feng is not just any Gun Mechanic; he’s a Gun Mechanic Expert,” Dan Hen said, smiling .

“Expert-level! Amazing!” Ultimate Heavy Armor’s face was filled with respect . He raised his right hand and gave a thumbs up .

They all knew that getting a life profession to the Expert level was no easy feat . In fact, even among the entire Veterans Tribe of 5,000 members, the number of players with Expert-level life professions could be counted on one hand .

“Oh, that’s right!” Skynet suddenly interrupted . “Brother Feng, don’t tell me the blueprint you want to exchange is the blueprint for a sniper rifle!”

“Yeah,” said Feng Luo . “I want to exchange a set of blueprints of the Eye of the Thunder!”