12: City Heroes, Level 3 Citizen Privileges

"How could there be so many?!"

Han Fei's heart trembled as he watched the video of the five giant Garbage Monsters rampaging through the streets, slaughtering people.

Just one had rendered the Special Guard Team helpless; five could truly wipe out a small city. Ye Zhanying’s earlier words were no exaggeration.

"These monsters evolve incredibly fast. They only need to devour 100 people to evolve into their complete form."

"Five D-rank dangerous monsters are enough to kill everyone in this city within an hour. If your superpower hadn't scared them away, I wouldn't dare to imagine Jiang City's fate."

Ye Zhanying also felt a lingering fear as she spoke.

If left unchecked, one D-rank dangerous monster could easily destroy a second-class city.

Five D-rank dangerous monsters would find it incredibly easy to destroy a regular first-class city like Jiang City.

Even if she had urgently deployed all Special Guard Teams near Jiang City, she wouldn't have been able to stop them.

"So you can be proud, because you saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Jiang City!" Ye Zhanying said with a very solemn tone.

"I didn't think that much when I acted." Han Fei smiled a little awkwardly; he knew he wasn't that noble.

"Regardless of your reason for acting, you saved them, and the nation will certainly give you a matching reward," Ye Zhanying said with a smile.

Then Ye Zhanying suddenly snapped her fingers, and a yellow, thumb-sized medal appeared out of thin air in her hand.

She handed it to Han Fei, "This is the City Hero Medal I'm presenting to you on behalf of the Western Military Government. With this medal, you can enjoy Third-Class Citizen privileges in the western region, receive a 30% discount on purchases in legitimate stores, and all transportation facilities will be free."

Han Fei's eyes lit up, and he quickly took the medal.

Compared to the 30% discount and free transportation, Han Fei valued the Third-Class Citizen privilege more.

It's important to know that this world was not peaceful at all; wars frequently broke out between major nations, and tens of thousands of people died on battlefields every year.

The battlefield was dangerous, so naturally, few people were willing to go. This forced nations lacking manpower to implement mandatory conscription, with hundreds of thousands of people forcibly enlisted each year.

Of those forcibly conscripted into the army, only one in ten, if that, would return alive.

The next mandatory conscription was in half a month, and Han Fei had naturally worried whether he would be forcibly conscripted. After all, it was decided by drawing lots, entirely dependent on luck, and no one could say for sure.

If he was unlucky enough to be conscripted into the army, that would naturally be the worst outcome for Han Fei.

Fortunately, he no longer had to worry, because the Third-Class Citizen privilege exempted him from mandatory conscription.

In addition, Third-Class Citizen privileges also included priority medical care, priority queuing, priority transportation, priority legal consultation, and many other benefits. It could be said that there were so many advantages that one could instantly become a superior person.

'Do you wish to activate the title effect?'

A pale yellow text appeared on the Hero Medal.

"You can try the title effect; it can reduce hostility from those around you," Ye Zhanying said with a smile.

Han Fei nodded, curious, and tried it.

"Activate."

After silently reciting, the pale yellow text on the medal disappeared.

"And then?" Han Fei looked at Ye Zhanying, puzzled.

Ye Zhanying chuckled softly, waved one hand, and a mirror-like object appeared before Han Fei.

Han Fei looked into the mirror and immediately noticed a very prominent string of yellow text above his head.

City Hero

"Is this a title?"

Han Fei tried to reach up and touch the words above his head, but he touched nothing.

"If you encounter trouble in the future, displaying this title can save you a lot of hassle," Ye Zhanying said with a smile.

Han Fei nodded; he had learned about titles online before.

The Dragon Nation, where Han Fei resided, had a total of seven title ranks, with rank one being the lowest and rank seven the highest, each corresponding to first to seventh-class citizen privileges.

The colors, from lowest to highest, changed from red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, to purple. Han Fei's title color was yellow, which represented Third-Class Citizen privileges.

Han Fei had only seen pictures of red titles online before; he had never seen higher-ranked ones.

He never expected that one day he would see a yellow title above his own head, making Han Fei feel a surge of emotion.

At this moment, Ye Zhanying suddenly took a call, and her expression instantly became very serious.

"What's wrong?" Han Fei couldn't help but ask.

"Another city has experienced a Garbage Monster riot," Ye Zhanying said with a grim expression.

Han Fei's spirits lifted, "Do you need me to intervene?"

His superpower had a great restraining effect on Garbage Monsters, so he naturally felt it was his duty to deal with them.

Ye Zhanying waved her hand, "No need. A C-Rank Expert has taken over this matter and will suppress the Garbage Monsters very soon."

Han Fei was about to ask something else, but Ye Zhanying connected several more calls, her expression growing increasingly somber.

"Is it another Garbage Monster riot?" Han Fei asked worriedly.

"More or less. Three more cities have encountered similar problems, but fortunately, C-Rank Experts are stationed in those cities, so I don't need to worry," Ye Zhanying said, then wearily rubbed her forehead.

After a moment of silence, Han Fei asked, puzzled, "Why are so many Garbage Monster riots suddenly happening?"

Just a short while ago, everything was peaceful, yet in just a few tens of minutes, several cities had experienced Garbage Monster riots, completely without any warning.

Ye Zhanying countered with a question for Han Fei, "Do you know how Garbage Monster riots originate?"

Han Fei shook his head; he truly didn't know about that.

"According to the information I've received, the cause of one of the Garbage Monster riots was a platinum treasure chest," Ye Zhanying said.

"A platinum treasure chest? Someone opened a treasure chest and caused a Garbage Monster riot? Was it terrorists?" Han Fei immediately thought of many possibilities.

Ye Zhanying subtly watched Han Fei's expression, seemingly trying to discern something from his face.

Slightly disappointed that she couldn't discern anything, Ye Zhanying then said something that Han Fei hadn't expected, "It has nothing to do with terrorists. A five-year-old child accidentally opened it."

"How is that possible?!" Han Fei's eyes widened in disbelief.

It was known that ordinary people, even if they spent their entire lives and all their wealth, would find it very difficult to obtain a gold treasure chest, let alone a much harder-to-acquire platinum treasure chest.

For ordinary people, platinum treasure chests were as distant as stars in the sky, forever out of reach.

Only terrorists had the means to acquire platinum treasure chests and open them in large cities, thereby triggering disasters.

Such incidents were not uncommon, happening almost every few years.

So, when Han Fei heard that the riot was related to a platinum treasure chest, he instinctively guessed it was the work of terrorists.