204: Chapter 204 A Nationwide Reward? Dragon Crystals Piled Up Like Mountains

After Qing Yan was dragged away, the scent of blood in the Black Wind Valley palace square had not yet dissipated.

But all the players' eyes were already fixed firmly on the treasure list in mid-air.

200,000 mid-grade dragon crystals.

Three chests of Epic Equipment.

Ownership of over a dozen mineral veins.

And a pile of Dragon Scale Steel, Dragon Bone Essence Gold, and Dark Materials.

Where was this the property of a rebel leader?

This was clearly a glowing mountain of rewards!

"Big boss Lin Zhe just said it's being deposited into the public account!"

"Is it time to distribute the rewards?"

"Don't push! My heart is already starting to race!"

"Qing Yan saved for three hundred years, and now it's finally our turn to share it!"

The million-strong Vanguard Army stood in the square, their eyes shining one by one, even more excited than when they were slaying the rebels just now.

Lin Zhe sat on the black stone seat, his expression remaining calm.

He raised his hand.

Buzz—

A pale gold Power of Rules light screen spread across the sky above the square.

Qing Yu brought up the organized War Merit List.

The kill list, assist list, total contribution list, scouting contribution, siege contribution, and logistics contribution had all been calculated by the Rules System.

There were no manual errors.

No guild backroom deals.

Who killed more and who contributed more was clear at a single glance.

Lin Zhe glanced at the list and spoke indifferently: "Distribute the rewards."

Boom!

A server-wide announcement instantly popped up.

[Server-wide Announcement: The rewards for the Dragon Domain Black Wind Valley Rebellion Suppression Campaign are officially being distributed!]

[The top three on the total rebel kill list will respectively receive: A set of Dragon-exclusive Dragon Scale Armor, mid-grade dragon crystal x20, and permanent free access to all Dragon Domain dungeons!]

[All participating Vanguard Army players will receive an additional: low-grade dragon crystal x20 and an Exclusive Permanent Rebellion Suppression Avatar Frame x1!]

[Exclusive Permanent Rebellion Suppression Avatar Frame attributes: All stats +2%!]

[All players on the server receive a 7-day 10% drop rate buff!]

[This drop rate buff applies to all dungeons, wild mob farming, elite mobs, and world drops!]

The announcement had just finished.

The entire square first fell silent.

The next second.

It completely exploded!

"Holy crap!!!"

"Twenty low-grade dragon crystals per person? Not ten, but twenty!"

"And a permanent avatar frame? All stats +2%?!"

"The top three on the list are even more ridiculous! Dragon Scale Armor! Twenty mid-grade dragon crystals! Permanent free access to Dragon Domain dungeons!"

"These rewards are insane!"

Before the players could finish shouting, their inventory notifications chimed simultaneously.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

[You have received low-grade dragon crystal x20]

[You have received Exclusive Permanent Rebellion Suppression Avatar Frame x1]

[You have received status: All drop rates +10%, duration 7 days]

A vast expanse of blue light from the dragon crystals lit up from the inventories of millions of players almost at the same time.

Some players opened their inventories on the spot, their hands trembling as they looked at the twenty neatly arranged low-grade dragon crystals inside.

"They've arrived! They really arrived!"

"Twenty crystals! Not a single one missing!"

"I've never had this many dragon crystals in my inventory since the server opened!"

A warrior player jumped up in excitement, nearly knocking over a priest nearby.

"Brother, I was twenty dragon crystals short of exchanging for an orange weapon!"

"Now I have just enough!"

After saying that, he rushed straight to the exchange light screen, his fingers tapping frantically.

Buzz!

An orange light lit up.

A dragon-patterned battle-axe fell into his hands.

[Exchange Successful: Dragon-Pattern Earth-Shattering Axe]

The warrior was stunned for two seconds, then roared toward the sky in the square.

"I've got the orange weapon!"

"Big boss Lin Zhe is awesome!"

The surrounding players were so envious their eyes turned red.

"Damn, he actually exchanged it!"

"This wave of rewards just fast-tracked his progress significantly!"

"I'm going to exchange for armor too!"

More players rushed toward the exchange point.

Some exchanged for Dragon Scale Bracers.

Some exchanged for magic-breaking arrows blueprints.

Some exchanged for Intermediate Life Potion bundles.

A group of lifestyle players simply stored their dragon crystals, preparing to exchange them for blacksmithing materials when they returned.

On the other side, several newbies who had just entered the game not long ago were completely dazed.

Their levels weren't high, and they had spent a few days following the Vanguard Army, mainly doing logistics, moving potions, and repairing quivers.

As a result, they also received twenty low-grade dragon crystals.

A newbie with the ID [Xiao Mutong] looked at his inventory, his voice trembling.

"How much can this stuff sell for in a real-world transaction right now?"

An veteran player nearby glanced over: "The price of dragon crystals has stabilized now, but twenty of them are enough to earn your living expenses for next month."

Xiao Mutong was stunned on the spot.

"I just moved potions for a few days..."

"And I've already earned my living expenses?"

The veteran player patted his shoulder and grinned.

"That's why they say if you follow big boss Lin Zhe, you'll have meat to eat."

Xiao Mutong's eyes were a bit red as he immediately took a screenshot of the dragon crystals and posted it to the world channel.

The world channel was currently so flooded that the text was completely illegible.

[Screenshot: low-grade dragon crystal x20]

"Received! Thank you, big boss Lin Zhe!"

[Screenshot: Rebellion Suppression Avatar Frame, All stats +2%]

"Permanent stats! This is so good!"

[Screenshot: orange weapon exchange successful]

"I was exactly twenty crystals short of finishing my build, big boss Lin Zhe saved my life!"

[Screenshot: Real-world transaction received]

"A newbie player earned living expenses from the rebellion suppression rewards, I'm crying!"

The scrolling speed was so fast that the official servers began to heat up again.

Zhou Ming looked at the skyrocketing data on the operations backend, his smile stretching from ear to ear.

"The number of online players has risen again!"

"The message volume on the world channel has exploded!"

"The circulation of dragon crystals in the Auction House has quintupled!"

The technician was sweating profusely: "Director Zhou, should we throttle the channel traffic?"

Zhou Ming slapped the table. "What do you mean, throttle traffic?!"

"Add more servers!"

"This is a server-wide celebration; it cannot lag!"

Players across the server were collecting their buffs.

Regardless of whether they had participated in the battle, the drop rate buff lit up above everyone's heads.

At Wild Wolf Slope in Luofeng Village, a novice had just killed a wild wolf when, with a clatter, a piece of Green-tier equipment dropped.

He froze for a moment, then was immediately overjoyed.

"It dropped! It really dropped!"

At the entrance of the Fengyu Village dungeon, a five-person party had just cleared the normal difficulty, and two pieces of Blue-tier equipment were opened directly from the settlement chest.

"The 10% drop rate is too powerful!"

"Seven days! A full seven days!"

"Who needs sleep? Let's grind dungeons!"

Outside Holy Light City, lifestyle players were gathering high-quality herbs one after another, unable to stop smiling.

The entirety of miracle, from the Dragon Domain to the novice villages, from dungeons to the wilderness, was ignited by this wave of rewards.

In the Black Wind Valley square, players were still cheering.

"Long live big boss Lin Zhe!"

"The Lin Family Army is awesome!"

"Thank you, Qing Yan! We'll take your three hundred years of family property!"

Ao Ningshuang looked at the players celebrating throughout the square, then glanced at Lin Zhe.

The coldness in the depths of her eyes had significantly faded.

This man did not swing a blade himself, yet he made the entire battlefield, the entire Dragon Domain, and even all the players on the server revolve around his rules.

Lin Zhe merely looked up indifferently and glanced at Qing Yu.

"Put the remaining resources into storage."

"Continue to distribute subsequent rewards based on contribution."

Qing Yu lowered her head: "Yes."

In the square, the blue light of the dragon crystals piled up into a sea.

Players' screenshots were still flooding the screen.

And in Lin Zhe's mind, the system notification also sounded.

[Ding! The support level of all players on the server has increased significantly!]

[Ding! The host's Power of Rules has increased!]

Lin Zhe's expression was calm as his fingertips lightly tapped the armrest.

The fires in Black Wind Valley had not yet completely died down.

But the entire server had already reached a boiling point.