60: Chapter 60 One...one trillion times the return?

City Lord Zhang Hao sneered and typed a reply.

[City Lord Zhang Hao: Afraid of him?]

[City Lord Zhang Hao: A small F-Rank city, what kind of combat power could it possibly have?]

[City Lord Zhang Hao: Even at my worst, I'm at least E-Rank. My overall strength is much stronger than his.]

[City Lord Zhang Hao: But his tone just now seemed quite tough. Completely different from usual.]

[City Lord Zhang Hao: Wang Shuai, do you think he has some hidden trump card?]

[Wang Shuai: Isn't this just being afraid?]

[City Lord Zhang Hao: You must despise the enemy strategically, but respect them tactically! Thinking ahead never hurts.]

[Wang Shuai: I think you've gone crazy. He's just the city lord of an F-Rank city, with nothing but the old, weak, sick, and disabled. Even if he rounded them all up, how many could actually fight?]

[Wang Shuai: Or... do you actually believe what he said in the group chat earlier, that he has five thousand Professionals?]

Seeing this, City Lord Zhang Hao couldn't help but laugh out loud.

[City Lord Zhang Hao: Hahaha, I think he's been dreaming too much! He can't tell reality from a dream!]

[City Lord Zhang Hao: If he really had five thousand Professionals under him, he wouldn't even need to lift a finger—I'd kneel down to him right now!]

[Wang Shuai: Good that you don't believe it. Still, it never hurts to have a backup plan.]

[Wang Shuai: How about this, I'll send a team of one hundred Professionals to your side right now to cover you.]

[Wang Shuai: How about it?]

City Lord Zhang Hao was stunned, then overjoyed.

[City Lord Zhang Hao: Wang Shuai! You're like a brother to me!]

[City Lord Zhang Hao: With these one hundred Professionals, it's a sure thing, absolutely certain!]

[Wang Shuai: You know it!]

[Wang Shuai: Just wait, I'm sending them out immediately.]

[City Lord Zhang Hao: Good!]

Closing WeChat, the smile on City Lord Zhang Hao's face became even brighter.

With Wang Shuai's support, he felt even more emboldened.

"Heh, Zhou Yun..."

He stood up, walked to the window, looked at the scenery outside, and sneered:

"Still trying to eliminate me?"

"You'd better hurry up and come!"

"Otherwise, I won't be able to hold back my hand from spinning you like a top!"

Flower City.

Lei Lie and Strategist Zhu Ge moved very quickly.

In less than an hour, they had finalized the list of five thousand Professionals for the expedition.

As soon as the news was announced, the military camp immediately erupted in excitement.

"Great! I've been selected!"

"Hahaha, me too!"

"Me too! Me too!!"

The Professionals who gained the qualification for the expedition were extremely excited, rubbing their hands together, eager to rush to Han City immediately.

As for those who weren't selected, they felt a bit disappointed.

"Sigh, I didn't get picked..."

"I was just a little bit short of qualifying..."

"I'm so envious of them..."

They gathered in twos and threes, with expressions of frustration on their faces.

However, this frustration didn't last long.

Because very soon, even more explosive news arrived—

"Quick, quick! The City Lord is going to distribute equipment to all Professionals!"

"What? All Professionals?"

"Yes! Regardless of whether you're qualified for the expedition, everyone gets a set!"

"Really?"

"Absolutely true! Logistics has already started handing them out!"

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

The news spread like wildfire, instantly sweeping through the entire Flower City.

Those Professionals who were originally disappointed suddenly had their eyes light up.

Distributing equipment?

Everyone gets one?

That's fantastic!

You have to understand, for a Professional, equipment is an extremely important thing.

A Professional without equipment is like a tiger without teeth; they have the strength but can't unleash it.

With equipment, their strength can increase by at least thirty percent!

Only a Professional with equipment can be considered a true Professional!

At the entrance of the Granary.

Zhou Yun stood to the side, watching Wan'er and Xia Nuannuan direct the personnel to distribute the equipment.

There was still some stock in the Granary originally.

Although the quantity wasn't huge, at least they could distribute a batch first.

"Next!"

"Name?"

"Zhang Dazhuang!"

"Profession?"

"Warrior!"

"One longsword, one plate armor. Take it and go, next!"

The line moved forward quickly, and after receiving their equipment, everyone happily stepped aside.

Just then, a familiar notification sound rang in Zhou Yun's mind.

[Ding! You successfully gifted 1 longsword, triggering a 1000-fold critical hit reward. You obtained 1000 longswords!]

[Ding! You successfully gifted 1 plate armor, triggering a 1000-fold critical hit reward. You obtained 1000 plate armors!]

[Ding! You successfully gifted 1 leather armor, triggering a 1000-fold critical hit reward. You obtained 1000 leather armors!]

[Ding! You successfully gifted 1 longsword, triggering a 100,000,000-fold critical hit reward. You obtained a qualitative change reward—Crimson Sword (Black Iron Rank) × 10!]

[Ding! You successfully gifted 1 wooden bow, triggering a 100-fold critical hit reward. You obtained 100 wooden bows!]

[Ding! You successfully gifted 1 wooden staff, triggering a 10000-fold critical hit reward. You obtained 10000 wooden staffs!]

[Ding! You successfully gifted 1 wooden staff, triggering a 100,000,000-fold critical hit reward. You obtained a qualitative change reward—Crimson Staff (Black Iron Rank) × 10!]

[Ding! You successfully gifted 1 refined iron dagger, triggering a 100,000,000-fold critical hit reward. You obtained a qualitative change reward—Feihong Dagger (Black Iron Rank) × 10!]

Because the quantity distributed was large, qualitative change critical hits were triggered quickly.

Having gone through so many rounds of material distribution, Zhou Yun was already used to the appearance of qualitative change rewards.

The threshold of 100 million-fold qualitative change seemed easy to reach.

But rewards of 1 billion-fold or even 10 billion-fold were very hard to come by.

Just as he was thinking this...

[Ding! You successfully gifted 1 longsword, triggering a 1,000,000,000,000-fold critical hit reward. You obtained ascending moon shadow (Platinum Grade) × 10!]

[ascending moon shadow (Platinum Grade): Comes with the skill ascending moon shadow. Once activated, speed increases significantly, and you gain the ability to step through the air.]

Zhou Yun: ???

How many zeros?

My eyes are a bit blurry!

10... no, 11... no, 12 zeros???

One trillion?

That is... one trillion?

From ordinary, unranked equipment, a critical hit return directly produced Platinum Grade equipment???

Meanwhile, the atmosphere outside the Granary became increasingly enthusiastic.

Everyone was spontaneously helping to distribute the equipment, passing it to each other, cooperating, and the whole process proceeded rapidly.

Although this equipment was only Elementary grade, it didn't even have a Rank.

But for the Professionals of Flower City, this was already a huge surprise!

You have to know, where would they have ever had decent equipment before?

They all used pots, pans, bowls, shovels, wooden sticks, and bamboo poles as weapons!

And now?

Longswords, staffs, bows, leather armor, short boots...

Offense and defense, one of each!

It couldn't be more blissful!

"Hahaha! Look at my sword!"

A young warrior excitedly brandished the longsword he had just received, slashing it through the air a few times.

The whooshing sword wind blew through his hair, making him feel like he looked incredibly cool.

"Hey! Be careful! Don't hurt anyone!"

A companion nearby cursed with a smile, but couldn't help drawing his own sword and striking a pose.

The two exchanged moves, sword shadows crisscrossing, having a great time.

On the other side, several mages gathered together, affectionately wiping the wooden staffs in their hands.

"A staff is truly a staff! This feeling, it's countless times better than the fire poker I had before!" a young mage exclaimed with emotion.