Chapter 54: Provoking the Authorities
Chapter 54: Provoking the Authorities
In a certain conference hall, a group of high-ranking officials and their subordinate official players were holding a meeting to discuss the impact of the Black Sphere Game incident.
Kamiyu’s profile picture was enlarged on the screen.
“Three helicopters crashed, 43 armored vehicles of various sizes were destroyed, half a ton of gold disappeared from the bank vault, more than half of Dragon Roar City was destroyed, 899 people dead, and 2,356 injured,” a general read from the report.
The official statistics counted the total number of casualties without distinguishing who killed whom. The vast majority of innocent victims were killed by players such as Mohawk, Zhong Hao, Brother Dong, and Baldy.
He forcefully slammed the report onto the table with a loud “thud.”
“These vehicles and equipment can be written off, and the dead are gone. The most important thing is that Bai Zhan was killed. All the equipment on him was stolen—how outrageous! This is state property, and we must recover it,” the general roared.
“That’s right. This woman named Kamiyu has no regard for the law, openly killing a state official,” another general said.
“According to reports from below, this woman also killed a player with future prediction abilities,” a staff officer added.
“The most important item on Bai Zhan is missing, and the future prediction ability was not recovered. We’ve suffered a huge loss this time and gained nothing.”
“Lei Yao, you must take action this time. Kill this woman named Kamiyu and recover one of Bai Zhan’s items, the 【Inferno Compass】. This key item is crucial for our development and must not fall into civilian hands,” concluded an elderly man in a four-pocket uniform sitting at the podium.
“Lei Yao, she is like you—a final victor of Deathmatch Mode, holding the Beta Tester Title. Be careful not to underestimate her like Bai Zhan did,” the old man warned.
This blue-haired young man was actually one of the Twelve Heavenly Kings, another trump card of the authorities.
“Bai Zhan was killed by this woman?” said a blue-haired young man dressed in white, sitting directly opposite the old man at the far end of the long table.
Lei Yao didn’t care how many people died, how much was destroyed, or who held the important development item, the 【Inferno Compass】. He was only surprised by Bai Zhan’s death.
“That’s correct,” the staff officer beside him replied.
“Bai Zhan possessed the strongest defensive equipment in the current Black Sphere Game, the 【Razor Armor】, which also has all-attribute resistance. It was nearly impossible to kill him—he could hardly die even if he wanted to. How did this woman manage it?” Lei Yao asked curiously.
The staff officer beside him carefully explained the situation at the time.
From a third-party perspective, they didn’t fully understand what had happened. They only saw the Razor Armor suddenly shatter, and then Bai Zhan was headshot by Kamiyu.
As Lei Yao listened to the report, he tapped his fingers on the table.
Suddenly, his eyes widened, and he said, “I understand. This woman named Kamiyu used accumulated damage reflection to eventually break the Razor Armor’s durability.”
Lei Yao smiled and said, “What a bold and reckless person.”
The high-ranking officials present looked at each other in confusion.
They didn’t understand the terminology of Black Sphere players, their minds still clinging to conservative, authoritative thinking.
But there was no need to worry. The official players, like eager sycophants, rushed to explain everything to their superiors.
The official players standing behind these key officials competed to demonstrate their value, explaining Lei Yao’s words to their respective officers.
Lei Yao was a Beta Tester; only he had the privilege to sit, while the other official players could only stand.
Suddenly, the heated discussion came to an abrupt halt.
“What’s the matter?” the elderly man asked the other key officials along with them.
“Reporting, Officer. A new batch of equipment has been listed in the Trading Post space,” an official player said.
“What’s so strange about that? Don’t the eleven civilian Beta Testers often do this?” a general questioned skeptically.
Only Beta Tester players were qualified to list items in the Trading Post space; the other 1,011 players could only make purchases.
If they wanted to trade among themselves, they had to conduct transactions offline.
The key officials were ordinary humans; they did not have Player Panels and could not view the Trading Post space, relying instead on the official players for information.
“Can… can this be said?” an official player glanced at Lei Yao.
“Why can’t it be said? Report it quickly,” the general urged impatiently.
“Well, I really didn’t misjudge the personality of this woman named Kamiyu. She truly is bold, daring to provoke us,” Lei Yao leaned back in his chair, smiling playfully.
“Provoke?” the elderly man asked.
“It’s like this: this Kamiyu, aside from Bai Zhan’s two Ancestral Legendary Tier equipment pieces—the War Dragon Blade and the False Death Garment—has listed all of his Legendary Tier weapons and equipment. Moreover, the total price she set is exactly equivalent to all the materials in the Trading Post,” an official player wearing glasses reported.
Kamiyu considered these equipment pieces useless. With her two major Talents, Construction Sage and Enhancement, she had essentially unlocked the game’s sole Blacksmith profession.
For her, materials were the most important resource.
Kamiyu had just listed all the Legendary Tier weapons in the Trading Post space. The combined price of over twenty Legendary Tier items equaled the total quantity of all materials in the entire Trading Post space.
Simply put, Kamiyu didn’t want money—she only wanted materials.
Even Common Tier weapons could fetch excellent prices, with the cheapest Common Weapon starting at tens of millions.
Not to mention Legendary Tier items with Affixes; each Legendary Weapon could sell for at least hundreds of millions.
In the Trading Post, the least valuable items were materials, which could be bought in bulk for just a few hundred or tens of thousands.
For Kamiyu to exchange the most expensive Legendary Equipment for the cheapest materials was nothing short of an insult to the authorities.
Bai Zhan was the top official player, with Talents even more formidable than Lei Yao’s, and his weapons were all premium without exception.
For Kamiyu to sell them off so cheaply was a direct provocation and humiliation of the authorities.
As expected, after hearing the report, the key officials were furious.
“This is absolutely outrageous! This Kamiyu clearly holds no regard for the authorities,” a general roared, slamming the table.
“Exactly! She must be captured and executed.”
“Agreed.”
The elderly man in the highest seat frowned deeply, gripping the armrests tightly in anger.
With the new listings in the Trading Post space, some had already begun spending large sums to purchase materials, preparing to exchange them for the weapons Kamiyu had listed.
“Reporting! A Legendary Tier bow and crossbow have been instantly purchased,” an official player exclaimed in panic.
“What? So quickly?”
“What should we do? The buyer is anonymous, so we have no idea where Bai Zhan’s equipment will end up,” a staff officer said.
“The other staff was also snapped up instantly.”
Kamiyu’s account dinged twice.
“Two items sold so quickly? I only listed them less than two minutes ago. Did I set the price too low?”
Private messages kept ringing nonstop.
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With her construction talents, making common tier the same level as legendary. All that equipment is just useless frfr