Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 874 - 342: Becoming Famous

"Mr. Wang, the Starfire Society is a member that killed a Disaster-level monster, and City Hall has rewards for such ’heroic deeds’. Here are the rewards issued by City Hall to the Starfire Society, please take a look."

Cui Sheng passed a badge, a trophy, and a Crystal Coin Storage Card.

Wang Tao briefly glanced at the badge and trophy, then swiped the Crystal Coin Card on his wrist.

"100,000 Crystal Coins?"

Seeing the number, Wang Tao was somewhat surprised. City Hall is quite generous!

One should know that the forces involved in killing the Catastrophic Serpent, besides the Starfire Society, included the Sixth Army Corps, the Rush Army, the Loyalty Guild, and the Universe Alliance.

Since the Starfire Society received 100,000, the others surely received no less. If each force got 100,000, then the total would be 500,000—a significant amount!

The value of Crystal Coins is tied to the Crystal Core, making it a strong purchasing power.

Moreover, the key point is that City Hall didn’t gain anything themselves, all were claimed by Wang Tao and his team. Yet, City Hall still offered such a substantial reward...

Cui Sheng saw the confusion in Wang Tao’s eyes and immediately explained:

"Our base has always encouraged the public to go out and hunt zombies and monsters, so in this regard, we have always been quite generous. For such heroes, spiritual rewards are natural, but material rewards are even more necessary. After all, whether it’s about leveling up or going out to fight, it all costs money..."

"There’s certainly logic in that," Wang Tao quietly nodded.

Becoming an ability user makes one strong, but it also costs a lot. No matter how appealing spiritual rewards may sound, they’re not as effective as practical ones. Only by doing this can one attract more people to go out and hunt zombies and monsters.

With more people going out, although there may be more sacrifices, the chances of strong individuals emerging are higher. As long as a strong individual appears, the base’s strength will increase...

"At that time..."

Cui Sheng and Wang Tao discussed the situation at that time.

After the Sixth Army Corps reported the killing of the Catastrophic Serpent, City Hall arranged for a grand publicity, parading through the entire base.

Many people only then realized that above the Lord Rank, there was a Disaster level.

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Since all members of the Starfire Society were outside, the only person in the city was undergoing treatment at the research institute and couldn’t appear. Thus, among the first five forces to kill a Disaster-level, only four were present.

Logically, the four forces of the Sixth Army Corps should have gained significant reputation, and the Starfire Society missed a great opportunity.

However, the actual situation was somewhat different—while those four forces did indeed gain high prestige, the Starfire Society also became famous!

The absence of the Starfire Society members from the publicity wasn’t due to any inside story, but because they were outside the city and couldn’t return. Thus, the publicity for the Starfire Society couldn’t be canceled.

This created a peculiar situation—although the Starfire Society members weren’t present, the publicity was not diminished.

Upon seeing this, the public wondered, ’Hey? Wasn’t it said that it was a collaboration of five forces that hunted the Disaster-level monster? Why have only four shown up? What happened to the Starfire Society?’

Then they inquired and found out that the Starfire Society was a newly established force. There was very little public information about the Starfire Society currently known, but three points were certain.

The first point, members of the Starfire Society were not locals from River Base. It was said they all survived in extremely harsh conditions amidst waves of zombies!

The second point, in their first outing after registering, they and other forces together killed a Fourth-Order Disaster-level monster!

The third point, there were very few members of the Starfire Society, only about a dozen, but each of them was exceedingly strong! The weakest among them were Level 3 ability users, the strongest were Fourth-order Awakeners! Among them was a super powerful Healing-type Awakener!

They were absent from the publicity because they were few in number, still out on missions, and couldn’t return temporarily...

The public summarized these three messages, and several keywords immediately came to mind—elite, mysterious, powerful, indifferent to fame...

The more a force is perceived as ’mysterious and powerful,’ the more the public loves to delve deep, as gossiping is in human nature.

Then someone found the group from the former Zijin Base.

These people were not very familiar with Wang Tao and his group, even if they had once been the head, Jade Lotus, they knew her not much.

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But they were very grateful for Wang Tao and his team, so they did not skimp on various praises, and all evaluations of Wang Tao, Jade Lotus, and others were positive.

Thus, the people of River Base got the answers they wanted—the Starfire Society was a very strong and mysterious force! The people of the Starfire Society had a good reputation and strong abilities, yet they were also quite mysterious!

In this atmosphere, the Starfire Society became increasingly popular...

Of course, if we look at the overall renown, the Starfire Society still is not as established as other veteran forces, as it has just been formed recently.

But the momentum of the Starfire Society has become unparalleled for a time!

A large number of people wanted to join the Starfire Society, they had even begun submitting their resumes.

A force’s reputation and prestige are very important, and the Starfire Society had quickly advanced ahead of many older forces.

If the Starfire Society began recruiting, they could become a top medium-sized force in minutes!

Were it not for the fact that becoming a major force requires someone in the force to serve as a committee member, with today’s popularity of the Starfire Society, it would most likely have been able to become a major force!