Chapter 132: The Green Meadow Fun Games

In *Glacial Glory*, there are ten top-tier guilds and ten top-tier combat teams. These ten major guilds have countless legions and teams under their banners. In some cases, the most formidable team within one of the top ten guilds is powerful enough to rank in the top ten of the combat team rankings; Zongheng Fenghua, affiliated with the Purple Lightning Divine Court, is one such example.

What defines a top-ten guild? They command a player base of billions, if not tens of billions, and must have at least two or three hundred members appearing in the top 10,000 of the Glacial Hall Celebrity Rankings and the Glory Heaven Rankings. Furthermore, the number of top-tier legendary players ranked in the top 100 serves as a crucial criterion.

And what defines a top-ten combat team? Such elite squads typically consist of only a few hundred members, and even the weakest among them would likely rank within the top 30,000 across both major leaderboards.

Where did Huang Yushuo rank in *Glacial Glory* previously? He was around 900,000th on the Celebrity Rankings and only about 600,000th on the Glory Heaven Rankings, which emphasize PK skills. That is the magnitude of the gap.

While Huang Yushuo has soared to new heights in *Epoch Reforged* and arguably no longer needs to worry about most players, it is undeniable that one should never underestimate anyone from a top-ten team like Zongheng Fenghua—even if Huang Yushuo could now delete them with a single basic combo.

Caught in a brief moment of reflection, it took Huang Yushuo a while to collect his thoughts. He typed, "Who are you?"

Meng Huan Fenghua replied, "I am... a recruitment officer!"

"Oh." Huang Yushuo responded, "Not interested. Just name your price!"

Meng Huan Fenghua: "..."

"20 million credits."

Meng Huan Fenghua stated her price. Even at the lowest exchange rate of 1 to 130, 20 million credits would only be a little over 150,000 copper coins. He knew that when he gave Yeye Liuguang Xiang Jiaojie five gem fragments, she had handed him 90,000 copper coins without hesitation. While that was partly due to her immense generosity, it didn't change the fact that Meng Huan Fenghua’s offer was far too low.

"Anything else?" Huang Yushuo felt it was unlikely that this was the extent of her offer.

"I have an interesting dungeon scroll in my possession. It's for five players and offers rich rewards, including a large amount of materials. I heard from Shuangshuang that your profession relies heavily on these for crafting equipment."

Huang Yushuo’s interest was piqued. "Can you show me a screenshot?"

Soon, Meng Huan Fenghua sent over the details of a dungeon scroll.

*Green Grass Garden Fun Sports Meet*, Level 20.
Player limit: 5.
Dungeon drops: Silver coins, large quantities of rare materials, general skill books.

"I'll take it!" Huang Yushuo was delighted. Silver coins, rare materials, general skill books—there wasn't a single item he didn't want.

"I also have a skill book here."

Meng Huan Fenghua then sent a screenshot of another skill book.

*Drill Three Feet*: Instantly consumes a significant amount of durability from a high-quality pickaxe to tunnel a hole 3 meters deep. Strength requirement: 150 points.

"Pfft."

Huang Yushuo choked, then roared, "What kind of garbage skill is this?!"

Meng Huan Fenghua sent an emoji of someone covering their mouth to hide a laugh. "It’s actually quite good! It’s a displacement skill. Burrowing through mountains and digging into the ground—it’s great! I’d learn it myself if I could."

Huang Yushuo’s mouth twitched. He had to admit that this bizarre skill was somewhat interesting. It was, strictly speaking, a displacement skill—the kind meant for reaching inaccessible places—but it felt incredibly tacky to learn. He wasn't a mole, and he had no interest in tunnel engineering.

"I saved this amazing skill book specifically as a welcome gift for you! You must accept it!" Meng Huan Fenghua said with a smile. She didn't know if Huang Yushuo had 150 strength, but even if he didn't, he couldn't be far off, right?

"I think you just couldn't find anyone with 150 strength to take it off your hands," Huang Yushuo rolled his eyes. "Is there anything else?"

"You still want more?" Meng Huan Fenghua felt a bit depressed. Truth be told, for a big shot like him who triggered server-wide announcements for fun, there was very little in the hands of current players that would catch his eye, which put her in a difficult position.

"Add another 10 million credits," Huang Yushuo said.

"Sure, that's no problem." Meng Huan Fenghua breathed a sigh of relief. Anything involving money was manageable. In reality, the cost of securing that blue-grade armor was a mere 30 million credits. As for the dungeon, if she could get Huang Yushuo to help, she would likely have been willing to pay him even more. Given the brutal nature of *Epoch Reforged* since its launch—where the game seemed determined to crush players at every turn—a dungeon that promised large quantities of high-level rewards was bound to be incredibly difficult.

As for the final skill book, Huang Yushuo was right. Looking across the entire Purple Lightning Thunder and Zongheng Fenghua, let alone 150 strength, there weren't many people with even 100 strength. It was impossible to give away. It would take who knows how long for someone to reach 150 strength, so giving it to Huang Yushuo was essentially just a favor. Besides... it was such a ridiculous, ugly, and unconventional skill; Meng Huan Fenghua simply couldn't bring herself to use it.

"Any other equipment?" Meng Huan Fenghua asked expectantly. Huang Yushuo sent a screenshot of the Excitement Heavy Shield, and her reply came back instantly.

"Big shot, sell it to me! I don't care how many credits it costs!"

Huang Yushuo smiled slightly. A heavy shield with 35 points of built-in damage reduction and knockback immunity—once equipped, it would immediately make someone a core figure in any team. Compared to the Gale Armor, this rare green-grade shield was arguably just as valuable, if not more so.

"Not for sale for now. We'll talk about it later."

Refusing her with a touch of arrogance, Huang Yushuo closed the chat interface and apologized to *May I Be Like the Moon and You Like the Star*, who was still waiting for his reply.

With the death of Guluo, the remaining group of deserters cast a grim look at Huang Yushuo before vanishing into the mountain forest. The smaller creatures also retreated like a receding tide. Before long, the entire Shitaizhen Town returned to the tranquility that existed before the monster siege. Or perhaps even quieter, as no monsters were spawning in the monster zones, and the small creatures had disappeared without a trace.

Huang Yushuo rushed toward the south of the city, only to see countless players swarming over the vast grassland, scrambling to pick up copper coins and dropped materials. Arguments erupted into shouting matches or outright PKs; the scene was pure chaos, a far cry from the unity they had shown while defending the city.

Huang Yushuo didn't think much of it. As he hurried toward the fading castle, he occasionally crouched down to frantically gather loot. There was no helping it; even the smallest scrap was still worth something. After all, every tycoon built their fortune one step at a time.