CHAPTER 1582: CHAPTER 1582: A DISTANT HOMELAND

Seeing the medal, the Girl in the painting’s eyes lit up. She immediately reached out to grab it, reflexively trying to stuff it into her clothes, but stopped halfway through. She lifted the medal to sniff it, turning it over with some doubt. Although she didn’t seem to find any issues with it in the end, her enthusiasm for the medal greatly diminished.

Still, she didn’t let it go, keeping the medal tucked into her pocket.

Xu Huo took out another "Bright Gentleman" medal of his own.

The Girl in the painting’s enthusiasm surged again. She grabbed it and pressed it into her own collar, while Xu Huo lightly coughed and looked towards Tongtong, who was staring up at them.

The Girl turned her head as well, then slowly took the medal out and slipped it behind her waistband, covered it with her clothes, and looked at Xu Huo with innocent, clear eyes, flashing a sweet smile.

Xu Huo remained unmoved and extended his hand.

The Girl’s eyes widened further, and she slowly took a step back.

"It’s mine," Xu Huo emphasized, "I just wanted to show you."

The Girl was no longer the empty-handed Girl she was before. She immediately pointed at the items on the ground, indicating she could use all of them to exchange for the medal, and she could even return the previous medal to him.

"Is there a difference between the two medals?" Xu Huo asked curiously.

The Girl thought for a moment, pointed at Xu Huo’s medal, and inputted, "This one is better."

Xu Huo took both medals and examined them. On the surface, there was no difference, nothing particularly marked; it’s only when placed into the personal interface that a part of the procurement source is shown. For instance, his was obtained in an instance, which would display his game nickname. The one bought showed "purchased," without the original owner’s information — not particularly noteworthy information. When he held Yan Jiayu’s medal before, it was the same.

But even if used to exchange for Grey Player identity, the "Bright Gentleman" medal shouldn’t have stringent acquisition requirements, otherwise Director San Yang from the Zone 011 base government couldn’t have traded for the opportunity to work at the game base. Of course, since Director San Yang’s identity was in doubt, what he said might not be true, but it shouldn’t be too difficult to confirm this information by checking with someone from the Game Government during the next visit to Zone 011.

A hand accurately touched his medal.

Xu Huo looked up, their gazes met, and the Girl hurriedly put on a pleasing smile.

"Forget it, you can play with it for a few days, but return it to me later," he said, letting go.

The Girl understood that what was in her hands was hers, whether he said it was a loan or a gift, as long as she had it. She then generously pointed at the props not yet fully packed, "All yours for free."

Xu Huo hadn’t spoken yet when Tongtong, squatting on the ground with his two bundles of money, lifted his little face, "Can I have one of those many props?"

"I think you should focus on the now, hide a bill or two as soon as possible, or else you might not keep any later," Xu Huo advised.

Tongtong saw reason, promptly taking the money to his room. However, after just a few steps, the door opened, and Ms. Yu returned, her eyes shifting from the open box to him and locking onto the White Notes in his hands.

Before she could question, Tongtong spoke up first, "These were given to me by Sister Li Chun!"

Ms. Yu knew the value of the White Notes and immediately wanted to take them back for the Girl. Xu Huo waved it off, "Once it’s given, it’s his."

"That’s so considerate," Ms. Yu nodded with pleasure, and swiftly took it, "Mom will keep it safe for you."

Tongtong ultimately ended up with a 50 Yuan paper note from Country X.

After counting the White Notes and props, Xu Huo glanced at the two sets of protective clothing given by the Special Defense Department, one for males and one for females, relatively spacious in size, with several small pockets and places to hang small items, largely meeting Players’ needs for carrying props.

Most props don’t automatically activate and require Players to judge when to use them, so they need to be conveniently accessible.

As for the two auxiliary instruments for Super Evolution Power, they were the same as the corresponding interference devices, capable of enhancing Super Evolver power, somewhat like the previous "Murmur Sphere" and "Cubic Space."

The quality of the four Secondary Stones was decent, but they lacked special space-time attributes, needing to be saved for future prop-making.

These were some of the more important items among the Special Defense Department gifts. Other included smaller items were the Yongxing Restaurant discount coupons and various discounts like the "student free entry," "free lunch voucher," "waitress’s favor increase coupon," and others, useful in odd and peculiar places.

Xu Huo glanced over them and deposited them into his personal interface.

As for the Girl’s Combat Robot, it needed to be brought to Zone 011.

Then he began to clear out items from the luggage compartment.

After removing the large mineral stone obtained from the hazardous instance, and adding the five cubic spaces from the King’s Gem instance, a lot of space was freed up. Other than some necessary containers for viruses, infectious materials, and radioactive minerals, everything else was cleared out and sold off. The New Energy Weapons and props borrowed from Xin Rong had been returned via the reward platform, while another Energy Weapon obtained from Zone 017 was temporarily kept due to having energy.

After clearing out items, he needed to place food and water for long-term storage, especially since the destination was different this time, requiring more food. Besides jerky, bottled water, grains, and vacuum-packed vegetables, he specially acquired some liquid food.

Considering the possibility of poor dining conditions, he bought a set of work protective clothing on the reward platform, spacious enough to store some pre-packed food.

Once everything was prepared, Xu Huo waited until evening without hearing good news from the Special Defense Department, so he temporarily bid farewell to his family and used a ticket.

He arrived relatively early this time, finding himself alone at the station, so he took out the Four-sided Pyramid previously acquired from Zone 017.

It was indeed a spatial instrument, and as Xu Huo grasped it, he felt a buoyant force. When he released it, it floated in front of him, with the tip pointing in a certain direction.

He rotated the Four-sided Pyramid slightly, and the instrument, just longer than his palm, wobbled back to its original direction.

Xu Huo paused briefly and stored it into his personal interface.

[Distant Homeland: A spatial instrument that can locate your hometown, pointing to the direction of your longing, no matter where your body or corpse is, it will always guide you home.]