Bai Yaoyao knew the moment she heard it that they had copied the A City Main Base. The top hundred contestants in the Main Base's dueling arena received supplies every month.
However, those ranked below fiftieth only received a food pack containing tree mushroom slices, a new product developed from nontoxic plants after the Apocalypse. They filled your stomach, but had little flavor.
Only the top ten received worthwhile rewards, mostly new inventions from New Huaguo that could improve combat strength.
Later, Huaguo's top ten Ability Users on the Combat Power Rankings were largely determined by these arena standings as well. Scientists had developed machines to calculate combat power, and the rankings were compiled only after the major bases standardized their data.
"But just go and watch. Don't enter any fights, or you'll sweep the top twelve. That would be far too demoralizing for everyone else," Wang Jingyu quickly added.
He was still in first place himself, earning a nutrition pack for his wife every month. If Dark Night entered, he would lose that!
Bai Yaoyao nodded. After chatting a little longer, she took everyone back to the General's Residence to rest. They had traveled for so many days in such hot weather that everyone was rather tired.
As for Wang Jingyu, he rushed home with the powdered milk, kissed his wife and precious daughter, then went to see Secretary Wu about exchanging supplies.
"That's what Captain Bai said? She has that many supplies?" Secretary Wu asked in surprise.
Wang Jingyu nodded. "Captain Bai may be young, but she's levelheaded. If she said so, she definitely has plenty of supplies. I suspect she made some major gains on this trip."
"All right. Go tally all the Crystal Cores we can spare. Collect as many as possible without affecting the Ability