Good Gun, One Bag Per Person

Zhou Qiaoling's actions left Zhong Yi and Zhou Yue frozen in place.

Not only them, but even the viewers in Zhong Yi's stream had their jaws drop.

[Is the sun rising from the west? Smart Little Zhou actually bought gear!!]

[And it's full gear!! Full gear starting at a million!!!]

[Was she possessed?]

[Something's wrong, something is very, very wrong.]

[What's wrong with it? She's just encouraging True Disciple Zhou, they are biological siblings after all!]

[Junior Sister Zhou geared up. Are True Disciple Zhong and True Disciple Zhou really going to just go in and leech? Don't they want to save face?]

...

Zhong Yi was completely dumbfounded.

Who exactly was Zhou Qiaoling?

In the half-month since Operation Xianyuanzhou launched, Zhong Yi had never seen her equip gear worth more than 1,000 Spirit Stones!

When entering the Top Secret zone, the most expensive thing on her body was always a 20-slot chest rig.

Spirit Stones were her life.

Zhong Yi had even imagined that one day he might beat Zhou Yue in a one-on-one duel through hard practice, but he never dared to imagine Zhou Qiaoling putting on full gear to protect them in a raid so they could eat.

He looked blankly at Zhou Yue beside him, only to see the other man staring back with an equally bewildered expression.

Zhou Yue was even more confused than Zhong Yi!

He knew his own sister's behavior better than anyone.

Zhou Qiaoling restrained herself a bit with others, but with him, she completely lacked any boundaries.

For a moment, the two looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Wearing a Tier 6 set and holding a divine weapon, Zhou Qiaoling gently bit her lip and softly shouted:

"The brother in my memory is not like this."

"The brother in my memory, no matter how hard or difficult it is, would face the difficulties head-on and walk out of the predicament..."

"He is definitely not like this!"

"So what if you're bankrupt? So what if you failed to extract 14 matches in a row?"

"The brother in my memory, even if he only had one last Spirit Stone, would choose to bring out his best gear and face the strongest enemies!"

"He would never just wear a bunch of rags and resign himself to fate!!!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yue's pupils shrank slightly, and his breathing suddenly hitched.

The resentment from the consecutive extraction failures was swept away.

All his tangled thoughts instantly cleared up.

"Sis! You..."

Zhou Yue's nose tingled, a myriad of emotions welling up in his heart.

"Old Zhou, Junior Sister Qiaoling has geared up, how can we back down!?"

Zhong Yi was also moved by this deep sibling bond. He instantly opened his stash, took out his long-treasured Tier 6 set, and put it on.

"Yeah... if my sister is willing to part with her wealth, why should I be reluctant!?"

Zhou Yue laughed heartily, entering a wondrous state of mind.

Spirit Stones?

Just fleeting clouds!

Thinking this, he opened the shop and directly chose to buy a Tier 6 armor!

A gleaming silver [Tier 6 Hafk Dragon Scale Armor] instantly appeared on his body.

This scene immediately stunned the viewers in Zhong Yi's stream.

[Holy crap!? The Young Master Armor!?]

[He's crazy!!! Losing one of those hurts more than losing a big red item!!!]

[True Disciple Zhou is really going all out this time...]

[I remember Old Zhou only has 3 million on his account, right? One piece of armor cost half his net worth...]

[Oh no, this has really become his "last dance"!]

[I can't help but feel that this Smart Little Zhou is acting a bit too hard...]

...

"Old Zhou, aren't you going a bit too hard? You could have just let me bring it for you..."

Zhong Yi was startled by Zhou Yue's action.

In Operation Xianyuanzhou, most gear and spirit ammo above Tier 6 were unsellable and could only be crafted by players themselves.

Therefore, Tier 6 helmets, armors, and red spirit ammo were incredibly overpowered!

The only sellable Tier 6 armors and helmets were the Hafk series.

You couldn't craft these yourself; they only dropped from fighting the boss Witch Mulan in the Top Secret Ascension Base, so their prices were astronomically high!

In the early days of the server when players were generally tight on money, a brand-new Tier 6 [Hafk Dragon Scale Armor] cost a whopping 1.7 million!

Thus, it was jokingly called the "Young Master Armor" by players.

Only rich young masters could afford it!

"Haha, it's rare to see my sister being so sensible... I'm in a good mood, so I'll splurge a bit! Spirit Stones are just worldly possessions anyway!"

Zhou Yue explained with a smile, then began preparing his other gear.

Soon, with the appearance of the [Insufficient Spirit Stones] prompt, he looked at Zhong Yi with an awkward expression.

"Ahem, Old Zhong... how about you bring a gun for me?"

"Tch, trying to show off when you don't have the capital! Haha!"

Zhong Yi cheerfully prepared a weapon for Zhou Yue.

Not to mention a fully modded [Heavenly Soldier 14], he even brought a [Reaper] fully loaded with red ammo for Zhou Yue.

"Old Zhong, what's that gun in your hands? I haven't seen you use it before!"

Looking at the short and sturdy gun in Zhong Yi's hands, Zhou Yue couldn't help but be a little curious.

"[Giant Wave], a recent discovery. It's super strong."

Zhong Yi explained casually.

The three finished their preparations.

Before starting the matchmaking, Zhou Yue glanced curiously at Zhou Qiaoling again.

Having calmed down, he couldn't shake the feeling that Zhou Qiaoling was the type of person who would swap her gear for a hatchet-runner loadout at the speed of light right before the match started...

Unexpectedly, Zhou Qiaoling really went in wearing that Tier 6 set and the [Heavenly Soldier 14].

'My sister really has changed...'

Zhou Yue sighed emotionally to himself, feeling incredibly gratified.

...

The trio's spawn point was the dormitories.

The dormitories were a very magical location; a blitz attack could come from anywhere.

So spawning here meant they had to be ready to engage the enemy at any moment.

Because the geographical location was so tricky, Zhong Yi had actually posted a dedicated dormitory offense and defense strategy guide on the forums.

This time, with the head coach holding the fort, the three immediately set up their defenses at the start. Sure enough, they caught a team that spawned at the West District Gate and was just about to attack the dorms.

All three entered the map with Tier 6 sets and fully modded guns; their combat readiness was ridiculously high, so naturally, the enemies they matched with were no slouches either.

The opponents also had two players with Tier 6 sets and dual guns, coming at them aggressively.

Fortunately, Zhou Yue's marksmanship was superb, and with a cheat-level weapon like the [Reaper] in hand, he instantly one-shot one of the Tier 6 guys, immediately breaking the stalemate.

The battle situation was now very clear.

Zhong Yi had a Tier 4 guy in his face, Zhou Yue had a Tier 6 guy in his face, and Zhou Qiaoling had an Ascension Loot Box in her face.

"Old Zhong, we take one each, no problem right?"

"No problem! Watch my invincible jump peek!"

"Delicious, hehe... delicious..."

"Three, two, one... go!"

"Old Zhou, I'm going in!"

"Old Zhou, I'm down!"

"He's one-shot! Just one more bullet!!"

...

After a chaotic skirmish, Zhou Yue ended up taking down the enemy squad one against three, his clothes barely getting dirty.

As the enemy squad wipe icon appeared, Zhou Qiaoling, who had been prone in Building 1 gobbling up loot, trotted over with quick little steps.

"Nice shooting, bro! One bag for each of us!"

Zhou Qiaoling greeted him with a grin and immediately buried her head into looting the bags.

"You take two... I'll just have the leftovers."

Zhou Yue replied with a rare tone of gentleness, then looked with disgust at Zhong Yi, who was lying on the ground drooling.

"Always 'he's one-shot, he's one-shot'... I shot him twice and he still didn't die!"

"Uh, maybe he had backup armor? Hehehe..."

Rescued and getting up, Zhong Yi's old face flushed red.

Zhou Yue laughingly scolded him a few times and didn't continue arguing with him.

He walked over to the loot box that Zhou Qiaoling had rummaged through, preparing to grab some leftover medical supplies.

As soon as he opened the loot box, Zhou Yue's eyes immediately went wide.

A Level 6 helmet and armor set with a maximum durability of exactly 1 point, bearing a teammate's marker, lay quietly inside the enemy's death box.

And that wasn't all.

Aside from the armor, there was also a Hornet-14 inside the box, also bearing a teammate's marker.

This was a Level 3 novice semi-automatic sniper rifle, in the exact same tier as the Bizon and the Uzi.

Because of all the attachments slapped onto it, it looked strikingly similar to a bizarrely modified Celestial-14.

But the price difference between the two was worlds apart.

What made Zhou Yue's blood pressure spike the most, however, was that the gun was loaded with basic green ammo...

"Zhou!! Qiao!! Ling!! Is this what you meant when you said you were going fully geared to protect me???"

"Just tell me if it's a Level 6 armor set or not..."

"Bullshit!! And to think I was actually touched by your words!!!"

"What's the matter? I did it to stimulate your fighting spirit. Just look at how energetic you are right now!"