Chapter 524: Unable to Turn Back

"That person finally agreed.."

He was exhausted, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

Li Enzhi showed a forced smile, turning to look at his subordinates.

He really feared that the other side would send those two words again.

"Damn wretch! I'll make him know the consequences of offending our Korean War Zone!"

"After retaking the air force base, immediately send people to hunt him down!"

After uttering a harsh remark, the Defense Ministry Chief of Staff took a deep breath and directly ordered his Awakened Ones to prepare the transport of supplies, completing this transaction.

"Chief of Staff, it is estimated that 196 Awakened Ones will have to be sacrificed..."

"The amount of these supplies... is too much..."

Behind him, the officer in charge of material transport spoke softly, sighing inwardly.

They really had no extra spiritual energy reserves left for the material transport.

Only by using human lives to fill it.

Upon hearing the reported number, everyone's mood inevitably grew heavy.

Upon hearing this number, the Defense Chief closed his eyes, then took a deep breath:

"No matter how many are sacrificed... it's worth it!"

"We... will remember their sacrifice!"

"Let's just draw from the non-military Awakened Ones unit; wasn't there a team that joined us not long ago?"

"They don't obey orders, right? Then let them make a final contribution to the Korean War Zone!"

After receiving the order, the subordinate reporting the situation lightly nodded.

Merely looking at the Chief's back, a hint of something unusual flashed in his eyes.

Not obeying orders?

It's just not listening to you, huh...

Whatever, it's just a power struggle among the high levels; I'm merely following orders.

Underground level one hall.

After experiencing a small-scale suppression battle, all the high-level officials of the Korean War Zone, with excited expressions, transmitted the final supplies.

The brief few seconds of transmission time felt like agonizing waiting.

Amid the angry curses of the "voluntarily" sacrificing Awakened Ones, a transaction notification arrived, as heavenly as a celestial sound.

"Beep, transaction completed."

"Obtained Equipment 'Annihilation'."

"Got it!"

"Quick, take a look!!"

A group of former government officials, at this moment no longer able to maintain composure and dignity, swarmed around Li Enzhi, gesturing for him to inspect the equipment that arrived via the transaction.

After the large-scale material transaction, this piece of equipment is practically their hope!

His hands trembled.

As the supreme leader of the regime, the equipment naturally was transmitted into his hands.

All that was seen was a white flash; a white pistol, ordinary in appearance and even somewhat cheap, fell into his hand.

"Hope! This is the hope for the great revival of our Korean nation!"

Just.

So light...

So ordinary...

Gripping the pistol, Li Enzhi suddenly felt a twinge of unease in his heart.

Isn't this equipment supposed to be Epic Tier?

How does it feel, like a toy pistol sold at a roadside stall?

Equipment of this tier shouldn't just be looked at and feel an astonishing surge, should it?

The same doubt is not just his alone.

A strong sense of unease rose in everyone's hearts, yet they simply dared not think of that possibility no matter what.

"Maybe it just looks ordinary? But actually it's strong?"

"Doesn't Huaxia have an ancient saying: 'A great sword need not be sharp, yet skill arises without artifice'?"

"Yes, Mr. President, quickly equip it and give it a try!"

Urging, eagerly.

Li Enzhi took a deep breath, repeatedly checked the equipment's attributes, and found nothing abnormal.

He squeezed out a smile, indicating to everyone that the equipment should be fine.

In excited anticipation, he tried to equip the weapon.

However, no matter how he held it, the unique equipment sound of the system never sounded.

What the heck!?

Where are the full attribute bonuses?

Where's the beep sound?

How come I feel nothing at all?

Why, why do I feel this gun is like a plastic toy?

In the panic, Li Enzhi's forehead poured cold sweat, continuously forcing himself to calm down.

No problem, definitely no problem...

Is my way of equipping wrong?

Left hand switched to right hand, right hand hung in front of chest.

After repeated trials, he was almost using his foot to clamp the gun, just to see if he could equip it successfully.

However, under the doubtful and uneasy gazes of the crowd, his face instantly turned deathly pale.

"It seems... can't equip it?"

He didn't dare think that it wasn't that he couldn't equip it, but that this gun simply wasn't equipment.

He really didn't dare say that, but he couldn't fool himself.

The Chief of Staff of the National Defense Army beside him, upon hearing this, could no longer care about his status and couldn't help but urgently snatch the gun.

"Give it to me! Let me try! I'm a technology-side Awakened One!"

However, like Li Enzhi, he desperately discovered that the gun in his hand provided no attribute bonus at all.

"Impossible! This is impossible!"

His whole body trembled as he muttered to himself.

Clearly the equipment looks fine, and even the system's text description when obtained was crystal clear!

Holding onto the last sliver of hope, he frantically aimed at the open ground and fired.

"Pop!"

Gunshot.

A BB pellet went pfft and shot out from the barrel.

Only see a plastic bullet hit the hard concrete ground and then break into two halves.

The whole place fell dead silent.

Everyone stood frozen, staring intently at that cheap plastic bullet.

"No!!!!"

"Damn swindler!!!"

"I'll kill you!"

Outside the Cheongwadae Safe Zone.

A zombie with an Eight Trigrams flag on its head, face blank, howled toward the safe zone.

It scratched its rotting head.

Human shouts...

It seemed to hear a desperate roar.

If it still had a brain, it would surely lament what kind of person could howl so miserably.

Truly, hearing it brings sorrow; listeners tear up.

More miserable than when it was half-eaten by zombies...

Long'an Base.

Wen Ya pursed her lips, looking indifferent at the Korean theater Awakened One she was in contact with, who at that moment was wildly cursing himself.

Messages flooded the screen; one person sent messages until exhausted, then another took over.

"Lin An, should I block the other side?"

Couldn't be bothered to look at the messages they sent.

In helpless rage, besides cursing 'xi ba', there's no other word for 'Xi Dan A'er'.

"Not blocking for now."

"Send a message telling them that the equipment is actually sealed."

"As long as they add more money, I'll tell them how to break the seal."

Lin An looked with interest at the furious Korean theater in the private chat channel, unable to help laughing.

"Just tell them to carefully look at the last column of the equipment description."

"Is there a hidden line of small text:"

"(This equipment has already been sealed)"

Wen Ya glanced at him, somewhat surprised, only then realizing that Lin An had done something extra before the trade.

"Will they still fall for it?"

"Let them add three more spirit energy fruits, and that whatever Eight Trigrams mirror?"

Surprised.

Zhang Tie scratched his head, couldn't help but complain:

"Captain Lin, they're not idiots."

"If they still fall for this, wouldn't they be even more stupid than me?"

"Can't fool them, right?"

Hearing Xiong Hanzi say that, Lin An shook his head confidently:

"Ninety percent confidence."

"The more like this, the more they'll believe."

"Just like someone who was scammed the first time, they'll still fall for it the second time."

"Greed and unwillingness will cloud their judgment."

"Just watch, they'll probably agree."

Sunk cost, works at any time.

Those who have sat down at the gambling table.

They are unable to turn back.