Chapter 1590

"Every award at the commendation ceremony is vetted by our Commander-in-Chief Guan Zhiyong, then reviewed and confirmed by our four Deputy Commanders-in-Chief Lu Yibing, Li Yanhui, Bai Zhenyu, and myself.

"Finally, the direct superior lord of each lord must also confirm before the final result is reached! Zhao Chi's Best Performance Award went through the same process!

"Therefore, after strict selection, we have ultimately decided to award Zhao Chi the 'Best Performance Medal,' the 'Personal Second-Class Honor Medal,' and '700 contribution points.'

"Let us all congratulate him!"

Having finished speaking, Gu Zhan led the applause.

Applause rose again, and Zhao Chi bowed politely and quickly stepped off the stage.

For the sake of credibility, Gu Zhan had no choice but to drag everyone out into the open.

One Commander-in-Chief, plus four Deputy Commanders-in-Chief, plus Zhao Chi's direct superior Li Ruanyu—surely five people couldn't be cooking up something fake, right?

Hearing Gu Zhan say this, the lords naturally had nothing to question.

They simply kept applauding, watching Zhao Chi quickly return to his seat.

"Alright, let's move on to the next award—this time, the 'Best Support' award!"

The subsequent awards went off without much fanfare.

Although they were all received by lords at the county level or above, none were as lively as when Zhao Chi won his.

Gu Zhan occasionally threw in a suspenseful pause, but nothing could top the shock of Zhao Chi's achievements.

For the next nearly an hour, the crowd watched the lords on stage, yet their minds were still on Zhao Chi's matter.

Was what Gu Zhan just said about Zhao Chi winning the Best Performance Award genuine?

What does that mean?

Could it be that Zhao Chi really earned his achievements through his own efforts?

That can't be possible, right?

Quite a few lords had this question.

But the matter of Zhao Chi had already passed, and even if they had questions, no one was going to answer them for them.

Zhao Chi sat in his seat, his heart still uneasy.

Today's events felt inexplicably strange; even Gu Zhan must have been nervous. In the end, the one who should have presented the award to Zhao Chi was Li Ruanyu or Guan Zhiyong.

But Gu Zhan simply handed the medal over directly, seeming almost eager for Zhao Chi to get off the stage quickly.

This time he gained 700 contribution points.

Based on previous experience, the "Personal Second-Class Honor Medal" came with 200 contribution points, and the "Best Performance Medal" came with 500 contribution points.

700 contribution points wasn't a small amount—he could exchange them for quite a few good things.

Zhao Chi already felt completely satisfied.

The only downside was that he had now become the center of attention.

From the moment he stepped off the stage until now, a large number of gazes had been focused on him, and the people around him kept asking this and that.

Zhao Chi could only keep making things up.

Lu Yi and Yang Xiong had invited him to dinner tonight, and after a brief consideration, Zhao Chi agreed.

After all, they were all old friends.

He still needed to spend some time maintaining the relationship.

Although their combat ability had long been left far behind by Zhao Chi, some things couldn't be measured by combat power.

Yang Xiong had always been the closest to him; their friendship was very simple, untainted by any利益, and Zhao Chi cherished it. If he could give him a hand, Zhao Chi was very willing.

Lu Yi was a very kind woman, and very upright. Although she always gave off the feeling of being boxed in by rules and regulations, really like a class monitor, her character was beyond reproach.

Her only shortcoming was her slightly weaker real combat ability, which could only be compensated for by experience.

Zhao Chi had always remembered her help to him, and he was also very willing to repay her.

Cao Feng... was a total idiot.

Zhao Chi still evaluated him this way now.

But he had grown up now; his way of handling people and things was no longer as brash and arrogant as before, and he had become much more taciturn.

Now a comrade-in-arms, his relationship with everyone had gradually improved. Although he and Yang Xiong bickered every day, in battle he was still a companion one could trust.

Li Xun and Wang Lie were both commoner independents, with no family or backing.

They had kept a low profile back in school, and Zhao Chi didn't have a deep friendship with them. But now they were all members of the Breaking World Army, and the old connections from before seemed all the more precious.

They were at least old classmates, and Zhao Chi was willing to get along with them.

Besides, they were decent people, and worth getting along with.

The commendations on stage continued one after another.

Finally, all participating personnel of the Quandou Society would receive the "Ninth District Commemorative Medal" and 50 contribution points.

After finally enduring until the meeting ended, Zhao Chi immediately grabbed Su Qin and rushed out of the venue, heading straight for the Quartermaster's Office.

After dashing through two streets, Zhao Chi finally let out a breath of relief.

This wasn't a commendation ceremony at all—it was practically a torture session.

Fortunately, it was over.

Su Qin was pulled along by Zhao Chi the whole way, laughing as she ran, as if playfully teasing Zhao Chi, very happy.

After stopping now, she blinked her beautiful big eyes at Zhao Chi and asked, "Was what you just said on stage true or false?"

Zhao Chi smiled and said, "What do you think?"

Su Qin shook her head: "I think you made it up, right? So, those two werewolves—you really broke through them head-on with pure strength, right?"

Of course there was no need to hide anything from Su Qin. Zhao Chi nodded: "That's right."

Su Qin smiled and said, "I knew it. You can even break through a Shi Laimu nest, let alone those two werewolf lords."

At that moment, a spirit-energy vehicle beside them honked its horn.

He turned his head and saw an extremely luxurious, top-of-the-line spirit-energy vehicle.

Calling it extravagant would not be an exaggeration.

The only pity was that the one driving was the dazzlingly beautiful Shangguan Ting.

"Zhao Chi, get in the car!"

Get in the car?

Like hell I will!

Without looking back, Zhao Chi immediately pulled Su Qin and ducked into a side path.

Su Qin glanced back from time to time: "It's fine, Zhao Chi, Captain Shangguan can't get into this little path. Haven't you two cleared up the misunderstanding between you yet?"

Zhao Chi looked back, then slowed his pace.

"It's cleared up, but I can't have any contact with her. Who knows what I might say wrong and make her unhappy again. Staying away from her is for the best."

"Mm~"

The Quartermaster Division was on the west side of Horn Cliff Town.

The two ran for a while, reached the outer edge of the central district, hailed a spirit-energy vehicle at a spot that wasn't too congested, and arrived at the Quartermaster Division quickly.

Quite a few lords had already arrived.

Naturally, the supplies at the Quartermaster Division were also limited.

Fortunately, most of the supplies had already passed the window requiring an identity to redeem them.

One could say that the vast majority of items here could be exchanged for, first come, first served.

So after the lords received their contribution points, they immediately rushed here to redeem them.

Zhao Chi actually didn't care either way.

After all, fast and slow weren't necessarily better or worse.

Coming early did indeed let you pick first, but if you burned through all your contribution points, new good stuff might still appear later.

So it really did require some luck.

Zhao Chi and his group arrived relatively early and quickly received the current supply list.

Zhao Chi first opened his own contribution points.

He felt he should have quite a bit saved up.

【Your current contribution points: 3037】

That many?

Zhao Chi clicked to view the detailed list and understood the reason.

This second commendation, Zhao Chi received a total of 1300 points.

Including the 700 points he personally earned, the 400 collective points for the Jade-Green Squad, the 150 collective points for the Clear Bamboo Group, and the 50 collective points for combat participation.