"Austin Zorn?"
"Level 8 Ghost King City?"
The info Nasha shared was packed with surprises for Yu Jin.
Tier Eight Extre City Lord Level 8 Shelter City.
Isn’t this exactly the ’fat sheep’ Yu Jin’s been hunting for?
But.
When he asked about the exact location of Ghost King City, Nasha replied:
"Ghost King City possesses ’Stealth’ and ’Mobile’ traits."
"Unless it actively reveals itself, even if you search every corner of the A399 Area, you’ll never find Ghost King City."
"Even for , every ti I return to Ghost King City, I rely on guidance to find it..."
Yu Jin fell into deep thought.
Naiya had ntioned the ’Stealth’ trait to him before.
According to Naiya—
"If this stealth hits its limit, a massive city can be right in front of you, yet you can’t see it, and you can’t perceive it either."
"Plus, entry and exit must be permitted."
"Otherwise, even if you know it’s there, you can’t enter it, let alone attack it."
As for the other ’Mobile’ trait, Yu Jin wasn’t familiar with it.
But as a trait of a Level 8 Shelter City, he figured its effect probably wasn’t any less busted than Stealth.
"Stealth Mobile?"
"Why does this feel like so sneaky bastard’s ho turf?"
Yu Jin frowned.
He wasn’t sure if his ’Eye of Insight’ could locate the hidden Ghost King City in the vast A399 Area.
Shelter Cities are top-tier ga facilities in ’Wasteland’ after all.
"Looks like taking down this Level 8 Shelter City won’t be a walk in the park..."
Yu Jin pondered for a bit and ca up with an idea.
"You’re free to go."
He looked at disheveled Nasha and said.
"Huh?"
On Nasha’s flushed little face, a trace of confusion appeared.
That’s it?
She... she felt like she could still be ’interrogated’ for a while longer...
...
...
Promotion of Mang City took one day.
When the promotion wrapped up, the city gates opened and Nasha, a bit reluctant, left, slowly vanishing into the distant Wasteland Wilderness.
Without the ’Wind’ attribute, she was much, much slower than before.
But...
That "looking back every three steps" routine really gave Yu Jin a headful of black lines.
Letting Nasha go obviously wasn’t so sudden saintly impulse.
He’d marked her with both ’Perception Mark’ and ’Coordinate Imprint.’
Letting the tiger back to the mountain?
Nah, more like mountain collapses and earth shatters!
"Co on, she’s the blood sister of a Level 8 City Lord. Austin Zorn can’t possibly be on guard against his own sister, right?"
"As long as Nasha gets back to Ghost King City..."
"Dawn City will get a brand new Level 8 Shelter City—and a thousand new sub-cities!"
Yu Jin was pumped for this.
On the flip side—
After Mang City was promoted, Luo Yu showed up before Yu Jin at the earliest chance.
"Mang City’s people pledge——"
"To march forward for you!"
Luo Yu, now City Lord of a freshly Level 5 Mang City, wasn’t greedy about the promotion.
He knew full well, in this Wasteland, those who know the rules are the real winners.
And then...
Just as Luo Yu made his offering,
System ssages popped up on Yu Jin’s virtual panel as expected.
"Just as I guessed!"
Yu Jin was in a great mood.
[You descend with divine might, conquering the ’Level 5 Interstellar Refuge Fortress’ single-handedly as an ant!]
[Wasteland Points 500 million!]
[You’ve received resources: Tier Eleven Energy Crystal*20!]
When Yu Jin conquered Level 4 Daluo City, the system reward was ’100 million points 40 Tier Ten Crystals.’
And now?
After Mang City advanced from Level 4 to 5, the reward got a major upgrade!
Pretty obvious—
The reward for conquering a Level 5 Shelter City is way higher than conquering two Level 4 Shelter Cities.
million points? Not enough for Yu Jin to care.
But twenty Tier Eleven Crystals ca just in ti!
Before leaving Dawn City, Yu Jin had already absorbed and digested his only ’Tier Twelve Crystal.’
The good news—
One step closer to Tier Twelve.
The bad news—
With each Tier jump, the energy needed for each breakthrough gets more and more insane.
"If I add up the crystals collected from clearing out High-Tier Mutant Beast/Infected Body in A369 Area..."
"I may not break through to Tier Twelve yet, but I’m not far off!"
Yu Jin hadn’t expected that, out for only two days, he’d gained way more than the previous ten days combined.
Turns out, hiding in the springs to farm is a dead end—gotta go out and jungle, jungle hard!
After Mang City was tad, Yu Jin didn’t rush to ’downgrade’ it to subdue the other 50 sub-cities.
Dawn City still needed 150 more sub-cities for promotion.
Before that, Yu Jin planned to keep Mang City’s level and let Luo Yu stay as ’Deputy City Lord.’
After all, Luo Yu and Old Yu are ’brothers.’
Luo Yu definitely knew the ga, so there’s no point in going too hard on him.
Wait until Dawn City really needs to promote; downgrading Mang City can co later.
This decision left Luo Yu both shocked and delighted, practically moved to tears,
He’d already braced himself for Mang City to get downgraded right away, dropping his own Tier...
"We pledge——"
"To march forward for you!"
Luo Yu, leading Mang City’s hundreds of thousands of citizens, shouted in unison.
Old Yu’s face was full of proud smiles at this mont.
He didn’t get city promotions or downgrades, he just knew—
his kid was still the sa as before, loyal and damn impressive!
"By the way."
"Gather all Mang City’s people. I’ll grant you so Dawn City perks."
Before crystal munching, Yu Jin instructed Luo Yu.
Monts later—
Whoosh——
Whoosh whoosh——
Inside Mang City,
Light halo after halo fell from Yu Jin’s fingertips.
Weird moans echoed on and on.
Luo Yu’s pollution degree, previously over 90%, was swept clear by Purifying Light.
Old Yu didn’t have much pollution, but still felt ’damn good.’
Then...
Yu Jin grabbed Old Yu and stuffed him with a few Tier Two and Tier Three Energy Crystals.
This old guy, don’t be fooled by his current ’Benefit Link’ effect—rivaling Tier Seven Evolver—but in fact, he hasn’t even awakened yet.
Before Yu Jin left Dawn City, he upgraded the ’Benefit Link’ ability to Level 9 Max Level.
But...
’Benefit Link’s percent effect didn’t increase, still only based on Tier Difference.
Old Yu and Cao Fang are both Tier Zero, so the benefit ratio is just 0.1%.
Yin Yao is Tier Five, and her gap with Yu Jin is smaller, so hers is 1%.
Upgrading ’Benefit Link’ ans sharing part of the ’Energy Pool,’ aka Mana Bar.
Level 9 ability lets Old Yu and Cao Fang share 50% of Yu Jin’s Mana Bar.
For these two, it’s basically ’Infinite Mana Bar.’
Full-Level ’Benefit Link’ has a special effect: the link recipient gets one random ability from a higher Tier individual.
This ability is pure RNG, and the random result was——
[Tier Six Reproduction Attribute Ability: Cellularization Lv1]
[Active Effect: Transform into billions of cells; as long as one survives, absorb energy to fully resurrect]
This ability may lack combat power, but it’s definitely a ’god-tier survival skill.’
Besides Old Yu, Yu Jin also hooked up all four buzzcut youths with a Crystal Awakening package.
And he thanked them for taking care of Old Yu since they transmigrated.
The four youths were both delighted and nervous, and especially, after hearing Yu Jin say there’d be a chance to return to Blue Star soday, they teared up instantly.
After getting everything sorted, Yu Jin didn’t linger and found a quiet little building in Mang City.
Crunch——!
Crystal munching, level up!
Yu Jin had a hunch...
The second wave of Alien Invaders was probably already on the way!
He’d better break through to Tier Twelve before they arrive!
...
...
A307 Area.
Boom——
Rumble——!
Up in the Celestial Vault,
Massive Dawn City crashed down.
Thud——!
Yin Yao, ruthless and silent, fired a shell right at the City Lord’s Mansion of the shelter below.
Tier Five City Lord, dead.
Then,
Dawn City landed.
"Charge!"
Chen Gang, Wang Yunpeng, and the crowd led the Evolver Corps out in force.
An hour later.
Dawn City sub-city 1.
Boom——!
Dawn City took off again, heading for the next target.
After repeating this,
In two days, Dawn City conquered nearly 30 Shelter Cities in the area.
But before Yin Yao and company could celebrate, the next second they found out—
"The president just conquered a Level 5 Shelter City?"
"Dawn City will add 100 new sub-cities?"
In the conference hall,
For a mont, everyone was speechless.
"How about..."
"We also go and attack a High-Level Shelter City directly?"
"Those Shelter Cities we just tad in A307 Area are all sub-cities of the sa main city, right?"
"We just don’t know what level that city actually is..."
Inspired by Yu Jin’s achievent, Chen Gang proposed a bold idea.
...
...
Wasteland Wilderness, swept by yellow sand.
Nasha marched alone.
Thinking back on her Mang City trip, she felt aggrieved but also oddly nostalgic.
"Ugh——"
Nasha let out a heavy sigh.
Being interrogated hard? No complaints about that.
But losing her ’Wind’ attribute was a huge blow for her.
Without Wind, her Tier Eight Evolver status was just for show.
Unless, her brother would give her an ’Attribute Activation Stone.’
But...
Nasha knew her brother well; this wish probably wouldn’t co true.
"Without Wind, I can only walk. Getting back to A399 Area might take ages..."
Nasha looked ahead at the endless wilderness, frustrated inside.
She looked back once, confirming she’d gotten very far from Mang City—maybe over a thousand kiloters away.
"Should be able to communicate now..."
Nasha thought to herself.
As Ghost King City’s Tier Eight Evolver, she and her brother, City Lord Austin Zorn, had a ’communication’ ability link.
The communication ability was useful, but its signals couldn’t hide from high-tier Evolvers.
So, for the past two days being interrogated by Yu Jin, she hadn’t dared to communicate.
Bzz——
The pulse radiated out.
Nasha sent her communication request.
"Beep——!"
At that crisp sound, Nasha’s face burst into a grin.
"Brother!"
Nasha called out excitedly.
But—
The response was familiar cursing.
"Useless!"
Nasha’s smile froze instantly.
"You can’t even take down a little old Level 4 Shelter City!"
"Vilan Mitchell from the neighboring A368 Area already reported——"
"That Mang City just conquered a hundred Shelter Cities in A369 Area!"
"All these years, you’re still the sha of Austin Clan, no progress at all!"
Austin Zorn’s tone was icily cold.
Nasha stood silent, her earlier wish to complain fading fast.
"What?"
"Are you going to tell that an area with no Tier Eight Evolver suddenly spawned a powerful enemy and you couldn’t beat them?"
Austin Zorn’s words dripped with sarcasm.
"N-no..."
"Just got careless for a mont..."
Nasha answered.
"Please, brother, send a few more Tier Eight Evolvers!"
"With them, I can definitely take Mang City!"
"No, not just that!"
"I can take all the surrounding areas, bring Ghost King City hundreds more sub-cities!"
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