Mang City.
Inner City Small Building, Underground Secret Chamber.
"Ah~"
Nasha’s face was strangely flushed, a cry of pain escaping her throat.
"..."
Yu Jin was covered in black lines.
He was clearly conducting a proper interrogation, so why was Nasha yelling like she was enjoying it...
"Damn it, your Wind Attribute is gone, and you awakened other attributes, huh?"
In the corner of the secret chamber.
Aili, immobilized by Spatial Imprisonnt, watched this scene, her fiery red eyes filled with confusion and despair.
She never would have expected...
That Lord Zorn’s own younger sister, Austin Nasha, would betray Ghost King City!
Not only did she call this young man in front of her ’Master’, she’d even lured Aili to Mang City to be handed over for free!
No wonder, no wonder Nasha had kept urging her to ask Lord Zorn for a few more Tier Eight Evolvers!
Aili was both furious and terrified.
She didn’t know this young man’s na or identity, she only knew he was terrifyingly strong!
As an old-school Tier Eight Evolver, she was two to three tis stronger than a newcor like Nasha.
But even so!
In front of this youth, she didn’t have even the slightest ability to fight back!
He had rely raised his hand casually, and she was rendered completely helpless, at his rcy...
Buzz—
A spatial ripple spread out.
Aili realized she could move again.
Boom—!
Imdiately, she activated the Fire Attribute Energy within.
"I advise you not to do that."
The young man’s voice sounded lightly.
Aili looked up to see him with arms crossed, watching her nonchalantly.
"..."
Aili clenched her fists.
The more casual his attitude, the more it proved his strength and confidence!
Even though Aili didn’t want to admit it, she sensed from this youth an aura even more terrifying than Ghost King City Lord Zorn...
"You know how to find Ghost King City, right?"
Yu Jin spoke slowly.
"..."
Aili fell silent.
Yu Jin lifted his hand.
Pa—!
Aili was knocked flying, but collided with a Spatial Barrier in midair.
[Second-tier Spatial Attribute Ability: Spatial Barrier Lv9]
[Active Effect: Generates a Spatial Shield that absorbs physical/energy attacks]
[Full-Level Effect: The shield can change shape at will]
Yu Jin used this ability now to protect the underground secret chamber, not wanting to collapse the building.
"Cough—"
Aili fell limply from the air, coughing up blood in bursts.
She felt like her entire body was about to fall apart.
That slap just now...
If he’d used just a bit more force, she might have died on the spot!
"Last chance."
"Tell how to find Ghost King City."
Yu Jin gazed at Aili.
[Aili Xiya]
[Mother Star: Twilight Star]
[Tier: Tier Eight]
[Attributes: Farsight, Fire]
[Abilities: Far-sighted Exploration Lv8, Farsighted Insight Lv7, Fireball Lv8, Lv3 Fiery Body Burning...]
[Evaluation: Spiritual leader of the last survivors of Twilight Star... Recruited by Ghost King City twenty years ago, now serves as Internal Affairs Officer, responsible for Ghost King City entry/exit permissions... Under orders from Austin Zorn, sent to A349 Area to assist Nasha in subjugating Mang City...]
Yu Jin kept Aili alive not out of pity, but because of her ’Internal Affairs Officer’ status and her authority over ’Ghost King City entry/exit’.
Nasha had told him, Ghost King City had ’Concealnt Mobility’ as traits, making it hard to find by normal ans.
Yet now?
Yu Jin hadn’t expected Ghost King City’s Internal Affairs Officer to serve herself up.
In the dim secret chamber.
Ti passed slowly, the atmosphere tense and oppressive.
"Do you want to be interrogated too?"
Yu Jin raised his brows.
"I..."
Aili finally made a sound, biting her red lips, her face showing a huge internal struggle.
"Worried about the survivors of Twilight Star?"
Yu Jin cut straight to the point.
Aili’s beautiful eyes trembled violently.
She looked up at Yu Jin, shock flooding her gaze.
How could this youth know what she was thinking...
Did he also, besides ’Space’, have so attribute like ’Mind Reading Skill’?
"Ghost King City is of so use to , but only for now."
"A bit later, once I find another Level 8 Shelter City, Ghost King City won’t be that important."
"So..."
"You only have this one opportunity."
Yu Jin wasn’t willing to risk that ’Strongman’s Spoils’ could seize Aili’s mories or authority related to Ghost King City—he hoped this red-haired dominatrix would also, like Nasha, switch allegiance.
Aili lowered her head, silent for a long ti.
She recalled the scenes just before, of Nasha being interrogated.
Aili’s body reflexively shrank a little.
She didn’t want to be interrogated that way. It was... far too much to bear.
"I, I..."
"I’m willing to cooperate..."
"My lord... what do you need to do?"
Aili ultimately chose to submit.
...
...
Mang City.
Atop the city wall.
Yu Jin watched the two won gradually disappear off into the distance.
Just as he had with Nasha, he let Aili go, leaving a Coordinate Imprint and Perception Mark on her, and binding her as a communication contact.
What Aili had to do was return to Ghost King City as fast as possible.
Then...
Send him a communication.
At that ti—
He’d be able to cross countless distances and directly arrive at the Level 8 Shelter City, Ghost King City!
"Level 8 City..."
Just thinking about it made Yu Jin a bit excited.
The developnt of Dawn City might soon reach unimaginable speeds.
"The standard for a Level 8 Shelter City is at least 1,500 affiliated cities."
"Above Level 8 is Level 9, but that requires ruling at least 10,000 Shelter Cities."
"As far as is known in A3 Planet’s history, there’s never been a Level 9 Shelter City."
Yu Jin recalled the information Naiya had told him, his heart brimming with lofty ambition.
But before that, Dawn City needed to promote to Level 6 first.
The jump from Level 5 to 6 would bring massive changes.
Yu Jin was really looking forward to it.
At the sa ti—
Dawn City’s promotion to Level 6 also ant the phase goal Yu Jin had dread of since arriving in the Wasteland would finally be reached.
After Level 6 Shelter City, Tier Six Ability Coordinate Imprint could be boosted to Max Level through "One-Click Max Level".
That would an...
Yu Jin might be able to return to Blue Star even sooner, and everything in Naiya’s earlier Prophecy may well change as a result.
Buzz—
Yu Jin thought to himself, instantly returning to Dawn City to continue popping crystals.
He’d only gotten halfway through before Old Yu called for help, pulling him away to Mang City.
Fortunately the Mang City incident hadn’t delayed him much at all, and there was even the surprise windfall of ’Aili’.
...
...
One day and night passed, dawn still hadn’t co.
Dawn City.
Core Area.
Seated cross-legged on his ten-ter-wide bed, Yu Jin opened his eyes.
"Tier Fourteen!"
After consuming all his high-tier crystals in one go, Yu Jin, just as expected, managed a two-level leap.
From Tier Eleven to Twelve, it took Yu Jin quite a bit of ti—grinding monsters and conquering Shelter Cities.
But from Tier Twelve to Fourteen, Yu Jin spent less than two days.
It was all thanks to those ’Alien Invaders’.
It’s worth noting—
During yesterday’s two breakthroughs, the A3 Planet rules fluctuated again.
The system thoughtfully deciphered the info for him.
[...]
[Please dispatch a larger number of higher-tier High-level Civilization Players.]
[More!]
[Higher Tier!]
In the ssage sent to the Star System Wasteland Server, the A3 Planet rules even put special emphasis on these points.
This nearly made Yu Jin burst out laughing.
Of course—
After getting blocked twice in a row, the A3 Planet rules finally made a change.
[Rule Supplent——]
[After High-level Civilization Players are delivered, they can’t obtain Shelter City Lord status]
[Rule Supplent——]
[After High-level Civilization Players are delivered, they can obtain ’Stellar Duel’ privileges]
Yu Jin understood the first part—it was to prevent another Kasuo City incident.
The second part...
"Stellar Duel privileges?"
Yu Jin mulled over these words, feeling this was likely A3 Planet’s ultimate gambit.
Because hidden behind this ssage was another extra sentence:
[Request to the Star System Server for temporary enablent of ’Stellar Duel’ privilege...]
The aning was clear.
A3 Planet rules could not itself grant ’High-End Player’ the so-called ’Stellar Duel’ privilege—it needed a higher-level Star System Server for that.
"Tier Fourteen is still not safe!"
"Tier Fifteen isn’t steady either."
"Only by Tier Nineteen can I be sowhat confident."
Yu Jin, having just broken through, set his sights on new goals.
anwhile—
Boom—!
Yu Jin sensed a Tier Seven aura mingled with sandstorm and Spiritual Power soaring up in Dawn City.
Crackle—!
Soon after—
Electric currents surged, reverberating across the city.
Swoosh—
Yu Jin stood up, face filled with delight.
He hadn’t expected that in less than two days, Yin Yao and Chen Gang would both break through to Tier Seven!
Add to that Neil at Tier Seven, and Naiya at Tier Nine.
Not only did that reach the requirents to upgrade to Level 6 Shelter City, they even had an extra Tier Seven!
[Beep beep——]
In the Core Area—
The cold chanical notification sounded promptly.
[Dawn City has t the promotion requirents...]
[Begin promotion?]
[Once promoted, Dawn City will rise to Level 6]
"Yes!"
Yu Jin, who’d been waiting for this mont, hesitated not a second.
[Kind Reminder——]
[You possess the ’Civilization Detection Module’ and ’Affiliated City Module’...]
[Would you like to install both during this promotion?]
"Install!"
Yu Jin was in great spirits.
[Kind Reminder——]
[During Dawn City’s promotion, City Lord and Subordinates cannot leave the City!]
[Estimated ti for promotion: 3 days]
Boom—
Rumble—!
The promotion began, Dawn City automatically lifting off and soaring toward the Celestial Vault.
This was because with this upgrade, the ’Sky’ trait would get new effects.
Sky City naturally needed to be in the sky to really ’let loose’.
Inside Dawn City—
Nearly all one million Subordinates from Blue Star who’d been waiting for this mont hit the streets, dancing and celebrating.
"Loyalty~!"
Yin Yao and Chen Gang, who’d just advanced to Tier Seven, also opened their eyes, overjoyed and vaguely relieved.
Especially Yin Yao, who kept muttering softly about ’finally not dragging everyone down’ and the like.
Core Area.
Yu Jin, using ’Light Touch’ to observe all this, nodded in satisfaction.
Swoosh—
Yu Jin called up his personal panel with a thought.
His gaze landed on a new line of information.
[Talent: Enhancent]
[Effect: After activation, allows you to enhance one of your Abilities]
"If I can instantly return to Blue Star after Dawn City hits Level 6..."
"It’s all up to you now..."
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