Neil nodded and took note.
"Lastly—"
"In the coming period, unless there’s a sudden situation that can’t be resolved, try not to disturb ."
After Yu Jin finished speaking, he got up and walked toward the Core Area.
There, the ’High-dinsional Helt’ he had previously obtained was resting quietly.
Having completed all preparations for A3 Planet, Yu Jin was ready to log into the so-called "Wasteland OL"!
"Hmm?"
Yu Jin had just arrived at the Core Area when he suddenly made a soft sound and stopped in his tracks.
"This is..."
"Yu Fei’s communication?"
Yu Jin raised his brows slightly.
Ever since absorbing Eureka’s knowledge and mories, Yu Fei had remained in a half-dormant, digesting state—was he now awake?
Shua—
Yu Jin’s mind stirred, and he didn’t rush to put on the helt, instead heading for Alpha City.
His intuition told him—
Yu Fei had probably gained so remarkable knowledge or information, or else he wouldn’t have contacted him so suddenly.
...
...
A316 Area.
Alpha City, City Lord’s Mansion.
Yu Jin had previously left a ’Coordinate Imprint’ here, so in just a mont, he shuttled from Dawn City to this place.
As Yu Jin stepped out of the void, he saw Wu Yufei sitting in the lord’s seat, his brows furrowed tightly in the shape of the character "川".
At this mont, through the ’Eye of Insight’, Yu Jin discovered that his Tier had already risen to an astonishing Tier Seven.
"Old Yu..."
Yu Fei saw Yu Jin and called out, his tone carrying a hint of heaviness.
He stood up and took Yu Jin directly toward Alpha City’s Core Area.
In front of the City Core, Yu Fei stopped and turned to look at Yu Jin.
"By leveraging Alpha City’s City Core, I’ve learned about this city, this planet’s thousand- and ten-thousand-year history..."
Yu Fei slowly recounted to Yu Jin the ’Knowledge’ he’d absorbed this ti.
"About ten thousand years ago, this planet was just like Blue Star—blue, peaceful, teeming with life."
"At that ti, this planet also housed humans just like us."
"But then one day, the ’Wasteland’ ga arrived, and the beta test opened."
"Seven days later, half the humans disappeared."
"At the sa ti, a black teorite fell onto the planet."
"In just a mont, the remaining half either died on the spot or, if they survived, turned into Infected Bodies."
Upon hearing this, Yu Jin’s expression didn’t change.
This part of the information, he had already guessed and understood previously; Yu Fei as well.
Yu Jin knew that Yu Fei’s serious attitude at this mont ant he’d learned sothing else beyond this.
Yu Fei, in a low voice, continued:
"After ’Wasteland’ appeared and Pollution descended, this planet began to transform into a Wasteland at an extrely fast pace."
"In less than a year, every living creature on this planet beca either a Mutant Beast or an Infected Body."
"And just at that ti..."
"Visitors from outside the planet, arrived!"
Yu Jin frowned at these words.
"Visitors from outside the planet?"
"Polluting cosmic bodies like Oumuamua?"
After speaking,
Yu Fei took a deep breath.
He shook his head resolutely:
"No, not Oumuamua."
"It was..."
"Humans!"
"Humans just like us!"
"They also awakened Attributes and possessed Extraordinary abilities. Though they seed a bit weak, still..."
"They were definitely humans, Evolvers!"
Yu Fei’s tone was full of certainty.
"Evolvers?"
"After A3 Planet was polluted, the human Evolvers descended from the sky?"
Yu Jin’s brows furrowed even more.
"And then?"
"What happened?"
Yu Jin pondered for a mont, then pressed on with his questions.
"War!"
Yu Fei spat out the word.
"A protracted war!"
"Not humans against Mutant Beasts or Infected Bodies, but..."
"One group of humans against another group of humans!"
"They fought fiercely on this planet, seemingly competing over sothing."
"Among them, so humans could even leverage the powers of Mutant Beasts and Infected Bodies to fight."
The information Yu Fei revealed made Yu Jin fall deep into thought.
Regarding the human Evolvers that Yu Fei described, a na appeared in Yu Jin’s mind—players.
To be precise, "Wasteland" ga players.
Perhaps...
Apart from the planet Wasteland and the Star System Wasteland he already knew of, the "Wasteland" ga had even more content and modes?
For example, as Yu Fei described, players descend onto polluted planets and wage wars against each other.
"Sothing just feels off..."
Yu Jin temporarily set aside his thoughts and continued to listen to Yu Fei’s account.
"The war went on for a long ti."
"Until one side finally prevailed."
"From that mont, A3 Planet underwent massive changes."
"It was as if so terrifying force relocated it directly from its original place in the starry sky to its current location."
"After that..."
"As ti passed, Refuge Cities sprang up like ga facilities."
Yu Fei paused, then added:
"Also, I discovered—"
"The City Core of Refuge City actually links to the planet’s core and continually extracts energy from it."
"But, as we both know, a planet’s energy is not infinite."
"Over ti, A3 Planet’s core energy has nearly dried up."
"It’s unclear, for now, what happens if the planetary core runs out..."
...
...
Dawn City.
Tower of the Sky.
Yu Jin stepped out from the void.
Yu Fei had told him a great deal at once, all knowledge drawn from Alpha City’s City Core using his ’Knowledge’ Attribute.
And what Yu Jin was thinking was...
"After A3 Planet was polluted, players descended and, for so reason, triggered a war."
"So what about Blue Star, the Blue Star that should have been polluted—will players also descend soday?"
This speculation made Yu Jin uneasy.
Last ti he returned to Blue Star, he purified the leftover pollution from Oumuamua, but also let the last 1% pollution from Oumuamua 2 descend again.
As one wanes and the other waxes, Blue Star’s pollution wasn’t erased— it may have even increased.
Yu Jin’s original plan was—
After Dawn City promoted to a higher Level, try to return to Blue Star again and see if a better pollution solution could be found.
But now?
The information brought by Yu Fei warned of another crisis on Blue Star, besides Oumuamua’s pollution.
This crisis is nad: Players!
Ironically, Yu Jin and the other Blue Star humans are also players.
"High-dinsional Players?"
"Or was A3 Planet once part of the Star System Wasteland?"
Yu Jin pondered, but couldn’t find a definite answer.
His gaze finally landed on the gray helt lying quietly atop the large bed.
[High-dinsional Helt——]
[A special helt only High-dinsional Civilization players can possess. Use it to log into "Wasteland OL"]
Yu Jin’s original plan was to log into "Wasteland OL" during Dawn City’s expansion and promotion, to see what was really going on.
Now...
"Log in!"
"Log in as a High-dinsional Player on Wasteland OL!"
Yu Jin took a deep breath, adjusted his state, and solemnly put on the helt.
Shua—
The world before Yu Jin’s eyes plunged into darkness.
The darkness lasted for an unknown period, until words appeared on the screen.
[Would you like to log into ’Wasteland OL’ and fight for your Civilization?]
Yu Jin didn’t rush to make a choice but waited quietly.
"Hmm?"
A long ti passed.
Yu Jin didn’t receive any system warnings.
Back on Blue Star, he couldn’t play "Wasteland" at all—so why is he able to log in now?
Yu Jin was curious and silently queried the system within his mind.
[’Wasteland OL’ has no program conflicts with this system, and compatibility is extrely high]
[Please feel free to play; there is no risk of program chaos or system exposure]
The system’s reply made Yu Jin relax.
"Since that’s the case, then..."
"Log in!"
Yu Jin silently intoned in his heart.
Co to think of it.
This was his first ti logging into ’Wasteland’.
Previously, he had never successfully used the helt.
Just because of that.
As this mont arrived, Yu Jin unexpectedly felt a bit of anticipation.
No telling how much ti passed.
Shua—
Darkness faded from Yu Jin’s vision.
And the first thing his eyes landed on, was a planet half blue and half pitch black...
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