Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 118 - 106: "Principal Jiang?" "Yu City Lord!

Chapter 118: Chapter 106: "Principal Jiang?" "Yu City Lord!

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, another day had passed.

Yu Jin opened his eyes.

"What a pity..."

He lowered his head, looking at his empty hands—the crystals totally consumed—letting out a quiet sigh.

Except for the Tier Ten Crystal used as the Energy Source for Dawn City, all the other crystals had been completely devoured by him over these two days.

This included the rewards brought to him by the ’Territory’ module after Dawn City conquered Refuge City in the past day—15 Tier Ten Energy Crystals among them.

But even so.

Yu Jin still hadn’t broken through to Tier Eleven.

He took a deep breath, a thought stirring in his heart.

Whoosh—

’Value’ appeared.

[Yu Jin]

[Tier: Tier Ten]

...

[Comprehensive Coefficient: 2.6 million]

This round of crystal consumption—his Value had doubled.

Even considering a 50% suppression.

He still had a Value of ’100 + 160*50% = 1.8 million’.

The Tier Nine Limit Value was at 990,000.

Yu Jin’s Value was already double that.

But...

"Not stable."

Yu Jin shook his head.

"Still have to hunt high-tier monsters, get more high-tier crystals."

Yu Jin muttered, but didn’t rush out of the city to hunt.

He stood up and headed toward the Council Hall outside.

Just now, when he habitually used the ’Light Touch’ ability to check the situation in Dawn City—

Yu Jin had seen the figure of an old acquaintance.

This old acquaintance was someone Yu Jin felt deserved a personal welcome. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

...

...

Time rewinds a little.

Buma City.

This is the Western A308 Area, an ordinary Level 0 Sanctuary City.

But...

An hour ago.

A ’Sanctuary City’ came flying from the sky.

That ’Sanctuary City’ didn’t say a word—blasted the City Lord’s Mansion with a cannon.

Poor Lord City Lord was sent to the afterlife on the spot.

After that—

The ’Sanctuary City’ landed beside Buma City.

Tens of thousands of Evolvers swarmed in, shouting ’Loyalty!’ as they flooded inside.

Then...

"Loyalty~!"

All over Buma City, whether Subordinates or Refugees, whether Personal Guard Teams or otherwise, everyone shouted ’Loyalty!’ in unison.

Such a scene—

In the past day, Chen Gang and others had already seen it happen fifteen times.

The number of cities subordinate to Dawn City had also reached a staggering twenty-five.

Twenty-five, just enough for promotion to Level 3 Sanctuary City.

For this reason—

This time, Dawn City landed by Buma City and didn’t immediately take off like before, but temporarily settled in.

At this moment—

Outside Buma City—

Disheveled Refugees formed a long, snaking line.

A glance revealed upwards of ten thousand people.

All of them—players from Blue Star.

They were all eligible to join Dawn City.

"Name?"

Wang Yunpeng and other Environmental Protection Club members, with a team of Blue Star Evolvers, were registering the Refugees’ info.

"Jiang Haichuan."

Wang Yunpeng didn’t even look up, ready to jot down the name with his pen.

But—

"Wait up?"

Wang Yunpeng suddenly froze.

He snapped his head up.

Before him was a sallow, skinny, square-faced man.

"Jiang... Principal Jiang?!"

Wang Yunpeng was stunned.

Though the man’s face was blood-streaked and his eyes a bit swollen, this face, this voice—

Who else could it be but Principal Jiang from Jiang University!

"What?"

Wang Yunpeng’s shout drew Chen Gang, who was maintaining order nearby, over as well.

Whoosh—!

Chen Gang strode out, crossing over ten meters in a step, appearing at the front of the queue.

"Damn! It’s really Principal Jiang!"

Chen Gang’s eyes widened in disbelief as he stared.

"..."

Jiang Haichuan’s throat rolled; he couldn’t speak.

His malnourished and yellowed face showed a hint of bitterness.

In just six days—everything had changed.

Now, there was nothing left of the person he used to be as Principal...

In this cruel Wasteland World, just surviving until now ought to be counted lucky.

He hadn’t even worn a helmet back then, but still, God’s dice chose him, sending him across.

...

...

Jiang Haichuan walked the streets of Dawn City’s Outer City.

As a Blue Star player, he smoothly gained eligibility for joining Dawn City.

Originally—

Wang Yunpeng and the others wanted to report his info directly to Yu Jin.

But Neil explained—

Yu Jin was currently secluded in the City Lord’s Mansion, no one was permitted to disturb him.

Unfortunately—

Yin Yao was also in seclusion, consuming crystals, unaware of Jiang Haichuan’s arrival.

Of course—

Even if she knew, she wouldn’t dare use her position for personal gain to look after him.

Everyone was clear—Yu Jin was the sole master of Dawn City.

"So this is..."

"Yu Jin’s Dawn City?"

Even with some mental preparation, Jiang Haichuan looked at the much broader streets than Buma City, saw the rows of buildings—he couldn’t help but sigh.

Before crossing, he already knew—

Yu Jin would be powerful in the Wasteland; a Tier Nine Evolver, the Dawn City Lord.

But—

Now, only six days since crossing.

He himself was still mining as a slave in Buma City.

But Yu Jin?

He was already the Dawn City Lord!

And the Refuge City he ruled not only had hundreds of thousands of subordinates, but it could also fly!

"How did he pull it off?"

"I heard Yaoyao is here too—maybe she’s become a strong Evolver as well..."

Jiang Haichuan’s sighs came one after another.

He walked with his head down, gradually realizing he didn’t really fit in with the crowd.

Not just because of his ragged clothes, but—

"Evolvers?"

"Why are they all Evolvers?"

Jiang Haichuan stopped, face confused.

In Buma City, there were only about a thousand Evolvers.

Every Evolver was valued by the City Lord, and held an official post in the Sanctuary City.

The past six days—

Jiang Haichuan had considered secretly using a Pollution Crystal, gambling for an awakening.

But after seeing a companion fail and die in pain, he’d given up.

But now?

Although Jiang Haichuan wasn’t an Evolver, after six days in the Wasteland, he could sense the difference in aura from ’Evolver adults’.

"Even the kids are Evolvers?"

Jiang Haichuan stared at a little girl nearby, no more than seven or eight, pupils contracting.

"All Evolvers..."

"Except me, and the newly joined Subordinates from Buma City?"

Jiang Haichuan was bewildered.

He lowered his head, a bit numb, walking toward the Dawn Inner City.

Because upon entering, Wang Yunpeng told him: New Subordinates had to go there to collect the most basic ’welfare’.

"What kind of welfare?"

"Food? Water?"

"Maybe even clothes..."

Jiang Haichuan guessed, noticing everyone around him dressed clean and tidy, not dirty like himself.

Pretty soon—

Jiang Haichuan arrived at the Martial Arts Plaza.

He saw—

The broad plaza was filled with people sitting.

All of them cross-legged, eyes closed.

"This is..."

Jiang Haichuan looked confused.

Bang—!

The next second—

A figure not far from Jiang Haichuan suddenly burst out in flames, causing him to stumble back a couple steps in fright.

"Awakened? Evolved?!"

Jiang Haichuan realized after the fact.

The figure stood up excitedly, raising his arm and shouting ’Loyalty!’

"Hey—"

A call snapped Jiang Haichuan out of it.

"New here?"

A young man in a Dawn City Guard Team uniform walked up to Jiang Haichuan.

"Uh, yes, just arrived!"

Jiang Haichuan nodded his head repeatedly.

"Here—"

The young guard shoved a somewhat gray-black crystal into his hand.

"Tier Two Infection Crystal, city entry welfare."

"Go sit at the plaza and awaken!"

"You have a 95% chance of success, in theory. If you fail..."—

"You’ll have to collect crystals, haul beast meat for Dawn City, earn enough ’Contribution Points’ before you can get another crystal."

"Also, after you awaken, remember to collect your Identity Card, food, water, and new clothes."

"Shabby as you are, it messes up Dawn City’s image."

The young man finished, not leaving, but staring straight at Jiang Haichuan.

Jiang Haichuan, baffled, felt a bit awkward.

"Loyalty?"

The young man suddenly spoke up.

"Loyalty!"

Jiang Haichuan answered instantly.

"Yeah, got it!"

The young man nodded in satisfaction and turned away.

Jiang Haichuan stood still, watching the young man leave.

For a long moment—

He lowered his head, gazing at the crystal in his hand.

"Tier Two Crystal...?"

Now Jiang Haichuan finally understood why, along the way, all he’d seen were Evolvers!

He finally realized how all those people awakening in the plaza came to be!

"This..."

"This is Dawn City?"

Jiang Haichuan’s throat rolled as he swallowed hard.

He’d never seen a Tier Two Crystal before, but he knew just how precious it was!

In Buma City, not to mention Tier Two Crystals—even Tier One Crystals were unattainable treasures for Refugees!

Buzz—

Suddenly.

The space ahead of Jiang Haichuan rippled.

Yu Jin appeared out of thin air.

"Principal Jiang."

He addressed softly, his tone carrying respect.

Jiang Haichuan, after a brief daze, lowered his gaze and replied reverently:

"Lord Yu!"

Hearing this, Yu Jin was momentarily stunned, unsure how to respond...