Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 122 - 110: The Only Tier Nine Yu Jin? Then I’ll Kill Him First!

Chapter 122: Chapter 110: The Only Tier Nine Yu Jin? Then I’ll Kill Him First!

Time flew by in a hurry.

In the blink of an eye.

Two days passed.

Celsa Star.

Eureka checked over everything repeatedly, making sure he was completely prepared for the crossing.

By his side, his little sister Aliya was already crying her eyes out.

"Don’t do it, big brother..."

She couldn’t bear to part with Eureka, didn’t want him to go to that dangerous Wasteland Star System.

Not long ago—

Her best friend had also chosen to cross over, and the result...

After barely a month, she died over there.

Even though the Selza Civilization had been immersed in the "Wasteland" game for thousands of years, its own technological development hadn’t completely fallen behind.

Especially Life Sciences.

This allowed Celsa Star to master quantum technology capable of detecting life or death status of lifeforms across countless light years.

"It’s alright, Aliya."

"Maybe I’ll make it into the top ten thousand in the star system rankings and get chosen by a High-dimensional Civilization!"

"If that happens, I might have a chance to return to Celsa Star!"

"Just like that pioneer two thousand years ago who brought us information and knowledge about the ’Wasteland Star System,’ and unlocked the ’prepaid’ privileges!"

Eureka’s smile brimmed with confidence.

His Talent was strong!

Everyone said so.

He also believed that he would be a dazzling protagonist in the vast Wasteland Star System!

"But..."

Aliya wiped her tears, lowered her head, and sobbed softly:

"That pioneer, he only projected his image to Celsa Star..."

"He didn’t really come back, did he..."

Eureka smiled and ruffled Aliya’s hair.

"That’s because his ranking wasn’t high enough."

"Don’t worry, Aliya!"

"I will make it!"

"Wait for me on Celsa Star. Wait for me to become the next pioneer!"

Buzz—

As Eureka finished his words—

The helmet on the table began to vibrate slightly.

This was the helmet detecting the changes brought by Eureka turning twenty.

Now was the time to make his choice.

Put on the helmet, and he would cross over.

Don’t put on the helmet, and he’d stay on Celsa Star, with no chance in the rest of his life to cross ever again.

"Aliya, wait for me!"

Eureka gave his sister a hard hug.

Then turned around and put on the helmet!

[Welcome, player from Level II Selza Civilization, Ula Eureka!]

[You have chosen to cross...]

[You will cross to ’Drake-3 Wasteland Star System’...]

...

...

A3 Wasteland Planet.

A3-16 Area.

Buzz—

Space ripples spread out.

Eureka’s figure appeared out of nowhere.

"Huh?"

Eureka, just having crossed over, stared blankly at the scene before his eyes.

As far as he could see—

Yellow sand filled the sky, barren wilderness below.

"Where’s my Interstellar Spaceship?"

"Where’s my S-680 Micro Interstellar Spaceship that I bought with 10 billion Points?!"

Eureka’s eyes widened, about to lose his mind.

Just what kind of place have they thrown me?!

Only those Lone Wolf player—broke, poor bastards who couldn’t buy a spaceship—would, after crossing over, get refreshed onto a random planet in the star system!

And those planets, only a few could be called safe. The vast majority were downright deadly!

Either filled with Pollution, where getting close would rapidly raise your Pollution Level—

Or occupied by powerful Interstellar Mutant Beasts/Infected Bodies...

At that thought—

Eureka hurriedly scoped out his surroundings.

Then...

He froze.

"Tier Four Mutant Beast?"

Eureka stared at the shivering, unmoving mutated gray wolf ten meters away, completely baffled.

"Aren’t Mutant Beasts on the Wasteland Star System supposed to start from Tier Seven at minimum?"

Eureka began doubting life itself.

But very soon—

An icy mechanical system prompt echoed in his mind.

[Welcome, player from Level II Selza Civilization, Ula Eureka!]

[You have logged in to the "Wasteland" game—]

[Drake-3 Wasteland Star System’s subordinate "A3 Wasteland Planet" Server!]

"?"

Eureka looked bewildered.

A3 Wasteland Planet?

Wasteland Planet...?

Isn’t this just the Newbie Training Ground?

I’m supposed to go to the ’Drake-3’ Wasteland Star System...

Eureka couldn’t even force a smile.

But soon—

Once he heard the content after the mechanical system prompt, a grin appeared on his face.

[Because you are a special player, you have been deployed by the Star System Server to this location!]

[Suspected bug-type player exists on this planet server...]

[You have received a special mission: Assist in Investigation]

[Mission Duration: 172 days (before next Promotion)]

[Mission Reward: 50 billion Wasteland Points]

[Mission Brief: You need to find the suspected bug-type player and kill him/her]

[Mission Hint: None]

Although...

There’s no extra hint.

But...

"50 billion Points!"

"That’s enough to buy a medium-sized Interstellar Spaceship, or a Micro Interstellar Refuge Fortress!"

Eureka was thrilled.

He never expected that such a stroke of good fortune would land on him.

"Bug-type player?"

"The ’Wasteland’ game can actually have bugs?"

Eureka didn’t get it, but he was utterly shocked.

To him, as well as countless Selza Star People, the "Wasteland" game was created by a truly terrifying civilization.

Its essence might be to screen civilizations, or maybe to save them.

After all, if not for "Wasteland," all Celsa Star could do would be pray—pray that Pollution would never arrive for real.

Eureka shook his head and suppressed his thoughts.

"How many Tier Nine Evolvers are there on this planet?"

"A hundred, maybe?"

Eureka asked inwardly.

He wasn’t blinded by the windfall—instead, he carefully sought out more context.

[On this planet server...]

[Tier Nine Evolver count: 1]

[Tier Eight Evolver count: 291]

[...]

A3 Planet rules were so considerate, listing the number of players for every Tier.

But Eureka no longer cared to listen.

"One?"

"Only one Tier Nine?"

He was shocked.

The planet he descended on three years ago and massacred clean—

Even though there were few Tier Nines, there were at least ten or so.

But here, one Tier Nine?

"Pathetic."

"That’s just insulting my Ability."

Eureka shook his head, and the hint of caution that had just arisen in his heart vanished instantly.

"Is there information on that Tier Nine player?"

Eureka asked in his mind.

[Name: Yu Jin]

[Mother Star: Blue Star]

[Tier: Tier Nine]

[Area: A308]

[Identity: Dawn City Lord]

A3 Planet’s rules quickly returned the info.

These details are exactly those shown on the A3 Planet Server leaderboard.

"Yu Jin?"

Eureka mouthed the name. Sounded a little weird to him.

Swish—

He willed it and tried to call up the ’map’.

"Nothing?"

"This server is so garbage?"

"You don’t even have a map function?"

Eureka was speechless.

"Forget it, I’ll just find a nearby Refuge City to gather some info."

"Best if I can get a rough map of the area, then I’ll know where A308 is."

Even though he’d just crossed over and just accepted a mission—

Eureka already had a rough plan in mind.

Catch the thief—deal with the leader first. Shoot the one that stands out!

He suspected—

The so-called bug-type player was most likely ’Yu Jin’.

Even if not—

Eureka could just kill him, then subdue his faction.

Wasteland Planets are always vast; even if he was a Tier Nine Evolver, trying to search the entire planet in 172 days would be impossible.

Missions with zero information hints made searching for the bug-type player like finding a needle in a haystack.

So—

"Kill them all, then it’s solved."

Eureka muttered under his breath, putting force into his feet.

BOOM—!

His form shot straight up into the sky.

The terrifying aura of a Tier Nine Evolver swept across a hundred miles.

On the barren land—

Tens of thousands of Mutant Beasts and Infected Bodies all collapsed to the ground in terror, frozen stiff.

"Ha!"

Eureka laughed.

To him, this planet was "the Newbie Village inside the Newbie Village"—utterly unthreatening, a pure dimensional reduction strike!

"Huh?"

In the sky, Eureka noticed the faint projection of a city on the horizon.

"Refuge City?"

Eureka realized instantly.

On all those previous Wasteland Planets he had landed on, there were no Refuge Cities.

Refuge Cities only existed on these Wasteland Planets full of ’Low-level Civilization Bed Bugs’.

That experience three years ago gave him a bit of knowledge about Refuge Cities too.

Refuge Cities can be upgraded, from Level 0 to Level 9.

And those lowly bed bugs only advance to the Wasteland Star System collectively as a Refuge City unit.

More importantly—

Once upgraded to the Wasteland Star System, Refuge Cities could continue getting promoted.

When a Refuge City reaches Level 10, it will automatically evolve into a "Micro Interstellar Refuge Fortress"!

"Just a bunch of bed bugs—why do they deserve to have any Interstellar Refuge Fortress?"

The thought made Eureka uncomfortable again.

This special mission’s reward of 50 billion Points was barely enough to buy a Micro Interstellar Refuge Fortress.

The Selza Star People’s resentment towards low-level civilization players stemmed precisely from this.

Swish—!

Eureka’s face grew cold as he flew toward the distant Refuge City.

...

...

Alpha City.

Outside the city gates, refugees lined up, waiting to enter.

It had been more than seven days since Blue Star players crossed over here.

But the number of refugees on the wasteland hadn’t decreased at all.

On the streets of the Outer City...

In a wooden hut with a "Bookstore" sign.

Wu Yufei, hunched over his desk writing, suddenly looked up at the city gate.

His gaze was sharper than ever before.

"The scent of Knowledge?"

"This aura..."

"Vast and unfathomable, containing countless Knowledge never seen before..."

Yu Fei’s left hand tightened on his pen.

All sorts of characters and symbols began to shimmer in his eyes.

CRACK—!

The pen snapped.

In nearly the same instant—

BOOM—!

BOOM-RUMBLE—!

Deafening explosions rang out from outside Alpha City.

The giant city gate shattered in response.

Shattered along with it were hundreds or thousands of refugees outside the gate.

"Who?!"

A furious roar came from the City Lord’s Mansion.

The Tier Six Alpha City Lord rushed out howling.

Those refugees were Alpha City’s precious resource!

Now, someone dared to destroy his resources right in front of him!

Swish—!

The Tier Six City Lord shot into the air.

Bang—!

The Tier Six City Lord smashed back to the ground.

"You, you..."

The Alpha City Lord’s face was full of horror.

The earth-armor covering his body was cracked all over.

But the enemy...

Didn’t even use any Attribute Ability, just lightly slapped him.

With his last ounce of strength, the Alpha City Lord looked up at the figure whose foot was stomping on his chest.

Bang—!

The Alpha City Lord didn’t even have time to see the person’s face clearly.

Eureka pressed down with his foot.

The Tier Six City Lord was crushed alive, bursting into a bloody mist all over the sky...