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Chapter 101 Refuge City Characteristics? Dawn - Sky City! (Guaranteed 23)

Time flies by.

In the blink of an eye.

One day passed.

Dawn City.

hum-

Spatial fluctuations spread.

Yu Jin sat upright in the position of city lord.

Neil, Yin Yao, Naya, Chen Gang, and others stood with their heads bowed.

Over the past day.

All three teams completed their respective tasks.

Neil and Yin Yao took down Cooper City.

Naya led her team to capture Red Leaf City.

Chen Gang led 100,000 subjects to collect and inventory all the crystal resources in the surrounding area.

Because there was so much mutated beast meat, and it was distributed over a wide area, far from Dawn City, Ember personally took action, using 'Space Folding Lv1' to collect the beast meat and teleport it to Dawn City remotely.

Before this.

Ember has traveled eastward, conquering seven refuge cities on his own.

Seven seats is certainly not the limit for the embers.

I stopped collecting because of a prompt in the Wasteland game—

A level 0 refuge city can have a maximum of 10 subordinate cities.

To have more subordinate cities, you must first upgrade your refuge cities.

Dawn City can be upgraded from level 0 to level 1 with just 3 subordinate cities.

There are also requirements regarding the number of evolved beings and subjects.

Number of citizens: 20

Evolvers: 2000 (at least 3 Tier 4)
The Wasteland game has a more detailed classification of citizens.

The direct subjects, namely the 150,000 people of Dawn City.

The subordinate citizens were the people within the subordinate cities such as Baiyan City.

The good news is—

The number of 'subjects' required for promotion to a refuge city is not limited to direct descendants.

This undoubtedly greatly facilitates the expansion of Dawn City.

Otherwise, after Ember conquers the subordinate cities, it will have to find a way to absorb 5 subjects from the Wasteland or other subordinate cities to Dawn City.

This will severely delay Dawn City's advancement speed, especially since the 'Coordinate Imprint' ability cannot yet be used as a 'Spatial Teleportation Array'.

“I heard from Naya that…”

"Upgrading a refuge city takes time. During this period, the city will be closed and people will be unable to enter or leave."

"so……"

"We need to distribute resources like crystals and mutated beast meat before the refuge city is upgraded, so that our subjects can use this time to digest them and improve their strength."

After making the plan, Ember didn't dawdle.

He waved his hand and issued the task—

Chen Gang, Wang Yunpeng, and others were responsible for counting and distributing the crystals.

Yin Yao, Neil, and others were responsible for distributing the mutated beast meat.

Yu Pan'er led another team to be responsible for registration and inspection of people entering the city outside Liming City.

After this expedition, many of the surrounding cities and refugees in the wasteland became aware of the existence of Dawn City.

Over the past day.

Meanwhile, migrants also came intermittently and applied to join Dawn City.

some of.

The vast majority of them are players from Earth.

Yu Jin expressed his warm welcome to his compatriots.

Even if it is not a hard requirement for promotion, as Dawn City develops, it will inevitably need more direct subjects.

otherwise.

The city has expanded a hundredfold, but it still only has about 100,000 subjects, which is far too desolate.

……

……

The City Lord's Mansion, the core area.

Yu Jin sat on the ultra-luxurious ten-meter-long bed.

Naya sat with her legs crossed behind Ember, massaging his shoulders.

"Nyarlathotep."

"You've been doing quite well these past two days."

As Yu Jin looked at the light screen projection of the 'Resource Mall' in mid-air, he spoke.

"Your Excellency, the City Lord—"

"It is my pleasure to serve you."

Nyarko behaved very well.

Yu Jin smiled.

He had heard about it—

This little girl, back in Red Leaf City, knocked the city lord's head off.

And it wasn't just the city lord.

According to my subordinates who are evolved humans...

When they arrived at the city lord's mansion, the ground was covered with heads, more than two hundred in total, a truly gruesome scene.

Obviously.

Naya was not as weak and vulnerable as she usually appeared in front of Ember.

The city lord of the eighth-tier Naya City and the leader of the Moore Star civilization, is a position that only a formidable figure could attain.

"Tell me about the upgrade of the Refuge City."

"Once they've finished distributing the crystals, I'm ready to officially begin my advancement."

Ember turned around and looked at Nyarlathotep.

The promotion of Dawn City was very important to him.

First, he can break through to the tenth level.

Secondly, he could test the 'Coordinate Imprint' ability to see if he could return to Earth under the weakened rules of the Level 1 Refuge City.

Third, the advancement of Dawn City means an improvement in the quality of the points mall. Putting aside everything else, at least Ember should get a set of 'Tier 2 Abilities Maxed Out in One Click' before anything else.

"Your Excellency, the City Lord—"

Naya was clearly prepared for Ember's question.

As she spoke, she continued to massage Yu Jin.

Her movements were smooth and unhurried, and her technique was even more skillful than it had been two days ago.

"The refuge cities are divided into levels 0-9 from low to high, which is equivalent to the level of the evolved beings."

"The higher the level of the refuge city, the larger its scale and the stronger its characteristics. At the same time, it can shelter more subjects and has more subordinate cities."

Ember keenly grasped the key point.

"characteristic?"

"Refugee City characteristics?"

I had never heard of this word before.

"Yes, the refuge city has special characteristics."

"Moreover, this characteristic is determined during the first promotion and cannot be changed afterward."

Naya's tone was unusually serious.

"for example?"

Yu Jin raised an eyebrow.

"For example, Nyarlathotep... a refuge city that Nyarlathotep knew about."

"It has two characteristics: concealment and reproduction."

After listening, Yu Jin became even more interested.

"Elaborate."

Nyarlathotep nodded, her twin tails swaying gently.

"The concealment feature, as the name suggests, gives the refuge city a strong degree of concealment."

"This level of stealth, taken to its extreme, enables—"

“The enormous city is right in front of you, but you can’t see it or sense it at all.”

"At the same time, permission must be obtained to enter or leave the city."

"Otherwise, even if you know it's there, you can't get in or attack it."

Nyarlathotep explained it in great detail and vividly.

Ember blinked. What this little girl said…

It should be her own level 8 Naya City?

"Anything else? How do you understand reproduction?"

Ember continued to ask.

"Reproduction, well... is a relatively rare trait, and few refuge city lords would choose it."

"The city I know of only chose to reproduce when it advanced to level 8 and gained a second trait selection."

"The effect of this characteristic is—"

"They can reproduce within the refuge city."

The last sentence, just eight simple words, made Yu Jin squint his eyes.

"Under normal circumstances, can't people reproduce in a wasteland?"

Although Yu Jin's question was tinged with doubt, his tone already carried a hint of certainty.

"Ah."

Nyar nodded and added:
"Mating is possible in the wasteland, but reproduction is not possible."

"For civilization, this is a more invisible and deadly disaster than wild mutated beasts and infected creatures."

"Even though evolved beings generally have a maximum lifespan of 100-200 years, their inability to reproduce means that population and civilization cannot continue, and they will eventually be wiped out and disappear into the long river of history..."

Nyarlathotep's voice had become a bit deeper.

In fact.

A large part of the reason she chose this 'characteristic' was because of the man in front of her.

The prophecy told her that she would have to wait for hundreds of years on planet A3.

But over a hundred years, countless Moors simply cannot afford to wait.

That's why she chose the 'Reproduction' trait.

just.

Even the 'breeding' trait of a level 8 refuge is still very weak.

The birth rate in Naya City remains shockingly low...

After listening to Nyarlathotep's description, Yu Jin fell into deep thought.

He began to think about a question—

A question that has been around for a long time but has never been answered.

Where did the Wasteland game come from, and why does it exist?

With half of humanity having transmigrated, Oumuamua contaminating the wasteland, and no one able to reproduce...

Ember speculates that Wasteland is more like a 'civilization filter'.

only……

"Did Oumuamua come to Wasteland, or did Wasteland come to Oumuamua?"

Yu Jin frowned deeply.

Time passes slowly.

Half a day passed.

Ember received a message from Neil—the crystals and mutated beast meat had been distributed.

"You can begin the promotion process!"

Yu Jin shook his head, temporarily setting aside the various speculations in his mind about "Wasteland".

"Go for it, Your Excellency City Lord!"

Naya waved her little fist to cheer on Ember.

The first characteristic of the refuge city is its randomness.

It's not about choosing whatever you want; rather, Wasteland randomly provides some features for you to choose from.

To truly have the freedom to choose traits, you have to wait until the Refuge City advances to level 8 and you can choose your second trait.

"call--"

Yu Jin let out a long breath, stood up from the bed, and walked to the 'core core'.

Reach out and press down.

[Beep beep!]

Identity verification successful!

Welcome, Lord of Dawn City, Ember!

[The requirements for promotion in Dawn City have been met. Do you wish to select the first trait and proceed with the promotion?]

The cold, mechanical beeping echoed.

Without hesitation, Yu Jin replied, "Yes!"

The voice just fell.

Swah——

A semi-transparent light screen projection appeared in mid-air.

[Randomly selecting refuge city features for you...]

[Filtering successful!]

You can choose one of the following five characteristics as Dawn City's primary characteristic!

【hint--】

[Once a feature is selected, it cannot be changed. Please choose carefully!]

this moment.

Yu Jin subconsciously held his breath.

While he was looking forward to it, he was also a little nervous.

big bed.

Naya's large, crystal-like eyes stared intently at the light screen.

The following are optional features:

1. Reproduction

[Effect: Within the refuge city, they can reproduce.]

2. Purification

[Effect: Within the refuge city, reduces the rate at which pollution accumulates among residents]

[3. Increase]

[Effect: Increases crystal absorption efficiency within the city and lowers the threshold for attribute awakening]

4. Teleportation

[Effect: Establishes short-distance spatial teleportation channels between subordinate cities]

5. Sky

[Effect: The city floats in the air; it can be moved after consuming a huge amount of energy]

hiss--!
I haven't finished watching Ember yet.

Naya was already gasping for breath.

This little girl from Planet Moore doesn't usually inhale cold air casually.

but……

At this moment, she couldn't hold back anymore!
"you you……"

"No! How did it come about like this?!"

For a moment, Nyarlathotep even forgot the honorific for the embers.

As a former eighth-tier city lord, Naya knew many characteristics, and also knew which of these characteristics were extremely rare and powerful.

But now?
The four most powerful characteristics she knew...

Not one was missing, everyone's included!

Finally, that 'sky' property—she hadn't even heard of it in the last 150 years…

"what?"

"Have it?"

Ember turned to look at Naya, somewhat surprised by the latter's reaction.

he thinks……

Apart from the final 'sky', the previous features seem rather ordinary.

Reproduction?

It's useful, but I can't use it myself.

Purify?
It is useful, but it has its own purifying light.

Increase?

It's useful, but Ember doesn't care about that little bit of crystal absorption efficiency.

Teleport?
It's useful, but once Dawn City advances to level 6, Ember will be able to max out the 6th-tier 'Coordinate Imprint' ability with a single click, and its effect at that time might not be worse than this feature.

It was the last 'Sky' trait that made Ember's gaze linger for a long time.

"Castle in the Sky?"

"It feels like a funeral..."

(End of this chapter)