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Chapter 195 Mining! Everyone's mining! System update! The long-awaited crystal feast!

Venus.

In the central part of the Northern Hemisphere, there is a vast, barren land.

Morgan City, a level nine refuge city, is located here.

As the number one ascendant on the wasteland planet A-9, Lord Morgan Liman was the only ninth-tier evolver on planet A-9 before his ascension.

But now?
This ninth-tier city lord stood in Morgan City, looking up at the massive fortress that was getting closer and closer overhead, and felt like he could hardly breathe!

He is a ninth-order being, the pinnacle of the planet's wasteland.

but……

this moment.

Faced with that city in the sky, he felt like an ant!
He sensed—

There were dozens of auras in that city that could easily kill him!

"Mr. Morgan!"

"What's happening here?"

"..."

The millions of citizens of Morgan City were in complete chaos.

a moment ago.

They had just learned the rules of the game in the galactic wasteland, as well as some common knowledge, from the city lord.

But in the blink of an eye...

It feels like our Morgan City is about to be crushed by that Sky Fortress!
boom--

Boom——!
The sky fortress emitted a series of loud noises as it slowly descended from the clouds.

Its shadow covered an area spanning thousands of miles.

What a coincidence.

Morgan City is located right in the center of this shadow, directly below the fortress.

At this moment, Morgan City was completely shrouded in darkness.

Each evolved being was on edge, as if facing a formidable enemy.

"Could it be..."

"A high-level player from the Galactic Wasteland is bullying people in the newbie village?"

"It shouldn't be!"

"It was clearly stated that there were rules for protecting new players..."

Morgan Liman stood in front of the city lord's mansion, which resembled a small palace, gazing at the approaching sky fortress and sensing its increasingly powerful aura. His brows furrowed into a deep frown.

Boom——!
at last.

Another loud bang followed.

The Sky Fortress stopped falling.

It hovered above Morgan City at a height of about three thousand meters.

This height...

For advanced evolvers, it's no exaggeration to say that it's within reach.

whoosh-

Whizzing--!
Under the watchful eyes of Morgan City’s millions of citizens.

Inside the Sky Fortress, figures flew out one after another.

"This……"

"Hundreds of millions of people?"

"They're all evolved beings?"

Since breaking through to the ninth rank, Morgan hadn't felt this shocked and numb time and time again as he had today.

then.

Under his gaze, the hundreds of millions of evolved beings were orderly divided into more than twenty teams.

Each team still has nearly five million evolved beings.

Each team is led by an evolved being with terrifyingly powerful aura.

Whoosh-!
The sound of breaking wind was heard.

One of the squads—no, it should be called a large army—was heading towards Morgan City, which was closest to the fortress and located directly below it.

"not good……"

Morgan Liman's alarm bells were ringing loudly.

His intuition told him that something bad was about to happen!
but……

He can't escape!

His Morgantown is right here.

If he abandons his refuge, then even if he survives, it will be meaningless...

Morgan hesitated.

Nearly five million figures have already stood in the sky above Morgan City.

They looked down upon the entire city of Morgan like celestial warriors.

The leader of the army was a young man who looked extremely young.

"oi!"

"Who is in charge?"

The young man, with a somewhat frivolous air, stood above Morgan City and shouted.

The words fell.

Swish-

In front of the city lord's mansion.

All eyes turned to Morgan Liman, who was about to shield everyone in front of him.

"..."

The ninth-rank city lord's face was now ashen.

He steeled himself, slowly ascended into the air, and arrived not far from the young man.

"S-lord!"

Morgan did not hesitate at all and addressed her with a respectful title.

Just because——

The young man was now unabashedly releasing his aura.

The level of this aura...

Morgan wasn't sure of the exact number, but it was definitely at the ninth rank, no, it was far above the ninth rank!
Intuition told Morgan—

The other party only needs one finger to repeatedly crush him to death!

Crack-!
Suddenly, an electric current surged in the void.

A fleeting burst of electrical energy...

This made Morgan, and the millions of his subjects in the city, tremble with fear.

"Ha ha!"

The young man was none other than Chen Gang from Dawn City.

Now, he is also the leader of Legion 05.

In the past day.

Because Dawn City is being upgraded to a miniature refuge fortress, no one can leave the city.

Nowadays?
Having received orders from Ember to explore and conquer this Morning Star, he finally had a chance to 'show off'!

Morgan's perception was correct; Chen Gang's current level is the eleventh level limit!
Its value is already approaching ten million.

Morgan, who had just entered the ninth rank, had a value of only a few hundred thousand.

"I am Chen Gang, leader of Legion 05 of Dawn Fortress!"

"By order of the fortress lord—"

"Coming to conquer your..."

"What city?"

Chen Gang was talking with his head shaking when he realized that he didn't even know the name of the city, so he stopped and looked at Morgan.

"Morgan City!"

Morgan's heart sank to the bottom, but he had no choice but to answer.

“Okay, Morgan City.”

"You're the city lord, right?"

"You should be grateful to the lord for his kindness and compassion, for his unwillingness to commit mass killings, therefore..."

"You now have a choice."

"First, surrender!"

"Secondly, surrender!"

"For or against?"

When the last sentence ends.

Crack-!
Chen Gang spread his hands out.

In the void, terrifying electric currents surged endlessly.

This moment.

The hair on the bodies of millions of people in Morgan City stood on end due to the electric current!
Morgan, the ninth-tier city lord, was given special treatment by Chen Gang. At this moment, his whole body was paralyzed by electric current, and his body was convulsing and trembling uncontrollably.

Even if the plan is to conquer peacefully, a show of force is still very necessary.

A lack of ruthless power leads to unstable loyalty!
"S-Sir..."

Morgan trembled, and his voice became electronic.

Chen Gang's electric shock completely extinguished the slight rebellious thought that had just risen in his heart!

"Morgan City..."

"I am willing to surrender!"

In mid-air.

Morgan bowed his head and knelt on one knee.

Chen Gang smiled smugly.

Behind him, the nearly five million evolved beings shook their heads.

"pity……"

"I originally thought we were going to have a great and exciting battle."

"I never expected..."

"So you're actually quite pragmatic?"

Morgan and the millions of his subjects in the city looked even more bitter as they listened to the discussions coming from the army.

It was once the only Level 9 refuge city on planet A-9.

They used to be the envy of many.

But this was only the second day after his promotion...

He was forcibly subdued and taken in as a follower by someone who stepped on his face.

Such a disparity is considerable.

And the next second.

Chen Gang's leisurely order left the millions of people utterly speechless.

"Your task is very simple..."

"Search for minerals, mine for minerals!"

"This planet is rich in mineral resources!"

"You, Morgan City, have ten days to mine all the minerals within a 500-mile radius!"

"If you can't do it..."

"Well, you'll have to face the consequences yourself!" Chen Gang said, throwing down these two sentences.

Then, leaving behind a large portion of Legion 05, they turned and headed towards another level-eight refuge city further away, without looking back.

For this mission, his target wasn't just one refuge city.

"call--"

Seeing Chen Gang leave, Morgan subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Available in the next second.

"oi!"

A shout came from the remaining portion of the evolved army.

A young man also stood at the front of the army.

He is the vice commander of this legion, at the ninth-tier limit.

"..."

Morgan is dumbfounded.

"Promotion is a trap, a complete trap!"

Such a thought echoed in his mind.

"The beings of the Upper Realm use the people of Morgan City as miners..."

"Miners!"

Dang Cang——!
The crisp sound of clashing metal broke Morgan's thoughts.

He saw—

The deputy commander thoughtfully tossed a shovel to him.

"Go."

The deputy commander smiled.

"..."

Morgan clenched his fist.

then……

He forcefully picked up the shovel.

"Go and go!"

……

Venus.

Scenes similar to those in Morgan City are constantly unfolding.

Of course, not all lords who are promoted to refuge cities are as 'pragmatic' as Morgan.

For example, the ninth-rank city lord that Naya encountered was extremely fierce and unyielding.

then……

Nyarlathotep scattered him along with his ashes.

By the way.

They also froze the city lord's several trusted subordinates who also wanted to rebel into ice sculptures, which were then placed in front of the city gate.

The remaining millions of people within the city walls became completely obedient.

Not long after.

Each of them carried a shovel and set off from the city to search for and mine minerals.

……

Above the sky.

Dawn Fortress.

After the promotion, the landscape of Dawn City underwent another dramatic change.

At this moment, it has completely transcended the category of a refuge city and become a true interstellar fortress.

As its scale expanded further, it also added many facilities that were only found in interstellar fortresses.

Examples include ship launch bays, landing bays, fortress energy cannons, and fortress warp devices.

Sky Tower, top of the tower.

Embers looked down at Dawn Fortress below.

In this operation, almost all of the hundreds of millions of subjects inside the fortress were mobilized.

The streets of the fortress were unusually deserted and desolate at this moment.

"Hopefully, planetary occupation will be completed soon."

Ember murmured softly, looking at the semi-transparent panel in front of him.

Dawn Fortress—

[Current Level: Miniature Star Fortress]

[Next Tier: Small Star Fortress]

Promotion Requirements

[1. The planet's occupation progress must reach at least 10%]

[2. 500 million origin points of civilization]

This is just a hint given by the Wasteland game after Dawn City was upgraded to a fortress.

Of the two conditions, the latter has already been met.

After the system was upgraded to the wasteland, the civilization origins that Carol had previously used to wipe out the three fortress fleets of Celsa were also removed from use.

And that amount of civilization origin points is as high as... 10 billion!
This is undoubtedly an extremely exaggerated number.

Ember estimated that this amount of Source Points alone would be enough to propel Dawn City to become a super-large fortress.

but……

It was upgraded from a low-dimensional server.

While players on the wasteland planet enjoy the 'free fortress' that civilizations like Celza envy, they are also subject to special rules and restrictions.

For example--

In addition to consuming Civilization Points, advancing a fortress also requires progress in planetary occupation.

The reason why Ember sent Chen Gang and his legion of evolved beings was for this purpose.

"Small goal—"

"Within a month, upgrade to a large, or even super-large, fortress!"

Yu Jin made a plan in his mind, and at the same time, a thought popped into his head.

Swah——

Another semi-transparent panel appeared before his eyes.

[System updated to version 2.1!]

The changes in the new version are as follows:

[Given that you are now in an extremely dangerous high-dimensional federation, some system functions have been updated!]

[Please explore the details of the update on your own!]

【hint--】

Your current maximum rank has been raised to rank 20!

【…】

The system update begins automatically the moment of promotion.

As for why...

It was exactly the same situation as when I first landed on Planet A3.

Upon arriving in the galactic wasteland, Brother Tongzi insisted that he was in the 'extremely dangerous high-dimensional universe federation'.

then……

Without saying a word, it buried itself in updating and upgrading.

The difference is.

"Previously it was an upgrade from version 1.0 to 2.0, and now it's an upgrade from 2.0 to 2.1?"

"So it seems..."

"The changes shouldn't be as significant as before?"

Yu Jin murmured, looking at the last line of text.

Your current maximum rank has been raised to rank 20.

This sentence seems unremarkable.

Actually, it's not that simple.

Just because——

Previously, the rules of the Galactic Wasteland revealed that the highest level of the Galactic Server was actually only nineteen.

Twentieth level?
That can only be achieved after ascending to a higher dimension.

As for why we didn't continue with the Void Plus Three more times on the basis of the nineteenth level to reach the twenty-second level?
Based on his experience with Wasteland Online, Ember speculates—

Tier 20 is very likely the limit of an evolved being's rank.

Beyond that, besides the lifting of restrictions, could there be another extraordinary system?
"Level up from scratch?"

"It can't be that stupid; it's probably some kind of new improvement."

Yu Jin shook his head, not wanting to think too far ahead for the time being.

Right now, there are more important things for him to do.

Snap!
A crisp sound rang out after a long absence.

Ember had almost forgotten...

When was the last time I was a fan of Crystal?

Since breaking through to the sixteenth rank in that interstellar duel with Holland, his rank has been limited by the planetary server's capacity and has not improved.

Now that we've been promoted to the galactic wasteland, we can finally continue to enjoy the fun of collecting crystals!
"Let's use up these level 16, 17, and 18 items we have on hand first..."

"After I finish this, I'll go farm some high-level monsters and collect more crystals!"

"Small goal—"

"Let's break through to the eighteenth or nineteenth level first!"

Snap!
Another sound.

A vast aura of energy surged around Yu Jin.

His stats are also increasing at a visible rate.

100 million, 110 million, 120 million...

at the same time.

Countless light-years away.

Deep in the starry sky.

Om-!
Suddenly, a huge portal appeared in the void.

boom--