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Chapter 71 Captain
Dawn in the inner city.

Martial Arts Square.

Bang-!
Yin Yao's body flew backward and crashed heavily to the ground.

Zizzi——!
not far away.

The black mechanical beetle emitted a series of sharp sounds.

"cough--"

Coughing up blood, Yin Yao struggled to her feet and looked at the beetle.

After reaching the third tier, her 'sandstorm' ability was greatly enhanced.

But I don’t know why.

She felt that the mechanical beetle was much, much stronger than in the last assessment.

In a trance.

Yin Yao even felt that she was facing not a third-tier beetle, but a fourth-tier beetle...

"continue?"

"Or give up?"

While Yin Yao was still in a daze, Neil, dressed in a black leather jacket, appeared in front of her.

Angelina Neal stared silently at Yin Yao with her blue eyes gleaming with a mechanical sheen, her gaze devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

"continue!"

Yin Yao gritted her teeth.

She activated the 'Sandstorm' attribute again and charged towards the black mechanical beetle in front of her.

……

……

Fifteen times.

Yin Yao was blasted away by the mechanical beetle a full fifteen times!

And every time.

Neil would always appear before her and ask the same question.

"continue?"

"Or give up?"

every time.

Yin Yao gritted her teeth and gave an absolutely affirmative answer.

until...

The sixteenth time.

Yin Yao completely exhausted all the energy in her body.

In the wasteland, although evolved beings do not have precise 'health bars' or 'mana bars' displayed, they are still limited by the amount of energy they have.

Yin Yao's repeated falls and rises were entirely sustained by her willpower.

and.

She was now certain that the beetle she was fighting was not a third-tier beetle, but a fourth-tier beetle!

To know.

Other evolved beings were also being tested in the training ground, but their opponents were all third-tier beetles.

"continue?"

"Or give up?"

Neil appeared in front of Yin Yao once again.

far away.

Having witnessed the entire event, Ye Fan and the other three clenched their fists, feeling indignant for Yin Yao.

They could all see that Neil was deliberately making things difficult for Yin Yao.

"continue……!"

Yin Yao squeezed out those two words.

But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get up from the ground.

Neil watched quietly.

A full five minutes later.

Yin Yao miraculously stood up.

She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and swayed as she prepared to charge at the fourth-tier beetle not far away once more.

And this time.

Zizzi——!
Before Yin Yao could even reach the mechanical beetle, it buzzed and collapsed on its own.

then.

Under Yin Yao's astonished gaze, the beetle crackled and popped into countless pieces of mechanical debris on the ground.

"congratulations."

Neil's voice sounded behind her.

Yin Yao turned her head.

Eyes facing each other.

Neil's deep blue eyes remained completely devoid of emotion.

"You have passed the test for the position of captain of the Dawn City Guard."

"tell me your name."

Yin Yao's beautiful eyes widened.

Dawn City Guard... Captain?
Until now.

She then understood why Neil had been targeting her.

It turned out that what she was facing was not the assessment of a guard member, but the assessment of a guard captain!

For a while.

Yin Yao didn't know how to describe her feelings.

bad news--

It was knocked away by beetles sixteen times.

Now, almost every inch of my body is covered in undamaged flesh, and many of my bones are broken.

Good news—

He skipped the 'team member' stage and became the captain of the Dawn City Guard.

"Yin... Yao..." Yin Yao hissed as she uttered her name.

"Okay, Yin Yao."

You have two days to recover from your injuries.

"Two days from now, you will officially take over as captain and lead the Dawn City Guard."

After Neil finished speaking, he turned and left.

Only the cold, mechanical voice remained, echoing in the martial arts square.

on the square.

Many of the evolved beings who were still undergoing assessment all cast envious and admiring glances at Yin Yao.

Simultaneously.

The five third-tier evolved beings who had been observing from afar, the only five members of the Dawn City Guard, all came to Yin Yao's side.

"team leader!"

"My name is Zhou Lichuan, 'Rusty Iron' attribute, a third-tier evolver, reporting for duty!"

"team leader!"

"My name is Selena, 'Gentle Breeze' attribute, a third-tier evolver, reporting for duty!"

……

……

"Miss!"

"You're now the captain of the guard!"

Dawn in the inner city.

Inside a small, clean and tidy building that doesn't occupy a large area.

Ye Fan and the other three looked at Yin Yao, who was absorbing a first-tier crystal and recovering from her injuries, and their tone still couldn't hide their surprise.

"Ah."

Yin Yao simply responded with a soft "yes".

She looked up and gazed around.

This small building was a gift from Neil, the administrator of Dawn City, as a reward for the captain of the guard.

In a wasteland world fraught with danger.

Being in a refuge city and having a permanent residence in a refuge city are two completely different concepts.

The former are merely refugees, and may be driven away from the refuge city at any time.

The latter means obtaining the refuge city's 'identity card' and becoming a legitimate 'citizen'.

Thinking of this, Yin Yao couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, in her previous life, she struggled for several months but didn't even get an 'identity card'. Until she died at the hands of the mutated beast king, she was just a wasteland refugee.

"The new city owner is quite nice, and that woman with mechanical attributes is also very good."

"but……"

"When the embers arrive, we'll still have to backstab them."

Yin Yao was very clear-headed.

Although the unexpected appointment of the 'captain' position surprised her, she never forgot her original purpose for joining the guard team.

She is loyal to Dawn City, but only to Dawn City under the rule of the Embers.

"Speaking of which..."

"The new city lord has not shown his face since taking office."

"It is currently known that he is at least at the seventh level and also possesses the three attributes of light, lightning, and space."

"It's unbelievable how Ember defeated him..."

"However, based on my memories from my previous life, it shouldn't be too long, maybe a month or two, before Dawn City changes hands."

Yin Yao mentally sorted through the information.

Simultaneously.

She recalled the unexpected discovery she made when she went out of the city to "level up".

"The number of mutated beast and infected nests near Dawn City far exceeds that of ordinary refuge cities."

"Especially in the last few days, they seem to be showing signs of rioting..."

Even in the wasteland, refuge cities are not 100% safe.

once in a while.

The refuge city will then be attacked by hordes of mutated beasts or infected creatures, sometimes even both at the same time.

Countless cities seeking refuge were slaughtered because they could not withstand the attacks.

After slaughtering the city, the mutated beast tide and the infected tide will not stay for long, but will return to their nests to lie dormant again.

So.

Countless wandering refugees in the wasteland would occasionally discover such 'dead cities,' then seize them and take their place.

As far as Yin Yao knows—

Many refugees were lucky enough to discover the 'dead city' and thus directly obtained the status of 'city lord', after which they rose to great heights.

Although Yin Yao had never been a city lord, she had heard—

Compared to refugees, city lords possess more resources and capabilities, and can even mobilize the power of the refuge city to fight against enemies when necessary.

"and many more……"

Yin Yao was suddenly taken aback.

"Could it be that Yu Jin became the Lord of Dawn City in his previous life by 'picking up a bargain' like this?"

Yin Yao was startled by this sudden thought that popped into her head.

But then she started shaking her head.

"No, it's not that bad."

"The new city lord is, after all, a seventh-tier evolver."

"unless……"

"The crisis of mutated beasts and infected creatures that broke out in Dawn City is something that even the new seventh-tier city lord cannot handle!"

The voice just fell.

boom--

Rumble——!
Dawn City Center.

The aura of an eighth-tier evolved being soared into the sky...

(End of this chapter)