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Chapter 90 Hope for Returning to Earth! Eleventh-Tier Refugees? (610 views, please subscribe)
City Lord's Mansion.

Yu Jin watched Yin Yao's departing figure.

He looked down at the 'attribute activation stone' in his hand.

This senior student, with red eyes and tears in her eyes, still refused my small token of gratitude.

she says--

No reward for no merit.

"Was it really all for naught?"

Yu Jin sat in the city lord's seat, muttering to himself.

Yin Yao's rebirth is of extraordinary significance to both herself and the planet Blue Star.

Without Yin Yao's constant 'soft rice' (relying on her for financial support), he most likely wouldn't have been able to break through to the ninth rank before transmigrating.

Without breaking through to the ninth rank, it is impossible to purify 89% of the pollution in Oumuamua, and Blue Star may be completely polluted or even destroyed as a result—even if the Embers are invincible in the wasteland, it cannot change this fact.

Without breaking through to the ninth rank, the system may not update, and you will be unable to break through the ninth rank limit and continue to improve your rank.

After all, the root cause of the update is—

The reward for 'advancing to the third tier' has not been issued.

Yu Jin guessed that in the timeline where Yin Yao wasn't reborn, when he logged into "Wasteland," he was likely only at the sixth or seventh tier...

"call--"

Yu Jin let out a long breath of stale air.

"Brother Tongzi, the coordinate imprint can't return to Earth. Is there any way to solve this?"

Yu Jin wondered to himself.

This is the answer he has been wanting to know since he woke up.

【Searching...】

Search complete!

[Due to unknown rules governing the A3 wasteland planet and surrounding star systems, 'coordinate imprinting' teleportation failed.]

【Solution——】

[1. Increase your Evolver's rank. The higher the rank, the stronger your attributes and abilities, and the greater the probability of breaking through the restrictions of Planet A3!]

[2. Upgrade the 'Coordinate Imprint' skill level. The higher the skill level, the greater the probability of breaking through the restrictions of Planet A3!]

[3. Upgrade the refuge city's level. The higher the refuge city's level, the weaker the rule restrictions on Planet A3 within the refuge city's area!]

Yu Jin raised an eyebrow as he looked at the system's response.

He didn't expect that Brother Tongzi would not only respond to his question this time, but also provide three solutions at once.

This is our hope of returning to Earth!

"Good Tongzi!"

Yu Jin gave a soft praise and began to consider the feasibility of each plan.

Upgrade rank?

This was something I was supposed to do anyway.

Although Ember is now at Tier 9 and ranked first on Planet A3, the higher the rank, the more confident one will always be.

After all, Wasteland has made it clear to me that there are even more advanced 'galactic wasteland' servers on planet A3.

"A max-level character landing in a galactic wasteland?"

It's not impossible.

Upgrade the 'Coordinate Imprint' level?
The embers are skipped.

Upgrade the refuge city?
Swah——

Yu Jin had a sudden thought.

A semi-transparent light curtain appeared in front of me.

This light screen did not come from the system, but from the game Wasteland.

[A3 Planet Player Rank Ranking: No.1]

[A3 Planet Refuge City Ranking: No. 20001]

[A3 Planet Player Overall Ranking: No. 111]

The ranking of 20,001 is extremely eye-catching.

The overall ranking of 111 is likely due to the low level of the refuge city dragging down the overall ranking.

a moment ago.

The moment he sat in the city lord's seat, his mind automatically filled with various information about the upgrade of the refuge city.

The refuge city's level depends on two factors—

1. Number of subordinate cities.

2. Number and rank of subjects/evolvers.

A subordinate city is a refuge city under the rule of Dawn City, similar to an auxiliary city.

The number and rank of evolved beings vary depending on the level of the refuge city.

Dawn City is currently only level 0.

A level 1 refuge city requires at least three subordinate cities, 200,000 subjects, and 2,000 evolved beings, including at least three fourth-tier evolved beings (excluding the city lord).

Ember doesn't yet know what the requirements are for a Tier 2 Refuge City; we'll have to wait until Dawn City is upgraded to Tier 1 to find out.

For Ember, this is undoubtedly a huge hindrance.

after all……

If there were no limit on the number of subjects and evolved beings.

There's no need for Ember to develop 'Dawn City'; he can simply follow the 'Lone Wolf' route.

As a ninth-tier ember, I am confident that I can break through the wasteland on my own!

Ninth rank isn't enough?

Then let's go to the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth level!
In terms of individual power, the max-level Ember has a firm grip on it.

"So it seems..."

"Is Wasteland less about post-apocalyptic survival and more about a battle for supremacy among lords?"

"The refugees felt it was an apocalypse, because the wasteland was full of dangers, and they were weak and powerless to resist."

"But in fact……"

"After reaching a certain level, there are not many threats in the wasteland. Although high-level mutant beasts/infected creatures are powerful, their numbers are few."

"We haven't even seen many high-level mutated beasts/infected creatures along the road from White Rock City to Dawn City."

"In contrast, the city lord is the only true player in Wasteland?"

Based on the available information, Yu Jin deduced and drew a conclusion.

Before this.

He actually had a question in his mind all along.

In the future vision known to Yin Yao/Yin Shanhai, she is a ninth-tier evolver, the lord of Dawn City, and has conquered thousands of refuge cities.

The ninth-tier evolved being and the Lord of Dawn City did not surprise Ember.

But why conquer thousands of refuge cities? Yu Jin had many doubts in his mind.

now?

With the timeline coming to a close, his question was finally answered.

Simultaneously.

Yu Jin's plans for the future gradually became clearer.

"Continue upgrading while rapidly developing Dawn City!"

"Intensive attack, sweep through, no beef!"

"We need both unparalleled personal strength and unparalleled Dawn City power!"

"We must grasp both aspects firmly!"

"Let's set a small goal first..."

"Sweep through the A308 area and conquer the refuge cities within!"

"While you're at it, clear out all the mutated infected beasts in area A308, especially the high-level ones, and use the system's resources to upgrade your equipment..."

"Following the pattern of Brother Tongzi's Void Realm being upgraded by three levels, if we're lucky enough to encounter a level nine infected..."

"Ascension from the ninth rank to the twelfth rank?"

"It's not impossible!"

Ember never thought he could level up too fast.

joke!

If everyone's using cheat codes, why bother leveling up step by step?

That's what we want – to be unreasonable, to get things done in one go!
"Crackling—!"

After his thoughts were clear, Yu Jin couldn't help but consume some crystals to cheer himself up.

I haven't even used the few tier-nine crystals that the system rewarded me with yet!

Yu Jin didn't rush out to find monsters to grind. Instead, he planned to wait until Chen Gang and the others had collected all the crystals before distributing them to boost Dawn City's strength.

The wasteland is too vast. Instead of searching for high-level infected all over the place, it is better to use Dawn City as the center and launch a carpet-like push to the surrounding areas!

A refuge city?
Dawn City is a subordinate city!
Refugees?

Citizens of Dawn City!
Mutant/Infected Beast?
The walking crystallization of Dawn City Warehouse!

A3 Wasteland Planet?

Dawn Wasteland Planet!

have opinions?
Go and talk to Lord Yu of Dawn City, who is at level nine/ten/eleven/twelfth!
……

……

Dawn City.

Outside the city gate.

Chen Gang led over a thousand evolved beings, constantly bending down to pick up the crystals on the ground.

not far away.

After leaving the city lord's mansion, Yin Yao also joined the team.

She uses 'sand vortex' to collect crystals, much faster than others.

but……

Even at the fastest speed, it's not possible to collect all 100,000+ crystals in a short time.

"What the hell..."

"I never thought I'd be bothered by having too much crystallization?"

Despite being a third-tier evolved being, Chen Gang was still exhausted from constantly bending over and getting up.

He was panting and looked ahead.

Everywhere you look, there are crystals!

What a pity.

Back then, he almost beat a mutated beast in the wild to a pulp for a piece of second-tier crystal!
But now?
When the second-tier crystal fell to the ground, even the dogs of Dawn City wouldn't give it a second glance!
"anyway……"

"Old Yu must be cheating!"

"No, three days to reach level nine, even cheating wouldn't be this outrageous..."

Chen Gang muttered to himself, but his hands moved quickly.

Being tired is one thing, crystallizing is another.

On Earth.

Chen Gang's greatest love was gold; the sight of that gleaming gold would instantly make him unable to move. But now?
They were in a wasteland.

Chan Kong cleverly upgraded "love gold" to "love crystallization".

“Pick it up!”

Pick them up hard!

"If I don't finish picking them all up, I'll beat you up!"

Chen Gang's harsh words were not directed at others, but at himself.

Such a scene.

While astonishing the other nearly a thousand evolved beings, his movements quickened once again.

"Damn it!"

"Rely on hard work? Rely on loyalty?"

"Who's afraid of who!"

the other side.

Inside Dawn City.

The more than forty new students in the environmental protection club are also doing their best to demonstrate their 'loyalty'.

"Name? Age? Measurements?"

"no……"

Why do we need to register our measurements?

"Of course, it's to make it easier for the president, no, the city lord, to better understand his people!"

"..."

not far away.

At the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

After completing the 'massage and back-pounding' work, Neil was assigned by Ember to act as the 'supervisor'.

at this time.

Angelina Neal gave the order.

click -

Kaka-

Thousands upon thousands of mechanical flying insects echoed over Dawn City.

The mechanical flying insect's eyes flashed with a scarlet light, recording the scene in every nook and cranny.

Time passes slowly.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Neil let out a soft exclamation.

The mechanical flying insect reminded her—

Outside Dawn City, a small group of about twenty refugees arrived.

The refugee squad was naturally not worth Neil's attention.

but……

There seems to be a fairly strong evolved human in this team.

"Fourth tier? Fifth tier?"

"It could enhance Dawn City's strength; perhaps my lord would like that..."

Neil muttered to himself, and in a flash, his figure disappeared from the spot.

……

……

Dawn City, outside the city gate.

Chen Gang is still collecting crystals.

"Ok?"

"Little Crystal, do you like my big hands?"

"Would you like me to pick you up with my big hands?"

"Hmm? Say something?"

Chen Gang muttered to himself as he stuffed another crystal into his pocket.

His pockets were already bulging and almost overflowing.

"Eh?"

Just as Chen Gang was about to bend down again to pick up the crystals on the ground, he discovered that a group of refugees had appeared in front of him without him noticing.

"Gulu——"

At the very front of the refugee procession, a burly, shirtless man swallowed hard.

What the hell...

What did he do to me?!

Whose refuge is this? The ground outside the city gate is covered with all sorts of crystals!
First order, second order, third order...

They even have fifth and sixth-order crystals!

"What?"

"Trying to rob me?"

Feeling the aura of a second-tier evolved being emanating from the shirtless giant, Chen Gang immediately felt confident.

His electricity was not necessarily a disadvantage!
Zizzi——!
Electricity surged in Chen Gang's hand.

The shirtless man instinctively took two steps back.

behind him.

The remaining refugees, who were stunned by the crystals covering the ground, also came to their senses after hearing the crackling sound of electricity.

"No no no no!"

The shirtless man quickly waved his hand.

What he feared wasn't Chan Kong, but...

The sixth-order crystals on the ground are still warm!
what does this mean?
This means that the lord of this refuge city can suppress even sixth-tier infected beings/seventh-tier mutated beasts!
What a terrifying power this is?

He's just a second-tier evolved being...

Forget about stealing the crystals, even glancing at them is disrespectful!

"We...we wanted to..."

The shirtless burly man looked at the nearly one thousand evolved beings surrounding Chen Gang and spoke somewhat haltingly.

He originally intended to say, 'Join your refuge city.'

but……

The ground was covered with crystals.

This made it impossible for him to say those words.

"What do you want?"

Chen Gang held his head high, exuding an air of arrogance.

"We want to join the refuge city."

Behind the shirtless giant, a petite figure emerged.

"Hello, my name is Nia."

The petite figure removed the large, heavy hood, revealing two chestnut-colored ponytails hanging down her shoulders.

She was only 1.5 meters tall, and her chubby cheeks were covered in wasteland and sand.

"Uh?"

Chen Gang stared at Nia, slightly stunned.

Hidden among this ragged group of refugees was a strikingly different twin-tailed loli.
"His name is Edmund, and he is the leader of this group of refugees."

"We came from the City of Light, hundreds of kilometers away, and have wandered here. We hope to join your city of light and receive the protection of the city lord."

Nia's voice was soft and gentle, but her tone was neither humble nor arrogant, and showed just the right amount of respect.

She was also the only refugee who hadn't lost her composure despite the crystals covering the ground.

"This……"

Chen Gang was stunned for a moment.

He discovered that the little girl in front of him seemed completely unafraid of him, a third-tier 'God of Electricity'.

even.

His physical instincts prevented him from making eye contact with the little girl.

Her crystal-clear eyes seemed to be able to easily see through all her inner thoughts.

Whoosh-!
Chen Gang was in a daze.

Angelina Neal's figure flashed to the front of the refugee procession.

Her blue mechanical eyes looked past Edmund, who was in the lead, and down to the petite Nia.

"Equal level?"

"Attributes?"

Neil's voice remained mechanical and cold.

"Fifth Order, Prophecy."

Nia blurted it out.

The words fell.

Chen Gang opened his eyes wide.

Yin Yao, who had rushed over, suddenly narrowed her beautiful eyes.

Even Edmund, the burly man who led the group of refugees, looked completely bewildered.

"Fifth level?"

"Nia, didn't you say you were only at Tier 2...?"

……

……

Dawn in the inner city, the city lord's mansion.

After finishing the ninth-tier crystal, Yu Jin stepped down from his seat and looked around the city lord's mansion.

He discovered that there was a large, separate area behind the council hall.

The independent area itself is nothing special.

However, even the ninth-tier embers, using their 'light touch', were unable to see the scene clearly.

This was hard to ignore, and it was difficult for Ember to miss it.

"Residential area?"

"The City Lord's Exclusive Impart Zone?"

Ember was somewhat curious.

But after taking only a few steps, several lines of text suddenly popped up in front of him.

[System Prompt]

['Nyarlathotep, an 11th-tier galaxy-level wasteland refugee,' has applied to join Dawn City!]

"?"

(End of this chapter)