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Chapter 92 Embers: I've Become a Wasteland Tycoon?

Chapter 92 Embers: I've Become a Wasteland Tycoon? (810 views, please subscribe for the first time)
Dawn City.

Outer city streets.

"Name?"

"Emond!"

"Equal level?"

"Second tier, attribute 'Muscle Overlord'!"

"When will you arrive in Dawn City?"

"...Just joined today."

Wang Yunpeng looked up and glanced at the burly man in front of him who was shirtless.

"Second-order infection crystallization".

He lowered his head and took notes in his notebook.

Beside Wang Yunpeng, another member of the environmental protection society picked out a second-order infection crystal from the pile of crystals and handed it to Edmond.

"loyalty!"

"The city lord is loyal!!"

Edmund's muscles trembled with excitement.

He never expected that even a refugee like himself, who had just joined Dawn City, could receive such precious crystal resources.

this moment.

Even though he had just joined Dawn City, his loyalty to the city and to the city lord was already off the charts!
"Next!"

"Name?"

……

Similar scenes were playing out throughout the streets of Dawn City.

The city of Dawn had tens of thousands of refugees—no, perhaps they should be called subjects now.

Except for a very small number of elderly, weak, sick and disabled people, most of them received the crystals.

"loyalty!"

Every corner of Dawn City.

The shouts never stopped for a moment.

Many of the subjects, after receiving the crystals, knelt and kowtowed towards the center of Dawn City and the direction of the city lord's mansion.

"Lord City Lord, your grace is boundless!"

"Oh God's grace!"

In the cruel wasteland, weakness is the source of all suffering.

But just moments ago.

In front of hundreds of thousands of people in Dawn City, the city lord expressed his vision of "everyone becoming a dragon" and outlined the blueprint for "all people becoming evolvers"!

After this.

He even instructed his subordinates to distribute crystals to everyone!

"You have two days to awaken, evolve, and improve."

"Deploy troops in two days!"

"Conquer the other refuge cities!"

Lord Yu's words still resonated in the hearts of tens of thousands of his subjects.

Snap!
Filled with gratitude and loyalty, the people began to swear by the crystal.

boom--

Boom boom——!
Inside Dawn City.

The activity of ordinary people awakening to become evolved beings has never stopped.

On the inner city's martial arts training ground.

The nearly one thousand evolved beings originally in Dawn City also received the blessing of the embers and obtained precious crystals.

boom--!
Yin Yao opened her eyes in the center of the square.

She broke through!

"A fourth-tier evolver..."

Yin Yao looked down at the sand swirling in her hand, which seemed to be alive, and was in a daze.

This was a height she had never reached in her previous life.

But now?
Less than two hours after Yu Jin took office in Dawn City, she successfully broke through by absorbing the 'fourth-order energy crystal' bestowed upon her by him!
Click——!
After breaking through to the fourth level, Yin Yao did not get up immediately.

Instead, he remained seated cross-legged on the ground, crushing a transparent geometric crystal in his hand.

Attribute Activation Stone!

This was a special gift from Yu Jin to her.

Originally, Yin Yao did not want to accept such a generous gift and had refused it before.

but……

The sudden appearance of Nyarlathotep filled her with a sense of crisis.

then.

When Ember bestowed the crystal upon her again a moment ago, Yin Yao no longer hesitated.

"I will strive to awaken new attributes and contribute to the growth of Dawn City!"

Yin Yao recalled the promise she had made back then.

Time passes slowly.

Yin Yao's long eyelashes trembled slightly.

[You used an 'Attribute Activation Stone'!]

[New attribute awakening in progress...]

Congratulations! Awakening successful!

[You have awakened your second attribute: Mind Control!]

……

City Lord's Mansion.

Neil and Nyar followed closely behind Ember, heading deeper into the independent area behind the council hall.

Previously, Nyarlathotep's arrival had interrupted Ember's plans to explore this area.

The exploration continues.

"Is this really the Impart section?"

After venturing some distance, Yu Jin looked at the light shield in front of him, which reflected images like a mirror but obscured the scene behind it, and fell into deep thought.

[Beep beep!]

Identity verification successful!

Welcome, Lord of Dawn City, Ember!

Cold, mechanical voices echoed from all directions.

hum-

Ember stepped through the energy shield.

Neil and Nyar followed closely behind.

"Ok?"

It's not the 'impart ten-meter king-size bed' I had imagined.

After passing through the light shield, what appeared before Ember was a spacious space with a carbon gray hue, full of science fiction elements, and resembling a spaceship cockpit.

The space occupies a considerable area, several hundred square meters.

At its center stands an irregular, semi-transparent crystal, one meter tall.

"?"

Yu Jin was somewhat bewildered.

What are you doing for me?
Is this still a wasteland?

Aren't all the technologies in the wasteland contaminated and rendered unusable?

"Lord City Lord."

"This is the core area of the refuge city."

"The crystal at the center is called the 'City Core,' which is the energy source of the entire Refuge City. It is because of its existence that the so-called buffer zone exists around the Refuge City."

"at the same time."

"It is also because of its existence that waves of mutated beasts and infected creatures will attack the refuge city from time to time."

As a former eighth-tier city lord, Naya was extremely familiar with this matter.

She took the initiative to explain for Yu Jin.

"Of course, I learned all of this through my 'prophecy' ability."

Nyarlathotep didn't forget the excuse he needed to find.

"The city's core? The source of its energy?"

Yu Jin kept repeating these two words.

He stepped forward and walked to the irregular crystal that was half a person's height.

"how to use?"

Ember looked at Nyarlathotep.

“Your Excellency, simply place your hand on the ‘City Core’ and it will automatically verify your identity.”

Nyar answered in a soft voice.

"Row."

Ember didn't doubt the little girl's words and reached out to press down.

Om-!
The enormous geometric crystal vibrated slightly.

A moment later, a futuristic light screen was projected into the air.

[Refuge City Information]

【Name: Dawn City】

【Level: 0】

Number of citizens: 153054

Number of subordinate cities: 0

[City Lord: Ember]

[Facilities: City walls, city gates, underground water supply system, city lord's mansion.]

【…】

Good guy!
After seeing the lines of information on the screen, Ember exclaimed, "Wow!"
So this is how the Wasteland game is played?
He had recently speculated that the city lord was the real player at the table.

Looking at it now?

Absolutely confirmed!

Simultaneously.

Yu Jin also recalled a discovery Yu Fei made during the closed beta test before his transmigration—

"The refuge city was not built by human hands."

"It seems to be a product born along with the wasteland world. It has always stood there naturally, only the lords and residents of the refuge city have changed generation after generation."

"It's like... a game facility." Everything's connected!

At this moment, Yu Jin looked at the scene before him, feeling both dazed and amused.

Who would believe it if I told anyone? This self-proclaimed 'max-level' ninth-tier character is only finding out about this now...

"Your Excellency, Lord of the City."

Nyar took small, quick steps and walked to Ember's side.

She lowered her head slightly, her twin ponytails swaying gently.

"Viewing information about the refuge city is just the most basic function of the 'city core'."

"Its true purpose is to unlock your exclusive resource shop, Lord City Lord!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Jin raised an eyebrow in surprise.

Resource Mall?

Speaking of the mall, since the system updated to version 2.0, the 'points mall' that once made Yu Jin addicted to shopping has disappeared without a trace.

"Could it be related to this?"

The embers couldn't help but evoke associations.

Nyarko provides a more detailed explanation:

"As the city lord, you can mobilize your subjects, or the refugees who have come here from the wasteland—"

"You can even do it yourself—"

"Collect crystals."

"Pollution crystals, infection crystals, energy crystals..."

"Crystals of different qualities and grades can be converted into 'Wasteland Points' through 'City Cores'."

Wasteland Points are the only currency in the Resource Shop.

"In the resource shop, you can buy any resource, ability, intelligence... even attributes you can think of!"

"As long as you have enough points!"

Nyarlathotep's explanation stirred something deep within Yu Jin.

Good guy.

Wasteland Points?

Is it the wasteland points I was thinking of?

Swah——

Yu Jin had a sudden thought.

A semi-transparent panel, visible only to the user, is revealed.

Wasteland Points: 350 million

Unbeknownst to them, Ember's Wasteland Points had accumulated to an unbelievable number.

some of.

The vast majority of them came from the initial cleanup of nuclear waste and the cleanup of 'Oumuamua'.

before crossing.

Yu Jin only had time to claim the ninth-tier crystal reward for purifying 'Oumuamua'; he didn't have time to claim or even look at the other rewards.

After traversing the wasteland.

System version update.

Those unknown rewards were converted into 'Wasteland Points' by the system.

After that.

This little girl from Mole Star has only been in Dawn City for a short while, yet she's already given me another 2000 million points for free.

"Your Excellency, Lord of the City."

“Actually, when you decided to distribute crystals to the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Dawn City just now, Naya really wanted to remind you that the crystals could be kept and converted into points. Although Naya knew that those low-level crystals wouldn't bring you any level increase…”

"but……"

Naya didn't finish her sentence.

The atmosphere and the scene at that time.

Nyar knew that even if Embers knew the purpose of the points, he would probably still crystallize them without hesitation.

Otherwise, it would severely damage the city lord's prestige.

Ember didn't take Nyarlathotep's words to heart.

He only wants to verify one thing right now—

Are the 'points' in the refuge city the same as the 'points' I got from the system?
Or.

How useful are my 160 million points in the so-called Refuge City's 'Resource Shop'?
Ember pressed his right hand against the giant crystal with a little force.

The light curtain in mid-air then shifted.

Soon.

One by one, the 'product slots' that felt incredibly familiar to Ember appeared.

[1kg of Wasteland Gold]

[Price: 800 points]

[Evaluation: A hard currency that had been used for thousands of years has lost its status in the wasteland world and is now worthless.]

An old friend, but the price is wrong.

If Yu Jin remembers correctly, this thing only cost 500 points in the system's points shop back then.

[Fourth-Order Energy Crystal]

[Price: 30000 points]

Purity: 75%

[Evaluation: An energy source of extremely high purity, a rare treasure in the wasteland world.]

This sense of déjà vu is so strong!

It was so powerful that Ember thought he was browsing the system's 'points mall'.

The only difference is that the price is inflated again.

"Not only is the purity lower, but the price is also 20,000 more?"

Only then did Yu Jin realize how conscientious Brother Tongzi was.

That's a good system!

……

After this.

Yu Jin looked at a few more items.

Familiar format, familiar pricing, familiar reviews...

Yu Jin was now 99% certain that he could use his points here!
"Let's give it a try!"

As Yu Jin thought to himself, he silently recited 'filter and sort' in his mind.

Although the prices in this mall are outrageous, the quantity of goods is extremely large.

Yu Jin simply chose: descending price order.

Swah——

Light curtain transformation.

Product information has changed.

"Let me see just how expensive the most expensive one is!"

Ember was somewhat expectant.

[Tier 1 Ability Maxed Out]

[Price: 3000000 points]

[Effect: After purchase, your specified Tier 1 attribute ability will be upgraded to the maximum level 9!]

[Review: Instant max level, you deserve it!]

"..."

Yu Jin was stunned for a long time.

on the one hand.

This "one-click max level" was something he really didn't expect.

He was curious when he looked at Naya's ability panel before—

How did this little girl from Mole Star manage to have almost every ability at level 7 or 8?

With abilities like lasers and lightning that can kill monsters and gain experience, leveling up might not be too difficult.

However, functional abilities that cannot kill monsters, such as the ability to predict the future, are not difficult to level up; Ember doesn't even know how to improve them...

But now?
The in-game store is openly selling "instant max level" items!
"six!"

"Too six!"

Yu Jin clicked his tongue in amazement.

Besides that, another reason he was stunned was—

"The most expensive one is only 300 million?"

"So cheap? Who do you think you are!"

The words fell.

Naya's crystal-clear eyes froze in shock.

"300 points?"

"Cheap……?"

Naya didn't understand, but was deeply shocked.

Even as the former lord of an eighth-level refuge city, she wouldn't dare say that '300 million points' was cheap!