Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 100 - 92: Did You Lure the Tier Nine Demon Here?
White Rock Sanctuary City.
The arrival of Yu Jin triggered waves of cheers from the hundreds of thousands of refugees.
Afterward.
Under the guidance of Yu Wenbo, who bowed respectfully, he passed through the city gates and entered White Rock City.
Just like Dawn City, White Rock City was also a Level 0 Sanctuary City, the lowest kind.
Looking around, there wasn’t much of a difference.
Narrow streets, a shabby environment, and...
Refugees in ragged clothes everywhere you looked.
Compared to Dawn City, the refugees here were clearly living much harsher lives.
Although before leaving previously, Yu Jin had cast a "Purifying Light" to heal their injuries, malnutrition and such problems weren’t things Purifying Light could fix.
Surrounded by the crowds, Yu Jin walked through the streets and went straight into the City Lord’s Mansion.
After the White Rock City Lord was sent off with just one laser, there hadn’t been a New City Lord for White Rock City since.
Therefore.
Yu Jin smoothly made his way deep into the core area of White Rock City.
[Beep beep—!]
[Verifying identity...]
[Your identity: Dawn City Lord!]
[Would you like to relinquish your position as Dawn City Lord and take office for White Rock City?]
An icy mechanical prompt sounded from the mirror-like energy barrier.
"No."
Yu Jin replied.
[Beep beep—]
[You have declined to take office for White Rock City!]
[Would you like to subdue White Rock City as a subordinate city of Dawn City?]
[If you conquer it, you’ll need to appoint a Deputy City Lord!]
[The Deputy City Lord enjoys some of the City Lord’s rights, but you can dismiss or replace them at any time!]
The mechanical voice continued.
Yu Jin wasn’t surprised by this at all.
Before coming to White Rock City, he had especially asked Brother Tongzi about the process for subduing a subordinate city.
Yu Jin turned and looked at Yu Wenbo, who wore a blank expression behind him.
"Wanna be a City Lord or not?"
He’d brought Yu Wenbo here for exactly this purpose.
"Huh, huh?"
"Me? City Lord?"
Yu Wenbo looked even more stunned.
...
...
"Y-Yu City Lord... Lord..."
"Me, a City Lord? I’m scared I’ll mess it up..."
White Rock City, City Lord’s Mansion, Council Hall.
Yu Jin sprawled out grandly on the City Lord’s seat.
Yu Wenbo still hadn’t recovered, mumbling to himself nonstop.
"Are you taking the job or not?"
Yu Jin raised his voice a notch.
Thump—!
"I’ll do it!"
Yu Wenbo dropped to his knees.
Yu Jin shook his head and laughed.
The reason he chose Yu Wenbo as City Lord wasn’t anything special.
Honestly... just because the face was familiar.
Although those buzz-cut youngsters in White Rock City weren’t bad either, Yu Jin felt they’d be better developed as high-tier Evolvers, not City Lords.
Yu Jin had an idea: he wanted to build an army made up entirely of high-tier Evolvers!
Tier Seven, Tier Eight, maybe even Tier Nine!
It was only his second day since transmigrating.
But Yu Jin’s sights were already set far beyond the A3 Wasteland Planet, on the vast Star System Wasteland.
When he woke up, "Wasteland" had said—
[In 180 days, the top ten players on the A3 Planet player leaderboard will get a chance to promote and leave A3 Planet for a more advanced Star System Server!]
[Promotion is calculated by Sanctuary City unit, including the City Lord and their direct subordinates]
Whether or not to promote wasn’t a multiple choice question.
Even if, like those cultivation novels, promotion turned out to be a trap, Yu Jin couldn’t possibly hole up on A3 Wasteland Planet for life just to avoid it.
"If all goes well..."
"When others promote, their City Lords are only Tier Eight or Nine."
"But when it’s me, my little grunts will all be Tier Eight or Nine!"
Just picturing it for a moment made Yu Jin feel a rush of exhilaration.
Top ten City Lords?
My minions will one-shot them!
"It’s nice to imagine, but actions have to keep up."
Thinking of this.
Yu Jin got up from the City Lord’s seat.
He handed Yu Wenbo a Tier Two Energy Crystal, along with a few Tiers Three and Four Energy Crystals.
"Awaken first with a Tier Two Crystal. Use the others to power up."
Since he’d chosen Yu Wenbo as Deputy City Lord, Yu Jin was hardly going to be stingy with resources.
If he didn’t need them himself, he’d happily give Tiers Five and Six Crystals too.
After all—
The stronger the Deputy City Lord, the more stable White Rock City would be.
Yu Jin didn’t want his subordinate cities constantly throwing up trouble and splitting his focus.
"Lord City Lord Yu!"
"Loyalty!"
Yu Wenbo’s eyes turned red as he stared at the crystals laid out before him.
He swore to himself—
Back when he went on a 20-game losing streak in League of Legends ranked, he didn’t cry!
But now, he couldn’t hold it in!
Not only did he get the City Lord’s seat, but also these energy crystals...
"Loyalty!!"
Yu Wenbo shouted again.
But...
When he raised his head, he discovered that Yu Jin’s figure had already vanished.
Yu Wenbo froze for a while, then silently got up, carefully picked up the crystals from the ground, and hugged them tightly to his chest.
"Loyalty..."
A good while later.
Within the empty Council Hall...
A crisp ’crack’ resounded.
[You used a Tier Two Energy Crystal!]
[You have successfully awakened!]
[You have become a Tier One Evolver!]
[Energy surplus, auto-advancing...]
[You have become a Tier Two Evolver!]
[You have awakened the attribute: Blood Axe!]
[...]
...
...
Outside White Rock City.
The Tier Seven Mutated Turtle "Xiaoming" carried Yu Jin, vanishing into the vast Wasteland Wilderness.
Yu Jin’s whole point coming to White Rock City this time was to have "Xiaoming" lead the way to hunt high-tier mutant beasts/infected and cash in on the system’s crystals.
The wasteland was simply too immense.
Even a Tier Nine Yu Jin couldn’t possibly comb every corner just for high-tier mutant beasts/infected.
Especially since—
Yesterday, Yu Jin had just unleashed a little Tier Nine shockwave near Dawn City.
High-tier mutant beasts and infected all possessed intelligence not inferior to humans, and senses far beyond any Evolver.
Yu Jin worried they’d go into hiding because of that.
"Hey Xiaoming."
Yu Jin called out.
"Yu... Lo... rd."
