Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 162 - 141: A New - for Civilization! 100,000 Miners! Tier Fifteen Commander!
"I absolutely can’t let them steal my mining thunder."
Tang Yunxuan muttered, standing up and looking out the window.
The sun in the sky was still dim and dull.
But the dangerous mutated cats and dogs below the male dormitory had already disappeared.
The college students, who had struggled to survive until now, walked out of dormitories, classrooms, canteens...
They gathered in groups, collecting usable food and supplies throughout the campus and beyond.
"Hasa—"
Tang Yunxuan raised his hand, gently swiping at the air ahead.
A faint blue light flickered and vanished.
After the pollution was almost completely purified, his Gale Attribute Ability was nearly suppressed to the point of vanishing.
Mind you, he was now a Tier Five Evolver, able to become a City Lord of a common Refuge City on A3 Planet.
"If it weren’t for that damn countdown to crossing..."
"This half-month experience might have seemed more like a fleeting and illusory dream?"
Tang Yunxuan sighed softly, and went downstairs.
He didn’t use the stairs or the elevator, but directly leaped out of the sixth-floor dormitory window.
Ever since he became an Evolver, he’s been doing this.
Just this time.
"Ouch, I—"
...
...
Time rushed by.
Drake-3 Wasteland Star System.
Uninhabited Planet.
Clang—!
Tang Yunxuan swung the iron shovel in his hand, bending over and digging fiercely.
He jumped down from the building and accidentally sprained his ankle.
Originally planning to go out like other students to find some supplies and chat up a few juniors, he could only limp back to the dormitory, put on his helmet, and log back into "Wasteland".
In reality, he lost his superpower.
During the beta test, he was still a Tier Five Evolver!
So...
Tang Yunxuan’s mining speed was not slower than before.
Clang—!
He shoveled one after another.
The pale blue Gale energy wrapped around his right hand and the iron shovel.
This was the ’God-tier Mining Skill’ Tang Yunxuan realized—using Gale Force to enhance mining efficiency!
Not far from him.
Thud—!
The delicate girl Peng Siyi was wielding an iron shovel in each hand, shaking the earth with each dig.
She too, activated her ’Giant Strength’ Attribute Ability while mining.
Further away.
Yin Zhenzhong’s mining movements seemed much more refined.
He didn’t use his bare hands to dig in the Crystal Ore but sat cross-legged at the original spot, waving his hands in the air.
Several meters in front of him, a total of six or seven ’Golden Shovels’ were flying up and down within the Crystal Ore, constantly digging.
His attribute was ’Gold,’ able to control ’gold’ products.
These Golden Shovels were also acquired from Carol.
Regarding this type of work request from ’miners,’ Carol never refused.
It’s just that Yin Zhenzhong didn’t know where she got the golden raw material to make these shovels.
It is worth mentioning.
On this uninhabited planet, the total number of current beta players, or ’miners,’ has surpassed one hundred thousand.
Carol was unclear why more and more beta players were logging in here.
She only knew...
With these miners, the development progress of the uninhabited planet would increase again.
And that meant she could truly make a contribution to Lord.
[Current Planet Occupation Progress: 2.7%]
"I wonder when Lord will descend?"
"I must capture this uninhabited planet for him before he arrives!"
Carol looked at the one hundred thousand hard-working miners in front of her and secretly made up her mind.
Only.
She hadn’t supervised too long when she heard the communication coming from the Unmanned Mecha.
"Commander!"
"Near the planet, traces of the Interstellar Fleet have been detected!"
Whoosh—
Carol flashed directly into the X-87 Interstellar Mother Ship’s cockpit.
Wow—
The holographic projection full of sci-fi breath showed several striking red dots approaching the uninhabited planet.
"How could this be?"
"Clearly, all the coordinates of the mother ship have been erased..."
Carol frowned.
"No, an investigation is a must."
Moments later.
Boom—!
Carol piloted the S-680 Micro Interstellar Spaceship, taking off towards the Endless Starry Sky.
...
...
In the silent depths of the starry sky.
The vast starry Interstellar Mother Ship sailed quietly like a ghost.
"It should be around this star realm..."
"The X-87 Mother Ship, tasked with executing the ’capture the traitor alive’ mission, lost signal here and cannot be reached."
In the spacious cockpit.
The man in the commander’s uniform looked at the vast starry realm ahead, muttering to himself.
"Lord Holland!"
"There are vast asteroid belts ahead..."
"Should we activate the detection module and conduct a full-power scan of the star realm ahead?"
Behind Holland Benitez, the vice-commander made a suggestion.
As an advanced fleet of the Selza Civilization, it generally doesn’t actively open the detection module during regular navigation because it would easily expose their own coordinates.
In the vast star system wasteland, the Selza Star People have many enemies.
For instance, the Larnaka Star People, also a Level II civilization.
The two sides have recently almost gone to full-scale war over the ownership of a mid-level uninhabited planet.
War between civilizations involves not only clashes at interstellar fortresses but also includes tracking, assassination, capture... and a series of other tactics.
This advanced fleet of Holland Benitez belongs to the Selza Ninth Interstellar Refuge Fortress and usually takes on these kinds of clandestine war missions.
This time, they transitioned from the battlefield to this star realm to investigate the ’X-87 Mother Ship’s loss of contact’ incident.
Based on decades of warfare experience, Holland Benitez speculated...
The lone-escaping traitor Carol gained the support of the Larnaka Star Fleet.
The X-87 Mother Ship encountered an ambush from the Larnaka Star Fleet, leading to its total annihilation.
"Do not activate it for now."
"First, use conventional methods to investigate if remnants of the X-87 Fleet can be found."
Holland waved his hand, making the decision.
He has always been known for his caution, which is one of the reasons why he, with just a modest Tier Fifteen level, could command an entire advanced fleet.
Time passed slowly.
Before long.
Holland’s fleet successfully found the battlefield of the X-87 Mother Ship.
"Hmm?"
"Unmanned mecha remnants?"
"Is that... the corpse of the X-87 Fleet Commander?"
Holland looked at the scene in space, his eyes instantly becoming sharp.
"Tier Eleven mecha?"
"Self-destruction?"
With his rich battle experience, Holland almost restores the war details that happened here with just one look.
And this deeply furrowed his brows.
The overall strength of the Larnaka Civilization is stronger than the Selza Civilization.
Generally speaking, it wouldn’t be necessary to use self-destruction tactics of mecha to ambush and annihilate a stray mother ship.
"Traitor Carol?"
"Single-handedly annihilated the X-87 Mother Ship?"
Holland instantly came up with this extremely bold assumption.
He had heard about some rumors of Carol, a fellow commander, who was only a Tier Twelve woman, but had been repeatedly promoted in the recent decade due to her excellent war command abilities.
If it weren’t for the ’traitor exposure’ incident this time, she might have been able to become an advanced fleet commander on par with him in less than ten years.
"If it wasn’t Larnaka, but Carol..."
"Then..."
Holland looked at the starry sky outside the window, various thoughts flashing in his eyes.
But suddenly.
He turned around sharply.
"Who’s there?!"
Holland shouted.
The vice-commander behind him looked utterly confused.
"What’s wrong, Lord Holland?"
Holland didn’t reply, instead, his brows furrowed even more deeply.
As a Tier Fifteen Evolver and commander, one of his attributes was ’perception.’
This attribute doesn’t have actual combat power but has an extremely keen perception of potential changes and dangers he might face.
At that moment...
Holland sensed that he seemed to be targeted by something.
"What is it? That even makes me feel a strong threat?"
"An evolver above Tier Fifteen?"
"Not good! This is a trap from the Larnaka Star People!"
"The X-87 Mother Ship is the bait, the real target is us, the T-9 Fleet!"
Holland’s expression immediately turned grave, and he promptly issued orders:
"Prepare for transition!"
"Maximum power!"
"Leave this star realm at the fastest speed!"
However.
Just as the words were out.
The vice-commander behind him didn’t even have time to react.
Buzz—!
An invisible but powerful spatial wave suddenly spread.
The vice-commander’s eyes widened.
"Spatial attribute ability?!"
In the next moment.
Whoosh—
The vice-commander disappeared.
Whoosh—
Whoosh, whoosh—
Subsequently disappearing were over a hundred members within the mother ship, as well as... the commander-in-chief, Tier Fifteen Evolver, Holland Benitez.
