Chapter 278: Chapter 49: Star Domain Mother Ship! Fortress Core! Farewell, Athena! Enemy Approaching from the Sky!

Silver Beach Island.

Former Island Lord Walter’s manor.

Yu Jin lounged lazily in the wicker rocking chair atop the roof, gazing out at the endless expanse of ocean below.

It’s been over half a day since he killed Damian and wiped out his million-strong army.

Within this half day, fluctuations on the Alpha Star server had already ceased, and the boundless Black Sea had returned to calm.

"They’re moving kinda slow..."

Yu Jin muttered to himself as he looked at the distant Black Sea.

Damian’s father—the Alpha Star’s planetary governor—knew for certain Damian had died here on Silver Beach Island.

And to fully carry out his "lure the snake out" + "waiting for the rabbit" strategy, Yu Jin purposely stayed at Silver Beach Island instead of venturing deeper.

Even though there were other islands further into the Black Sea, thanks to the system’s ’repeat reward mechanism,’ Yu Jin could hardly milk any more Wasteland Source Points from them now.

"Wait a bit longer."

"If they still don’t come after half a day, maybe I’ll think about going deeper..."

Yu Jin pondered for a moment, then made up his mind.

Whoosh—

With a thought, a translucent game panel floated before his eyes.

The panel belonged to Wasteland OL, showing the ’Wasteland Origin Point Mall’ interface.

When he first logged in, Yu Jin had no mall access, but thanks to Brother Tongzi’s power boost, it arrived eventually, though late.

"Let’s see what goodies they’ve got!"

Even Yu Jin couldn’t help feeling a little excited at this moment.

This air drop wasn’t like the previous few times.

Before, everything was air dropped to Carol, and Yu Jin hadn’t even seen those resources—like Star Destroyer Battleships and Sigma Mecha—up close so far.

But now?

With Yu Jin leading Dawn Fortress to successfully promote to Star System Wasteland status, the air drop coordinates weren’t just Carol’s anymore—Yu Jin could air drop stuff to himself.

[Wasteland Source Points: 1.8 billion]

A balance of 1.8 billion—not a huge fortune, but decent enough.

"Buy whatever I can first."

"If it’s too expensive to buy now..."

"Once Damian’s dad finishes gifting some ’warmth,’ I should be able to afford it."

Yu Jin grumbled, eyes fixed on the panel.

Unlike last times, the mall in the Mid-Level server didn’t show all goods at once.

Instead, Yu Jin could only see info for a single item right now.

"Huh?"

Yu Jin raised an eyebrow, but focused anyway.

[Star Domain Mother Ship]

[Item Civilization Level: Level IV]

[Original Price: 50 billion Wasteland Source Points]

[Limited Discount Price: 500 million Wasteland Source Points]

[Description: A mother ship capable of sailing the Cosmic Sea and crossing Star Realms—can carry up to ten billion people]

[Curvature Engine: Activated]

[Weapon System: Not Activated]

[...]

[Purchase Limit: 0/1]

Yu Jin finished reading line by line and fell silent in thought.

Good news— 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Real spicy goods, right from the start.

The first item was already a killer.

The item’s Civilization Level even exceeded Ophelia Federation’s.

Bad news—

Expensive, not just a little expensive!

Yu Jin wondered if his eyes were playing tricks when he saw that original price of 50 billion Source Points.

Especially...

A string of ’Not Activated’ tags followed after.

Bottom line, this Star Domain Mother Ship only had navigation, warp, and basic life support systems activated; everything else was pending activation.

To use a Blue Star slang—totally the beggar version.

"This discount price..."

Yu Jin’s gaze landed on the 500 million Source Points, his heart skipped a beat.

"Did you do this?"

The system stayed silent.

But Yu Jin already knew the answer in his heart.

It reminded him of the ’Strongman’s Spoils’ Ability that used to show up in the Blue Star mall.

That Ability’s original price was marked as ’???’, while the discount price was one million Points.

Back then, Yu Jin hadn’t realized the true value of spending a million Points for that Ability.

Now?

Yu Jin could say with absolute confidence—

Strongman’s Spoils is absolutely on par with the system’s own bug-level Abilities.

The price isn’t even something that can be measured with Wasteland Points.

"Looks like I gotta buy it..."

Yu Jin muttered as he stared at the item grid.

On one hand, that 500 million discount was really tempting.

On the other hand, there was a tiny line at the bottom of the item grid—

[Purchasing this item unlocks access to the second item]

This mechanism was exactly like the Civilization Authority Mall.

"Bought!"

Yu Jin didn’t hesitate, just waved his hand and made his decision.

[Beep—!]

[Wasteland Source Points -500 million]

[Wasteland Source Points balance: 1.3 billion]

[You acquired Star Domain Mother Ship *1]

[You can choose the mother ship drop coordinates...]

[Notice—]

[Dropping the Star Domain Mother Ship will cause server fluctuations]

[You now can view the second item!]

Yu Jin didn’t rush to drop the Star Domain Mother Ship. Instead, his eyes moved to the newly lit up item grid.

At first glance, Yu Jin’s eyes shone brightly.

[High-dimensional Super Large Fortress Core]

[Item Civilization Level: Level III]

[Price: 500 million Wasteland Source Points]

[Description: Can be installed in any Fortress Level, ignores planetary rules, directly upgrades to Super Large Fortress, and remains valid even after High Dimension promotion]

[Purchase Limit: 0/1]

Super Large Fortress Core!

This was WAY more valuable to Yu Jin than the Star Domain Mother Ship!

You have to know, Dawn Fortress right now was just at Medium-sized Fortress Level.

Medium-sized is followed by Large, and Large is followed by Super Large.

Yu Jin had already air dropped three Super Large Fortresses for Carol previously.

But...

Yu Jin, or really the whole Blue Star player base, fundamentally relied on Dawn City.

Not to mention, Yu Jin himself had a crazy deep bond with Dawn City.

Yu Jin’s original plan was—