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Chapter 111 Level II Civilization Celsa - Nine Years of Compulsory Closed Beta Testing (13 words)

Dawn City.

core zone.

hum-

Spatial fluctuations spread, and the figure of Ember appeared out of thin air.

Crash-!
He reached out and tossed the crystals, which glittered like stars, onto the ten-meter-long bed.

among them.

Tenth-order crystals, exceeding fifty in number.

There were only one eleventh-order crystal, a little less.

"That should be enough to break through to the eleventh rank..."

Yu Jin murmured to himself as he sat down on the bed.

This trip was very fruitful.

Originally, I just wanted to meet Xiaoming's new 'friends', but I didn't expect to run into a seventh-level Great Luo City Lord.

After a friendly exchange, the opponent was unfortunately defeated.

And the embers.

He also managed to snag a full 40 energy crystals from Brother Tongzi in one go.

The only thing that Yu Jin was not satisfied with was...

He originally wanted to find a Blue Star player to serve as the acting lord of Da Luo City, but he failed.

A level 2 Dawn City cannot take a level 4 Daluo City as its subordinate city.

and so……

The city of Daluo and its 50 subordinate cities had to be separated first, and then Dawn City would have to go through the process of taking them over as subordinate cities one by one.

"We'll leave this to Yin Yao and the others to handle later."

"Let Nyarlathotep oversee the situation, lest those remnants of Da Luo City fail to grasp the overall picture."

With that thought in mind, Yu Jin sent a message to Neil.

then……

Snap!
Yu Jin started consuming crystals.

With two days left before the 'extraterrestrial enemy' arrives on Planet A3, he plans to break through to the eleventh rank before they descend upon the planet.

Eleventh-tier vs. Ninth-tier, the advantage is mine!
……

……

The vast, star-studded universe.

A 'sun' silently hovers in its predetermined orbit.

The 'sun' looked rather strange; although it emitted boundless light and heat, it was almost entirely absorbed by the surrounding geometric rings.

Countless cities and buildings can be seen on the geometric ring.

here it is……

Tier II Civilization: Celsa.

Unlike Earth, which has not even fully developed its planetary resources, Celsa, as a Type II civilization, already possesses the technological level to fully absorb and utilize stellar energy.

The geometric rings surrounding the sun are known as Dyson rings in the minds of scientists on Earth.

now.

Celsa Star, West Eighth Ring Area.

Ula Eureka is sitting at her desk, looking up at the starry sky through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

His purple eyes held a hint of bewilderment, yet also a faint glimmer of expectation.

"Nine years of compulsory internal testing, four years of university practical training."

"finally……"

"I'm about to be transported to the real Wasteland!"

Eureka clenched his fist, mentally encouraging himself.

Unlike the humans of Earth who were forced to traverse alien wastelands.

The Celsa aliens are instilled with knowledge of the Wasteland from a young age and receive Wasteland-related education.

Starting at age 7, children receive helmets and undergo 'nine years of compulsory internal testing'.

The closed beta test was conducted on a 'wasteland planet' filled with low-level infected and mutated beasts.

Eureka performed exceptionally well during the nine-year compulsory internal testing period.

He not only possesses dual attributes, but also has upgraded all abilities from level one to level nine to the maximum level of level nine.

Most importantly, he awakened a special talent.

This allowed him to successfully gain admission to the best university in Celsa.

At university, he began to study the 'wasteland galaxy'.

After all, for the Celsa aliens, the 'wasteland planet' is just the lowest level of training ground for beginners, only serving the purpose of 'leveling up'.

Using helmets as a medium, they randomly descend upon wasteland planets, where they fight against mutated beasts/infected creatures.

The crystals inside mutated beasts/infected creatures can help them level up.

Aside from those who drop out of school or professional gold farmers, most Celsa aliens can reach the ninth rank before crossing the 'Wasteland Galaxy' at the age of 20.

The difference is——

At level nine, the degree of pollution varies.

As a top student, Eureka has excellent control over his contamination level. Even at the ninth level limit, his contamination level is only 10%.

This is because he is very strict about the use of crystals and has never used energy crystals with a purity of less than 60%.

Simultaneously.

His dual attributes are both very strong, giving him an advantage over other people his age in suppressing pollution levels.

During her four years at university, Eureka spent all her time, apart from learning about the 'Wasteland Galaxy,' 'farming gold and earning points.'

Crystals obtained from hunting mutated beasts/infected creatures can be sold in the Wasteland game to earn points.

Points, officially called Wasteland Points, can be traded.

Originally just a currency in the game Wasteland, it is now also the common currency of the Celsa civilization.

drip-

A semi-transparent, illusory projection popped up in front of Eureka's eyes.

Wasteland Points: 100 billion

This is his savings from four years of tireless gold mining.

The Celsa aliens can choose whether to travel to the 'Wasteland Galaxy' on their 20th birthday.

Eureka's 20th birthday is in two days.

"Join a large corporation alliance, or remain a lone wolf?"

This is a choice that every Celsa alien must face before they travel to another world at the age of 20.

after all……

This is not a closed beta test; it's a true time travel experience.

They cannot be reborn after death, nor can they return to Celsa.

Not everyone is willing to travel through time, and many would rather stay and give up their only chance at age 20.

but……

Not traveling through time means you might die tomorrow.

Eureka looked up at the sky above the West Eighth District.

There, a huge projection screen was suspended.

No contaminants have been detected within the galaxy.

For 20 years, the first thing Eureka does every morning is look at this projection screen.

For 20 years, the text on the screen has remained unchanged.

"I hope that will never change."

Eureka closed her eyes and made a wish.

because……

Once pollution arrives, it is doomsday, it is extinction.

The Celsa civilization, no matter how much it resisted, was destined to become history.

This information arrived on Celsa along with the Wasteland game.

Nobody knows where it came from, just like nobody knows where Wasteland came from. So…

Crossing the barrier means a glimmer of hope.

Those who remain can only await the judgment of fate.

Eureka chose to travel through time, but his younger sister, Ula Alya, who was a month younger than him, decided to stay on Celsa from a very young age.

The brother and sister depended on each other since childhood, and they never met their parents.

Because their parents both chose to time travel when they were 20 years old, but left behind their genes before they did.

Both siblings were 'test-tube babies' and grew up in an incubator.

Eureka also left his genes a week ago, and to do so, he obtained invaluable film and television resources from his classmates the night before as an aid.

Eureka shook her head, trying to clear her mind of the jumbled thoughts.

He stared at his remaining points, lost in thought.

a long time.

He made a decision.

"100 billion points can only get you the lowest-ranking position in the interstellar refuge fortress of the large corporation alliance."

"But when I use the money to buy the interstellar spaceship, I am the sole owner of the spaceship."

Eureka is a young man from Celsa with dreams.

After making his decision, he didn't hesitate and put on the helmet on the table.

Swah——

Eureka appears on a desolate wasteland planet.

Welcome, Ula Eureka, a player from the Tier II Celsa civilization!

Eureka heard a crisp notification sound.

"Open the Interstellar Shop".

He continued talking to himself.

The words fell.

Swah——

Before his eyes appeared a series of product listings.

For the Celsa aliens, although they could not return to their planet after crossing over and lost the chance to be reborn, but...

Paying in advance is indeed possible.

The spending limit for individual players is 200 billion points.

The company alliance's spending limit is said to be as high as 100 billion points.

"Miniature interstellar spaceship, codename S-680!"

Eureka's words were resounding.

Although the decision was made at the last minute, he had already chosen the style of the spaceship.

This spaceship is small in size but fully equipped with facilities and has a certain degree of combat capability. It is also equipped with a warp drive, which allows it to make short-distance space jumps in case of crisis.

For solo StarCraft players, this is the most cost-effective option.

【Di-】

[100 billion Wasteland Points Deducted]

Eureka exited the game and took off her helmet.

"The rules of the galactic wasteland are..."

"Earn Source Points to improve your ranking."

"As long as the ranking is high enough, there is a chance to gain the recognition of higher-dimensional civilizations, and it is said that there is even a chance to save one's own civilization from the misfortune of pollution."

There are three ways to obtain the source point—

"1. Kill interstellar mutant beasts/infected beings of rank 10 or above."

"2. Occupy unclaimed planets within the star system, or seize claimed planets."

"3. Killing players from other civilizations allows you to plunder a portion of their Source Point balance."

Eureka reviewed the knowledge she had acquired during her four years of university studies.

"Travel locations are generally randomly refreshed unless you join a corporate alliance, in which case you can be teleported to its affiliated interstellar refuge fortress at the start of the game."

"But I purchased the S-680 micro interstellar spaceship in advance, so after I traveled through it, I was automatically refreshed inside the spaceship instead of on a random planet."

"I can pilot a spaceship to find a suitable planet to develop and level up. After reaching the tenth or eleventh rank, I can then go into space to find lone interstellar mutants/infected creatures."

"Of course, the best start would be encountering players from low-level civilizations that have just advanced into the wasteland star system..."

"Although they have very few source points, killing and plundering their source points can provide me with initial capital accumulation."

Eureka recalled her experience during a closed beta test.

That was three years ago.

He respawned on a desolate wasteland planet and encountered a group of players from a low-level civilization.

Eureka is a novelty.

He had heard that some people had encountered players from low-level civilizations on the wasteland planet during the closed beta.

But the probability is extremely small, as small as one in hundreds of millions or even billions.

I've heard that on such planets, there exists a strange concept called 'refuge cities'.

at that time.

Eureka was also discovered by that group of players from lower civilizations.

They mistook Eureka for an infected creature in the wild and charged at her, shouting as they attacked.

then……

Eureka easily killed hundreds of thousands of people.

That was the first time he had carried out a large-scale massacre of life forms other than mutated beasts/infected beings.

Eureka thought she would feel a little guilty, but...

not at all.

He thought about it for a long time and finally understood—only killing one's own kind can generate emotions.

These life forms, despite their striking resemblance to the Celsa aliens, are not of the same kind.

He obtained many crystals from them, which, although of low rank, could still be exchanged for points.

The following three months.

Eureka harvested a large number of crystals on that planet, and used them to exchange for a considerable amount of points.

"What use would they have for these crystals?"

"Promotion?"

"Even if I go to the wasteland star system, I'll just be sending crystals and source points to others. I might as well make use of them and earn more points."

Eureka felt no guilt whatsoever about her actions.

He finally understood why the other Celsa aliens called those players 'insects of an inferior civilization'.

Humans don't feel anything when they step on an insect.

After this.

His college classmates, upon hearing this, expressed intense envy, jealousy, and resentment.

"What's the difference between encountering a planet teeming with lowly bugs and winning the lottery?"

Eureka recalled those words and couldn't help but nod in deep agreement once again.

"Yes."

"What's the difference between this and winning the lottery?"

Think of this.

He clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and made a wish in his heart.

The Celsa aliens have had a tradition of making wishes to the stars since the beginning of their civilization.

"The vast starry sky..."

"Please let me encounter a group of players from a lowly civilization as soon as possible after I transmigrate..."

"I need them—"

"Work hard for me, provide me with crystals, and contribute the source to me."

"I need them—"

"Become the fuel for my conquest of the vast galaxy!"

(End of this chapter)