I've already reached the maximum level, and you guys are just starting out?

Chapter 133 "Master, come quick! There's an 8th-tier evolver here!"

Chapter 133 "Master, come quick! There's an eighth-tier evolver here!" (5k words, 22 words update)

Caso, the city.

The millions of displaced people in the city still trembled and crawled on their stomachs.

They didn't know what was going on.

Then I saw that it was dawn again.

then……

Of the seven figures that were charging menacingly from afar, six disappeared in an instant.

The last person remaining suddenly froze in mid-air for some unknown reason, as if he had been frozen.

"We must report what happened here to the invincible city lord..."

Among the million refugees of Caso, a ragged man, who looked no different from the other refugees, muttered to himself with his head down.

……

[Herwin Wick]

[Civilization: Tier II]

Home planet: Celsa

[Rank: Ninth Rank (Twelfth Rank)]

【Attributes: Stars, Meteorites】

[Talent: Enhancement]

[Abilities: Star Power lv9, Star Projection lv9, Meteor Fall lv9...]

Ember glanced at Herven Vick, who was trapped in the space not far away, and gently stroked his chin.

Like Ellen, this person is a squad leader of the twelfth rank.

His six teammates, just now, followed in the footsteps of Ellen and the others under the combination of 'space freeze' and 'sunlight'.

But this Herven Vick was spared by the embers.

The reason was simple: Ember had developed a slight interest in his 'enhancement' talent.

Not all players of the Tier II civilization Celsa possess this talent. Ember had already scanned Ellen and others with the 'Eye of Insight'.

They lack talent.

While Eureka initially possessed considerable talent, the 'spoils of the strong' at that time consisted of the 'S-680 Starship'.

"Spare his life for now, wait for the cooldown, and see if we can get a talent from him."

Yu Jin held this thought in his heart.

And the other side.

Herwin Vick was both terrified and desperate.

He actually arrived here with Ellen's squad.

It was only because Ellen acted too quickly and killed Lord Caso that he had no choice but to lead his team to find other high-level refuge cities to take over.

Can be biased.

He and his teammates hadn't been gone long when they saw the sky above Caso City burst into an extremely dazzling light.

So he rushed over with his team.

Then, his teammates were gone.

"Woo——"

Herven Vick sobbed, trying to beg for mercy.

He was unable to make a sound in the frozen space.

He had no idea where this terrifyingly powerful young man came from. He only knew that the other party had killed Ellen and the others, leaving only himself alive, which must be because…

I am of great use!
……

……

Caso, the city.

City Lord's Mansion.

Embers, carrying Herven, fell from the sky.

Just to be on the safe side, he punched Hervin twice more.

The number isn't high, only 200 million.

Two punches later, Hervin was on the verge of death, barely clinging to life.

Its ninth-order attribute energy was also depleted due to spontaneous defense.

In this way, Hewen's danger was greatly reduced, and Ember felt much more at ease.

The loot cooldown for the strong is a full 24 hours. The last time it was triggered was when I killed Murphy, and now there are still nearly 10 hours left.

"You must live well. If you can't hold on any longer, tell me and I will heal you."

After speaking earnestly to Hewen, Yu Jin threw him onto the ground not far away.

"Woo——"

Herven Vick sobbed, trying to say something.

hum-

Spatial fluctuations spread, imposing regional confinement.

Herven Vick groaned and then fell silent.

"Let's take stock of our spoils while we have this opportunity!"

Yu Jin sat down in the city lord's seat very naturally.

Swah——

A semi-transparent, illusory panel appeared before Yu Jin's eyes.

It's not a system panel, but rather a reference to the game Wasteland.

【Hello, player 'Ember' from the Level I civilization Earth!】

[You have accumulated 10000 Civilization Source Points...]

[You are the first player in the Level I civilization, Blue Star, to surpass 10,000 Origin Points!]

[You have received a reward from the game Wasteland]

[You have received the following resources: 10000 Beta Test Helmets]

[Current Civilization Origin Point: 15100]

[You can activate civilization privileges in advance!]

Yu Jin first claimed the reward of '10000 beta test helmets'.

As before, the helmets were directly sent to Earth, and Ember had no way of knowing the specifics.

then……

"coming!"

"Civilization Authority!"

"Let me see what you have!"

Yu Jin silently recited the command and selected to grant permissions.

Swah——

For the first time, Ember saw the game panel of Wasteland radiate a dazzling golden light...

After the golden light, a line of text appeared on the panel.

[Do you want to bind 'Level I Civilization Blue Star' as your civilization?]

"Yes!"

Ember didn't hesitate at all.

[Binding...]

[Binding successful! 】

Based on your current civilization level and the total amount of Source Points you possess, you have been granted 'Level I Access'.

[Permissions granted...]

The embers waited silently.

His intuition told him that this time, he might have finally found the right way to play the Wasteland game.

Swah——

The light flashed again.

The panel in front of Yu Jin began to change continuously.

In no time, one product slot after another appeared on the panel.

Yu Jin raised an eyebrow slightly; this style really has remained consistent all along.

[Level I Civilization Permission Shop]

The text at the very top of the panel is extremely eye-catching.

Yu Jin took a deep breath and looked at the products below.

"Uh?"

"On a?"

Yu Jin was taken aback.

In his view, there were a lot of product listings, but only one was actually 'lit up'!
The remaining product listings were all grayed out and displayed no information.

"..."

Clearly, the remaining 15100 Civilization Points made Ember a "poor guy".

[Level I Civilization Authority -]

[Internal testing period extended]

[Price: 10000 Civilization Points]

[Effect: Significantly extend the internal testing period (up to 1 year) compared to the original version]

[Note: Purchasing this access will grant your civilization, both present and future, extended access to the Wasteland beta test.]

[Note: The current closed beta test for the Level I civilization, Blue Star, is 7 days. After unlocking this access, the closed beta test will be extended to 30 days.]

Purchase limit: 0/5

Two conditions must be met to unlock access to the next civilization:

[1. Purchase the 'Internal Testing Time Extension' privilege at least once]

[2. Civilization Origin Points Balance Reaches 30000]

After reading the message, Yu Jin fell into deep thought.

Eureka's original memory information shows—

The internal testing period of the Celsa civilization lasted for 13 years, starting from age 7 and continuing until age 20 before the transmigration.

Clearly, these '13 years' are the effect of the civilization authority.

"It looks pretty good, but..."

"so expensive!"

Yu Jin stared at the price of '10000 Civilization Source Points' and gasped in astonishment.

These source points were hard-won, earned through countless hardships and bloody battles with players from the Celsa civilization.

Here, you can only buy the cheapest and lowest-grade goods.

The most terrible thing is...

You have to buy it!
Yu Jin stared at the last few lines of text and felt a sudden toothache.

If it weren't for those few sentences, he would have considered accumulating more Civilization Source Points and waiting to see if there were any better permissions he could purchase later.

But now?
"purchase!"

Yu Jin silently recited in his heart.

[You have unlocked Level I Civilization Permissions - Closed Beta Testing Period Extended]

[Current Civilization Origin Point: 5100]

[Continue to acquire more Civilization Points and lead your Earth civilization further in the Wasteland game!]

"Speaking of which, it has been 5 days since the last 10 internal test helmets were distributed."

"If only we could find those beta testers..."

Yu Jin sighed softly and looked at the other lines of text on the panel.

[Special Mission: Suppress the players of Civilization II: Celsa]

【…】

[Task progress: 92.9%]

On the floor in a corner of the council chamber.

Hervin Vick suddenly sensed a strong killing intent.

This sent chills down his spine and filled him with terror.

"how come……"

"I should be of great use!"

Hewen cried out in his heart.

Fortunately, the murderous intent came and went quickly.

He felt the terrifying youth's gaze shift away from him.

Hewen felt a great sense of relief, and at the same time became even more certain—

"I'm of great use!"

……

City Lord's Mansion.

After taking stock of the rewards for 'Civilization Origin Point'.

Ember claimed all the other rewards at once.

These include—

Gravitational wave relay unit *1;

11 small interstellar unmanned fleets;

11 fourteenth-order energy crystals;

15th-order energy crystal*1.

"With so many high-level crystals, hopefully Brother Tongzi can step up and remove the level cap again, otherwise being stuck at level twelve is a bit awkward..."

Yu Jin murmured to himself as he collected the crystals.

In a corner of the council chamber, Herwin Vick witnessed this scene, and his heart was filled with turmoil.

What did he see?
Those are fourteenth- or fifteenth-order crystals, right?

That's definitely a fourteenth or fifteenth tier crystal!

Although he had never used it, he had seen it from afar!
"A bug-like player!"

"This is a bugged player!"

Herwin's reaction was clearly much slower than Ellen's.

Only now did he realize the problem.

Like Ellen, he was frantically calling out the 'Rules of Planet A3' in his mind, urging Ember to be reported.

but……

[Player 'Ember's' gameplay was in accordance with procedural rules!]

[Not a player suspected of exploiting a bug!]

[Herwin Vic is a player who exploits malicious bugs!]

He Wenren was numb.

……

Yu Jin didn't stay in the city lord's mansion for long.

"My lord!" The millions of refugees in Caso City began to shout.

Yu Jin had no choice but to reluctantly accept Caso City as a subordinate city.

[You descended with divine might, conquering the 'Level 6 Interstellar Refuge Fortress' single-handedly with your insignificant ant-like body!]

[Wasteland Points +10 Billion!]

[You have obtained the following resource: 20 Tier 12 Energy Crystals!]

After this.

Yu Jin spent half a day running around the A380 and the surrounding two areas.

The result is……

Caso City has been downgraded, and Dawn City now has 308 subordinate cities.

period.

The embers established a total of 308 acting city lords for the refuge city.

Initially, he would carefully select them.

Later on, Yu Jin simply picked a player he liked from among the Blue Star players in various cities.

Crystallization Awakening + Acting City Lord, which Ember calls the 'Yu Wenbo Package'.

When he returned to Caso.

In a corner of the council chamber, Hervin was on his last breath.

Yu Jin raised his hand.

hum-

The spatial confinement has been lifted.

Hao Wen felt as if he had been liberated.

"S-lord!"

Even though he came from the Level II civilization of Celsa, he was now using the names of the citizens of Caso City, shouting them out repeatedly.

"Do not kill me!"

"I'm useful to you—"

Whoosh-!
As a laser beam struck, Hao Wen's words came to an abrupt halt.

You have defeated and killed 'Eleventh-Tier Evolver - Herven Vic'!

['The Spoils of the Strong' activated...]

You have acquired one of his talents!

[You have awakened a new talent: Enhancement!]

[Enhancement: After activation, you can choose to enhance one of your abilities!]

Cooling time: 24 hour

"Ok?"

"Did I really manage to get it?"

at the same time.

In Yu Jin's mind, a mechanical prompt from the rules of Planet A3 rang out.

[You have completed your special mission!]

You have received a reward.

1. Wasteland Points: 500 Billion

【2. Civilization Detection Module】

【3. Subordinate Cities Module】

……

Dawn City.

The figure of Yu Jin emerged from the void.

Inside the council chamber, Yin Yao and the others had already received prior notification and gathered there.

"We can start preparing for Dawn City's advancement!"

The embers opened with a royal flush.

Yin Yao and the others were still unaware of the information about Dawn City's subordinate city +308. Upon hearing this, they looked at each other, both surprised and delighted.

"A level 6 refuge city requires at least 300 subordinate cities, 10 evolved beings, and 4 seventh-tier evolved beings (excluding city lords)."

"Dawn City has already met the first two conditions."

"The last one..."

Yu Jin paused slightly as he glanced around.

Yin Yao, Rank 6.

Chen Gang, sixth rank.

Neil, seventh rank.

Dawn City has developed rapidly and its scale has expanded extremely quickly, with a large number of evolved beings.

However, the combat capabilities at the top level have consistently failed to keep up.

after all……

It has only been 11 days since Yu Jin took office in Dawn City.

Ignoring the level of pollution, Yin Yao and the others' improvement was already incredibly rapid, but it still seemed a bit insufficient.

Luo Yu, the city lord of Mangcheng, is also at the seventh rank.

However, he is currently serving as the acting city lord of Mangcheng, and is not a direct subject of Dawn City.

"The campaign against Dawn City shall be suspended for now."

"For the next two days, you only have one thing to do."

"Switch to Crystal, switch to Crystal, and switch to Crystal again!"

As Yu Jin spoke, he stood up from his seat.

whoosh-

Whizzing--

One after another, beams of purifying light fell.

Inside the council chamber, Jiang Haochuan saw the light and his eyes widened suddenly.

"not good……"

His entire body tensed up instantly.

But next second.

"Ah~~"

Jiang Haochuan let out the second groan of his life, the most shameful one he had ever uttered.

……

Dawn City, core area.

On the ten-meter-long bed, the petite Naya lay quietly.

Her long eyelashes remained motionless.

Like a delicate doll that has fallen asleep.

"Hey--"

Seeing this, Yu Jin sighed softly and sat down by the bed.

He didn't know how long Nyarlathotep's slumber would last.

After a while.

Snap!
A crisp, crackling sound rang out.

[You have used a 'Twelfth-Order Energy Crystal'!]

[Energy surplus, automatic advancement!]

【…】

Your rank has increased!

You have become a Tier 12 Evolver!

boom--

Rumble——!
Because it was preparing for its advancement, Dawn City did not take off but instead landed on the wasteland.

Therefore, along with the system notification came the familiar sound of a major earthquake.

"It's reached the twelfth rank!"

Yu Jin looked at his number exceeding ten million, but his heart was not greatly affected.

The twelfth rank is not the maximum level.

Nineteen steps? That's still a long way off!

Snap!
[You have used a '15th-tier Energy Crystal'!]

[Energy surplus, automatic advancement!]

Your rank has been increased to...

[Error, error!]

Your maximum rank has been limited to 12...

The system is seeking a solution!

[Insufficient energy...]

Snap!
Yu Jin was prepared and ate another 'fifteenth-order energy crystal'.

[Insufficient energy...]

[The system has bypassed some rule restrictions]

[The restriction on your maximum rank of 12 has been lifted; your current maximum rank cap has been increased to 15.]

"call--!"

Upon seeing this, Yu Jin's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, immediately settled down.

Although it consumed two precious fifteenth-order energy crystals.

but……

Restrictions lifted again!

"The fifteenth level is not far from the nineteenth level!"

"If a few more waves of top players come, we have a real chance to reach the maximum level before the promotion!"

Snap!
I'm obsessed with crystals, only crystals!
While Yin Yao and the others were breaking through to the seventh rank, he was going to consume all of these crystals!

Even without the fifteenth-tier crystal, there are still a full twelve fourteenth-tier crystals!
"Set a small goal..."

"Skip the thirteenth step, go straight to the fourteenth step, and look forward to the fifteenth step!"

Yu Jin was full of energy.

……

Area A369, Mangcheng.

Unlike Caso, Mang City was not downgraded after being conquered by the Embers.

At this time, Mangcheng, having been upgraded from level 4 to level 5, has expanded to more than four times its original size.

Looking from afar.

The massive, illusory outline of Mangcheng stood out starkly against the backdrop of the wasteland.

"That's Mangcheng?"

The red-haired woman, exuding the aura of an eighth-tier evolved being, looked into the distance.

Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and a certain light seemed to flicker in her eyes.

hum-

A unique aura emanated from it.

The red-haired woman shook her head, her voice low and somber:
"Within Mang City, there is only one seventh-tier evolver."

"There's also an old man. I can't see through his specific information, but he's at most a seventh-tier evolver."

"Nasha, how did you fail?"

The red-haired woman looked at Natasha beside her, her beautiful eyes filled with doubt.

She was sent by Austin Zorn to help Natasha.

After they met, Natasha kept telling her that Mangcheng had a very powerful enemy and urged her to contact Lord Zorn to send more eighth-tier evolvers.

Can……

Although Ghost King City is powerful, eighth-tier evolved beings are not commonplace.

Not to mention……

This Mangcheng is clearly very weak.

Natasha remained silent, simply leading the way with her head down.

Despite her confusion, the red-haired woman followed.

Talk about it.

Since meeting Natasha, she had never seen her use any 'wind' abilities again, and she even traveled on foot...

Ellie shook her head, deciding not to think about it anymore.

With her strength, she could easily suppress a mere level 5 refuge city with a wave of her hand.

"A moment ago, Lord Zorn sent a message..."

"They say there's been an unusual situation in the area near Ghost King City."

"I need to resolve the trouble in Mangcheng as soon as possible and get back immediately."

A thought raced through Ellie's mind.

In no time at all.

They followed Natasha to the gates of Mangcheng.

"I'll just go straight to it."

Not wanting to waste any time, Ellie lightly pushed off with her boots and soared into the air.

boom--

Endless flames surged forth from Ellie's body.

She has a 'single-target damage ability' that can directly lock onto a seventh-tier city lord inside the city lord's mansion and kill him from a distance.

just.

Ellie hadn't even had a chance to make a move yet.

Below, on the ground, Natasha suddenly shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Master~"

"Come quick, there's an eighth-tier evolver here!"

Upon hearing the sound, Ellie stumbled and nearly fell from mid-air.

"What are you shouting?"

"Owner?"

"You're Lord Zorn's own sister, the daughter of the Ghost King City! Have you gone mad?!"

Ellie had barely finished speaking.

hum-

The void in front of her suddenly rippled out like water.