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Chapter 172 Characteristics of the Starry Sky and Star Maps! Arriving on Planet A4, the natives were terrified!
The massive city of Dawn shot out of planet A3 like a rocket.

What greets you is the deep, boundless starry sky.

"Eh?"

Inside the energy shield of Dawn City.

Hundreds of millions of citizens stared blankly at the black starry sky above them.

The imagined sky full of dazzling stars did not appear.

Darkness is the dominant color of this starry sky.

Desolation is the dominant theme of this starry sky.

The only source of light was the dim sun at the center of the galaxy.

Around the Sun, there are dark planets that appear close but are actually extremely far away.

Planet A3, where everyone was previously located, was just an ordinary one among them.

"Only when facing this boundless starry sky do we realize how insignificant we are!"

The countless citizens of Dawn City couldn't help but sigh at this moment.

Sky Tower, top of the tower.

Yin Yao, Neil, and other key figures and high-ranking officials of Dawn City were all standing behind Ember.

Through the panoramic sky, they have a wider and clearer view of the starry sky than ordinary citizens.

"This is the starry sky..."

Yin Yao sighed softly.

She is now a ninth-tier evolver, but facing this boundless and profound starry sky, she feels like an ant.

Chen Gang, Wang Yunpeng, and others are the same.

"My Lord——"

Neil's mechanical voice rang out.

"Where will we go next after leaving planet A3?"

Neil asked the question that everyone was curious about.

Yu Jin waved his hand.

Swah——

A semi-transparent light screen projection appeared before everyone's eyes.

"This is……"

"star map?"

Chen Gang was astonished to see the planetary markings on the light screen.

"Yes, star map."

Ember responded.

Back when he logged into Mars Online, Dawn City had already experienced a promotion of level 7-8.

A level 8 refuge city grants a second trait.

At that time, Ember was on Mars, and Neil, who was in charge of initiating the advancement, skipped this option and advanced first.

Until recently, after the embers returned.

He then personally selected the second trait for Dawn City.

[Second Characteristic: Starry Sky]

[Effect: When navigating through space, you can obtain a view of the surrounding star map and support automatic navigation with a locked destination. Short-distance jumps can be performed by consuming energy.]

If the characteristics of the sky make Dawn City stand out from the rest, then...

The starry sky feature can be said to be tailor-made for Dawn City.

And this feature can be offered as an option...

Without a doubt, it's yet another move by Brother Tongzi.

"Wow!"

"With the star map, Dawn City can go wherever it wants!"

After Yu Jin briefly explained the effects of the star map, everyone cheered.

Upon seeing this, Yu Jin smiled slightly.

He reached out and pointed to the nearest dark planet on the star map.

The planet is marked with the code name: A4.

"Let's go to planet A4 first to learn about and familiarize ourselves with the conditions of other wasteland planets."

"By the way, I'll be testing some of my ideas on this planet."

"After that, we will make a space jump to our true destination, planet Z99."

Z99 is the most distant planet on the star map.

That planet was precisely where Yu Chen was located, obtained by Yu Jin through the 'sensory' mark.

Upon hearing this, everyone responded in unison.

Although they were somewhat curious about what exactly the 'experimental idea' Ember had mentioned was.

Since the city lord didn't say anything more, they wisely refrained from asking further questions.

boom--!
Boom——!
With a thought, Ember marked the nearest planet, A4, as its destination.

The city of Dawn in the starry sky suddenly trembled.

A brilliant blue-white energy stream, as dazzling as a comet's tail, surged forth ceaselessly, propelling this massive, asteroid-like city toward the nearest black planet in the distance.

……

……

A4 Wasteland Planet.

Area A409, Flowing Cinema.

It is an ordinary level 0 refuge city.

Like the original Dawn City, Flowing Shadow City had only a few hundred thousand subjects, and its city lord was only a fifth-tier evolved being.

"It's over!"

"I've only been in this world for a few days!"

"Alas, the wasteland, the wasteland, it's all just a pipe dream!"

"..."

Within Flowing Shadow City, wails filled the air, and an atmosphere of utter despair permeated the entire place.

Tens of thousands of citizens were terrified by the endless horde of mutated beasts outside the city.

Even the fifth-tier city lord of Liuying City looked extremely bitter at this moment.

"Is Heaven going to destroy my Liuying City...?"

In the horde of mutated beasts besieging the city, she even saw quite a few sixth and seventh-tier mutated beasts.

What merit or ability does a small city like Liuying have to attract so many high-level mutated beasts?

Momono had no way of knowing, yet she could not escape the reality before her.

In the wasteland, many things are simply illogical.

She finally broke through to the fifth rank, thinking she could better protect Liuying City, but reality gave her a heavy slap in the face.

That slap hurt a lot.

"After all..."

"You'd rather die standing up."

Momono took a deep breath, and flower petals began to flutter around her.

this moment.

The fifth-tier city lord of Liuying City made his own choice.

Instead of despairing and accepting her fate, she resolved to fight to the very last moment to protect Flowing Shadow City.

Momonoka's decision influenced many of the citizens in Ryukage Castle who had previously given up resistance.

They struggled and suffered, but still followed Momono to the top of the city wall, preparing for battle.

boom--!
But at this time.

A loud noise came from the sky.

The loud noise was so great that it caused the entire wasteland of the A409 area to shake violently, as if a magnitude 9 earthquake had occurred.

"Roar--"

“Ho ho—!”

Outside of Liuying City.

The hundreds of thousands of mutated beasts, which were originally ferocious and violent, now roared and soared into the sky.

In their roars...

It exudes a strong sense of unease and fear.

"what happened?"

Whether it was Momono or the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Ryuei City, they were all filled with shock and confusion at this moment.

They instinctively looked up at the sound and gazed at the sky.

The sky, as always, was shrouded in thick, gray clouds, exuding a sense of oppression.

Can……

"broken!"

On the city wall of Liuying City, someone shouted hoarsely.

He saw—

Something pierced through the thick clouds!

boom--

Boom——!
The loud noises continued unabated.

The clouds churned and surged.

Outside of Liuying City.

The hundreds of thousands of mutated beasts that had been poised to attack the city have now stopped moving. Out of instinct, they look up at the sky in fear.

Intuition tells them...

Something extremely terrifying is descending from the sky!

Om-!
Suddenly.

Blue and white beams of light shot out from the clouds.

The beam of light was tens of thousands of meters thick, radiating an incredibly strong energy aura.

Even just looking at Tao Naika, the fifth-tier city lord of Liuying City, from afar, made her scalp tingle.

Those beams of energy...

With just one breath, one can turn oneself into nothingness!
No, it wasn't me...

Even Liuying City would likely be instantly annihilated if struck by that blue and white beam of light!

Gulu——!
Momonoka, unable to contain herself, swallowed hard.

The peach petals that had been fluttering around her were now withering and falling at a visible speed.

Time seemed to slow down and stagnate at this moment.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

It might be just a few breaths, or it might be as long as a whole year.

In the clouds, a colossal silhouette, too enormous to be described in words, finally appeared.

Its shadow covered almost the entire A409 area.

And Flowing Shadow City is located at the very center of the shadows.

boom--!
With a deafening roar, the colossal object slowly descended. Until…

It broke through the clouds completely and hovered thousands of meters above the ground.

The streams of blue and white energy that were shooting out below it had quietly died out at some point.

This is also the moment.

Momono finally saw the true appearance of this enormous thing.

That is……

"A city!?"

"Castle in the Sky!?"

Momonoka's eyes were wide open.

Her slightly prominent chest rose and fell continuously.

And the next moment.

Om-!
The Sky City suddenly trembled slightly.

A blue light flashed across the wasteland sky.

As the light faded, figures could be seen standing in mid-air.

Gulu——!
Momonoka was so scared she almost peed her pants!
These figures number in the hundreds of thousands.

Standing in mid-air is the mark of a fifth-order evolver!

In other words.

At this moment, there are hundreds of thousands of fifth-tier and above evolved beings in the sky.

and……

Momono stared at the figures at the very front.

The aura they exuded was definitely not as simple as that of a fifth or sixth-tier player.

With each breath they took, it seemed as if the entire world pulsated.

Seventh rank, eighth rank, ninth rank?

Momonoka dared not think any further.

At that moment, she even forgot that Liuying City was in the midst of a beast tide attack.

She lost all ability to think; her mind was blank. Only her body's instincts allowed her to look up at the sky.

Suddenly.

In the sky, the slender figure at the very front pointed.

hum-

Spatial fluctuations spread.

The hundreds of thousands of beasts outside Flowing Shadow City have vanished.

They transformed into lines and black pixels on the earth.

at the same time.

wow——

slam-la-

Outside Flowing Shadow City, a dazzling rain of crystals began to fall.

……

whoosh-

Whizzing--!
The sound of wind breaking through the air pulled Momono back to reality from her dazed state of mental blankness.

A series of figures appeared before her.

The leader was a very young-looking man.

"Hello."

Yu Jin spoke softly.

He planned to ask Momonoka for some information about the planet.

Puff-!
dong dong dong——!
Momono remained silent, only kneeling and kowtowing.

"..."

Yu Jin and the people behind him fell silent.

……

……

"A ninth-tier city lord?"

"A level 9 refuge city?"

Liuying City, City Lord's Mansion.

Yu Jin sat imposingly on the seat of the city lord.

Neil and Nyar massaged his shoulders, one on each side.

Beneath the seat, Momono was crawling on the ground with her buttocks sticking up high.

Yu Jin felt the posture was a bit improper, but Momono said it was the highest form of respect they could show in their civilization.

At this moment, Ember was processing the information he had received from Momono.

Planet A4 is generally no different from Planet A3.

The same refuge city setting, the same evolver rank.

The only difference is...

The planet itself appears to be slightly less polluted than A3.

This leads to——

Here, there exists a legendary, extremely powerful level 9 refuge city.

Its city lord is also the only ninth-tier evolved being on this planet.

According to Momonoka—

That city lord has dominated Planet A4 for decades, and the legends of him and his city have spread throughout the entire planet A4.

This piqued Ember's interest.

"Area? Location? Name?"

Yu Jin's three consecutive questions left Momonoka momentarily stunned.

She didn't know what this mysterious 'alien' wanted to do, but her intuition told her that even the legendary level 9 refuge city was far more mysterious and powerful than the sky city she had just witnessed.

“A480 Regional Center”.

"Tianwang City."

"I don't know the name of that ninth-rank city lord."

All we know is that his code name is: Invincible King.

After listening, Yu Jin raised an eyebrow slightly.

Invincible King?

Why give someone such a brainless name? Could it be that he's a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) teenager like Ye Ye?

"wipe!"

"Even the Invincible Heavenly King has arrived?"

Compared to the embers, Chen Gang, upon hearing this in the council hall, immediately perked up.

Ninth rank?

Who isn't a ninth-tier player?
Chen Gang now only dares to call himself "Electric Shock Kid," while that ninth-tier city lord is already boasting of being "Invincible Heavenly King"?

"City Lord!"

"Chen Gang requests permission to teach that Invincible Heavenly King a lesson!"

Chen Gang is straightforward and speaks his mind directly.

Upon hearing this, Yu Jin shook his head and chuckled.

He didn't agree on the spot, but instead reached out and pointed towards the depths of the city lord's mansion.

"You have more important things to do."

As Yu Jin spoke, he looked at Momono, who was lying prostrate on the ground.

"Are you willing to voluntarily relinquish your position as the city lord of Liuying City?"

Momono was taken aback for a moment, then immediately blurted out, "Yes! I'm willing! I'm a million times willing!"

joke.

How could she dare to refuse?

She even felt that if she had said "I do" a little later, she might have already turned into a pixel on the ground like those mutated beasts outside the city.

"Yes, if you're willing, that's fine."

Yu Jin nodded and looked at Chen Gang.

"You go and become the new city lord, and then..."

"Let's try in the city center and see if we can use Wasteland Points to buy attributes and abilities that can be maxed out instantly."

The words fell.

Chen Gang was taken aback.

One-click max level?
He had never been a city lord since he transmigrated, nor did he know what kind of authority a city lord had. He was still somewhat dazed when he heard "one-click max level".

"As ordered!"

Although Chen Gang didn't quite understand, he still obeyed and did as instructed.

"By the way, if I don't have enough points, I can use this to exchange for them."

Yu Jin raised his hand and casually tossed a seventh-tier crystal to Chen Gang.

This crystal was something he had just obtained from the system—

The hundreds of thousands of mutated beasts outside Liuying City contributed hundreds of thousands of crystals to him.

Thanks to the 'Void +3' buff, the sixth and seventh tier mutated beasts also brought a lot of eighth and ninth tier crystals to the embers.

The reason he took action personally just now was precisely for this purpose.

five minutes later.

"I am Cao!"

The core area of ​​the city.

Chen Gang shouted with delight.

"My first-tier ability was instantly upgraded to level 9, the maximum level!"

The voice came out.

A faint smile appeared on Yu Jin's face.

His experiment was a success.

Players who land on Planet A3 can also serve as refugee lords on alien planets, and their purchasing power is maxed out.

And the other side.

Momonoka, who was lying prostrate on the ground, trembled violently.

The "one-click max level" ability in the store is based on the evolver's rank.

Even with maxed-out purchasing power, Momonoka, a fifth-tier character, can only reach 'lv5'.

But now?
"Level 9?"

"Level 9!?"

"Even this lord's subordinates are all ninth-tier experts...?"

(End of this chapter)