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Chapter 87 Dawn City, Your City Lord Has Returned (310, Seeking First Subscription)
boom--

Rumble——!
Thunder rumbled in the sky.

The figure of Yu Jin moved among them.

Thanks to the rewards given by the official Wasteland team when I first logged in, Ember's 'Flying Thunder God' is now at level 9, the maximum level.

[Second-tier Lightning Attribute Ability: Flying Thunder God Lv9]

[Active Effect: Transforms into lightning for high-speed movement, ignoring physical obstacles for short distances]

[Max Level Effect: This ability has no cooldown; it can be continuously cast as long as there is enough energy.]

Back on Earth, Ember could only travel ten meters using the 'Flying Thunder God Technique'.

But now?
Tier 9+ Level 9+ Unaffected by suppression.

With the triple buff, Yu Jin can now travel more than ten kilometers with every step he takes!

The distance between Baiyan City and Liming City is two hundred kilometers.

For countless wasteland refugees, two hundred kilometers, even without encountering any danger, would take ten days to half a month to walk.

But what about the embers?

Two hundred kilometers, at most, is only twenty steps.

"This is the real Superman!"

Amidst the lightning, Ember uttered a heartfelt sigh.

While sighing.

He even had time to look down at the wasteland below.

To be honest, since awakening, Ember has not had a proper chance to observe this world, this so-called A3 wasteland planet.

Light Touch lv1 activated.

The embers took in the entire scene below.

On the yellowish-brown earth, there was not a trace of green.

The sky was dark, and a thin layer of black mist permeated the land, except for the area near the refuge city.

The wasteland was covered with withered and ugly gray-black mutated plants.

These plants secrete a black, viscous liquid that drips onto the ground with a sizzling, burning sound.

Ember noticed—

Dozens of refugee corpses were hanging upside down on a black, mutated vine.

The faces of the refugees still bore the frozen image of despair and fear at the moment of death.

now.

Black vines are drawing flesh and energy from their corpses.

This scene was extremely creepy.

Whoosh-!
Ember raised his hand and fired a 'laser' at it.

It was just a fleeting moment.

The black vines vanished into nothingness.

"The most disgusting thing is this kind of thing that keeps messing with other people's corpses even after they've died!"

Yu Jin spat and looked away.

On the desolate and vast wasteland, there are many groups of refugees traveling together like 'ant colonies'.

They moved forward slowly, cautiously watching out for any potential dangers that might arise at any moment.

Even larger than the refugee caravan were ferocious, roaming mutant beasts.

They search for humans in the wilderness as prey.

But deep within the earth.

Using his 'spatial perception' ability, Ember 'saw' a series of complex and enormous nests, like honeycombs.

"This is the lair of the mutated beasts and infected?"

Yu Jin frowned slightly.

On the incomplete map he obtained from the system and the map given by Yin Shanhai, apart from the location of the refuge city, the most frequently marked areas were various types of nests.

original……

Ember thought these nests were exposed on the surface, and that the refugees could avoid them if they saw them from afar.

But the reality is...

These nests are all extremely well hidden deep underground.

Above the nest, it looked no different from the other barren land.

but……

As long as refugees actually set foot on that land, what awaits them is undoubtedly the despair of death.

this moment.

Ember intuitively realized just how important a 'map' was in the wasteland world.

"call--"

Thinking of this, Yu Jin exhaled a breath of stale air.

He thought of Earth.

Although he had done his best to purify 89% of the pollution sources in Oumuamua before he traveled through time.

But ultimately, 11% of the pollutants still fell to Earth.

this means……

Blue Star will continue to be polluted, and Blue Star will continue to evolve into a 'wasteland planet'.

Source of contamination? Infected organism? Mutant beast?
The dangers faced by the remaining half of humanity on Earth are not much less than those in the wasteland.

"Hopefully, once Brother Tong finishes updating, he can give us some support..."

"That way, we can get back to Earth as soon as possible."

Yu Jin thought to himself, but his steps did not slow down.

Boom——!
Lightning flashed.

At the edge of Yu Jin's vision, the phantom of a small refuge city appeared.

"Dawn City, my city!"

A feeling of indescribable warmth and excitement rose in Yu Jin's heart.

this moment.

He even ignored the other voice that was echoing in his mind.

[You have defeated and killed the 'Fifth-Tier Evolver - Lord of White Rock City'!]

[The Strongest Man's Loot (lv1) activated...]

You have gained one of his attributes!

[You have awakened your seventh attribute: Boulder!]

【…】

now.

What Yu Jin didn't notice was...

As he transformed into lightning and roared towards the distant city of Dawn.

Below, on the wasteland.

In a group of ordinary wasteland refugees, numbering only about twenty, a petite figure wearing a heavy hood suddenly stopped and raised her head.

"Nia, what's wrong?"

Is there danger ahead?

As soon as the petite figure named 'Nia' stopped, the leader of the refugee group, a burly, shirtless man, hurriedly and anxiously asked her questions.

Over the past few days.

If it weren't for 'Nia' always being able to sense danger in advance, their entire team would have been wiped out long ago.

"No."

Beneath the hood, the petite figure shook her head.

"That's good!"

The team leader breathed a sigh of relief.

The other refugees in the group instantly relaxed from their tense nerves.

"Ugh!"

"It's been several days since we escaped from Bright City. I don't know how long it will take to find another city of refuge."

"Furthermore, it is unclear whether the new refuge city will be like the City of Light, still treating us refugees as black slaves."

The leader of the group looked ahead, sighed softly, and looked somewhat lost.

"Go there."

Nia suddenly spoke, pointing in the direction where the embers had disappeared.

"There might be a good refuge there."

……

……

Wasteland, Dawn City. The massive steel gates were tightly shut.

Outside the city gate.

A vast, seemingly endless horde of mutated beasts and infected creatures gathered together, emitting piercing, high-pitched roars.

Inside Dawn City.

Tens of thousands of refugees gathered on the streets of the outer city.

Hearing the roars outside the city, the refugees trembled with fear.

On the city wall of Dawn City.

The only thousand evolved beings in Dawn City all looked tense.

three days ago.

For some unknown reason, the mutated beasts and infected lairs around Dawn City suddenly rioted.

Over three days.

Hundreds of thousands of mutated beasts and infected beings surrounded Dawn City from all sides.

And now?
After several probing attacks, the besieging beast tide seemed finally ready to launch its offensive.

Above the wasteland.

Such attacks on refuge cities by beast tides were common occurrences.

but……

The truly critical issue is that the powerful and mysterious new city lord of Dawn City has disappeared at this crucial moment!
He disappeared without a trace.

It was as if they had never existed.

"Ugh--"

At the martial arts training ground.

Chen Gang looked up at the figure standing at the very front of the city wall.

Angelina Neil, a fifth-tier mechanical evolver, is currently the strongest person in Dawn City.

Chen Gang had witnessed the power of this big shot.

Just two days ago, the day after he crossed into the wasteland, he passed the test under their hands and became a member of the Dawn City Guard.

Thinking of this, Chen Gang looked to his side.

Yin Yao is now the captain of the guard team and also his direct superior.

but……

Senior Yin's face was also full of worry at this moment.

"Sixth-tier infected, seventh-tier mutated beasts..."

"Dawn City simply cannot withstand this..."

Chen Gang heard Yin Yao murmur softly.

"Ugh--"

Chen Gang couldn't help but sigh again.

Today is only the third day since he traveled through time.

"I wonder if Lao Yu has worn it yet?"

"I wonder how Lao Cui and Yu Fei are doing now?"

"It looks like your brother Hong is going to leave first..."

Chen Gang muttered to himself, then turned to look at the group of people behind Yin Yao.

This group of people were not members of the guard, but new faces who had just joined Dawn City three days ago.

There were not many of them, all in their early forties, both men and women, and they all looked rather young.

Coincidentally, they not only came from Jiangnan University, but were also members of the Ember Environmental Protection Society.

three days ago.

After they traveled through time, they found themselves in Dawn City right from the start.

at that time.

The group felt extremely fortunate, as they didn't have to 'survive in the wasteland'.

But now?

The group of boys and girls all had long faces and couldn't smile at all.

I thought it was a perfect start, but now I realize it's a disastrous one.

Roar--!
Roar——!
Outside the city at dawn.

Hundreds of thousands of mutated beasts and infected creatures suddenly let out even sharper roars.

"coming soon!"

Chen Gang's face immediately tightened.

Zizzi——!
He activated his 'electric' attribute, and a faint electric current surged between his hands.

Speaking of which...

In Dawn City today, apart from Neil, a fifth-tier evolver, the strongest person is actually a third-tier evolver.

There are seven Tier 3 Evolvers in total: five natives, plus Yin Yao and Chen Gang.

"Oh shit!"

"I've become one of the top ten pastry chefs in the whole city, isn't Dawn City doomed?"

Chen Gang looked at the electric current in his hand, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

"coming!"

Another soft gasp.

But this time, it was Angelina Neal from the very front of the city wall.

click -

Kaka——!
Under the watchful eyes of Yin Yao, Chen Gang, and others.

This fifth-tier evolved being activated the 'mechanical' attribute ability.

A few seconds passed.

Neil disappeared.

Instead, there was a black humanoid mecha that was over ten meters tall.

"hiss--"

"Battle form?"

"This is so handsome..."

Even with the city under siege, Chen Gang's eyes still lit up when he first saw Neil's mech form.

Whoops——!
at the same time.

Seeing Neil enter mecha form, Yin Yao took a deep breath and also activated the 'Sandstorm' attribute.

Small sandstorms began to appear out of thin air around her.

Available in the next second.

Neil's actions stunned Yin Yao, Chen Gang, and the others.

In her mecha form, she did not attack the horde of mutated beasts that had begun to assault the city walls.

instead……

She raised her hand to her chest, facing east, and bowed slightly.

"This is……"

Everyone was stunned.

Chen Gang stared wide-eyed, completely bewildered.

Can be followed immediately.

boom--

Rumble——!
Suddenly, a deafening thunderous sound rang in everyone's ears.

More than a thousand people on the city wall, as well as tens of thousands of refugees in the city, all subconsciously looked up and followed the sound.

They saw...

At the edge of the eastern horizon.

A bolt of lightning, so dazzling it almost illuminated the sky, was hurtling toward Dawn City at incredible speed!

"My Lord——"

"Neil awaits your arrival!"

Angelina Neal's devout cries echoed throughout and around Dawn City.

Countless refugees, who had been looking completely bewildered, suddenly cheered excitedly after a moment of stunned silence.

"Wow, the city lord!"

"The city lord, it's the city lord!"

"The lord of Dawn City has returned!"

(End of this chapter)