Wasteland's Only King - Chapter 164 - 143: Level 8 Cities Mobilize! No Way a Middle Schooler Boy Gets an Invincible Boss!
Chapter 164: Chapter 143: Level 8 Cities Mobilize! No Way a Middle Schooler Boy Gets an Invincible Boss!
A308 Area.
Rumble——
The mighty Sky City roared across the Wasteland Wilderness.
On the ground below, the refugees—either wandering or inside the Sanctuary Cities—looked up at the spectacle, their eyes filled with envy and longing.
Who in A308 doesn’t know about the Sky City called “Dawn”?
As Dawn City moved steadily east, tens of thousands of miles away—
A399 Area.
A city even larger and more imposing than Dawn was moving at high speed, too.
Boom——
Rumble!——!
Level 8 Shelter City, Ghost King City!
Concealment + Mobility, dual traits!
But at this moment, Ghost King City was anything but “concealed”—it was showing off as much as possible.
It surged forward like a tidal wave on land, crushing everything in its path.
Mutant Beast Nests, Infected Nests, squads of Wasteland Wanderers…
Even several ordinary Level 0 Sanctuary Cities were smashed to smithereens by the massive Ghost King City.
The tens of thousands inside those sanctuary cities didn’t even have time to scream before they were ground into meat paste.
Only the core of the Sanctuary City, exposed in the open, pulsed with waves of energy, slowly beginning to repair the almost obliterated city…
Ghost King City.
City center.
Black mist rolled within the grand palace, like Ghost Hell manifested.
Austin Zorn, expressionless, sat at the frontmost throne.
Behind the throne, four guards stood motionless.
They wore mechanical battle armor that shimmered faintly with golden light, their faces obscured by sci-fi-style black masks.
Under the masks, pairs of deep purple eyes gleamed.
Below the throne.
All of Ghost King City’s Tier Eight Evolvers were present.
But…
Though their heads were lowered, they couldn’t help but sneak glances at the four guards behind the throne.
They’d never seen these people before.
And…
For some reason, even though they themselves were Tier Eight Evolvers—at the top of the pyramid on this planet—they felt an overwhelming sense of threat from these four guards.
So strong, it felt like the guards could crush them with a single thought.
Is that possible?
Must be an illusion…
The Tier Eight Evolvers of Ghost King City had a strange, inexplicable feeling in their hearts.
Nasha and Aili stood side by side inside the great hall.
They’d returned to Ghost King City for a whole day now.
Aili had tried to secretly contact Yu Jin the moment she arrived, but…failed.
It wasn’t that Zorn intercepted her message—on the other end, no one responded.
Aili told Nasha about it, and the two puzzled over it for ages, but couldn’t figure out what was going on.
Could Yu Jin have suddenly decided not to raid Ghost King City?
Nasha and Aili couldn’t make sense of it, but they had no other way to contact Yu Jin.
Nasha had planned…
To find an opportunity to leave Ghost King City for Mang City.
But before she could get out, Austin Zorn summoned her here.
At the same time—
Ghost King City, dormant for years, started “moving at full speed” without warning.
Ever since it leveled up to a Level 8 Shelter City, Ghost King City rarely moved; after all, no idiot would mess with it.
Let alone—
Charging around at full speed like some massive transport, smashing through everything.
Nasha, Aili, and the other six Tier Eight Evolvers present, none of them knew what was going on.
Even though Austin Zorn had always been arrogant and flashy, never caring for being polite to his subordinates—
Still…
Such a big move by Ghost King City, not a single one of the eight top brass were notified ahead of time.
Because Ghost King City moved so suddenly, when the gates closed, many citizens were left outside; some were crushed to death by the city itself.
“Something must have happened.”
“Does it have to do with the sudden appearance of these four guards?”
Aili and Nasha exchanged glances and saw the same thought in each other’s eyes.
“Everyone——”
Austin Zorn suddenly spoke, voice grim.
“Ghost King City will head west.”
“Destination: A337 Area, Naiya City.”
“The journey will take about 3-4 days. I need you to organize all Ghost King City’s evolvers during this time…”
“Prepare for a decisive battle!”
Zorn finished speaking; everyone in the palace froze.
The plan to attack Naiya City—all but Nasha, who had gone to Mang City, already knew about it.
But…
The original plan was for it to start in a month!
And it wasn’t even supposed to be a decisive battle, just a siege!
They all remembered Zorn’s original words:
“We encircle without attacking, let the other Level 8 Shelter Cities take more losses…”
“We strike last, clean up the battlefield…”
Decisive battle?
What decisive battle?
How did it turn into a decisive battle?
“Lord Zorn——”
Below the throne, a towering, burly Tier Eight Evolver spoke up.
But he only managed half a sentence—
Buzz——!
A terrifying gravity field suddenly enveloped him.
“Ah——”
The burly man cried out in pain, his knees buckling as he was forced to kneel.
“This is a notification, not a discussion.”
Zorn’s face was unmoved, his tone even darker and more severe.
After a pause, he added,
“Remember: organize every evolver—not just the Evolver Corps.”
“All of Ghost King City’s evolvers, regardless of age or tier…”
“Every evolver—including you—all must join the battle!”
“Understood?!”
…
…
A3 Planet.
As Ghost King City rushed west—
Level 8 Shelter City, Quel City.
Quel City Lord, Quill Hoffman, led ten million citizens out in force toward A337 Area, where Naiya City was located.
To save time—
This notoriously stingy Tier Eight geezer was even willing to spend a fortune in points at the Resource Mall to buy loads of “disposable long-distance teleportation devices.”
With these items, Quel City’s ten million evolvers kept teleporting en masse from one area to another…
…
Level 8 Shelter City, Shili City.
Tier Eight Extreme City Lord, Jevin Hawkins, activated Shili City’s trait: “Earth Escape.”
The enormous Shili City burrowed underground, drawing ever closer to A377 Area.
Meanwhile—
Every place Shili City passed through was hit like an earthquake; underground mutant beasts and Infected Nests erupted in mass riots, attacking nearby Sanctuary Cities…
…
Level 8 Shelter City, Meng City.
Level 8 Shelter City, Wusi City.
Level 8 Shelter City, Heluo City.
…
In just one day—
All the Level 8 Shelter Cities on A3 Planet were on the move, converging on Naiya City.
…
…
A331 Area.
Laxi City.
Just another ordinary Level 0 Sanctuary City.
It was also one of Naiya City’s thousand-plus affiliated cities.
Right now—
On the outer city streets in Laxi City, inside a rundown wooden hut—
A dirt-covered, fourteen- or fifteen-year-old boy was staring unblinkingly at the youth lying on the wooden bed.
“Boss…”
“How can I get you to wake up?”
The boy muttered softly, his still immature face tense.
His name was Ye Ye, from Blue Star.
He was a middle-schooler who loved web novels, selected by God throwing dice, forcibly transmigrated here.
At first, he was thrilled.
Transmigration to reality—he thought he’d become one of those web novel protagonists who slay their way through everything.
But…
Ye Ye shouted at the air for three days straight: “Deep Blue,” “System,” “Personal Interface”…
He called out every name he could think of.
But unfortunately, never got a single response.
Luckily…
He spawned close to Laxi Sanctuary City.
When registering for entrance, the inspector suddenly asked him, “Are you from Blue Star?”
Naive Ye Ye didn’t even think—just replied, “Yes.”
Then…
He was assigned a room that could keep out the elements.
He also got daily food and water rations.
Even—
Laxi City’s lord: a petite loli, actually a Tier Five Evolver boss, visited personally with her crew to check on Ye Ye.
Ye Ye was over the moon.
“Turns out I didn’t get the Deep Blue storyline, but the loli City Lord feeding me soft-rice script!”
Ye Ye’s excitement only lasted half a day.
Because a new Blue Star player soon arrived in Laxi City.
The treatment was identical to Ye Ye’s: wooden hut, food, water.
Even the loli City Lord’s greeting was exactly the same:
“On behalf of Laxi City, welcome, Blue Star player!”
Ye Ye’s heart was shattered.
Time ticked by.
The number of Blue Star players in Laxi City kept rising.
As of today, his transmigration had lasted about 20 days.
Laxi City’s Blue Star player count had broken ten thousand.
Ridiculously, all ten thousand enjoyed the same welfare package Ye Ye had.
On Ye Ye’s outer city street…
The whole street was Blue Star comrades.
Sometimes Ye Ye went out, saw neighbors’ familiar faces, heard their hometown voices, and even wondered if he’d really transmigrated at all.
It’s worth mentioning——
Because Blue Star player benefits were so good, Laxi City’s indigenous people got resentful.
They staged several protests, and would gang up on Blue Star players outside the City Lord’s sight in the outskirts.
So…
The Blue Star players who didn’t need to mine or work became even more unwilling to go out—just stayed inside, drawing food and water rations, waiting out their days.
“Is this right?”
“This isn’t right!”
Ye Ye highly despised this behavior.
So every day, he went out alone and dug Pollution Crystals in the relatively safe Buffer Zone.
Pollution Crystals are precious resources that let ordinary people touch the extraordinary.
Pollution Crystals are also hard currency in Laxi City and the whole wasteland.
Ye Ye was pretty lucky; going out early and coming home late, he usually found one piece a day—sometimes two if he got really lucky.
He planned to save up thirty, then go to the City Lord and exchange them for a Tier One Crystal.
Pollution Crystals could awaken powers, but were risky—could kill you on the spot.
Tier One Crystal is much safer.
Supposedly, Tier Two Crystal guarantees awakening, but such precious resources only existed in Ye Ye’s dreams at night.
Three days ago—
Ye Ye went out as usual to dig Pollution Crystals.
Unfortunately, a group of indigenous locals targeted him.
They outnumbered him and had been stalking this cash cow for ages.
After robbing him of his crystal for the day, they weren’t satisfied; they demanded he hand over his entire stash accumulated so far.
Of course Ye Ye refused; that stash wasn’t even on him—it was hidden in the cracks under his hut’s bed.
Then…
Ye Ye got beaten up bad.
Maybe venting all their anger at Blue Star players onto Ye Ye, those guys went extra hard—he felt like he was about to be beaten to death.
But in that moment—
Thud.
A figure fell from the sky.
Ye Ye saw with his own eyes that the figure appeared out of nowhere and dropped down.
The sudden arrival startled the thugs, but brazen as they were, they started attacking the motionless, unconscious youth.
Because they recognized: this youth was also a Blue Star face, just like Ye Ye.
Then…
Bang.
Ye Ye watched as the thugs’ fists and feet didn’t even touch the youth—they exploded into bloody mist themselves.
It was so shocking, so terrifying, that—
Ye Ye couldn’t help but piss his pants.
“Boss!”
Ye Ye, trousers wet, immediately knelt to the unconscious youth lying on the ground.
But the youth kept his eyes shut and gave no response.
After some hesitation, Ye Ye carried him back to Laxi City and settled him in his own hut.
For three days, Ye Ye gave him food and water, didn’t even go out to mine.
Years of web novel reading told him: this was definitely a boss—a super boss.
Like Xiao Yan’s grandpa in his ring—maybe this was Ye Ye’s true opportunity after transmigrating to the wasteland.
But…
“How on earth can I get you to wake up, boss?”
Ye Ye stared at the young man on the bed—his right arm missing, eyes tightly closed—looking conflicted.
His immature face was all wrinkled up.
And just then—
Knock knock——!
Loud knocking sounded outside the hut.
“Ye Ye!”
“You’re famous!”
