Wasteland's Only King - Chapter 272 - 46: Taking the Initiative! An Army of a Million! Luring the Enemy Out!
Chapter 272: Chapter 46: Taking the Initiative! An Army of a Million! Luring the Enemy Out!
Alpha Star, Northern Continent.
West Coast.
The pitch-black seawater crashed against the jagged reefs, splashing waves everywhere.
Buzz—
Above the reef, the void trembled.
Yu Jin’s figure slowly materialized.
The sea breeze hit him in the face, making Yu Jin raise an eyebrow slightly.
[Beep—!]
The crisp mechanical sound rang out right after.
In Yu Jin’s ear, a system prompt from Wasteland OL arrived as expected.
[You have logged into Intermediate Server ’Lost Alpha’]
[You have received the quest: Hold the Line]
[Hold the Line——]
[…]
The information Yu Jin received was no different from Athena’s.
“Hold out for seven days?”
“Guard humanity’s last territory? A seaside town?”
Yu Jin murmured, looking around him.
He was standing on an extremely barren stretch of beach.
From what he could see, apart from the endless black sea, there were only some oddly scattered reefs.
A town?
Where’s the town?
[Beep—]
[Detected: Your location is far from the human territory…]
[Direction has been marked for you!]
[Proceed to the town as soon as possible to join the war and guard humanity’s territory!]
The system prompt from Wasteland OL came a bit late.
And in front of Yu Jin, a virtual guiding line appeared as well.
Only—
Yu Jin didn’t rush to move, instead standing there, lost in thought.
Hold out for seven days?
The information given by this quest was actually quite a lot.
This suggested that, in the Alpha Star server, the strength of the Fallen One faction was overwhelming—maybe to a point of crushing humanity?
“Well…”
“That almost sounds like good news?”
Yu Jin turned, looking toward the opposite direction of the illusory guide line.
That was a stretch of pitch-black sea—even though it was broad daylight right now.
According to Wasteland OL’s prompt, the Fallen One army will come from the direction of the sea to attack humanity’s territory.
“Hold the line for seven days…”
“That’s too long.”
Yu Jin shook his head. He really didn’t want to waste that much time here.
Last time, on Mars and Venus, he only stayed a few days, yet the planet’s server logged over a month passing.
And the time flow between the Star System Server and planet servers should be the same.
So…
“I need to end this fast.”
“If I really waited out seven whole days, by the time I get back to the planet server, everything would be over.”
Yu Jin made his decision.
There’s an old saying on Blue Star—
The best defense is a good offense!
If the mountain won’t come to me, I’ll go to the mountain!
“As long as I smack down all the Fallen Ones, the territory will be safe—makes sense to me.”
Yu Jin concentrated.
Shua—
A virtual panel popped up in front of him.
This panel was from Wasteland OL—the Wasteland Origin Point Mall interface.
“Huh?”
“I can’t view it?”
“What’s going on?”
Yu Jin frowned, questioning the system in his mind.
On Mars and Venus before, right after logging in, he could access the mall items directly.
[Searching…]
[Search complete!]
[Intermediate server rules are stricter…]
[The previously hacked Basic server mall permission is now invalid!]
[Attempting to crack new permissions for you…]
[Estimated time needed: 24 hours!]
The system replied very quickly.
“Alright then.”
Yu Jin sighed softly.
“Even though I have to wait a day, as long as the mall opens, that’s fine.”
His real goal for logging into Wasteland OL this time was exactly for the mall’s resources.
“Hope there’s good stuff!”
“So my supply drops for Dawn Fortress can actually pack a punch!”
“But…”
“Before that, the Wasteland Source Points balance needs to keep up!”
[Wasteland Source Points: 94,000,000]
That was Yu Jin’s current balance.
Looks like a lot, but not nearly enough.
Crunch—
A crisp sound rang out.
Yu Jin casually munched a Tier Seven Limit-Breaking Stone.
This was from when he killed Guy Nash in Venus OL.
Boom—!
As soon as the Limit-Breaking Stone went down, Yu Jin’s aura visibly surged again.
[Unlimited Value: 8% (7%+1%)]
Just in terms of Unlimited Value, Yu Jin’s improvement wasn’t big—compared to Venus, it was the same.
During Venus OL, since Yu Jin obtained the Venus ownership, his Unlimited Value was also 8% (6%+1%+1%).
But…
Times had changed.
Back then, Yu Jin was only Tier Sixteen, Value just barely surpassing 100 million.
With 8% Unlimited Value, he could unleash about 800,000 Value.
Now?
Yu Jin broke through to Tier Seventeen in Star System Wasteland, and his base Value had reached 250 million.
With 8% Unlimited Value, Yu Jin could use 2 million Value on the Alpha Star server!
Round it up, that’s like Athena and the other players having 20% Unlimited Value!
“Tsk…”
“Wasn’t expecting this to be kind of OP?”
Didn’t seem like much until he did the math—it even startled Yu Jin himself.
“What’s the Unlimited Value cap on an Intermediate server?”
Felt pretty invincible, but for insurance, Yu Jin asked the system.
[Searching…]
[Search complete!]
[Current server Unlimited Value cap: 10%]
“Perfect!”
With that answer, the last of Yu Jin’s worries faded away.
“Then…”
“Strike first!”
As soon as the words fell—
Swoosh—!
Yu Jin shot into the sky.
He did not go toward the seaside town as Wasteland OL indicated, but instead headed straight towards the deep sea—toward the Fallen One army’s direction!
…
…
Black Sea.
That was the name of Alpha Star’s ocean.
Long before the Fallen Ones arrived, it was already called this—except that back then, it wasn’t black.
But now?
The planet-wide Pollution had made the name brutally literal.
At this moment—
Deep in the Black Sea, a continent surrounded by water on all sides loomed.
Black mist billowed over the land above.
