Wasteland's Only King - Chapter 296 - 58: One Hundred Million Blue Star Players Left Behind? Unexpected Gains? Civilization Hunter Rewards!
Drake-3 Wasteland Star System.
T-1001 Star Realm.
The frontier of the Star Realm, desolate and still.
Darkness is the main theme of this starry sky.
And within the dark nebula, an unclaimed, barren planet silently circles its orbit.
This planet isn’t large—petite, almost pocket-sized.
The surface is covered with traces of volcanic eruptions.
This is a young planet, devoid of any sign of life.
But…
A few months ago, this planet welcomed inhabitants of its own.
Most of them have yellow skin, black hair, and black eyes; a few others have white skin and golden hair.
From the initial scattered hundreds or thousands, it soon grew to a hundred thousand, a million, ten million…
Up to today.
Three months passed.
The population on this planet is now close to one hundred million.
They all came from the same place, the same civilization—Blue Star.
Since landing here from Blue Star, they relied on the ’Internal Testing Helmet’ unlocked by Yu Jin in the Civilization Authority Mall.
Unlike the subordinates of Dawn Fortress, or Tang Yunxuan and others from the Carol Fleet.
This hundred million players are true newcomers in every sense.
No awakening, no extraordinary power, not to mention fleets or fortresses.
Over the past three months,
they relied on the ’internal test’s undying and rebirth’ trait to explore all over this desolate planet.
The good news—
No powerful Mutant Beasts, no polluted Infected Bodies.
The bad news—
there is also no Energy Crystal to allow ordinary people to become extraordinary and awaken as Evolvers.
Today.
It’s the hundredth day since the first group of players landed.
Today.
is also the day these hundred million players officially traverse from Blue Star, turning from internal testers into real players.
The only thing worth celebrating—
is that within the one hundred days of internal testing, these players found enough food and water to survive.
The food comes from the fruit of some unknown plant—non-poisonous and filling.
The water comes from hidden underground rivers beyond the volcanic crater.
Of course.
Among a hundred million players, it’s not as if there are no Evolvers at all.
A tiny fraction had already awakened as Evolvers before traversing. After landing in the Star System Wasteland, their extraordinary power still remains.
This small group of Evolvers thus became the leaders of Blue Star Civilization’s hundred million players.
They lead their fellow countrymen, enduring and surviving on this planet.
It’s just…
“What does the future look like?”
“Are we really going to stay here until we die of old age?”
Countless Blue Star players often stare at the dark sky above, the thought surfacing in their minds.
Facing the Internal Testing Helmet that fell from the sky, they unhesitatingly chose to land here.
But reality…
seems quite different from what they’d imagined.
This starry sky appears endlessly bleak and still.
Yet beneath this bleak stillness, countless vague and unseen—yet truly lethal—threats are hidden.
A month ago—
they saw with their own eyes—
a mighty Starry Fleet encircling a massive Interstellar Fortress, passing by in the distance.
It’s obvious.
Within the vast Wasteland among the star systems, many powerful other civilized forces exist.
“Sigh!”
“If only we could meet those first players who landed back then…”
“I heard the planet they landed on not only had Energy Crystal Ore, but before long they were already piloting warships, some even becoming Fort Commanders!”
The fact that Tang Yunxuan and five million Blue Star players traveled through the Wasteland Star System is no longer a secret on Blue Star.
Or rather—
It was this ’lucky start’ of Tang Yunxuan and the very first group of players that persuaded a hundred million more to put on their Helmets, rather than stay on Blue Star.
“The Star System is endlessly vast and boundless…”
“But given enough time, maybe one day they will find this planet, will discover us?”
Countless players look up into the starry sky, letting this fantasy take root in their hearts.
Everyone knows that the chance of this fantasy coming true is incredibly slim.
But on this barren, lifeless planet, such a conviction must exist; only thus can they tenaciously survive…
…
…
Outskirts of the P-8808 Star Realm.
Stellar Battlefield.
At this moment—
the waves of the Quantum Splitter have already swept across the whole starry sky.
Wherever the quantum waves pass, almost everything is reduced to nothingness.
But…
After all, the Hunting Alliance is a coalition of nearly a hundred large and small High-tier Civilization Forces’ fortress fleets.
The Decomposer’s brief charging, while powerfully destructive, still didn’t truly Annihilate all fortress fleets.
“Lord!”
“Nearly thirty percent of the fortress fleets have been destroyed!”
“Most are the smaller and medium escort fleets and fortresses on the periphery. Even dozens of large fortresses!”
Carol’s report rang in Yu Jin’s ear as always.
“Not bad.”
Yu Jin nodded, showing satisfaction with the result.
“Continue.”
On the other side—
Inside the thirteenth fortress of Closter.
Sean Gardner had been completely scared out of his wits.
As a Tier Seventeen Evolver, even his body could not stop trembling uncontrollably from instinct.
Terrifying, simply terrifying!
Horrifying, utterly horrifying!
He saw with his own eyes—
the formless waves destroyed over a third of the fortress fleets!
On the wartime communication channel of the Hunting Alliance—
Many signals, especially those from the weaker civilizations, had already faded out completely…
[Di—]
[Di di—!]
At this moment—
The mechanical notification tones on the communication channel kept ringing nonstop.
Commanders from various High-level Civilization Forces were almost all shouting at the top of their voices by now.
