Wasteland's Only King

Chapter 386 - 102: Han Ling’s Preparations! Lamoer-9 Star System Wasteland! Cao Fang’s Whereabouts! (2)

"Looking for someone?"

"Mobilize all civilization forces in the entire Star System to search for a young man named ’Yu Jin’?"

"If anyone can provide useful information..."

"They’ll be directly promised a promotion to the High Dimension?"

Athena’s method was simple, rough, and direct.

Compared to a big stick, sometimes a sweet date worked better.

"Huu—"

Behind the Athena Warship.

Don Flack and Ah Long stood side by side.

There was a trace of exhaustion on both their faces.

Ever since they had followed Athena on this Low Dimension journey to search for Yu Jin, a full month had already passed.

During this time.

They had already arrived at dozens of Star System Wastelands.

Ah Long and Don Flack had gone from being full of hope and excitement at the beginning.

To now feeling a bit disheartened, even losing hope.

The Ophelia Federation had simply far too many Star System Wasteland Servers under its command...

"If we keep looking like this, even if we only stay one or two days in each Server..."

"It’ll take at least several years, even more than ten years, to search them all..."

Just thinking of this number made even Ah Long involuntarily shiver inside.

Of course.

From beginning to end, Ah Long truly did want to find Yu Jin; after all, the latter was his great benefactor.

Ever since their parting on the Alpha Star Server, the two had never met again. He had always wanted to thank Yu Jin face-to-face, even swear loyalty and follow him.

What Ah Long was really hesitating about was...

"Is Yu Jin really in a Low Dimension Wasteland Server?"

"A Boss as terrifying as him..."

"How could he possibly let himself be confined in a tiny pond like a Star System Wasteland?"

Don Flack had the same thoughts as Ah Long.

Only neither of them could say it out loud—that would look like defying Miss Athena’s will, and it would be absolute disrespect to Athena and even the Ophelia Clan.

Time flowed by slowly.

The starry sky was deep like an abyss.

In the blink of an eye, another day passed.

With the search launched by all civilization forces in the entire Lamoer-9 Star System.

Pieces of information about "Yu Jin" were sent to the Athena, to be reviewed and handled personally by Athena.

Only...

None of the information among them was actually useful.

At best they were people with the same name; some were even fabricated intel made up from thin air for the sake of the "promotion quota."

A trace of fatigue and confusion also surfaced on Athena’s exquisite, angel-like pretty face.

"Yu Jin..."

For who knows the how-many-th time, she looked at the starry sky and softly murmured that name.

Then...

After a long sigh.

Athena lifted her head and looked at the rows of so-called "intel" in front of her, dazzling and overwhelming.

[A young man claims to be Yu Jin...]

[Within the Tarot Civilization’s influence, a total of 156 players named ’Yu Jin’ have been found...]

[In the Lamoer Star System, a Lone Wolf player has recently risen to fame. She is a middle-aged woman, and according to the intel, she seems to be searching for ’Yu Jin’...]

When she saw the words on the last light screen, the gloom in Athena’s eyes suddenly froze.

"Searching for Yu Jin?"

"When did this happen?"

Almost the instant Athena spoke.

[Ding—!]

The maid behind her had already begun operating rapidly.

Then...

Swoosh—!

A brand-new light screen was projected out.

A young woman’s face appeared within the light screen.

"Respected Lady Athena..."

"My name is Selena, Lord of the Radiant Light Civilization!"

"The Radiant Light Civilization administers two Star Realms..."

"Roughly more than five months ago, a Lone Wolf player rose to fame within our Star Realm..."

"No one knows where that player came from, or even which civilization force she belongs to..."

"What is currently known is—"

"Her Tier is only Tier Nine, but her strength is extremely formidable. She can even hold her own against Tier Eighteen Evolvers without falling behind!"

"After she appeared in this Star Realm, she formed her own space fleet and began exploring planets everywhere; and every time she arrived at a planet, she would proactively ask around for information on ’Yu Jin’..."

The woman in the light screen kept her eyes lowered, her tone respectful.

The more Athena listened, the brighter the light in her eyes grew.

"Five months!"

This piece of intel was obviously immensely important.

After all, five months ago she definitely hadn’t brought the fleet here yet.

More importantly...

The provider of this intel was not an ordinary player, but the leader of a civilization force.

Athena believed—

As long as this Selena wasn’t unimaginably stupid, there was no way she would use something like this to fool and deceive her.

After all.

No one in this Star System could afford the wrath of the Federal Heiress.

"Where is she?"

"That Lone Wolf player who’s looking for Yu Jin, the young woman?"

...

...

Lamoer-9 Star System Wasteland.

Radiance Star Realm, southwest.

A small fleet was gliding silently through the starry sky.

The fleet was composed of ten medium-sized warships, plus more than twenty other spaceships.

A fleet of this size couldn’t be called weak in the Star System Wasteland, but it also couldn’t be said to matter.

But...

This fleet, however, could swagger right through the Territories of various Civilization forces within the Radiance Star Realm without being attacked.

The reason was very simple—

The leader of the fleet was a "Tier Eighteen Lone Wolf player"!

A Tier Eighteen Evolver!

In any Civilization force, that counted as absolute top-tier combat power.

No Civilization force was willing to anger a Tier Eighteen Evolver when there was no prior grudge, let alone when this Evolver was a Lone Wolf player with no ties.

Of course.

In the past few months.

Quite a few Civilization forces had tried to recruit this Lone Wolf player; the most powerful Radiance Civilization force in the Star Realm had even promised her extremely generous terms.

However.

The fleet leader had no interest in hearing any conditions.

She founded this fleet and sailed through the starry sky for one and only one goal—to find someone, to find Yu Jin.

"Xiaojin..."

Inside the main ship at the front of the fleet.

A middle-aged woman with a plain, down-to-earth air—someone who seemed impossible to connect with a "Tier Eighteen Evolver"—stared blankly at the starry sky, lost in thought.

She was none other than Cao Fang, who had crossed over from Blue Star.

Speaking of which.

Back during the Helmet’s closed beta, she had logged into Venus Wasteland just like the other players.

But then.

When the beta ended and the crossover happened.

She only heard one sentence in her head: something like, "Your strength exceeds the rule cap of X-99 Planet Wasteland, your drop coordinates have automatically been Promoted to the Lamoer-9 Star System Wasteland Server..."

And so.

Cao Fang landed here.

At first, she was very nervous.

But after an accidental battle.

She discovered...

that she was actually an absolute powerhouse.

Even though her True Tier was only Tier Nine, thanks to the Benefit Link Yu Jin had bound to her back then.

When she went all out, she could even fight a Tier Eighteen Evolver to a draw.

What was even more outrageous...

Not long ago, she had somehow awakened several new Attributes and special Abilities.

Calling it "somehow" might not be quite accurate.

Cao Fang knew all of this came from her younger son, Yu Jin.

"Sigh—"

"Xiaojin, Old Yu, and Ah Chen."

"Where on earth are you all..."

Cao Fang, who came from Blue Star, had heard Yu Jin mention the "Star System Wasteland" before.

But she didn’t know that Yu Jin was in the "Drake-3 Star System Wasteland," while she herself was in the "Lamoer-9 Star System Wasteland."

Cao Fang naturally assumed—

since they all came from Blue Star, their destination had to be the same.

Just like how players from Blue Star would all cross over to the A3 Wasteland Planet.

It was with this belief.

That after she first gained a foothold, Cao Fang, in the posture of a "strong woman," forcibly put together her own space fleet and embarked on a "journey to find her husband and son."

"Captain!"

"Abnormal energy fluctuations detected ahead!"

"Extremely high Level, and a large number of them!"

All of a sudden.

Cao Fang’s thoughts were interrupted by her female adjutant’s voice.

"Hmm?"

Cao Fang frowned.

"Radiance Civilization?"

"Are they planning to get rough because I turned down their recruitment?"

Cao Fang muttered to herself.

The next moment.

Whoosh—

The female adjutant projected the starry sky image detected ahead by the warship.

With just one glance.

Cao Fang froze on the spot.

She saw—

spread out across the Star River, as far as the eye could see, nothing but Fortress Battleships she had never seen before!

Their number and scale utterly crushed the strongest Radiance Civilization force Cao Fang had ever encountered!

And at the very front.

A warship glowing entirely with golden light was roaring toward her space fleet, howling as it Shuttled closer...