Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 71 - 70: Captain
Dawn Inner City.
Martial Arts Plaza.
Bang——!
Yin Yao’s figure was flung backwards, crashing heavily to the ground.
Fizz——!
Not far away.
The black Mechanical Beetle let out a series of sharp screams.
"Cough——"
Yin Yao coughed up blood as she struggled to climb back up from the ground, staring at the beetle.
After Tier Three, her ’Sandstorm’ Ability had been greatly strengthened.
But for some reason.
She kept feeling that this Mechanical Beetle was much, much stronger compared to last time’s trial.
In a daze.
Yin Yao even felt like she was facing not a Tier Three, but a Tier Four beetle...
"Continue?"
"Or give up?"
As Yin Yao spaced out, Neil, dressed in black leather, appeared before her.
Angelina Neil’s blue eyes glittered with a mechanical sheen, quietly fixing on Yin Yao, showing no emotional fluctuation.
"Continue!"
Yin Yao clenched her silver teeth.
She again summoned her ’Sandstorm’ Attribute, charging at the black Mechanical Beetle before her.
...
...
Fifteen times.
Yin Yao was blasted away by the Mechanical Beetle a full fifteen times!
And every time.
Neil would appear before her, asking the same question.
"Continue?"
"Or give up?"
Every time.
Yin Yao gritted her teeth and delivered an unwavering answer.
Until...
The sixteenth time.
Yin Yao had completely exhausted all energy within her body.
On the Wasteland, Evolvers didn’t have actual ’Blood Bar’ or ’Mana Bar’ Value displays, but their energy still had limits.
Falling and getting up again and again was entirely sustained by Yin Yao’s willpower.
Moreover.
By now, she was certain—the beetle she faced was not a Tier Three, but a Tier Four!
You have to know.
The Martial Arts Plaza had other Evolvers undergoing trials, but their opponents were all Tier Three beetles.
"Continue?"
"Or give up?"
Neil appeared before Yin Yao yet again.
In the distance.
The four who watched the whole process—Ye Fan and his companions—were all clenching their fists, feeling indignant for Yin Yao.
They could all see it clearly—Neil was deliberately making things hard for Yin Yao.
"Cont...inue...!"
Yin Yao squeezed out the two words from her throat.
But even with all her strength, she could barely get up from the ground.
Neil watched quietly.
For a full five minutes.
Yin Yao stood up, as if by miracle.
She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, staggered, and was about to charge the Tier Four beetle again.
This time.
Fizz——!
Before Yin Yao could reach the Mechanical Beetle, it buzzed, then suddenly collapsed on its own.
Then.
The beetle, under Yin Yao’s stunned gaze, crackled and turned into a pile of scattered mechanical debris.
"Congratulations."
Neil’s voice sounded behind her.
Yin Yao turned around.
Their eyes met.
Neil’s deep blue gaze still showed no emotion.
"You’ve passed the trial for the Dawn City Guard Team Captain position."
"Tell me your name."
Yin Yao’s beautiful eyes widened.
Dawn City Guard Team... Captain?
Only now.
Did she realize why Neil was ’targeting’ her all along.
She hadn’t been facing the Guard Team Member trial at all, but the Captain’s trial!
For a moment.
Yin Yao didn’t know how to describe her feelings.
Bad news——
Got blasted by the beetle sixteen times.
Now her body was covered in injuries, bones shattered in several places.
Good news——
Skipped the ’member’ stage and became the Captain of the Dawn City Guard Team directly.
"Yin... Yao..."
Yin Yao moved her throat, raspingly speaking her name.
"Good, Yin Yao."
"You have two days to recover from your injuries."
"After two days, you’ll officially take up the Captain position, commanding the Dawn City Guard Team."
Neil finished speaking, turned, and left.
Only the cold mechanical voice was left echoing in the Martial Arts Plaza.
On the plaza.
Many Evolvers still undergoing trials all cast admiring and envious looks at Yin Yao.
Meanwhile.
The five Tier Three Evolvers who had been watching, the only five members of the Guard Team, came up to Yin Yao together.
"Captain!"
"My name is Zhou Lichuan, ’Rusted Iron’ Attribute, Tier Three Evolver, reporting to you!"
"Captain!"
"My name is Selena, ’Gentle Wind’ Attribute, Tier Three Evolver, reporting to you!"
...
...
"Miss!"
"You’re the Captain of the Guard Team now!"
Dawn Inner City.
Inside a small building—modest in size but clean and tidy.
Ye Fan and his group watched Yin Yao as she absorbed a Tier One Crystal to heal her wounds, unable to contain their excitement in their voices.
"Mm."
Yin Yao replied softly.
She looked up, gazing around.
This small building was a reward from Neil, administrator of Dawn City, for the Guard Team Captain.
In the perilous Wasteland World.
Being in a Refuge City versus having a fixed residence in one are two completely different concepts.
The former is just refugee status, and could be thrown out of the city at any time.
The latter means actually receiving a Refuge City ’ID card’—a bona fide ’Subordinate’.
Thinking of this, Yin Yao couldn’t help sighing.
Honestly, in her previous life, after months of struggle, she never even got an ’ID card’—even up to being killed by the Mutated Beast King, she was still just a Wasteland Wanderer.
"The New City Lord seems alright, and that mechanical attribute woman’s not bad either."
"But..."
"Once Yu Jin arrives, if we need to stab them in the back, we will."
Yin Yao’s mind was crystal clear.
This Captain position falling from the sky was pleasant, but she never forgot her purpose in joining the Guard Team.
She was loyal to Dawn City, but only to Dawn City under Yu Jin’s rule.
"Speaking of..."
"The New City Lord hasn’t shown himself once since taking office."
"We know that he’s at least Tier Seven, and has Light, Thunder, and Space—three Attributes."
"Hard to imagine how Yu Jin managed to defeat him..."
"But according to previous life memories, it shouldn’t be too long—maybe a month or two—before Dawn City gets a new Lord."
Yin Yao pieced together the information in her mind.
Meanwhile.
She recalled the unexpected findings from her last ’grinding and leveling’ trip outside the city.
"The number of Mutant Beasts and Infected Nests near Dawn City far exceeds that around regular Refuge Cities."
"Especially lately, they all seem to be on the verge of riot..."
Wasteland or not, Refuge Cities are not absolutely safe.
Every so often.
Refuge Cities would be attacked by a Mutant Beast Tide or an Infected Body tide—sometimes even both simultaneously.
Countless Refuge Cities have been wiped out for failing to resist.
And after a slaughter, the Mutant Beast Tide and Infected Body tide won’t linger long—they return to their nests and go dormant again.
Therefore.
Numerous wandering refugees on the wasteland occasionally discover such ’dead cities’, then swoop in and take over.
According to Yin Yao—
Quite a few refugees became City Lords purely by luck, stumbling on a dead city, then instantly rising to power.
Yin Yao had never been a City Lord, but she heard—
Compared to refugees, City Lords have more resources and abilities, and can even mobilize the Refuge City’s power if necessary.
"Wait a sec..."
Yin Yao suddenly froze.
"Could it be that Yu Jin became Dawn City Lord in his previous life simply by ’sniping’ like this?"
This burst of guess startled Yin Yao.
But soon, she shook her head.
"No, unlikely."
"The New City Lord is a Tier Seven Evolver, after all."
"Unless..."
"The Mutant Beast Tide and Infected Body tide breakout in Dawn City is so bad that even the Tier Seven New City Lord can’t handle it!"
Just as she finished speaking.
Boom——
Rumble——!
At the heart of Dawn City.
The aura of a Tier Eight Evolver erupted into the sky...
