Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 103 - 93: I Really Didn’t Mean to Betray My Friends for Personal Gain... (1/3, Monthly Pass Requested)

Chapter 103: Chapter 93: I Really Didn’t Mean to Betray My Friends for Personal Gain... (1/3, Monthly Pass Requested)

"Xiaoming, cross this mountain and scout the road over there."

"Try to make friends with a few more Mutant Beasts or Infected Bodies."

"I’ll come find you again later."

Neil also left a ’Coordinate Imprint’ on Xiaoming the turtle’s back.

After descending into the Wasteland, with his suppression lifted, all of Neil’s Abilities were enhanced.

Among them—

The original six-point limit of the Coordinate Imprint was raised dramatically, all the way to 999.

At the same time—

Neil could now leave Coordinate Imprints on moving objects or living beings as well.

The only thing Neil was dissatisfied with was that the Coordinate Imprint could only be used for his own shuttles, not for bringing others along.

"To create a Space Teleportation Array like I imagined, maybe I really do need to raise this Ability’s Level."

"Level 1 is still too weak..."

Neil’s voice was still lingering.

But his figure was already fading amidst a ripple of Space, vanishing from sight.

"Woo—"

Before the mountains, Xiaoming let out a low whimper.

There was a hint of relief, even liberation, in his whine.

But it wasn’t long before he started to drag his huge body, heading toward the distant mountain.

"Make... more... friends..."

Xiaoming kept repeating the task Neil had assigned him.

This former Tier Eight Mutant Turtle overlord was now set to go ever further down the path of ’selling out friends for his own survival’.

...

...

Dawn City.

City Lord’s Mansion.

Neil sat high in the City Lord’s seat, with Yin Yao, Chen Gang, and others standing on both sides of the Council Hall.

Naiya was behind Neil, seriously performing her massage job.

In the center of the Hall, more than forty Environmental Protection Club members, including Wang Yunpeng, stood in two rows.

"My lord..."

Neil walked over to Neil and explained everything from start to finish.

"Here’s the footage recorded by the Mechanical Flying Insects."

Neil reached out and tapped lightly on his own chest.

Swoosh—

A clear projection lit up from Neil’s chest.

On the projection, all the events of Wang Yunpeng and the others handing out Crystals over the past day could be seen.

To make it easier for Neil to watch, Neil sped up the playback.

Eventually, at a certain moment, the footage slowed down frame by frame.

"Right here."

"Forty-two Crystals vanished into thin air with no warning."

"Neil guesses it’s probably some kind of ’Space’ related Attribute Ability..."

As soon as he finished speaking—

Wang Yunpeng and the other Environmental Protection Club members hurried to clear their names.

"City— Lord City Lord!"

"All forty of us, none of us have used a Crystal yet, and we haven’t awakened any Attributes!"

Neil frowned slightly, glancing at them.

Ability, Loyalty Level 2, activate.

Clear numbers appeared in front of Neil’s eyes.

[Wang Yunpeng]

[Loyalty: 85]

...

[Zhao Zixuan]

[Loyalty: 80]

...

[You Qingyue]

[Loyalty: 91]

"Ninety-one?"

Neil’s gaze lingered a bit longer on the girl standing in the second row.

A loyalty above 90—yep, that’s ’will give you my heart and soul’ territory.

"This junior looks kind of familiar."

Neil remembered, this was the JK in white stockings he’d first ’Healed’ back during the team-building event.

Neil didn’t dwell on it and swept his gaze over the others.

As a result, everyone had Loyalty over 75.

To be sure, Neil activated ’Eye of Insight’ and scanned them again.

"Not their problem."

Neil shook his head, speaking softly.

A simple sentence, yet at this moment it felt like Judgment from fate.

Wang Yunpeng and the others slumped to the ground with relief.

That JK girl, You Qingyue, even had tears shining in her eyes.

God knows...

Just how scared they’d been earlier!

Though Neil didn’t act cold at all, everyone couldn’t help but think of him wiping out the beast horde of three hundred thousand of Dawn City yesterday with a wave of his hand.

In the Wasteland World, only the strong survive, and the Tiers are strict!

Even though...

Neil has always been gentle with them.

But they themselves dared not step out of line, not even a little.

"Everyone’s dismissed."

"Take your Crystals and go back to absorb them. You worked hard handing out Crystals all day and night—it’s on me for not thinking it through."

Neil said, raising a hand.

More than eighty bright, transparent Crystals dropped in front of Wang Yunpeng and the others.

"It wasn’t hard!"

"Loyalty!!"

Wang Yunpeng went red in the face and shouted loudly.

Neil gave each of them one Tier Two and one Tier Three Energy Crystal!

That’s way better than what the other subordinates of Dawn City get!

"Loyalty~"

You Qingyue carefully cupped her Crystals in her hands, sneaking a glance at Neil, her eyes shimmering with hidden emotion.

...

...

"Senior Sister Yin?"

Council Hall.

Everyone was leaving, but Yin Yao stayed behind on purpose.

Neil looked over at Yin Yao, a bit surprised.

"City Lord, about the missing Crystals—I think I have a guess..."

Neil raised an eyebrow, signaling her to continue.

"Here’s the thing..."

"Before the crossing, during the game’s closed beta, a few things happened in Dawn City..."

"The New City Lord handed out benefits, Infection Crystals, Mutated Beast Meat..."

Yin Yao spoke calmly and logically, going over everything that happened before.

At first, Yin Yao hadn’t thought of this either.

But...

The suddenly vanished Crystals,

the forty Environmental Protection Club members who just happened to be in Dawn City,

and things Neil had done before the crossing—

Yin Yao was smart, and she’d caught the key.

Of course, she didn’t expose Neil’s ’cheating’ in front of everyone.

Some things, even if you’ve guessed or are certain inside, still shouldn’t be said out loud—Yin Yao understood this very well.

She wouldn’t tell Neil; she definitely wouldn’t tell anyone else.

On the other side—

Neil finished listening, deep in thought.

He really hadn’t known about the New City Lord giving out benefits in Dawn City before.

"So, when I was on Blue Star, my actions were projected into Wasteland?"

"And now..."

"What I do in Wasteland also projects back onto Blue Star?"

"No, it’s not really projection this time, it’s a connection."

"Forty-two Crystals, almost exactly the number of Environmental Protection Club members who haven’t crossed over yet."

"So, in other words—"

"They may not have crossed, but were still recognized as subordinates of Dawn City by the system."

"So when I distributed Crystals to all subordinates, even if they’re not in Wasteland, they can still receive them."

With that, Neil felt an urge to confirm his theory.

"Come to think of it, I gave out Crystals but forgot about food for the subordinates."

"All the beasts from the horde got killed by Spatial Strangulation, so not one piece of Mutated Beast Meat was left behind."

"Almost left the whole city hungry."

Thinking this, Neil got up from his seat and headed deeper into the City Lord’s Mansion.

Food like Mutated Beast Meat could be bought in the Refuge City’s ’Resource Mall’.

But very few City Lords actually did that. They’d rather exchange their Points for Crystals to upgrade themselves or buy Abilities.

That night—

Every subordinate in Dawn City received a generous share of Mutated Beast Meat, and it was all Tier Three full of Energy.

For a time—

Even in the late night, the cries of ’Loyalty’ echoed all around Dawn City.

As for Neil, he stared at the forty-two pieces of Mutated Beast Meat that vanished into thin air in front of him, deep in thought...