Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Greenfield Cruise Ship.

Above the spirit disk, two agile twin fish swam slowly.

Surrounding them, crystalline stars of various sizes flickered in rising and falling patterns as the twin fish moved.

Their colors differed, their flickering times varied...

But they shared one common trait—every time a crystalline star on the spirit disk shone, it resonated with a star in the night sky.

Beneath the spirit disk, Greenfield carefully maintained her spiritual energy in synchronization with the disk.

She sensed the subtle shifts within the star tracks.

Suddenly, one star in the sky began to shine.

Its position in the heavens started to rise, its color gradually shifting.

This sudden change was immediately captured by Greenfield, who kept it under constant observation.

Under her gaze, that cyan-green star quickly shed its green hue, transforming into a silver-white light.

Its position also broke away from the star track it had previously occupied, as if crossing an invisible barrier to squeeze into a narrower but far more brilliant track.

After flickering several times, the star gradually calmed.

Only then did Greenfield disconnect her spiritual energy from the spirit disk.

The twin fish swimming in the air slowly returned to the disk.

Greenfield looked up at the star that had just shone so brightly.

"Has Moon Shadow's Breath already advanced to Silver Rank?"

Ever since acquiring this [Twin Fish Fate Spirit Disk], Greenfield had known that these shining stars in the sky were actually the worlds of individual players.

Each star corresponded to one player.

However, only players above Bronze Rank were qualified to be seen by others. Those at Rock Rank still existed, but they never appeared in the starry sky.

Unless someone, like her, possessed a special item capable of observing those hidden stars.

Or unless a player's strength had risen to a level not inferior to Bronze Rank players, only then might they faintly shimmer in the sky.

Players of different ranks occupied different positions in the starry sky, moving and appearing according to specific patterns.

After summarizing and categorizing, these movement paths were called 'star tracks.'

In fact, this was also the origin of the name 'Star Track Cult.'

Greenfield's gaze involuntarily shifted to another corner of the starry sky.

There, in the most remote corner of the heavens.

But if one looked closely, they would see a faint glimmer emanating from a star there.

Others might not know, but Greenfield was well aware—that star was the world belonging to the [Yu Yuan Shelter].

"His brightness has increased again... The speed at which his strength grows is unheard of..."

"Could he be the one who reshuffles the deck?"

After pondering for a long time, Greenfield shook her head slightly.

The current situation of the Civilization Ladder was no longer something she could clearly see.

Or rather, even the Silver Rank beings of the [Star Track Cult] could not see through it.

As for whether Gold Rank beings could see through it, that was beyond her reach.

Greenfield's brow furrowed slightly.

She recalled the matter that Yu Yuan Shelter had asked her about not long ago.

"Why is he interested in information about Silver and Gold Rank factions... Logically, this shouldn't be something he needs to worry about at all!"

This was also where Greenfield felt puzzled.

Not to mention that he was only a Rock Rank player—even she, a Bronze Rank player, had no reason to get involved with Silver and Gold Rank factions.

"Could it be because of the Blood Clan?"

The more she thought, the more chaotic Greenfield's mind became.

Finally, she could only let out a long, heavy sigh.

"Fate... what exactly is fate? I can't see through it..."

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"I surrender! I can become your vassal. As long as you don't kill me, we can sign a contract directly. My world is rich in resources. Just don't kill me—I can help you develop this world, and all the resources will be handed over to you..."

A man who looked like a patchwork of different body parts fell to the ground, begging for mercy.

Behind him stood a shelter built halfway up a mountainside.

And with the shelter as its center, it had developed into a military fortress.

Machine gun bunkers, minefield defenses, rolling stone traps...

Plus the various defensive fortifications built around the mountain range.

Without large-scale artillery or long-range firepower, it would have been no easy task to take this easily-defended, hard-to-attack fortress stronghold.

But at this moment, this military fortress had completely fallen.

The ground was covered in colorful liquids and severed limbs.

The air was thick with a foul stench.

Yu Yuan did not heed the man's pleas.

The Longsword·Frost Shimmer materialized in his hand. A flick of his wrist traced a sword blossom, and the man's head was severed from his shoulders.

A cluster of ice, like a blooming 'lotus,' blossomed at the man's neck.

Only then did the corpse slowly fall to the ground.

[Ding... Player ID: Feng Yu Shelter has been confirmed dead. This invasion war has ended. Settlement evaluation in progress... Comparison of both sides' material consumption ratio, casualty ratio, tactical performance...]

[Evaluation Result: Invading player ID 'Yu Yuan Shelter' sustained minimal material losses, zero casualties, and maintained full mental vitality; Defending player ID 'Feng Yu Shelter' player is deceased, with no surviving followers. Total annihilation conditions met!]

[Congratulations, player ID 'Yu Yuan Shelter' has won this invasion war!]

[Congratulations, player ID 'Yu Yuan Shelter' has received Civilization Treasure Chest (Silver-tier) ×1, Civilization Points ×20]

[Killed player ID 'Feng Yu Shelter,' triggering Civilization Focus 'Military Plunder' effect—Loot +20%]

[Triggered 'Meryes Ram Skull' effect, Loot +2%]

[Congratulations, player ID 'Yu Yuan Shelter' has received loot—5,383,522 Survival Points]

[Congratulations, player ID 'Yu Yuan Shelter' has destroyed Feng Yu Shelter, receiving random facility ×1 from this shelter]

[Killed player ID 'Feng Yu Shelter,' triggering Civilization Focus 'Expansionism' effect, gaining 20 Civilization Points. Exclusive world coordinates of 'Feng Yu Shelter' have been recorded. Survival Points can be consumed to conquer and plunder this world (no 'War Token' required)]

With the appearance of the invasion war settlement information, this invasion war was completely over.

Only obtaining a Silver-tier Civilization Treasure Chest this time was already quite satisfying for Yu Yuan.

He had originally thought that getting at most a Bronze-tier Civilization Treasure Chest would have been pretty good.

After all, no matter whether by strength or ranking, he had already far surpassed Rock Rank players.

Feng Yu Shelter's ranking was 11th place, which was already considered a high-level player to others.

But in Yu Yuan's eyes, it was no longer worth mentioning.

His gaze turned to the shelter not far away, and a hint of anticipation appeared in his eyes.

Although Feng Yu had not merged with any Civilization Shards, he did possess knowledge on how to produce a Bronze-tier troop type.

His eyes swept over the severed limbs on the ground, noting the obvious signs of stitching and refinement on them.

Yu Yuan guessed that this might be some kind of biological stitching or corpse stitching technique.

Although he wasn't too interested in using it himself, it would be quite nice to collect.

With this thought in mind, Yu Yuan walked toward that shelter.

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