Chapter 596: Unknown Coordinate Point, Ladiz's Confusion, Moon Shadow's Breath's Gratitude

“King, the nuclear test site just sent word, it’s been successfully taken. All experts and scholars have been located…”

Wasteland Calendar Day 99.

Inside the Twin Towers, Alpha reported to Yu Yuan.

Since last night, after finding the secret room and capturing the true leader of the Dawn Consortium who had been hiding inside,

the Dawn Consortium had effectively fallen under Yu Yuan’s control.

Just as Yu Yuan had suspected earlier,

the real threat from the Dawn Consortium came only from their long-range strike systems.

As long as their electronic networks were seized, their combat power posed no real threat to the Pioneering Group.

“Good, we could use a nuclear test site. This site can be put to immediate use, though its defensive weapons and electronic network need upgrades. That can wait for now…”

Yu Yuan moved his gaze away from the laptop,

tilting the screen toward Alpha.

“Take a look at this, any thoughts?”

Alpha looked at the laptop screen. At first nothing stood out, but quickly shock and disbelief spread across his face.

“This…”

Lines of logistics transport data were displayed, from basic survival supplies to Dawn Consortium nuclear missiles, with large shipments occurring at regular intervals.

According to the coordinates on the screen, these shipments were destined for somewhere thousands of kilometers away.

“This laptop was found in the secret room. When that guy saw me come in he tried to destroy it but failed.

If I’m not mistaken, this coordinate…” Yu Yuan pointed to the screen.

“Is either another very important Dawn Consortium base, or… their superior faction. Our fight isn’t over yet.”

“A superior faction!”

Alpha narrowed his eyes and looked at Yu Yuan.

He saw only calm eyes,

and felt a chill run through him.

“Understood! I’ll have someone get the Dawn Consortium’s leader to talk. I’m sure he’ll cooperate.”

Yu Yuan nodded faintly.

“With this lead, pick a reliable squad and scout the enemy’s situation. Even though they’re thousands of kilometers away, they control nuclear warheads and their strength is unknown. They remain a potential danger.”

“Also, if that coordinate belongs to the Dawn Consortium’s superior, question their leader closely: did that superior know about the intelligence on Dead Mine Town? If they knew, how much did they know? Keep confirming the validity of the information…”

“Finally…”

Yu Yuan, after a few quick keystrokes on the laptop, opened a folder.

A key prompt appeared.

“I want to know what’s inside that folder. Let the tech team run a complete forensic on this laptop. I want all the secrets in here laid bare.”

Alpha silently noted Yu Yuan’s orders and picked up the laptop.

“I understand.”

Watching Alpha’s departing figure, the coordinate resurfaced in Yu Yuan’s mind.

“Too bad, thousands of kilometers is really far. I don’t have the time now, or I would go inspect it myself. I’ll see what the report says when they get back.”

-

Mossa looked at the contract she had just signed and smiled with satisfaction.

Just as she had predicted, Ladiz was famously cautious and careful, and the Yu Yuan Shelter was indeed formidable.

Although Ladiz was interested in the spoils held by the Yu Yuan Shelter, he wasn’t completely confident he could take it alone.

When she offered that they could jointly launch a Civilization War against the Yu Yuan Shelter and that the majority of the spoils would go to him,

Ladiz unsurprisingly chose cooperation.

She turned her gaze to Ladiz.

“When are you going to make your move on Yu Yuan? Moon Shadow’s Breath hasn’t given us much time.”

Ladiz was getting impatient as well, and replied,

“I’m ready. I can start a Civilization War at any time. How about you?”

Mossa’s lips curved.

“Anytime.”

Ladiz raised an eyebrow. He couldn’t tell whether Mossa already expected him to choose partnership.

She had her preparations ready and was only waiting for his approach.

Shrugging slightly,

“Then let’s submit the war application now!”

But Ladiz’s eyes flicked toward Mossa.

Mossa knew what he meant.

She didn’t hesitate. A scroll appeared in her hand, emitting a faint silver glow.

It was the one-time item she had shown earlier: Tactic: Wolf Pack. Mossa forcefully unrolled the scroll.

[Use "Tactic: Wolf Pack", wolf pack players will be ID: Crown Mobile Castle, confirm?]

—[Yes]

The scroll vanished the next moment.

On Ladiz and Mossa’s virtual light screens a new status appeared simultaneously.

—[Wolf Pack]

Function: In a single invasion/Civilization War, wolf pack members are treated as one, launching war on the target player together.

Reading the info on the hologram, Ladiz nodded slightly with a satisfied smile.

He didn’t say more, and produced a Civilization War Token.

[Player ID 'Crown Mobile Castle' activated 'Civilization War Token', target player ID 'Yu Yuan Shelter', confirming target status…]

[Sorry, player ID 'Yu Yuan Shelter' current status is 'Cannot initiate war', please try again later.]

“What!”

“What’s going on?”

Because of the Wolf Pack status, both Ladiz and Mossa could see this message, and both wore stunned expressions.

“Did someone beat us to it?”

After all, they were using a Civilization War Token, which bypasses truce periods to directly launch a Civilization War.

The only way this message could pop up was if Yu Yuan had already been placed into a war state.

But…

That didn’t make sense.

“If he were in a war state, the prompt should say he’s currently in 'war state'. What does ‘cannot initiate war’ mean now?”

Ladiz and Mossa were baffled.

They had considered every scenario, except this one.

Exchanging a glance, they read the same thought in each other’s eyes.

“This is trouble. Whoever acted so fast— I hope they didn’t succeed!”

Still, they knew that after Unicorn Rhino’s ranking dropped to 1252 and Yu Yuan eliminated him,

many lower-ranked players had been intimidated.

At a time like this, anyone daring to start a war against Yu Yuan must be confident.

But overthinking wouldn’t help.

“Fine, let fate decide.”

Meanwhile, in Moon Shadow’s Breath Underground Castle,

Xiao Xi read the message Greenfield had sent and her eyes brightened with surprise.

“Yu Yuan was actually dragged into a Civilization War? Could it be Ladiz and Mossa?”

As the contracting party and employer, she could see who had signed the employment contract.

Only Ladiz and Mossa had signed so far, so they were her first suspects.

But she quickly realized something.

“Greenfield says Yu Yuan was pulled into the Civilization War almost a day ago. Ladiz messaged me not long ago, so it shouldn’t be them. Who could it be?”

Thinking for a moment, Xiao Xi suddenly thought of Duke Yegu.

“Could it be him?”

Putting that guess aside for a moment, she transferred five million survival points to the Greenfield Cruise Ship and smiled faintly. Having had few interactions before, she had assumed Greenfield was aloof, but now saw she was surprisingly friendly.

[Moon Shadow's Breath Underground Castle: Thank you, sister! After so long, you still care about me.]

Greenfield’s reply arrived quickly.

[Greenfield Cruise Ship: You’re too kind. I happened to be idle and decided to do a reading, and he came to mind. I’m glad this news helps you.]

After sending the message,

Greenfield looked at the newly added five million survival points and her eyes curved into crescents.

“Wow, five million again. Quick, who should I check next…”