Wasteland's Only King

Lambert Chamber of Commerce.

Supreme Suite.

Funi has already left.

Yu Jin, meanwhile, lets out a sigh full of regret.

“Is this what love is?”

Even after personally witnessing it, Yu Jin can hardly imagine Funi making such a choice.

He betrayed the Lambert Clan, betrayed his father-in-law, betrayed everything.

All for Yu Jin’s single promise—not to harm his wife Erin.

It’s worth mentioning.

The promise Funi wanted didn’t include himself…

“What a terrifying power and conviction.”

Yu Jin gazed out the window at the night scenery, sigh after sigh escaping him.

And beside him—

Kneeling on the floor, the young girl’s delicate face was full of complicated emotions.

On the one hand,

She was shocked by President Funi’s actions.

On the other,

She had, perhaps by accident, or maybe was forced to, overheard a world-shattering secret.

This kind of secret was absolutely not something a maid like her should be privy to.

Up to this moment,

Her mind was still replaying the conversation between President Funi and Yu Jin before he left.

“Mr. Yu Jin!”

“I can mobilize some of the Chamber’s power to shield your escape from Gangval Star!”

“The Lambert Clan is coming at you in full force, they might strike as soon as tomorrow!”

“Over the years, the Lambert Clan has built a private military force of their own, with fortress battleships and mechas!”

This was Funi’s advice.

“No need.”

This was Yu Jin’s reply.

Compared to Funi’s words, Yu Jin’s concise yet confident two-word answer carried an even greater impact.

The young girl who’d spent two years in Oak City had a clear understanding of the Lambert Clan’s strength.

But…

This young man before her, judging from his demeanor.

The Lambert Clan seemed to mean nothing to him.

Such confidence…

No wonder Funi would betray his clan just to show loyalty to him.

The young girl’s mind churned with all kinds of thoughts, to the point where her motions as she massaged and kneaded Yu Jin became sluggish.

“Hmm?”

Yu Jin’s gentle sound snapped the girl back from her thoughts.

Her slender body trembled sharply, head lowered, only to realize her hands had unknowingly ended up in quite a strange place…

“Ah!”

“S-sorry, sir!”

“I-I didn’t mean to take advantage of you, I didn’t…”

The young girl’s face flushed red at first, but remembering his background and confidence, and that terrifying ’5.8 billion Source Points balance,’ the blush quickly faded, replaced by a visible pallor.

“What’s your name?”

Yu Jin shook his head, not paying much attention to her accidental offense, and changed the topic.

A long, lonely night—he truly felt bored.

In Funi’s words—

The Lambert Clan wouldn’t make a move against him for at least another day.

In this day,

Funi would keep buying fortress battleships and Attribute Stones for him.

And Yu Jin would just stay here, waiting for the play to begin.

“I, I…”

When the girl heard Yu Jin’s question, her heart tightened further.

She breathed deeply, her not-so-imposing chest rising and falling.

Nervous and afraid, her voice became halting and stuttering.

“I, my name…”

“Aliya…”

“Aliya Hiva…”

It took her several tries to get her name out clearly.

“Aliya?”

“Not a bad name.”

Yu Jin nodded, offering his evaluation.

“Mm…”

The girl Aliya kept her head down. Seeing Yu Jin wasn’t pursuing her prior mistake, she quietly exhaled with relief.

“Aliya.”

“You’re one of the new players who got promoted two years ago, right?”

Yu Jin fixed his gaze on her, speaking slowly.

At his words—

Aliya was instantly stunned.

“How did you know?”

She replied reflexively, then hastily covered her small mouth.

“Haha.”

Yu Jin shook his head and chuckled.

All of Aliya’s info—after a sweep with the Eye of Insight, he could see it all clearly.

Even…

Every single Value, proper or improper, Yu Jin could see it thoroughly.

All in all,

She was still a clean girl; otherwise, no matter how bored he got, Yu Jin wouldn’t bother chatting with Aliya.

“Long nights are too dull.”

“How about…”

“Why don’t you tell me your stories from Star System Wasteland, and after promotion?”

“Like your civilization power, your companions in the past, and…”

“That gambling-addicted brother of yours?”

Yu Jin said, lounging back on the sofa.

Aliya’s delicate face shifted through many expressions, but she obediently knelt in front of Yu Jin, gently massaging him.

At the same time,

Aliya followed Yu Jin’s ’order’ and began telling her story.

Yu Jin indulged in this special moment—here in the High-Dimensional Federation, he was experiencing something he’d never even gone through back on Blue Star.

…

…

Drake-3 Star System Wasteland.

Time passed slowly.

It had already been almost two days since Athena arrived.

In these two days—

Han Ling’s Celestial God Civilization Power had ’spared no effort’ scouring various Star Realms for news about ’Yu Jin’.

Athena herself took action, using the special privileges of the high-dimensional warship to sweep through the entire star system.

But…

No results.

Han Ling expressed regret.

Athena appeared a bit disappointed.

“So it was just an illusion?”

Athena’s intuition had felt very strong—she’d believed Yu Jin was likely somewhere in this star system.

But the scans hadn’t brought her any encouraging news.

“Miss Athena!”

“The Federation still has many Star System Wasteland servers…”

“So far, we haven’t even searched a tenth of them yet.”