Wasteland's Only King

Drake-3 Star System Wasteland.

Cerena Star System Group.

Endless Starry Sky.

Dawn Fortress, currently surrounded by Fortress Battleships, thundering deeper into the Star System.

Fortress perimeter.

The Ring of the Sky, which once held the subordinate cities of Dawn City, has been completely renewed after the promotion to a Super Large Fortress.

Its scale and area have expanded thousands of times compared to before.

Even when Naiya City and the other nine subordinate cities are gathered together, they only occupy a very small part of the inner side of the Ring of the Sky.

The rest of the Ring has long since become the airport of Dawn Fortress.

The airport, as the name suggests, is a spaceport—the place where Mechas, Warships, and Fortresses are stationed and docked.

At this moment.

Dawn Airport, Port R-001.

Ye Ye, dressed in a sharp Commander uniform, gazed at the deep starry sky ahead, eyes full of anticipation.

Today is the day he receives his Fortress!

Today is the day he officially boards the S-49 Super Large Fortress and takes up the post of Commander!

Over the past three days.

Ye Ye has been following Tang Yunxuan and others, studying on the Super Large Fortress.

He even…

He had taken over part of the fortress authority and participated in the starry sky live-fire exercises over the past two days.

Ye Ye’s performance in the combat exercises was outstanding.

Tang Yunxuan and the other veteran Commanders praised him endlessly.

Originally, Old Tang thought Yu Jin was just ’insider’ stuff, but never expected that this kid Ye Ye actually turned out to be a real interstellar war genius…

“Xiaoye.”

“How are you feeling right now?”

“Tell your Brother Tang—isn’t it pretty nerve-wracking?”

“Hahaha.”

From behind Ye Ye, a hearty voice rang out, half joking.

“Brother Tang!”

Ye Ye turned around and looked at Tang Yunxuan approaching him, addressing him seriously.

“Haha, I told you not to be so formal and stiff.”

“We’ve been together for three days, how come you’re still like this?”

Tang Yunxuan saw Ye Ye’s response and shook his head, laughing helplessly.

Ye Ye pressed his lips together and said nothing.

In his heart, Tang Yunxuan was his teacher.

The teacher could be friendly and polite with him, but he must never neglect the respect and courtesy he owes to his teacher.

“Xiaoye, you’ve done well.”

“After today, we’re officially colleagues—no, comrades.”

Alongside Tang Yunxuan arrived Yin Zhenzhong and other Super Large Fortress Commanders.

They all greeted Ye Ye, the rookie, warmly.

“Uncle Yin! Sister Peng! And…”

Ye Ye greeted every ’teacher’ respectfully.

This scene made Yin Zhenzhong and the others chuckle, but also made them recognize this newly promoted Commander even more.

“Alright.”

“Let’s skip the pleasantries.”

“Today’s the Fortress Battleship launch day, congratulations in advance!”

After Ye Ye finished greeting, Yin Zhenzhong stepped forward with a smile, patting Ye Ye’s shoulder.

Ye Ye nodded vigorously at his words.

Then he turned back and continued to stare intently at the deep starry sky outside the airport.

In fact.

At Port R-001, besides their group, there was another bunch of rookie Commanders.

Most of them had already received their Warships or Fortresses three days ago.

In the last three days, they too had undergone intense combat exercises.

Today, they’ve come mainly as spectators.

As Tang Yunxuan put it—

“They might not get to command a Super Large Fortress, but having those youngsters watch can really fire up their motivation!”

Just like now.

Not far behind Ye Ye and the others.

Ding Zhen, whose skin was a little tanned, was also staring at the starry sky ahead with curiosity.

Three days ago, he officially became a Fort Commander and unlocked his own Micro Interstellar Fortress.

Today, he’s come to see with his own eyes what kind of Super Large Fortress his good buddy Ye Ye is getting…

Yes.

Thanks to his help for Laya three days ago, Ye Ye really became his good friend.

In the past three days, although they weren’t training together, they kept in touch almost constantly.

Ye Ye even promised Ding Zhen—

If the regulations allow, and it’s not a wartime situation, he’d invite Ding Zhen to visit the Super Large Fortress.

This simple promise was enough to thrill Ding Zhen.

“Super Large Fortress, that’s a Super Large Fortress!”

“All of Dawn City barely has a few dozen Super Large Fortresses!”

Even now, Ding Zhen kept repeating these words in his mind.

Clearly.

He, and everybody else present—including Tang Yunxuan—had no idea what was about to unfold in this patch of starry sky.

Time passed slowly.

Ye Ye and the others waited in silence.

Who knows how long went by.

“Eh?”

“Hasn’t the launch started yet?”

Tang Yunxuan scratched his head, confusion creeping in.

It wasn’t impatience—rather…

He had gotten a message from Carol, saying today was the day for Fortress launch, and that he should bring the rookie Commanders here and get ready.

Besides that.

Carol had specially reminded him—

“Besides new Super Large Fortress Commanders like Ye Ye, also bring some backup Commanders for Large Fortresses.”

Tang Yunxuan didn’t quite get that part.

He discussed with Yin Zhenzhong, and the latter guessed—

The number of Super Large Fortresses launched this time might be more than originally planned.

“How many could there be?”

“I brought all 500 Large Fortress Commanders with me!”

Tang Yunxuan mumbled and grumbled.

To be honest.

Since landing at Dawn Fortress, he still hadn’t properly caught up with Yu Jin.

Yu Jin has been very busy.

And he himself hasn’t been idle.

“Maybe…”

“We’ll have to wait till this war’s over before we can really get together.”