Wasteland's Only King

“But speaking of which…”

“Now Old Yu’s status and position are completely different than before…”

“In his heart, I’m sure he still thinks of me as a brother, but compared to those carefree days at Jiang University, Old Yu now has so much more on his mind…”

“Such a colossal Dawn Fortress, over a hundred million people, all carried on my brother’s shoulders—it’s not easy at all!”

Tang Yunxuan sighed quietly to himself.

This is why he’s been working so hard to train commanders lately—to share some of Yu Jin’s burden.

[Ding—!]

Suddenly.

Tang Yunxuan, Yin Zhenzhong, Peng Siyi, and the others all heard a crisp communication alert in their ears at the same time.

The call was from Carol.

Carol, who is now the Commander-in-Chief of all the military corps in Dawn Fortress.

In terms of war resources, she’s second only to Lord Yu Jin—no exaggeration to say she’s above hundreds of millions and under only one.

With Yu Jin showing up less and less in the Fortress, Carol is now also the acting voice of his will.

“Here we go?”

Tang Yunxuan perked up instantly at the sound.

“Mechas, fortresses, and warships, ready to deploy!”

“All units, prepare to receive!”

Carol’s voice came right on cue.

But Tang Yunxuan keenly sensed something off in her tone.

“Eh?”

“Why does she sound like…”

“Is she… kinda shaking?”

“That’s not right…”

Tang Yunxuan found it odd.

In his mind, Carol is always cool-headed and authoritative, no matter the situation.

The only time she ever lost composure was when she first met Yu Jin.

But now…?

Isn’t this just deploying a few fortress warships? What’s the big deal?

“Unless…”

“The number is much, much greater than initially planned?”

That thought subconsciously popped up in Tang Yunxuan’s mind.

Boom—

Rumble——!

The violent tremor of the starry sky yanked him back to reality.

“?”

In just an instant.

Tang Yunxuan froze in place.

This commotion…

…seems a bit excessive?

“Brother Tang?”

“Is… is this…”

“Is it always this loud when deploying a Super Large Fortress?”

Ye Ye stared blankly ahead at the tattered, nearly annihilated swathe of starry sky, full of shock in his voice.

This scene…

It’s already beyond science—borderline fantasy!

The endless sky was shattering inch by inch.

Countless nebulas swept apart and shattered.

Even the once-dark, empty space roiled with huge ripples visible to the naked eye!

“Gulp—!”

Behind the airport.

The new commanders here for the ceremony—Ding Zhen and the rest—their hearts pounded like crazy.

“Wait, no…”

“My buddy Ye Ye, did he eat a special meal or something?”

“The rumble from deploying a Super Large Fortress—this is just too much!”

“Don’t tell me Ye Ye’s Super Large Fortress is actually even stronger than Commander Tang and theirs!”

The exaggerated, bizarre scene even made Ding Zhen come up with that utterly ridiculous idea.

Boom—

Rumble——!

Time passed slowly.

The sky was still shaking massively.

The tremor carried on for a full ten minutes—and didn’t stop.

Right then.

Even the main city of Dawn Fortress inside the Sky Ring felt the powerful tremors.

Over a hundred million subordinates looked up blankly at the sky, their eyes filled with disbelief and shock.

After all—

Before, when Dawn Fortress was caught in the terrifying aftershocks of war outside the P-8808 Star Realm, it was always rock solid!”

But now…?

Dawn Fortress—this bug-level fortress loaded with a High-dimensional Super Large Fortress Core—was actually starting to sway…

“Is it war?”

“With the Serenity Civilization?”

“Wait, huh? Not war?”

“Lord is deploying a new fortress?”

“No way…”

“Is this commotion for a brand new Dawn Fortress…?”

The hundreds of millions who hadn’t cared before all turned their eyes toward the sky.

Until—

Whoosh——!

Endless starry sky.

A city-sized, sci-fi looking silver-white Interstellar Fortress appeared out of nowhere!

“?”

R-001 Airport.

Tang Yunxuan, looking at this fortress, was completely puzzled.

This fortress…

It looked just like his own Super Large Fortress—not much different?

Other than a different color and no Dawn logo, the size seemed about the same…

“Don’t tell me… it was just this totally normal Super Large Fortress that caused all that noise just now?”

Tang Yunxuan muttered to himself, eyes still glued to the distant sky.

Whoosh—

Whoosh whoosh—

Silver-white beams flashed in succession.

Three more Super Large Fortresses appeared out of thin air.

After that, the sky quieted down again.

“That’s it?”

Tang Yunxuan raised his brows a little.

So much build-up, and it’s just four Super Large Fortresses?

This doesn’t seem like something his good brother would do!

“Is that all?”

“Which one is S-49?”

“How come my access doesn’t register it…”

Ye Ye was totally lost.

He’d already obtained access to Fortress S-49, so logically, the instant it appeared, he’d be able to connect with it remotely.

But…

Even after four fortresses showed up, his access didn’t react at all.

“Just wait a little longer.”

“I’m sure there’s more.”

Tang Yunxuan heard Ye Ye’s muttering and replied softly.

Right as the words left his mouth.

Whoosh—

Whoosh whoosh——!

The dark sky suddenly grew bright!

Yes, bright!

Countless silver lights—so many they couldn’t be counted—instantly filled the space around the airport!

The darkness of the sky was completely lit up with silver brilliance!

Boom—

Rumble——!

After this—

Even more booms erupted.

Blue, red, green…

All sorts of dazzlingly colored new lights bloomed one after another against the backdrop of silver rays.

“What’s that—”

“Warships?”

“And mechas too?”

“Hold up! That number…”

“What the hell—hundreds of thousands of warships, over a million mechas!”

The last sentence was Tang Yunxuan shouting in disbelief.

And next to him—

Yin Zhenzhong and the rest were already totally numb.

“One, two, three, four, five…”

“There’s no end, you can’t even count them…”

“Uncle Yin, am I seeing things?”

“All those silver ones, they’re all fortresses, Super Large Interstellar Fortresses?”

Peng Siyi’s voice trembled again and again.

Just think—

The first time she saw Carol descend on an Uninhabited Planet and face the pressure of a Tier Eleven Evolver, she didn’t even flinch.

But now?

The young woman commander was shaking all over, her voice and even her body trembling like a leaf!

Compared to Peng Siyi—

Yin Zhenzhong, her “Uncle Yin,” actually looked much steadier.

Hmm…

At least, he was shaking a lot less than Peng Siyi—not nearly enough to leave afterimages like she was.

Plus—

Yin Zhenzhong honestly couldn’t even talk right now, so he didn’t have the problem of “voice trembling.”

What does it mean to be steady?

This—this is steadiness.

Time ticked slowly by.

The sky shimmered on and on with those light dots.

Every dot represented either a mecha, a warship, or a fortress.

Their numbers…

Couldn’t possibly be counted in the short term.

Everyone, including the hundreds of millions in the main city looking up, were now so dazzled by the points of light that their minds went blank.

No one knew how much time had passed.

[Ding—!]

A clear ring sounded again.

Carol’s voice reached Tang Yunxuan and the others’ ears once more.

“Deployment complete!”

“This deployment, in total…”

“5000 Super Large Interstellar Fortress Warships!”

“100,000 Large Interstellar Warships!”

“1,000,000 Unmanned Mechas!”

“…”

Carol went on for several minutes—she couldn’t even finish the list right away.

After all—

Besides these top-tier resources, Yu Jin also deployed large, medium, and micro fortresses, also medium and small warships, and even interstellar war drones that had never appeared in the Drake-3 Star System Wasteland Server…

Several minutes later—

Carol finally finished reading the whole list, then even let out a long, exhausted sigh.

“All units, quickly check quantities and begin reception!”

With that, Carol ended the call.

And above the port, Tang Yunxuan and the others were already completely numb—

This wasn’t about checking quantities or even receiving anymore.

The real problem was—

Not enough people!

Even if he used all 500 reserve commanders he’d brought, it was still way too few—not even one tenth of what they’d need!

[Ding—!]

Suddenly—

Carol’s voice came through again.

This time—

Her words took Tang Yunxuan and the others from numbness to outright paralysis…

“Uh…”

“Lord just reminded me…”

“This is only the first batch…”

“Yeah, first batch—there might be a few more coming…”

By the end—

Not just Tang Yunxuan, even Carol herself couldn’t keep it together anymore…