Wasteland's Only King

Chapter 396 - 107: Resistance Is Futile! Tier Twenty Sigma Mecha! Let’s Start with 10.5 Billion!

Although...

From the moment he appeared, Isaac saw through his foundation.

Tier Eighteen Evolver.

This tier would place him at the pinnacle of power in the Star System Wasteland, but it wasn’t enough to make the Tier Nineteen Isaac feel fear or immediately surrender.

The problem...

lay with the five humanoid mechs standing by the young man’s side, like bodyguards.

From them, Isaac sensed an overwhelmingly strong aura, symbolizing death.

Yes.

Isaac was absolutely certain—

If he dared to attack the young man, in the next moment, no, perhaps not even a moment, but in an instant, he would be killed by those five mechs.

This intense feeling was something Isaac, who was already deeply mired in despair, could not comprehend.

Understand this.

He was a Tier Nineteen Evolver, and Tier Nineteen was already the limit in this Star System Wasteland.

Even if those mechs were ’Tier Nineteen Mechs’ he had never seen or heard of, they shouldn’t pose such a terrifying threat to him.

"Inconceivable..."

"Everything about this mysterious force is inconceivable..."

Amidst his confusion, Isaac recalled the one thousand super large fortresses that attacked this time and the tens of thousands of super large fortresses that remained entrenched in that starry sky base camp. He felt a sense of relief and stopped fixating on the answer.

Tap—

Tap, tap—

In the hall.

The crisp sound of footsteps finally ceased.

The young man was already standing in front of the throne.

Five humanoid mechs stood by his sides.

"Eh?"

"Something feels off..."

The young man looked at the seated Isaac, who was still taller than him by several heads even while slumped on the throne, and fell into contemplation.

Buzz—

With a thought, his body slowly floated up.

Until...

More than two meters off the ground, he looked at Isaac again, changing from looking up to looking down. Only then did the young man nod in satisfaction: "That’s better."

In the hall.

The high-ranking members of the Farben civilization watched this scene with increasing melancholy in their hearts.

Their lord, their civilization’s highest-ranking lord, was undoubtedly being humiliated.

Yet...

They were powerless.

Lacking any means of resistance, they didn’t even dare to entertain the emotion known as ’anger’.

On the throne.

Isaac Griffin, who was slumped, slowly sat up at this time.

He looked up, meeting the young man’s frivolous gaze with a bit of assessment.

"You..."

Isaac began to speak but paused for a moment.

"Your..."

He changed his form of address.

"Your presence at the Farben civilization..."

"I wonder what we should do or provide..."

Isaac’s posture was incredibly humble, one could even say it was as low as the dust.

Hearing these words, the young man smirked.

"Boring."

"Completely different from what I imagined."

"When chatting with Old Cui before coming, I thought there might be a ’better to die gloriously than to live in dishonor’ dramatic scene..."

"Never thought..."

The young man continuously shook his head, his disappointment unhidden.

For those present, upon hearing these words, the feeling of bitterness and despair in their hearts was indescribable.

"I am Isaac Griffin."

"The Lord of the Farben civilization, also the highest authority of the Farben civilization."

"May I know your honorable name..."

Isaac spoke softly.

Despite declaring his status as the civilization’s lord,

after speaking, he voluntarily rose from the throne, silently stepping aside with a servant-like demeanor.

"Not bad."

The young man observed and nodded in satisfaction.

He unceremoniously took Isaac’s place on the throne.

After sitting down, he even leisurely ran his hands over the throne’s material to feel its texture.

"I am Chen Gang."

"The Internal Affairs Deputy of Dawn Fortress."

"Hmm, Dawn Fortress, that’s the fortress you sent a scout fleet to investigate not long ago. You should understand the implication of what I’m saying."

Only after sitting on the throne did the young man finally introduce himself.

He was none other than Yu Jin’s college roommate back on Blue Star, and now one of the high-level managers at Dawn Fortress, Brother Gang.

The five mechs by his side were the Sigma-class combat mechs Yu Jin had previously deployed to Carol in "Wasteland OL."

Initially, the mechs were only Tier Twelve.

But now?

As Yu Jin broke through the server limit and reached Tier Twenty, the twenty Sigma Mechs synchronized with Yu Jin’s level.

Although limited by server rules, the mechas couldn’t officially reach Tier Twenty, but they certainly far exceeded the so-called Tier Nineteen Limit.

If you must find a level to describe it...

The so-called ’Half-Step Tier Twenty’ from Blue Star web novels should fit just right.

From reaching the first fortress of the Farben Civilization to now, Chen Gang, who was only at Tier Eighteen, had such a ’relaxed and natural’ demeanor because of these five Sigma Mechs.

These five mechas were specially ’requested’ from Yu Jin before his departure.

After all...

Don’t be fooled by Chen Gang’s nonchalant appearance now, this journey to conquer the Farben Civilization is a crucial part of the future development plan at Dawn Fortress.

Chen Gang’s apparent ’arrogance’ is merely for more smoothly completing the set mission.

The previous phrase ’boring’ was purely rhetorical and for show.

Of course.

Chen Gang would never say these things out loud, nor would Isaac and the others ever find out.

At this moment.

In their eyes—

Chen Gang’s demeanor not only was without fault.

On the contrary, it made them feel even more boundless awe towards the mysterious and terrifying force of ’Dawn Fortress’.

"Lord Chen Gang..."

After a long silence, Isaac cautiously spoke again, breaking the atmosphere of silence.

"I wonder what brings you to the Farben Civilization..."

Isaac’s despair was a despair for his own fate.

But this did not mean he had given up on the tens of billions under the Farben banner.

Or rather, the exact opposite.

Not using forces to block the Dawn Fortress fleet earlier and instead opening the gate to let the opponent hit straight at the heart was done with a determination to ’sacrifice oneself to protect the civilization.’

Of course.

All of this was just his thoughts.

What the actual development would be awaited ’Lord Chen Gang’s’ answer, or rather, Dawn Fortress’s intentions.

"Hmm..."

"There’s an old saying back home, ’A wise man recognizes the times!’"

"I now feel that you, Isaac? Aik? You have the potential to be a wise man!"

Isaac’s demeanor and his proactive inquiry made Chen Gang smile brightly.

Originally...

He thought he’d have to ’shed some blood’ or ’kill a chicken to scare the monkeys’ to make a point.

But now? It seems there’s no need for such trouble.

"Hmm..."

Chen Gang languidly leaned back on the wide and luxurious throne.

His gaze swept over the figures in the hall.

Finally, it landed on Isaac Griffin, who was already kneeling on one knee unknowingly, yet still nearly two meters tall.

"I need some people."

"No, more precisely, Dawn Fortress needs some people."

Chen Gang spoke slowly.

"People?"

"Some people?"

Upon hearing this, Isaac’s face stiffened.

In this vast Star System Wasteland, conflicts between civilizations are not uncommon.

And the target of the conquest...

Apart from fortress battleships, ’people’ are the most important resource.

People are also the foundation of any civilization’s power.

As for the fortress battleships of Farben, the other side obviously wasn’t interested.

And people...

Isaac remained silent for a long time, then spoke in a low voice, a tone full of indescribable sorrow.

"How many... do you need..."

He wanted to protect the citizens of the Farben Civilization, but it seemed now that he might end up protecting nothing.

"Not many!"

Chen Gang’s answer came very quickly.

"How many do you have?"

"Tell me truthfully."

Chen Gang asked first.

"..."

"Ten and a half billion."

Isaac answered word by word.

"Ten and a half billion?"

Chen Gang murmured this number, rubbing his chin.

Before his arrival.

The original words Yu Jin said to him were, "Recruit as many people as possible from other civilizations as soldiers and crew for various fleets of Dawn Fortress in the future."

As many as possible?

Chen Gang chewed over these four words repeatedly and made his decision.

"Then..."

"Let’s start with ten and a half billion!"

"Aik, what do you think?"