"Start with a CGI cutscene?"
"Then the plot begins?"
Up until now.
Nico still maintained the mindset of a game reviewer, mesmerized by everything she saw before her.
"Uncle Dean!"
"What do you mean it’s impossible?"
"And also..."
"What exactly is this Kind Turtle?"
Nico naturally inquired of the NPC she considered her novice guide.
"The Kind Turtle..."
"It was once the mount of the Legendary City Lord!"
"After Yu City Lord left this planet, it roamed everywhere, but it maintained a very friendly attitude towards humans, never attacking them, and sometimes even helping humans, hence the name Kind Turtle..."
Faced with Nico’s query, Dean revealed what he knew.
Upon hearing this, Nico nodded seriously.
"The mount of the Legendary City Lord..."
"Huh?"
"Wait!"
"The mount of the Legendary City Lord?"
Nico was suddenly stunned, her eyes widened.
On the other side, Dean was now silent, staring intently at the giant turtle approaching in the distance.
He was very puzzled and did not understand.
How could there be anyone other than the Legendary City Lord standing on the head of the giant turtle?
"Infected body?"
"High-tier infected body?"
"Could it be that a Tier Nine infected body appeared and forcibly subdued the Kind Turtle, then brought it to attack the human Refuge City?"
At this moment, Dean’s mind was racing with wild speculations.
Because everything before him was beyond his understanding.
Meanwhile.
Woosh—!
On the city wall.
The Tier Five Pingwu Shelter City Lord from Blue Star had already soared into the air.
He turned into a stream of light and flew straight toward the wilderness outside the city.
"City Lord?"
"What’s he doing...?"
This scene.
Left everyone outside the city gate, including Dean and others, even more bewildered.
As for Nico.
At this moment, she wasn’t nervous at all; instead, she was full of excitement and anticipation, standing on tiptoe and looking into the distance.
"The arrival of the Kind Turtle, the return of the Legendary City Lord?"
"Gotta say..."
"The game’s plot angle is quite engaging!"
Yet.
For some reason.
As the giant turtle got closer.
Whoosh—
Whoosh whoosh—!
Nico instinctively took deep breaths.
But...
It was to no avail.
She even felt that her blood was heating up at a visible rate.
As if...
"It’s going to burn up!"
Nico was quite uncomfortable, but she guessed this might also be part of the game’s plot.
So she kept taking deep breaths and continued standing on tiptoe, peering into the distance.
...
...
Woosh—!
Outside Pingwu City.
A streak of light flashed by.
The Tier Five Pingwu Shelter City Lord dashed towards the rapidly approaching Xiaoming.
Thud—!
Thud thud—!
When it was only two kilometers from Pingwu City, Xiaoming finally stopped.
Roar—!
It raised its head and let out a sharp roar.
This roar carried an inexplicable excitement.
The joys and sorrows of man and turtle are not connected.
Xiaoming was thrilled for the return of Yu Jin and excited to become its master’s mount once more.
On the other side.
The Pingwu Shelter City Lord, Tier Five Blue Star player, Yang Chu, was incredibly tense in his heart.
His face bore a grave expression.
He stood just a hundred meters away from the mountain-like Mutated Giant Turtle.
At this moment.
He could already see clearly—
On top of the giant turtle’s head, there indeed stood a slightly thin figure.
The good news is—
Above that figure, there wasn’t any black mist billowing out like an ordinary Infected Body.
The bad news is—
The aura of that figure, even from afar, made Yang Chu feel extremely uneasy.
It was as if...
The other person only needed a thought to crush him to death tens of thousands of times at will.
The last time he felt this way was when he saw Yu City Lord from afar.
At that time.
It was right after the battle of Naiya City, Dawn City was recruiting Blue Star players as subordinates everywhere on A3 Planet.
Yang Chu had once arrived at Dawn City through a large Space Teleportation Array.
But...
Unfortunately, he came too late.
By the time he arrived at Dawn City, the new subordinate recruitment had already reached its limit.
Yang Chu had no choice but to leave.
He watched as Dawn City lifted into the sky, leaving this planet.
At that moment.
He saw Yu City Lord from afar.
At that moment, the oppressive feeling Yu Jin gave him was exactly the same as now.
"Hoo—"
Yang Chu took a deep breath.
Fear is a biological instinct.
But...
After all, he is the Refuge City Lord of Pingwu Sanctuary City.
There are still hundreds of thousands of subordinates in the city, and he can’t just hide in the city and let this kind turtle and the mysterious figure approach.
"What’s your name?"
Suddenly.
A voice sounded in Yang Chu’s ear.
It was the voice of a young man, with a tone that seemed to carry a hint of... appreciation?
Yang Chu was slightly stunned, then suddenly shocked.
Swipe—
He looked up at the top of the giant turtle’s head.
The figure there was originally shrouded in a layer of semi-transparent energy barrier.
Even though he was a Tier Five Extraordinary Evolver, he couldn’t clearly see its real appearance.
And now?
The energy barrier had disappeared without his notice.
A young, handsome face with black hair and black eyes appeared.
"You..."
Yang Chu’s eyes widened.
"You’re not an Infected Body?"
He came to this judgment almost instantly.
Just because—
The sentence just now wasn’t in an alien language, but in Chinese!
In the game ’Wasteland’, there are players from different civilizations.
Each civilization, even within the same civilization, has different languages.
But...
’Wasteland’ has a special Power of Rules, invisible and intangible, allowing players from any civilization to communicate without obstruction.
This rule lets players overcome language barriers and directly understand the intended meaning.
Yet...
The language itself remains different.
Just like now.
Yang Chu was sure—
The man on the turtle’s head had definitely just spoken in Chinese!
"Infected Body?"
"Ha—"
Atop Xiaoming’s head, Yu Jin heard this and shook his head with a smile.
He hadn’t expected...
That upon returning to A3 Planet, he would be mistaken for an Infected Body.
With that thought, Yu Jin didn’t bother to continue questioning.
Swipe—
With a thought.
Under the Eye of Insight’s enhancement, all of this Refuge City Lord’s information became clear.
"Yang Chu?"
"Hmm?"
"Still from Jiang City..."
Yu Jin murmured softly.
As he finished speaking, City Lord Yang Chu on the other end opened his eyes wider, like copper bells.
"Jiang City?"
"This, this..."
...
On A3 Wasteland Planet, from the supporting character’s perspective, the experience of Blue Star Civilization players, who failed to board the big ship of Dawn City, left behind on A3 Planet, starting a new life, where pollution gradually blurs memories, with new players landing on A3 Planet, preparing for the next promotion fifty years later, outside the Refuge City, new players lining up to enter, chatting about the wild Mutated Giant Turtle stories, former legends of Dawn City on this planet, Xiaoming’s assault that’s said not to attack the Refuge City, Xiaoming stops, Yu Jin standing atop, explains the reason, first meeting with Xiaoming, Xiaoming very excited, introduces many friends to Yu Jin, those friends turned into Energy Crystals, Yu Jin came here sensing special fluctuations; inside the Refuge City, new world players, the awakening of the second Divine Bloodline authority, this game is real, crossing will happen, just like Yu Jin back then, Yu Jin’s invitation to join Dawn Fortress;
Outside Pingwu City on A3 Planet, from Yu Jin’s perspective, arriving on A3 Planet, teleporting to Xiaoming’s coordinates, reuniting with Xiaoming, Xiaoming very excited, introduces many friends to Yu Jin, they all turned into Energy Crystals, Yu Jin came here because he sensed special fluctuations, which must be extraordinary to catch his attention; outside the Refuge City, from Nicole’s perspective, people’s shocked reactions to the figure on the giant turtle’s head, Uncle Dean’s story, that giant turtle used to be the Legendary City Lord’s mount.