A3 Wasteland Planet.

White Rock City.

Han Ling, who was supposed to be completely dead after being personally slain by Yu Jin, is now reincarnated through White Rock City Lord’s body in the Wasteland.

He inherited the Tier Five Evolver strength of the latter, along with the identity of White Rock City Lord.

And the first thing Han Ling did after awakening was—

"Mobilize all the refugees in the city!"

"Find Yu Jin!"

"He must be nearby, definitely not too far away!"

The City Lord’s Decree spread throughout White Rock City at the fastest speed.

Outside the city gates, the Wasteland Wanderers originally queued to enter were each inspected and asked their names by officers, who also compared them to the description provided by the Lord City Lord.

The reincarnated Han Ling, or rather, the current White Rock City Lord, is only Tier Five.

Besides memories, he has not inherited any previous attributes or abilities.

As a result—

He couldn’t even gather enough to create an image of Yu Jin, only able to verbally describe features for his subordinates to search for.

"Hurry!"

"Don’t give him any time to develop!"

"Delay brings changes, procrastination breeds dreams!"

Inside the City Lord’s Mansion in White Rock City.

Han Ling wore a stern expression, perfecting his plan in his mind.

Currently, he is in a rather peculiar state.

Neither alive, nor dead.

This world is not an illusion barrier, but a real world.

At the moment of death.

Han Ling, at the cost of burning all the Divine Bloodline within him, activated his second Divine Skill, which is considered a forbidden skill—the Reincarnation Arena.

As the name implies.

This ability possesses the power to disrupt time and space, and reshape cause and effect.

Of course, only partially.

Exactly like now.

Han Ling and Yu Jin were retrospectively returned from Drake-3 Star System Wasteland to the moment when Yu Jin initially landed on ’Wasteland’.

Of course, to say it was exactly the moment of landing isn’t entirely accurate.

After digesting the memory of White Rock City Lord, Han Ling learned that it had been three days since Blue Star players had landed on this planet.

And Yu Jin, like many new players in the city, originated from a civilization planet named Blue Star.

"A three-day time difference?"

"But the feedback from the Divine Skill is..."

"This is the weakest moment of Yu Jin since landing on ’Wasteland’, also the initial starting stage."

"Or perhaps encountered danger right after landing, leading to a coma, only waking after three days?"

Han Ling speculated boldly in his heart.

And this speculation made him feel even more pressed for time.

A three-day coma was likely not a normal coma, but possibly the awakening of the Divine Bloodline...

He must realize.

Right now, Han Ling has nothing.

The Divine Bloodline has become entirely unrelated to him.

Moreover...

In this timeline.

If either Han Ling or Yu Jin dies, the ’Reincarnation Arena’ will immediately terminate and return to the original timeline.

In the original timeline, he was already dead, with no possibility of surviving.

What Han Ling must do, and the only thing he can do—

Is to personally eliminate Yu Jin, who hasn’t matured in this timeline.

However.

Even if Yu Jin is killed, Han Ling still can’t survive.

Cause and effect in time and space can be altered in some ways, but not in others could ever be changed.

Han Ling’s Divine Skill can only impact the fate and outcome of Yu Jin, irrelevant to anyone else.

In other words—

In this timeline, Han Ling, as White Rock City Lord, kills Yu Jin.

In the future timeline, Dawn Fortress still exists, the duel between the two in T-1001 Star Realm continues, and Han Ling still falls.

Only...

The difference is Yu Jin will die.

He wins in the future but gets killed in the past.

Boom—!

Rumble—!

Suddenly.

The ground beneath shook violently, waking Han Ling from his thoughts.

"What’s going on?!"

The weak Tier Five status gave Han Ling no sense of security.

Soon.

White Rock City’s Vice City Lord, in Han Ling’s eyes just a weak ant-like Tier Four Evolver, ran over to report:

"My, my lord!"

"Not good!"

"The Mutated Giant Turtle in the southwest area suddenly went crazy and charged towards our White Rock City!"

"It’s running fast, with great momentum!"

"It seems to be targeting our White Rock City!"

After hearing this, Han Ling frowned.

He started to search the memories of the former White Rock City Lord...

Mutated Giant Turtle?

Tier Seven?

It inhabited its area southwest of White Rock City, not initiating attacks typically, being ’quiet’ by nature.

After processing this information, Han Ling felt slightly relieved.

He had once emerged from the lowest rank of Wasteland Planet servers, clawing his way up.

Even during the Wasteland Planet phase, he hadn’t awakened the Divine Bloodline, wasn’t a City Lord, only a regular Refuge City subordinate.

But...

That doesn’t matter.

Dozens of hundred times dispatching clone projections to low dimension Wasteland Planet servers made him extremely familiar with the rules here, even the unspoken rules.

Generally speaking.

This type of Tier Seven Mutant Beast doesn’t suddenly attack Refuge Cities.

Mutant Beasts above Tier Seven develop their own intelligence, unlike brainless beast tides that aimlessly assault Refuge Cities.

"Most likely just passing by..."

"Maybe another high-tier mutant beast or infected body entered its territory, prompting it to drive them away."

Han Ling concluded in his mind.

Yet, for the sake of caution.

He still issued the City Lord’s Decree—

"Close the city gates!"

"The whole city on lockdown, no fire, silent!"

The Vice City Lord heard this and was about to nod, but suddenly remembered something and paused.

"But..."

"Lord City Lord."

"Many of our lowly citizens were just dispatched outside the city on a ’search and find’ mission..."

Han Ling’s expression remained unmoved.