[You are compassionate and generous, sheltering a hundred wasteland wanderers, providing them with safe housing and basic survival security. Wasteland Points +100,000!]
[Your achievement 'Wasteland Protector' experience increased!]
[You have gained the identity: Dawn City Lord (100/100)!]
This was the system notification after successfully recruiting a hundred club members.
Although the whopping '100,000' Wasteland Points made Yu Jin nearly gasp, the overall info wasn't really unexpected.
The real surprise for Yu Jin was a few new lines that appeared on the panel—
[Detected subordinate count exceeds 100, and loyalty meets the threshold—]
['Territory' module unlocked!]
[Current territory: Dawn City]
[Notification—]
[Once the territory module is enabled, leading subordinates in purification activities and other tasks can earn you extra rewards!]
[Notification—]
[As City Lord, developing your territory, upgrading subordinates, distributing resources, and purifying subordinates will all grant rich rewards!]
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"How can I milk this system for maximum rewards?"
On the way back to the dorm, Yu Jin kept pondering this question.
The system's so-called 'Territory' module actually wasn't hard to grasp.
In plain language, it really boiled down to two directions—
1. Take club members and do environmental protection together.
2. Organize group activities and give club members some perks.
Yu Jin's initial idea was to combine the two—plan a big environmental activity with full club participation, and after it ended, he, as club president, would hand out perks, like treating them to dinner or throwing a party or something.
The tricky part for Yu Jin was—
What kind of large-scale environmental activity would trigger the system's fattest rewards?
Picking up trash really was too basic—the rewards just didn't cut it anymore.
"Wastewater river clean-up?"
A spark flashed, and Yu Jin suddenly thought of this.
Near Jiangcheng University, there was a 'stinky river' everyone knew about.
Loads of household garbage floated on the river, and the stench was overwhelming.
A single Yibao water bottle could get classified by the system as a 'Tier Three Contamination Core—Spring of Calamity.'
So that stinky river...
If he led a hundred members to handle most of the trash on the river...
The system's verdict would probably be insane.
Tier Six? Tier Seven? Or even Tier Eight Pollution Source?
The more Yu Jin thought, the more convinced he became!
He almost wanted to rally everyone to take action overnight.
But...
Ideas are one thing, but such large events aren't something you can just decide on impulse.
According to regulations, any club activity that exceeds fifty people needs to be submitted for university approval in advance, and recorded in the system.
After all, college students are hyper and full of passion—if they accidentally set off something like a 'mass tavern speech,' it would be a pain in the ass.
Besides.
Getting approval for big club events isn't easy, and even if it passes, the process can take seven or eight days, and if you're unlucky, you might get stuck for two weeks or longer.
"Do I need to bother the senior again?"
Yu Jin shook his head, feeling as though he was going further down the path of 'mooching off girls.'
"Hey, hehe—"
"Had dinner yet, Old Zhang?"
"Hey, how'd you know our Environmental Protection Club just recruited a hundred new members?"
"Half of them are water-bright, pink-cheeked freshman girls!"
Beside Yu Jin.
Tang Yunxuan, walking shoulder-to-shoulder, was loudly showing off the whole way back.
Pretty much talking to everyone he met, flaunting their achievement.
As he talked, he even showed off his phone, displaying the club group chat now boasting '103' members.
Yu Jin felt speechless, quickened his pace, and widened the distance from Tang Yunxuan.
"Hey, Old Yu!"
"Wait up!"
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Dorm 615.
Yu Jin had just pushed open the room door when he paused in surprise.
Old Cui, Yu Fei, and Brother Gang were all sitting upright in a circle, chairs in hand, glued to their phones, whispering to each other.
Even Yu Jin coming in wasn't enough to get their attention.
"What's up?"
Yu Jin leaned in for a peek.
The phone belonged to Brother Gang, displaying the Jiang University campus forum.
What caught Yu Jin's eye was a big, bold, red headline—[Shocking Drama! Environmental Club President Yu Jin & Gorgeous Rich Senior Yin Yao!]
Below the headline, there were several photos as well.
Some showed Yu Jin and Yin Yao picking up trash together yesterday, others showed them chatting together this evening.
In the photos.
Yu Jin and Yin Yao both wore bright smiles.
"Old Yu!"
"When did you get back?"
Old Cui and the others were so engrossed in their gossip that Yu Jin's nose was practically pressed against the phone screen before they noticed him.
"Just now."
Yu Jin replied, then stepped back half a pace, sizing up his three roommates.
"Didn't peg you guys for gossip hounds—into juicy rumors and drama, huh?"
Old Cui was first to stand, waving his hand to clear his name:
"Hey, Old Yu!"
"I wasn't talking behind your back—it was Brother Gang who called us over to see!"
Yu Fei added, "Yeah, Brother Gang called us."
Brother Gang immediately got defensive:
"Hey?"
"Trying to sell me out?"
"Weren't you two just now analyzing when Old Yu and Yin Yao started getting close?"
Old Cui and Yu Fei shut up.
Yu Jin saw this and shook his head.
"Break it up, break it up."
"It's all just baseless rumors and hearsay—do you three actually believe it?"
Yu Jin finished and sat back at his desk.
On the desk was a steaming box of fried rice.
"Old Cui brought it for you."
Brother Gang reminded Yu Jin, seeing him staring at the rice.
"Thanks, Old Cui."
As soon as Yu Jin spoke, Old Cui patted his chest:
"You lent me your helmet, so forget bringing you rice—I'd bring you rice for a term, a whole year, and it'd be no big deal!"
It was pretty weird actually.
Ever since Yu Jin left the hotel last night, he hadn't eaten at all, but oddly enough, didn't feel hungry.
Only now, seeing the fried rice, did he realize it.
"Is it because of being a Tier Three Evolver?"
Yu Jin pondered as he wolfed down the food.
Come to think of it.
He'd been so busy since waking up today, he hadn't even properly looked into what being a 'Tier Three Evolver' actually meant, or what special abilities he might have.
"Tonight I'll find a quiet spot and test my abilities."
"And I'll open up the Points Mall for a shopping spree."
Yu Jin made up his mind.
Meanwhile.
As Yu Jin was eating, Old Cui and the others exchanged looks and quietly clustered behind him.
"Old Yu."
Brother Gang gave an exaggerated cough.
"What?"
Yu Jin didn't even look up.
"About that senior Yin Yao..."
"When did it happen?"
Yu Jin couldn't help but laugh.
"When did it happen?"
"Me and her? Nothing's going on!"
But as soon as he said it—
Old Cui suddenly grabbed the helmet from the desk.
"This helmet was given to you by Senior Yin Yao, wasn't it?"
"You said so yourself yesterday!"
"We didn't really catch on at the time, but seeing the forum post today made us remember."
From their perspective—
A gaming helmet worth several tens of thousands, just handed over like that.
Even Yin Yao was a top-tier wealthy beauty, it at least meant her relationship with Yu Jin wasn't ordinary!
Before Yu Jin could even explain—
Boom boom boom—!
A sudden pounding at the door rang out.
The dull, forceful, rhythmic knocking made all four of them feel strangely familiar.
"I'll go check."
Brother Gang, being closest, volunteered to open the door.
And as the dorm door swung open—
When they saw who was standing at the threshold, the atmosphere in Dorm 615 went instantly silent.
Wearing military uniform, badge on the shoulder, bronze skin.
It was none other than the military officer from yesterday.
"Yu Jin, it's good to see you again."
The uniformed man greeted politely.
He didn't wait for Yu Jin to reply, but gestured behind him.
Da-da-da—
Three other soldiers marched up to the door.
Each of them was holding a neatly shaped box in their hands…