[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-103":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Wasteland's Only King",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1594985,2061,"Chapter 103 - 93: I Really Didn’t Mean to Betray My Friends for Personal Gain... (1\u002F3, Monthly Pass Requested)","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-103",103,"\u003Cp>\"Xiaoming, cross this mountain and scout the road over there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Try to make friends with a few more Mutant Beasts or Infected Bodies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll come find you again later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil also left a ’Coordinate Imprint’ on Xiaoming the turtle’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After descending into the Wasteland, with his suppression lifted, all of Neil’s Abilities were enhanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original six-point limit of the Coordinate Imprint was raised dramatically, all the way to 999.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil could now leave Coordinate Imprints on moving objects or living beings as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing Neil was dissatisfied with was that the Coordinate Imprint could only be used for his own shuttles, not for bringing others along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To create a Space Teleportation Array like I imagined, maybe I really do need to raise this Ability’s Level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Level 1 is still too weak...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil’s voice was still lingering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his figure was already fading amidst a ripple of Space, vanishing from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Woo—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the mountains, Xiaoming let out a low whimper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a hint of relief, even liberation, in his whine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t long before he started to drag his huge body, heading toward the distant mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Make... more... friends...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoming kept repeating the task Neil had assigned him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This former Tier Eight Mutant Turtle overlord was now set to go ever further down the path of ’selling out friends for his own survival’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>City Lord’s Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil sat high in the City Lord’s seat, with Yin Yao, Chen Gang, and others standing on both sides of the Council Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya was behind Neil, seriously performing her massage job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the Hall, more than forty Environmental Protection Club members, including Wang Yunpeng, stood in two rows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil walked over to Neil and explained everything from start to finish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here’s the footage recorded by the Mechanical Flying Insects.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil reached out and tapped lightly on his own chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clear projection lit up from Neil’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the projection, all the events of Wang Yunpeng and the others handing out Crystals over the past day could be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To make it easier for Neil to watch, Neil sped up the playback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, at a certain moment, the footage slowed down frame by frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forty-two Crystals vanished into thin air with no warning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Neil guesses it’s probably some kind of ’Space’ related Attribute Ability...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he finished speaking—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yunpeng and the other Environmental Protection Club members hurried to clear their names.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"City— Lord City Lord!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All forty of us, none of us have used a Crystal yet, and we haven’t awakened any Attributes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil frowned slightly, glancing at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ability, Loyalty Level 2, activate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clear numbers appeared in front of Neil’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wang Yunpeng]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Loyalty: 85]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Zhao Zixuan]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Loyalty: 80]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You Qingyue]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Loyalty: 91]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ninety-one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil’s gaze lingered a bit longer on the girl standing in the second row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loyalty above 90—yep, that’s ’will give you my heart and soul’ territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This junior looks kind of familiar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil remembered, this was the JK in white stockings he’d first ’Healed’ back during the team-building event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil didn’t dwell on it and swept his gaze over the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, everyone had Loyalty over 75.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be sure, Neil activated ’Eye of Insight’ and scanned them again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not their problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil shook his head, speaking softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simple sentence, yet at this moment it felt like Judgment from fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yunpeng and the others slumped to the ground with relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That JK girl, You Qingyue, even had tears shining in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God knows...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just how scared they’d been earlier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Neil didn’t act cold at all, everyone couldn’t help but think of him wiping out the beast horde of three hundred thousand of Dawn City yesterday with a wave of his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Wasteland World, only the strong survive, and the Tiers are strict!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil has always been gentle with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they themselves dared not step out of line, not even a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone’s dismissed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take your Crystals and go back to absorb them. You worked hard handing out Crystals all day and night—it’s on me for not thinking it through.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil said, raising a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than eighty bright, transparent Crystals dropped in front of Wang Yunpeng and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It wasn’t hard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Loyalty!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yunpeng went red in the face and shouted loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil gave each of them one Tier Two and one Tier Three Energy Crystal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s way better than what the other subordinates of Dawn City get!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Loyalty~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Qingyue carefully cupped her Crystals in her hands, sneaking a glance at Neil, her eyes shimmering with hidden emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Sister Yin?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Council Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was leaving, but Yin Yao stayed behind on purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil looked over at Yin Yao, a bit surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"City Lord, about the missing Crystals—I think I have a guess...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil raised an eyebrow, signaling her to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here’s the thing...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before the crossing, during the game’s closed beta, a few things happened in Dawn City...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The New City Lord handed out benefits, Infection Crystals, Mutated Beast Meat...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao spoke calmly and logically, going over everything that happened before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, Yin Yao hadn’t thought of this either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suddenly vanished Crystals,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the forty Environmental Protection Club members who just happened to be in Dawn City,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and things Neil had done before the crossing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao was smart, and she’d caught the key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, she didn’t expose Neil’s ’cheating’ in front of everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some things, even if you’ve guessed or are certain inside, still shouldn’t be said out loud—Yin Yao understood this very well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wouldn’t tell Neil; she definitely wouldn’t tell anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil finished listening, deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really hadn’t known about the New City Lord giving out benefits in Dawn City before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, when I was on Blue Star, my actions were projected into Wasteland?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And now...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I do in Wasteland also projects back onto Blue Star?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, it’s not really projection this time, it’s a connection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forty-two Crystals, almost exactly the number of Environmental Protection Club members who haven’t crossed over yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, in other words—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They may not have crossed, but were still recognized as subordinates of Dawn City by the system.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So when I distributed Crystals to all subordinates, even if they’re not in Wasteland, they can still receive them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Neil felt an urge to confirm his theory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come to think of it, I gave out Crystals but forgot about food for the subordinates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All the beasts from the horde got killed by Spatial Strangulation, so not one piece of Mutated Beast Meat was left behind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Almost left the whole city hungry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Neil got up from his seat and headed deeper into the City Lord’s Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Food like Mutated Beast Meat could be bought in the Refuge City’s ’Resource Mall’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But very few City Lords actually did that. They’d rather exchange their Points for Crystals to upgrade themselves or buy Abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every subordinate in Dawn City received a generous share of Mutated Beast Meat, and it was all Tier Three full of Energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in the late night, the cries of ’Loyalty’ echoed all around Dawn City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Neil, he stared at the forty-two pieces of Mutated Beast Meat that vanished into thin air in front of him, deep in thought...\u003C\u002Fp>",1256,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","0aac2adc242c227368c1c6e60e19867ee6ad76f68656c66de449cca1e25b94eb","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-104","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-102",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]