[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-125":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},1595007,2061,"Chapter 125 - 113: You Become the Blue Star Civilization Pioneer!","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-125",125,"\u003Cp>\"S-680 Spaceship?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin listened to the hint provided by the \"Strongman’s Spoils\" ability, glanced down at the dying Eureka on the ground, and rubbed his chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Eureka guy... is really weak...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But honestly, not a bad dude.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Travelled all this way, just to deliver an interstellar spaceship?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin landed, letting the Light Wings behind him dissipate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Eureka seemed \"nice enough\", Yu Jin was still planning to give him a seriously rough interrogation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intel about high-level civilizations, the rules of the Star System Wasteland—this stuff was all crucial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin really didn’t want to end up like when he just landed on A3 Planet from Blue Star—maxed out in Tier, but totally clueless about the game’s rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except, Yu Jin didn’t expect—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t even opened his mouth yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eureka, struggling to sit up, flashed a bizarre grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You lowly bed bug...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t even think you’ll get any information from me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eureka was perfectly clear: he’d totally lost today, utterly and completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This \"Yu Jin\" guy—this cheater-tier bug player—was nothing but a hack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this A3 Planet, the max Tier cap was supposed to be Tier Nine, but the bastard was Tier Eleven!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to make it worse...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Eureka was being \"pinballed\" around by lasers and thunder earlier, he frantically contacted A3’s planetary rules to \"report\" Yu Jin as a cheater bug player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strict determination in progress...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Player ’Yu Jin’ game actions comply with program!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Not identified as a suspected bug-class player!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Please continue investigation!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A3 Planet’s rules’ answer made Eureka cough up blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Comply with the program?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s freaking Tier Eleven!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that’s \"compliant with the program\"!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the kicker: \"Please continue investigation\"—Eureka’s psyche was totally fried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Investigate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to get killed, and they want to keep investigating?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How about a little rescue, huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eureka screamed for help like mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A3’s planetary rules just ignored him completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eureka fell into utter despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew he was going to die at the hands of this lowly bed bug named Yu Jin today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even at death’s door, he still kept a stiff upper lip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eureka could tell Yu Jin wanted information. Facing the end, he chose to cling to his dignity as a high-level civilization player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can defeat me, you can kill me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But there’s no way I’ll ever submit to a lowly bed bug like you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eureka, in the sorriest state possible, still managed to spit out the toughest line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"6!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin gave him a thumbs-up, ready to hit him with a major Memory Recovery Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Yu?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoa... It really is you?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far off—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar voice rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin looked up. Sure enough, it was none other than his old college roommate, Wu Yufei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Yu Jin and Eureka were just outside Alpha City’s main gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earlier \"Tier Nine brawl\" had left the hundreds of thousands of refugees in Alpha City both awed and terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Yu Fei dared to step out the city gate and make his way here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yu Fei!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, long time no see!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin put Eureka on the back burner for now and walked over to Yu Fei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their familiarity clicked right back—fist bump, just like old times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin sized up Yu Fei. The Eye of Insight showed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy who used to be obsessed with grad school exams was now a Tier Four Evolver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Yu Fei sized up Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His \"Knowledge\" attribute delivered the info—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bro, once an eco-warrior, was now scarier than the high-level player lying on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tier Nine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei went silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More or less.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin smiled, nodding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lying on the ground, Eureka heard this \"more or less\" and his face flushed with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pffft—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eureka coughed up blood again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, his pale purple blood was mixed with bits of shredded organs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang bang—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ground, the sound of sharp collisions rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei half-kneeled before Eureka, wielding a \"steel shovel,\" and was smashing it furiously into Eureka’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You sure you don’t need help?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin watched Yu Fei struggle with the digging and couldn’t help but ask again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need, I got this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His head is full of knowledge—I have to dig it out and analyze it myself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you help, I might end up losing some of that knowledge...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei said, then swung the \"steel shovel\" again with renewed ferocity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This \"steel shovel\" had just been crafted by Yu Jin, using his Tier One Metal Ability to condense metal elements together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his Tier Four Evolver body, even with Eureka completely unable to fight back, Yu Fei couldn’t have broken through a Tier Nine’s defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time ticked by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei’s efforts finally paid off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That last swing split open half of Eureka’s skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aaaargh—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eureka, previously passed out cold, screamed in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin finished him off with One Laser.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eureka passed out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knowledge...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Yu Fei looked a little unhinged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bare handed, he dug out Eureka’s big purple brain, holding it up with extreme care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So much knowledge!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin actually felt a bit creeped out by the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strings of symbols emanated from Yu Fei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These symbols converged into a stream of energy, which blasted straight into the purple brain in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sizzle sizzle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of burning echoed unceasingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew how much time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purple brain disappeared, Yu Fei lost consciousness, slipping into a coma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For peace of mind, Yu Jin used the Eye of Insight to check on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wu Yufei]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mother Star: Blue Star]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Tier Four (rapid ascension in progress)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Attribute: Knowledge]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Abilities: Memory Inheritance Lv2, Knowledge Imprint Lv2, Knowledge Verification Lv3, Structural Torrent Lv1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Evaluation: ...Due to the rapid absorption of Ula Yurika’s vast knowledge memories, has fallen into a coma. Once he digests this data, his Tier and powers will skyrocket.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confirming Yu Fei was okay, Yu Jin finally relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning back, he looked at Eureka, who was barely hanging onto his last breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Goodbye.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were a good guy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 9 Laser.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eureka was utterly vaporized into nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next second—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Yu Jin was about to heft Yu Fei and head back to Alpha City, his movements froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[With an ant’s body, you managed to suppress \"Level II Selza Civilization Tier Twelve Evolver—Ula Yurika\"!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Civilization Source Points +100!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have acquired: Tier Twelve Energy Crystal *1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have acquired: inheritance left behind by a certain Tier Eleven powerful being]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Evaluation: Upon opening, you may get resources, abilities, attributes, memories, etc., from the Tier Eleven powerful being in their lifetime... or perhaps nothing at all.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hint: Can only be opened at Tier Eleven or higher.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reward?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"System reward?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was beyond shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up till now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only got system rewards for killing mutant beasts and infected bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing Evolvers, like the Bright City Lord or Daluo City Lord... for those, the system never made a peep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin had always assumed that to the system, fighting mutant beasts and infected bodies—the \"pollutants\"—was the true goal, while killing Evolvers—cannibalism among your own—wasn’t encouraged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything, protecting Evolvers (like Naiya, a High-tier Evolver) yielded big juicy rewards from the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin stared at the text info on the system panel, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What caught his eye wasn’t the \"Tier Eleven Inheritance loot box,\" but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Level II Selza Civilization?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Civilization Source Points?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood the first part, but the latter...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin asked the system in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Searching...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Search complete!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Civilization Source Points: An important item used to raise your civilization’s permissions in the ’Wasteland’ game.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What exactly do ’game permissions’ mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin pressed on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Searching...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Search complete!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your current Tier is too low to access this information.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much Yu Jin probed, the system revealed nothing further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A little while later—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bee-beep—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An icy mechanical notification blared in Yu Jin’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a message from the \"Wasteland\" game!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Greetings, player ’Yu Jin’ from I-Level Civilization Blue Star!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Detected: You have acquired Civilization Source Points *100...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You are the first player on I-Level Civilization Blue Star to obtain Civilization Source Points!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have received a reward from the ’Wasteland’ game—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have acquired resource: Internal Testing Helmet *10]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have acquired title: Blue Star Civilization Pioneer!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Title effect: After accumulating 10,000 Civilization Source Points, you can unlock civilization authorization features ahead of time!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Please continue to acquire more Civilization Source Points, and lead your Blue Star civilization further in the ’Wasteland’ game!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alpha City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>City Lord’s Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin sat on the City Lord’s throne, frowning and lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected that just killing a high-level civilization player would trigger so many aftershocks...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>System reward, ’Wasteland’ game reward...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Civilization Source Points, Internal Testing Helmet, Blue Star Pioneer title, civilization permissions...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to all that, Eureka’s \"S-680 Micro Interstellar Spaceship\" was just kind of an afterthought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since crossing into the Wasteland,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it had been over eight days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s understanding and knowledge of the ’Wasteland’ game had already been flipped on its head multiple times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he thought it was just an apocalypse survival game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he thought it was a lord-vs-lord war game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin realized this game seemed to be played \"by civilization.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it really only \"by civilization\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin thought of Eureka—he came from the Level II Selza Civilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blue Star to which he belonged was only a Level I Civilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could there be Level III, Level IV, Level V, Level VI... civilizations out there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly was the ’Wasteland’ game to them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it run by some mastermind, or was it just another participant like Blue Star and Celsa Star?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Yu Jin’s mind was a mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside Alpha City, daylight dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the edge of the Wasteland Wilderness, the sun was about to set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Yu Jin, Wu Yufei stirred awake, lying slouched on a chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed his eyes, thumped his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, in such a short time, he hadn’t fully digested the knowledge from \"Ula Yurika.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Yu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei turned, spotting Yu Jin in the City Lord’s seat, and was clearly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat there for quite a while before finally coming to his senses, recalling what happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, he bowed his head in silence, apparently thinking and sorting out his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another long moment passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei finally looked up at Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a deep breath, then spoke two sentences that caught Yu Jin completely off guard—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The pollution can’t be stopped.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blue Star is doomed to destruction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1810,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","20bbf8784e323530e2953f37c62fa21e64b2a35094d84d714fc83fef77dad9cd","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-126","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-124",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]