[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-139":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},1595021,2061,"Chapter 139 - 125: Please Send a Few More Tier Eight Evolvers to Suppress Them!","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-139",139,"\u003Cp>\"Austin Zorn?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Level 8 Ghost King City?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The info Nasha shared was packed with surprises for Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Eight Extreme City Lord + Level 8 Shelter City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t this exactly the ’fat sheep’ Yu Jin’s been hunting for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he asked about the exact location of Ghost King City, Nasha replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ghost King City possesses ’Stealth’ and ’Mobile’ traits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unless it actively reveals itself, even if you search every corner of the A399 Area, you’ll never find Ghost King City.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even for me, every time I return to Ghost King City, I rely on guidance to find it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya had mentioned the ’Stealth’ trait to him before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Naiya—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If this stealth hits its limit, a massive city can be right in front of you, yet you can’t see it, and you can’t perceive it either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Plus, entry and exit must be permitted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, even if you know it’s there, you can’t enter it, let alone attack it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the other ’Mobile’ trait, Yu Jin wasn’t familiar with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as a trait of a Level 8 Shelter City, he figured its effect probably wasn’t any less busted than Stealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stealth + Mobile?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why does this feel like some sneaky bastard’s home turf?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t sure if his ’Eye of Insight’ could locate the hidden Ghost King City in the vast A399 Area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shelter Cities are top-tier game facilities in ’Wasteland’ after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like taking down this Level 8 Shelter City won’t be a walk in the park...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin pondered for a bit and came up with an idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re free to go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at disheveled Nasha and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Nasha’s flushed little face, a trace of confusion appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She... she felt like she could still be ’interrogated’ for a while longer...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Promotion of Mang City took one day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the promotion wrapped up, the city gates opened and Nasha, a bit reluctant, left, slowly vanishing into the distant Wasteland Wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the ’Wind’ attribute, she was much, much slower than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That \"looking back every three steps\" routine really gave Yu Jin a headful of black lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Letting Nasha go obviously wasn’t some sudden saintly impulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d marked her with both ’Perception Mark’ and ’Coordinate Imprint.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Letting the tiger back to the mountain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nah, more like mountain collapses and earth shatters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on, she’s the blood sister of a Level 8 City Lord. Austin Zorn can’t possibly be on guard against his own sister, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as Nasha gets back to Ghost King City...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dawn City will get a brand new Level 8 Shelter City—and a thousand new sub-cities!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was pumped for this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the flip side—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Mang City was promoted, Luo Yu showed up before Yu Jin at the earliest chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mang City’s people pledge——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To march forward for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yu, now City Lord of a freshly Level 5 Mang City, wasn’t greedy about the promotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew full well, in this Wasteland, those who know the rules are the real winners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Luo Yu made his offering,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>System messages popped up on Yu Jin’s virtual panel as expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just as I guessed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was in a great mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You descend with divine might, conquering the ’Level 5 Interstellar Refuge Fortress’ single-handedly as an ant!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wasteland Points +500 million!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You’ve received resources: Tier Eleven Energy Crystal*20!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yu Jin conquered Level 4 Daluo City, the system reward was ’100 million points + 40 Tier Ten Crystals.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Mang City advanced from Level 4 to 5, the reward got a major upgrade!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pretty obvious—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reward for conquering a Level 5 Shelter City is way higher than conquering two Level 4 Shelter Cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>million points? Not enough for Yu Jin to care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But twenty Tier Eleven Crystals came just in time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving Dawn City, Yu Jin had already absorbed and digested his only ’Tier Twelve Crystal.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The good news—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One step closer to Tier Twelve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bad news—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each Tier jump, the energy needed for each breakthrough gets more and more insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I add up the crystals collected from clearing out High-Tier Mutant Beast\u002FInfected Body in A369 Area...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I may not break through to Tier Twelve yet, but I’m not far off!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin hadn’t expected that, out for only two days, he’d gained way more than the previous ten days combined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turns out, hiding in the springs to farm is a dead end—gotta go out and jungle, jungle hard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Mang City was tamed, Yu Jin didn’t rush to ’downgrade’ it to subdue the other 50 sub-cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn City still needed 150 more sub-cities for promotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before that, Yu Jin planned to keep Mang City’s level and let Luo Yu stay as ’Deputy City Lord.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Luo Yu and Old Yu are ’brothers.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yu definitely knew the game, so there’s no point in going too hard on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait until Dawn City really needs to promote; downgrading Mang City can come later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This decision left Luo Yu both shocked and delighted, practically moved to tears,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d already braced himself for Mang City to get downgraded right away, dropping his own Tier...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We pledge——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To march forward for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yu, leading Mang City’s hundreds of thousands of citizens, shouted in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yu’s face was full of proud smiles at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t get city promotions or downgrades, he just knew—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his kid was still the same as before, loyal and damn impressive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gather all Mang City’s people. I’ll grant you some Dawn City perks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before crystal munching, Yu Jin instructed Luo Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh whoosh——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Mang City,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light halo after halo fell from Yu Jin’s fingertips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weird moans echoed on and on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Yu’s pollution degree, previously over 90%, was swept clear by Purifying Light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yu didn’t have much pollution, but still felt ’damn good.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin grabbed Old Yu and stuffed him with a few Tier Two and Tier Three Energy Crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This old guy, don’t be fooled by his current ’Benefit Link’ effect—rivaling Tier Seven Evolver—but in fact, he hasn’t even awakened yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Yu Jin left Dawn City, he upgraded the ’Benefit Link’ ability to Level 9 Max Level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Benefit Link’s percent effect didn’t increase, still only based on Tier Difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yu and Cao Fang are both Tier Zero, so the benefit ratio is just 0.1%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao is Tier Five, and her gap with Yu Jin is smaller, so hers is 1%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upgrading ’Benefit Link’ means sharing part of the ’Energy Pool,’ aka Mana Bar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 9 ability lets Old Yu and Cao Fang share 50% of Yu Jin’s Mana Bar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For these two, it’s basically ’Infinite Mana Bar.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Full-Level ’Benefit Link’ has a special effect: the link recipient gets one random ability from a higher Tier individual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ability is pure RNG, and the random result was——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier Six Reproduction Attribute Ability: Cellularization Lv1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Active Effect: Transform into billions of cells; as long as one survives, absorb energy to fully resurrect]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ability may lack combat power, but it’s definitely a ’god-tier survival skill.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides Old Yu, Yu Jin also hooked up all four buzzcut youths with a Crystal Awakening package.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he thanked them for taking care of Old Yu since they transmigrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four youths were both delighted and nervous, and especially, after hearing Yu Jin say there’d be a chance to return to Blue Star someday, they teared up instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After getting everything sorted, Yu Jin didn’t linger and found a quiet little building in Mang City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crystal munching, level up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin had a hunch...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second wave of Alien Invaders was probably already on the way!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d better break through to Tier Twelve before they arrive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A307 Area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up in the Celestial Vault,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Massive Dawn City crashed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao, ruthless and silent, fired a shell right at the City Lord’s Mansion of the shelter below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Five City Lord, dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn City landed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Charge!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Gang, Wang Yunpeng, and the crowd led the Evolver Corps out in force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn City sub-city +1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn City took off again, heading for the next target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After repeating this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In two days, Dawn City conquered nearly 30 Shelter Cities in the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before Yin Yao and company could celebrate, the next second they found out—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The president just conquered a Level 5 Shelter City?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dawn City will add 100 new sub-cities?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the conference hall,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, everyone was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We also go and attack a High-Level Shelter City directly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those Shelter Cities we just tamed in A307 Area are all sub-cities of the same main city, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We just don’t know what level that city actually is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inspired by Yu Jin’s achievement, Chen Gang proposed a bold idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasteland Wilderness, swept by yellow sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha marched alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking back on her Mang City trip, she felt aggrieved but also oddly nostalgic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha let out a heavy sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being interrogated hard? No complaints about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But losing her ’Wind’ attribute was a huge blow for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without Wind, her Tier Eight Evolver status was just for show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless, her brother would give her an ’Attribute Activation Stone.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha knew her brother well; this wish probably wouldn’t come true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Without Wind, I can only walk. Getting back to A399 Area might take ages...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha looked ahead at the endless wilderness, frustrated inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked back once, confirming she’d gotten very far from Mang City—maybe over a thousand kilometers away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should be able to communicate now...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha thought to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Ghost King City’s Tier Eight Evolver, she and her brother, City Lord Austin Zorn, had a ’communication’ ability link.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The communication ability was useful, but its signals couldn’t hide from high-tier Evolvers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, for the past two days being interrogated by Yu Jin, she hadn’t dared to communicate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bzz——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pulse radiated out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha sent her communication request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Beep——!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that crisp sound, Nasha’s face burst into a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha called out excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The response was familiar cursing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Useless!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha’s smile froze instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can’t even take down a little old Level 4 Shelter City!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vilan Mitchell from the neighboring A368 Area already reported——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Mang City just conquered a hundred Shelter Cities in A369 Area!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All these years, you’re still the shame of Austin Clan, no progress at all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Austin Zorn’s tone was icily cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha stood silent, her earlier wish to complain fading fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you going to tell me that an area with no Tier Eight Evolver suddenly spawned a powerful enemy and you couldn’t beat them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Austin Zorn’s words dripped with sarcasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"N-no...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just got careless for a moment...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, brother, send a few more Tier Eight Evolvers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With them, I can definitely take Mang City!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, not just that!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can take all the surrounding areas, bring Ghost King City hundreds more sub-cities!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1860,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","2a14e47a692bb5931c93aa0b6b1c0fb0684abf603332c303304347d1e5734a80","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-140","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-138",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]