[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-154":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},1595036,2061,"Chapter 154 - 134: The Eight-Hour Workday for Star System Miners! Old Tang’s Outlook! (2\u002F3)","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-154",154,"\u003Cp>Uninhabited Planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol and the arrival of the Interstellar Mother Ship left Tang Yunxuan and the rest of the closed beta players completely blank in the mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Tang Yunxuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing Carol’s \"pressing questions,\" he was so tongue-tied that he couldn’t get a single word out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Closed beta players?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol suddenly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the words fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faces of the nearly ten thousand people present changed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even players as steady as Yin Zhenzhong tried hard not to show abnormality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But most of the others still revealed their identities by reacting strongly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh swoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a split second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly half of those present all chose to \"log out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yunxuan looked at the scene and couldn’t help shaking his head and sighing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These newbies seem to have forgotten...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how many times they log out and back in, the respawn coordinates are still on this planet, maybe right next to this crystal ore even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past few days, Tang Yunxuan, wary of Carol’s sudden return, had tested this countless times already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching thousands disappear into thin air, Carol’s face remained neutral, but inside she was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d never heard of...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closed beta testing for the Star System Wasteland?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"High-level civilization?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Level III civilization more advanced than Salsa?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol barely had this thought before she shook her head in denial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level III Civilization players can’t possibly be this weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol reined in her wandering thoughts and swept her gaze across the remaining thousands before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Closed beta players...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They might actually be more suitable for mining than the planet’s indigenous people?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yunxuan swung his iron shovel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crystal dropped down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the crystal fell, a beam shot over from not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light came from an unmanned mecha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The former Tier Eleven combat mechas had been reprogrammed by Carol with new work protocols.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Specifically including—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1. Scanning the crystals\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2. Recording the yield\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3. Protecting the players\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ai—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yunxuan let out a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t even managed to achieve \"crystal freedom\" yet, and here he was, back to being a mining slave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But compared to the very beginning...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they’re closed beta players, Carol not only didn’t fully treat them as \"slaves,\" she actually gave them slightly better treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If closed beta players truly refused to log back in, Carol would lose these precious human resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, Carol formally announced the new \"work regulations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rules not only strictly banned \"privately pocketing mined crystals, with severe punishment for offenders.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also included quite a few benefits for Tang Yunxuan and the other closed beta players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For every 100 crystals mined (regardless of tier), you could get 1 crystal of the highest tier you personally qualify for (up to Tier Nine).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take Tier Five Tang Yunxuan for example, he’d already mined 12, and just needed 88 more to earn 1 Tier Five Energy Crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another example—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minimum work time each day is eight hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest of the day, you can choose to \"clock out,\" rest, and return to Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as you log in on time for your shift, Carol will still send out rewards as per regulations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don’t want to obey this set of \"work regulations\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yunxuan glanced into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bzzt—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A closed beta player from Sakura, unwilling to mine, took his chances logging in and out dozens of times skeptically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But every single time, he found himself respawning near the crystal ore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The farthest he ever got was just five kilometers away from the mine at most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Sakura player had been camped and \"killed\" by the unmanned mecha dozens of times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol’s method of \"killing the chicken to scare the monkeys\" was indeed effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the thousands who had logged out earlier, the vast majority who logged back in joined the \"eight-hour work system\" with pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crystals, compared to before, are much worse now for sure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But those so-called ’contribution points’ and the rewards you can trade for are honestly drool-worthy...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Tang muttered, shovel swinging again in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Carol’s new rules, aside from the \"crystal benefits,\" the most important part was the \"contribution point\" system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, there was just one way to earn contribution points: mining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over a hundred unmanned mecha would automatically record each player’s mining output, and tally up \"contribution points\" based on the crystals’ tier and quantity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those \"contribution points\" can be exchanged at Carol’s for rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lowest reward started with Tier Seven mutated beast meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top reward...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joining the Interstellar Mother Ship and becoming a fleet member!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future, you could even pilot an interstellar warship and roam the starry sky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol also dangled tempting prizes like \"Interstellar Battle Armor\" and \"Laser Combat Knife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These rewards weren’t just about earning enough contribution points—they required one critical prereq—swearing fealty to the Lord!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yunxuan and the others didn’t know exactly who Carol’s \"Lord\" was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some brave, reckless players really asked directly, only to be coldly rebuffed by Carol:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mere ants like you have no right to know the Lord’s true name!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only by swearing loyalty and joining the fleet will you be worthy of uttering our Lord’s name with reverence!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yunxuan dug out another crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bent and picked it up, while at the same time, his eyes couldn’t help glancing at the massive Interstellar Mother Ship in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Set a small target first...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mine, board the ship, and swear loyalty to the Lord!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyone who can make Tier Twelve bosses serve so loyally must be an even bigger boss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this absurdly dangerous wasteland, becoming one of their people—what bigger opportunity could there be?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn’t know when the crossing would happen, Tang Yunxuan might have shouted, \"How can a man live cringing beneath others forever?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his Wasteland interface, those countdown numbers were still ticking away, second by second—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>23:19:20:31\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>23:19:20:30\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crossing is coming, inevitably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This closed beta was a precious chance to make full preparations in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once, when opportunity stared Tang Yunxuan in the face, he’d given up out of cowardice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given a second chance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vowed to seize it with all his might... and mine like hell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue Star, Daxia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiangcheng University, men’s dorm tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yunxuan took off his helmet, quietly feeling the changes in his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d just mined for a full sixteen hours in the Star System Wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yep, sixteen hours—a full double the eight-hour minimum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yunxuan believed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he just mined diligently enough, he’d get to join Carol’s interstellar fleet and receive the Lord’s protection—and only then, after the world crossing, could he survive in that dangerous otherworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d just gotten an explosive bit of news from Carol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yu and the others crossed to a lower-tier wasteland server called Wasteland Planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he himself was now in the Star System Wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top players on Wasteland Planet might get promoted to Star System Wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d have the chance to reunite with Old Yu in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I mine my way to the top, become a member or commander of the interstellar fleet...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And then, when Old Yu gets promoted, I’ll ask Carol to add Old Yu to the fleet too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hope Old Yu comes through and gets promoted!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve had my back before—in the future, I’ll have yours!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s the brotherhood we share!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yunxuan was full of motivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed Old Yu could do it. After all, it’d only been a few days since the crossover, and Old Yu was already \"Dawn City Lord,\" even able to send him crystals and mutated beast meat long-distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t that exactly what Carol called a ’top player of Wasteland Planet’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yunxuan’s pleasant daydream was cut off by a voice behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re finally back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, the younger students gathered, all sighing in relief and excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More mutated beasts attacking students?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yunxuan stood up, his expression serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That three-colored stray cat you drove away before—it came back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems way stronger than before, and it’s been blocking the dorm entrance for a while. We can’t even go out to find food...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A younger student relayed the news grimly to Tang Yunxuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yunxuan snorted coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this a joke!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several days of mining and crystal chomping, he was a Tier Five Evolver now, not far from Tier Six!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Admittedly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back on Blue Star, an Evolver’s abilities are greatly suppressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This suppression could reach 99%, making it basically impossible for Tang Yunxuan to use his full Tier Five power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A measly three-colored mutant cat? Piece of cake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Star System Wasteland, you can call me \"miner,\" and I won’t argue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on Blue Star, as a Tier Five Evolver, I’m the leader of these students—their ’boss’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Yunxuan stood, grabbed a wooden rod from nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Attribute is \"Gale Sword,\" so he needs a Weapon to draw out its full power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lead the way!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A3 Planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn City, Core Area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin stared at the bright projection hovering in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time left to promote: 2 days]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two more days...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No crystals to chomp—time is crawling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin sighed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For most of the past day, he’d been testing his Enhanced Talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The good news—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The talent’s boost to Abilities is huge, even up to 100%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bad news—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cooldown’s forever; can only use it once every 24 hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During Dawn City’s promotion period, Yu Jin couldn’t leave, or the upgrade would be aborted and have to start the timer over again next attempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin still hadn’t tested whether the Coordinate Imprint allows a return to Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d have to wait for Dawn City’s upgrade to finish before trying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, even as a test, Yu Jin already planned: if it worked, he’d head straight back to Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 6 Shelter City + Coordinate Imprint Level 9 + Enhanced Talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin had a strong hunch this time it’d work out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing uncertain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many could return, and for how long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, last time the Coordinate Imprint barely created a Space Black Hole, and it didn’t last long at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this day,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides testing his talents, Yu Jin also received updates from Carol—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your commander Carol has captured one X-87 Interstellar Mother Ship for you]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your commander Carol has mobilized more Star System Wasteland wanderers to mine planetary resources for you]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current planetary occupation progress: 0.1%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Carol requests—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[She proposes recruiting some Star System Wasteland wanderers, training them as new fleet members, so as to cultivate future talent for your war among the Star System Wasteland...]\u003C\u002Fp>",1809,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","c03603463b2b1a0c69aba8576ac1d88fc819e8f23aa66d57e2d73cf606049f1d","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-155","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-153",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]