[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-157":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},1595039,2061,"Chapter 157 - 137: Gunzhou Survivor Base! Magnetic Mother Cao Fang! (2\u002F3)","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-157",157,"\u003Cp>Just how far Blue Star was from the A3 Wasteland Planet, Yu Jin had no idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only knew...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Coordinate Imprint with the ’ignore distance teleportation’ effect, for the first time, didn’t bring instant arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was currently inside the teleportation tunnel, still able to feel the raging, terrifying Power of Space battering him from all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Power of Space seemed intent on annihilating everything within the tunnel—even with a physical Value of 15.5 million, Yu Jin could still feel waves of pain pricking his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a certain moment, Yu Jin felt as if he’d suddenly crashed into an invisible barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a familiar aura coming from this barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A3 Planet rules?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last time Naiya had prophesied, he’d teleported a Metal Block back, but nothing like this had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crushing force of the space tunnel was nowhere near as exaggerated as the current ’tens of millions Value just to withstand’ level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shua—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of Yu Jin, a translucent system panel suddenly popped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning, warning...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A3 Planet rules have detected a lifeform leaving the server!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A3 Planet rules are strictly investigating every corner of the server!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[System has leveraged Level 6 Shelter City’s effect to help you avoid detection...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A3 Planet rules found nothing and are seeking help from a higher-level Star System Server!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Prompt——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A lifeform escaping the server without authorization is considered the highest taboo in \"Wasteland\" game!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If the Star System Server also fails to detect you, an even higher-dimensional server investigation will be triggered!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[System is urgently decrypting the code...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your maximum stay on Blue Star: 10 minutes]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If you exceed 10 minutes, your departure from the \"Wasteland\" server will be exposed. You will face the harshest punishment from the \"Wasteland\" game...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After 10 minutes, you will be forcibly teleported back to A3 Planet!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pop—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin had just finished reading the information on the panel in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he heard a crisp sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rule barrier blocking the way ahead was punctured by some unique power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously, Brother Tongzi had intervened again at the critical moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s body thus slipped smoothly through the blockade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the first time, a blurry scene appeared ahead of the black hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light from Blue Star!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had now been two and a half full weeks since the Cataclysm struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the pollution descended...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Animals and plants turned into dangerous Mutant Beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some frail individuals and the critically ill became Infected Bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They attacked and hunted humans without restraint, seizing large swathes of land that once belonged to mankind, posing an immense threat to humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tone of the whole world increasingly resembled that of a post-apocalyptic novel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, thanks to the Purifying Light Yu Jin had unleashed before crossing over, nearly 90% of Oumuamua’s pollution was cleansed, so the level of pollution suffered by Blue Star wasn’t enough to wipe out humanity at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mutant Beasts and Infected Bodies were also far less powerful than those on the Wasteland Planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the initial terror of Mutant Beasts and Infected Bodies, humanity discovered...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were not unbeatable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though technology had withered, making all firearms ineffective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But cold weapons + human wave tactics enabled people to gain a certain measure of resistance against the Mutant Beasts and Infected Bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans began to establish Survivor Bases across the cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The loss of communication left cities isolated like islands, unable to connect with one another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Societal order took a long time to even begin recovering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daxia, State.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gunzhou University, Base No. 1 Survivor Base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the largest Survivor Base in the State, sheltering hundreds of thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike small, mobile camps that had to flee whenever a Mutant Beast Tide or Infected Body Tide appeared, Base 1 had stood its ground ever since it was established.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Magnetic Mother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a name known by heart to the hundreds of thousands of survivors in Base 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the base’s guardian deity, an Extraordinary Evolver brought into reality, a goddess wielding the Power of Metal like the gods of Ancient Greece!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many survivors had seen with their own eyes—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a mere wave of her hand, steel pipes, iron woks, and any metallic objects scattered along the street would hover in the air and rocket toward the ferocious Mutant Beasts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more impressive—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could easily change the shape of metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trademark attack of ’Magnetic Mother’ was to gather thousands of metal objects into... a frying spatula.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spatula doesn’t sound so deadly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a spatula that’s ten meters long!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can fly, target enemies, and pursue them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary Mutant Beasts confronted with it met only one end—smashed into meat paste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the far stronger and deadlier Infected Bodies would be flattened on the spot if hit a couple times by Magnetic Mother’s spatula!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past ten-odd days,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was Magic Mother’s presence that let survivors venture out confidently to search for food, water, and supplies in the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today, everything was completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the entrance to the Survivor Base—right outside Gunzhou University’s main gate—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A swarm of Mutant Beasts had gathered in a dark cluster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And behind the Mutant Beast swarm, several humanoid Infected Bodies trailing black mist were visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ooooo—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their shrill, grating wails made the color drain from every survivor’s face in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the base entrance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the short-haired woman Ah Zhen looked at the scene before her, her face the very picture of gloom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the base took in more and more survivors, increasing numbers of Mutant Beasts and Infected Bodies were drawn to the location as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>relying on Magnetic Mother, the base could handle these crises with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a Beast Tide this size, a single Evolver simply can’t hold the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The good news is—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The base has another Evolver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days ago, a university student in the base named Guo Mingyu accidentally received an Internal Testing Helmet and boldly put it on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the \"Wasteland\" game, although he had to mine for eight hours every day, he awakened his ability and leapt up as a Tier Three Evolver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bad news—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Attribute is \"digging,\" which makes him a mining ace for sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on Blue Star, his actual Combat Power is next to nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In theory, even just by physical Value, a Tier Three Evolver should at least be able to fight a Low-Tier Mutant Beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Mingyu told Ah Zhen that upon returning to Blue Star from the Wasteland game, his own Evolver powers were severely suppressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The degree of suppression approached 99%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant his Attribute Ability was even weaker than a strong grown-up wielding a cold weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Zhen let out a heavy sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to look at the stern-faced, rather serious-looking Cao Fang by her side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To tell the truth...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their team had originally been assigned to protect Cao Fang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Fang became the base’s real guardian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Guo Mingyu, Cao Fang’s superpower was so much stronger, it wasn’t even close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to her, she also felt the suppression while using her abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her original Value was high enough that even under a 99% debuff, she still performed like Superman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this day, even Cao Fang herself had no idea where her \"superpower\" had come from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ah Zhen had a bold yet very reasonable guess...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That man—Yu Jin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Nine Evolver, Dawn City Lord, the man at the very top of the Wasteland World’s pyramid!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from him, Ah Zhen couldn’t imagine any other reason why a hardworking, honest, traditional woman like Cao Fang would suddenly become \"Magnetic King.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, Ah Zhen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Auntie’s felt lately that I’m a little stronger than before and have learned two new abilities...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Fang’s words snapped Ah Zhen back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Auntie Cao...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Zhen gave a forced smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d been guarding Cao Fang’s side ever since the Cataclysm began, and had even witnessed firsthand this \"Magnetic Mother’s\" Ability Awakening scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She never doubted how strong Cao Fang was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with this huge tide of Mutant Beasts, there’s no way Cao Fang could handle it alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Cao Fang claiming to be \"a little stronger,\" Ah Zhen didn’t overthink it, assuming it was just comforting talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past few days, worried that killing Mutant Beasts would attract even more Beast Tides, Ah Zhen and her group hadn’t let Cao Fang make a move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, it seemed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Zhen thought that she might have made a terrible decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only they had fought their way out with Cao Fang when the Mutant Beasts first started gathering, maybe they wouldn’t be trapped here now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But choosing like that would...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also mean abandoning tens of thousands of ordinary people in the base completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Ah Zhen looked at Cao Fang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Auntie Cao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Later on...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just do your best, but don’t go too far.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we really can’t drive off the Beast Tide, our team will risk our lives to get you out safe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Zhen’s voice carried heaviness and sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aiyayah—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Fang shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She really liked this girl—mature, sensible, responsible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave it to Auntie!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she said this, ignoring Ah Zhen and the others trying to restrain her, Cao Fang stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bring me the iron!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She called softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clatter clatter—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All sorts of metal items piled up near the base’s main entrance suddenly lifted into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These items had all been collected by survivors specifically to beef up Magnetic Mother’s Combat Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Magnetic Mother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Magnetic Mother!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the panicked survivors at the rear of the base all started shouting wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Humph—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Fang looked at the Beast Tide ahead and snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s smash you all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clatter clatter—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of metal clashing split the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds and thousands of iron woks and steel pipes rained down on the swarming Mutant Beasts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Awooo—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mutant Beasts hit screamed and howled in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest bared their fangs and let out menacing roars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still got the nerve to snarl at me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Fang’s eyebrows arched sharply as she reached out and grabbed toward the front again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble rumble—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it wasn’t just wok and pipes rising into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the rebar from the abandoned building in the empty distance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if an invisible giant hand had yanked them clean out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the metal objects collided and fused together at lightning speed, like a flowing liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just the blink of an eye,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a truly sky-darkening \"frying pan\" over 30 meters in diameter formed above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Zhen was totally stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her teammates were stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The survivors at the back of the base were stunned too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Magnetic Mother was never this strong before!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pan’s diameter was... dozens of meters...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer pressure...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s too overwhelming!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get smashed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Fang put her hands on her hips, cursing under her breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Donglong—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gigantic pan crashed down as if in answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Fang lifted her hand, and the pan floated up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where there had once been a dense tide of Beasts in front of the base gate, there was now a wide-cleared, only blood-and-meat-splattered zone...\u003C\u002Fp>",1913,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","162cac94a478552480de7a76de7fd1216508b66e2e0a67b9aa229d2a0b437dae","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-158","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-156",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]