[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-160":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},1595042,2061,"Chapter 160 - 140: Cause and Effect! Divine Ritual! Forbidden Power!","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-160",160,"\u003Cp>Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of Yu Jin, a massive pitch-black celestial body, trailing a bright, lengthy tail, roared toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever the black celestial body passed, even space moaned under its unbearable weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Fifteen Galaxy-level Pollution Source—Annihilation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And also...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That ’Oumuamua 2’ Yu Jin saw in Naiya’s prophecy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin always thought the reason for the tragic scene of ’beautiful fireworks’ in Naiya’s prophecy was simply because he had returned to Blue Star too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So late that, at the moment Oumuamua 2 descended, he only emerged with Yin Yao and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing ’Oumuamua 2’ appear out of nowhere with his own eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin finally realized—he was wrong, utterly wrong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turns out, it wasn’t that he returned late!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But rather...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he returned after 60 days, he attracted ’Oumuamua 2’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More precisely...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he returned to Blue Star after 60 days and purified Blue Star’s pollution, it triggered the arrival of ’Oumuamua 2’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The descent of Oumuamua 2 was entirely caused by his act of purifying Blue Star again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pollution cannot be stopped.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blue Star will eventually be destroyed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Yufei’s old words suddenly echoed in Yu Jin’s ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful, seemingly unalterable sense of fate enveloped Yu Jin entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It shouldn’t be like this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin stared at the roaring black celestial body, gritted his teeth, and clenched his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within him, attribute energy surged violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of him, a ten-minute countdown was steadily dwindling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2:39\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2:38\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin raised his hand, Tier Ten Crystal at the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the reward earned for purifying Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Yu Jin used it to replenish his nearly exhausted energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing a Tier Fifteen Pollution Source, Yu Jin had only one option: purification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must—and absolutely will—purify this ’Oumuamua 2’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because, in some sense, it really was brought here by him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though this was a Tier Fifteen Pollution Source, higher than Yu Jin’s current Tier Fourteen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though ’Unity’ ability and ’Enhancement’ talent were both on cooldown, utterly unavailable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no retreat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Light Wings behind Yu Jin vibrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roared toward the distant black celestial body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin, with his body, stood between it and Blue Star!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Purification!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin shouted softly as energy poured from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiny beam of light collided with the colossal world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sizzle——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The void quaked, pollution evaporated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[With the body of an ant, you are purifying ’Tier Fifteen Galaxy-level Pollution Source—Annihilation’ beyond your tier!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Such achievement is unprecedented and echoes throughout the Wasteland Star System!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current Purification Progress: 1%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike when he purified nuclear waste before, Yu Jin couldn’t obtain rewards and crystals while purifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After just one burst of Purifying Light, the energy in his body was already close to exhaustion...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the Tier Fifteen Pollution Source still had 99% left!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this 99% pollution descends upon Blue Star...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As its name suggests—Tier Fifteen Pollution Source—Annihilation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Oumuamua 2 is here to annihilate Blue Star!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It, or rather, some rule, could not accept Blue Star’s pollution being purified, and correction must be made!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue Star’s pollution level can be increased, but not decreased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oumuamua 2 is the correction mechanism!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hoo——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin gazed at the approaching Oumuamua, took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had one last trump card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his biggest card!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since awakening, he’d always restrained himself, almost never using it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in this situation bordering total despair...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides this, Yu Jin couldn’t think of any other way to break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eighth Attribute: Cause and Effect!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he first awakened this heaven-defying attribute, Yu Jin had run a small experiment on Naiya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There appeared a mutated mosquito, virtually a bug in existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cause and Effect Attribute was also the only one that the system had explicitly warned—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Please use cautiously! Improper use may cause local rules to collapse, resulting in annihilation!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nine abilities of the Cause and Effect Attribute—after that trial, Yu Jin only used the smallest impact one, ’Benefit Link’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin must—and can only—use this forbidden power of ’Cause and Effect’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An indescribable aura of fluctuations spread from Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the roaring Tier Fifteen Pollution Source, he gently closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cause and Effect Attribute possesses nine abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, perhaps one could change the current crisis...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Second-tier Cause and Effect Attribute Ability: Probability Lock Level 9]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Active Effect: Locks the probability of an attack or an event, making it inevitably occur]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hint——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Can only lock events affected by your current tier. Cannot lock events outside your tier’s influence]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Full-level Effect: Can lock events no more than two tiers above your own]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s current tier was Fourteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No more than two tiers above, that meant up to Tier Fifteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Probability lock...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin recited silently, activating the ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what he locked wasn’t the probability that he could purify Oumuamua with 100% certainty; this ability alone couldn’t do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Third-tier Cause and Effect Attribute Ability: Causal Correction Level 9]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Active Effect: Correction or reversal of local event results (affects events at current tier)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Full-level Effect: This ability can be affected by ’Probability Lock’, increasing correction success rate]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin did not know what rule brought ’Oumuamua 2’ as a ’correction mechanism’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only knew—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You may correct, so may I!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin used his Cause and Effect abilities for the first time, directly exploiting the bug with left foot stepping on right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the cause he wished to correct...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was not the already 90% purified Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor was it the only 1% purified Oumuamua 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those two targets were too large; they far exceeded Yu Jin’s tier limit of influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a move from Tier Fourteen to Fifteen couldn’t change that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the information given to Yu Jin from the ’Cause and Effect’ attribute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It enabled Yu Jin to clearly know—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which causes could possibly be changed, and which he could not now affect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin did not use the Tier Eight ability ’Causal Dominator’ or Tier Nine ability ’Reverse Cause and Effect’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because whether Oumuamua 2 or Blue Star itself, the cause-and-effect involved was too vast, completely beyond what a small Tier Fourteen Evolver like Yu Jin could bear or alter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he was willing to shoulder unknown, terrifying consequences, he still couldn’t make it happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cause and Effect is not a wish-granting Aladdin’s Lamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cause and Effect also must abide by some fundamental logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Seventh-tier Cause and Effect Attribute Ability: Causality Reincarnation Level 1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Active Effect: Creates a causality loop. Regional enemies repeatedly suffer\u002Fenjoy negative\u002Fpositive status.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Create causality loop...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Causal loop—the Tier Fifteen Pollution Source suffers the negative effect of Purifying Light.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Single loop—the Tier Fifteen Pollution Source is purified by 1%.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Causal Correction—the loops approach 100 times,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin closed his eyes, but in his mind’s eye, countless strands of embodied causality interwove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was truly a divine ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also what the ’Cause and Effect’ attribute conveyed to Yu Jin: the only attempt he could actually realize for now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin must endure the corresponding ’Cause and Effect cost’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cause——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You purified ’Tier Fifteen Pollution Source—Annihilation’ 99 times, each time by 1%, totaling 99%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[To gain the energy for 99 purifications, you will burn your flesh, soul, and attributes...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You lose attributes: Peace, Card]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You lose flesh: Right arm]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You lose soul: The memory of purifying the Tier Fifteen Pollution Source this time]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Because of energy overdraft: Sleep for seven days]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hint——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Attributes, flesh, and soul you lose can be fully restored by absorbing equivalent energy]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this sounds complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, it all happened in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin simultaneously activated abilities——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probability Lock lv9 + Causal Correction lv9 + Causality Reincarnation lv1!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roaring Oumuamua 2 was suddenly struck by ’Purifying Light’ erupting from Yu Jin’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[With the body of an ant, you are purifying ’Tier Fifteen Galaxy-level Pollution Source—Annihilation’ beyond your tier!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Such achievement is unprecedented and echoes throughout the Wasteland Star System!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current Purification Progress: 2%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another blast of Purifying Light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current Purification Progress: 3%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current Purification Progress: 4%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy inside Yu Jin was clearly exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But despite that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his hand, strands of Purifying Light continued to pour forth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every blast of Purifying Light precisely purified Oumuamua 2 by 1%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Yu Jin himself, as Purifying Light erupted, changed bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His right hand began to burn away from the palm, turning into nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His attributes, Card and Peace, were erased in some unknown manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His memory gradually grew hazy; he was clearly purifying a Tier Fifteen Pollution Source, yet he was starting to forget he was purifying a Tier Fifteen Pollution Source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cause and Effect does not create energy out of thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It simply lets you overdraft energy in a forbidden way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time slowly passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a certain moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The progress bar on Yu Jin’s panel reached 99% purification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[With the body of an ant, you are purifying ’Tier Fifteen Galaxy-level Pollution Source—Annihilation’ beyond your tier!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Such achievement is unprecedented and echoes throughout the Wasteland Star System!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Final Purification Progress: 99%!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Claim reward?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s consciousness seemed to abruptly return from illusion to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the small chunk of the roaring black celestial body ahead, softly puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oumuamua?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasn’t I purifying Blue Star’s pollution? Why...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin didn’t have time to think further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t even realized—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His right arm was gone, and two attributes vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only felt a powerful drowsiness sweeping through the depths of his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyelids were so heavy he could barely open them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He acted instinctively, still murmured in his heart: \"Claim... reward...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You receive reward: Tier Fifteen Energy Crystal*10]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You receive reward: New attribute ’Destruction’]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You receive reward: Civilization Source Points*100000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You earn the title: Blue Star Civilization Guardian]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin didn’t get to see what effects this so-called ’Blue Star Civilization Guardian’ title had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only saw—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The panel’s countdown timer hitting 0:00.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space fluctuations instantly enveloped Yu Jin entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief haze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold mechanical prompt from A3 Planet’s rules sounded in Yu Jin’s ears—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Greetings, player ’Yu Jin’ from I-Level Civilization Blue Star!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Detected that you have accumulated 100000 Civilization Source Points...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You are the first player of I-Level Civilization Blue Star to break the 100,000 point barrier!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You earn a reward from the game ’Wasteland’——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You receive: Internal Testing Helmet*100000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Internal Testing Helmet has been automatically distributed]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin lost consciousness, his vision plunging into darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A3 Planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tower of the Sky, the top of the tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black hole floating mid-air radiated waves of fluctuation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly ten minutes had passed since Yu Jin entered the black hole and returned to Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao, Neil, Chen Gang, and the others had never left, waiting here all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is the president coming back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao noticed the anomalies in the space black hole, her beautiful eyes narrowing sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t expected it was so difficult to return to Blue Star, and yet the time was so short?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn! What’s happening!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s just gone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Gang’s shout snapped Yin Yao back to her senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao stared at the now empty area ahead, confusion flooding her beautiful eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space black hole had disappeared!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yu Jin hadn’t appeared!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could this happen...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone present was in a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neil’s mechanical blue eyes flickered rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the deepest section of the tower top—the City Lord’s private space, invisible to Yin Yao and the others—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a ten-meter-wide bed, Naiya, sleeping for days, her long lashes quivered lightly, seemingly about to awaken...\u003C\u002Fp>",1968,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","bf07b3272630c8a361391a5aeeb0e1fe93f6760a8dd16bf8861673406667961b","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-161","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-159",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]