[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-164":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},1595046,2061,"Chapter 164 - 143: Level 8 Cities Mobilize! No Way a Middle Schooler Boy Gets an Invincible Boss!","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-164",164,"\u003Cp>A308 Area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mighty Sky City roared across the Wasteland Wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ground below, the refugees—either wandering or inside the Sanctuary Cities—looked up at the spectacle, their eyes filled with envy and longing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who in A308 doesn’t know about the Sky City called \"Dawn\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Dawn City moved steadily east, tens of thousands of miles away—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A399 Area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A city even larger and more imposing than Dawn was moving at high speed, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble!——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 8 Shelter City, Ghost King City!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Concealment + Mobility, dual traits!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment, Ghost King City was anything but \"concealed\"—it was showing off as much as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It surged forward like a tidal wave on land, crushing everything in its path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mutant Beast Nests, Infected Nests, squads of Wasteland Wanderers...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even several ordinary Level 0 Sanctuary Cities were smashed to smithereens by the massive Ghost King City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tens of thousands inside those sanctuary cities didn’t even have time to scream before they were ground into meat paste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the core of the Sanctuary City, exposed in the open, pulsed with waves of energy, slowly beginning to repair the almost obliterated city...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost King City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>City center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black mist rolled within the grand palace, like Ghost Hell manifested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Austin Zorn, expressionless, sat at the frontmost throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the throne, four guards stood motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wore mechanical battle armor that shimmered faintly with golden light, their faces obscured by sci-fi-style black masks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the masks, pairs of deep purple eyes gleamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of Ghost King City’s Tier Eight Evolvers were present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though their heads were lowered, they couldn’t help but sneak glances at the four guards behind the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d never seen these people before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, even though they themselves were Tier Eight Evolvers—at the top of the pyramid on this planet—they felt an overwhelming sense of threat from these four guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So strong, it felt like the guards could crush them with a single thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is that possible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Must be an illusion...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tier Eight Evolvers of Ghost King City had a strange, inexplicable feeling in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha and Aili stood side by side inside the great hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d returned to Ghost King City for a whole day now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aili had tried to secretly contact Yu Jin the moment she arrived, but...failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that Zorn intercepted her message—on the other end, no one responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aili told Nasha about it, and the two puzzled over it for ages, but couldn’t figure out what was going on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could Yu Jin have suddenly decided not to raid Ghost King City?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha and Aili couldn’t make sense of it, but they had no other way to contact Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha had planned...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To find an opportunity to leave Ghost King City for Mang City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before she could get out, Austin Zorn summoned her here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost King City, dormant for years, started \"moving at full speed\" without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since it leveled up to a Level 8 Shelter City, Ghost King City rarely moved; after all, no idiot would mess with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charging around at full speed like some massive transport, smashing through everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha, Aili, and the other six Tier Eight Evolvers present, none of them knew what was going on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Austin Zorn had always been arrogant and flashy, never caring for being polite to his subordinates—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a big move by Ghost King City, not a single one of the eight top brass were notified ahead of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Ghost King City moved so suddenly, when the gates closed, many citizens were left outside; some were crushed to death by the city itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something must have happened.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does it have to do with the sudden appearance of these four guards?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aili and Nasha exchanged glances and saw the same thought in each other’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Austin Zorn suddenly spoke, voice grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ghost King City will head west.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Destination: A337 Area, Naiya City.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The journey will take about 3-4 days. I need you to organize all Ghost King City’s evolvers during this time...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Prepare for a decisive battle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zorn finished speaking; everyone in the palace froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plan to attack Naiya City—all but Nasha, who had gone to Mang City, already knew about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original plan was for it to start in a month!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn’t even supposed to be a decisive battle, just a siege!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all remembered Zorn’s original words:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We encircle without attacking, let the other Level 8 Shelter Cities take more losses...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We strike last, clean up the battlefield...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Decisive battle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What decisive battle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did it turn into a decisive battle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Zorn——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the throne, a towering, burly Tier Eight Evolver spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he only managed half a sentence—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A terrifying gravity field suddenly enveloped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The burly man cried out in pain, his knees buckling as he was forced to kneel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a notification, not a discussion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zorn’s face was unmoved, his tone even darker and more severe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, he added,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember: organize every evolver—not just the Evolver Corps.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All of Ghost King City’s evolvers, regardless of age or tier...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every evolver—including you—all must join the battle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A3 Planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Ghost King City rushed west—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 8 Shelter City, Quel City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quel City Lord, Quill Hoffman, led ten million citizens out in force toward A337 Area, where Naiya City was located.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To save time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This notoriously stingy Tier Eight geezer was even willing to spend a fortune in points at the Resource Mall to buy loads of \"disposable long-distance teleportation devices.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these items, Quel City’s ten million evolvers kept teleporting en masse from one area to another...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 8 Shelter City, Shili City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Eight Extreme City Lord, Jevin Hawkins, activated Shili City’s trait: \"Earth Escape.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enormous Shili City burrowed underground, drawing ever closer to A377 Area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every place Shili City passed through was hit like an earthquake; underground mutant beasts and Infected Nests erupted in mass riots, attacking nearby Sanctuary Cities...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 8 Shelter City, Meng City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 8 Shelter City, Wusi City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 8 Shelter City, Heluo City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just one day—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the Level 8 Shelter Cities on A3 Planet were on the move, converging on Naiya City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A331 Area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laxi City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just another ordinary Level 0 Sanctuary City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also one of Naiya City’s thousand-plus affiliated cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the outer city streets in Laxi City, inside a rundown wooden hut—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dirt-covered, fourteen- or fifteen-year-old boy was staring unblinkingly at the youth lying on the wooden bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can I get you to wake up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy muttered softly, his still immature face tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His name was Ye Ye, from Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a middle-schooler who loved web novels, selected by God throwing dice, forcibly transmigrated here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he was thrilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transmigration to reality—he thought he’d become one of those web novel protagonists who slay their way through everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye shouted at the air for three days straight: \"Deep Blue,\" \"System,\" \"Personal Interface\"...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He called out every name he could think of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unfortunately, never got a single response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spawned close to Laxi Sanctuary City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When registering for entrance, the inspector suddenly asked him, \"Are you from Blue Star?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naive Ye Ye didn’t even think—just replied, \"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was assigned a room that could keep out the elements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also got daily food and water rations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laxi City’s lord: a petite loli, actually a Tier Five Evolver boss, visited personally with her crew to check on Ye Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye was over the moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turns out I didn’t get the Deep Blue storyline, but the loli City Lord feeding me soft-rice script!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye’s excitement only lasted half a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because a new Blue Star player soon arrived in Laxi City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The treatment was identical to Ye Ye’s: wooden hut, food, water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the loli City Lord’s greeting was exactly the same:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On behalf of Laxi City, welcome, Blue Star player!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye’s heart was shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time ticked by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of Blue Star players in Laxi City kept rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As of today, his transmigration had lasted about 20 days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laxi City’s Blue Star player count had broken ten thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ridiculously, all ten thousand enjoyed the same welfare package Ye Ye had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Ye Ye’s outer city street...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole street was Blue Star comrades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes Ye Ye went out, saw neighbors’ familiar faces, heard their hometown voices, and even wondered if he’d really transmigrated at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s worth mentioning——\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Blue Star player benefits were so good, Laxi City’s indigenous people got resentful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They staged several protests, and would gang up on Blue Star players outside the City Lord’s sight in the outskirts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blue Star players who didn’t need to mine or work became even more unwilling to go out—just stayed inside, drawing food and water rations, waiting out their days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This isn’t right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye highly despised this behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So every day, he went out alone and dug Pollution Crystals in the relatively safe Buffer Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pollution Crystals are precious resources that let ordinary people touch the extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pollution Crystals are also hard currency in Laxi City and the whole wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye was pretty lucky; going out early and coming home late, he usually found one piece a day—sometimes two if he got really lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He planned to save up thirty, then go to the City Lord and exchange them for a Tier One Crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pollution Crystals could awaken powers, but were risky—could kill you on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier One Crystal is much safer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Supposedly, Tier Two Crystal guarantees awakening, but such precious resources only existed in Ye Ye’s dreams at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days ago—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye went out as usual to dig Pollution Crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, a group of indigenous locals targeted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They outnumbered him and had been stalking this cash cow for ages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After robbing him of his crystal for the day, they weren’t satisfied; they demanded he hand over his entire stash accumulated so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course Ye Ye refused; that stash wasn’t even on him—it was hidden in the cracks under his hut’s bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye got beaten up bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe venting all their anger at Blue Star players onto Ye Ye, those guys went extra hard—he felt like he was about to be beaten to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in that moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure fell from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye saw with his own eyes that the figure appeared out of nowhere and dropped down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden arrival startled the thugs, but brazen as they were, they started attacking the motionless, unconscious youth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they recognized: this youth was also a Blue Star face, just like Ye Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye watched as the thugs’ fists and feet didn’t even touch the youth—they exploded into bloody mist themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so shocking, so terrifying, that—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye couldn’t help but piss his pants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye, trousers wet, immediately knelt to the unconscious youth lying on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the youth kept his eyes shut and gave no response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some hesitation, Ye Ye carried him back to Laxi City and settled him in his own hut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For three days, Ye Ye gave him food and water, didn’t even go out to mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years of web novel reading told him: this was definitely a boss—a super boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Xiao Yan’s grandpa in his ring—maybe this was Ye Ye’s true opportunity after transmigrating to the wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How on earth can I get you to wake up, boss?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye stared at the young man on the bed—his right arm missing, eyes tightly closed—looking conflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His immature face was all wrinkled up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knock knock——!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loud knocking sounded outside the hut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ye Ye!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re famous!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1998,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","cea178aa233ed57f1e0b3246de772ed9d546c89748e305720c889594f6482c4d","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-165","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-163",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]