[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-169":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},1595051,2061,"Chapter 169 - 148: Behind-the-Scenes Villains Should Be Punched to Bits!","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-169",169,"\u003Cp>Ghost King City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>City Lord’s Mansion, Core Area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holland Benitez watched the dazzling fireworks blooming over the battlefield, a trace of astonishment flickering across his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not too bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The astonishment lasted only a moment—Holland quickly regained his composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when he first crossed into and descended upon this planet, the rules of A3 Planet had made one thing clear—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bug-class player was very dangerous, very powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last two waves of high-end players sent before, a total of 15, had all failed and died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s worth mentioning—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holland got the identities of those 15 from the rules of A3 Planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Eureka at the start—he wasn’t too familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen Spencer, Hewen Vick—these two names, he did know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the two captains of the vanguard squads under the X-87 Fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For two Tier Twelve Evolvers and their underlings to be killed on a planet with a max tier cap of Tier Nine, that was more than enough to catch Holland’s attention and...interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a high-level Fleet Commander of the Selza Civilization, he naturally would never settle for the mere five hundred billion Wasteland Points reward offered by the A3 Planet rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Much like Eureka before him, what he coveted was the ’bug’ in Yu Jin’s possession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His instincts told him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of this bug might reach an unimaginable level, enough to change the rules of the game Wasteland itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holland suspected the downfall of the X-87 Fleet might not have been caused by the Larnaka Star People at all, but rather, by a bug that Yu Jin held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was just a suspicion—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in all these years, his hunches had always been right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s exactly why he didn’t just want to kill this bug-class player—the real prize was learning the correct way to unlock the bug from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this purpose—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holland struck a deal with the rules of A3 Planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave up the five hundred billion Wasteland Points reward and instead requested access to all game logs and coordinates related to Yu Jin since his entry into Wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holland was confident he could trace the bug in those logs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if he mastered it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His future self might well end up in command of an entire Selza Interstellar Refuge Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe even become an equal of those true bigwigs in the Company Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He put so much time and effort into weaving this grand web for the Naiya City Showdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he was dealing with sentient beings—they’d have attachments, have weaknesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holland didn’t know what Yu Jin’s attachments were, so he simply caged all the players inside the web.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before reeling them in, he needed to test Yu Jin’s abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really wanted to see—to what extent this bug-class player could break the limits of the game’s rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To that end, he sat back and watched his own fleet members turn into spectacular fireworks one punch at a time under Yu Jin’s assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looking forward to your performance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holland chuckled softly; his fingers flicked gently through the air in front of him once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d prepared more than a few ’tests’ for this bug-class player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s ultimate display of violent aesthetics left countless people dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But very soon—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens more figures clad in Mechanical Battle Armor manifested in the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their tier was all cleanly Tier Twelve Evolvers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin scanned the area around, frowning slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost as if in answer—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More figures emerged from the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their tier reached Tier Thirteen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Granted, both Tier Twelve and Tier Thirteen Values were suppressed by the A3 Planet rules down to Tier Nine Limit—nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But compared to Tier Twelve, Tier Thirteen Awakened more Attribute Abilities—making them far more powerful in combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the last batch of high-end players—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This group kept their distance from Yu Jin the moment they appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast, boundless Attribute Energy erupted from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>RUMBLE—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a split second—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All sorts of dazzling Energy Attacks came roaring toward Yu Jin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire battlefield lost its color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Naiya’s movements paused for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could clearly feel—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every one of these dozens of Energy Attacks surpassed Tier Nine Value!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she got hit...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overhead in the Celestial Vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space around Yu Jin rippled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Second-tier Spatial Attribute Ability: Spatial Barrier Lv9]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Active Effect: Creates a Spatial Shield, absorbing physical\u002Fenergy attacks]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each Energy Attack crashed into the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shield wavered, but never shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A defense coefficient topping ten million showed its worth at this very moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Interesting!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep in Ghost King City—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holland’s eyes glinted with even more interest as he watched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep going.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He murmured quietly, flicking his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the battlefield—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more figures appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seemed to have been lurking in the void all along, just waiting for this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin found himself surrounded—fifty figures in all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty Tier Twelve Evolvers; twenty Tier Thirteen Evolvers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such a formation, never mind clearing A3 Planet at speed—even in the Star System Wasteland, this would be a force not to be trifled with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifty High-tier Evolvers, no words wasted; they attacked instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier One Awakening Ability, Tier Two Awakening Ability, Tier Three Awakening Ability...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Seven Attribute Ability, Tier Eight Attribute Ability, Tier Nine Attribute Ability...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attack after attack poured down on Yu Jin like a torrential downpour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spatial Barriers formed around Yu Jin one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time ticked on—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the ceaseless assault, fine cracks began to appear in the barriers around Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep in Ghost King City—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holland watched, frowning slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was...weaker than he had expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that, obviously, was not what he wanted to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had hoped Yu Jin could take on, by himself, the siege from fifty High-tier Evolvers—not only withstand it, but kill them all in retaliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then could the true power of his ’bug’ be shown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that happened, Holland’s payout would be massive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A bit underwhelming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just defending, no counterattacking?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This doesn’t look like something a ’dangerous bug-class player’ would do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holland murmured as he flicked his fingertips again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was ready to administer one final test—if Yu Jin couldn’t pass, this game was over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the Celestial Vault—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two more figures appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike any of the high-end players before, their Mechanical Battle Armor wasn’t pale gold—but a profound, deep black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their Level—an absurd Tier Fourteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two took position left and right, both attacking at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Four Awakening Ability; Tier Nine Attribute Ability!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Tier Fourteen Evolvers held nothing back—leading with their ultimates!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer destructiveness shook heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the rules of A3 Planet groaned faintly, feeling they could barely take it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other fifty High-tier Evolvers didn’t let up for a second, either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>RUMBLE—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy pillars of every color engulfed Yu Jin’s lone figure completely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast battlefield fell deathly still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked up to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tens of millions of Evolvers from Dawn City and Naiya City all wore anxiety and worry on their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Ghost King City’s army, Nasha and Aili, who had been slacking and fake-fighting, tensed up instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha bit her lip hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aili held her breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above the Celestial Vault—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a crisp shattering sound—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spatial Barrier breaking!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK CRACK—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once it started, it couldn’t be stopped—like dominos toppling, or water spilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In barely a breath—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone saw—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Layer after layer of invisible Spatial Barriers around Yu Jin shattered like mirrors into countless fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin, caught in the center, was engulfed by dozens of apocalyptic attacks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangely—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone saw, at the very moment Yu Jin was swallowed by the dazzling energy beams—a faint smile appeared on his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No time for thought—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s body exploded in the sky—a spray of blood mist!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood mist lasted but a moment; the surrounding energy attacks obliterated it into true nothingness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over two million Blue Star players in Dawn City wore looks of confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nasha couldn’t help but cry out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the deathly silent battlefield, that shout was so piercing that—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tens of millions of Evolvers from Ghost King City all turned to look at Nasha in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Austin Zorn, locked in struggle with Naiya and enduring tremendous pressure, felt a flash of shock in his usually numb eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the others kept their eyes glued on that patch of void in the sky above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dawn City Lord, Naiya City’s pillar, Blue Star players’ faith...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did that man really fail to withstand the blow?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that same moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the nearly empty Dawn City—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tower of the Sky, summit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRUNCH—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin swallowed another Tier Fifteen Energy Crystal, opened his eyes—electricity arcing in both pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His right arm, previously gone at the root, had now completely regenerated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had also fully recovered his once-depleted energy—and regained the ’Card, Peace’ Attribute, as well as memories relating to ’Oumuamua 2’, lost to the Cause and Effect Cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And before his eyes—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Messages from his Attribute Abilities hovered into existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The ’Physical Avatar’ produced by your Tier Two Growth Attribute Ability has died]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier One Cause and Effect Attribute Ability ’Causal Perception Lv9’ has activated]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Analyzing and detecting target’s Causal Chain...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Targets include: Level II Selza Civilization Fourteenth-tier Evolver—Lauren Sheffield, Level 8 Ghost King City Lord Austin Zorn...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Causal Chain lock acquired!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shared Causal Link: Holland Benitez!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Specific Location: Ghost King City, City Lord’s Mansion, Core Area!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s figure vanished from the summit of the Tower of the Sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already above Ghost King City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Masterminds and such...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are more fun when you punch them to pieces, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin grinned, right arm swinging a punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This punch was nothing like a ’Physical Avatar’s’ mere ten million Value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This punch—based on his nearly twenty million physical Value—carried a new Attribute: the special might of ’Destruction’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the punch landed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole Ghost King City was all but obliterated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once palace-like City Lord’s Mansion vanished, replaced by an enormous pit a kilometer wide!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He dodged?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin let out a mild sound of surprise, and then vanished again on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reappeared on a higher level of the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of him—Holland Benitez, covered in dust, his face aghast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t dodge after all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A punch with twenty million Value blasted clean through Holland’s chest...\u003C\u002Fp>",1786,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","6fc5b22ab97fe3da598220c41fcfd0a7c0fb76e488a85169276c7d8753211988","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-170","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-168",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]