[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-18":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},1594800,2061,"Chapter 18: No Date","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-18",18,"\u003Cp>The idea of a zoo had Yu Jin totally fired up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he thought about it, the more doable it seemed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what excited him even more was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little cats and dogs were classified by the system as ’Tier Four Mutated Beast Kings’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were tigers, lions, crocodiles, wouldn’t those be Tier Five, Tier Six, maybe even Tier Seven and Tier Eight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only hassle was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of actions would the system count as ’contain\u002Fsuppress\u002Fscare off’ those Mutated Beast Kings?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder if those lions at the zoo let people pet them...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I could pet them myself, that should basically count.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they don’t let me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I’ll force a pet!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on, I’m a Tier Three Evolver—even with restrictions, I should at least be able to handle a tiger or lion, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was working through his game plan, hurriedly grabbing breakfast at the hotel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he checked out, the front desk manager even made a special trip to peek into Yu Jin’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saw that this time, the door was completely untouched, and the manager sighed regretfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Yu Jin was about to leave, though—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still waved him off, calling, \"Come back often, alright!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin didn’t rush straight to the wildlife park after leaving the hotel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was barely past seven, and while eating breakfast, Yu Jin had checked on his phone—Jiangcheng Wildlife Park didn’t open until ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Plenty of time to write up the club activity application and submit it for school review.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Might as well go to a class—haven’t been for two days, hope the teacher didn’t take attendance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin formulated his plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the spontaneous ’zoo trip,’ organizing an Environmental Protection Club event to clean up the polluted river was way more important to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the system’s ’territory’ module was basically spelling everything out for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was one hundred percent certain—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The club activity to clean the polluted river was bound to bring him seriously juicy rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hotel wasn’t far from campus, just separated by a single street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a gold shop on the street—too bad it wasn’t open yet, or Yu Jin would’ve immediately cashed in the gold brick he bought from the Points Mall last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Wednesday, morning rush hour, tons of cars and people crowding the campus gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it was a university, there were plenty of students who commuted or lived off campus—most of them were local Jiang City students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin kept his head down and headed straight for the campus gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yu Jin!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he reached the gate, someone called out to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused and turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Sister Yin?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The always-elegant Yin Yao was striding over, legs for days...no, she was practically running toward Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin glanced behind her and noticed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The campus gate was packed, with a whole row of black sedans parked out front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each sedan had black-suited, white-gloved bodyguards flanking it, who were all standing at attention, eyes fixed on Yin Yao’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon enough—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao reached Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All kinds of eyes from every direction were now locked onto the two of them at the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiangcheng University students who’d already seen the gossip posts about the two on the campus forum last night. They were now wide-eyed and many quietly whipped out their phones to snap pics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Morning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin greeted Yin Yao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Morning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao replied, taking a moment to catch her breath before asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you free today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to ask you out—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t finished her sentence before Yu Jin cut her off:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nope, not going.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gossip-hungry students who pretended to walk by but secretly had their ears on full alert, froze too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the gray-haired old gatekeeper under the security booth froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buxue Building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lecture Hall 103.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin dashed in at 7:59—literally seconds before the bell rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right behind him was Yin Yao, tailing him step for step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin didn’t pay any attention to the senior sister who’d followed him all the way from the gate, and headed for the back row without a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Yu, over here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Saved your spot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Cui waved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin plopped right down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao also came over and sat next to Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Old Cui and the others staring wide-eyed, especially Brother Gang, who was practically burying his face, afraid to look at Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d sold out his bro last night, and that Yin Yao was here to settle scores with Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conversation between the two stunned Old Cui and Brother Gang, and even Yu Fei—who was head down in his workbook at the far end—couldn’t help but look up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin: \"Why’d you call me out in public? You trying to make sure everyone gets the wrong idea about us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao: \"I, I didn’t mean to say it like that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin: \"Accidental, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao: \"Yeah, accidental.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin: \"Looks to me like you were accidentally on purpose.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Cui and company were totally gobsmacked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is what they call riding the gravy train, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you want to talk about family status—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the family emperor right here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no clue what exactly happened, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just listen to Yu Jin’s attitude, and then to Senior Sister Yin’s tone of admitting fault!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, Old Cui and company looked at Yu Jin in a whole new light—by the end, he was basically a living sage to them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin ignored the senior sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No idea what got into her today, showing up and immediately trying to schedule something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had serious business to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The class bell rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin borrowed paper and pen from Old Cui and started scribbling away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Applying for a major club activity was a headache. Not only did you have to list all participants, but also confirm the date, location, and even prep for emergency situations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin wanted all hundred members of the Environmental Protection Club to join, but he’d still need to double-check who could actually make it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about that, he took out his phone and sent out a message to the big club group, tagging everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The message explained that the Environmental Protection Club was planning a major event—cleaning up trash from the polluted river—and to sign up if interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his surprise—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The club members responded so enthusiastically, it stunned Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cleaning up the polluted river is real dirty work—how is everyone so hyped?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Yu Jin didn’t know was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This group of new members weren’t being brave or energetic—they were...doing it for academic credit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two points for innovation and entrepreneurship didn’t get added just for joining; they’d only be credited at the end of the semester.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being a member now didn’t guarantee credits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only if you were a member at semester’s end, you’d qualify for those points!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for dirty, exhausting jobs like cleaning the polluted river, these freshmen were tripping over themselves to sign up, worried the club president might boot them from the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that would mean those guaranteed credits are gone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dang, everyone’s here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought if half showed up that’d be decent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin beamed at the crazy signup list in the club group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No doubt about it—the more who joined, the richer the system rewards!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Members confirmed, location set, next up is time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin filled out [103] in the application’s attendance section and stared at the calendar, deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s Wednesday, with classes Thursday and Friday—earliest we could actually do it is Saturday.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And if you factor in application approval and formal process, we’d be lucky if we could pull it off next Saturday...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin muttered, not happy with this outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The longer it took, the slower the reward came, and the later he’d turn ’Happy Hero’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When do you want it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d been watching Yu Jin’s every move, knowing he was writing up the club activity application.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her opinion, Yu Jin should be pouring his time into the Wasteland game, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanting to lock in Yu Jin’s support for the future, she’d respect all his choices and lend a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When do I want it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wish I could go fix that river tomorrow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao nodded thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, tomorrow it is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin: \"?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1437,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.699Z",1,"novelbin.me","eb7e1b735d91213e22f96b5a75fce23be51b61355fc79515f33055e697a39af2","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-19","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-17",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]