[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-181":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},1595063,2061,"Chapter 181 - 154: Space Teleportation Array! A3 Planet History! Wasteland OL! (Part 2)","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-181",181,"\u003Cp>Neil nodded and took note.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lastly—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the coming period, unless there’s a sudden situation that can’t be resolved, try not to disturb me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Yu Jin finished speaking, he got up and walked toward the Core Area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, the ’High-dimensional Helmet’ he had previously obtained was resting quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having completed all preparations for A3 Planet, Yu Jin was ready to log into the so-called \"Wasteland OL\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin had just arrived at the Core Area when he suddenly made a soft sound and stopped in his tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yu Fei’s communication?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin raised his brows slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since absorbing Eureka’s knowledge and memories, Yu Fei had remained in a half-dormant, digesting state—was he now awake?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shua—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s mind stirred, and he didn’t rush to put on the helmet, instead heading for Alpha City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His intuition told him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei had probably gained some remarkable knowledge or information, or else he wouldn’t have contacted him so suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A316 Area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alpha City, City Lord’s Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin had previously left a ’Coordinate Imprint’ here, so in just a moment, he shuttled from Dawn City to this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yu Jin stepped out of the void, he saw Wu Yufei sitting in the lord’s seat, his brows furrowed tightly in the shape of the character \"川\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, through the ’Eye of Insight’, Yu Jin discovered that his Tier had already risen to an astonishing Tier Seven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Yu...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei saw Yu Jin and called out, his tone carrying a hint of heaviness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up and took Yu Jin directly toward Alpha City’s Core Area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of the City Core, Yu Fei stopped and turned to look at Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By leveraging Alpha City’s City Core, I’ve learned about this city, this planet’s thousand- and ten-thousand-year history...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei slowly recounted to Yu Jin the ’Knowledge’ he’d absorbed this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"About ten thousand years ago, this planet was just like Blue Star—blue, peaceful, teeming with life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that time, this planet also housed humans just like us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But then one day, the ’Wasteland’ game arrived, and the beta test opened.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seven days later, half the humans disappeared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the same time, a black meteorite fell onto the planet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In just a moment, the remaining half either died on the spot or, if they survived, turned into Infected Bodies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Yu Jin’s expression didn’t change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This part of the information, he had already guessed and understood previously; Yu Fei as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin knew that Yu Fei’s serious attitude at this moment meant he’d learned something else beyond this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei, in a low voice, continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After ’Wasteland’ appeared and Pollution descended, this planet began to transform into a Wasteland at an extremely fast pace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In less than a year, every living creature on this planet became either a Mutant Beast or an Infected Body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And just at that time...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Visitors from outside the planet, arrived!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin frowned at these words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Visitors from outside the planet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Polluting cosmic bodies like Oumuamua?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head resolutely:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, not Oumuamua.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Humans!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Humans just like us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They also awakened Attributes and possessed Extraordinary abilities. Though they seemed a bit weak, still...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They were definitely humans, Evolvers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei’s tone was full of certainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Evolvers?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After A3 Planet was polluted, the human Evolvers descended from the sky?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s brows furrowed even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin pondered for a moment, then pressed on with his questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"War!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei spat out the word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A protracted war!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not humans against Mutant Beasts or Infected Bodies, but...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One group of humans against another group of humans!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They fought fiercely on this planet, seemingly competing over something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among them, some humans could even leverage the powers of Mutant Beasts and Infected Bodies to fight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information Yu Fei revealed made Yu Jin fall deep into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding the human Evolvers that Yu Fei described, a name appeared in Yu Jin’s mind—players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, \"Wasteland\" game players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from the planet Wasteland and the Star System Wasteland he already knew of, the \"Wasteland\" game had even more content and modes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, as Yu Fei described, players descend onto polluted planets and wage wars against each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something just feels off...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin temporarily set aside his thoughts and continued to listen to Yu Fei’s account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The war went on for a long time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Until one side finally prevailed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From that moment, A3 Planet underwent massive changes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was as if some terrifying force relocated it directly from its original place in the starry sky to its current location.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As time passed, Refuge Cities sprang up like game facilities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei paused, then added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, I discovered—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The City Core of Refuge City actually links to the planet’s core and continually extracts energy from it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But, as we both know, a planet’s energy is not infinite.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over time, A3 Planet’s core energy has nearly dried up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s unclear, for now, what happens if the planetary core runs out...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tower of the Sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin stepped out from the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei had told him a great deal at once, all knowledge drawn from Alpha City’s City Core using his ’Knowledge’ Attribute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what Yu Jin was thinking was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After A3 Planet was polluted, players descended and, for some reason, triggered a war.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what about Blue Star, the Blue Star that should have been polluted—will players also descend someday?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This speculation made Yu Jin uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time he returned to Blue Star, he purified the leftover pollution from Oumuamua, but also let the last 1% pollution from Oumuamua 2 descend again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As one wanes and the other waxes, Blue Star’s pollution wasn’t erased— it may have even increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s original plan was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Dawn City promoted to a higher Level, try to return to Blue Star again and see if a better pollution solution could be found.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information brought by Yu Fei warned of another crisis on Blue Star, besides Oumuamua’s pollution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This crisis is named: Players!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ironically, Yu Jin and the other Blue Star humans are also players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"High-dimensional Players?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or was A3 Planet once part of the Star System Wasteland?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin pondered, but couldn’t find a definite answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze finally landed on the gray helmet lying quietly atop the large bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[High-dimensional Helmet——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A special helmet only High-dimensional Civilization players can possess. Use it to log into \"Wasteland OL\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s original plan was to log into \"Wasteland OL\" during Dawn City’s expansion and promotion, to see what was really going on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Log in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Log in as a High-dimensional Player on Wasteland OL!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin took a deep breath, adjusted his state, and solemnly put on the helmet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shua—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world before Yu Jin’s eyes plunged into darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness lasted for an unknown period, until words appeared on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Would you like to log into ’Wasteland OL’ and fight for your Civilization?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin didn’t rush to make a choice but waited quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin didn’t receive any system warnings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back on Blue Star, he couldn’t play \"Wasteland\" at all—so why is he able to log in now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was curious and silently queried the system within his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[’Wasteland OL’ has no program conflicts with this system, and compatibility is extremely high]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Please feel free to play; there is no risk of program chaos or system exposure]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s reply made Yu Jin relax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since that’s the case, then...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Log in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin silently intoned in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come to think of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his first time logging into ’Wasteland’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, he had never successfully used the helmet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just because of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As this moment arrived, Yu Jin unexpectedly felt a bit of anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No telling how much time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shua—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness faded from Yu Jin’s vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the first thing his eyes landed on, was a planet half blue and half pitch black...\u003C\u002Fp>",1357,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","0677d8205c7705fd4e67b62392648628a9a82e1fbe3013427f3d0220e16ad9a5","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-182","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-180",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]