[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-187":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},1595069,2061,"Chapter 187 - 3: Ten Million Source Points! Game Rules! Don Flack!","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-187",187,"\u003Cp>This is also why, during the entire past day, no second Fallen Squad launched an attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because even if they killed everyone in the Alon Squad, they still wouldn’t gain ownership of the Hub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the rules of Wasteland OL, before the next phase starts, the losing side in the Hub contest can’t even get near the Hub area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phase Two, the War Phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hub ownership is released, and both sides will fight a thirty-day siege to seize the Hub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The winner can seize the Hub from the loser’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The loser loses the Hub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phase Three, the Extinction Stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the thirty-day War Phase ends and ownership of the Hub is settled,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The side with fewer Hubs will suffer punitive strikes per Wasteland OL’s rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon called it \"Extinction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Alon’s description, it’s an utterly terrifying experience—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your flesh and very soul are entirely erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, only the in-game versions of everyone are erased; the players’ bodies outside the game aren’t affected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then neither Alon nor these hundreds of team members would dare log into Wasteland OL as wage slaves, no matter how good the Source Points reward was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slaving away with your life on the line?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one would sign up for that kind of gig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, what rewards are there for winning this planetary war?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening to Alon’s explanation, Yu Jin asked this question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon’s answer stunned Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No idea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s something for the big shots of the Federation to worry about.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All I know—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as we finish the war, we get paid afterward. We’ll earn Source Points.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, it’s best if you win the war. That way, not only do you avoid the experience of death, you usually get some extra bonus from the sponsor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, you must’ve heard, our sponsor this time is Miss Athena, the daughter of the Federation’s first speaker—a true VIP!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for status and privilege, Yu Jin couldn’t care less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thanks to the information Alon revealed, some of Yu Jin’s earlier questions were finally answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The history data Yu Fei saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war that A3 Planet once went through was, most likely, Wasteland OL.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another example—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called Energy Hubs probably power the Refuge Cities on the future Wasteland Planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this perspective,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin had gradually formed a rough idea of how wasteland planets like A3 come into being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But more questions followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin raised his head, gazing up at the starry sky overhead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep in the starry sky, he could still see that planet—half blue, half shrouded in darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was his homeland, Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pollution—impossible to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yu Jin had already stopped two waves of pollution on Blue Star: Oumuamua and Oumuamua 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Blue Star’s pollution level wasn’t wiped out, it had at least been curbed for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now the question was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving aside the potential for a third and fourth Oumuamua disaster,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would Blue Star, one day in the future, become a battlefield for Wasteland OL as well?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This speculation weighed heavily on Yu Jin’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that day ever really comes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The billions of humans on Blue Star—what will they do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Count on the High-dimensional Players to coexist peacefully with humanity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hope the Fallen Ones will show them kindness and mercy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin spent the entire day thinking about this question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he thought of what was probably the one and only solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If there’s no escape when that day comes, and Blue Star is destined to become a battlefield...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to be one of those in the fight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to lead the Human Camp.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time sped by in a rush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another day passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounding Energy Hub 07, the number of tents had multiplied several times compared to the day before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was because, over the past day, a full six teams had arrived here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>three teams had strength on par with the Alon Squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their members were mostly first-tier second-level Unlimiters, with captains at first-tier third or fourth level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining teams were clearly stronger than the Alon Squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their members were mostly first-tier third or fourth-level, and their captains were first-tier fifth or sixth-level Unlimiters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to them, the Alon Squad was little more than a motley crew of expendable extras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last team was especially powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Alon, they were one of Miss Athena’s Personal Guards squads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The captain was a blue-haired young man named Don Flack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Unlimited Value was as high as 1.9%. He was a second tier ninth level Unlimiter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His team was called the Blue Silver Squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squad’s two hundred members were all at least Tier Two Unlimiters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Alon’s words—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in this planetary war, the Personal Guards are actually the true main force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alon Squad and the other teams are just there to make up the numbers, or even intentionally \"drag down the average Unlimited Tier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did Yu Jin learn—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that Wasteland OL has tiers as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mars OL server he’s on is the lowest, second-tier server. The strongest Unlimiter can be no higher than Tier Two, with Tier Two Level Nine as the maximum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if you’re above that—like Athena Ophelia herself—once you’re in, you’re forcibly limited to Tier Two Level Nine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin glanced at his own personal panel, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unlimited: 5% (4% + 1%)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bug?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doesn’t feel like a bug. Probably an Easter egg.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t fought for the past two days, but the attribute energy churning inside him was clear: if he wanted, he could unleash a full 5% Unlimited Value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his second day in Wasteland OL, he’d carelessly overshot Max Level, becoming a player ABOVE Max Level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oi!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s thoughts were interrupted by a shout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the middle of camp, the blue-haired young man—the Blue Silver Squad’s captain, Don Flack—stood in mid-air, looking down on everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only one minute left until the War Phase begins!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, Don Flack, am here to lay out the 07 Energy Hub battle plan for everyone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First—Die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second—Die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Third—Still, Die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don Flack delivered these orders to the other five teams, aside from the Blue Silver Squad, in the most serious tone possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re all way too weak!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want you, once the war starts and the Fallen squads appear, to make an organized, disciplined charge and self-detonate against the enemy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know very well—self-destruction is the greatest contribution you can make!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, tell me—can you do that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Don Flack finished,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the crowd in camp fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Angry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, not many seemed angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alon’s face now just wore an expression that said \"figured as much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he sighed and commented:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’d thought Miss Athena’s war plans might be different, but it turns out...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s just like the other elite sponsors. Disposable lackeys aren’t even seen as people!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin listened but said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d never tried this \"self-detonation\" thing himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing he knew was that if he died, then next time, he’d have to wait out the High-dimensional Helmet’s thirty-day cooldown before logging into Wasteland OL again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin focused on the blue-haired youth above, lightly flicking his fingertip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vmm—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space rippled out abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t center on Yu Jin; instead, it enveloped Don Flack, standing in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don Flack’s reflexes were sharp; he bellowed in anger right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wood Attribute Energy surged violently inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don Flack was sent flying backwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d been blasted out of the air by a formless Power of Space!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By coincidence,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside Energy Hub 07, black mist roiled as one Fallen after another appeared out of the haze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground gave a dull rumble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of Fallen, some strong, some weak, tiers all over the place, looked down at the furious blue-haired human who had landed at their feet, and fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chief.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In human terms, isn’t this what they call...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Feeding the enemy kills?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1339,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","2d42b217f05a6b8ecf3b23fe375e33f849f2db73f155256179dc9e9b0ffc5807","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-188","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-186",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]