[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-22":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},1594804,2061,"Chapter 22: Harvest","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-22",22,"\u003Cp>\"’Not much time left’—what does that mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiangcheng University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few buzz-cut youths left, Yu Jin on the bunk bed opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His alcohol tolerance truly wasn’t great, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Three Evolution had greatly improved Yu Jin’s constitution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Yu Jin might not be able to drink a thousand shots without getting drunk, but his tolerance was miles ahead of before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason he pretended to be drunk was to try to get some info about \"Wasteland\" from Yin Yao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the result...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really did manage to dig something out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was it the truth, or just drunk talk?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin couldn’t tell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a strong sense of urgency still welled up inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao’s inexplicable approach, the unexplainably realistic \"Wasteland\" game, and this odd \"Wasteland Survival System\" bound to him—all signs pointed to a storm on the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those few things Yin Yao said at the dinner table only added a ticking clock to that coming storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to get stronger—fast!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I really do get thrown into the Wasteland, I’d at least need some survival skills...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He focused his mind and checked today’s loot from the zoo outing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wasteland Points: 613,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Yu Jin’s current Points total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the earlier 110,000, today’s trip to the zoo raked in a whopping 500,000 Points!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This number was absurd, really.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin looked at the Points Mall, which only had three slots, all empty, and felt a little helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tons of Points, but nowhere to spend them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The countdown at the bottom of the Points Mall now displayed: [8 hours 50 minutes].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d have to wait until after 11 p.m. for the store to refresh with three new items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hope I get something good and expensive!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter how many Points I have, only converting them into abilities feels solid!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin took a deep breath and kept checking his haul—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Five Energy Crystal*1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Four Energy Crystal*6.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Three Energy Crystal*10.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Two Energy Crystal*25.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attribute Activation Stone*1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind Blade Lv1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin knew exactly what Energy Crystals did—they let you evolve and level up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With this many Energy Crystals...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leveling up to Tier Five or even Tier Six isn’t too much to ask, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin thought, but he held off on using them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes shifted to the descriptions for the other two rewards on his interface—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Attribute Activation Stone: Has a chance to trigger a new evolution attribute when used!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note: The more existing attributes you have, the lower the chance!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was pretty familiar with the concept of Attributes by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, he had exactly one Attribute: Light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just this one Attribute had already granted him \"Laser,\" \"Shield of Light,\" \"Light Touch,\" and \"Light Wings\"—a whole four skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I can activate a second Attribute, I’ll have even more skills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin could easily draw that conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This setup kind of reminded him of online game novels he’d read on Qidian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Different characters gain different skills as they level up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, the \"Attribute\" was basically the character class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he was excited, Yu Jin didn’t just rush to use it right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Activating an Attribute could cause some commotion—even with the dorm empty, it still wasn’t completely safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll hit up Langlang Mountain tonight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin had a plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the last reward—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ability: Wind Blade]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Lv1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Evaluation: Can concentrate wind and slash out blades of wind from a distance!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note: You need to have the ’Wind’ Attribute to use this ability!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kind of expected it, but seeing that last line, Yu Jin was still a little disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind Blade was just like the \"Hardening\" he bought last night: both required a specific Attribute or they couldn’t be used.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speaking of which...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The very first ’Purifying Light’ ability I got actually didn’t have any Attribute requirement—in fact, I hadn’t even become an Evolver but I could still use it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin suddenly realized this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He summoned his personal status screen—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Name: Yu Jin]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Tier Three]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Attribute: Light]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Title: Dawn City Lord]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Items: Tier Five Energy Crystal*1, Tier Four Energy Crystal*6, Tier Three Energy Crystal*10, Tier Two Energy Crystal*25, Attribute Activation Stone*1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Abilities: Purifying Light Lv2, Laser Lv1, Shield of Light Lv1, Light Touch Lv1, Light Wings Lv1, Hardening Lv1 (Unavailable), Wind Blade Lv1 (Unavailable)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Achievements: Wasteland Purifier Lv2 (Equipped), Wasteland Protector Lv2 (Equipped)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Points: 613,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Evaluation: You are still a weak little bug and can’t survive in the perilous Wasteland World. Please go all out and get stronger!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the beginning, the status screen was way more packed now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the Abilities tab—it was practically full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything except Purifying Light is Lv1!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still hadn’t figured out how to level up his other skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thing was clear though—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The higher the skill level, the more powerful it got—obviously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So is it that I have to actually use those skills in ’combat’ or something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin recalled that Purifying Light leveled up just because he went around cleaning up trash—basically ’purifying pollution sources.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lately, though, while he’d ’suppressed’ quite a few Mutant Beasts, he’d always done it by feeding them or fighting hand-to-hand—never used his skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll try it tonight on Langlang Mountain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet another line added to Yu Jin’s plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whew—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sorting through his haul, Yu Jin let out a long breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He focused his mind, and a few pure, transparent crystals appeared in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using Energy Crystals to evolve didn’t cause much fuss—the only side effect was that he’d lose consciousness for a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perfect—Yin Yao thinks I’m drunk anyway, so sleeping in the dorm all day wouldn’t be suspicious at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin tossed the crystals into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch, crispy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not sleepy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guess I’ll take two more!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You used a Tier Two Energy Crystal!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You are awakened, the Crystal has converted into evolution energy!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You used a Tier Three Energy Crystal!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You are awakened, the Crystal has converted into evolution energy!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>on bed #2 of Dorm 615,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin drifted off into unconsciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Yu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wake up, Old Yu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was shaken awake by Old Cui grabbing his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he opened his eyes, Yu Jin was completely groggy, still not quite himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin rubbed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Old Cui well—unless it was something really important, he’d never wake him up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seminar!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Cui sounded pretty anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seminar?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin snapped back a bit, frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The university just sent a notice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone’s supposed to go to the main auditorium for a seminar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s super formal—they’re going to take roll by class, anyone who skips gets points docked!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Old Cui flustered and failing to explain, Brother Gang chimed in from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of seminar is this, so official?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin sat up and threw out the question offhandedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Brother Gang’s answer froze him halfway off the bunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s supposed to be...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A seminar on wasteland survival knowledge?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1199,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.699Z",1,"novelbin.me","acc59396b9502dc5a99267af84d6c5e4ce95761a372625f329e307bc35c2d035","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-23","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-21",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]