[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-258":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},1594940,2061,"Chapter 258 - 39: Mining! Everyone Mines! System Update! Crystal Fix, At Last! (Part 2)","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-258",258,"\u003Cp>Might makes right, loyalty must be absolute!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"L-Lord...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morgan was trembling, his voice turning robotic from the shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jolt from Chen Gang had zapped away the last traces of rebellion budding in his heart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mor-Morgan City...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is willing to submit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morgan lowered his head, dropped to one knee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Gang flashed a smug grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, the near five million-strong Evolver Corps all shook their heads in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a pity...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was hoping for a good, all-out brawl.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn’t expect...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’d be this pragmatic?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morgan and the tens of millions of subordinates in the city listened to the troops’ chatter, their faces turning even more sour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As once the only Level 9 Shelter City on A-9 Planet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they used to inspire envy in everyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, on just the second day after their promotion...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they’d been stomped, faces ground into the dirt, forcibly recruited as minions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference was... devastating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the next second,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the lazy order Chen Gang gave made the ten million completely speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your job is simple...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Find minerals. Dig them up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This planet is packed with mineral resources!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Morgan City, you have ten days to fully mine out all resources within a 500-mile radius!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you fail...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm, just experience the consequences yourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Gang threw out these two lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, left part of the 05th legion behind, and headed straight for another Level 8 Shelter City in the distance, not even sparing a look back at the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mission, he wasn’t just targeting one Shelter City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Phew—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Chen Gang leave, Morgan instinctively let out a deep sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next second—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oi!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shout came from the Evolver Corps left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the front of the troops stood a young man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the vice commander of this legion, Tier Nine Limit Equal Tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morgan felt numb all over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Promotion was a trap, a damn trap!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought echoed in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Upper Realm people, making my Morgan City people miners...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Digging miners, huh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharp clash of metal snapped Morgan out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vice commander had even thoughtfully tossed a shovel right in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get going.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vice commander smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morgan clenched his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grabbed the shovel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, I’ll do it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Venus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scenes just like Morgan City’s kept playing out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, not every newly promoted Shelter City Lord was as \"pragmatic\" as Morgan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the Tier Nine City Lord encountered by Naiya was stubborn as hell, refusing to yield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya blasted him, pulverizing even his ashes to the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for good measure,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>froze several of the Lord’s cronies who tried to resist into ice sculptures, sticking them right outside the city gate as a warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest of the ten million in the city immediately fell in line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they each grabbed a shovel, heading out of the city to prospect and dig minerals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the Celestial Vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After promotion, Dawn City’s appearance had changed drastically once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it was no longer just a Shelter City, but a real Interstellar Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its scale, expanded further, adding tons of facilities unique to Interstellar Fortresses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example: starship launch bays, landing pods, fortress energy cannons, fortress teleportation devices, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tower of the Sky, at its summit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin overlooked Dawn Fortress below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this operation, almost all of the fortress’s hundred million-plus subordinates had mobilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The streets within the fortress were, for once, strangely empty and quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s hope we occupy this planet soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin muttered quietly, glancing at the translucent panel before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dawn Fortress——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current Level: Micro Interstellar Fortress]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Next Level: Small Interstellar Fortress]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Promotion Requirements——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[1. Occupy at least 10% of the planet]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[2. 5 million Civilization Source Points]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was just the promotion notice \"Wasteland\" gave after Dawn City leveled up to a Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the two requirements, the second had long since been met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After advancing to Star System Wasteland, the Civilization Source Points Carol got for wiping out Salsa’s three main fortress fleets had finally been made available for use as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that pile of points was... one billion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A frankly absurd amount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin estimated that just this stash was enough to bring Dawn City all the way to Super Large Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it was an upgrade from the Low-dimensional Server,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>players on Wasteland Planet got to gank \"free fortresses\" envied by powers like Salsa’s civilization—but were also hit by unique rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides using up Civilization Source Points, upgrading the fortress also required a certain degree of planetary occupation progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was exactly why Yu Jin dispatched Chen Gang with the Evolver Corps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"New goal—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get promoted to Large or even Super Large Fortress within a month!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made plans in his heart, at the same time triggering a thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A different translucent panel popped into view in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[System updated to Version 2.1!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Patch notes below——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Because you’re now in the perilous High-Dimensional Federation, some system features have been updated as well!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Explore the details yourself!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your max Tier has been increased to Tier Twenty!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The update had already started automatically at the moment of the promotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was exactly like when he’d first landed on A3 Planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just after arriving on Star System Wasteland, Brother Tongzi insisted they were now in the \"supremely dangerous High-Dimensional Cosmic Federation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without another word, the system buried its head and started updating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference this time being—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Last it was 1.0 to 2.0, now it’s 2.0 to 2.1?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe the changes aren’t as drastic as before?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin muttered, focusing on the last line:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your max Tier is now Tier Twenty.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked bland on the surface,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but it was anything but simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>previous info from the Star System Wasteland rules said the Star System Server’s uppermost Tier was Nineteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Twenty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You had to ascend to a higher dimension for that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why not just stack \"Void Plus Three\" onto Tier Nineteen and get to Tier Twenty-Two?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on his Wasteland OL experience, Yu Jin guessed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tier Twenty might be the cap for Evolver Tiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond that, besides Limitless, maybe it was a whole new Extraordinary System?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have to start Leveling Up from scratch?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That can’t be... probably a different way to strengthen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin shook his head, not wanting to overthink it for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, he had more important business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crisp sound he hadn’t heard in ages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin had nearly forgotten...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when the last time he popped a Crystal was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since his Tier breakthrough to Sixteen in that Stellar Duel with Holland, his Tier had been stuck at the Server’s cap, never rising further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he’d made Star System Wasteland, time to finally get back to the thrill of popping crystals!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, I’ll polish off these Tier Sixteen, Tier Seventeen, and this one Tier Eighteen...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Afterward, I’ll go hunt some high-level monsters and loot more crystals!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Short-term goal—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Break through to Tiers Eighteen or Nineteen first!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another pop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast energy surged around Yu Jin’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Value was climbing rapidly, visibly, to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hundred million, one hundred and ten million, one hundred and twenty million...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>countless lightyears away,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in the depths of the starry sky—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bzzz—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Void suddenly condensed into a massive portal corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three Super Large Fortresses appeared, each leading a fleet of various Interstellar Fleets as they emerged en masse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Carol, we’re almost there!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the lead Super Large Fortress,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol gazed into the Void ahead, whispering to herself again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest here for now, and find a nearby star to replenish energy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We need to prep for the next long-range spatial jump as soon as possible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol’s orders swept instantly through the fortress fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players of the Blue Star Civilization scurried up and down, all busy executing commands...\u003C\u002Fp>",1341,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","a87ec5cacb4d7b1f724de6554e4111afcd77d26d77a6b91f12209d364893be1e","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-259","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-257",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]