[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-272":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},1594954,2061,"Chapter 272 - 46: Taking the Initiative! An Army of a Million! Luring the Enemy Out!","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-272",272,"\u003Cp>Alpha Star, Northern Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>West Coast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pitch-black seawater crashed against the jagged reefs, splashing waves everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the reef, the void trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s figure slowly materialized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sea breeze hit him in the face, making Yu Jin raise an eyebrow slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Beep—!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crisp mechanical sound rang out right after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Yu Jin’s ear, a system prompt from Wasteland OL arrived as expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have logged into Intermediate Server ’Lost Alpha’]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have received the quest: Hold the Line]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hold the Line——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information Yu Jin received was no different from Athena’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold out for seven days?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guard humanity’s last territory? A seaside town?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin murmured, looking around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was standing on an extremely barren stretch of beach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From what he could see, apart from the endless black sea, there were only some oddly scattered reefs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A town?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where’s the town?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Beep—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Detected: Your location is far from the human territory...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Direction has been marked for you!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proceed to the town as soon as possible to join the war and guard humanity’s territory!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system prompt from Wasteland OL came a bit late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in front of Yu Jin, a virtual guiding line appeared as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin didn’t rush to move, instead standing there, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hold out for seven days?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information given by this quest was actually quite a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This suggested that, in the Alpha Star server, the strength of the Fallen One faction was overwhelming—maybe to a point of crushing humanity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That almost sounds like good news?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin turned, looking toward the opposite direction of the illusory guide line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a stretch of pitch-black sea—even though it was broad daylight right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Wasteland OL’s prompt, the Fallen One army will come from the direction of the sea to attack humanity’s territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold the line for seven days...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s too long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin shook his head. He really didn’t want to waste that much time here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time, on Mars and Venus, he only stayed a few days, yet the planet’s server logged over a month passing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the time flow between the Star System Server and planet servers should be the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to end this fast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I really waited out seven whole days, by the time I get back to the planet server, everything would be over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin made his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s an old saying on Blue Star—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The best defense is a good offense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the mountain won’t come to me, I’ll go to the mountain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as I smack down all the Fallen Ones, the territory will be safe—makes sense to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin concentrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shua—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A virtual panel popped up in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This panel was from Wasteland OL—the Wasteland Origin Point Mall interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t view it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin frowned, questioning the system in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Mars and Venus before, right after logging in, he could access the mall items directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Searching...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Search complete!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Intermediate server rules are stricter...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The previously hacked Basic server mall permission is now invalid!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Attempting to crack new permissions for you...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Estimated time needed: 24 hours!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system replied very quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin sighed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even though I have to wait a day, as long as the mall opens, that’s fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His real goal for logging into Wasteland OL this time was exactly for the mall’s resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hope there’s good stuff!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So my supply drops for Dawn Fortress can actually pack a punch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before that, the Wasteland Source Points balance needs to keep up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wasteland Source Points: 94,000,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Yu Jin’s current balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looks like a lot, but not nearly enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crisp sound rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin casually munched a Tier Seven Limit-Breaking Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was from when he killed Guy Nash in Venus OL.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the Limit-Breaking Stone went down, Yu Jin’s aura visibly surged again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unlimited Value: 8% (7%+1%)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just in terms of Unlimited Value, Yu Jin’s improvement wasn’t big—compared to Venus, it was the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During Venus OL, since Yu Jin obtained the Venus ownership, his Unlimited Value was also 8% (6%+1%+1%).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Times had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Yu Jin was only Tier Sixteen, Value just barely surpassing 100 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With 8% Unlimited Value, he could unleash about 800,000 Value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin broke through to Tier Seventeen in Star System Wasteland, and his base Value had reached 250 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With 8% Unlimited Value, Yu Jin could use 2 million Value on the Alpha Star server!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Round it up, that’s like Athena and the other players having 20% Unlimited Value!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasn’t expecting this to be kind of OP?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t seem like much until he did the math—it even startled Yu Jin himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s the Unlimited Value cap on an Intermediate server?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Felt pretty invincible, but for insurance, Yu Jin asked the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Searching...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Search complete!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Current server Unlimited Value cap: 10%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perfect!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that answer, the last of Yu Jin’s worries faded away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Strike first!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the words fell—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin shot into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not go toward the seaside town as Wasteland OL indicated, but instead headed straight towards the deep sea—toward the Fallen One army’s direction!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the name of Alpha Star’s ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long before the Fallen Ones arrived, it was already called this—except that back then, it wasn’t black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The planet-wide Pollution had made the name brutally literal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep in the Black Sea, a continent surrounded by water on all sides loomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black mist billowed over the land above.\u003C\u002Fp>",950,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","e4b600fbd047fbd649e615273f095018fc1b37c073ed32587bc0c6caec3a750d","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-273","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-271",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]