[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-298":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},1594980,2061,"Chapter 298 - 59: Fortress Battleship Windfall! Arthur’s Hypothesis: He Came from the Low Dimension!","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-298",298,"\u003Cp>Outer starry sky, P-8808 Star Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn Fortress, Tower of the Sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin stared at the lines of text appearing on the panel before him, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Civilization Hunter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Passive coordinate exposure?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actively claim a fifth of the Fortress Battleships and other resources destroyed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why does this sound like looting—wait, just straight-up pillage?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin muttered, triggering another thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another virtual panel emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the top, in bold, was written [Drake-3 Wasteland Star System Rankings].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The names of Blue Star and Yu Jin, after this battle, had broken into the top ten thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or more precisely, ranked at No.1556.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen hundred or so—compared to Yu Jin’s expectations, it still felt a bit low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in this war, Dawn Fortress alone had destroyed over a hundred super large fortresses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe it’s the Subject Evolver tier dragging our score down?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin studied the detailed rules for the rankings for a long time, making his own guesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star System Wasteland leaderboard is similar to the Planet Wasteland rankings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ranking is determined by the resources (fortresses, warships, including Civilization Source Points) a civilization owns, combined with the overall power of its subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boosting subordinate strength significantly in a short time will be tough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But as for warship and fortress resources?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Civilization Hunter achievement has really come at just the right moment, hasn’t it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin stroked his chin, pondering silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After breaking into the top ten thousand and officially gaining a promotion slot, Yu Jin had learned a lot more about promotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First of all—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if a civilization force gets the promotion slot, it doesn’t mean everyone can advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of people allowed to advance is strictly limited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The higher the rank, the more can advance, and vice versa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s idea, of course, was to let all Blue Star Civilization players ascend together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for that, a higher ranking was necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"President...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soft call from behind, Yin Yao’s voice, interrupted his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao, Naiya, Neil, and other core members of Dawn Fortress, were staring vacantly at the fading, magnificent fireworks lingering in the distant stars—still lost in a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This war...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it over?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao’s beautiful eyes were blank—half asking Yu Jin, half talking to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All eyes turned to Yu Jin, waiting for his answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin pushed aside the thoughts in his head for now, turned to the group, and nodded seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We won.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That simple line, just four words, echoed throughout Dawn Fortress, reaching all of Carol’s outlying fortresses and fleets outside as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief silence—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wham—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunderous cheers, shouts, and screams erupted through the starry sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wuhu~!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahahahaha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord, you are mighty!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy shit, did we really max out this entire star field with just a little effort?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, I thought it would be a fight to the death, but who knew...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was all within the Lord’s control!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Win whenever we want to, simple as that!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, those three warships were that strong? Tens or even hundreds of super large fortresses gone, just like that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn Fortress perimeter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the starry sky—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also watching the dazzling fireworks were the Lord of Moonlight Fortress, Diana, and her people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This, this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are these really just freshly advanced players from P-8808 Star Realm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana stood dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her delicate frame trembled involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than ten million subordinates in Moonlight Fortress were even more terrified and anxious at this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fear—surpassing even what they’d felt when fleeing the Star Realm and being besieged by Closter and all the High-tier Civilization Forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Dawn Fortress was the very one that wiped out Closter and the others...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core members of Moonlight Fortress were already kneeling in front of Diana, all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t say anything, but at the same time, they said everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana snapped out of her daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice trembled, but held a trace of resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll go to that great Lord’s fortress immediately...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she finished speaking—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beep—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana sent a landing request to Dawn Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The comm had barely gone out, and Diana hadn’t even gotten a reply yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just outside Dawn Fortress, right by Moonlight Fortress’s position in space—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of deafening blasts erupted suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bzzzz—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The void trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silhouettes began to appear, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten million members of Moonlight Fortress stared, stupefied, right there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the void emerged fortress after fortress—Interstellar Fortresses!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the void emerged warship after warship—Interstellar Battleships!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the void emerged mecha after mecha—Combat Mechas!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if they’d lain dormant, and only now awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them surrounded Dawn Fortress, silently orbiting it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana noticed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star System Wasteland’s ceiling: twenty full Super Large Interstellar Fortresses!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as for large and medium-sized fortresses, there were hundreds, even thousands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smaller forts and micro-fortresses numbered over ten thousand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scale was nearly a fifth of the Hunting Alliance’s total military strength earlier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hunting Alliance was a coalition of over a hundred High-level Civilizations!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn Fortress held all these fortresses and warships alone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Diana observed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every fortress and warship bore the same bold logo on their hulls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a script she could not recognize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tower of the Sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin looked at the array of fortresses and warships dropping into the starry sky, each delivered courtesy of the game \"Wasteland,\" and nodded in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad, not bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No cheap knock-offs, all brand new from the factory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",941,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","3e0799e6b7b3eee0f654ca52cebbafbda7ed65507680eec4304ea982d3fd81fe","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-299","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-297",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]