[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-42":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},1594846,2061,"Chapter 42: Following the Dragon","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-42",42,"\u003Cp>\"The new City Lord is a woman?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao stood rooted to the spot, gazing at the slender figure in black leather suspended above Dawn City, a look of astonishment on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But very soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, that’s not right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao noticed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thunder pillar and light pillar at the center of Dawn City did not originate from that woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s more like the new City Lord’s deputy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the aura on her...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tier Five Evolver?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought, Yin Yao found herself lost and confused yet again, she couldn’t even count how many times now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even the deputy is Tier Five, just how powerful must the City Lord be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Definitely at least Tier Six!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the future, how on earth does Yu Jin manage to take the City Lord’s place?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the moment she returned after her rebirth, stepping into Dawn City, this question had been lingering in Yin Yao’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new City Lord is strong—Yin Yao had witnessed it with her own eyes, time and time again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder Attribute, Light Attribute, starting from Tier Six!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But despite that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Yin Yao’s memories from her past life, there wasn’t even a trace of this person’s existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dignified Tier Six boss, who didn’t even make a splash in the Wasteland World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the first time she heard the name ’Yu Jin’, he already wore the title ’Dawn City Lord’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao had only crossed over to the Wasteland for two or three months...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So in other words, Yu Jin took down this already Tier Six new City Lord within just two or three months?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao involuntarily drew a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was nearly certain now: Yu Jin, up to this point, still hadn’t logged into the Wasteland game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday, when she arranged for a bodyguard to escort Yu Jin back to the dorm, the bodyguard reported \"Yu Jin’s helmet hadn’t even been taken out of its packaging box.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was busy with the Environmental Protection Club team-building, and she followed him the entire time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for right now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless Yu Jin—like her—had already sent someone to deliver the helmet to the Celestial Lake Tourism Area, there was no way he could have logged into Wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the theory that Yu Jin IS the new City Lord?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao thought about that at first, but quickly realized too many facts didn’t add up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, when the new City Lord showed up, Yu Jin hadn’t even logged into the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, when the new City Lord was handing out benefits, Yu Jin was still busy team-building with club members, chatting with her, and performing that oh-so-social Healing magic trick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao stood there, her mind all jumbled up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like I really guessed right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Fan was getting a bit excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hypothesis he’d just put forward moments ago was instantly confirmed in the next moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was feeling a little smug!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dawn City Guard Team: Tier Two and above Evolvers can join the selection!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss, you’ve got a great shot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Fan saw Yin Yao still looking rather dazed, and hurried to remind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao just responded softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you not interested in the Guard Team?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Fan was baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his mind, joining the Guard Team meant you’d become one of the new City Lord’s people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even more—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the current situation in Dawn City, with a serious talent shortage and Evolvers being so rare, this was the prime time to get in early—a real ’founding stock’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao stood there, thinking for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Principally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She really ought to seize this opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joining the Guard Team meant access to more and rarer extraordinary resources, extremely helpful for advancing her Tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin is going to take down the new City Lord in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When that time comes—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn’t she and Yu Jin end up as enemies?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking about it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao’s body even trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Becoming enemies with Yu Jin...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That might just be the scariest thing in the Wasteland World—bar none!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao had heard this in her previous life—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Refuge City Lord pissed off Yu Jin, and before the sun even went down that day, Yu Jin single-handedly slapped the Tier Seven Refuge City Lord into minced meat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stuck in her dilemma, Yin Yao suddenly had a flash of inspiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Yu Jin and the new City Lord are definitely going to fight in the future...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there a way for me to play a role in that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On the surface, I’ll be the City Lord’s trusted confidante.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But in reality, I have to cling tight to Yu Jin’s thigh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As soon as Yu Jin arrives at Dawn City, or even hints he’s eyeing the City Lord position, I’ll support him as a ’traitor’ from the inside!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stab the new City Lord in the back, help Yu Jin snag the City Lord seat of Dawn City!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That way, I’ll truly get the chance to hang on to Yu Jin’s thigh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment this bold idea was born, it spread like wild grass, taking over Yin Yao’s entire mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more she thought about it, the more feasible it seemed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since her rebirth—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had tried to be as helpful to Yu Jin as possible, doing quite a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe, in Yu Jin’s mind, those things didn’t mean much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Club recruitment? School holidays?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stuff like that was way too trivial to make Yu Jin willing to shelter her in the Wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By comparison—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stabbing the new City Lord in the back, helping Yu Jin climb up—that was the real ’Contribution of Following the Dragon’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao’s heart was pounding uncontrollably fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huff, huff—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was breathing in deep gasps, her cheeks flushed from excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four Ye Fan brothers were baffled, calling her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave the city!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao answered simply and directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was determined to reach Tier Two tonight, so she could join the Dawn City Guard Team selection!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Contribution of Following the Dragon starts now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside Dawn City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao’s group of five exited the Buffer Zone, stepping into the real Wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five nearly died a few times, but still managed to slay a Tier Two Mutant Rat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao also gained a Tier One Contamination Crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hours later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group accidentally ran into Chen Gang in the wild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was trapped by a Tier Two mutant dung beetle, unable to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Help me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw Yin Yao and the crew, Brother Gang’s voice was nearly hoarse from shouting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>God knows how long this damn dung beetle had tormented him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hours later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All six joined forces and finally took out the mutant dung beetle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Gang went straight into full macho man tears!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boohoo—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Sister Yin, Brother Ye!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, thank you, bless your ancestors for eight generations!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boohoo...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you guys didn’t show up, I’d seriously have lost it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just wanted to kill a monster outside the city, but bumped into this freak. I tried my Electric Current skill—no damage at all, and it treated it like some kind of electric massage therapy...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I tried to run, but couldn’t get away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I logged off, but when I logged back on, the dung beetle was right there guarding, and since I was gone, it even threw a shit ball at me for missing its ’electric therapy’ time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boohoo...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I didn’t hate to lose my Tier One Evolver status, I’d have deleted my account and started over!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Gang was bawling, snot and tears everywhere, ranting nonstop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao and Ye Fan and the others, they sympathized—but for some reason, they could barely hold back their laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a good while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Gang’s tears were almost dried up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao finally looked at him, her voice serious as ever:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chen Gang, I’d like to invite you to join me in the selection for the Dawn City Guard Team.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You interested?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1359,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.699Z",1,"novelbin.me","43a843c43fdd55bcf435b5c26629d7c255e5f8615c21076fa82f9143932d1683","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-213","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-212",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]