[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-44":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},1594853,2061,"Chapter 44: Widow","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-44",44,"\u003Cp>\"This Value...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin stared at the numbers in front of him, feeling strangely dramatic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last night, when he first awakened the ’Value’ attribute, he was super hyped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin thought—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Value lets you see ’Blood Bar’, ’Mana Bar’, maybe even ’Combat Power’, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just lamenting not knowing how much his stats improved after each promotion, and thought, now with ’Value’ awakened, he could finally check!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin shook his head and looked at the system interface again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Third Attribute: Value]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Type: Special Attribute]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect: Allows you to view detailed values for any lifeform no more than one tier above yourself!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it’s a special attribute, it’s not like ’Light’ and ’Thunder’, which have abilities for each tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Value’ only has one ability, and that’s to check values.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that’s exactly why...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin just wanted to roast it even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s only one ability to begin with, and the ability’s not even proper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s detailed, sure—really detailed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the values? Not the ones Yu Jin wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin let out a long breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of which...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weirdness didn’t end there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last night, after he promoted to Tier Six, he opened the [Inheritance from a Certain Tier Six Powerful Being] that cost him 200,000 Wasteland Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system said—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After opening, you may receive resources, abilities, attributes, memory, etc. from the Tier Six Powerful Being in life. Also possible to get absolutely nothing.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So yeah, it’s a mystery box draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was full of anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the outcome—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not bad, exactly, but definitely not something Yu Jin expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have received the widow (Tier Five) of a certain Tier Six Powerful Being!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin nearly choked on his own breath when he saw that line!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He imagined he’d get resources, abilities, attributes, maybe even memories of a Tier Six Powerful Being...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But of all things!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A widow—never even crossed his mind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Me, Yu Mouren, always aboveboard, squeaky clean, how did I end up doing the reverse-cao-robber act?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is so f... utterly ridiculous!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Widow: Angelina Neil]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Gender: Female]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sexuality: Female]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier: Tier Five]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Attribute: Mechanical]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Status: Sealed]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mother Star: Alpha Star]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Evaluation: Thirty years ago, after her partner Adela Lucia died, she was devastated, actively sealed all emotional memories until soul obliteration.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Prompt——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After you claim the reward, Neil will be awakened.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Because all emotional memories have been erased, Neil will exist in puppet form and her loyalty to you is maxed out.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Prompt——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Should her partner Adela Lucia be resurrected, Neil’s emotional memories may recover. Loyalty to you remains maxed out throughout the process.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a rule...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin had zero intent to do any ’Legacy of Wei Emperor’ stuff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mystery box’s already opened, feels like a waste not to take the prize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin gritted his teeth and claimed the reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waited forever, and the ’widow’ didn’t show up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confused, he checked the interface—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You claimed reward: Widow of a Certain Tier Six Powerful Being]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Angelina Neil reviving...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Angelina Neil revived!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Due to huge distance and lack of energy, Neil can’t descend to your location!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Executing backup plan——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Angelina Neil transferred to your Dawn Sanctuary City!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Angelina Neil is grateful you gave her new life!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Angelina Neil actively looks into what’s going on in Dawn Sanctuary City!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Angelina Neil discovers that, since you haven’t arrived, the city lacks an administrator and is in chaos...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Angelina Neil sends you an application——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[She hopes to become your assistant for city management, help you handle Dawn Sanctuary City affairs, and lighten your burdens!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A whole string of messages left Yu Jin completely dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goodness gracious...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even have time to realize Neil was actually lesbian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thought in his mind now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, widows are actually this thoughtful?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Voluntarily offering to help manage my refuge city, for real?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worth mentioning—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just after opening [Inheritance from a Certain Tier Six Powerful Being], Yu Jin had checked out that ’Incomplete Map’ from the system rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The map was of an area called A308 in the Wasteland World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside A308, there are hundreds of Refuge Cities, plus all sorts of mutant beasts and infected nests scattered around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What really surprised and delighted Yu Jin was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dawn Sanctuary City, right there on the map!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Granted, Dawn City is a bit out of the way, in the southwest corner of area A308.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This actually corroborated a guess Yu Jin had always had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ’Dawn City Lord’ identity isn’t just some empty title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Wasteland World,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there really is a Refuge City named ’Dawn City’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he’s on Blue Star right now, he can’t see it at all, let alone manage his refuge city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Neil’s arrival, and her proactive offer to help out—this is literally someone handing you a pillow when you’re about to fall asleep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luck blessed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, it’s like opening a luck box!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin sternly expressed his contempt for lucky people, but gladly accepted Neil’s application.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You approved Angelina Neil’s application!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Angelina Neil expresses loyalty and gratitude to you!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Angelina Neil sends you an application——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Form the Dawn City Guard Team, cultivate an evolver army loyal to you!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin, of course, approved Neil’s application straight away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having an absolutely loyal and selfless assistant to run your refuge city? Couldn’t ask for more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe because he’s on Blue Star and hasn’t descended to the Wasteland yet, Yu Jin finds he can only accept Neil’s applications, but can’t actually talk to her more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin still really wanted to chat with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only that way, he’d really understand what his ’Dawn City’ is like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s been City Lord for days now, and hasn’t even seen what Dawn City looks like—embarrassing, right...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin shook his head, thoughts drifting back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The morning wind outside the car window kept on howling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While he was lost in thought, the car had already exited the highway and was headed toward Gunzhou City District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celestial Lake Tourism Area is right next to Gunzhou, only a forty-minute ride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin figured he’d swing by home and check in on his adoptive parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin didn’t expect—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The driver hadn’t even reached his destination, his home at ’Xieqiao Lane Community’, when Yu Jin got a call from his adoptive mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a couple sentences—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin suddenly sat up straight, face serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, his adoptive father had a sudden heart attack and was being rushed to the hospital!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the cause...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was his adoptive father opening a mysterious package delivered to their doorstep this morning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a helmet!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your dad put on that helmet, and just collapsed...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mother’s voice, crying, echoed through the phone right next to Yu Jin’s ear.\u003C\u002Fp>",1130,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.699Z",1,"novelbin.me","dc5ee8ecef02b4008883c4c2dca8af0f49a231f4f0b8bf748de19b7a55b762df","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-217","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-216",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]