[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-64":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},1595096,2061,"Chapter 64: Oumuamua","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-64",64,"\u003Cp>Reception room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Yu Jin sat down, he accepted the tea handed over by the old man with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Receiving tea with both hands signifies respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This respect didn’t come from the other party’s fearsome status or power, but from that terrifying ’KDA’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the old man’s ’KDA’, most of what was stained was the blood of enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Daxia person, Yu Jin’s respect came from the heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yaoyao, the guest has arrived, go call someone to serve the dishes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Shanhai stared at Yu Jin for a moment, then shifted his gaze to Yin Yao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao nodded and got up to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the reception room,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Yu Jin and Yin Shanhai were left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the shadows responsible for security hid themselves away silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having Yin Yao \"serve the dishes\" was just an excuse; the real purpose was to create space for the two to talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their upcoming conversation was extremely confidential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So confidential that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Yin Yao could not be present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin realized this, his heart trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One second, two seconds, three seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time flowed slowly, and the atmosphere was somewhat silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Shanhai let out a light sigh and took the initiative to break the silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Student Yu Jin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve heard of the game ’Wasteland’, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Shanhai looked at Yu Jin, smiling as he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man didn’t beat around the bush; he went straight to the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I’ve heard of it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Sister Yin even gave me four helmets, but I get a little dizzy from 3D, so I haven’t logged into ’Wasteland’ yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin answered in an even tone, his face calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Shanhai laughed faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yaoyao told me,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She wanted to pull you into the game with her, but never found the right opportunity. I told her not to push it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin just smiled and didn’t respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know that this ’Wasteland’ game is not ordinary?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Shanhai suddenly raised his head, locking his eyes onto Yu Jin’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin nodded, not hesitating at all: \"A few of my roommates have tried it. The game is very realistic—so realistic it’s beyond Blue Star’s current level of technology.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Yin Shanhai shook his head and sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s far more than simply surpassing human technology...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, he paused slightly, then fixed his gaze on Yu Jin’s eyes and spoke in an exceptionally firm tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether the ’Wasteland’ game or the game helmets...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They don’t belong to Blue Star, and yet they appeared on Blue Star out of nowhere.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What this means?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course he knew what that meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you ever heard of ’crossing worlds’?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Shanhai poured a little more tea for Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve seen it in web novels.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I told you that, not long from now, countless people on Blue Star—maybe a billion, maybe tens of billions—will be instantly ’transported’ to the Alien Wasteland World, would you believe it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Shanhai’s tone was even, with no discernible fluctuation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Shanhai laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at Yu Jin for a long while, then nodded, then shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems, you’re not very surprised about this, are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin neither confirmed nor denied it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that the ’oddities’ about himself could not be hidden from this old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ’oddity’ wasn’t just that he’d obtained the system and become an Evolver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Environmental protection!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From picking up trash at first, to cleaning up polluted rivers, to handling a chemical plant cleanup today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was clear that his series of actions could no longer simply be explained by a \"firm commitment to environmental protection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if from start to finish, Yu Jin never sensed anyone monitoring him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This whole string of environmental activities, he did openly and aboveboard, right in public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone like Yin Shanhai couldn’t possibly not suspect something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just probably couldn’t imagine that Yu Jin had awakened a system—and one with a bug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was suspicious, but only that, and didn’t take any action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Shanhai suddenly changed the subject:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Student Yu Jin, have you paid attention to any astronomical news lately?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was caught off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Astronomy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought the old man would keep talking about ’Wasteland’ and crossing worlds, so why this sudden turn toward astronomy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven’t really been keeping up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin answered truthfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Shanhai chuckled lightly and muttered, \"Makes sense. You’ve been busy with environmental protection lately and haven’t had time for other things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin kept his expression calm and continued, \"Anything noteworthy in astronomy lately?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Shanhai’s tone was firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t explain further, instead pushing a document in front of Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take a look,\" he said gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\" Yu Jin nodded and opened the file.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What came into view were three bold red characters—Oumuamua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oumuamua?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin had heard the name recently, perhaps...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was from Old Tang’s mouth, when he was flirting with the club’s junior students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin suppressed his distractions and read through the document line by line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually, Yu Jin’s expression changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[On July 5, 2025, the ATLAS survey telescope observed the celestial body ’Oumuamua’ for the first time.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ten days later, due to orbital anomaly, ’Oumuamua’ was marked as an ’interstellar object’.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[On September 2, 2025, ’Oumuamua’ entered the Solar System.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That same day, its trajectory shifted drastically, its path pointing straight at Blue Star.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[On September 4, 2025, calculations by scientists around the world ruled out the possibility of a direct collision between ’Oumuamua’ and Blue Star.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[On September 5, 2025, experts from Daxia’s Astronomical Academy simulated the precise subsequent trajectory of ’Oumuamua’.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[’Oumuamua’ is expected to pass by Blue Star at 12:00 midnight on September 9.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[At that time, ’Oumuamua’ will approach within 50 kilometers of Blue Star, possibly triggering earthquakes and tsunamis in certain areas.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It is speculated that there is a strong correlation between ’Oumuamua’ and the game ’Wasteland’.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin read carefully, reading for a full ten minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze fell on the timeline written in black and white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"September 9, midnight?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s when the crossing will happen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin muttered, raising his head to look at Yin Shanhai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You know,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already September 7, past 8 p.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were, at most, 48+4=52 hours until the transition took place!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d thought ’Wasteland’ would come quickly, but not this fast; only two days and a bit left on the countdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Shanhai nodded, then shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Midnight on September 9 is when the crossing is to take place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happens... might not be just the crossing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1150,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","3fdd03525d8607a35211df32d801e1f91f046695c5a9b65e318edb58188afdd4","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-65","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-63",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]