[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-68":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},1595100,2061,"Chapter 68: Going Home","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-68",68,"\u003Cp>Gunzhou University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving Old Yu’s Noodle House, Yu Jin went straight here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two elders were scared out of their wits by that video from Yin Shanhai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They truly believed everything Yu Jin had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helmet, crossing worlds, Wasteland, Oumuamua, and the looming disaster on Blue Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything Yu Jin should or shouldn’t have said, he said it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yu’s reaction was a bit strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stayed silent, put on the helmet, and gave Yu Jin a string of detailed location coordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way, after the crossing happened, Yu Jin could find him quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Cao Fang...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her choice completely exceeded Yu Jin’s expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not leaving.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Yu Jin sighed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t sure if Cao Fang’s decision was right or wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oumuamua polluting Blue Star is just speculation so far, it’s not completely certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it does happen, the extent and scale of its impact can’t be confirmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The future is impossible to predict right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bro?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boys’ dorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Chen took off his helmet, saw Yu Jin standing next to him, and his eyes went wide in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This late at night...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His big brother actually came looking for him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin didn’t waste words, and led Yu Chen up to the dorm rooftop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the night wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin, using the simplest and most direct words, told everything to this kid brother he’d gotten on the cheap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Chen didn’t look all that shocked or happy; instead, he seemed a bit disappointed, as if he’d long suspected it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These past few days of playing the game had already made Yu Chen realize that was anything but simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just didn’t expect that the crossing was only 48 hours away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your beta save can be kept. You still have time to level up these two days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send me your in-game coordinates later, so I can find you in the Wasteland.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yu Jin finished speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Chen didn’t \"obey\" like before, but instead shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bro, I don’t want to level up anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to go home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Gunzhou University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin didn’t have the driver take him back to Jiang University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thanked him, watched the black sedan disappear out of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin found a spot in an unmonitored empty corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spatial Imprint activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s figure appeared two hundred kilometers away, at Jiangcheng Langlang Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With only 48 hours left before the crossing, Yu Jin stopped worrying about exposing his extraordinary abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, when Yin Shanhai laid it all out, Yu Jin had also considered \"coming clean\"—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To come clean and let Guo Jia use his abilities to help with \"environmental protection,\" squeezing more system rewards and profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after weighing his options, Yu Jin let go of that idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were three reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, system rewards have limitations on type, and don’t trigger repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Picking up trash, petting animals, cleaning chemical plants...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are rewards, but not many left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, Yu Jin is already Tier Seven. Next, he’ll need to break through to Tier Eight and Tier Nine—at that point, only Tier Nine pollution sources can help him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for nuclear pollution, Yin Shanhai already gave him the opportunity to come into contact with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third, and most importantly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming clean would mean the risk of exposing his system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin truly had no good way to explain—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why, while still on Blue Star and before the crossing, he managed to become a Tier Seven Evolver and the Dawn City Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And was even planning his breakthrough to Tier Eight and Nine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he’s already Tier Seven, even if he’s confident enough to \"lay down the law.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system is something that absolutely cannot be exposed—that’s the inviolable bottom line!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others can suspect, can guess, but they can never be certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the system itself, Yu Jin currently has no ability to figure out where it came from, but not exposing it is always the right choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the system really is from some so-called \"High-dimensional Civilization,\" then Yu Jin having it is no different from a kid walking through a marketplace carrying gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the brilliance of Yin Shanhai’s long-term vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s well aware of Yu Jin’s abnormalities, but never once asked about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like Yu Jin never asked who the \"Reincarnator\" is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the tacit understanding between both men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang University, boys’ dormitory, Room 615.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yu Jin pushed open the door, Old Cui and the other two were still wearing their helmets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin used the Eye of Insight to check the info on all three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw that after Yu Fei and Brother Gang, Old Cui had also advanced to Tier Two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin watched for a moment, then stepped forward and patted all three on the shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Yu’s back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Cui was the first to take off his helmet, frowned in surprise when he saw Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei was the second to take his helmet off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carefully placing the helmet on the desk, he turned to look at Yu Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing Yu Jin’s serious—almost solemn—expression, Yu Fei’s gaze grew a bit dim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just need two more Tier Two Crystals and I can break through to Tier Three!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Chen Gang removed his helmet, his face was all excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw Yu Jin’s grave expression, Chen Gang quickly quieted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guys, I need to say something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like before, he clearly explained everything about the Wasteland game, helmets, the crossing, Oumuamua...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dorm was silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere was so heavy it was suffocating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yin—Senior Sister Yin told you this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Cui, clenching his fists, rasped the question out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin nodded, not bothering to elaborate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Cui packed the helmet into its box, and with head down, started packing his suitcase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Cui, what are you...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Gang stared, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Going home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Cui replied, voice muffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Fei did the exact same thing as Old Cui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even packed faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he’d already planned to go back to Yanjing this weekend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after hearing the exact crossing time from Yu Jin, Yu Fei decided to change his flight—even though his new departure would be just a few hours earlier than planned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the two of them start packing up, Chen Gang sat in his chair and sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t get along well with his family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truth be told, in his three years at university, except for Spring Festival, he’d never returned home to expensive province during winter or summer breaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go home, Brother Gang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don’t...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You might never get the chance again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Cui paused, hand stopping mid-pack when he heard Brother Gang’s sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Chen Gang, his tone unusually serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Gang nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t rush to pack but took out his phone, checked flight info.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance from Jiang City to expensive province is long—he had to book the ticket ahead in order to plan his departure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin stood still, watching the three of them pack, feeling something he couldn’t quite name inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he was sure there were only two days left before the crossing, Old Cui, the others, and Yu Chen had all chosen to go home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And himself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he’d put Perception Marks on Old Yu, Cao Fang, Yu Chen, and the guys here...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the plan for his last two days, \"going home\" wasn’t on the list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Am I too cold-hearted?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did I get too fixated on leveling up after getting the system?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin asked himself, standing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin shook his head resolutely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The road I have to walk... isn’t the same as theirs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to upgrade as fast as possible, get strong enough to...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someday in the future, beat the Wasteland, and bring them...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1355,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","4d4146e8172284737abdd281aab74e9895e5fbc425f8019d3be1a7628268a753","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-69","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-67",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]