[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-74":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},1595106,2061,"Chapter 74 - 73: Origins","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-74",74,"\u003Cp>Old Yu’s Noodle House.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin listened as Old Yu and the other finished recounting everything, then, looking grave, he opened the envelope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Line after line of slightly messy, shaky handwriting came into view—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Xiaojin, seeing these words is like seeing me in person.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Grandpa feels he doesn’t have many days left. There’s something I’ve thought over and over, and finally decided to tell you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It concerns your origins.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Eighteen years ago, year’s end, December 31st, heavy snow.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That was the day you arrived at the orphanage.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I never told you how you came, nor did I tell anyone else.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Because your arrival was not something of this world.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That day...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I saw it with my own eyes—you appeared out of thin air at the entrance of the orphanage.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes, out of thin air.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It was as if you ’fell’ out of the air.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I was terrified, thought I’d run into ghosts or spirits, but...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You just lay there quietly in the snow at the doorstep, not crying, not fussing. Even though I was scared, I couldn’t bear to leave you, so I picked you up and brought you inside.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That night, after settling you in, I had a strange dream.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I dreamed...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Many, many suns turned black.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I dreamed...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Countless galaxies went dark, one after another.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I’d never seen such a scene, not even on TV.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I was frightened out of my wits.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[What unsettled me even more was...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[At the end of the dream, I saw you—still a child. You didn’t cry or fuss, just appeared quietly before me.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[At the end of the dream, I heard a voice. I couldn’t tell if it was a man or a woman.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[They said: ’Jin’.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So I gave you a name—Jin.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[After that, I considered whether to call the police, or to tell Guo Jia about it, but...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I figured no one would believe me even if I told them. Most importantly...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You were so well-behaved, so quiet. I thought, no matter where you came from, you’re still a child. If I gave you to Guo Jia, maybe you’d end up like in those TV shows, treated like a monster and sent off to be researched.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So I kept it a secret. The caregivers at the orphanage all thought you were like the other kids, deliberately abandoned at the doorstep by irresponsible parents.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No one knew you’d ’fallen out of thin air’.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fifteen years ago, Li Min and Cao Fang came to adopt you. I hesitated whether to tell them about this.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But after thinking it over, I kept it to myself. I was worried it would be bad for you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Now, my days are numbered, but what I still can’t forget is that snowy day eighteen years ago.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Child, when you read this letter, Grandpa will already be gone.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I’ve told Li Min, if there’s ever anything ’supernatural’, to give this letter to you then.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Child, I don’t know where you came from, but in Grandpa’s heart, you will always be a good child—quiet, and never causing trouble.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin closed the envelope in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside him, waves of turmoil raged, impossible to calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandpa...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the head of the orphanage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he was three, Yu Jin was raised by Grandpa alone at the orphanage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin never could have imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this letter Grandpa left before he died, there would be so much information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Yu Jin felt lost, completely at a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ’fell out of thin air’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin felt awkward, an unspeakable discomfort in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he believed Grandpa would not lie to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That gentle old man had given him all the love he had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaojin?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yu and Cao Fang did not see the contents of the letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing Yu Jin’s reaction, they couldn’t help but worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For eighteen years, Yu Jin had always been the most sensible child. They had never seen this dazed expression on his face before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaojin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Fang grabbed Yu Jin’s hand, holding it tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was still a little lost. He lifted his head numbly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter what was written in that letter...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will always, always and forever, be Mom’s good child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Fang’s voice was already choked with tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, even Old Yu, for once, revealed a softer side as a father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaojin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your dad is right here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yu patted Yu Jin’s shoulder firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap, tap—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Chen came running up the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know what had happened, but seeing Yu Jin’s reaction—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Chen ran over and gave Yu Jin a big bear hug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bro!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ll always be my bro!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin sat alone in his room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yu, Cao Fang, and Yu Chen didn’t come to disturb him, leaving him time to digest his emotions alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From beginning to end,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three never asked what exactly the old headmaster wrote in that letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No telling how long passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the room’s cramped little window, night was already falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin let out a long, heavy sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This letter really hit him hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tying it all to the current ’Wasteland’ game on Blue Star, the imminent journey across the wasteland, the Oumuamua approaching Blue Star and threatening to shower it with pollution,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the strange system bound to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything, all of it, was shrouded in thick fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Yu Jin stood at the center of the fog, unable to grasp anything, unable to see through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What should I do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin asked himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he had his answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get stronger!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him, at this moment there was no way to see through the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by getting stronger was there any answer at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin pulled out his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dialed Yin Yao’s number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beep beep—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The call went through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s up, President?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao sounded tired—Yu Jin didn’t know she’d spent the whole day on the wasteland, fighting monsters and leveling up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can we move up the schedule for the nuclear waste mission?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin asked seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the original plan—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was supposed to set out for Daxia’s northwest nuclear waste facility early tomorrow morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin realized there might not be enough time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d slept for an entire day after promoting from Tier Seven to Tier Eight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if advancing from Tier Eight to Tier Nine knocked him out for a long time again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wouldn’t be time for one good blast of ’Purifying Light’ at ’Oumuamua’ before crossing over!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll go talk to Grandpa!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Yao didn’t know why Yu Jin wanted to move up the schedule, but she still gave an emphatic answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The call ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin heaved a deep sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he was Tier Eight, any Tier Six or lower crystals were almost useless for advancing his tier, no matter how many he consumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He actually considered—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, the second-to-last day, maybe visiting the aquarium or the ocean to see if he could shave off a few mutant shark or whale ’Mutant Beasts’ for some easy crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, he didn’t go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because spending loads of time getting a crystal or two from a Tier Six, Seven, or even Tier Eight Mutant Beast,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t as worth it as moving ahead faster—straight to the nuclear waste!\u003C\u002Fp>",1227,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","170b9f19406cedb8daad3d146ccf13f415c4ebb11001e878437cc74f764c7370","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-75","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-73",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]