[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-76":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},1595108,2061,"Chapter 76 - 75: Tier Nine Pollution Source","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-76",76,"\u003Cp>Gobi Desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daxia Nuclear Waste Storage Base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our country produces about 3,200 to 3,500 tons of nuclear waste every year, nearly one third of the global total.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among these—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"High-level waste accounts for about 1% of the total, with extremely strong radioactivity and a half-life reaching tens of thousands of years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mid- and low-level waste makes up 99%, with shorter half-lives, treated using cement and asphalt solidification technologies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The main concern is the high-level waste; its pollution is the most severe, and with current technology, it cannot be fully remediated. It can only be treated with ’glass solidification’ and then buried.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We melt high-level liquid waste with glass materials at 1100℃, let it cool to form a stable glass body, then wrap it in metal drums and bentonite, and finally bury it 500 to 1000 meters underground.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yu Jin, the place beneath your feet right now is our largest solid nuclear waste burial site in Daxia.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It contains over a thousand tons of high-level waste, as well as nearly a hundred thousand tons of mid- and low-level waste.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Base conference room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several elderly experts, all bearing the title of academician, were giving Yu Jin a science lesson about nuclear waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On both sides of the conference room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armed guards had sharp gazes and grave expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yu Jin, my boy...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The experts at the front exchanged glances. The baldest one looked at Yu Jin and spoke first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Handling nuclear waste is by no means a task that can be done overnight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want to deal with nearly a hundred thousand tons of nuclear waste all by yourself? That’s im... impossible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old expert originally wanted to say \"utter nonsense,\" but remembering that the young man’s visit was personally approved by Yin Shanhai, he phrased it more tactfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he finished speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other experts in the base, including maintenance staff, all chimed in supportively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s right, Yu Jin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nuclear waste radiation is extremely dangerous. One misstep could cause irreversible damage to your body!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about we just tour around? Let’s avoid close contact with the nuclear waste?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin understood they were thinking for his own good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t want to waste time debating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin stood up, fixing his gaze directly on the old expert who spoke first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You said the nuclear waste is buried 500 to 1000 meters beneath us, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old expert nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can people go down there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin pressed further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old expert looked troubled but answered truthfully, \"Generally, it’s not advised; for the underground nuclear waste, we’ve been using automated robots for transportation and burial these past few years...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So it’s possible to go down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a definite answer, Yu Jin nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then send me down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s tone was dead serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room fell silent, everyone exchanging looks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several experts and officials wanted to say more but, opening their mouths, couldn’t make a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They remembered the authority Yin Shanhai had given Yu Jin for this mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original instructions—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Support his every action, without reservation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if he wants to blow up the nuclear waste base—fully support him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin, wearing a thick protective suit, stood on the underground lift platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the lift shaft,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of similarly protected experts and officials watched, all looking worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truth be told...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their eyes, this young man Yu Jin was just playing around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who goes down completely alone, with no tools, no technical support, empty-handed, to \"purify\" nuclear waste?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a thing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it not a joke?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this wasn’t all approved by Yin Shanhai, these experts would have already cursed this \"rash brat\" out of the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ready?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they muttered to themselves, in the face of bureaucracy, paperwork ruled all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Yu Jin insisted on going down alone, they could only \"fully support\" him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The base chief looked at Yu Jin for a final confirmation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m ready.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin’s voice came out muffled through the thick suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The situation underground is complex, and there’s no video monitoring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If anything happens, communicate via radio immediately!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Above all, ensure your own safety!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the chief finished,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clank, clank—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lift shaft gears turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin, standing on the platform, began descending underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten meters, fifty meters, one hundred meters...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the lift reached 500 meters underground, the platform stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of Yu Jin was a vast expanse of flat underground space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this floor, the nuclear waste wasn’t piled in barrels like in the movies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the waste was processed into something like \"batteries,\" each inserted into cylindrical pits about three to five meters wide and ten meters deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin stepped off the platform and walked straight to the nearest pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning! Warning!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You are approaching ’Tier Nine Pollution Source - Nuclear’!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The source is massive. Your ant-sized body cannot resist its pollution—leave immediately!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as expected, the system prompt appeared before Yu Jin’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No surprise, nuclear contamination was indeed judged as Tier Nine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Yu Jin secretly relax a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He squatted down, reaching toward the \"battery\" buried in the pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Purifying Light!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin willed it silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brilliant glow burst from his hand, lighting up the gloomy underground level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system gave no response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No effect?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin froze for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned, thinking hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nuclear pollution, by nature, is pollution from high-level radioactive elements...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It contains uranium (U), plutonium (Pu), neptunium (Np)...all extremely radioactive elements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reason nuclear stuff is called pollution is that this radioactivity inflicts irreversible harm to nature and living things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Essentially, they’re just elements, not ’filth.’ It’s humans who label them as ’filth.’\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The effect of Purifying Light is: Healing, Purification, Dispelling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Purification should target the kind of ’pollution’ from the Wasteland World, like the ’unknown substance’ Oumuamua carried. That’s ’filth,’ so it works there but not on nuclear waste.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin came to this conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he changed tactics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin extended his hand again, touching the vitrified nuclear waste in the pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vmm—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air quivered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep black hole, about the size of a fist, appeared above Yu Jin’s right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pull from Space came from the Black Hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Craack—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vitrified waste gave off a crisp shattering sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few seconds,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was sucked into the Space Black Hole and annihilated completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And, in front of Yu Jin, the system panel popped up with new text:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[With your ant-sized body, you have surpassed your limits and purified the ’Tier Nine Pollution Source - Nuclear’!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Such an achievement is unprecedented and will echo throughout the Wasteland!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have gained Wasteland Points: 1,000,000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have gained Resource: Tier Eight Energy Crystal *1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Notice—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Due to the massive scale and great quantity of the Tier Nine Pollution Source,]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You may choose to accumulate purification progress and claim all rewards at once, or receive rewards after each purification!]\u003C\u002Fp>",1164,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","ea0af89e6e1d2227ba309c007bb7d3f3ad9debc174514986bf44eb5d4fac968b","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-77","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-75",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]