[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wasteland-s-only-king":3,"chapter-wasteland-s-only-king-wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-98":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},1595130,2061,"Chapter 98 - 91: You Conquer the Interstellar Refuge Fortress Alone!","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-98",98,"\u003Cp>[Your first-tier Light Attribute Ability ’Laser’ has been upgraded to Level 9!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your first-tier Thunder Attribute Ability ’Thunder’ has been upgraded to Level 9!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your first-tier Spatial Attribute Ability ’Spatial Perception’ has been upgraded to Level 9!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up till now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin has awakened a total of seven attributes. Excluding ’Value’ Attribute, all his Tier One Abilities for the other six attributes have been ’One-Click Max Level’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hell yeah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin felt like every pore in his body, billions of them, were wide open and breathing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just a cheater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s a god-tier cheater!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looking back, what the hell was that so-called max level?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All those Level 1 and Level 2 skills—how did anyone call that max level?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every ability for every attribute must be maxed—that’s what real max level is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin was full of hope for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the same time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a bit regretful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s still over 14 million points he hasn’t spent yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right there by his side stands a ’fully automatic wool-producing robot’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why’s the most expensive item only three million?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin grumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at Naiya, only to find that the Moore Star loli’s mouth was still hanging open—big enough to fit an egg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Naiya?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin called out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya’s pupils, totally unfocused, finally began to snap back to awareness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fourteen million...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya still mumbled to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She really didn’t get it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy in front of her, sure, he’s terrifyingly strong on the Star System Wasteland; sure, he just crossed over a few days ago and he’s already Tier Nine, higher than her...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fourteen million, holy crap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after burning 1.8 million, it’s a total of sixteen million!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya swore—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s been on the Wasteland for one hundred fifty years, and never once had she felt so ’lost’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She remembered, fifty years ago, when she leveled up her ’Ice and Fire Two Realms’ ability to Level 8, she mobilized no less than a thousand Refuge Cities under her command to gather crystals!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including herself, she left Naiya City in person to hunt rare High-Tier Mutant Beasts\u002FInfected Bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even then, it took three whole years to save up enough points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing in front of this guy, Naiya felt like such a country bumpkin who’s never seen the world before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin stared at Naiya and called again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya finally started to slowly lift her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at Yu Jin. She genuinely wanted to ask him where in the hell did he get so many points...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honorable Lord City Lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you need Naiya to do something for you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya responded to Yu Jin’s call in a quiet voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The title was still the same as before, but there was this inexplicable awe in her tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, nothing really.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Naiya snap out of it, Yu Jin asked his question:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is the most expensive thing in the mall only 3 million points?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t that just weird?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I looked around, the highest-tier crystal is only Tier Five. No Tier Six or Tier Seven crystals anywhere. Isn’t this mall a bit too shabby?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya took a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her not-so-noticeable chest rose and fell, all thanks to Yu Jin’s ’only 3 million’ line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honorable Lord City Lord...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya answered with a super complex tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The tiers and quality of goods in the Resource Mall are limited by the Refuge City level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The higher the Refuge City level, the higher the item tier... and the pricier they become.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin nodded when he heard this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This lined up pretty much with his guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since there’s a Refuge City level setting, it makes sense for the mall to scale with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When trading crystals for points, what’s the usual ratio?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh... it’s pretty complicated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because there are Pollution Crystals, Infection Crystals, and Energy Crystals; each comes in different tiers and purities—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya got halfway through and abruptly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The thing you’re holding...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya blurted out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, you mean this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin waved the rainbow-colored, irregular crystal in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leftover piece from my last snack, I wanna see how many points I can trade this for.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin sounded super casual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Naiya—she was totally flabbergasted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No freaking way—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she wasn’t seeing things, that—that’s a Tier Nine Crystal, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s gotta be!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d snacked on more Tier Eight Crystals than she could count; there’s no way she’d misidentify a Tier Eight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This crystal’s energy aura is obviously stronger than Tier Eight, no, way stronger than Tier Eight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that’s not all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its purity—Naiya had never seen anything like it in one hundred fifty years!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even wondered if its purity could be over 95%, almost entirely unpolluted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Beep——]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanical prompt sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Naiya spaced out, Yu Jin lightly tossed the Tier Nine Energy Crystal into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crystal symbolizing the ’City Core’ fired beams of light, scanning the crystal top-to-bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than a minute—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanical prompt continued—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tier Nine Energy Crystal]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Purity: 100%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Evaluation: An unprecedented treasure on A3 Wasteland Planet, value beyond estimation!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Assessing buyback price...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Buyback price: 500,000,000 points]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five hundred million?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin heard the price and froze on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, bro!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might still have underestimated how overpowered ’Brother Tongzi’s products’ are.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sell now?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a mechanical voice, but now it sounded a bit urgent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No rush.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Jin didn’t hurry to sell; instead, he put away the floating Tier Nine Crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five hundred million points was tempting, but Yu Jin felt it’d be safer to double-check with Brother Tongzi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he’s both cheating and dropping cash...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gotta be careful not to get flagged by the server.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naiya’s delicate doll-like face had completely lost the ability to express any emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>",971,"2026-06-06T09:25:00.978Z",1,"novelbin.me","846532d81e22f75f25d33f8b6a45d945314bf1961fa3238a2d2c0c39a41b4a20","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-99","wasteland-s-only-king-chapter-97",370,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwasteland-s-only-king-cover.jpg"]