Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 107 - 96: My God, the Magnetic King... Aunt? (500/3000 Monthly Pass Bonus)

Chapter 107: Chapter 96: My God, the Magnetic King... Aunt? (500/3000 Monthly Pass Bonus)

Blue Star, Daxia.

Gunzhou, Survivor Base.

Cao Fang, under the protection of several short-haired women, sat in the tent, hugging her knees and staring blankly.

It’s been five days since the mutation event.

Old Yu, Yu Jin, and Yu Chen had all crossed over to the wasteland.

She was left behind, alone.

"Ah——"

Cao Fang sighed softly.

She missed Old Yu and her two sons so much, but...

She really didn’t dare go alone to that so-called Wasteland World.

Just hearing Yu Jin’s description was enough to scare her.

Besides—

Such a huge wasteland, if she ended up in a place too far away, her fate could be miserable.

Women aren’t the same as men.

Cao Fang had watched plenty of anti-war dramas, and the shadow from those had sunk deep.

She wasn’t being vain—just realistic.

In an apocalypse, women themselves are a kind of resource, no matter their age.

"Auntie Cao."

The tent flap opened, and a young woman with slightly dark skin and a sharp short haircut called out lightly.

"Oh, Ah Zhen."

"You don’t have to waste your time with an old hag like me—go get busy, isn’t it chaos out there? You need to drive off the monsters and rescue survivors..."

Cao Fang, though traditional, wasn’t without sense.

"It’s fine, Auntie."

"I just wanted to keep you company, chat for a bit, so you don’t feel bored and stuff all alone..."

The girl, ’Ah Zhen,’ sat down next to Cao Fang.

"You..."

Cao Fang sighed, knowing it was no use trying to persuade her.

Time ticked by, slowly.

The old and young sat together, chatting.

Cao Fang learned a lot from Ah Zhen about the post-disaster world.

Mutant Beasts, Infected Bodies, Pollution Sources...

Cao Fang was timid; just hearing about it made her scared.

At the same time, she was even more worried for Old Yu and her two sons in the wasteland.

"If only crossing over didn’t just dump you at random locations..."

"That way, I could cross with Xiaojin and Xiaochen. If real danger comes, even as an old lady, I could use my life to protect them."

Cao Fang’s personality was soft, but for her children, she’d be strong.

"Huh?"

Suddenly.

Cao Fang gave a soft "eh?"

She felt something strange was happening in her body...

"What’s wrong, Auntie?"

Ah Zhen was professionally trained, immediately noticing Cao Fang’s abnormality and tensing up.

At the same time—

She quickly opened the tent and shouted toward a certain direction: "Medical team! Emergency medical team, get to Tent 1, now!"

But—

Before her words finished—

BOOM——!

The tent’s steel frame suddenly soared into the air.

"!"

Ah Zhen was frozen where she stood.

Cao Fang stared blankly down at her hands.

Just now...

She’d subconsciously waved her hand, and the tent went flying.

Not only that—

Buzz——!

With a thought from Cao Fang, the tent’s steel frame began to twist and collapse.

In just a few moments—

The steel frame disappeared, replaced in her hand by... a fried rice spatula.

"?"

Ah Zhen was dumbfounded.

The medical team rushing in were dumbfounded.

The survivor base, filled with disheveled, miserable survivors, all stood dumbfounded.

"Holy shit——"

"Magnetic King... Auntie?"

...

...

Wasteland, A3 Planet.

The night passed.

On a super-luxury ten-meter bed, Yu Jin opened his eyes.

Hoo——

He exhaled a long, heavy breath.

"One step away!"

Yu Jin thought to himself, checking his Value.

After a night of crystal munching, all parameters had gone from 800,000 up to 990,000.

Yu Jin could feel that, with one more Tier Nine Crystal, he’d likely break through to Tier Ten.

"Tier Ten..."

"A3 Planet might’ve had Tier Nine before, but absolutely never a Tier Ten Evolver, right?"

Yu Jin pondered, feeling a strange emotion.

Getting to this point was all thanks to late nights crystal-popping—sweat and hard work, nothing else.

"Respected Lord City Lord..."

Naiya’s soft, sweet voice sounded behind him.

Yu Jin turned, looking at the Moore Star loli.

"Naiya also hopes to contribute to Dawn City."

"Naiya requests—"

"Permission to join the expedition plan!"

On her last words, Naiya lifted her head, her delicate little face holding a few stubbornly cute airs.

The night had passed.

She could clearly sense that Yu Jin was even stronger than yesterday.

Probably...

As strong as two Naiyas?

"Alright."

Yu Jin, much improved, was in a good mood and agreed immediately.

...

...

Dawn City.

Outside the city gates.

150,000 refugees stood crowded in a mass.

Though over 100,000 Crystals had been distributed two days ago, not all refugees successfully awakened.

Thankfully, since the lowest used were Tier One Crystals, failures were rare deaths, most only suffered through ’white pain’ and didn’t have much side effects.

Now, Dawn City possessed—

Tier One Evolvers, 30,000

Tier Two Evolvers, 40,000

Tier Three Evolvers, 500

Tier Four Evolvers, Yin Yao, Chen Gang

Tier Five Evolvers, Neil

No Tier Six or Seven, Tier Eight is Naiya.

And...

Tier Nine Yu Jin.

"The number of Evolvers is up, but the quality..."

"A bit lacking."

"Especially for Tiers Four, Five, Six—big gap there."

Just goes to show—

Two days isn’t enough time.

Now that there are 40,000 Tier Twos, that’s only because Yu Jin gave out 40,000 Tier Two Crystals, letting the average subordinate advance a step instantly.

Yu Jin shook his head and took a deep breath.

Swoosh——!

Light Wings Lv9!

Hundred-meter Light Wings extended, almost making dawn seem like midday.

By the city gate—

Chen Gang, up front, gazed at Yu Jin’s wings, practically drooling.

What man could resist such a ’show-off’ ability?

Forget a hundred meters—

Even a one-meter Light Wing would be peak awesome to Chen Gang!

In the sky—

Yu Jin scanned the subordinates below.

For today’s expedition, he’d already delegated plans to Yin Yao and Neil.

Now, as City Lord, he had only to make a little speech.

"Dawn City——"

Yu Jin raised his hand.

"Loyalty~!"

"Loyalty~!!"

"..."

Yu Jin watched, satisfied, nodding.

Forget about weak strength—even so, their energy and spirit were on point.

"Expedition!"

No extra nonsense from Yu Jin.

BOOM——!

He flared his wings and shot toward the east!

"Dawn expedition! Not a blade of grass left behind!"

150,000 refugees shouted, splitting into three formations.

The biggest formation had over 100,000—80,000 unawakened refugees, the other 20,000 were Tier One Evolvers.

Led by Chen Gang, all followed Yu Jin east.

The other two formations, numbers and Evolver counts were even.

Neil and Yin Yao led one south, Naiya the other north.

"From today, Dawn City’s name will echo across the wasteland!"

Yin Yaonier exchanged a look with Naiya.

Naiya’s face was expressionless, her maroon ponytail no longer swinging.

Nothing of her cutesy attitude with Yu Jin remained.

Just 1.5 meters tall, standing there, she radiated a subtle but unmistakable Powerful Being aura.

"Move out."

Naiya spoke quietly.

To prove herself for Dawn City, today, she’d display some Ability.

As her words fell—

The 20,000+ Evolvers behind her all felt a jolt inside.

This loli...

Not simple!

"We’ve got to beat her to the Refuge City—"

"Then our Lord will value us even more!"

Neil watched Naiya leave, voice still mechanical and cold, but blue eyes shining.

She had no past emotions or memories.

Since resurrection, her world only had Yu Jin.

"Move out!"

"Target, Osaka Castle!"

Yin Yao called lightly, wind swirling from underfoot.

She floated effortlessly into the air.

Ka-ka——!

Neil didn’t speak, simply transformed.

In seconds—

A ten-meter-tall black mecha drew a glowing blue Laser Longsword from its hip.

"For our Lord!"

"For Dawn City!"

...

...

BOOM——

Rumble——!

Chen Gang gazed at the figure high above the celestial vault.

That was Yu Jin.

He was...

Slaughtering monsters indiscriminately!

Thunder rumbled.

Lasers were shuttling through the air.

Space was fractured and torn.

Even—

Chen Gang saw—

The sky suddenly darkened, and meteors, hundreds or thousands of meters in size, plummeted toward the distant land.

"Holy shit..."

"So that’s what Tier Nine means?"

Chen Gang, for a moment, couldn’t even find words to describe his awe!

He knew Tier Nine was powerful, but never...

Never realized Tier Nine could be like this!

This was barely an hour.

Yu Jin had been swooping across the wasteland wilderness, wiping out every Mutant Beast/Infected Nest along the route with a wave of his hand!

How many killed?

Chen Gang had no idea.

All he knew—

He was leading 100,000 people, following behind to collect crystals, haul mutant meat—totally overwhelmed!

Yes, Chen Gang’s squad was mostly ordinary people, not for fighting, but for ’gathering resources’!

Besides Chen Gang, Wang Yunpeng and 40 other Environmental Protection Club members were there too.

Because they’d spent extra time on ’handing out crystals’ and ’crystal loss’, their crystal-boosting started a day later, so they weren’t assigned combat.

"This scene..."

"Feels familiar?"

Wang Yunpeng held a sack, stuffing crystals inside, his eyes locked on the distant figure in the sky.

"Gather!"

"Gather like crazy!"

"If I die, it’ll be from working myself to death gathering crystals!"

Chen Gang looked away from the sky, speeding up his work.

No one knew more about ’gathering crystals’ than him.

...

...

"Should be about done?"

Above the celestial vault.

Yu Jin glanced back.

The squad of 100,000 led by Chen Gang was already trailing tens of kilometers behind.

No matter how fast they gathered, they couldn’t match his ’monster-clearing’ speed.

"Along this road, every map-marked Mutant Beast/Infected Nest has been wiped out."

"Next up—"

"Find some City Lords for a friendly chat."

"Add a few subordinate cities to Dawn City."

"Once I’ve got subordinate cities, Dawn City can upgrade, and I can break through Tier Ten!"

Thinking of this—

Yu Jin was rare, actually excited.

BOOM——!

The hundred-meter Light Wings weren’t retracted, but beneath his feet thunder spread.

Light Wings Lv9 + Flying Thunder God Lv9!

With stacked speed, the sky only showed a blurred afterimage!

...

...

Bright City.

This was a regular Refuge City east of Dawn City.

Naiya’s refugee squad had escaped from Bright City, wandering all the way to Dawn City.

"Dig!"

"Dig with everything you’ve got!"

"If you don’t dig out Pollution Crystals, you Blue Star trash players are all getting tossed out to feed Mutant Beasts!"

Outside Bright City, several kilometers away—

Over a thousand refugees, ragged and skeletal, heads down, digging bare-handed in the yellow dirt.

Even basic tools weren’t provided by the Bright City Lord.

Because—

These refugees were just ’expendable.’

BOOM——!

Suddenly.

Distant thunder exploded.

A thousand refugees instinctively curled up, then, belatedly, raised their heads and looked toward the sky.

"What is that..."

The refugees’ eyes widened.

In that moment—

They saw a light saber streaking across the sun—ten thousand meters long, a thousand meters wide...

Light Saber!

"Hah..."

A refugee, already crippled by hunger and torment, slumped to the ground.

He made a strange, whimpering sound in his throat, a stiff and numb grin on his face, tinged with mockery.

Under such terror, no one here would survive.

But he wasn’t afraid, didn’t feel fear—actually, there was a hint of satisfaction.

He looked away, ignoring the roaring Light Saber overhead, and gazed toward the Bright Refuge City behind him, several miles away.

"Sinful Bright City..."

"You will finally face the sword of judgment, symbolizing the light."

"Eheheheh..."