Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 40: True or False
[As the Lord of Dawn City, you are benevolent and generous. You cast ’Purifying Light’ on your subordinates, dispelling their pollution and corruption. Wasteland Points +1000!]
[Your subordinates’ loyalty has increased!]
[Your ability ’Purifying Light’ gained experience!]
[You acquired a resource: Tier Three Energy Crystal*1]
Faced with the junior sister’s persistent questions, Yu Jin remained silent, only staring at the message popup in front of him.
"One person, one thousand Points, one Tier Three Crystal."
Yu Jin quietly started calculating in his head.
If everyone comes up for one round, then that’s...
One hundred thousand Points, a hundred Tier Three Crystals!
In an instant.
Yu Jin decided that from today on, he’d treat Tier Three Energy Crystals like candy beans.
Just carry a few around, and whenever he’s bored, just crunch one.
At his current Tier Five level, a measly Tier Three Crystal wouldn’t even make him drowsy.
Meanwhile...
While Yu Jin was deep in thought.
The JK Junior Sister saw Yu Jin not answering, so she started mumbling to herself.
"An illusion?"
"No, no, definitely not an illusion!"
"I honestly don’t feel sore or tired anymore!"
"I’ve been totally healed by the President’s magic!"
This last line.
The JK Junior Sister almost shouted out loud.
Around the open space...
The hundred freshman club members exchanged glances, all falling silent.
The scene was so quiet, it was creepy.
Just now...
President Yu tapped that junior sister on the shoulder.
And then...
The junior sister’s fatigue just vanished.
This...
Is that even possible?
Of course it isn’t!
So then...
Why is the junior sister saying this now?
The freshmen sitting around as audience, the smart ones, immediately caught on.
Clap clap clap—
A few guys clapped hard and enthusiastically.
"Impressive! President, you’re impressive!"
As the applause broke out...
The other freshmen reacted as well.
Hua la la—
In an instant...
Thunderous applause, going nonstop.
The freshmen wore perfectly ’shocked’ expressions on their faces.
"That’s amazing!"
They exclaimed.
"It really is a ’Healing’ magic trick!"
"President, you’re awesome!"
"Even Liu Qian couldn’t pull off a trick like this!"
...
No one actually believed Yu Jin’s so-called ’Healing Magic’ really worked, just like nobody believes Superman exists.
The applause from the new members wasn’t from the heart, but just basic social manners at work.
Yu Jin wasn’t angry when he saw this, but smiled instead.
Good!
This was exactly the effect he wanted!
"Next!"
Yu Jin grinned as he spoke up.
As soon as the words fell...
The crowd went quiet for a brief moment, but soon, a freshman guy took the initiative to stand up.
"I’ll go!"
Yu Jin looked over at the guy.
If he remembered right, this guy was the one who, when the club recruited, first filled out an application for the gaming club.
"Alright."
Yu Jin pulled his scattered thoughts together and agreed.
One minute later...
Yu Jin reached out and rested a hand on his shoulder.
With the experience from the first JK Junior Sister, Yu Jin used even less of the ’Purifying Light’ this time.
Two minutes passed...
The boy opened his eyes, his expression stunned.
"Holy crap!"
"I actually don’t feel tired anymore!"
"This, this..."
"This is just too unbelievable!"
Beside the open area...
The other freshmen, seeing this, were all amazed beyond words.
"I thought that JK Junior Sister’s acting earlier was already peak, but wow..."
"There’s someone even better!"
"Where’d they find this movie king?"
"If you didn’t say it was acting, I’d really believe it!"
Similar thoughts popped up in the new members’ minds.
But...
Hua la la!
Thunderous applause once again.
"President, you’re impressive!"
The members cheered in unison.
Only the JK Junior Sister and the freshman boy were still loudly insisting, "It’s not fake, it’s real, I’m really not tired anymore!"
Beside the open space...
The applause became even warmer.
The new members responded earnestly: "Yeah, yeah, it’s real, we totally believe it’s real!"
[As the Lord of Dawn City, you are benevolent and generous. You cast ’Purifying Light’ on your subordinates, dispelling their pollution and corruption. Wasteland Points +1000!]
[Your subordinates’ loyalty has increased!]
[Your ability ’Purifying Light’ gained experience!]
[You acquired a resource: Tier Three Energy Crystal*1]
Yu Jin looked away from his system panel.
He squinted slightly, looking at the crowd.
"Next!"
Judging from this freshman’s reaction, Yu Jin figured he’d still used a bit too much of ’Purifying Light’.
For the third volunteer, Yu Jin planned to use even less of the ability.
...
Time slowly ticked by.
Third, fourth, fifth volunteer...
Finally...
To save time, Yu Jin simply told the freshmen to stay put, and he just went around, resting a hand on each shoulder as he passed.
With each of Yu Jin’s movements...
Exclamations kept coming nonstop.
And to make sure the fake looked more real than real, Yu Jin didn’t actually use ’Purifying Light’ on everyone.
Out of a hundred members, there were ten for whom Yu Jin literally just put his hand on their shoulder—nothing else.
But...
Their performances were even more dramatic than the others’.
Yu Jin almost couldn’t hold back his laughter...
"Eh?"
"That’s it?"
"Old Yu, aren’t you going to give me and Sister Yin Yao a turn too?"
Tang Yunxuan, arms crossed, was already laughing so hard he looked like a pile of crap on the side. Seeing Yu Jin pull back, he immediately started joking around.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah."
Yu Jin replied perfunctorily.
He reached out and patted Tang Yunxuan on the shoulder.
"Hiss——"
"It actually doesn’t feel sore or hurt anymore!"
"Healing magic, terrifying stuff!"
Tang Yunxuan wailed exaggeratedly.
Of course, Yu Jin didn’t use ’Purifying Light’ on him—this guy relied entirely on his acting skills.
"Senior sister, want to try too?"
Yu Jin saw Yin Yao smiling at him with her beautiful eyes and asked.
"Sure."
Yin Yao smiled sweetly.
Yu Jin shook his head with a laugh, reaching out to pat her shoulder.
"Mmm..."
Yin Yao’s acting wasn’t as over-the-top.
On the contrary...
She actually closed her eyes and concentrated, trying to feel it seriously.
After a while...
Yin Yao opened her eyes.
"Impressive!"
She stared at Yu Jin, looking perfectly serious on her pretty face.
"Hahahaha——"
Yu Jin couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing.
Yin Yao joined in, laughing as well.
For a moment...
The atmosphere was lively and cheerful.
...
...
Night fell deeper.
Maybe it was because Yu Jin’s ’Purifying Light’ cured all the freshmen’s exhaustion...
Even though it was already two or three in the morning, plenty of members were still full of energy.
Whether it was soaking in the hot springs, gaming, playing cards, chatting, drinking, or the bold ones going for an essential oil spa together.
Meanwhile, not far from the row of villas, in a standalone luxury villa called ’Returning to the Wild Mountains and Forests’...
Yin Yao had already taken her bath and changed, sitting on the edge of her bed.
This villa was booked exclusively for her.
At that moment, inside and outside the villa, in the light and in the shadows, there were guards stationed everywhere.
"Miss, the helmet has been brought for you."
The female butler bowed her head, presenting the box in her hands in front of Yin Yao.
Yin Yao took the helmet.
"Miss."
"A hundred meters around has already been sealed off."
The butler said softly.
"Good."
Yin Yaoshen gave a small nod, waving her hand.
It was now past midnight, September 6. Only three days left until Wasteland descends.
Yesterday’s daytime had already been wasted; she needed to make the most of the night to log in to ’Wasteland’ and raise her Tier.
So she’d arranged early for the butler to bring the helmet left in Jiang City especially for her.
However...
Even after Yin Yao waved her hand, the butler didn’t leave.
"Something else?"
Yin Yao’s brows furrowed slightly.
"Miss."
"Master asked me to tell you—"
"He wishes to invite Student Yu Jin over for a meal. He’d like you to ask if he’s available..."
