Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 58: Tier Seven

"Strong!"

Even though he was mentally prepared for the power of the ’Spatial’ attribute, after carefully looking at several ability descriptions, Yu Jin still couldn’t help but exclaim.

Before this.

Yu Jin thought his awakened ’Thunder’ and ’Light’ attributes were already pretty fierce.

But...

Compared to these spatial abilities, it’s no exaggeration to say they’re instantly crushed.

Buzz—

As Yu Jin willed it,

The space in front of his eyes started to twist and distort.

In just a few seconds,

A pitch-black void, about the size of a fist, floated above Yu Jin’s hand.

"Go!"

Yu Jin yelled out in a classic over-the-top anime style.

Buzz—

The space black hole moved soundlessly, and after leaving Yu Jin’s right hand, began to expand at a visible speed.

After just a moment,

When the black hole expanded to about a meter in diameter, Yu Jin stopped.

It’s not that he couldn’t keep expanding it, but...

Yu Jin had a sense that if he made it any bigger, something might go wrong.

After all, it was just a meter in diameter, and even the Langlang Mountain beneath Yu Jin’s feet started to tremble slightly.

With the aid of his ’Light Touch’ ability, Yu Jin could see that even a hillside a kilometer away was starting to collapse from the pull of the black hole!

At this moment, Yu Jin wasn’t fully aware—

Unlike on a Wasteland Planet covered by game rules, on an ordinary planet like Blue Star, the terrifying gravity of a black hole can’t be completely nullified.

Which means—

If Yu Jin paid no mind to the consequences and kept forming a black hole to its limit, even if it was only a few hundred or a few thousand meters in diameter, he could potentially trigger earthquakes in Blue Star’s crust...

Swoosh—

As Yu Jin willed it,

The space black hole floating in midair disappeared.

After this,

Yu Jin tried out the other spatial attribute abilities.

Spatial Perception—

It allowed Yu Jin to sense all kinds of objects around him even with his eyes closed, as if he’d activated infrared vision.

What’s worth mentioning is that Yu Jin found out that with this ability, he could also ’see’ the scenes underground.

Just at this moment,

Yu Jin could ’see’ there was a packed, honeycomb-like ant nest about five or six meters below his feet.

And then...

[You used ’Dimension Cutting Lv1’ to annihilate the ’Tier Two Mutant Beast Nest’!]

[Your ability ’Dimension Cutting Lv1’ has gained experience!]

Yu Jin was delighted.

He realized that this ability was even more efficient for grinding mobs than ’Thunder Realm’.

After this,

Yu Jin also tried abilities like ’Flash’, ’Subspace’, and ’Coordinate Imprint’.

Even though Yu Jin was still suppressed and probably couldn’t even bring out one percent of his true power, still...

As a Tier Six, using these abilities, he was starting to look a bit like a Superman.

Flash, allowed him to instantaneously teleport up to fifty meters.

Phase Space, even though right now he could only stay in it for a second, within that second, Yu Jin was untargetable and invincible—not even fighter jets or artillery would make a difference, and of course, not counting the aftermath if a nuke actually went off.

Coordinate Imprint, now this ability was truly special.

Currently at Tier Six, Yu Jin could set up to six coordinate points.

He gave it a try.

He marked one coordinate in the cave, then went three kilometers deeper into Langlang Mountain and marked another.

Swoosh—

In just a split second, Yu Jin had shuttled three kilometers.

"This ability..."

"Seems like it’ll be super useful in the Wasteland World!"

Yu Jin thought of that incomplete map he’d obtained earlier.

The map only marked an area named A308 inside the Wasteland World.

But even if it was just a small area, it held over a hundred Refuge Cities.

Which proves, the Wasteland World is extremely vast.

With the ’Coordinate Imprint’ ability, it’s basically like setting up one Space Teleportation Array after another across the endless wastelands!

And that, is bound to be extraordinary.

After some time,

Yu Jin reined in his urge to stay in Langlang Mountain grinding and leveling up.

Using an Attribute Activation Stone was just the first thing he had planned for tonight.

The real highlight was crystal munching!

Yu Jin didn’t go back to Jiang University or find a hotel, just sat down in the cave.

He took out piece after piece of Energy Crystal, popping them like candy.

Crunch—!

[You used a Tier Three Energy Crystal!]

[You used a Tier Four Energy Crystal!]

[You used a Tier Five Energy Crystal!]

[You used a Tier Six Energy Crystal!]

...

Just like before,

Consuming a large number of energy crystals made Yu Jin’s consciousness grow drowsy.

Not long after,

Yu Jin’s head tilted and he collapsed, falling into a deep sleep on the ground.

But the aura emanating from him kept getting stronger bit by bit.

...

...

The next day.

Dawn.

In the early morning, Langlang Mountain was alive with the sounds of birds and cicadas.

Yu Jin, inside the cave, slowly woke up.

This time he didn’t sleep long, only about three or four hours—it was already two or three a.m. when he’d arrived at Langlang Mountain last night.

[Your tier has advanced!]

[You have become a Tier Seven Evolver!]

[Excess energy detected, continuing advancement...]

[You have made a small step toward Tier Eight Evolver!]

[You have comprehended a new Tier Seven ability...]

[You have comprehended a Tier Seven Light Attribute Ability...]

[You have comprehended a Tier Seven Thunder Attribute Ability...]

[You have comprehended a Tier Seven Spatial Attribute Ability...]

[...]

Yu Jin looked away from his panel.

Good news: Tier Seven.

Bad news: Next target is Tier Eight.

Yu Jin could clearly feel—

The energy required to break through to Tier Eight was way, way more than before!

And that naturally meant—

Yu Jin had to hurry up and get his hands on more high-tier energy crystals, preferably Tier Seven or Tier Eight Crystals.

At his current state, even popping Tier Three or Four Crystals barely does anything—just like eating candy, really.

Thinking of this, Yu Jin glanced at the time—7:30 a.m.

The activity plan Yin Yao sent him yesterday said they’d meet up at Jiang University’s main gate at exactly eight o’clock.

"If I head down the mountain now, grab some breakfast on the way, I’ll make it on time."

Yu Jin stood up, patted the dirt off his pants, left the cave, and started heading down the mountain.

Today was Jiang City’s city-wide environmental protection day.

It was also the day Yu Jin would point his sword squarely at the chemical plant pollution.

"Hope this chemical plant’s got a surprise for me."

"Best case, it’s got some Tier Seven or even Tier Eight crystals..."

"And give me a couple million points while I’m at it—the shop restocked some great stuff last night, too bad I’m short on points!"

Yu Jin muttered, picking up his pace.

As he walked,

Discovering there wasn’t a soul in the woods, Yu Jin figured he might as well use ’Flash’.

If you have superpowers, you gotta use them, right?

Swoosh—

Yu Jin took a step forward.

And his figure appeared dozens of meters away in an instant.

On the way,

He ran into a few small animals out scavenging for breakfast. Sticking to the "waste not" philosophy, Yu Jin sent them off to reunite with their great-grandmother.

[You used ’Thunder Lv3’ to kill ’Tier Two Mutant Beast—Plague Sparrow’!]

[Your ability ’Thunder Lv3’ has gained experience!]

...

"The early bird gets the thunder!"