Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 181 - 154: Space Teleportation Array! A3 Planet History! Wasteland OL! (Part 2)
Neil nodded and took note.
"Lastly—"
"In the coming period, unless there’s a sudden situation that can’t be resolved, try not to disturb me."
After Yu Jin finished speaking, he got up and walked toward the Core Area.
There, the ’High-dimensional Helmet’ he had previously obtained was resting quietly.
Having completed all preparations for A3 Planet, Yu Jin was ready to log into the so-called "Wasteland OL"!
"Hmm?"
Yu Jin had just arrived at the Core Area when he suddenly made a soft sound and stopped in his tracks.
"This is..."
"Yu Fei’s communication?"
Yu Jin raised his brows slightly.
Ever since absorbing Eureka’s knowledge and memories, Yu Fei had remained in a half-dormant, digesting state—was he now awake?
Shua—
Yu Jin’s mind stirred, and he didn’t rush to put on the helmet, instead heading for Alpha City.
His intuition told him—
Yu Fei had probably gained some remarkable knowledge or information, or else he wouldn’t have contacted him so suddenly.
...
...
A316 Area.
Alpha City, City Lord’s Mansion.
Yu Jin had previously left a ’Coordinate Imprint’ here, so in just a moment, he shuttled from Dawn City to this place.
As Yu Jin stepped out of the void, he saw Wu Yufei sitting in the lord’s seat, his brows furrowed tightly in the shape of the character "川".
At this moment, through the ’Eye of Insight’, Yu Jin discovered that his Tier had already risen to an astonishing Tier Seven.
"Old Yu..."
Yu Fei saw Yu Jin and called out, his tone carrying a hint of heaviness.
He stood up and took Yu Jin directly toward Alpha City’s Core Area.
In front of the City Core, Yu Fei stopped and turned to look at Yu Jin.
"By leveraging Alpha City’s City Core, I’ve learned about this city, this planet’s thousand- and ten-thousand-year history..."
Yu Fei slowly recounted to Yu Jin the ’Knowledge’ he’d absorbed this time.
"About ten thousand years ago, this planet was just like Blue Star—blue, peaceful, teeming with life."
"At that time, this planet also housed humans just like us."
"But then one day, the ’Wasteland’ game arrived, and the beta test opened."
"Seven days later, half the humans disappeared."
"At the same time, a black meteorite fell onto the planet."
"In just a moment, the remaining half either died on the spot or, if they survived, turned into Infected Bodies."
Upon hearing this, Yu Jin’s expression didn’t change.
This part of the information, he had already guessed and understood previously; Yu Fei as well.
Yu Jin knew that Yu Fei’s serious attitude at this moment meant he’d learned something else beyond this.
Yu Fei, in a low voice, continued:
"After ’Wasteland’ appeared and Pollution descended, this planet began to transform into a Wasteland at an extremely fast pace."
"In less than a year, every living creature on this planet became either a Mutant Beast or an Infected Body."
"And just at that time..."
"Visitors from outside the planet, arrived!"
Yu Jin frowned at these words.
"Visitors from outside the planet?"
"Polluting cosmic bodies like Oumuamua?"
After speaking,
Yu Fei took a deep breath.
He shook his head resolutely:
"No, not Oumuamua."
"It was..."
"Humans!"
"Humans just like us!"
"They also awakened Attributes and possessed Extraordinary abilities. Though they seemed a bit weak, still..."
"They were definitely humans, Evolvers!"
Yu Fei’s tone was full of certainty.
"Evolvers?"
"After A3 Planet was polluted, the human Evolvers descended from the sky?"
Yu Jin’s brows furrowed even more.
"And then?"
"What happened?"
Yu Jin pondered for a moment, then pressed on with his questions.
"War!"
Yu Fei spat out the word.
"A protracted war!"
"Not humans against Mutant Beasts or Infected Bodies, but..."
"One group of humans against another group of humans!"
"They fought fiercely on this planet, seemingly competing over something."
"Among them, some humans could even leverage the powers of Mutant Beasts and Infected Bodies to fight."
The information Yu Fei revealed made Yu Jin fall deep into thought.
Regarding the human Evolvers that Yu Fei described, a name appeared in Yu Jin’s mind—players.
To be precise, "Wasteland" game players.
Perhaps...
Apart from the planet Wasteland and the Star System Wasteland he already knew of, the "Wasteland" game had even more content and modes?
For example, as Yu Fei described, players descend onto polluted planets and wage wars against each other.
"Something just feels off..."
Yu Jin temporarily set aside his thoughts and continued to listen to Yu Fei’s account.
"The war went on for a long time."
"Until one side finally prevailed."
"From that moment, A3 Planet underwent massive changes."
"It was as if some terrifying force relocated it directly from its original place in the starry sky to its current location."
"After that..."
"As time passed, Refuge Cities sprang up like game facilities."
Yu Fei paused, then added:
"Also, I discovered—"
"The City Core of Refuge City actually links to the planet’s core and continually extracts energy from it."
"But, as we both know, a planet’s energy is not infinite."
"Over time, A3 Planet’s core energy has nearly dried up."
"It’s unclear, for now, what happens if the planetary core runs out..."
...
...
Dawn City.
Tower of the Sky.
Yu Jin stepped out from the void.
Yu Fei had told him a great deal at once, all knowledge drawn from Alpha City’s City Core using his ’Knowledge’ Attribute.
And what Yu Jin was thinking was...
"After A3 Planet was polluted, players descended and, for some reason, triggered a war."
"So what about Blue Star, the Blue Star that should have been polluted—will players also descend someday?"
This speculation made Yu Jin uneasy.
Last time he returned to Blue Star, he purified the leftover pollution from Oumuamua, but also let the last 1% pollution from Oumuamua 2 descend again.
As one wanes and the other waxes, Blue Star’s pollution wasn’t erased— it may have even increased.
Yu Jin’s original plan was—
After Dawn City promoted to a higher Level, try to return to Blue Star again and see if a better pollution solution could be found.
But now?
The information brought by Yu Fei warned of another crisis on Blue Star, besides Oumuamua’s pollution.
This crisis is named: Players!
Ironically, Yu Jin and the other Blue Star humans are also players.
"High-dimensional Players?"
"Or was A3 Planet once part of the Star System Wasteland?"
Yu Jin pondered, but couldn’t find a definite answer.
His gaze finally landed on the gray helmet lying quietly atop the large bed.
[High-dimensional Helmet——]
[A special helmet only High-dimensional Civilization players can possess. Use it to log into "Wasteland OL"]
Yu Jin’s original plan was to log into "Wasteland OL" during Dawn City’s expansion and promotion, to see what was really going on.
Now...
"Log in!"
"Log in as a High-dimensional Player on Wasteland OL!"
Yu Jin took a deep breath, adjusted his state, and solemnly put on the helmet.
Shua—
The world before Yu Jin’s eyes plunged into darkness.
The darkness lasted for an unknown period, until words appeared on the screen.
[Would you like to log into ’Wasteland OL’ and fight for your Civilization?]
Yu Jin didn’t rush to make a choice but waited quietly.
"Hmm?"
A long time passed.
Yu Jin didn’t receive any system warnings.
Back on Blue Star, he couldn’t play "Wasteland" at all—so why is he able to log in now?
Yu Jin was curious and silently queried the system within his mind.
[’Wasteland OL’ has no program conflicts with this system, and compatibility is extremely high]
[Please feel free to play; there is no risk of program chaos or system exposure]
The system’s reply made Yu Jin relax.
"Since that’s the case, then..."
"Log in!"
Yu Jin silently intoned in his heart.
Come to think of it.
This was his first time logging into ’Wasteland’.
Previously, he had never successfully used the helmet.
Just because of that.
As this moment arrived, Yu Jin unexpectedly felt a bit of anticipation.
No telling how much time passed.
Shua—
Darkness faded from Yu Jin’s vision.
And the first thing his eyes landed on, was a planet half blue and half pitch black...
