Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 183 - 1: Mars OL! Clearly a Rookie, Yet Accidentally Max Level?
And then...
This big guy went and explained everything to him.
What else is there to say?
"Exactly!"
"That’s right!"
Yu Jin nodded vigorously.
...
...
Aaron Camp.
Just like the team, this camp was named after the great ’Aaron Ferguson,’ a simple and straightforward choice.
Over the past half hour,
Aaron had shown Yu Jin around the camp, greeting over a hundred team members and making Yu Jin’s face known.
It’s worth mentioning—
Aaron really is a good guy.
He didn’t mention anything about Yu Jin ’winning the Level 8 lottery’ to anyone.
In fact, he even purposely warned Yu Jin not to tell a soul about it.
"A lot of people in camp are still just III-Class Citizens..."
"To upgrade their citizenship, they value ’Source Points’ more than their lives!"
"You’re this weak but loaded with cash, you’ll totally make them jealous."
"Miss Athena strictly forbids in-fighting in camp, but once they log off, it’s not hard for them to look up your identity and address..."
Yu Jin nodded, indicating he got it.
At the same time, he raised a question.
"How exactly are Unlimited Levels divided?"
While touring the camp, Yu Jin used the Eye of Insight to scan all the team members.
The result—
Almost everyone only had 0.1% for their [Unlimited Value], only a handful hit 0.2%, and a third didn’t even have 0.1%, just a miserable 0.0x%.
And the person with the highest Value in camp? None other than big bro Aaron, whose [Unlimited Value] was a ’whopping’ 0.3%.
But the problem is...
Yu Jin looked at his own info.
[Unlimited Value: 1% (0%+1%)]
This...
This seems a little high, doesn’t it?
On the other side,
Aaron wasn’t surprised by Yu Jin’s question.
He’d already decided in his head that Yu Jin was one of those newbies who got lucky with a lottery right after ascending tiers.
So, he patiently explained to Yu Jin:
"Unlimited Value is split into 10 main tiers and 100 sub-levels."
"Main tiers are 1%-10%."
"Sub-levels are 0.1%-1%."
"Like me, my Unlimited Value is 0.3%, which makes me Tier One Level Three."
"You, at 0%, are Tier One Level Zero."
After listening, Yu Jin fell into deep thought.
So...
1% Unlimited Value = Tier One Max Level?
I’m Max Level again?
Yu Jin felt a bit out of it.
He asked Brother Tongzi in his heart about his Unlimited Value situation.
After all, based on Aaron’s explanation, getting even a 0.1%-something Value is supposed to be extremely hard.
But he started off with 1%, and that can’t be right.
[Your true Unlimited Value is 0%]
[System comes with 1% parsing value (this value always exists)]
Yu Jin raised an eyebrow ever so slightly.
He looked up at the half-blue star in the sky.
He remembered, before crossing over...
Brother Gang and the others awakened during the Wasteland beta, but their tiers were all sealed up.
He was the only one who, even in a sci-fi world, could still become Superman—though he was 99% suppressed.
99%? 1%?
Now it all matched up perfectly.
Still, Yu Jin had a lot of lingering questions.
Like—
How do you raise Unlimited Value?
Why are there only 100 sub-levels, with the max just 10%?
What happens above 10%?
Yu Jin didn’t get a chance to ask all these.
Vmmm—!
A visible wave of golden light howled over from afar.
"Orders from HQ!"
Aaron saw it and murmured.
In the camp, over a hundred previously laid-back team members instantly stood straight, tense, eyes fixed on the sky.
Yu Jin didn’t understand but followed suit anyway.
Then—
Whoosh—!
As the golden light passed over the camp, a curtain of golden light appeared mid-air.
On the display was the face of a blonde woman.
"Miss Athena!"
Aaron and the others placed their right hand to their chest and shouted in unison.
Yu Jin copied them and yelled, too.
Inside the light, the woman named ’Athena’ looked coldly across before she spoke.
"Alon Squad!"
"Energy Hub No. 07 has appeared!"
"It’s about 200 kilometers southeast of your camp!"
"You are hereby ordered—"
"Proceed at full speed to the target location and guard Energy Hub No. 07!"
"You must hold out at least one hour. Reinforcements will arrive after one hour!"
...
...
Da—
Dada—!
Yu Jin rushed along with Aaron.
The other hundred-plus team members packed up their sci-fi tents and buried their heads, moving fast.
Even though everyone’s Unlimited Value was low, their Tier Twenty stats were so high that even at 0.1%, their physique and abilities still basically counted as ’Superman’.
But...
Yu Jin realized that everyone’s actual Value was way off from his calculations.
Tier Twenty Evolvers must have insane Value, but even at Tier Sixteen, Yu Jin’s already topped a hundred million.
1% of 100 million should technically be a million.
Yet in reality, Yu Jin checked his Attribute Value...
And found that he only had 100,000.
Aaron’s number was even lower: just 30,000.
No way is this right.
Tier Twenty Evolvers should have, if not tens of billions, then at least a billion Value.
0.3% of a billion should be three million, but actually it’s only 30,000.
So Yu Jin was compressed by tenfold, and Aaron and the others were compressed by a hundredfold.
"Why’s that?"
"Could it be that jumping from Low Dimension to High Dimension compresses Value... and because I didn’t actually ascend but still logged into Wasteland OL, that’s why mine is different?"
Yu Jin started speculating, but had no way to confirm for now.
Right now, what he cared more about was the battle about to begin.
Yep, battle.
Aaron told Yu Jin—
The Energy Hub No. 07 they had to guard would definitely attract enemy attacks.
In fact, the enemy might already be moving faster than them and beat them to the location.
If that happened, Alon Squad’s job would shift from guarding the hub to taking it back.
The purpose of the hub, Yu Jin still didn’t know, and Aaron hadn’t had time to elaborate.
What Yu Jin was curious about—
Who are the enemies?
Other Wasteland OL players?
Or...
The kind of ’player that can utilize Mutant Beasts and Infected Bodies’ Yu Fei mentioned?
Whoosh—
Whoosh whoosh—
These thoughts flashed by.
Over a hundred people blurred across the Mars Desert, leaving after-images.
The 300 kilometers vanished in an instant.
Honestly...
If not for keeping pace with Aaron, Yu Jin could’ve moved a lot faster.
Even though his Attribute Ability had been suppressed and he couldn’t Teleport back to Blue Star, he could still use Flash, Flying Thunder God, Light Wings, and so on without issue.
With a Value of 100,000, 300 kilometers was just a few blinks away.
"We’re almost there!"
"Alon Squad!"
"Get ready for battle!"
"Let’s crush those bastards!"
At the front, Aaron Ferguson bellowed.
At the same time,
Yu Jin finally got a good look at the so-called ’Energy Hub No. 07.’
It was pure white, growing out from beneath the ground, glowing a milky light.
Yu Jin sensed that the light was packed with enormous energy.
Whoosh—
In the blink of an eye,
With each person’s Value over ten thousand, they reached the white pillar within a few breaths.
Then—
"On guard!"
"Hold the line till reinforcements arrive!"
Aaron Ferguson shouted and pulled out a blood-red Laser Longsword from his waist.
Yu Jin’s gaze lingered a few seconds on the Laser Sword.
This Laser Sword was completely different from the ones he’d looted from Holland and the other High-End Players.
Whoosh whoosh—!
Following Aaron, the rest of the team also pulled out their own Laser Longswords in various colors.
Their swords emitted the auras of different Attribute Energies.
There was Fire, Ice, Wind—even some rarer, more unique Attributes.
"So the longsword isn’t a Weapon, but more like a conduit for using Ability?"
Yu Jin was still watching and guessing.
Boom—!
A black shadow suddenly appeared and sent a team member flying!
"Jie jie—"
The shadow let out a weird, cackling laugh.
Yu Jin fell into thought.
People actually go ’jie jie jie’ when they laugh?
He didn’t get it, but he was definitely shaken.
While Yu Jin was zoning out, the shadow seemed to lock on to him.
Whoosh—!
Dark light flashed.
The shadow charged at Yu Jin with a roar!
"Watch out!"
"Dodge!"
Aaron, the team captain, shouted when he saw this.
But—
Bam bam bam—!
More shadows surged out from the Void, attacking the team!
Aaron, as captain, got ganged up on by three shadows at once.
In just seconds, he was already struggling!
Meanwhile, in front of Yu Jin, the shadow cackled ’jie jie’ again, reaching out a hand.
Right then,
Yu Jin saw the shadow clearly at last.
It was human, but not normal human—he was shrouded in black mist, looking a lot like an Infected Body.
Yu Jin checked his Attribute Value with a glance.
This shadow only had 40,000—60,000 less than Yu Jin himself.
So...
Yu Jin raised a finger.
"?"
The shadow froze mid-air, baffled by Yu Jin’s move.
You kidding me—
This human is showing off like this?
He’s really going to block my attack with just one finger?
That’s just...
Boom—!
The shadow went flying back.
"Trash."
Yu Jin shook his head, giving his cool Evaluation.
All around the white pillar,
The two sides locked in battle suddenly went completely silent...
