Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 70 - 69: Unity

Dorm 615.

Old Cui, Yu Fei, and Brother Gang, all left with their suitcases.

Old Cui’s family is in neighboring Zhejiang Province, and his girlfriend is also in Zhejiang.

Even though it’s already past eleven at night, the high-speed rail is still running.

Old Cui bought the soonest ticket and went straight to Jiangcheng North Station.

Yu Fei’s family is in Yanjing; his flight was rescheduled to four in the morning. It’s a bit early for him to head over now, but Yu Fei still dragged his suitcase to the airport ahead of time.

Brother Gang went with him; his flight’s at eight in the morning.

When the three of them left, they didn’t forget to bring their helmets.

Inside the dorm.

The air conditioner was blowing cold air, leaving only Yu Jin by himself.

"I’m not going to Langlang Mountain tonight."

Yu Jin made his decision.

Compared to being deep in the mountain woods, it’s actually more comfortable to pop crystals in the dorm—at least there’s a pillow and blanket when you pass out.

But...

Before popping crystals, Yu Jin left Dorm 615 and headed over to Dorm 610 next door.

Since it’s Saturday, all four guys in Dorm 610 were still awake.

When Yu Jin pushed open the door, he heard shouts like "Mom!" and similar calls.

"Old Tang."

Yu Jin walked up to bed number two and patted Tang Yunxuan on the shoulder.

The guy was mid-game, got spooked when his shoulder got tapped.

Tang Yunxuan took off his headphones, looked back, and realized it was Yu Jin.

"Yo?"

"The environmental ambassador is here."

Tang Yunxuan grinned and waggled his eyebrows.

These past couple days, Yu Jin had totally become a celebrity at Jiang University.

First it was the sewage river cleanup, then he became Jiangcheng’s environmental ambassador, and today he hit up the chemical plant and went hard on the pollution.

Yu Jin’s name was plastered across the headlines of all Jiangcheng’s big local news outlets.

"Come out, need to talk."

Yu Jin didn’t joke around with Old Tang, dragging him out of the dorm right away.

"Hey?"

"Old Yu, how are you so strong now?!"

Tang Yunxuan yelled, got forcibly pulled into Dorm 615 by Yu Jin.

...

...

"Really?"

Tang Yunxuan looked at the helmet on the table, then at Yu Jin, his eyes wide open in shock.

"Yeah."

Yu Jin’s tone was serious—he wasn’t joking.

Tang Yunxuan might be a bit of a wild card, but seeing Yu Jin like this, he realized how grave things were.

"Did Senior Sister Yin tell you?"

Tang Yunxuan couldn’t hold back and asked.

He hadn’t seen Yin Yao’s original application form when she joined the club, but after all the environmental activities these past few days, Tang Yunxuan finally grasped just how massive Yin Yao’s rumored "background" really was.

"Yeah."

Yu Jin nodded.

He didn’t bother wasting words with Tang Yunxuan, just shoved the unopened helmet into his arms.

"You got two days."

"Think it over yourself—whether or not you wanna wear the helmet and do the beta test early."

"If you do test, send me the coordinate location afterward."

"And don’t go blabbing about this everywhere."

Yu Jin worried Tang Yunxuan wouldn’t keep his mouth shut, so he reminded him extra carefully.

Then—

Bang—!

Yu Jin shoved Old Tang out of the dorm and slammed the door shut.

Click—

Just to be safe, Yu Jin locked the door from the inside.

Now...

Family, roommates, and good buddy Old Tang, Yu Jin had them all taken care of.

"Next up, time to go all out popping crystals and level up!"

Yu Jin took a deep breath.

Actually...

There was an extremely bold idea in his mind.

At Tier Seven, he can’t stop Oumuamua.

But what about Tier Eight? Tier Nine?

Even though he’s stuck on Blue Star and his abilities are heavily suppressed...

As long as his Tier is high enough and his original Value is high enough, he can still unleash a fair bit of extraordinary energy.

Even with the Coordinate Imprint set up, Yu Jin still isn’t sure he can cross to the Wasteland and come back.

He doesn’t want to see...

Once he’s punched through the Wasteland and returns to Blue Star, Blue Star is already desolate and dead.

No crystals left—what’s the point of being invincible then?

Of course...

Yu Jin’s plan to stop Oumuamua isn’t just some empty fantasy.

His confidence comes from an item that had just refreshed in the Points Mall, an hour ago.

Swish—

Yu Jin focused, the system panel appeared.

[Ability: Unity (Level 1)]

[Price: 100,000 Points]

[Evaluation: All abilities become one, gathers all your attribute energy together, infuses a specific ability, massively enhances its effect!]

[Tip—]

[This ability is attributeless, but has a major side effect. Use with caution!]

[Tip—]

[This ability is hard to promote in tier. Choose carefully!]

[Cooldown: 30 days]

"All abilities become one!"

Yu Jin murmured, repeating the system’s evaluation.

With it...

It means he can massively reinforce a specific ability, letting it unleash power that exceeds the usual suppression.

"Purifying Light!"

Yu Jin had his answer.

This was the first ability he ever gained—and his original ability.

[Purifying Light—]

[Type: Ability]

[Effect: Healing, Purification, Dispel!]

[Tier: Level 6]

This was Yu Jin’s highest-tier ability to date.

In the process of purifying pollution sources over and over, its experience has steadily increased.

And besides its Level 6 tier, the real core is its ’purification’ effect.

Oumuamua itself doesn’t threaten Blue Star, but the "unknown substance" it brings, with extraordinary pollution, does.

Yu Jin’s gut told him that Purifying Light, when facing such pollution, might have an unexpectedly powerful countering effect.

"Best if I can break through to Tier Nine before crossing over..."

"After Tier Nine, while using Unity, hit Oumuamua with a full-powered Purifying Light!"

"If purifying nuclear waste isn’t enough for Tier Nine..."

"I can still rely on the system reward for purifying Oumuamua to break through to Tier Nine!"

Yu Jin had his plan, and instantly felt pumped.

He didn’t hesitate—bought Unity right away.

At the same time—

He also snatched up the other six items in the Mall—all energy crystals.

Including two Tier Seven Crystals, three Tier Six Crystals, and one Tier Five Crystal.

Prices: 100,000, 40,000, and 2,000 Points each.

[Current Wasteland Points: 455,000]

Not long after—

The dorm filled with crisp "crunch" sounds.

As usual, Yu Jin felt dazed from absorbing all that energy.

Before long—

He lay on the dorm bed, losing consciousness.

...

...

Wasteland, Dawn City.

With Ye Fan and the others watching nervously—

Yin Yao, sitting cross-legged, opened her eyes.

Whoosh——!

The sandstorm raged all around her.

In an instant—

The howling wind was deafening!

"Made it..."

"Tier Three Evolver!"

Yin Yao opened her eyes, her delicate face breaking into a relieved and joyous smile.

There were only 48 hours left before the crossing happened.

In Yin Yao’s plan, she didn’t intend to log into the game on the last day—she’d spend it with her family.

Her mom, dad, and grandpa all chose not to put on the helmet.

Which meant...

Once Yin Yao crossed over, she may never see them again.

So Yin Yao set herself a goal.

No matter what, before the last day she had to promote to Tier Three, and successfully join the Dawn City Guard Team.

For that—

She put on the helmet and logged into Wasteland right after Yu Jin left the manor.

After fighting for hours in the wilds outside Dawn City, she finally got another Tier Two Infection Crystal.

Now, after absorbing the crystal, she finally broke through to Tier Three.

Yin Yao took a deep breath and got up from the ground.

She strode straight toward the inner city of Dawn.

This time, for the guard team tryout—she was going to pass!