Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 57: Space

Boom—

Rumble—

Dawn City, along with the land within a thirty-kilometer radius, trembled violently.

Above the celestial vault.

The brilliant sun that once hung in the sky was engulfed by an extreme, abyssal blackness.

Buzz—

Bzzzz—

Waves of indescribable, yet scalp-tingling, auras swept over Dawn City and the entire region around it.

Inside Dawn City.

Be it the refugees on the streets of the Outer City, or the Evolvers in the Inner City square—

All at this moment knelt down together.

Their bodies shuddered uncontrollably!

The massive pitch-black void above their heads seemed to be able, with merely a single thought from its master, to effortlessly swallow and crush the flesh and souls of hundreds of thousands.

But...

The people of Dawn City, though filled with awe, were not gripped by fear.

Simply because—

The origin of this Space Black Hole was none other than the City Lord’s Mansion, standing tall at the heart of Dawn Inner City!

"City Lord—"

"Loy~al~ty~!"

"Dawn City—"

"Loy~al~ty~!"

Tens of thousands of citizens shouted themselves hoarse.

In this perilous wasteland, nothing was more fortunate than meeting a powerful City Lord!

Compared to the previous City Lord, who had promoted to Tier Four only to be slaughtered by the Infected Body, this mysterious New City Lord was overwhelmingly stronger!

In front of the City Lord’s Mansion.

Angelina Neil stood, head bowed.

Her face, shining with silvery mechanical luster, brimmed with boundless reverence—and delight.

"My master..."

"Are you finally about to arrive?"

Angelina Neil gazed at the City Lord’s Mansion.

Her cold and emotionless pupils began to light up, bit by bit.

Sizzle—

Zzzzzz—

Mechanical explosions resounded ceaselessly within her body.

Soon after—

Angelina Neil, originally no taller than 1.7 meters, suddenly transformed, like a Transformer, swelling and shifting into a pitch-black humanoid Mecha over ten meters tall.

This was Angelina Neil’s Tier Five Mechanical Attribute Ability: "Combat Mecha."

She was determined to greet her master’s arrival in her most elegant form.

Clack—clack—

Amid the clash of gears, the Mecha slowly raised its right hand to its chest.

Then—

The Mecha—which was Angelina Neil herself—bowed slightly.

Dawn Inner City echoed with mechanical roars.

But—

Time flowed, second after second.

The ten-kilometer-wide black hole above Dawn City halted its expansion once it reached a certain scale.

Then—

Buzz—

A faint hum.

The black hole vanished without a trace.

Sunlight poured down once more.

Disappointment thick on Angelina Neil’s face.

"Still not time yet..."

Angelina Neil muttered softly.

Unlike the other citizens of Dawn City, Angelina Neil knew clearly that the City Lord’s Mansion was, in fact, empty.

Dawn City’s New City Lord—her master, Yu Jin—had yet to truly arrive.

Angelina Neil had no idea how her master was able to project his aura and abilities over Dawn City without having arrived.

But—

Angelina Neil felt not the slightest doubt.

Her master was all-powerful!

He had awakened her from death, granting her new life.

Clack—clack—

Angelina Neil shed her Mecha form, drifting lightly to the ground.

Her gaze lowered, quietly feeling the connection with Yu Jin—this bond was forged when Yu Jin awakened her; through it, she could make simple requests, but not communicate in detail.

"Such a far distance..."

Angelina Neil’s voice tinged with regret.

She could faintly sense Yu Jin’s existence, yet they felt separated by an unfathomably vast gulf—perhaps billions of light-years away.

A distance insurmountable to all but the most extraordinary of lifeforms. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"My master..."

"Neil will quietly await in Dawn City, until..."

"You arrive here."

...

...

Jiang City, Langlang Mountain.

Deep within the forest, inside a concealed cave.

Yu Jin hovered in midair, surrounded by pitch-black, labyrinthine cracks spreading out like a spider’s web.

Zzzzz—

The sound of glass shattering echoed through the cave, ceaselessly.

Crash—!

In that instant—

The space around Yu Jin, like a mirror, shattered bit by bit.

Yu Jin opened his eyes.

"Spatial Attribute!"

Yu Jin’s face glowed with exhilaration.

He hadn’t expected...

After using ten Attribute Activation Stones in one go, not only had he awakened a new attribute, but it turned out to be the insanely powerful "Space"!

Time is supreme, Space is king; if Fate doesn’t reign, Cause and Effect rules!

Though such descriptions might be a tad ’edgy’ in novelkisss, still...

The pure Spatial Attribute—across the entire Wasteland World—was absolutely at the apex!

A moment ago—

After departing from Jiang University, Yu Jin had paid a visit to Jiangcheng Hospital.

His hunch had been right—Jiangcheng Hospital housed many more types of terminal patients than Gunzhou.

There, he even encountered a patient with the same ALS disease Hawking had.

Predictably, this person brought Yu Jin a Tier Six Crystal and 100,000 Points.

In addition—

Yu Jin also received: Tier Six Energy Crystals x3, Tier Five Energy Crystals x15, numerous Tiers Two, Three, and Four Energy Crystals, and a total 550,000 Wasteland Points.

Leaving Jiangcheng Hospital, Yu Jin headed straight for Langlang Mountain.

However, he hadn’t rushed to consume the crystals and breach Tier Seven, instead using the Attribute Activation Stones first.

Bad news—

Since Yu Jin already possessed ’Thunder,’ ’Light,’ and ’Value’ as attributes, the chance of activation had dropped further.

Ten whole Attribute Activation Stones—nine failed, and only the last succeeded.

Good news—

The new attribute was "Space."

A new attribute so strong that just its name alone made Yu Jin shudder!

[You have awakened your Fourth Attribute: Space!]

[You have mastered First-tier Spatial Attribute Ability: Spatial Perception Lv1]

[Active Effect: Greatly enhances spatial perception power; can vaguely sense the outline of objects within a certain range]

[You have mastered First-tier Spatial Attribute Ability: Flash Lv1]

[Active Effect: Ignores obstacles; instantly teleports a certain distance]

[You have mastered Second-tier Spatial Attribute Ability: Spatial Barrier Lv1]

[Active Effect: Generates a spatial shield; absorbs physical/energy attacks]

[You have mastered Third-stage Spatial Attribute Ability: Dimension Cutting Lv1]

[Active Effect: Tears apart local space; continuously slices enemies within range, causing annihilation]

[You have mastered Fourth-tier Spatial Attribute Ability: Subspace Lv1]

[Active Effect: Briefly enters subspace; cannot be targeted; evades all damage]

[You have mastered Fifth-tier Space Attribute Ability: Space Black Hole Lv1]

[Active Effect: Collapses regional space; creates a black hole; absorbs and annihilates all matter and energy within the area]

[You have mastered Sixth-tier Space Attribute Ability: Coordinate Imprint Lv1]

[Active Effect: Marks spatial coordinates (maximum number increases with tier); can ignore distance and shuttle between coordinates]