Wasteland's Only King-Chapter 64: Oumuamua

Reception room.

After Yu Jin sat down, he accepted the tea handed over by the old man with both hands.

Receiving tea with both hands signifies respect.

This respect didn’t come from the other party’s fearsome status or power, but from that terrifying ’KDA’.

Behind the old man’s ’KDA’, most of what was stained was the blood of enemies.

As a Daxia person, Yu Jin’s respect came from the heart.

"Yaoyao, the guest has arrived, go call someone to serve the dishes."

Yin Shanhai stared at Yu Jin for a moment, then shifted his gaze to Yin Yao.

"Okay."

Yin Yao nodded and got up to leave.

In the reception room,

Only Yu Jin and Yin Shanhai were left.

Even the shadows responsible for security hid themselves away silently.

It was obvious.

Having Yin Yao "serve the dishes" was just an excuse; the real purpose was to create space for the two to talk.

Their upcoming conversation was extremely confidential.

So confidential that...

Even Yin Yao could not be present.

Yu Jin realized this, his heart trembling slightly.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

Time flowed slowly, and the atmosphere was somewhat silent.

After a long while,

Yin Shanhai let out a light sigh and took the initiative to break the silence.

"Student Yu Jin."

"You’ve heard of the game ’Wasteland’, right?"

Yin Shanhai looked at Yu Jin, smiling as he spoke.

The old man didn’t beat around the bush; he went straight to the point.

"Yes, I’ve heard of it."

"Senior Sister Yin even gave me four helmets, but I get a little dizzy from 3D, so I haven’t logged into ’Wasteland’ yet."

Yu Jin answered in an even tone, his face calm.

"Ha—"

Yin Shanhai laughed faintly.

"Yaoyao told me,"

"She wanted to pull you into the game with her, but never found the right opportunity. I told her not to push it."

Yu Jin just smiled and didn’t respond.

"Then..."

"Do you know that this ’Wasteland’ game is not ordinary?"

Yin Shanhai suddenly raised his head, locking his eyes onto Yu Jin’s.

"I know a little."

Yu Jin nodded, not hesitating at all: "A few of my roommates have tried it. The game is very realistic—so realistic it’s beyond Blue Star’s current level of technology."

Upon hearing this, Yin Shanhai shook his head and sighed.

"It’s far more than simply surpassing human technology..."

At this, he paused slightly, then fixed his gaze on Yu Jin’s eyes and spoke in an exceptionally firm tone:

"Whether the ’Wasteland’ game or the game helmets..."

"They don’t belong to Blue Star, and yet they appeared on Blue Star out of nowhere."

"Do you know..."

"What this means?"

Yu Jin fell silent.

Of course he knew what that meant.

"Have you ever heard of ’crossing worlds’?"

Yin Shanhai poured a little more tea for Yu Jin.

"I’ve seen it in web novels."

Yu Jin replied.

"Then..."

"If I told you that, not long from now, countless people on Blue Star—maybe a billion, maybe tens of billions—will be instantly ’transported’ to the Alien Wasteland World, would you believe it?"

Yin Shanhai’s tone was even, with no discernible fluctuation.

"Yes."

Yu Jin nodded.

"Ha—"

Yin Shanhai laughed.

He stared at Yu Jin for a long while, then nodded, then shook his head.

"It seems, you’re not very surprised about this, are you?"

Yu Jin neither confirmed nor denied it.

In fact,

He knew that the ’oddities’ about himself could not be hidden from this old man.

This ’oddity’ wasn’t just that he’d obtained the system and become an Evolver.

Rather...

Environmental protection!

From picking up trash at first, to cleaning up polluted rivers, to handling a chemical plant cleanup today.

Yu Jin was clear that his series of actions could no longer simply be explained by a "firm commitment to environmental protection."

Even if from start to finish, Yu Jin never sensed anyone monitoring him.

But...

This whole string of environmental activities, he did openly and aboveboard, right in public.

Someone like Yin Shanhai couldn’t possibly not suspect something.

He just probably couldn’t imagine that Yu Jin had awakened a system—and one with a bug.

Or rather,

He was suspicious, but only that, and didn’t take any action.

Yin Shanhai suddenly changed the subject:

"Student Yu Jin, have you paid attention to any astronomical news lately?"

Hearing this,

Yu Jin was caught off guard.

Astronomy?

He thought the old man would keep talking about ’Wasteland’ and crossing worlds, so why this sudden turn toward astronomy?

"I haven’t really been keeping up."

Yu Jin answered truthfully.

"Ha—"

Yin Shanhai chuckled lightly and muttered, "Makes sense. You’ve been busy with environmental protection lately and haven’t had time for other things."

Yu Jin kept his expression calm and continued, "Anything noteworthy in astronomy lately?"

"Yes!"

Yin Shanhai’s tone was firm.

He didn’t explain further, instead pushing a document in front of Yu Jin.

"Take a look," he said gently.

"Alright." Yu Jin nodded and opened the file.

What came into view were three bold red characters—Oumuamua.

"Oumuamua?"

Yu Jin had heard the name recently, perhaps...

It was from Old Tang’s mouth, when he was flirting with the club’s junior students.

Yu Jin suppressed his distractions and read through the document line by line.

Gradually, Yu Jin’s expression changed.

...

[On July 5, 2025, the ATLAS survey telescope observed the celestial body ’Oumuamua’ for the first time.]

[Ten days later, due to orbital anomaly, ’Oumuamua’ was marked as an ’interstellar object’.]

...

[On September 2, 2025, ’Oumuamua’ entered the Solar System.]

[That same day, its trajectory shifted drastically, its path pointing straight at Blue Star.]

...

[On September 4, 2025, calculations by scientists around the world ruled out the possibility of a direct collision between ’Oumuamua’ and Blue Star.]

...

[On September 5, 2025, experts from Daxia’s Astronomical Academy simulated the precise subsequent trajectory of ’Oumuamua’.]

...

[’Oumuamua’ is expected to pass by Blue Star at 12:00 midnight on September 9.]

[At that time, ’Oumuamua’ will approach within 50 kilometers of Blue Star, possibly triggering earthquakes and tsunamis in certain areas.]

...

[It is speculated that there is a strong correlation between ’Oumuamua’ and the game ’Wasteland’.]

...

Yu Jin read carefully, reading for a full ten minutes.

And finally,

His gaze fell on the timeline written in black and white.

"September 9, midnight?"

"That’s when the crossing will happen?"

Yu Jin muttered, raising his head to look at Yin Shanhai.

You know,

It was already September 7, past 8 p.m.

In other words,

There were, at most, 48+4=52 hours until the transition took place!

He’d thought ’Wasteland’ would come quickly, but not this fast; only two days and a bit left on the countdown.

On the other side,

Yin Shanhai nodded, then shook his head.

"Yes."

"Midnight on September 9 is when the crossing is to take place."

"But..."

"What happens... might not be just the crossing."