Wasteland's Only King - Chapter 135 - 121: "Son, This Is Your Uncle Luo" "Uncle? No, I Can’t!" (2/3 of 10,000 Words)
Chapter 135: Chapter 121: “Son, This Is Your Uncle Luo” “Uncle? No, I Can’t!” (2/3 of 10,000 Words)
Mang City, Outer City street.
The buzz-cut youth led the way up front, while Yu Jin strolled along behind at a leisurely pace.
On the Outer City streets,
street vendors were loudly hawking their goods, selling mutant beast meat or daily necessities.
Every now and then, passersby would stop to have a look.
Yu Jin even saw an auntie putting on a dramatic “bargain battle” with a stall owner right on the spot.
“Tsk—”
Yu Jin clicked his tongue in amazement.
This scene in Mang City really left him briefly confused as to whether he was still in the wasteland apocalypse.
Yu Jin noticed,
on both sides of the city streets, there were even electric poles and street lamps standing tall.
The utility poles were strung with wires, and those wires extended to… security cameras?
Yu Jin chuckled.
In this wasteland where tech had withered, seeing those familiar boxy cameras really did feel both magical and absurd.
“Mang City’s traits are probably related to ’technology’.”
Yu Jin made a guess in his heart.
While he was taking in the sights of Mang City, the buzz-cut youth up ahead began explaining his experiences since crossing over to this world.
The buzz-cut youth had been sent by Daxia specifically to protect Old Yu.
And indeed, Old Yu was being looked after extremely well—so well it was almost overkill…
“So you’re saying—”
“He and the Mang City Lord actually became sworn brothers?”
Yu Jin stopped in his tracks to confirm with the youth.
“Yeah…”
The young man’s expression was a bit weird too, but he nodded and added,
“They just did the brotherhood thing a few days back. Uncle Yu even made us all witness it…”
Yu Jin raised a hand to his forehead, speechless.
For a long while,
Yu Jin shook his head, following the buzz-cut youth toward the City Lord’s Mansion at the center of Mang City.
He really wanted to see what kind of game this city lord was playing here.
…
…
City Lord’s Mansion, Conference Hall.
It was now afternoon—not yet dark outside.
Yet Yu Limin was already holding a wine cup, his face flushed, looking a little dizzy.
“Xiao…Xiaoluo…”
“You, my guy, you’re the real deal!”
“Brother here thinks highly of you!”
“Come, bottoms up!”
Yu Limin grabbed his cup and downed it in one big gulp.
All thanks to the 0.1% Value boost he got from Yu Jin’s Benefit Link.
Even though Yu Limin still hadn’t awakened, all his stats were already around 2000.
The minimum standards for a Tier Seven Evolver were just 3000, after all.
At the same time, since he shared Yu Jin’s ’Thunder’ Attribute too,
with that boost, Yu Limin’s current combat power was almost on par with newly ascended Tier Seven Evolvers.
But still—
Even with a body like that, he somehow managed to drink himself into this state every single day…
“Brother Yu, I’ll join you!”
The man sitting across from Yu Limin, a middle-aged guy in white, also happily lifted his cup and downed the wine in a hearty and bold fashion.
Glasses clinked back and forth—the host and guest equally pleased.
“Uh…”
“Xiaoluo!”
“There’s something I’ve been meaning to chew your ear about.”
As soon as Yu Limin finished speaking,
the middle-aged man—the Mang City Lord, Tier Seven Evolver, Luo Yu—suddenly put on a stern face.
“Brother, there’s nothing between us that can’t be said, right?”
“Whatever it is, just tell me. As long as it’s within my power, I’ll take care of it!”
Hearing this, Yu Limin smiled so brightly it looked like a chrysanthemum bloom.
“Alright then, here’s the thing, brother’s got two sons and a wife.”
“You know how it is—wasteland apocalypse, dangers everywhere. I eat well and live large here at your place, but at night I toss and turn, worried sick about them!”
Speaking of this, Yu Limin poured himself another cup before continuing,
“So my idea is…”
“Just in case—I mean, what if…”
“If my two sons and my wife ever make it to your Refuge City…”
“Could you…”
Yu Limin didn’t finish the sentence,
but the meaning was clear as day.
Even though Yu Limin could be somewhat unreliable, he cared deeply for his family.
These days, he’d actually thought about sneaking out of the city more than once to go searching the Wasteland Wilderness for his wife and sons.
It’s just that—
Luo Yu had told him the wasteland was unimaginably vast, beyond anything he could picture.
Plus—
Things had been quite chaotic lately around the A369 Area.
The other Level 4 Sanctuary City in this region would constantly clash with Mang City’s subordinate cities—raids, battles, sieges…it happened a lot.
In Luo Yu’s words, a major upheaval was coming, and there’d be more and more smoke on the wasteland—a fiercer and fiercer war to come.
“Sigh…”
The thought made Yu Limin let out a heavy sigh again.
“Big bro, you’re putting me on the spot here.”
This time, Luo Yu looked annoyed.
He stood up, filled Yu Limin’s cup again, then poured himself another cup.
“If your sons and your wife make it to Mang City, not only will I take care of them—find them a post or job—but if you say the word, I’ll make them Vice City Lords! Just say the word!”
Luo Yu finished speaking and drained his cup.
“Haha, good stuff!”
Yu Limin was instantly overjoyed on hearing this.
Even though after becoming Lei Gong he felt capable of protecting his wife and sons, it was still the wasteland apocalypse—Refuge City’s protection was a much surer bet for peace of mind.
This brother of his, Luo Yu, was a bona fide Tier Seven Evolver,
way stronger than he was!
“It’s a pity…”
“The wasteland’s just so damn big—who knows if I’ll ever see my sons and wife again in this life.”
Yu Limin’s moment of happiness didn’t last long before he started sighing again.
Luo Yu watched and gave a slight, gentle smile.
“Big Brother Yu, since you’re so worried about your family, why not tell your little bro about them?”
Yu Limin perked right up at that.
“Heh—”
“My son, you have no idea!”
“Yu Jin!”
“Damn, he was always super smart as a kid, and he just turned out better and better!”
“Right before we crossed over, the last time I was in the hospital, he came with a top-class beauty to visit me!”
“Ever heard of living off a woman? Ha, that’s my Xiaojin!”
“…”
Yu Limin rambled on and on.
Luo Yu listened intently, not missing a word.
But before long,
the buzz-cut youth guarding outside the City Lord’s Mansion dashed in, flustered.
“What’s up?”
Luo Yu frowned slightly, not too happy about the interruption.
But the buzz-cut youth had been part of Yu Limin’s group from the beginning, so he held back his temper.
“City Lord Luo, Uncle Yu.”
“It’s, it’s Yu Jin!”
“Yu Jin is here—he’s come to Mang City!”
Pa—!
Yu Limin shot to his feet so fast that afterimages were left behind.
His beloved wine cup flew from his hand and shattered on the floor.
“Xiaojin?”
“Xiaojin’s here?”
“Oh my, hahahaha, my fine son’s come!”
…
…
Outside the City Lord’s Mansion.
Da-da-da—
Yu Limin jogged half-running and almost crashed into Yu Jin.
“Xiaojin?”
“It’s really Xiaojin!”
Yu Limin circled Yu Jin, looking him up and down, left and right.
He cried and laughed by turns,
and only after confirming his son wasn’t hurt, wasn’t just skin and bones, and hadn’t been mauled by mutant beasts like so many other refugees, did he suddenly yank Yu Jin into a bear hug.
“Son!”
Old Yu reeked of booze, but Yu Jin was speechless for once.
This old troublemaker…
Father and son clung tight, but only for a fleeting moment.
Soon enough,
Old Yu let Yu Jin go and then—
Crackle—!
He raised his hand and fired a bolt of thunder at the ground in the distance.
“How’s that?”
Yu Limin beamed with pride, watching Yu Jin’s reaction.
“…”
Yu Jin didn’t respond.
“What, that’s not enough?”
“Just wait—your old man will show you something even cooler!”
That said, Yu Limin pressed his palms together and started muttering under his breath.
“Thunderstorm!”
He shouted lightly.
Boom—
Rumble—!
Above the celestial vault, dark clouds gathered, and thunder began to rumble.
“Awesome!”
Yu Jin gave a big thumbs up, not holding back his praise.
“Haha!”
Yu Limin grinned from ear to ear.
Not far off, meanwhile,
the Mang City Lord Luo Yu, upon catching sight of Yu Jin, froze on the spot.
All the blood in his body practically stopped and reversed course.
“Th-this…”
Luo Yu’s always-sophisticated demeanor shattered completely in that moment.
This dignified Tier Seven Evolver actually felt his knees go weak,
his kneecaps tingling, as if he’d end up kissing the floor if he wasn’t careful…
Good heavens!
In forty years since he crossed over,
scraping his way up to become Mang City Lord,
Luo Yu had met all kinds of people—and plenty of Destinies too.
But—
This was the first—and only time—he’d seen someone with such a terrifyingly gigantic, indescribable Destiny!
Was this really just one person’s Destiny?
What Luo Yu saw looked like countless star rivers flickering out, civilizations rising and falling, the fate of whole universes…
Terrifying—utterly terrifying!
Luo Yu’s heart hammered so hard that, in the shock, he didn’t notice how his own panic was drawing the attention of Yu Jin and his father.
“Xiaoluo?”
Yu Limin called out, puzzled.
The other man didn’t answer, just stood there blank-eyed, his face going pale.
Yu Jin, however, narrowed his eyes slightly.
The Mang City Lord seemed…like he had a story.
Yu Jin showed some respect and activated the Eye of Insight.
[Luo Yu]
[Mother Star: Abyss Star]
[Tier: Seven]
[Attribute: Destiny]
[Ability: Qi Observation Skill lv7, Destiny Grinding Wheel lv6, Qi Fortune Projection lv6…]
[Evaluation: An Evolver who awakened the exceedingly rare ’Destiny’ Attribute. Over the years, he has maintained order in Mang City, raised the city’s Destiny, and so boosted his own evolution tier… Seven days ago, upon accidentally discovering the awakened Yu Limin, was shocked by Yu Limin’s dazzling Destiny and proactively befriended him… Right now, frightened out of his wits by your Destiny, genuinely terrified, on the verge of losing it…]
“Destiny attribute?”
Yu Jin was surprised.
In NovelFire xuanhuan novels, ’Destiny’ carries some serious weight.
Even the Eye of Insight’s evaluation was “an exceedingly rare attribute.”
“Xiaojin!”
Yu Limin’s call drew Yu Jin out of his thoughts for now.
Yu Jin looked up.
The elder pulled him over and led him to Luo Yu.
“Son, this is your Uncle Luo!”
Yu Limin enthusiastically made the introductions, clearly thinking about getting his boy an official gig in Mang City.
But—
Yu Jin hadn’t even opened his mouth yet,
“Uncle? I can’t…!”
Luo Yu, completely losing all composure, practically wailed,
With Destiny this utterly monstrous…
Screw “Uncle”—if Yu Jin called him “Grandpa,” Luo Yu still wouldn’t dare accept it!
