Wasteland's Only King - Chapter 157 - 137: Gunzhou Survivor Base! Magnetic Mother Cao Fang! (2/3)
Chapter 157: Chapter 137: Gunzhou Survivor Base! Magnetic Mother Cao Fang! (2/3)
Just how far Blue Star was from the A3 Wasteland Planet, Yu Jin had no idea.
He only knew…
The Coordinate Imprint with the ’ignore distance teleportation’ effect, for the first time, didn’t bring instant arrival.
On the contrary.
Yu Jin was currently inside the teleportation tunnel, still able to feel the raging, terrifying Power of Space battering him from all directions.
This Power of Space seemed intent on annihilating everything within the tunnel—even with a physical Value of 15.5 million, Yu Jin could still feel waves of pain pricking his skin.
Bang—!
More importantly.
At a certain moment, Yu Jin felt as if he’d suddenly crashed into an invisible barrier.
There was a familiar aura coming from this barrier.
“A3 Planet rules?”
Yu Jin frowned.
The last time Naiya had prophesied, he’d teleported a Metal Block back, but nothing like this had happened.
Back then.
The crushing force of the space tunnel was nowhere near as exaggerated as the current ’tens of millions Value just to withstand’ level.
Shua—
In front of Yu Jin, a translucent system panel suddenly popped up.
[Warning, warning…]
[A3 Planet rules have detected a lifeform leaving the server!]
[A3 Planet rules are strictly investigating every corner of the server!]
[System has leveraged Level 6 Shelter City’s effect to help you avoid detection…]
[A3 Planet rules found nothing and are seeking help from a higher-level Star System Server!]
[Prompt——]
[A lifeform escaping the server without authorization is considered the highest taboo in “Wasteland” game!]
[If the Star System Server also fails to detect you, an even higher-dimensional server investigation will be triggered!]
[System is urgently decrypting the code…]
[Your maximum stay on Blue Star: 10 minutes]
[If you exceed 10 minutes, your departure from the “Wasteland” server will be exposed. You will face the harshest punishment from the “Wasteland” game…]
[After 10 minutes, you will be forcibly teleported back to A3 Planet!]
Pop—!
Yu Jin had just finished reading the information on the panel in front of him.
And then he heard a crisp sound.
The rule barrier blocking the way ahead was punctured by some unique power.
Obviously, Brother Tongzi had intervened again at the critical moment.
Whoosh—!
Yu Jin’s body thus slipped smoothly through the blockade.
And for the first time, a blurry scene appeared ahead of the black hole.
That was…
The light from Blue Star!
…
…
Blue Star.
It had now been two and a half full weeks since the Cataclysm struck.
After the pollution descended…
Animals and plants turned into dangerous Mutant Beasts.
Some frail individuals and the critically ill became Infected Bodies.
They attacked and hunted humans without restraint, seizing large swathes of land that once belonged to mankind, posing an immense threat to humanity.
The tone of the whole world increasingly resembled that of a post-apocalyptic novel.
But, thanks to the Purifying Light Yu Jin had unleashed before crossing over, nearly 90% of Oumuamua’s pollution was cleansed, so the level of pollution suffered by Blue Star wasn’t enough to wipe out humanity at once.
The Mutant Beasts and Infected Bodies were also far less powerful than those on the Wasteland Planet.
After the initial terror of Mutant Beasts and Infected Bodies, humanity discovered…
They were not unbeatable.
Even though technology had withered, making all firearms ineffective.
But cold weapons + human wave tactics enabled people to gain a certain measure of resistance against the Mutant Beasts and Infected Bodies.
Humans began to establish Survivor Bases across the cities.
However…
The loss of communication left cities isolated like islands, unable to connect with one another.
Societal order took a long time to even begin recovering.
Daxia, State.
Gunzhou University, Base No. 1 Survivor Base.
This was the largest Survivor Base in the State, sheltering hundreds of thousands.
Unlike small, mobile camps that had to flee whenever a Mutant Beast Tide or Infected Body Tide appeared, Base 1 had stood its ground ever since it was established.
“Magnetic Mother!”
This is a name known by heart to the hundreds of thousands of survivors in Base 1.
She was the base’s guardian deity, an Extraordinary Evolver brought into reality, a goddess wielding the Power of Metal like the gods of Ancient Greece!
Many survivors had seen with their own eyes—
With a mere wave of her hand, steel pipes, iron woks, and any metallic objects scattered along the street would hover in the air and rocket toward the ferocious Mutant Beasts!
Even more impressive—
She could easily change the shape of metal.
The trademark attack of ’Magnetic Mother’ was to gather thousands of metal objects into… a frying spatula.
A spatula doesn’t sound so deadly.
But…
This is a spatula that’s ten meters long!
It can fly, target enemies, and pursue them!
Ordinary Mutant Beasts confronted with it met only one end—smashed into meat paste.
Even the far stronger and deadlier Infected Bodies would be flattened on the spot if hit a couple times by Magnetic Mother’s spatula!
In the past ten-odd days,
it was Magic Mother’s presence that let survivors venture out confidently to search for food, water, and supplies in the area.
But today, everything was completely different.
At the entrance to the Survivor Base—right outside Gunzhou University’s main gate—
A swarm of Mutant Beasts had gathered in a dark cluster.
And behind the Mutant Beast swarm, several humanoid Infected Bodies trailing black mist were visible.
“Ooooo—”
Their shrill, grating wails made the color drain from every survivor’s face in terror.
“Damn it!”
At the base entrance,
the short-haired woman Ah Zhen looked at the scene before her, her face the very picture of gloom.
Recently…
As the base took in more and more survivors, increasing numbers of Mutant Beasts and Infected Bodies were drawn to the location as well.
At first,
relying on Magnetic Mother, the base could handle these crises with ease.
But…
With a Beast Tide this size, a single Evolver simply can’t hold the line.
The good news is—
The base has another Evolver.
A few days ago, a university student in the base named Guo Mingyu accidentally received an Internal Testing Helmet and boldly put it on.
According to him—
In the “Wasteland” game, although he had to mine for eight hours every day, he awakened his ability and leapt up as a Tier Three Evolver.
The bad news—
His Attribute is “digging,” which makes him a mining ace for sure.
But on Blue Star, his actual Combat Power is next to nothing.
In theory, even just by physical Value, a Tier Three Evolver should at least be able to fight a Low-Tier Mutant Beast.
But…
Guo Mingyu told Ah Zhen that upon returning to Blue Star from the Wasteland game, his own Evolver powers were severely suppressed.
The degree of suppression approached 99%.
This meant his Attribute Ability was even weaker than a strong grown-up wielding a cold weapon.
“Sigh—”
Ah Zhen let out a heavy sigh.
She turned to look at the stern-faced, rather serious-looking Cao Fang by her side.
To tell the truth…
Their team had originally been assigned to protect Cao Fang.
But in the end…
Cao Fang became the base’s real guardian.
Compared to Guo Mingyu, Cao Fang’s superpower was so much stronger, it wasn’t even close.
According to her, she also felt the suppression while using her abilities.
But…
Her original Value was high enough that even under a 99% debuff, she still performed like Superman.
To this day, even Cao Fang herself had no idea where her “superpower” had come from.
But Ah Zhen had a bold yet very reasonable guess…
That man—Yu Jin!
Tier Nine Evolver, Dawn City Lord, the man at the very top of the Wasteland World’s pyramid!
Apart from him, Ah Zhen couldn’t imagine any other reason why a hardworking, honest, traditional woman like Cao Fang would suddenly become “Magnetic King.”
“Don’t worry, Ah Zhen.”
“Auntie’s felt lately that I’m a little stronger than before and have learned two new abilities…”
Cao Fang’s words snapped Ah Zhen back to reality.
“Auntie Cao…”
Ah Zhen gave a forced smile.
She’d been guarding Cao Fang’s side ever since the Cataclysm began, and had even witnessed firsthand this “Magnetic Mother’s” Ability Awakening scene.
She never doubted how strong Cao Fang was.
But…
Faced with this huge tide of Mutant Beasts, there’s no way Cao Fang could handle it alone.
As for Cao Fang claiming to be “a little stronger,” Ah Zhen didn’t overthink it, assuming it was just comforting talk.
In the past few days, worried that killing Mutant Beasts would attract even more Beast Tides, Ah Zhen and her group hadn’t let Cao Fang make a move.
But now, it seemed—
Ah Zhen thought that she might have made a terrible decision.
If only they had fought their way out with Cao Fang when the Mutant Beasts first started gathering, maybe they wouldn’t be trapped here now.
But choosing like that would…
Also mean abandoning tens of thousands of ordinary people in the base completely.
Thinking of this, Ah Zhen looked at Cao Fang.
“Auntie Cao.”
“Later on…”
“Just do your best, but don’t go too far.”
“If we really can’t drive off the Beast Tide, our team will risk our lives to get you out safe.”
Ah Zhen’s voice carried heaviness and sorrow.
“Aiyayah—”
Cao Fang shook her head.
She really liked this girl—mature, sensible, responsible.
“Leave it to Auntie!”
As she said this, ignoring Ah Zhen and the others trying to restrain her, Cao Fang stepped forward.
“Bring me the iron!”
She called softly.
Whoosh—
Clatter clatter—
All sorts of metal items piled up near the base’s main entrance suddenly lifted into the air.
These items had all been collected by survivors specifically to beef up Magnetic Mother’s Combat Power.
“Magnetic Mother!”
“Magnetic Mother!!”
Seeing this, the panicked survivors at the rear of the base all started shouting wildly.
“Humph—”
Cao Fang looked at the Beast Tide ahead and snorted.
“Let’s smash you all!”
Whoosh—
Clatter clatter—!
The sound of metal clashing split the air.
Hundreds and thousands of iron woks and steel pipes rained down on the swarming Mutant Beasts!
“Awooo—!”
The Mutant Beasts hit screamed and howled in agony.
The rest bared their fangs and let out menacing roars.
“Huh?”
“Still got the nerve to snarl at me?”
Cao Fang’s eyebrows arched sharply as she reached out and grabbed toward the front again.
Boom—
Rumble rumble—!
This time, it wasn’t just wok and pipes rising into the air.
It was…
All the rebar from the abandoned building in the empty distance!
It was as if an invisible giant hand had yanked them clean out!
And then…
All the metal objects collided and fused together at lightning speed, like a flowing liquid.
In just the blink of an eye,
a truly sky-darkening “frying pan” over 30 meters in diameter formed above.
“???”
Ah Zhen was totally stunned.
Her teammates were stunned.
The survivors at the back of the base were stunned too!
This…
Lady Magnetic Mother was never this strong before!
This pan’s diameter was… dozens of meters…
The sheer pressure…
It’s too overwhelming!
“Get smashed!”
Cao Fang put her hands on her hips, cursing under her breath.
Donglong—!
The gigantic pan crashed down as if in answer.
Whoosh—!
Cao Fang lifted her hand, and the pan floated up again.
Where there had once been a dense tide of Beasts in front of the base gate, there was now a wide-cleared, only blood-and-meat-splattered zone…
