Wasteland's Only King - Chapter 265 - 42: Super Large Iron Plate Squid! Star-devouring Touch! Main Body Arrival!_2

Chapter 265: Chapter 42: Super Large Iron Plate Squid! Star-devouring Touch! Main Body Arrival!_2

This isn’t suppression at all.

This is practically cooking!

“Woo woo—”

Central Valley.

The one reacting more intensely than Nangong Linglong and her people was that previously badly wounded Mutated Black Tiger.

It kept letting out low whimpers, its massive body shivering nonstop.

Even when it met the Tentacle Boss before, it was never this terrified!

Right now.

It actually started missing its mom…

“Zzz—!”

“Zzz zzz—!”

On the iron plate, the tentacle’s struggles grew weaker by the second.

The burned smell hanging over the valley got even stronger.

Yu Jin was definitely not a professional chef; his control over the heat was not great.

“What a shame.”

Yu Jin gave a soft sigh.

This hometown dish, “Iron Plate Squid,” ended up ruined by him.

“Hm?”

“Finally can’t hold out, huh?”

Yu Jin, staring at the ever-more-cooked tentacle on the plate, suddenly raised an eyebrow.

At this moment.

Right in front of him, information from the Eye of Insight abruptly changed.

[Evil Tentacles]

[Tier: Tier Thirteen]

[Attribute: Splitting, Devouring, Pollution, Peace]

[Ability: …]

[Evaluation: Star System-Level Mutant Beast “Star-devouring Touch” split-form… Suffering immense pain, issuing emergency distress signal to the main body out of survival instinct…]

Now.

Yu Jin narrowed his eyes, quietly sensing.

With powerful Tier Seventeen perception, he “saw” the culinary tentacle on the iron plate sending out some kind of special waves toward the starry sky outside Venus.

“Oh…”

“Hiding the main body in space?”

“Star System-Level Mutant Beast chilling in the stars… Makes sense.”

Yu Jin was momentarily stunned, then nodded to himself.

Afterwards.

Once the kilometer-long tentacle stopped transmitting, ending its distress signal, he cranked up the heat.

Cooking is like this—gotta see it through to the end.

…

…

P-8808 Star Realm.

This Star Realm was shrouded in endless, dense nebulae.

Occasionally, a bit of stellar light pierced the nebula, but most of the area was lost in perpetual darkness.

At that moment.

Roughly hundreds of millions of miles from Venus.

Out of a dark nebula, a terrifying presence surged forth.

Under this ripple of energy, the nebula quaked and the void shattered.

Swoosh—

Swoosh swoosh—!

Within the nebula, countless tentacles whipped around crazily.

Behind the tentacles, a massive head appeared, a whole quarter the size of a planet.

The head was deep red, wrapped in swirling black mist.

All over the head, large and small eyes—utterly unsettling.

At this moment.

The head, and all the countless eyes stitched along the tentacles, stared toward a single spot in deep space.

“Venus?”

In the heart of the dark nebula, it murmured quietly.

Since its birth, it has survived in this Star Realm.

Till today, countless ages have passed.

Throughout, it’s traveled to countless planets and left its split tentacles on each.

Those tentacles would attract and devour humans or fellow mutant beasts in all sorts of ways.

And as the main body, every so often, it would reclaim these splits: swallow them up to strengthen itself.

Now, it’s pushed the boundaries of Tier Sixteen, one step from Tier Seventeen.

Even in the vast Star System Wasteland…

Tier Sixteen—Seventeen? That’s absolutely top-tier.

Any Star System-Level Mutant Beast above Tier Fifteen gets a proper title—Dominator of the Star Realm.

This mega-beast with countless tentacles is the undisputed mutant beast overlord of P-8808 Star Realm.

Apart from it, this realm has one other Dominator, but that one falls in the Infected Body category.

The two have never bothered each other all these years.

“Since it’s a distress signal…”

“This must be some serious emergency.”

All the eyeballs on Star-devouring Touch swiveled restlessly.

Then.

It made up its mind.

Whoosh—!

It stood up from the void.

The sprawling nebula paved a path for it.

Buzz—!

The void trembled endlessly.

The figure of Star-devouring Touch vanished from its spot.

Crossing the starry sky—basic ability for any Star System-Level Mutant Beast.

Not to mention, it’s the Dominator of this Star Realm.

…

…

Venus, Southern Hemisphere.

Crystal Mountain, Central Valley.

The kilometer-long tentacle on the iron plate was now completely lifeless.

It turned into a lump of charred black—undisputed black cuisine.

Yu Jin’s eyes filled at the same time with a pop-up from the system—

[With the body of an ant, you painstakingly suppressed “Tier Sixteen Star System-Level Mutant Beast—Evil Tentacles,” Civilization Source Points +20,000,000!]

[Such actions shake the Star River!]

[Resource acquired: Tier Fifteen Energy Crystal *1]

Classic “body of an ant,” even now at Tier Seventeen, Yu Jin still saw that old line.

“20 million Source Points?”

“Feels kind of stingy…”

Yu Jin gave a slight shake of his head.

After leveling up to Star System Wasteland, the old Wasteland Points were still valid.

But using them meant exchanging for Civilization Source Points and then shopping at Origin Point Mall.

The exchange rate was 100,000 to 1.

“So if you think about it…”

“No wonder Holland and company didn’t bother with the A3 Planet rule quests.”

“A mere 50 billion Wasteland Points is only 500,000 Source Points.”

“Even a fortress fleet commander couldn’t care less about that measly 500,000.”

Yu Jin sighed, thoughts snapping back to the present.

Now, the kilometer tentacle was dead.

But its distress signal had been sent; all that remained was to wait for the main body to arrive—if it bothered.

“S-Sir!”

Nangong Linglong and her people were now completely shell-shocked.

They spoke, voices quivering, utterly respectful.

“Yep.”

Since nothing was going on, Yu Jin acknowledged with a grunt.

Then.

He casually informed them of the mining task.

“Ten days, mine out this entire Crystal Mountain.”

“Right now, you—all of Linglong City’s ten million subordinates—are temporary miners for Dawn Fortress.”

“Perform well, collect achievements, and you might just get a permanent job.”

“Yeah, that’s it.”

Yu Jin’s words were tossed out lightly.

“…”

Nangong Linglong and her group fell silent.

So when Sir said ’colleagues,’ this is what he meant…

At this moment.

The dozen or so people’s feelings tangled inside.

The good news—

Cheated death, rescued by the Boss.

The bad news—

Became slave miners under the Boss… and without pay, too.

“Any objections?”

Yu Jin raised a brow.

No sooner had he spoken—

“No!”

“No, no!”

The Linglong City group scrambled to respond.

Talking, their eyes drifted nervously up to the massive iron plate still floating above the vault.

That iron plate still held the roasted Star System-Level Mutant Beast…

“That’s good.”

Yu Jin nodded, satisfied.

Then fell quiet.

The group from Linglong City exchanged glances, seeing curiosity and confusion in each other’s eyes.

For example—

Where on earth did Boss come from?

Where exactly was this Dawn Fortress he mentioned?

And—

Is he planning to chase after the main body of this giant tentacle monster?

So many questions, yet none dared to ask.

Plus.

Because Yu Jin was still hovering in mid-air, motionless, none dared leave without permission.

The valley’s atmosphere plunged into eerie silence.

Time crept by.

Nearly half a day later—

Nangong Linglong at last couldn’t help herself; she took a deep breath and slowly flew up before Yu Jin.

Nine-tier Mature Lady City Lord bowed herself low.

“Sir—”

But.

Nangong Linglong had barely spoken, when Yu Jin waved her off.

“It’s finally here.”

That statement—

Nangong Linglong was briefly stunned.

Gao Sheng and the other Linglong City Evolvers also froze.

Until…

Boom—!

Rumble—!

The whole Venus suddenly started to shake violently.

And the southern hemisphere, in broad daylight, plunged rapidly into darkness…